LCS WiFi and Sensor Track

AS long as you have an engine with the IR transmitter, You are ready

Great point. I have a Legacy PA Tuscan K4 (with IR) waiting in the yard. 

Then have fun

By db9, do you mean the LCS power supply and db9 piece?  If so carry on. 

6-81499 LCS DB-9 Cable with Power Supply

Yes.  As i understand it the DB-9 connects from the Base to the first LCS module.  I plan to have the WiFi module as my first and then add the Sensor Track.  I am planning to eventually have 6-10 sensor tracks spread between my to main loops and then adding ASC-2 modules until all my remote switches are hooked in.  May have to add the switch monitoring module if the switch auto trips don't show up on the iPad.

Thanks MartyE for the feedback.

Adding a STM to my list.  The items I have ordered are on the way and should show up 3/21/15 (correction).  Looking forward to their arrival.

Not that I know of.  My dealer has the WiFi for sure in stock.  Not 100% sure about the sensor track.

Well lets remember that like other companies Lionel does a "run" of items.  When tat supply from that run is used up there is usually a time period with low supply.  Maybe the dealer you ordered from was lucky enough to have sold out his supply and none are available via Lionel.

There is at least one forum sponsor on here that does not show wether an item is in stock or not until after you order.  I only checked that dealer after my dealer showed no inventory of an item.  I had a couple of items I wanted.  I emailed the dealer to inquire about stock on hand before ordering.  The only item they had were the cables.  At that point, I just decided to wait for my preferred dealer to get the items back in stock.

I do not like places that do not show if the item is in stock or not.  If items in your order are not in stock, they should email you to let you know before they partial ship the order.  That way you can cancel and go somwhere else to find the items in stock. 

That is why I like dealing with Nassau Hobby Center.  They have one of the better sites.  If it can be placed in your cart, that means it is in stock.  If you are getting the last item, it will show out of stock after you place the item in your cart.  I like that feature because you can still browse the site without worrying if someone else will be able to get the item before you fill your cart and checkout.

I understand if items are sold out.  I just want to be told before I order not, recieve an email on the day the order is to arrive saying I will not get what I ordered (strongly agree with jpcommons comment).

I did find and order the wifi and sensor track but, that would have been easier to do whe I was originally ordering.  In my view the seller mislead me and waisted my time. 

Water under the bridge... Waiting for the wifi and sensor track to arrive.  Cables all installed and ready to plug in (some use in just getting the cable in).

Yep.  You should know before you push "check out".

Update.  Added the first piece of sensor track and programmed it for a crossing signal. Works like a champ.  Wifi should arrive within the next few days. 

Update 2:  WiFi and sensor track installed. Works great! Just using the preprogrammed commands so far but, I already want to add more sensors.  

Great fun. Highly recommended!

Does anyone know when this years sensor track is going to become available?

"This year's sensor track"?  I wasn't aware that it was being changed.

The sensor track, the only one I'm aware of, is available at a variety of places.

http://henningstrains.lightspe...track-legacy/dp/3188

http://www.trainworld.com/manu...CY-LCS-SensorTrack-/

... etc...

Nassau Hobby got the sensor tracks in today. The 15% sale ends this weekend.

It's so easy to graft the sensor base onto another track system that I really don't see any point in having the extensions for mating with other track systems.

Truthfully, I forgot about him mentioning that at York, I guess it just didn't interest me.

It's actually a piece of cake, and it works perfectly.  It's been posted here for a number of track systems, I'll give you the "Cliff Notes" version, this is for Atlas track, but Gargraves or Ross track would be virtually identical.  It turns out that the base of the sensor track is just about exactly the height of the Atlas ties and the cork base we were using.

• Remove the bottom plate and the two boards from the Sensor track to avoid damaging them and set them aside. 
• Remove the rails from the plastic base by bending the inside tabs and pulling them off.
• Knock the nubs off the plastic that aligned the track on the base and leave the top smooth with no projections.
• Take the piece of your brand of track and remove the ties for the length of the plastic base of the sensor track.
• Replace the removed boards and protective plate on the sensor track.
• Slide it under the modified track section and align the sensors, then secure the base to the layout.  You can also align it and glue the bottom of the rail to the sensor track base if you like.
• Enjoy your sensor track on the track brand of your choice.

Here's one of the threads for doing this with Ross track.  Note that we didn't have to worry about damaging the electronics because they're easy to remove and set aside, no possibility of damaging them in the alteration process.

https://ogrforum.com/p...l-s-lcs-sensor-track

Send some of that rain East, we need it.  Texas is getting all our rain!

Thanks gunrunner and Steve for the info on availability of track. I now have some on order. I will be doing some work on my layout this weekend to be able to be able to just slide them in when they arrive. 

That's what is supposed to happen, but the last few storms just petered out before they actually got here.

Here's a link showing how I did it. I have not had any IR problems with this conversion.

https://ogrforum.com/t...ack-to-atlas-o-track

http://briansoscaletrains.blog...-sensortrack-to.html

Here's a shot of the simple way I described using Atlas track.  There's no need to try to mount the logic and sensor boards independently, and the sensor track base exactly matched the height of the cork roadbed and the Atlas tie section that was removed.  The ballast was just tossed in to illustrate how easy it is to blend the sensor track into the rest of the track.