Just wondered, is it true that new Legacy engines ship without an orange module?
Rod
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Rod Stewart posted:Just wondered, is it true that new Legacy engines ship without an orange module?
Rod
Hey Rod,
My new Legacy H10 came WITHOUT the orange module. It seems Lionel wants you to invest/load the engines info via the LCS Sensor track.
When the engine passes over the IR sensor, the info is relayed to the remote. Unfortunately I don't have/want the LCS sensor track to I just manually input the info and get on with my day.
Hope this helps!
Daniel is right (no pun intended), you do not need a sensor track, You can very easily and quickly enter all the data you need via your CAB2, It should take a minute, or two if you need to read the instructions along the way.
That is true. They have gone away from them starting in 2017. Here is a link discussing and also a video to show you method to add:
Interestingly enough, my new Vision Line Niagara came with the orange engine module...
I suspect it to be a cost saving thing. Something they will NOT do on anything Vision Line. Or should I say SHOULD NOT do lol. Lionel these days can surprise anyone.
Daniel J. Gonzalez posted:I suspect it to be a cost saving thing. Something they will NOT do on anything Vision Line. Or should I say SHOULD NOT do lol. Lionel these days can surprise anyone.
I suspect you are right, just the way the world is going I guess. I was shocked a couple of years ago to find out my new Durango did not have a transmission fluid dipstick. Probably saves them about a buck on the assembly line!
Anyway thanks for the info guys. 🤠
Rod
While discontinuing the orange module may save costs, i never understood why they created them in the first place. It only takes a couple of milliseconds for the orange module to load its few pieces of data. You can do this with the CAB2 in a minute, or less. It would have been more cost effective to have added a paragraph to the instruction sheet, listing the five or six things you would need enter. Instead they have a bunch of people upset about losing something you didn't really need in the first place.
