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Breakthrough? Nonsense. This thing is a complete waste of time, and I consider it completely inadequate. First of all, how can anyone manage with merely the ability to address 99,999 locos. That's like 1/3 of my roster. I need 6-DCC or else don't bother. And it better have the ability to support at least 3,974 throttles, all wireless, with a range of at least 17 miles through solid re-barred concrete. How the heck could you have an op session with less? Each throttle should have the ability to simultaneously control at least 10 locos, and the system must have plenty of amperage to handle all 39,740 locos running up 4% grade at max throttle. While we're at it, I want the decoders to have 'traction control' so I can take any loco up a 10% grade with any number of cars without wheelslip. If they can do it on my car, why not here? And I'm really tired of all this polling/loconet/xpressnet/throttlebus/powerbus nonsense. I want a no-bus, no-net DCC system. If it can't figure out what's going on without all that wiring, what's the point? It should also offer Household Stationary Decoders. Turnouts, shmurnouts. It better be able to control my coffee pot, tv and other stuff. It's clearly months if not years since a "beyond the layout" DCC system should have been put forth. Plus, I don't like the shade of gray they used for the buttons. That's a deal breaker all by itself. So if the DCC manufacturers can't manage that, they should just close up shop and we'll all go back to clockwork wind-up trains, the technology is SOOOO inadequate anyway.
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