The LCS APP allows you to create custom control panels to operate your locomotives and layout. It is a free application for the Apple iPad™ and can be download in the APP store. The LCS App requires a Wi-Fi connection to connect to your layout. This is achieved either using the LCS Wi-Fi module or the Base3.
Using a Wi-Fi connected Lionel command base, use the APP to run TMCC and LEGACY locomotives, operate wireless command-controlled switches and accessories. The LCS APP also works with the other LCS modules. For example, you’ll receive real-time location updates when compatible locomotives cross over LCS SensorTracks™.
To start using the LCS APP, you’ll create one or more Custom Control Panels representing your layout. And starting with version 3.1 of the APP, you can share your custom control panels with any other iPad connected to the same Wi-Fi network!
The LCS App works with the Base-1L, but a Legacy Base2 or Base3 adds additional features. It is also possible to use LCS App and LCS WiFi in a system without a Lionel command base. This would be appropriate for a layout that exclusively uses conventional locomotives, or one where a different locomotive control system is in use, such as DCC. In this “No Base” configuration, additional LCS modules would be required to operate all switches, lighting, track power blocks or other accessories.