All About Yard Mode on TCS Throttles!

[@isaiahfurrow7414]

I really think I might have to snag a potentiometer version and wifitrax panel.... maybe I'll try the encoder as well at some point. Can the 50 models do all of the same programming and functions of the UWT-100, aside from the dual throttle mode ? What other features or differences would there be aside from the actual screen size and encoder knob and button layout and the obvious slight differences in use due to an encoder or potentiometer vs the scroll wheel and 2 sets of chevron buttons... Thanks again, and thanks for making some cool products to take DCC trains forward a step or three in technology! This is the kind of stuff that has been needed for about a decade or so...

[@davidhill3724]

great work

[@JamesBrassill]

What makes this exclusive? I use it on NCE and Engine Driver all the time. So far I have seen no true difference between either of those and my UWT.

[@stuartbaker3595]

@JamesBrassill While it is true that other systems offer a feature they also call "Yard Mode", the TCS throttles offer many unique Yard Mode capabilities that are, as far as I know, currently exclusive to the TCS Throttle. They include: - The ability to enable/disable Yard Mode at any time with a single button press - On the UWT-50, T-50, and LT-50, the "3-dot" soft key button is configured for this by default. It may be moved through user configuration. - On the UWT-100, this feature may be configured onto any one of the soft key buttons through user configuration. - The UWT-50P (potentiomenter version) includes a mechanical "detent" at the midway point, which is factory calibrated to "zero" speed in yard mode. - The UWT-50P can instantly "flip" the rotational orientation with a single click of the direction button in order to match the orientation of the locomotive on the layout. - The UWT-100 and encoder versions of the UWT50, T-50, and LT-50 can always return to zero speed by tactile feel only, even with heavy momentum enabled. No reason to validate the commanded speed by looking at the LCD. - Highly configurable in tweaking the desired behavior. - Yard mode setting is a per locomotive setting. Recall remembers the previous setting for a given locomotive. Many of these exclusive features are designed so that the user can always return the locomotive to zero speed without having to look at the throttle LCD or "guess" where the zero location is. That is one of the main drawbacks of yard mode in NCE based throttles such as the ProCab and Cab-06.

[@JamesBrassill]

@@stuartbaker3595 so its a bit disingenuous to call yard mode exclusive as it implies only TCS has it. The marketing should be updated to say Yard mode with exclusive features. "Others have it, but we do it right." It is nicely done on the UWT throttles.

[@brownie8235]

Id like to be able to change displays (UWT50 inparticular) to 8 speed steps, where we can go in and adjust which spped steps out of the 126 are incorporated into the 8 speed steps. If that makes sense? Still loving my controller as is though.

[@stuartbaker3595]

Are you thinking like 8 notches? Each "notch" sends a specific speed step command? Would you prefer this interface on the "notched" encoder or on the potentiometer?

[@brownie8235]

@@stuartbaker3595 yes that's what I mean. Either would be cool, something that could be changed at the user's needs..

[@nicksheridan588]

How does TCS release a video on Yard Mode, without saying what it is? You only start describing individual Yard Mode functions at 3:30... Get a better script writer please.