After I bought my DCS System, I was at the LHS and heard another lamenting the issue with his remote thumbwheel.
He was buying a replacement.
Which at that time, was a complete assembly.
So I bought one.
Then time passed, and the Thumbwheel cradle in my DCS Remote broke.
I was able to swap it out, buy a new cradle, and have a rebuilt spare-
Which is a plus since now you cannot buy the assembly, only certain parts.
It’s like the DCS Remote has become the LocoSound of the day-which the owner of LHS I bought that set from “assured me” MTH would build on that platform, and not abandon it-
And this is why I have MTH WI-FI.
Because old smart phones are cheap and easy to get if you don’t have any laying around.
And the system works quite well.
As does that LocoSound Christmas Train-
Haven’t done any Maintenance whatsoever on it, since I bought it in 2002, even on its original tires🚂😁