Smoke Using the Lionchief App but not with Cab-1L

cgrayOGR Forum Member

I'm running a Legacy 2-8-2 Mikado from 2019 using the Lionchief app on my iPhone and it is running just fine; however, the app keeps disconnecting from the engine. I switched to controlling the engine via a CAB-1L controller and base, and the engine is operating properly - except there's no smoke output, either from the stack or with whistle steam. I've tried Aux 9 on the remote to turn on and increase the volume of the smoke, but to no avail. Smoke was left "on" in the Lionchief app and was working through the app, and obviously, is switched "on" on the engine. Any ideas?

1/8/232:42 PM

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cgrayOGR Forum Member

After switching back and forth between bluetooth/TMCC, eventually, the situation righted itself. I'm not sure the reason. I had been switching bluetooth off when using the Cab-1L. Leaving bluetooth on seemed to allow the engine to smoke normally when controlled by TMCC. Not sure if there is a principle here, but I'd still be interested to know the reason if anyone knows, as it doesn't make sense to me.

1/8/237:42 PM

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naresarOGR Forum Member

So I noticed something similar from my Lionel Mikado (product #2131330) from 2020. I've never gotten to poking around that much to confirm but I thought that the bluetooth and smoke switches had accidently gotten swapped at the factory. I wonder now if that a more prevalent issue.

1/8/239:10 PM

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