I have spent 5 days running my Legacy Polar Express and there are a few things I wanted to share with others. Don't get me wrong, the locomotive is fantastic and I'm excited to have it, but there are a few things I found interesting about it.
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@ArtsModelTrains posted:I have spent 5 days running my Legacy Polar Express and there are a few things I wanted to share with others. Don't get me wrong, the locomotive is fantastic and I'm excited to have it, but there are a few things I found interesting about it.
I watched a little this morning. Did a quick scan and will watch the rest tonight. I asked a while back if the Cab3 App could be setup to get some of the sounds customized in the side panel. I was told it wasn't. Not sure if this is a technical limitation but I got the impression it had something to do with maintaining Cab2 compatibility. The iCab App worked the same way.
Hopefully in the future, because it is software based, the Cab3 could have added control for special engines like this to trigger certain sound sets within the random dialog.
@MartyE posted:I watched a little this morning. Did a quick scan and will watch the rest tonight. I asked a while back if the Cab3 App could be setup to get some of the sounds customized in the side panel. I was told it wasn't. Not sure if this is a technical limitation but I got the impression it had something to do with maintaining Cab2 compatibility. The iCab App worked the same way.
Hopefully in the future, because it is software based, the Cab3 could have added control for special engines like this to trigger certain sound sets within the random dialog.
Yeah, the app buttons have to associate with a sound programed into a certain location on the board memory, so all they need to do is update the app to say "if you see locomotive polar express, change the button names to these" and each button could point to a different sound file location.
@ArtsModelTrains posted:Yeah, the app buttons have to associate with a sound programed into a certain location on the board memory, so all they need to do is update the app to say "if you see locomotive polar express, change the button names to these" and each button could point to a different sound file location.
That is a great upgrade idea as I do know that side panel does not show all the sounds and being an app could very well show all the sounds so you can trigger any sound at any time.
Here’s a question, and idk if anyone looked into this. The last version had 3 lines I don’t hear on the new one. They are the annoying kid line, the boy saying he wanted to do this his whole life, and the magic train line. Haven’t been able to figure those lines out. Did Lionel just omit them from this model or are they in a special sequence? I discovered that Santa only plays after you stop the engine, that’s about it. I’ve been going crazy for 3 hours trying to figure out how to get these lines!
@Sean's Train Depot posted:That is a great upgrade idea as I do know that side panel does not show all the sounds and being an app could very well show all the sounds so you can trigger any sound at any time.
Yep. Another thing I asked about when the GG1 was announced. Of all the announcements I want to be able to trigger on notice is "All aboard, this is the Polar Express!" I imagine Cab3 is capable but I also think from what I gathered is they don't want to leave the Cab2 folks behind.
Perhaps in the future.
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