Digitrax has released a firmware update for the DT602 family of throttles dated May 2, 2023 (version 1.2)
According to Digitrax this DT602 family maintenance download Ipl V1.2 adjusts the display timing when doing address selection to avoid occasional spurious address-number flashes. These number flashes do not affect the real address being selected.
DT602 Family Major Version 0.1; Sub-Version: 1.2, Latest CodeAccording to a recent post on the Digitrax-Users groups.io forum Digitrax is no longer repairing the UT4 throttle.
After submitting a trouble ticket to the Digitrax HelpDesk for repair of his UT4 a forum member received this reply:
"We no longer repair UT4 throttles due to a lack of parts. Sounds like the potentiometer has gone bad."
There is a substitute potentiometer available as stated in a forum message of approximately a year ago.
"Apparently the official replacement part for the UT4 potentiometer was 688-RK09L1140A5P from Mouser Electronic Inc that is no longer being manufactured and has a replacement that works... The substitute potentiometer is RK09D113000K Alps Alpine Potentiometers. These have similar specs as the discontinued version, just that the shaft is plastic and is about 1/2" longer necessitating cutting down to length and filing the flat part a little bit. After removing the faulty pot in the throttle, these new ones slip in perfectly...
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The only information the author could obtain concerning this is located here. Their website is still available as of 2023-05-08 so if you need any manuals it is recommended you download them now.
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