Remote editor

One issue with moving stuff around in the remote is the engine numbers actually are recorded in the engines, so if you reorganize them, you have to have addressed the engine and changed it's number as well.

John is correct, and that's why it cannot be done via a PC unless the PC can access the engines.

Bummer!!  PIA if you want to change something. So in other words, if I want to move an engine from slot#2 to slot #14 address say, I make the change in the remote, then the DCS sends a command to that engine that its slot#2 address is now changed to slot#14 address,correct?

Oh well good way to waste an afternoon thumb twiddling and wearing out remote buttons I guess.  Or else if you get a new DCS system, think how you want to organize things so you have expansion room in the future and all your future speculative turnouts and accessories in order now to save future hassles .

You got it, you have to edit the number in the engine.

Thanks Barry and GRJ.

So what if that engine is not on the track or on "deadline", then I guess you would see a check track or no engine found messages.  Which if there was an editor, then you would have to have all your engines on live track so everyone could be rewritten to new addresses, assuming such a thing could be done or managed.

What a headache!

Sam,

So what if that engine is not on the track or on "deadline", then I guess you would see a check track or no engine found messages.

That's correct. Further, DCS won't change the engine's DCS ID#.

rrman, it shouldn't take more than a minute to edit a loco address once the layout is powered up.  Then either clone other remotes or delete and re-add engines to other remotes.  They'll come in with the new ID.

I think with all the holes in the processing that doing this editor is probably not a great idea.  Talk about confusion!