Mike G,

I don't know if anyone else mentioned it yet, but the cab firmware of 1.28C
is kind of out of date. There are a number updates and feature in there. Now
for just doing simple things like being a throttle and programming decoders,
it isn't going to make a big difference. It does add a tool or two if you
ever want to do anything else like signals or turnout controls etc... So
consider getting the update from NCE.

But at least you are getting to the decoders. Now what the latest version of
JMRI will always provide is the latest new decoders that have been
discovered. The reason a given decoder may show as one of many is the
decoder 'brain' only gives us a few hints on which decoder it is. And that
matches more than one decoder we know. Some vendors have huge numbers of
different decoder that give the exact same id code because the differences
are external, like size and shape or number of function wires connected. On
cases like that, you might know which is the best fit, or you may just have
to guess.

-Ken Cameron, Member JMRI Dev Team