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First, all DCC systems have the capability to run analog (non decoder equipped) locomotives including Prodigy. It is available as channel 1. So you can only run 1 analog loco at a time. And the extra throttles, or hand held controllers. Let me explain a little. Try to think of them like the remote control for your TV. One remote can contol any number of TV's/CD/DVD/VCR/surround sound.....but you can only do one at a time. The base Prodigy system is capable of 32 channels. All the different channels are independent, set 1 to fwd at speed xx, set 2 rev at speed xx, set 3 to fwd at speed xxx, ect all will continue to operate until given a different command. So in theory; you have 32 TV's one remote control, your wife has a remote #2, she can contol any of the remaining 31 TV's, your son has remote #3 he has his choice of the remaing 30. I believe this is true of all DCC systems, most of the higher end units are capable to 128 channels. Also the base power supply of the Prodigy limits it to 4 engines at a time. So you have the capability for 4 handheld contollers (operators) and 31 channels plus 1 analog loco. All of this is for the old Prodigy unit, I think the ADVANCE has 128 channels.
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