dcs app

Apple. MTH released it to the App Store before York. 

My guess and only a guess is Apple found something they didn't like and sent it back for tweakin.

 

i want to know what's taking MTH so long to get 5.0 up on the website? 

To learn more "Click Here", to get the facts from Andy Edelman from Mikes Train House.

Andy talks about the paid APP will not be done until early 2016.

     The engineers and designers are still working on this APP at the “MTH - Michigan Skunk Works.”

So just hold tight until they are done.

Gary - Cheers from The Detroit and Mackinac Railway - A Toy Train Layout

Gary, it was at York free for the asking.

Couldn't make this York Marty.  Hoping 5.0 will fix a lashup issue I'm having

Hi Marty

     I was at my local Hobby Shop last Sunday and he will also be doing the 5.O upgrade for free, if you buy the WiFi Module from his shop. The WiFi Module and 5.O upgrade is not yet available from MTH.

     I am going to wait until the finished APP is out from "The MTH Skunk Works" in my home state of Michigan.

Thanks for the tip.

     I saw you in the photos from York at the meetings doing the 5.0 upgrade. "Cool"

Happy Halloween.

Gary - Cheers from The Detroit and Mackinac Railway a "Toy Train Layout"

Here's a FACT for ya. At the DCS users group meeting Andy said the Android version was on the Google site. The Apple version both free and the non pro paid version was released to the Apple Store waiting on approval from Apple.

I have the app on my Android, but other than look at the maIN screen, a speedometer with a bell & horn.  Other screens have ome titles but are mostly empty spaces.  There's nothing I or anyone else can do with it until the module comes in, supposedly in December.  So there's no point in you Apple fans getting upset.

I asked MTH and several at the MTH AT York for the version 5.0 but could not get a straight answer out of anybody at MTH parts or MTH showing there trains and seminars, they were showing the engine with phone though but not running ?I had heard that we could get the download at York free which was why I went to York to get  version 5.0.

 

Alan

I was one of 4-5 persons who were doing upgrades to 5.0 at the DCS users group meeting on Wed evening.  We upgraded anyone who wanted to be upgraded.  There had been much advance notice given in the forum

 

When I was at the MTH display, they had two tablets set up from which anyone could operate, and to further demonstrate they ease of use, they logged my android phone into their system and I was able to control a loco from it.

 

Did I see ya at York?

Yes Marty, you did.  And I saw you.

Thanks RJR for the answer I was only able to come on Friday to York. thanks for the answer to my question!

Alan

Alan, I had the laptop with 5.0 at York and did upgrades for several guys that could not make the meeting on Wednesday.  MTH had the app running on the layout.  A couple of the beta testers were showing people how to run it.

Hi all,

 

Having been involved with the MTH app development earlier and with other app projects, I can tell you that the MTH app is a good deal more complex than most mobile device apps.  There are a number of things that the app has to do that are not common, including locating TIU's on the network, handling two-way communications to multiple IP addresses, and custom UI controls.  Apple looks at such features pretty closely to make sure they are done properly.  Since the app needs to communicate with MTH's own hardware (WIU), Apple  will be particularly strict.  It's not at all surprising that the iOS approval will take a while and it's not necessarily an indication that they've found something that needs changing.  It just reflects the fact that this is a more complex than average app.