Layout Utility Software

You will have to use the wired serial port until you get to version 1.52 or above to use the Legacy Utility Software. Once your base is up to 1.52 you can connect via WiFi with the LSU. 

Marty- thank you. At least now I know what to do. Unfortunately that is problematic. My laptop does not have a serial cable. I wonder if anyone has update modules I can borrow or purchase?

You can use a USB to serial adapter. I do all the time. 

David... I was just going to recommend a USB to serial adapter (Marty beat me to it :-). Is there a Lionel Dealer (local hobby store) near you? If so, they may be able to help you with the modules (and the upgrade). 

Marty - thanks again. I see Amazon has them for $5.00!  

Is there anything special I need to do to get the software to recognize the usb input and communicate through it?

davidbross posted:

Marty - thanks again. I see Amazon has them for $5.00!  

 

Is there anything special I need to do to get the software to recognize the usb input and communicate through it?

Typically the PC will recognize it and assign it a com port#. Then use the LCS to select that com port. 

Marty. I received the cable and was able to update the base and remote to v1.54. 

Lcs on the iPad now works fine. I then downloaded Icab. It works fine except for two issues. The phone downloaded the engine roster fine. I then added a crane car onto my cab2 and hit refresh on the Icab. It says it is downloading the information forever and then gives me an error message. The Lcs on the iPad updates without a problem. I also put Icab on the iPad and it downloaded the engine roster. Any thoughtson why it isn't working on my iPhone6s?  

The second issue is that the tmcc crane car does not show up with the right buttons and cannot be operated on the Icab. It is in my cab2 as a crane and all the right buttons display on the cab2. Am I doing something wrong or is Icab just not supporting the crane at this time?

The phone updated the engine info fine today. I don't know what the problem was but it works now. 

The iCab doesn't support the crane. Yet.