@BamaRider Being a newbie to Legacy myself, I’d like to understand exactly what you’re doing. My first Legacy engine was a SW8 switcher I recently purchased. It took some experimenting for me to get it to work. I had a few disheartening moments but finally got it working
Make sure you have the right app on your phone. The Lionel Lionchief app for Apple looks like this…
Double check that Bluetooth on your phone is ON.
Check that the switches on the engine are set correctly. Program switch should be set to RUN. Make sure the Bluetooth switch is ON. If they already look to be set correctly, flick them back-and-forth to make sure that they are completely engaged.
Track power OFF.
Place the engine on the track.
Crank the transformer up to 18 volts.
If the engine doesn’t connect to the app automatically, tap the 1234 engine number and it should find the engine. Tap on the engine. And tap the link button.
It should be connected and working. I had to run through this a couple of times. It didn’t work for me on the first try. I also have a CAB1 that took some poking and prodding. But once I got the engine up and running, I don’t think I could go back to conventional control.
good luck. Hopefully the issue is a small overlooked step.
