Questions about the LCS App /Wi-Fi. Function’s.

Just like for the CAB2, you need  set the control type - as that is what then dictates what icons are shown. What you are seeing are the default TMCC icons.

Couple of bigger things though we need to get straight. The Legacy base is the "brains" of the system and stores the database of all engines, all accessories, all trains, and so forth in this database. Again, that is stored in the base. The Cab2 remote is dumb without the base. It's just buttons and icons I can display but again, what it does is connects to the database in the Legacy base. So when you set and ID (example from my layout is my cranes I set to ID3) in he CAB2 you hit info, then scroll through the setting tabs for that ID, and key here is, those are stored in the base so that no matter what remote connects to that base, that ID then displays those chosen icons (example crane car, TMCC, Railsounds 5).

So, in my iPad, running the LCS app, I access the "Roster"

Once you see the route screen, then you see the ID slots you have made in the database. There you can edit one, and then choose the correct control types (example again, crane car, TMCC, Railsounds 5) or if you have the Legacy version of the crane boom sounds car, then choose Legacy for Railsounds type.

Now in fairness, I'm running a really old iPad so my LCS app is an older version and the screens and icons might vary between versions? No to mention, I do not know the interface for the phone sized screen so where and how you access certain things, I may not be able to replicate.

Again, I just verified with the app, it's slightly different than the remote in that if you are not connected to the base, then you can edit things and that's in the app, and then when you connect to the base, you may get dialog windows as the app and the base database sync up. Again, just a minor difference, the CAB2 remote basically does nothing unless talking to a base, where the app being on a smart device, kinda has it's own database, but has to sync up with the base database so that the changes match.

Sorry, I'm trying to find the links but since Lionel updated the website, they broke a bunch of links and specially the LCS explanation pages that would be a huge help.

They nuked a lot of the links but here is a links and video that Rudy @Railsounds did on the Lionel Engineering YouTube channel

Old Lionel Engineering YouTube

Also, just tried to add LCS to my iPhone and only found the iCab app which is what you appear to be running, The rules are basically the same.

So what you have to do in the iCab app is first select the ID of the engine or whatever. Then swipe up to reveal the same control type settings.

As a note, I cannot get my icons to update yet on my phone, so yeah- now I pretty much know why I don't use my phone or the iCAB app.

I did go to the page where my engines came up even the ones I don’t own anymore. I think I set the crane right but I’ll have to go back and check but the icons didn’t change for the crane? I just need to play with it some more to get use to it but I had to do that with my DCS Wi-Fi and I know that pretty good now.

@Vernon Barry posted:

Also, just tried to add LCS to my iPhone and only found the iCab app which is what you appear to be running, The rules are basically the same.

So what you have to do in the iCab app is first select the ID of the engine or whatever. Then swipe up to reveal the same control type settings.

As a note, I cannot get my icons to update yet on my phone, so yeah- now I pretty much know why I don't use my phone or the iCAB app.

To be fair my DCS app and now LCS are very responsive and do work well. So far the LCS and DCS are playing well together I have both units separated 8’ from each other if that makes any difference.

I'm trying to give this a fair chance tonight and trying on 3 different devices the iCab app.

First, the screens never match exactly the version as shown in the video. I mean I understand there are updates but between the broken links to support documentation and then the app initially not working on my 4th gen iPad Air (could not select an engine) until after I power cycled the iPad after installing the iCab app. Again, I never get the advanced function screens, it's like it's stuck in TMCC icon mode. So between I cannot install LCS app on the iPhone 8, and I cannot install iCab on an older iPad2 but LCS works on that iPad, This is just all over the spectrum of messed up. I understand in some ways older hardware that even Apple cut support on, but when on the newest device I own it had issues upon install, that's unacceptable. And then this debacle of a website update that broke your own support links and info, well that is just the nail in the coffin. This is an abortion- and that's saying it as nicely as I can.

Again, sorry Lionel, you had a chance to make an impression and tonight- that impression was your idea that the future of the train control relies on these apps (iCab and Base3), and that is infuriating to say the least.