Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn:
George, the reading would be accurate for what is supplied to the track, the same as what is there now, if you feed the TIU 22 volts. Why have the remote read voltage at all if that's the attitude? How about from 0 to 100 relative voltage, that's even simpler than converting to a most of the time bogus voltage reading.
The whole point of having the real reading on the remote is so you're not tethered to a single location. If I wanted to stand in one place to run my conventional stuff, I'd probably just use the Z-4000 and forget about remote control for conventional operation.
As far as the usefulness of the feature, you're just one opinion.
I guess my point is it adds additional steps as you have to enter the initial voltage to be compared against. So you still need a meter to measure your input voltage. Additionally this is still voltage displayed that is ordered based on an algorithm, vice direct measurement. So why do to all the extra complexity for a marginal measurement.
Lionel doesn't offer the feature, so it is reasonable that MTH kept it simple and stuck with a voltage their transformers or brick produce.
I set track voltage for conventional based on how fast the train is going, not what a display says. For command I do use a direct meter measurement.
I just think it is easy to say they should add this or that feature, but some of this is on the margins of what it provides.
If you believe everything you read on the forum (it is the internet so it must be true) folks are leaving Legacy in droves for the simpler LC+ So why complicate the system? G