***Fleischmann are not rebadged Digitrax - the loconet is an under license issue.
AFAIK train navigation is totally in-house and not supported outside FL - if you want it, buy it now as its no longer eitherproduced or supported by FL. Littfinski daten technik MAY have items which are compatible though.
If the core of the system was FMZ I'd advise dumping it - that really is a "dead duck" .... but the current/just dropped FLM system is OK DCC wise, if a little less than state of the art... basically I think you are right to continue with the controllers as they are. For a time ebay many be a source of other items you need, but prices will probably grow with rarity.
For everything other than loco driving forget FLM items - use something from a specialised DCC brand thats likely to stay around!
Things like the demise of FL digital are the reason why I always advise modellers to avoid ANY "train brand DCC" - the train brands busines is selling trains and they ONLY get involved in digital as accessory business to help them sell more locos short term - so when it becomes inconvenient, the digital gets dropped or changed to suit their "train marketing current need"!
Zero one, arnold digital, FL and the Marklin system are good relatively recent examples of train brands dropping proprietary systems after thousands were sold... and it leaves modellers out in the cold: Sometimes they are lucky for a while... for example - where would thousands of modellers be now if ESU had not taken on support for the marklin digital system that was dropped!
Richard
AFAIK train navigation is totally in-house and not supported outside FL - if you want it, buy it now as its no longer eitherproduced or supported by FL. Littfinski daten technik MAY have items which are compatible though.
If the core of the system was FMZ I'd advise dumping it - that really is a "dead duck" .... but the current/just dropped FLM system is OK DCC wise, if a little less than state of the art... basically I think you are right to continue with the controllers as they are. For a time ebay many be a source of other items you need, but prices will probably grow with rarity.
For everything other than loco driving forget FLM items - use something from a specialised DCC brand thats likely to stay around!
Things like the demise of FL digital are the reason why I always advise modellers to avoid ANY "train brand DCC" - the train brands busines is selling trains and they ONLY get involved in digital as accessory business to help them sell more locos short term - so when it becomes inconvenient, the digital gets dropped or changed to suit their "train marketing current need"!
Zero one, arnold digital, FL and the Marklin system are good relatively recent examples of train brands dropping proprietary systems after thousands were sold... and it leaves modellers out in the cold: Sometimes they are lucky for a while... for example - where would thousands of modellers be now if ESU had not taken on support for the marklin digital system that was dropped!
Richard
