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Lens and Atlas
Posted by Kerry on June 02, 2003, 12:29pm
I have the Atlas system, and want to add a handheld, and eventually
4 digit addressing. Will the new Lenz LH90 handheld work with
my Atlas commander until I can upgrade to a full Lenz system, and
if so, what issues are there?
Also the LH100 says "programming" and the LH90 does not. How
do you program if you have the set-90?
One more, could I use the Atlas commander in slave mode as a
throttle on the lenz system, and if so would it support 4 digit
addressing.
Thanks.
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Re: Lens and Atlas
Posted by John on June 06, 2003, 09:52am
Kerry, Lenz has been known to have some compatibility issues
in their own systems depending upon the software versions used
in various items. You should call Debbie Ames at Lenz and tell
her what you want to do to see if these items are compatible,
most likely they will be but it's better not to be surprised, these
things do not occur with NCE and Digitrax. John
Re: Re: Lens and Atlas
Posted by Debbie Ames on June 06, 2003, 04:31pm
Kerry
The LH90 is an excellent addition to your Atlas System. It has a
different user interface then the Atlas HandCommand which has
the identical user interface as your Commander.
XpressNet is a fully distributed system. The feature set available
will be controlled by the capabilities of your system and the
capabilities of the handheld. Thus when used with a Commander
that only supports 2 digit addressing, you will still only have 2
digit addressing with your LH90. When a Commander is used
on a Set-90 or Set-100 system it will still only have two digit
addressing as its user interface does not support 4 digit
addressing.
As long as the handheld you choose says XpressNet it will be
compatible. XpressNet is supported by a growing number of
manufacturers. If the handheld is not XpressNet compatible it
will not work with your Commander.
Hope that helps.
Debbie
Re: Re: Lens and Atlas
Posted by Debbie Ames on June 06, 2003, 04:37pm
John
Your message is confusing to us.
I have no idea what problems you are referring to. Could you
perhaps provide more details? We want to get any problem you
are having corrected as quickly as possible!!! Please email or call
and we will get right on it.
Our new systems currently support all the versions of Digital
plus handhelds we have ever produced and our handhelds can be
used on any Digital plus system we have ever produced.
Our XpressNet distributed network is very powerful. That is
why so many different user interfaces can be supported by so
many different manufacturers.
Please let us know the problems you are having so we can get
them corrected.
Debbie
Re: Re: Lens and Atlas
Posted by Ed McCamey on June 06, 2003, 07:07pm
John, Kerry was talking about mixing components from two
different systems (albeit both Lenz based). I beg to differ on the
comment that these things don't happen with NCE and Digitrax.
Both have shown some "compatiblity" problems with differing
decoders from a variety of other manufactures in the past, and
each has it's own "folibles". Besides, I don't think that "mixing
and matching" system components would be any better with
either of these systems without some real heartache!
-ed mccamey-
Re: Re: Re: Lens and Atlas
Posted by John on June 09, 2003, 12:20pm
Ed & Debbie, Kerry was asking about the use of Atlas and Lenz
Handhelds with each other, some support 2 digit and some
support 4 digit, I simply suggested he call Debbie to confirm
what he wanted to do before spending his money only to find it
might not be what he wants, I dont remember decoders being an
issue. Compatability, some lenz LH200 handhelds used in the
Set 02/4 had a different software than others and required an
upgrade to have them compatable with each other. As far as
accessories, Digitrax and NCE components, to the best of my
knoweledge have never had this issue in their accessory line.
Concerning decoders, any 128 step decoder should work with
any 128 step system. John
Re: Re: Re: Re: Lens and Atlas
Posted by Debbie Ames on June 10, 2003, 08:30am
John
The architectures and approaches to system upgrades are
different from manufacturer to manufacturer. We try to maintain
the userâ s investment in our products by releasing software
updates. We view this as a significant advantage of our product
line.
For example in 1993 our LH100 only supported 14 speed steps,
and 99 addresses. Through a series of upgrades the LH100 is
now one of the most advanced handhelds in the market. Others
do the same thing by releasing new product rather than upgrading
the older product, it simply a different marketing approach.
And yes sometimes we have an error in our product and release
a software update. For the LH200s it was not an issue of
compatibility, it was an issue of a bug in one of the features in
the LH200 that was corrected by a software upgrade. Unfortunately
bugs do occur and each of the manufacturers does a pretty
good job of correcting them. We are simply more outgoing to
admit the bugs than others.
Debbie
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Lens and Atlas
Posted by John on June 10, 2003, 10:53am
Debbie, Will an LH100 throttle plug into a Set 02/4 and opreate
it? In trying to assist Kerry by suggesting he call you to confirm
that what he wants to do will work, I seem to have unintention-
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