If the switches work with 1.53 when the DZ is connected to the SER2, but not to the ACC port of the Manco Booster...first thought that seems like hardware but the Manco ACC port is buffered as is the SER2 and should power the DZ data driver the same. There is an unknown though, maybe since we don't have much of an idea as to how the data is handled by the LCS to the SER2 port and that is timing. The Manco will reproduce the data strings identically (tiny delay for the whole word) but how does the SER2 reproduce them differently? And why would the DZ work without any thing else on the base but not with the Manco buffered pass thru when the LCS is connected...
"Can't be that Doug. If I take everything off the base output and just hook up the Legacy y cable and the DZ2001 with nothing else the switches will work from the remote. Put it back together and it stops. If I had the stuff here I'd build your cable adapter but I already had the booster.
Ron"
I wonder if would be able to see some specifications from Lionel on just how these modules handle the data...something just this side of a complete schematic. I am constantly reminded of the lack of technical information from the model train industry as compared to amateur radio. Different consumer backgrounds true, but more than that. The manuals are full of mystery instructions that may or may not apply to the particular layout's electronics.
