My reason for going with Rail Pro was to avoid the complicated CV's and setup in Digitrax. But in all honesty Rail Pro has just as many gotchas as Digitrax.
Today I wanted to download the diesel sounds for my engines. I tried to use my laptop down in the basement, but I kept getting the message that it couldn't connect to the interweb. So I came upstairs to use the desktop and the following happened.
The computer (Railpro Assistant) says - HC to computer "USB Connected" - select box says "Handheld controller loading now - please wait.
The HC says "Please wait" "waiting for internet". The file progress box is blank, and the overall progress is blank also. However, the computer hard drive light has been on steady for 4 hours now. The battery in the hand controller is almost dead, and I have to leave in a bit and will be gone for several hours. I'm going to have to shut it down. My wife has been waiting all afternoon to use this computer and if I can't see any progress, there's no point in leaving it hooked up.
BTW, I put 5 files in the box to download, which was probably a mistake. How long does one engine file usually take to download?
Unhappy Joe