LCS App - Command/Control Switch Status not updating

A new module, the STM2 is coming out so that the switch position can be entered into the system and displayed on the LCS app.

http://legacy.lionel.com/lcs/L...ucts/STM2/index.html

That page exactly describes the problem that I'm having, which is nice. Thanks for the link. 

However, that page is disheartening:

• "Wired to each switch". Wires? The whole point of Command/Control switches is "No Wires"! 
• "If your track switches have built-in command control capability, [...] connect one wire from the STM2 module to the RSC Lights terminal on the switch." Even Command/Control Switches! 
• "With LCS WiFi and the iPad-based Lionel LCS App, you can see the position of your command controlled track switches at a glance." Except that you really can't, which is the whole point of that page. 
• "With the STM2 installed on your layout, you’ll always know what your switches are doing!" The way it's been in the Lionel World for 50+ years. Sigh. 

The *entire* reason I've spent thousands (!) of dollars on Command/Control switches is to avoid running wires. As it sits now, there's not a single wire running to any of my switches and it's beautiful. Setup and teardown is a breeze; power is pulled from the track, control is via LCS, and all the complexities of wiring are gone. Now I need to run wires again? WTF. 

Grrrrrrrrrrrr,
Chris

Yes the Legacy command control system is a data one way system. You can send data to the various engines, modules, etc. but they cannot wirelessly send data back. They are only receivers.

Actually, the reason it does not display is because it only recognizes legacy commands through the LCS system and apps.  When using the remote switch or the anti derailing feature you are not actually sending a legacy command so the app does not display that change.  That's why the stm2 module was created.  Hopefully you left your remote controls attached to the switches, because the stm requires a wired connection to one of the terminals the switch controller connects to under the base of the switch and then back to the stm.  You can splice into the remote switch control cable if you left them attached.  If not you'll have to pull up all your switches to connect the wire.  Also if you get into other LCS components like the ASC2 or BPC2, they all require wiring.  LCS does not mean everything is wireless, but it does mean most everything can be controlled by the Cab 2 Remote or apps. 

I wonder when we'll see the new LCS compatible command switch that doesn't require any wiring.