I must confess ignorance of most things Lionchief related as I have none and don't keep up with it. Know very little about Bluetooth as well but am curious to learn more having just acquired my first Bluetooth equipped Legacy locomotive. First thought is can it be installed into any of our earlier TMCC or Legacy pieces? How about MTH locomotives as well? Any compatibility there?
I'm putting this out under the premise that 'there are not stupid questions'... :-)
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Sam,
I don't know that you could add just bluetooth to an existing engine/ board set, but I'm working on several Lionchief installs in conventional locos. A cheaper upgrade and added command control. The gen2 boards with BT are pretty good.
Bob
If it has a DC can motor, you should be able to add a Bluetooth control system like Blunami or a scavenged Lionchief board. It is possible to add Bluetooth to MTH PS3 engines using a BlueRailDCC by Tam Valley board to supplement DCC into the PS3 board and using the Blue Rail app to control the engine.
the new lionel boards have everything in 1 board now, so idk if it would be possible. @gunrunnerjohn should be able to answer.
You can't add BT to any Lionel product that doesn't have it unless you remove the existing Legacy electronics and start over. The RCMC would have to have new software loaded to interface to the separate BT module. Of course, the later LCP2/LCP3 boards all have BT, so no need to add it there.
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