At 11:39 PM +0000 5/23/02, original_black_bart wrote:
Read about, then D/Led the latest veriosn of DecoderPro. Got to
admit, I like the selection system and screen layouts. Problem is I
can't get it to communicate with either my Digitrax EBII or to a
dedicated programming track via a PR-1.
What are the system interface requiremnts of this application. It
looks to me that it requires a Digitrax Chief or a similar system
which supports read and write, not just write functionality as the
EBII has.
Sorry for the slow reply.
The Empire Builder doesn't have the ability to read from decoders. There's nothing a PC can do about that, unfortunately. DecoderPro should still be able to program them, and can keep records of the values you've stored in its roster. That'll help you keep track of what options you've set, and make it easier to make small changes.
If you click any of the buttons that cause a read operation, such as either of the "Ident"s, "Read All", etc, you should get a message saying that the operation failed near the bottom of the window. But the "Write All" and "Write Sheet" buttons should still work OK.
Bob
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Bob Jacobsen