Ken:
I'm still working on the panels. They work after a fashion. I was doing
some searches on "no neighbor error, because that and delay timer errors are
pouring into the logs. I came across a script that I believe you wrote.
DebounceSensor.py, I think that may help clean up some of the issues. Do
you have a howto sheet for that?
I also discovered that the BD20's I have are a new version BD20a all of
NCE's documents talk about desensitizing the detectors, I think I'm having
the opposite problem. That might be part of the issue. I'm going to get on
the phone with NCE tomorrow about this, I need to order some more stuff from
them anyway. The AIU definitely didn't work with the PowerCab it's been
better since I switched to the SB5 System in JMRI preferences. I also
have a mini panel from NCE to try out, that may be more viable than the AIU.
Switching to Linux, is there any particular reason you wanted to hide the
users files? The default directory being hidden missed being seen. Since a
lot of clubs use this software it may be prudent to fork a database driven
version, the missing backup files and the occasional exit before saving
seems endemic. Performance could be improved too. J I may take a pass at
the database this summer. This is all GPL?
Thanks for the help.
Doug:
This isn't real electronics and I have a test light. J To do anything
really useful I'd need an oscilloscope to figure out why the decoders have
selective hearing sometimes.
Gotta get to my Ops Session today. Gonna play on this layout now:
with
at the San Diego Model Rail Road Museum. I love
steam era ops sessions.
Have a good day.
Martin Ozolins
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Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 04:13
To: jmriusers@...
Subject: RE: [jmriusers] JMRI - NCE Block Detection
Martin,
I would turn off the Logix for now while we figure out what is happening.
Now for each block is there a single feed wire going through the BD20 that
then goes to the block. All the current for that block must feed through the
BD20. Your symptom sounds as if there were other feed wires to the block so
only some of the current is passing through the BD20. The test for this is
disconnect the feed wire through the BD20 and see that the track block is
now dead. If not, current is getting there somehow.
-Ken Cameron, Member JMRI Dev Team
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