I was working with this yesterday, for paragons (3&4) some
seem to read/write easier than others. At the club we have a
soundtrax booster with our DCS100 and JMRI at the programing
track. This particular BLI loco would not not read or write with
this setup (some will). I brought it home and it reads/writes fine
with the PR3 and JMRI I really do not think it is JMRI where the
problem is, as I could not do anything with it programing from a
DT402 directly on the club setup either. Even at home with the PR3
I sometimes had to read/write a page more than once to get it all
in as it would 308 error on one or more cv's on a page.
As an aside with a problematic decoder I would recommend only
read/write one page at a time.
Bill Deeter
Delmarva Model RR Club
Modeling the B&O Parkersburg Sub
(Parkersburg to Chillicothe)
DelmarvaModelRailroadClub.org
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you can make things happen, or
you can wonder what the hell happened
On 8/22/2018 11:18 AM, Classic Auto
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I've had the same issues programming Broadway Limited locomotives
with JMRI. Broadway Limited states that their decoders are for
NMRA compliant systems, which JMRI is not.
One option is the Broadway Limited? Address Changer, which works
but is another component you have to buy. Fortunately my club has
one.
I've used my Digitrax DT500 hand held throttle to set locomotive
addresses with no problem. My process is to reset the locomotive
to factory default 03. Then re-program to the desired locomotive
address.
This still leaves the issue of programing CVs which is cumbersome
using the Digitrax throttle. I've been unable to solve the issue
of using JMRI to program and change CV settings. I get constant
non read and time out error messages and no changes to CV
settings.
Regards,
Robert
On 8/21/18 6:40 PM, AD wrote:
This issue has been discussed?
Look on the websight for all the
comments
My opinion is jmri can only be used with the digitrax
programming track by chance with paragon decoders. Sometimes
it will identify the engine and most times it won’t.
I am told that you need to boost the power used to read and
write normal decoders to read and write sound decoders in
general and paragon in particular. ?Sprog 3 and digitrax pm4
programmers were suggested.?
Try the following
Run the engine, if new its address is 3. See the engine
run.
Put engine on programming track, open decoder pro, select
new engine, select find - if it doesn’t find the decoder then
select it yourself
Open the programmer to basic page
Enter a 4 digit address and select it
Write changes on page. ?See error message telling you the
engine didn’t respond
Place engine on track and run it using 4 digit address. ?If
it runs your good
The company broadway limited which uses these decoders
claim their decoders are good and can be programmed using the
handheld doing one cv variable at a time
You may need to use a programmer with more power and an
interface like jmri
I haven’t solved the problem for myself yet
Tony
On Aug 21, 2018, at 7:47 PM, David dareese51 <
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wrote:
Bill
When you
put the loco on your programming track connected to
JMRI are you clicking on new loco?
If
so make sure you choose either Diesel or Steam under
Paragon 3 and not rolling thunder.? That is the only
thing I can think to tell you.? I am sure others
will have advice.
David
On Tuesday, August 21, 2018 7:30 PM, Bill
Knecht <
wfknecht@...>
wrote:
I am having a problem
programing paragon 3 decoders.? Has anyone
found how to program them with JMRI? I am
using JMRI ver 4.13.2 and
can't get any changes to enter into the
decoders on the programing track.
