I have a similar issue. My Santa Fe caboose is clear and focused, but my Chessie caboose is blurry. Will also have to contact Lionel.
Just got my Sante Fe Caboose - put it on track - camera worked fine - clear picture had a little delay in finding camera but when it picked it up it works fine
Guessing CSX cabooses only having the problem? Still waiting for my Union Pacific.
It appears that the caboose is putting out a signal according to an app on my fire (WIFI Signals). How ever it appears that a my secure network will not let it connect. I turned off the Norton protection for both the fire wall and the auto protection. I also tried SGAUGIAN method twice. Note: to everyone I fellowed the instructions in 78-4231-250 3/18 (Lionel WiFi Camera App Owner's Manual) step by step every time I tried hooking up the Camera. Anyone have anything else that I could try?
gunrunnerjohn posted:QC still about the same I see.
What does that mean?... That forum members just so happen to end up with ALL of the defective models making things seem worse than they really are?
Has anyone asked Dave/Lionel if the Caboose/Theater Car camera are the
identical product? I have caboose version on order and sure would like to
know!! UnclePeteRR
Matt, How do you set up an access point. I do not detect any other WIFI signals on my computer.
I started another thread on this. My CSX cam caboose comes up on my pc wifi, but when I open the app, the cam has a 0.0.0.0.80 IP address. And no amount of fiddling on the configuration helps. What causes this and how can I fix it? My pc has a wired ethernet connection to the house wifi router, but I am trying to wifi to the wifi card in the pc with the CAM. Is that an issue? I am successful using the LCS system with wifi this way and also use the Legacy Utility with wifi this way...just not the CAM
Further, I guess the WiFi does hook up, but the IP address is that bunch of zeros on the pc app. Also, I changed the password on the iPad but what is the username and password on the pc app? Are they connected or completely separate?
I finally got it working and what is missing from the instructions for PC or they assume we would know what to do is that the caboose and the theater car are their own WiFi network and you need to first connect to that network before you do anything else. Then load the software and everything works. It worked for me. The only thing that I do not like it is a non secure network.
maxmn_98 posted:I finally got it working and what is missing from the instructions for PC or they assume we would know what to do is that the caboose and the theater car are their own WiFi network and you need to first connect to that network before you do anything else. Then load the software and everything works. It worked for me. The only thing that I do not like it is a non secure network.
Glad to see you got it working.
Please forgive this question (I haven't received mine yet, so haven't got a set of instructions to read).
Are you saying the App is included in the caboose itself, and that is where you get it for your device?
I was considering trying to get the app on my iPod ahead of time before I actually pick up my caboose so I can fully check it out before leaving the store to check the picture quality. If the App is on the caboose, obviously that won't be easy to do. 
-Dave
Once you connect to it you can go into the camera settings and put it on your own WiFi network which is what I did.
OK...I went to the PC wifi and found this...
CM4CC8-860DEF97142F-29D1CC
which I connected successfully to. Then I brought up the app
IP Camera Search Tool v3.0
and ended up with this when I clicked on "search" and ticked the box for "Configure camera's network settings"
My questions are:
1. How to I get the right IP address into the search results so that when I click "Open" it takes me to a valid web page?
2. What is the username and password here for? And how do I change it? when I try, it doesn't change to what I typed in when I close the app and reopen it.
3. What am I supposed to do with the statement "Please check if the camera's IPO address, blah blah blah...". When I try to edit the "Camera's IP address...etc" panel in configure, nothing changes in the IP Camera search window where the 0.0.0.0:80 IP address appears and no good results from the editing.
NOW on the iPhone, everything is seamless. The camera comes up on the iPhone or/and iPad app, I get a recommendation to reset the password which defaults to "8888", which I did set to CSX. And everything works just fine.
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I have mine on my internal WiFi which I suggest you do. I have it working on my phone and PC, however this thing performs better on phones and tablets.
After you get it on your WiFi, run the search tool and just click the open button. If you are presented with a login use admin as the username and leave the password blank. See if that works for you.
What do you mean by internal WiFi. The WiFi configuration on the pc and not the house WiFi? That’s what I did, but when I click on open with that bad IP address, I get a “nothing found” web page...naturally.
Your house WiFi access point. You can put the caboose on your internal WiFi instead of connecting to it so it will exist in your network with a reachable IP Address. It’s much easier in my opinion to use it this way. Best way to do this is via the phone app. Click on the gear icon on the camera list and choose device settings, then WiFi and you can then add it to your house AP.
That works well for all the devices. Thank you so much! I had thought that I was supposed to connect to the device WiFi since that worked for the iPad. However connected to the house WiFi now works for iPad, phone, and pc windows computer.
Thanks again,
No problem Chuck, I’m a Network Admin, and I have to say the instuctions could use a bit more detail when it come to connecting it to your own network which really isn’t explained. On a positive note the device itself is fantastic and I’m glad Lionel is making these.
