APP problem

Are you using the updated app (version 1.1) with the updated WIU firmware? If not, you need to update both the app and the WIU. The symptoms you're experiencing are the same as a bug in the earlier versions of the software . 

Yes I am using the updated Wiu firmware but i see the APP version is 1.0. Don't they auto update? Maybe the wrong term. Usually I get a notice of an available update but none so far on the android APP. Tablet or phone.

Thanks Barry. I see there's an updated version at google play. Not sure why I never got an update notice on either device. I'll update and see if it fixes the problem

Joe

dobermann posted:

Thanks Barry. I see there's an updated version at google play. Not sure why I never got an update notice on either device. I'll update and see if it fixes the problem

Joe

Updated the APP. Same problem. The problem also occurs using the handheld remote if that tells you anything. Any opinion as to Android vs Apple?  Seems to be a lot of little problems with Android here and I've not seen many complaints from Apple users.

Joe,

The problem also occurs using the handheld remote if that tells you anything.

Yes, it does. The problem is most likely not related to WiFi at all. More likely it's something more generic and should be addressed by using the remote to diagnose what's going on.

Using the remote, describe exactly what you're attempting to do and exactly what happens when you attempt it.

Are you sure both locos do NOT have the same ID number?

RJR posted:

Are you sure both locos do NOT have the same ID number?

+1

I would also look for the engines being ID'd the same.

David, OK.

Doberman, whether on same track or not, locos must have different ID numbers

same numbers..how did that happen

Could have been any of a number of ways.  One way to avoid it is to always use "ADD ENGINE" on the same remote.  DCS will then add the loco with the lowest ID number that is vacant on that remote.  It will also change the ID stored in the loco to that number, and the loco will retain that number when added to another remoteIF that other remote has that slot vacant.

I have been bouncing between the remote, tablet and phone. Thinking about buying an Ipad strictly for this.

Doberman, always add a new loco on your remote first.  At this point, I would delete one of the locos from your remote, and then re-add it so it gets a new number.  Then delete it from the device you use with your wifi, and then re-add it; it will come in with the new number and you should be set.  I have 4 remotes, a tablet, and a smart phone, and have no issues.  All locos have the same ID & name on all devices, by using this method.

That's what I did.

I thought the engine was stored in the TIU but now that i think about it the handheld remote has more engines than the tablet. This means I will have to get out every engine in a box and load it into the tablet?

What a PIA that will be

Joe

The ID is stored in the engine itself, and the remote a keeps a record of it. 

If all locos you have boxed were added to the same remote, they "should" all have different IDs, and you needn't pull them out of the box and add them to the tablet until you want to use them.

Scroll through the loco list in your remote.  If you own any locos that aren't listed, when you pull them from the box, add them to the remote first.  They should get new IDs (assuming your batteries aren't shot.)