I think I now understand better why you have trouble with the logic of the download page instructions. Thanks again for the suggestions.
As to speed: Yes, there are hardware limits to how fast CVs can read. Since DecoderPro is software that uses that same hardware, it¡¯s not any faster. You shouldn¡¯t expect it to be.
Instead of trying to use DecoderPro in ways that it can¡¯t improve, please think about how to use it in ways that work well: keep track of those values so you don¡¯t have to read them from the decoder. Many people only ever do a full read of page once; some do it never at all. Instead they just write the things that they¡¯ve changed.
Depending on the decoder, you might be able to use other programming modes that are faster. (You¡¯ve assumption that the time is due to processor speed is wrong; it¡¯s due to the time it takes to communicate over a slow DCC signal, so different forms of DCC packets can speed that up) For example, if the decoder can handle it (most do), Direct Mode is almost always faster than Paged Mode.
Bob
On Dec 21, 2018, at 11:28 AM, tooooons@... wrote:
Thanks for the replies. It turns out I had installed an older version, 2.14 unknowingly. The user experience of the download page has some serious confusion for first time users. I've since made a recommendation on the language.
As for slowness, it's still slow with JMRI 4.12 and Digitrax DCS240 selected. If the internet was ever this slow it never would have taken off. I mean, reading/writing millions of bits in a matter of seconds over thousands of miles of cable is where we are at today. The JMRI/Digitrax set up takes almost 10 seconds to read and display a page with only 8 settings with two total feet of conductor wire.
Digitrax was always slow to respond when programming directly with the controller, meaning no JMRI involvement at all. So I guess this may be just a Digitrax thing. These command stations could use Atom processors or something if computer-operated setups are going to thrive and grow.
Happy holidays everyone.
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Bob Jacobsen
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Bob Jacobsen