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Powered Up 4.0.3 = Useless?

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I’m just getting started migrating from PowerFunctions to Powered Up for my trains.  First thing that I think I need to decide on is which control software to use.  My initial foray into Powered Up 4.0.3 suggests that the Lego software is pretty useless.  I was trying to follow this guide to build a train controller: 

and it seems that the 4.0.3 update lacks a lot of the features that the 3.x versions did.  

Is it even worth trying to play with 4.0.3?  It seems that my time is better spent with PyBricks?

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Die you allow accecs to all of the icons?

Within  "programming" in the menu  (the "..." on the right, above the icon lane), and then the option most left (the "bricks"), you should select 3 of them to see all icons..

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yay, lots more icons. Dear Lego: a little help on hover wouldn't kill you.

So, I'm trying to make a simple controller here.  The top button works, but getting the speed output thing to display isn't.

I'm guessing that the train motors can't report their speed?

 

 

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13 hours ago, Arlo said:

Dear Lego: a little help on hover wouldn't kill you.

All the blocks are explained here:

https://www.lego.com/en-us/service/help/Power_Functions/LEGO-Powered-Up-programming-blocks-kA06N000000g04eSAA

13 hours ago, Arlo said:

I'm guessing that the train motors can't report their speed?

No, they don't.

Just replace the motor block in the lower program with the green "Slider 0" symbol, like you use it in the upper program.

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