On 15 Jan 2019, at 6:08 AM, Craig Snyder <csnyder1@...> wrote:
My main JMRI computer is a laptop connect to a NCE USB card. ?I have added a turnout table that has 16 entries with matches my Tam Valley Octopus controllers.
So the turnout System Names will start with "NT..."
?I have started to work on creating panels to utilize the turnout tables. ?Rather than continue to design my panels on the laptop I would rather use my desktop computer that has multiple monitors connect to it. ?When I save the current panel that I am working, have not attached the turnouts just yet, I don't see the table information being saved. ?Is there a different file being created?
Your turnouts will be saved into the panel. But opening the panel will not make the tables visible. Suggest you set "Open Turnout Table" as an action in Preferences->Startup. It will be populated when you open your panel. You can also automatically open the panel file as a startup action.
I want to be able to move between the two computers without have to go out an buy another NCE USB card.
You will need a connection with the same system prefix, usually "N" for an NCE system, otherwise your table will show load errors. The most suitable connection type is NCE Simulator; it has the same default prefix of "N".
You can try just copying the profile between computers as Ken has suggested and modifying it, but I think you will have better success if you create a clean NCE Simulator profile on the desktop, then set up and share a separate User Files area, preferably using a file syncing solution such as Dropbox <> rather than Sneakernet**. This will also make it trivial to have multiple profiles on each computer (say a real and simulator on the laptop), all sharing the same data (panels and tables, roster, etc.).
