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Not all SC-2s are the same--when it comes to using them with Wi-Fi and the iPad or other smart device.  Although it's mentioned earlier in this thread that the SC-2 will work fine with the iPad App, that's only true with SC-2s produced since sometime in 2013.

My SC-2s have always been 100% reliable when controlled from the CAB-2: enter the command and the switch throws or the accessory turns on or off.  However, when I set up the LCS Wi-Fi module and the iPad App, I found that the SC-2s were not 100% reliable when controlled from the iPad.  Sometimes when I touched an icon to throw a switch or, especially, to turn an accessory on or off, and the icon changed, indicating that it had been activated, no command was received by the SC-2s and nothing happened.

Lionel was extremely responsive and helpful in identifying what was going on.  My SC-2s were older, and they can't operate reliably with Wi-Fi and the iPad.  My understanding is that the older SC-2's timing in receiving commands is not totally in sync with the timing of the commands coming from the iPad and the Wi-Fi.

When I tried replacing one of my SC-2s with the "tuned up" SC-2 released in 2013--shazam!--everything controlled by that SC-2 worked 100% reliably from the iPad App!

The newer SC2 can be distinguished from the older one by the green lettering on the "Prog/Run" text by the Prog/Run switch.

I can't say enough how helpful Lionel was in helping me figure this all out.

Keith

OGR Publishing, Inc., 1310 Eastside Centre Ct, Suite 6, Mountain Home, AR 72653
800-980-OGRR (6477)
www.ogaugerr.com

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