LioneliCabversion2
User’sGuide
©2017,LionelLLC
TableofContents
Introduction....................................................................................................................................3
ConnecttotheLCSWiFi..................................................................................................................3
LaunchiCab.....................................................................................................................................3
NavigatingThroughiCab’sViews....................................................................................................4
Swipingtoaccessadditionalscreens..........................................................................................4
TheEngineScreen...........................................................................................................................5
TMCCID#andNameofActiveEngine........................................................................................5
WiFiConnectionStatus...............................................................................................................5
Throttle/SpeedGraph.................................................................................................................5
NavigationButtons.....................................................................................................................5
SoftKeys......................................................................................................................................6
Whistle,BellDirectionandHaltKeys..........................................................................................6
SelectingtheActiveEngine.............................................................................................................6
SelectanEnginefromtheRoster................................................................................................7
OtherRosterCommands.............................................................................................................7
OperatingtheActiveEngine............................................................................................................8
UsingtheThrottle.......................................................................................................................8
UsingtheQuillingWhistle...........................................................................................................8
LocomotiveSoftKeyScreens..........................................................................................................9
TheRunSoftKeyScreen..............................................................................................................9
TheSpeedSoftKeyScreen............................................................................................................10
TheDialogSoftKeyScreen........................................................................................................10
EngineHistory...........................................................................................................................11
EngineDetail.............................................................................................................................12
AboutTrains..................................................................................................................................13
BuildingaTrain.........................................................................................................................14
SelectingtheActiveTrain..........................................................................................................15
OperatingAccessories...................................................................................................................16
Accessoriesthatusethrottlecontrolsforoperation.................................................................16
OperatingSwitches(aka“Turnouts”)............................................................................................17
FiringRoutes..................................................................................................................................18
BaseDetail.....................................................................................................................................18
BaseVersion..............................................................................................................................18
RouteThrowRate.....................................................................................................................18
UpdateEngineNames...............................................................................................................19
AppPreferences............................................................................................................................19
DirectionforHornButton..........................................................................................................19
SpeedSliderUpdateRate..........................................................................................................19
EnableButtonPressSounds......................................................................................................19
WiFiTroubleshooting....................................................................................................................20
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Introduction
LioneliCabisanAppforAppleiPhoneandiPodTouch.It’sanoptionpartoftheLionel
LayoutControlSystem(www.lionel.com/lcs)InordertouseiCab,youmusthaveanLCS
WiFiModule(6-81325).ForinstallationinstructionsfortheLCSWiFimanual,seethis
video:(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVuu1D0GhNk&feature=youtu.be)
AndtheWiFiOwner’sManualatthislink:
(https://www.lionelsupport.com/media/servicedocuments/6648781325250WiFi.pdf)
TheiCabAppitselfwillbepurchasedanddownloadedviatheAppleAppStore:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lionel-icab/id920612683?mt=8
ConnecttotheLCSWiFi
UsingtheSettingsApponyourdevice,makesureyouareconnectedtotheLCSWiFi
module.TheWiFinetworkyoushouldconnecttodependsonthepositionofthe
“Accesspoint/JointoNetwork”ontheLCSWiFimodule.In“AccessPoint”mode,the
WiFiwillcreateitsownnamednetwork“LionelLCS–“followedbyfouruniqueletters
and/ornumbers.In“JointoNetwork”mode,theWiFimodulewillbecomepartofyour
normalhomeWiFinetwork.Connecttothatnetworkbeforecontinuing.
LaunchiCab
FindtheiCabiconontheHomeScreenofyourdevice.Tapittoopen.
iCabwillappearandconnecttoyourLegacycommandbase(orBase-1L).Themessage
“AttemptingtoConnect”willbedisplayedfollowedbrieflyby“LoadingDatafromBase”
(Legacybaseonly).
Note:Ifnocommandbaseisfound,a“FailedtoConnect”messagewillbedisplayed.In
thiscase,makesuretheLCSWiFiisconnectedtoyourcommandbasethroughtheLCS
DB9Cableandpowersupply.SeetheLCSWiFiOwner’sManualformoreinformation.
Note:Ifyouseeared“brokenchainlink”iconintheupper-rightcornerofyouriCab
screen,refertoWiFiTroubleshootingattheendofthisdocument.
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NavigatingThroughiCab’sViews
TherearetwowaystomovearoundwithintheiCabApp.First,toswitchbetween
devices(Trains,Switches,Accessories,etc.)taponeofthelabeledNavigationKeysto
changemodes.
Swipingtoaccessadditionalscreens
Tomovearoundwithineachdevice’scontrolsandsettings,usea“swipe”gesture.
Touchandholdafingerwithinthehighlightedareaofthescreenshownbelow.Without
liftingyourfinger,dragup,down,leftorright.Dependingonthecurrentcontext,each
ofthesedirectionsmayrevealanewviewtoexplore.
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TheEngineScreen
Herearetheelementsofthemainscreen:
TMCCID#andNameofActiveEngine
DisplaystheTMCCID#(1-98)andlocomotivename—thesameinformationshownon
yourCAB2remote(seeSelectingtheActiveEnginebelow).
WiFiConnectionStatus
ShowsagreenchainlinkiconwhenconnectedtoaLionelcommandbase.Aredbroken
linkiconisshownifnobaseispresent.Withoutaconnectiontothecommandbase,you
can’trunalocomotive.SeeWiFiTroubleshootingattheendofthisdocumentformore
info.
Throttle/SpeedGraph
Touchanddragtochangelocomotivespeed.Showstargetandactualspeedofthe
activelocomotive.
NavigationButtons
ChoosebetweencontrollingEngines,Trains,Switches,RoutesorAccessories.
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SoftKeys
Thesoftkeypanelscanbechangeddependingontheactiveenginetype,accessory,
switchoperation,etc.Touchandswipeleftorrighttochangeoperatingkeys(where
applicable).Touchandswipeupordowntosetengine/otherparametersandcommand
basesettings.
Whistle,BellDirectionandHaltKeys
ThesekeyswillappearinalliCaboperatingscreens.ForLegacylocomotives,slidingyour
fingerupanddownthewhistlebuttonwillcontrolthe“quillingwhistle”featureofyour
engine.
SelectingtheActiveEngine
Fromtheenginescreen,taptheorangeENGbuttonasecondtime.Thischangesthe
SoftKeyscreentoanumerickeypad(belowleft).Selectanenginebytypingina1or2
digitIDnumber,followedbytheEnterKey.
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SelectanEnginefromtheRoster
Alternately,chooseanenginefromtheRosterlist(Legacycommandbaseonly).Hitthe
Rosterbuttononthenumerickeypad(aboveleft)andtheRosterscreenappears(above
right).
Tochooseanengine,touchitonthelist.Forexample,tappingROCKISLANDGP9(The
firstentryunder“Diesel”)willmakethatengineactiveandautomaticallyreturnyouto
theoperatingscreen.TheEngineID#/NAMEdisplaywillbeupdatedwiththenewActive
Engineinfo.
Forconvenience,theRosterlistcanalsobesortedbyTMCCID#.
OtherRosterCommands
IfyouwanttoleavetheRosterwithoutchoosinganengine,tap“CabView”intheupper
leftcorner.Finally,tappingRefreshwillre-loadtheRosterlistfromyourLegacy
commandbase.Dothisifanotherenginehasbeenaddedbyanotheroperator,orafter
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rollinganew-to-this-layoutlocomotiveoveranLCSSensorTrack.Youshouldalso
RefreshifanyotherCab2remoteorotherApphasmodifiedsomethingbutyou’renot
seeingthechangereflectedinyourRosterscreen.
OperatingtheActiveEngine
IfyouarefamiliarwithusingaLionelCabRemote(LegacyCAB2orCAB-1L)youwillfind
iCabtobeverysimilar.Choosetheengineyouwanttorunfirst.Thenusethethrottle,
whistle,bell,direction,etc.tooperatetheengine.
UsingtheThrottle
ThebiggestdifferencebetweeniCabandaLionelhardwareremoteisthethrottle.
Insteadofthebigredknob,you’llbeusingthegreylargerectanglenearthetopofthe
iCabdisplay.
Tomoveanenginethatiscurrentlystopped,touchyourfingerovertheblackvertical
bar(neartheleftedgeofthethrottle/speedgraph)anddragtotheright.
Theverticalblacklineindicatesyourtargetspeed.Thegreybarshowsyourlocomotives
currentspeed.DependingonyourMomentumsettings,theactualspeedwilllagbehind
thetargetalittleoralot.This“speedgraph”isthesameinformationshownonthe
LionelLegacyCAB2remote.
UsingtheQuillingWhistle
WhentheActiveEngineisaLegacymodel,youcanoperatethequillingwhistleby
touchingthewhistlebuttonanddraggingyourfingerorthumbupanddown.Bydefault,
thetopofthebuttonmakessofterwhistleblowsandthebottomincreasetheintensity
ofthesound.ThismatchesthebehavioroftheLegacyCAB2remote.Ifyouprefer,this
canbereversedsoloudblowswillbetriggeredfromtheupperendofthewhistle
button.(seeAppPreferences,laterinthisdocument).
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LocomotiveSoftKeyScreens
ThreedifferentSoftKeyscreenscanbeselectedforusewithaLegacylocomotiveand
youcanswitchbetweenthemfreelyatanytime.Tonavigatebetweenscreens,touch
anddragyourdingeranywhereinaSoftKeyscreen.
TheRunSoftKeyScreen
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TheSpeedSoftKeyScreen
TheDialogSoftKeyScreen
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EngineHistory
TheEngineHistoryfeatureisaconvenientwaytoquicklyswitchbackandforthbetween
recentlyusedlocomotives.TouchandholdtheENGbuttonandalistwillappearinthe
SoftKeyareaofthedisplay:
Tochooseanenginefromthelist,simplytapitsID/Name,itwillbeselectedandyou’ll
bereturnedtotheoperatingviewautomatically.
ToclosetheEngineHistorywithoutselectingalocomotive,taptheENGNavigation
buttonagain.
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EngineDetail
TheenginedetailviewletsyouseeandchangethevariouswaysiCabcommunicates
withyourlocomotive.Forbestoperationforaparticularlocomotive,refertothe
Owner’sManualthatcamewithyourengine.LegacyEngineswillautomaticallyappear
withtheiroptimumsettingsifyouareusinganLCSSensorTrack,oranOrangeMemory
ModulewithaLegacyCAB2remote.
ToaccesstheEngineDetailview:
1. TaptheENGNavigationButtonifitisnotalreadyglowing.
2. Swipeup.
3. TheengineDetailviewfortheActiveEnginewillappear.
Youcanchangeanyvalueshownandthenewinformationwillbewrittenintoyour
Legacycommandbase.Tapthe“I”buttonsortouchthewhiteareanexttoNameto
modifyeachdetailitem.Changeswillbereflectedinallactiveremotes(LegacyCAB2’s
willupdateimmediately.OtherinstancesofiCabwilltoo,followingaRosterRefresh).
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AboutTrains
BuildingaTrainallowsyoutocontrolagroupofEnginesasone,inaprototypical
manner.InaLEGACYControlSystemTrain,dialog,hornandbellareheardonlyfromthe
head-endunit.Directionchangesareaccompaniedbyreversedlighting.Coupler
activationwilloperatethefrontcouplerofthehead-endunitortherearofthelast
memberofthetrain.Thecontrolandsoundoptionsofthehead-endunit(suchasthe
SoftKeyScreens)automaticallybecometheoptionsforthecompletetrain.
ItisstillpossibletocontrolanyoftheEngineswithinthetrainindividually.Whenyou
issueaTraincommand,theindividualEngineyouwerecontrollingwillreturntothe
group.Ifthereisadifferenceinspeed,theindividualEnginewillreturntothespeedof
thetrainattheratesetintheTrainmomentum.
YoumayalreadybefamiliarwithBuildingaTrainusingtheLegacyCAB2remoteorthe
CAB-1L.UsingiCabtobuildTrainsissimilarinsomewaysbutdifferentinothers.The
basicconceptisidentical—youwillbecreatingatrainthatconsistsofoneormore
locomotivesandcanalsoincludeoperatingrollingstocksuchasaStationSoundsDiner
oraCranecar.
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BuildingaTrain
FollowthesestepstocreateaTrain:
1.
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3.
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6.
7.
TaptheTRNavigationButtontoswitchtoTraincontrol.
SwipeuptorevealtheTrainDetailscreen.(seeTrainFigure1)
PressAddtoaddthefirstenginetothetrain
TheRosterviewwillappear.Touchthefirstengineyouwanttoadd.(TrainFigure2)
Thefirstengineappearsasshownwiththefollowingoptionsset.(TrainFigure3)
TouchAddtoputasecondlocomotiveintothistrain.(TrainFigure4)
Ifyouwanttorunyourenginesback-to-back,hitthedirectionbuttonandtheselectedunitwill
showreversed.(TrainFigure5)
8. ToNametheTrain,whichwillmakeiteasiertoselectintheRoster,taptheName/IDbutton
(lowerleft).Youcanalsogiveitanumberbytappingtheblacknumberboards.(TrainFigure6)
9. PressDonetoexittheName/IDscreen(TrainFigure7)
10. TocompletetheoperationandSavethenewTraindefinition,swipedown.Youwillbereturned
totheTrainoperatingscreen.(TrainFigure8)
Thecommandbasewillbeupdatedandthehornsoneachnewmemberofthetrainwill
blowbriefly.
TrainFigure1 TrainFigure2 14
TrainFigure3
TrainFigure4 TrainFigure7 TrainFigure5 TrainFigure8
TrainFigure6 SelectingtheActiveTrain
ChoosingtheActiveTrainfollowsthesamestepsaschoosinganActiveEngine,except
thatyoufirsthittheTRbuttontoenterTrainmode,ratherthantheENGbuttontoenter
Enginemode.
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OperatingAccessories
iCabwillcontrolyourLioneloperatingaccessories,suchasacommand-controlled
Sawmill.iCab’sAccessoryviewshouldalsobeused,evenforAccessorieslikethe
command-controlledGantryCrane,whichistypicallyprogrammedtorespondtoa
TMCCEngineID,sinceitsoperationrequiresthrottleoperationforsomeofitsfeatures.
Toselectandoperateanaccessory:
1. PresstheACCNavigationbuttontoenterAccessorymode.(seeAccessoryFig1)
2. Toselectbetweenaccessoriesyouwanttooperate,presstheACCNavigation
buttonasecondtime.(AccessoryFig2)
3. EnteryourAccessory’sTMCCIDusingthenumerickeysandhitEntertoreturnto
theAccessoryRunscreen.
Accessoriesthatusethrottlecontrolsforoperation
IfyourAccessoryusesthethrottletocontrolanyofitsfunctions(likerotatinga
gantrycrane),thataccessorywillbesettoanENGINE,ratherthanACCESSORYID
(seeyouraccessory’sowner’smanualfordetails).
ToselectandoperateanEngine-Addressedaccessory:
1. PresstheACCNavigationbuttontoenterAccessorymode.(seeAccessoryFig1)
2. Toselectbetweenaccessoriesyouwanttooperate,presstheACCNavigation
buttonasecondtime.(AccessoryFig2)
3. EnteryourAccessory’sTMCCIDusingthenumerickeysandhitEntertoreturnto
theAccessoryRunscreen.
4. TaptheENG/ACCbuttonsothat“(EngID)”appearsasshownatthetopof
AccessoryFig3.
5. HitEntertoreturntotheAccessoryRunscreen.
AccessoryFig1
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AccessoryFig3
OperatingSwitches(aka“Turnouts”)
Operatingacommandcontrolledremotetrackswitchoraremoteoperatingswitch
wiredtoacommandcontrollersuchasanLCSASC2isasimple,threestepoperation.
1. PresstheSWNavigationButtontoenterSwitchmode:
2. Usingthenumerickeys,entertheone-ortwo-digitIDofthedesiredswitch.
3. Pressthe“thru”or“out”(thesinglearrowordivergingarrowbuttons,bottom
row)topositiontheswitchtothedesireddirection.
Note:LionelalsoofferstheLionelLCSAppforiPad,whichisdesignedspeciallyfor
operatinglayoutswitches,accessoriesandtrackpowercontroldevices.Readmore
aboutithere:http://www.lionel.com/lcs/LCSproducts/LCSApp/index.html
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FiringRoutes
iCabcanfireRoutesthathavebeenpreviouslydefinedusingaLegacyCABRemote.This
isasimple,threestepoperation.
1. PresstheRTENavigationButtontoenterSwitchmode:
2. Usingthenumerickeys,entertheone-ortwo-digitIDofthedesiredRoute.
3. PresstheFirebuttonandtheroutewillbetriggered.DependingontheRoute
ThrowRate(seeBaseDetailsectionbelow)theswitcheswithintheRoutemayall
re-positionthemselvesatonce,oroneaftertheotherwithabriefdelaybetween
each.
BaseDetail
AccesstheBaseDetailviewbytouchingandswipingdownward.ToClosethisview,
touchandswipeupward.
BaseVersion
ThisshowsthesoftwarerevisionofyourLegacyCommandbase.LegacyBasefirmware
isupgradable,seetheLionelCustomerServicewebsiteformoreinformation.Base
firmwarecannotbeupgradedfromiCab.
RouteThrowRate
Thissettingdeterminesthetimebetweentheoperationofeachindividualswitchthat
makesuparoute.Youcansetittovaluesbetween0(nodelay)toa2seconddelay
betweeneachswitchcommand.
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Warning:IfyouareusingaLionelSC2switchcontroller,useaminimumvalueof1.0.
ThiswarningdoesnotapplytotheLCSASC2switch/accessorycontroller.
UpdateEngineNames
EngineswithoutroadnamesandnumberswillnotappearintheiCABEngineRoster.
PressthisbuttontoupdateyourLegacydatabasetoautomaticallyassigndefaultroad
namesandnumberstotheseengines.Thisoperationwillnotaffectenginesthat
currentlyhavenames/numbers.
AppPreferences
iCab’spreferencesettingsarenotvisiblewiththeiCabapp.Instead,likeotheriOSapps,
theycanbefoundbyopeningyourdevicesSettingsAppandscrollingdownuntilyou
seethesmalliconthetextfor“LioneliCab.”Tapthisiconortexttoviewandchange
preferencesettings.
iCab2doesnotneedtoaccessPhotosorCamera.Versionandrevisionare
informationalonlyandcannotbechangedbyyou.
DirectionforHornButton
Thispreferencesettinginvertstheoperationofthequillingwhistle/hornbuttonsothat
highintensityblowssoundwhenyoufingerisnearthetopofthebutton(Legacy
enginesonly)
SpeedSliderUpdateRate
ThispreferencesettingreferstoLCSApp’scommunicationwithyourWirelessNetwork
andtheLCSWiFimodule.Inmostcases,thedefaultsettingof0.5secondsis
appropriate.However,youmayexperimentwithslowervaluesifyoususpectyour
wirelessnetworkisespeciallysloworbusy.
EnableButtonPressSounds
Thispreferencesettingturnsofftheconfirmingusersoundsfromyourdevicewhen
runningiCab.Thisswitchdoesnoteffectthesoundsthatmaybegeneratedbythe
locomotive,caroraccessoryyouareoperating.
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WiFiTroubleshooting
iCabmustbeconnectedtoanLCSWiFimoduletooperateyourlayout.Ifthis
connectionisnotmade,you’llseeared“brokenlink”iconintheupperrightcornerof
thescreen.RememberthatyouriPhoneoriPodTouchmustbeconnectedtothe
wirelessnetworkcreatedbyyourLionelLCSWiFimodule.
TocheckyourWiFiSettings:
1. GotoyouriPad’sSettingsAppandchooseviewyourcurrentGeneralsettings.
2. ClickonNetwork.
3. UnderWiFi,besureyouareconnectedtothenetworkthatincludestheLCSWiFi
module.IfyourLCSWiFiAccessPoint/JoinNetworkswitchissetto“Access
Point,”choosethenetworknamebeginningwith“LionelLCS-xxxx.”
4. IfyourLCSWiFiisin“JoinNetwork”position,connecttothenetworknameof
yourhomeorclubwirelessnetwork.
5. Oncethecorrectwirelessnetworkhasbeenselected,returntotheiCabApp
6. Iftheredlinkiconisstillshowing,tapit.Whenitturnsgreen,youareconnected
andreadytogo.
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