Lionel Ryan & Dave Show - 2022 Big Book - 1/14/22

@Norton posted:

Thank you Dave for looking into this. I know many who continue to use their Cab1s even with a full Legacy 990 and it would save having to replace it with a Cab1L for essentially the same capability as far as running trains is concerned.

Pete

Thank you Dave!   

Glad to hear the Class A is getting scale coupler mounts!

@Dave Olson

Hey Dave,

I have the NS Business train from a couple catalogs back, and run all four units linked together via Bluetooth.  I have no problems, and, in fact, runs well. I wanted to ask if the new CSX Business Train F40s will allow for the same linking to run as one Bluetooth set?

Thanks,

@Dave Olson posted:

It was never a design goal to have it compatible, but since there appears to be interest we'll look into it.

It would need a SER2 and maybe a null modem. We'll know more after we test.

Dave, thank you. I know it can sometimes seem that folks expect everything to be compatible with everything, but hopefully this one will be doable. I'm much more comfortable giving my grandchildren a Cab1 (with the antenna mostly retracted) than my Cab2 or my iPad. The Cab1 (and I have two of them) has hit the concrete floor of the basement and survived. If the Cab2 or iPad hit the floor, I don't know if I would survive! I'd be happy to pick up a SER2 and a cable to make it work.

@Keith L posted:

Dave, thank you. I know it can sometimes seem that folks expect everything to be compatible with everything, but hopefully this one will be doable. I'm much more comfortable giving my grandchildren a Cab1 (with the antenna mostly retracted) than my Cab2 or my iPad. The Cab1 (and I have two of them) has hit the concrete floor of the basement and survived. If the Cab2 or iPad hit the floor, I don't know if I would survive! I'd be happy to pick up a SER2 and a cable to make it work.

Yup, it works. I had to buy a null modem to connect the Base1 to the SER2 properly, but confirmed functionality with the Base3.

By time you get done buying the cable and null, you might be better off just getting a Cab-1L!

Dave, just to verify Lionel’s serial only uses pin 2 and 3, RX and TX respectively plus common pin 5, no? If so an an adapter can easily be made by us pack rats who never throw anything away.

Pete