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G8B4Life:
My bad Bill, that is indeed only 4 PWR-56's under control of a HC (wonder why this limit). You can of course have as many powering the layout as you like. It's this limit of 4 that's the unfortunate bit for large setup's that I was talking about however it's not the end of the world in that respect as all these meets use DCC anyway, so no PWR-56's connected in the first place and you follow your train around so no repeaters should not be an issue.

- Tim

hirailer:
I have had no loss of control in the last three years that I have had this system. I can relate one incident last year when I was messing around with the controller in my living room and suddenly my wife thought she could hear trains running in the layout room. Sure enough, a loco was creeping along down the main line. My layout is at least 40 feet from my living room and the signal would have had to travel through two walls. No more armchair railroading for me!

Mel

TwinStar:

--- Quote from: G8B4Life on July 20, 2016, 08:55:42 AM ---
--- Quote ---Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe there is a fundamental difference in the way the wireless of these 2 systems works. Other DCC systems are talking back to a single base station, whereas RailPro is actually a Network of devices all talking to each other and acting as repeaters, none of them relying on a single processor. This is an inherently stronger architecture.
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Only the PWR-56 has the repeater capability (with a limit of 4, which isn't a good number for large setup's like Free-mo meets unfortunately).

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This is not a limiting factor for Free-mo or anyone else as I see it. While a Free-mo layout may cover 100' x 100' there is no plausible or realistic need for someone try to operate a locomotive from that far of a distance. Operators should be with their trains and not twenty yards away. The repeater capability should serve as an auxiliary channel for communication and not for trying to act as ham radio operators.

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