If you do it this way, upgrading is easy no matter where the TIUs are placed.
From The DCS Companion 3rd Edition (page 68) and The DCS WiFi Companion 2nd Edition (page 34):
Sometimes, TIU placement makes it inconvenient to remove a TIU from the layout to upgrade the TIU's DCS software, particularly if the TIUs are placed under the layout, as are mine. To get around this inconvenience, I connected extension cables to each TIU's serial, ProtoCast and ProtoDispatch ports to bring them out from under the table. I also have a long serial ribbon cable that goes from the PC in the train room work area, around the layout to where the TIUs are located.
When it's DCS upgrade time, I connect the serial cable from the train room to the serial port jumper cable connected to the TIU. I also jumper together the extension cables connected to the ProtoCast and ProtoDispatch ports. Then I can upgrade the TIUs in place, since a little known fact is that it's not necessary to unhook anything other than the serial, ProtoCast and ProtoDispatch ports when upgrading a TIU's DCS software.
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