That's one good thing Lionel is known for is making things backwards compatible.  Unlike MTH who didn't bother to install a trans/receiver in the new WTIU so you could us the DCS remote if someone wished.

That's good news as an avid 990 user. Now I just need to find out what will happen if you have two-digit-addressed locomotives mixed with four-digit-addressed locomotives? Can I address the four-digit loco as a two?

I don't have a CAB3 on order but I'm very excited for the release. It's good to see an attempted consolidation of the technologies and I'm especially happy that this thing was tested on large layouts.

@superwarp1 posted:

That's one good thing Lionel is known for is making things backwards compatible.  Unlike MTH who didn't bother to install a trans/receiver in the new WTIU so you could us the DCS remote if someone wished.

That's a harsh assessment. The Legacy remote came out just when 2.4 GHz technology was blossoming. The DCS remote was many years prior and used 900 MHz transceivers.

@BillYo414 posted:

That's good news as an avid 990 user. Now I just need to find out what will happen if you have two-digit-addressed locomotives mixed with four-digit-addressed locomotives? Can I address the four-digit loco as a two?

I don't have a CAB3 on order but I'm very excited for the release. It's good to see an attempted consolidation of the technologies and I'm especially happy that this thing was tested on large layouts.

Wouldn't it be cool if there was an event that you could ask these questions?

The Legacy Users Group Virtual Event with Dave Olson from Lionel Trains.

Thanks MartyE for all you do for us Legacy users

@rplst8 posted:

That's a harsh assessment. The Legacy remote came out just when 2.4 GHz technology was blossoming. The DCS remote was many years prior and used 900 MHz transceivers.

So?

@Vernon Barry posted:

Again, per the video straight from the mouth of Dave- the CAB3 application should be compatible with existing users of Legacy 990 Base and LCS WIFI module.

Since the 990 is no longer made, I suppose of wider interest is that for those wanting some kind of remote control handheld, the Cab3 is also compatible with the Cab 1L, which Lionel is still making.

Ya got my interest @MartyE haha I'll tune in from Youtube most likely.

@superwarp1 posted:

So?

So, 900 MHz tech is just not really available anymore with an FCC approval.

FCC Frees Up Spectrum in the 900 MHz Band for Broadband

Yet they made new remotes just a few years ago with that same 900 mhz.

Well, there is still some part of the 900mhz band available, I just don't know if the old system used the part that the FCC closed off to such use.  Anyone know the exact frequency the MTH remote runs on?

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

Well, there is still some part of the 900mhz band available, I just don't know if the old system used the part that the FCC closed off to such use.  Anyone know the exact frequency the MTH remote runs on?

https://fccid.io/OT8RFMR

Directed to MartyE: I asked this question of Dave at Lionel, but he is swamped, so I don’t know when he might be able to reply.  This seems likely to interest some others as well.  The Cab3 app allows addresses 2-9 for Lionchief RF locos, and 10-29 for BlueTooth, but we still have only 98 (?) total other than new 4-digit models.  My Q relates to creative use of the A-Z version of the Cab3/Base3 roster.  If (don’t know for sure) the A-Z roster version lists engines in alphabetical name order, is it possible to “name” each loco with its road number.  Then, would the A-Z roster version give us a list of all our locos (up to that 98 maximum) by road number lowest to highest same as it would list in alpha order if names were in the form of words?  Would solve some problems if possible to do this way.

@cnwdon posted:

Directed to MartyE: I asked this question of Dave at Lionel, but he is swamped, so I don’t know when he might be able to reply.  This seems likely to interest some others as well.  The Cab3 app allows addresses 2-9 for Lionchief RF locos, and 10-29 for BlueTooth, but we still have only 98 (?) total other than new 4-digit models.  My Q relates to creative use of the A-Z version of the Cab3/Base3 roster.  If (don’t know for sure) the A-Z roster version lists engines in alphabetical name order, is it possible to “name” each loco with its road number.  Then, would the A-Z roster version give us a list of all our locos (up to that 98 maximum) by road number lowest to highest same as it would list in alpha order if names were in the form of words?  Would solve some problems if possible to do this way.

I'm not sure if it is an option to list road numbers lower to higher.  I suspect it's possible.   Unfortunately Dave or the Lionel team would be the only ones that can answer for sure.