¡°I had something similar happen with 5-9-1.? I had several decoders scramble during a session.? While re-configuring with 5-9-1, the decoder would suddenly stop responding during a second compare all.? After this happened to the? seventh or eighth decoder I had begun to suspect JMRI.? I cut my losses and re-installed 5-7-9, and have had no further incidents like that occur on the programing track.? With 5-7-9 I was able to recover all but three of the affected decoders, which are remaining quite stubborn and are still candidates for replacement.¡±
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For starters, did you review and follow the instructions in the Release Announcement for this version?? Specifically, the comment about changes in the serial libraries and the request to contact the developers if any problems were encountered.
Not likely this is a problem inherent to JMRI.
One of the developers would have to confirm, but other than the potential issues discussed in the release notes this is unlikely to be an issue with the communication between JMRI, the computer, and the DCC system(s) in use.? If there were, this list would have heard of this complaint loud and often,? This hasn¡¯t been the case, so it is more likely ¡°local¡± issues are more likely the problem.
Over the years, the development community has created a very large set of test cases and runs them on a wide variety of hardware before the software is released. ?An issue such as this is unlikely to be missed.
Neither JMRI nor its developers can control the environment it runs in/on.?? Before one throughs rocks, one should make sure that all potential causes of problems _external_? should be eliminated.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? i.??????? Was the download monitored to be sure it was complete and successful?
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ii.??????? Was the installation completed and successful?
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? iii.?????? Were the release notes read and understood prior to the download and install?? Were recommendation actions taken?
I¡¯m not saying it is impossible for this to be a problem with JMRI, but other than the possible serial library issue already discussed in the release notes this is highly unlikely to be a JMRI problem.
It¡¯s highly unlikely any of those decoders need replacement.? But if they do, it is not due to JMRI:
JMRI doesn¡¯t talk to your decoders, it talks to your command station.? Your command station formats the commands sent to your decoder.
Instead of trashing them, put then aside for a later time and try them again.?
