turnout control: switches vs. decoders

I took a look at these. They are pretty nice and the cost per turnout seems reasonable until you add in the cost of the MotoDs. I didn’t see whre they support cascaded routes. They might but I can’t find it in the documentation. It tends to indicate iot might via the serial bus but it isn’t definitive. Also I see they don’t have loop prevention for the route programming. Digitrax DS64s have loop prevention and support cascaded routes. Just something to consider.

Everyone to his own choice and methods, but with walkaround controls I prefer not to be tied to a control panel hense the use of DCC controlled turnouts. Also it provides a simple method for unfamiliar operators to simply enter a macro for the track or route they want. My approach possibly not yours.

Cal