The used Digitrax DT402D that I ordered came in, and it works. Sometimes. When it wants to.
As long as it is connected, it works like a champ. When it is disconnected it acts like it is still connected, but if you make a control input the white LED on the front flashes, which is saying it couldn't communicate with the command station. Every once in a while, if the stars align and all is right, it works wirelessly. Those times, unfortunately, are few and far between.
I sent a tech request to Digitrax and their answer was to buy a brand-new UR-93. I resisted for a while, but finally bit the bullet and made the purchase.* Results? Same thing. It works when it wants to. Another tech request to Digitrax asking for a test-and-check on the DT402D was DENIED!!! because it's obsolete and Digitrax doesn't have parts for it any more.
So the upshot is I have an expensive tethered throttle. Two of them in fact, since the 400R needs an UR-91 for simplex operation that I don't have. Once upon a time I could have sent it in to be upgraded to a DT402D, but it, too, is obsolete and there are no parts for the upgrade. That one does work by IR though, so it's not a total loss. The 402D supposedly has IR capability, too, so I might be able to use it that way as well.
I had played around with the idea of going with Digitrax with my new layout since it is going to be bigger than the old one. I still might, but for the time being my Digitrax experience is not all it could be.
It's my own fault for buying used equipment. I was trying to go cheap and it bit me in the rear. I can either suck it up and buy a new DT602D (or UT6D) that is supported or I can stay with tethered throttles. That's the price of buying someone elses problems, I guess.
*I also bit the bullet and bought the LNWI, so I could go WiFi if I wanted to, I guess. That, at least, works fine.
