Has the DCC controller.decoder ever been conceived from a driver's/engineer's perspective?
A driver of a diesel leaving a station, for example, would I imagine be controlling speed and not all the individual events or 'functions' that make it happen, whistle and bell being the exception.
Might one imagine a decoder/controller that has organized the myriad of functions in such a way as to truly mimic the driver's operation in the cab? I do see a wee bit of this automata now and so the technology is available for "the compleat engineer" experience!