The DT602 Advanced super throttle gives you direct control of two locos at a time with all the powerful features and flexibility serious model
railroaders demand.
Available in standard tethered or Radio Duplex. The DT602 is designed to handle nearly every aspect of layout control. With the DT602 you can
run trains, create consists, set up routes, control up to 29 functions including sounds and so much more.
With the soft On/Off switch and advanced power saving modes you can now operate longer than ever.
Read the full release notes here.
For videos:
Quick 602 promo
602 Quick Start Guide
Update 12 August, 2020 - It appears that this throttle has its share of problems. The main one is that some of the throttles bypassed some steps in the manufacturing process (no idea how that happens). This resulted in a serious problem with the battery contacts. A problem serious enough that several users have had their throttle smoke (read, burn up!!) the instant they first put batteries into it. This requires contacting the Digitrax help desk and sending the unit back to Florida for a free fix. Other problems are that the throttle has issues when synching to a layout. There are also two firmware upgrades for this throttle already. They are available in the download section of the Digitrax website.
Author's Note : This throttle was NOT tested nearly as much as it should have been. I think what they did was just have the engineers test it and that's the worst thing you can do. They know how it's supposed to work and that's really all they test. I know this from being the software industry for 30 years. You NEVER let the people who wrote the code be the testers. Dedicated testers ask how it's supposed to work and then write tests that check there were no lies told 😁. A prime example, when I was a junior engineer I wrote code that required the user to enter their SSN. The tester wrote a test that just hit the Enter key with nothing entered. The code promptly exploded and dropped to the system prompt (not good). My response was "why would you ever do that?!?!?!". Answer: "because they can!". Lesson learned.
Digitrax, learn the lesson!
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June 23, 2020
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