DCS App Updater for iOS is in the Apple iOS App Store

Thanks Barry,  Are there any peculiar steps in performing the new iOS software upgrade?

Barry Broskowitz posted:

As of right now, DCS App 2.0.1 is available in the Apple iOS App Store.

Thanks Barry, will be updating the TIU tonight.

Android version in googlestore

This is weird,  go to the apples App Store and look at updates available MTH app not listed.  Open the app and it ask me if I want to update.  I say yes and it opens the App Store, where there is no option to update, only open the app.  Any ideas?

Gary,

Export the app's data first. Next, delete the app from your iOS device and then search for it in the App Store. Then, download it as if for the first time and import your exported file. You won't be charged again.

Barry Broskowitz posted:

Gary,

Delete the app from your iOS device and then search for it in the App Store. Then, download it as if for the first time. You won't be charged again.

First backup the data,  will do

My  update appeared as it will normally would in the App Store list of updates. 

Android came up in Googlestore and updated.

What are the updates about?

The published list of bug fixes is shown below. There is a modest list of trivial corrections for bugs affecting a small segment of users. Hence the upgrade 2.0.0 to only 2.0.1. What is this stuff? The big bugs haven’t been addressed. The variable voltage control still “trips out”, either lurching to high voltage, or becoming stuck at certain points leaving trains to coast off or crash.  MTH has confirmed that they know about this bug, so why didn’t they fix it? I have certainly heard rumors of an elitist, cultural disrespect for conventional operators in their ranks. They also knew about many bugs affecting basic Legacy locomotive operation, like non-functioning RPM’s, a lack of braking effects and others. Has MTH’s flawed (arguably sabotaged) implementation of basic Legacy control been made as part of a broader and deliberate attempt to make their DCS products appear more favorable at the expense of Lionel products? These are logical questions that one must be ask under these circumstances. So, after waiting almost 6 months for this bug-ridden app to get fixed, this is what we get? 

Another conspiracy theory!  Just when I though the Republic was safe.

What has Lionel done to enable their equipment to control DCS?

MartyE posted:

My  update appeared as it will normally would in the App Store list of updates. 

Boy aren’t you lucky.  LOL

Yep. Living right. 

Well that was fun.  My old laptop just crashed.  All my sound files gone, legacy files gone.  Now I need to find a cheap laptop.

Gary, you could buy a cheap flash drive and back up train (& other) files to it.  You can do this manually, or try something like GoodSync.

I only have the free app with the 4.99 upgrade. Do I still need this upgrade? And if so, then the free app and the 4.99 upgrade again? Can I skip this version?

MartyE posted:

My  update appeared as it will normally would in the App Store list of updates. 

as did mine.  all is well

superwarp1 posted:

Well that was fun.  My old laptop just crashed.  All my sound files gone, legacy files gone.  Now I need to find a cheap laptop.

Gary, depending upon the damage to your hard drive, you might be able to access all those files by removing the damaged drive and putting it in an external hard drive enclosure/case that can be accessed via USB drag & drop.  Cost is around $20.

RJR posted:

What has Lionel done to enable their equipment to control DCS?

Im glad you brought this up  

From what I understand, MTH refuses to release the DCS command protocol to third parties for development of software to run MTH equipment. So, the answer to your question is Lionel cannot enable DCS operation.

Lionel, on the other hand, did release the TMCC/Legacy protocol in the following document: http://www.lionel.com/lcs/reso...tocol-Spec-v1.22.pdf.

The MTH app operates DCS engines flawlessly on my layout. Meanwhile, this same app has a severely crippled implementation of Legacy control. It is not unreasonable or conspiratorial to state that a business motivation exists to diminish the appeal or function of a competitor’s product.