From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Cameron via groups.io <kcameron@...>
Date: Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 13:37
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [jmriusers] NCE PowerPro with USB - no AIU getting to JMRI #nce

I can send you the update and a batch file to make it easier. Which COM port is it using in JMRI?

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There has been an update that corrects a problem with use of the AIU boards by the command station.

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I’m going to list the method to do the update, you tell me which parts you might question.

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1. I send you a file for the update. It is a text formatted file that gets converted by the system for updating the firmware.
2. You make sure you don’t have JMRI running.
3. Open a DOS like command windows on the computer. (Hit the start in the corner, then type CMD).
4. You make sure you put that update file in the same directory as the CMD window.
5. My .bat file (script) does a MODE command that sets the COM port to particular things like baud rate, bits, etc.
6. On the command station, via the throttle, you use the PROG/ESC key to get to the SET CMD STATION part, hit ENTER.
7. Enter 1 to select SYSTEM
8. Keep hitting ENTER, until you see SOFTWARE UPDATE. Hit 1 to select that.
9. Hit 3 for the fast rate, which must match the speed in the MODE command on the computer.
10. Now hit 6 and the PH5 will be ready to listen.
11. On the computer, now do, but use the real name of the HEX file and the number for your connection instead of the #, don’t forget the : at the end.

1. COPY filename.HEX COM#:
2. Hit return on the computer and the update should happen.

12. When things stop blinking, the throttle should return to normal.
13. Go into the throttle and confirm the date for the firmware has changed.

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If you tell me the COM port I can give you one bat file script that includes the right details.

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-Ken Cameron, Member JMRI Dev Team

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