Marc,
Thanks for the info. I got the new version (4.17.4) to work, saw the com port and no start up error. Finally. Thanks again.
Now I cannot get JMRI to communicate with the MRC system. When I press the button to turn "on/off" the programming, it goes red to green, in the MRC console screen I can see commands go to the MRC for the power going on and off. When I try to read a decoder, nothing. With the programming "off", i get link lights, nothing when it is "on". I tried to read 2 different engines, nothing. The MRC system can read both engines, get the address and read the CV's.? I know the 1516 cable works due to using the MRC software, it can read the engine decoder then. The one engine is a NCE DS-AR BD020 decoder, figured that out by looking at it.
I am stumped......
Thanks again for all the help so far, it is appreciated.