Yes, one of my three cabs is actually my original PowerCab.
Friend Art Houston ("This is a Grande Pacific pro-duct-ion"... on Youtube), in addition to the
programming track hooked up to his main system (a Power Pro system with extra boosters
and power supplies) has a PowerCab setup on a section of track nailed to a strip of ply to
use as a carry around programming track.
As DoubleARon said, it works exactly like a regular ProCab (the controller in the PowerPro
system) when using it on other layouts.
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As you can see, the button layout is exactly the same, the buttons are labeled the same, and
when either is plugged into an NCE PowerPro system will work exactly the same.
A different cord is used for the two systems.
For the PowerPro system, though both use the same RJ-12 plug, only the middle four conductors
are used. For the ProCab, all eight conductors are used. This is because it contains the "brain"
or "command station" chip, and the power flows from the wall wart plugged into the back of the
panel, out to the controller, and from the controller back out to the panel, where it then goes to
the track. Those track power wires are not used with the PowerPro system. The PowerCab
system supplies both cords, a flat cord for use as the PowerCab system, and a coiled cord for
use with the PowerPro system.
Our point is, even if you buy the PowerCab "starter" system you have not lost any money with it,
nor should you sell it, (NOT 'if') when you later acquire the larger NCE Power Pro system.