I was looking on the lionel site and the videos are not where they used to be...I found them on YouTube here...
https://www.youtube.com/playli...YbMOZhiH5fsLaG3sPL0N
Is that the new official location for them?
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I think they’ve been on YouTube for quite some time.
Is this the location on the Lionel website you were looking for?
Search youtube for Lionel CS2011 - that's when they started uploading them and linking from their website
favorite is the FasTrack track expander paste
they have two YouTube channels now I think the other one is Lionel LLC or something like that. with Lionel customer service 2011 being the original one.
Oh
MrMoe50 posted:I think they’ve been on YouTube for quite some time.
Is this the location on the Lionel website you were looking for?
Oh. They work there, but it seemed that another location in the area of manuals didn’t work...or maybe it was slow and I was impatient. Anyway, I am really please they did/do them.
Speaking of their videos.....
I was on their site complaining about the change in functionality between the original BPC and the newer "BPC2" and yet retaining the same/similar name. Anyway I thought maybe they would talk on one of their videos about change in functionality. I looked at the list of videos and their are numerous videos for the ASC and OTC and etc. But not a one regarding the functionality and wiring for either the BPC or BPC2. Interesting!
Perhaps like all their other 3 letter acronyms, the 2 version is similar in function to the non-2 version but works with LCS?
It looks like the BPC can switch from 4 sources and the BPC2, only 2 sources. Is that right? So you just need two of them to equal one BPC.
I have worked extensively with the module known as the BPC. I have read the manual for the BPC numerous times and therfore know the example electrical diagrams contained in the manual. I just flat out know how it works.
It appears to me after reading the BPC2 manual several times, that the BPC2 is a simple On/Off switch. If someone can confirm this statement, it has no where near the capability of the original BPC and it is my contention that Lionel is doing a disservice to its customers by continuing with the same/similar naming convention.
I don't have the link for the forum discussion with Lionel's CTO, Jon Z (SantaFeFan) when this was being redesigned. I believe one improvement is the use of 15amp relays instead of solid state devices for power handling.
I agree, the features appear to have been cut back, but space was needed for the LCS electronics, for which this was designed.
Then call the new module Super ASC but certainly not a BPC2.
