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Joe I am real confused. I have been lurking for a long time and have always enjoyed your posts. But your review of the Lenz systems left me confused. Greg helped out a lot but in my opinion but perhaps this thread could benefit from someone that actually uses the LH-90 for their throttle. I purchased a Set-90 about 8 months ago and after reading your review I have to ask you as to if we are both using the same system because mine works much differently for me than what you post. I especially like the way consisting is handled and rate the LH90 as a B+. I tried to operate as many systems as possible before going with the Lenz and the Set 90 was the only system that my son and I could use without reading the manual each time. I also did not want a console but prefer walk around throttles. [quote]QUOTE: Lenz considers decoder consists to be the *only* kind of consist you can make with their Set 02 system. [/quote] Perhaps this is the way the Set-02 works. I do not know as I have never used one. But in the Set-90 the command station is fully aware of the consist. With most systems you start with the consist and add locomotives. To me this is not very prototypical and is confusing because you think of the consist and not the locomotive you are operating. The way it works for me is I select a locomotive and move it to the place where I want to build the consist. I then simply tell the system that the locomotive I am operating should be added to the consist. Next I get my next locomotive and move it to the consist location and add it to the consist. What I like best is that with I can operate the consist from any locomotive address. I climb up into the cab and begin operation. With a shift A I can go to any of the other locomotives in the consist. You never need to even remember the consist number from session to session because you simply operate the train from any of the locomotive addresses which are on the side of the locomotive's cab. This provides seems to merge the advantages of both types of consisting. The 8 locomotive stack within the LH90 is also very useful since a single key is used to scroll through the 8 stack positions. One other neat feature you missed is the 3 position direction switch. The center position is a slow brake. When switching I leave the knob in a mid speed position and use the direction switch as a brake and do all operations just using the switch. [quote]QUOTE: The Lenz user interface *requires* keeping a manual handy (or making up a cheat sheet for yourself) since very few of the keystrokes needed to do anything are intuitive. [/quote] I purchased a second LH90 for my son because it is so easy to use. He is only 6 but has no problem operating and even builds consists when needed. And I do not believe he has ever read any part of the manual. (not real good at reading such things yet) The only time I use the manual is for programming CVs in decoders which I do not do very often. Clearly we have very different opinions about the LH90. I am not sure why. Perhaps we just operate differently or perhaps they have changed a lot since you last used the system. But for me this system is ideal and I also very much appreciate both the warranty and the fact that they seem to promote the whole DCC concept by having their systems tested by the NMRA. A real first class act. --------- James A happy DCC Set-90 user
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