Here’s what you need to buy:
- MTH’s 50-1003 - DCS TRACK INTERFACE UNIT (TIU) – Need the 6.0 software version which can be uploaded from MTH site. I bought mine from a shipment that Charles Ro had just received last month and therefore, it had this software version. (about $175)
- MTH’s 50-1034 – DCS WiFi unit (WIU) (about $150)
- MTH’s premium app (from Google play store or iTunes) ($25 I think)
- MTH’s 50-1032 TIU/Legacy 6’ Connector Cable (about $20)
- Lionel’s 6-81326 LCS Serial Converter 2 (SER2) (about $40)
- Lionel’s 6-81499 LCS DB9 cable with power supply (about $30)
Connections:
- WIU to TIU (using the USB cable that comes with the WIU).
- Your power supply to TIU and TIU to track. For me I just cut the wires from my Powerhouse to my bus and inserted the TIU. I used 4 banana plugs, hot & common into TIU and hot and common out of TIU.
- TIU to SER2 using the 50-1032 connector cable
- SER2 to Legacy Command Base using the DB9 cable
Start up
- Load the app and follow the WIU quick start up guide.
- Make sure you always start up the WIU first and let it establish connection before turning on power supply. I have mine powered so that it is always on, i.e. separate from the powerstrip that I flip on to run trains.
- Power up your track and use the app to start adding your engines to the app.
For support, the MTH free addendum on using TMCC & Legacy available here: https://mthtrains.com/60-1406. Also, Jason Wenzel is the expert at MTH on this topic.
