Has anyone used these?
Looking at some of the documentation it appears that one might be able to add additional LED to the lighting strips, to the side for instance, to light a passenger car hallway, while the main LED lights a cabin or whatever.
It also appears that each car would have its own address just like a loco, to control lighting effects.
They seem kind of expensive. Like? Dislike?
Seems pretty new, and I don;t have any passenger trains. But the price seems reasonable, $32 for a decoder, the LEDs, and a keep alive. And it sounds more functional than a typical function-only decoder, when they say it can do things like simulate a defective light. By contrast the TCS FL4 4 function only decoder goes for about $22. Without any LEDs or anything, just the decoder. The ESu decoder in the light set has a lot more than 4 functions, as well.
–Randy
Yes, I found the manual on the ESU site, they’re pretty neat little sets actuall. I just picked the first place that came up selling them for the street price I gave, but if Tony’s is selling for that, I’d snap up their entire stock.
–Randy