If you want train control try the train station app It will control any combination of 4 engines, accessories or switches and its easy to add more. Just can only do 4 at a time
In TMCC mode only. It will not control Legacy features. Just FYI.
Originally Posted by Bob Anderson:
I often have two or three Legacy or TMCC engines running, and need to switch back and forth between controlling them...On the Legacy controller, hitting ENG toggles between the last two used engines, which makes flipping back and forth quite easy...it would be great to be able to hold down the ENG button on the iPad and have it display my roster, or at least the last 5 accessed engines, in a pop-up menu.
Great suggestion, thank you. I'l add that presently each different layout screen "remembers" its own engine number. So when you swipe back to your switching yard, the last engine you used there automatically becomes the currently selected ID. That said, you make an excellent point.
The next thing to add is a little video camera in the train cab so that you can see what the train operator would see as if you we're actually in the locomotive.....
Originally Posted by Railsounds:
Originally Posted by Bob Anderson:
I often have two or three Legacy or TMCC engines running, and need to switch back and forth between controlling them...On the Legacy controller, hitting ENG toggles between the last two used engines, which makes flipping back and forth quite easy...it would be great to be able to hold down the ENG button on the iPad and have it display my roster, or at least the last 5 accessed engines, in a pop-up menu.
Great suggestion, thank you. I'l add that presently each different layout screen "remembers" its own engine number. So when you swipe back to your switching yard, the last engine you used there automatically becomes the currently selected ID. That said, you make an excellent point.
That's a good idea.
Could we not have a screen that has the 5 accessed engines as suggested but that instead of selecting one to control all 5 engines could be controlled at the same time?
i.e. no selecting with ENG You would have 5 sliders on screen so you would have instant access to the 5 locos. Which ever slider you touch automatically selects that engine.
Regards
Nick
Originally Posted by Bob Anderson:
I've been playing with the iPad LCS some more, imagining what it will be like to control my layout. In addition to my earlier post, I have one other concern.
I often have two or three Legacy or TMCC engines running, and need to switch back and forth between controlling them. I can't see having to peck in their Legacy/TMCC two-digit numbers over and over to go back and forth. On the Legacy controller, hitting ENG toggles between the last two used engines, which makes flipping back and forth quite easy.
Having gone to all the trouble of putting in my roster (only 5 engines currently), it would be great to be able to hold down the ENG button on the iPad and have it display my roster, or at least the last 5 accessed engines, in a pop-up menu. I could slide my finger up to the one I want, and thereby set the ENG number. It would be even more fantastic to have that pop-up menu show my little engine pictures as well as their Legacy/TMCC numbers, so I could select what I want at a glance.
Bob A.
Great idea. I think we could add this easily; not sure about the picture, but perhaps the Road name and Number in addition to the TMCC ID.
Ok...need that wireless link. Any part #s to look for in shipping to get some timeline?
Lionel reps will be at the Chicagoland Lionel RR Club in New Lenox Il., sw of Chicago, on Sept. 28 to do a hands on demonstration. We have the sensor tracks installed on the layout so Lionel will be able to demonstrate the full range of their new technology. More information on our website. Space is limited, registration is necessary. clrctrains.com
Here's a new video introduction to the Layout Control System, mostly covering the features of the LCS App.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...amp;feature=youtu.be
Cheers,
Rudy
Any update on the availability of the wireless connection device? This is great stuff but not much play value until we can actually connect the pieces together!
I've been playing around with the app and it looks like it will be great for controlling a layout. It also looks to me like it could be used to control any brand of switches with an ASC. What is missing is the full Fastrack library and other track libraries. I would think it not a big of a can of worms to at least add a complete Fastrack library. If it had a complete Fastrack library, it could also become a nice, simple app for track design. People without LCS could use the free app to design layouts and it would sell them on Fastrack and LCS prior to investing in it. I like the feel of using an iPad to do this. It's more fun than a keyboard and mouse. With a complete Fastrack library it would be a lot of fun even without using it to control the layout.
Originally Posted by farwest:
I've been playing around with the app and it looks like it will be great for controlling a layout. It also looks to me like it could be used to control any brand of switches with an ASC. What is missing is the full Fastrack library and other track libraries. I would think it not a big of a can of worms to at least add a complete Fastrack library. If it had a complete Fastrack library, it could also become a nice, simple app for track design. People without LCS could use the free app to design layouts and it would sell them on Fastrack and LCS prior to investing in it. I like the feel of using an iPad to do this. It's more fun than a keyboard and mouse. With a complete Fastrack library it would be a lot of fun even without using it to control the layout.
I wholeheartedly agree! I am staying with Fastrack for my home layout (now in final stages of design) and my layout is small enough to fit on the screen. Still hoping for the application for Kindle Fire HD's!
When I spoke to the tech at the Open House the App was never intended to be a layout design program. It's intention was to create a layout CONTROL environment where monitors or track/accessory controls would be displayed and manipulated. The "layout" would be an abstraction like CTC control panel like the one shown below with the actual "controls" accessed from the touch screen (only that top strip on the photo is what is being used). You would only "build" sections of the layout that you want to control/monitor and swipe between them (aka screen to screen) like a yard or a crossing/interlocking point. Sections of track with a detector would be displayed.
There is currently no zoom feature and the track "library" is basically what you need to build the control panel and not a "layout"
Originally Posted by chuck:
When I spoke to the tech at the Open House the App was never intended to be a layout design program. It's intention was to create a layout CONTROL environment where monitors or track/accessory controls would be displayed and manipulated. The "layout" would be an abstraction like CTC control panel like the one shown below with the actual "controls" accessed from the touch screen (only that top strip on the photo is what is being used). You would only "build" sections of the layout that you want to control/monitor and swipe between them (aka screen to screen) like a yard or a crossing/interlocking point. Sections of track with a detector would be displayed.
There is currently no zoom feature and the track "library" is basically what you need to build the control panel and not a "layout"
I'm so happy to see that I'm not the only one who understood this basic concept of the LCS App. 
OH, I understood it! LOL
But those of use that have a small enough of an layout we could get the benefit of the entire layout monitored if we have the LCS Sensor Tracks at key points.
It was never intended to be a drawing program other than a program to draw a control panel. The interface box is to take wifi signals from the tablet and allow it to talk to the command base. While the CAB-2 to Legacy Base is operating in the same frequency band as WiFi the communications protocols aren't the same. I was able to connect to the demo layout at the open house with zero problems. It just worked.
I'm looking forward to the release of the wifi module.
can you share how to do this particularly for those who are computer challenged?
Do What?
You can download the LCS software for free from iTunes. You have basic track sections , straight, curved, R&L switch, sensor. You drag them around on the screen and drop them where you want them, they try to auto connect. You name each screen you build and then swipe left and right to get to a particular named screen.
If I can get screen shots off of the iPad I will. I build a yard and a couple of other "sections". None of this does anything right now because the wifi link hasn't shipped. Any devices you can control (accessory or switch) you provide the TMCC/Legacy ID numbers and then that device will do whatever you programmed it to when touched/tap on the pad. The demo setup at the open house had an engine go through a programmed routine as it hit sensors and there was a switch/siding you could toggle/rout through. The demo also showed off basic control of the Legacy engines that was being used for the demo.
