You could instead say that it has to comply with the DCC standard — otherwise, they’re done.

Don´t be sure!
Trix did enable Railcom now in the sound decoder so a wish is to add Railcom too in the CS3.
ESU, Lenz and Roco do have this in the system so why not with the CS3 too?
The only con are Märklins digital signals and m83/m84, they do not work when Railcom are enabled in the system.
That will be expensive for mother Märklin to change the system.

Hi,

One thing I would love them to fix, is with two cs3 units powering different areas of the layout (i.e. at Club), when there is a short on one cs3. To clear the stop, I need to stop the entire layout to clear the stop. Why..... : (

So annoying : )

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Hi Peter,

I had forgotten about the GO command. I remember trying it a couple of years back and it didn't appear to work. I tried it out again last night and it does what I wanted being, restarts the power from the short circuit event. I even made a little box attached to and S88 input.

Thanks for the reminder!

Sorry but what has EU regulations with the toy product like CS3?
Do you mean license?

The CS3 is basically a Linux computer with an internet connection. (Some do not use that, but it's part of the functionality)

e.g. one regulation that they probably will need to be in compliance with is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Resilience_Act, and there might be other regulations also.

It's also affecting other types of products. E.g earlier this year, my Canon R5 camera got new firmware where I had to set up a pin code on the camera. I disabled the pin code at power on, so I normally don't need it, and because of that, I have forgotten the pin code.....

"What is a toy according to the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC?

12.02.2021
Within the scope of article 2, paragraph 1 of the Toy Safety Directive Artikel 2, products are defined as toys, when they meet a number of criteria.:

products designed or intended
whether or not exclusively
for use in play
by children under 14 years of age.
Contrary to the previous Toy Safety Directive 88/378/EEC, the phrase “whether or not exclusively” has been added to the definition, indicating that even if a product was manufactured for other purposes, it can still be considered a toy."

Quoted text from:
https://certification-co...ty-directive-2009-48-ec/

Furthermore from what is not considered as a toy:
"14. Electronic equipment, such as personal computers and game consoles, used to access interactive software and their associated peripherals, unless the electronic equipment or the associated peripherals are specifically designed for and targeted at children and have a play value on their own, such as specially designed personal computers, key boards, joy sticks or steering wheels."

Text from the link: https://certification-co...ty-directive-2009-48-ec/

And: The box that contains the Märklin CS3 is marked for age 15+ so it's not officially labeled as a toy.

Still, any product in the EU market, no matter if considered a toy or not, can be subject to regulations. Of course even though the CS3 is not categorised as a toy product both children and grown ups can have fun playing with it if if anybody want to use the word "play" for our great hobby.