At 2:52 PM -0700 7/22/02, Jon Miller wrote:
While playing with the "flip turnouts" yesterday I found something out.
I had DecoderPro running so thought I would try the turnouts. Using
JMRIdemo it would not start as it saw DecoderPro already using that serial
port. When I shut DecoderPro down it started just fine and "flipped" the
turnouts. I did not try starting DecoderPro from within JMRI. The ability
to program decoders is my prime interest.
The programs are written to take control of the serial port, so only one can run at a time.
For those using a Digitrax system, Alex Shepherd has built a "client-server" capability. You can run one "server" program that uses the command port, and then multiple "client" apps can talk to the layout through that server. The clients can be on the same machine or on different machines. It really works nicely, but we don't yet have a set of simple instructions on how to use it.
This could be extended to the other DCC systems if anybody were interested in doing it.
Bob
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Bob Jacobsen