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| (...) Plus a remote is usually in the hands of the controller, so can be re-targetted as necessary - whereas an RCX controller would most likely be fixed to the layout somewhere, and disguised as an object of some kind on the layout. Otherwise you (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) You've also got the problem that if they work like the volume control on a TV remote (which is likely) the signals are "speed up" and "slow down", not absolute speed values. Since you have no way of knowing whether the train received a (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Agreed, and even if your RCXs can tell each other "I sent XX speed signals to the train" there's no guarantee it received them. I would be surprised if the control doesn't have a "stop" button though. ROSCO (18 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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