Thanks for the criticisms. I am no JMRI expert...

I set up a new connection. (Had to disable the previous connection, otherwise COM3 was "in use".).? Now all "Default" connections are Loconet and greyed out. Here is the log:

2019-10-29 10:43:42,383 apps.Apps???????????????????????????? INFO? - PanelPro version 4.12+Rb6a9bb1 starts under Java 1.8.0_221 on Windows 7 x86 v6.1 at Tue Oct 29 10:43:42 CET 2019 [main]
2019-10-29 10:43:47,219 apps.Apps???????????????????????????? INFO? - Starting with profile My_Railway.3e797869 [main]
2019-10-29 10:43:47,500 node.NodeIdentity???????????????????? INFO? - Using jmri-i7dpid3EbhOiaaWbE8LE61-3e797869 as the JMRI Node identity [AWT-EventQueue-0]
2019-10-29 10:43:47,687 xml.AbstractSerialConnectionConfigXml INFO? - Starting to connect for "LocoNet" [main]
2019-10-29 10:43:48,077 util.FileUtilSupport????????????????? INFO? - File path program: is C:\Program Files\JMRI\ [main]
2019-10-29 10:43:48,077 util.FileUtilSupport????????????????? INFO? - File path preference: is C:\Users\Lucas\JMRI\My_Railway\ [main]
2019-10-29 10:43:48,077 util.FileUtilSupport????????????????? INFO? - File path profile: is C:\Users\Lucas\JMRI\My_Railway\ [main]
2019-10-29 10:43:48,077 util.FileUtilSupport????????????????? INFO? - File path settings: is C:\Users\Lucas\JMRI\ [main]
2019-10-29 10:43:48,077 util.FileUtilSupport????????????????? INFO? - File path home: is C:\Users\Lucas\ [main]
2019-10-29 10:43:48,077 util.FileUtilSupport????????????????? INFO? - File path scripts: is C:\Program Files\JMRI\jython\ [main]
2019-10-29 10:43:48,935 PanelPro.PanelPro???????????????????? INFO? - Main initialization done [main]

I have not replaced My_JMRI_Railroad profile yet. (It's now called "My Railway".) -- I also got a strange Windows message saying "Device not installed"... :-(

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Hello all:
Because of space constraints at the layout our club is building we decided to forgo control panels attached to the bench work and use android or iPad tablets.? Panels were built using PanelPro and they work...? Indeed, they work well.? Since we are in construction mode we have ran into the normal issues of getting things to work the way we want them to work. Think turnouts... There are maintenance scripts that would be useful in the debugging process.

I could not find any functionality using a web server connection that would let me run a script.? I can see the turnout table.? The system name, the user name and the state were shown but I could not change the field by clicking on it. Huh...? But I know my layout panels work... Touch the turnout on the panel shown on the tablet and the switch moves.?

Can I develop a panel that executes a jython script when an icon is pressed?? The idea being an individual can find a turnout on the layout and using a tablet web servered back to the computer running JMRI,.. display the maintenance panel and run the appropriate diagnostics.? Am I on the right track?

Dan Kubarych
ARHS

All:

I have come across some odd behavior on my layout panel this evening. I changed my JMRI panel to reflect a change that was physically made on the layout with a LocoNet turnout. The turnout number was removed from main 2 and placed on main one in almost the same location. With this change it was made a RH turnout instead of a LH turnout and feedback sensors (2 sensor) tystayed the same.?

For some odd reason, the turnout will not move when clicked on the layout panel screen but will move when clicked on the turnout tab. Feedback indicates correct position on the turnout tab but does not show up on the layout panel, even when clicked on the turnout table.?

Anyone have any thoughts? It’s probably an oversight on my part but I’ve changed settings, removed the turnout completely and added it back, etc to no avail.

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks,

Hank

On Oct 28, 2019, at 10:39 PM, ahouse3761 <trainmail1@...> wrote:
That is one reason I am confused. I only have rfid readers, no transponding anywhere. The ttansponding files have been created by 4.16.

Do you have a LocoNet connection?

That won’t explain why RFID tags are being managed by the transponding tag manager, which is what is happening, but it can explain why the file exists in the first place.

Paul

Paul,
That is one reason I am confused. I only have rfid readers, no transponding anywhere. The ttansponding files have been created by 4.16.
Allen?

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Some information about C/I tracks:



Look at the part about needing a different train to service a car that has been placed on a C/I track.

Dan

When you look at the build report for the train you believe should move the cars from the interchange/classification track, what does the build report say those cars?

Dan

I noticed that while reading and writing the read CVs, that Decoder Pro tried reading each of the idexed CVs twice and giving the message about failure.? ?And then I checked the CV list and noticed quite a few blanks.? I can go to Sountraxx's manuals and carry on from there.? But, I noticed the phenomenon, when doing the initial read.

BTW ,I am using JMRI 14.6, with a Lenz 3.6 system and have duplicated four TSU 2200s.successfully.? I am a new user since only last Winter, but a long time lurker..

Thank you, Dave and the whole JMRI team

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Guh!!

Thanks.

Peace,

Mike G.

My layout does not have a staging track in the traditional sense. All cars come on and off the layout via a car float that acts like a active fiddle yard. I have set up the barge as a Interchange/ classification track. Then have a train “five finger shuffle” take the cars from the Barge track to one of three other I/C tracks labeled Drawer 1, 2 and 3. I also have one spur that is where al my custom loads either originate or end their journey. I took all the foreign road cars and put the “return when empty to (their drawer #)“ this seemed to work fine cars with loads would go to the spur and then their drawer. But no car has ever left. Even my home road cars with custom loads go to the spur and then go to a random drawer and that’s where they die. I have tried to manually put destinations on to the cars. But they never leave the interchange/classification track. Do you have any suggestions on how to make this work or a better way of cycling unneeded cars off the layout?

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I'm not sure if you're confusing car capacity for car total gross weight.? Your chart shows the lowest capacity for a boxcar at 80 tons, most at 100 tons.? You need to add the car's empty weight to the car's capacity to get maximum gross weight, (which isn't quite true, but close enough, you should use load limit).? Anyway, I don't see the value of "accurate" load weights for model cars, as long as the gross weight provided by the program is reasonable, the train manifest will look plausible.

Dan

Thanks again Dan.? it appears that many of our cars do not have as much capacity as more recent cars. We'll have to override the default for all of these.



Thanks,
Larry

The program should correctly calculate the NMRA recommended weight for the? car based on length and scale. You can override the maximum "Tonnage" weight to anything you wish, it is only an estimate by the program.? BTW 60 tons total gross weight seems to be on the low side for a 50' car.? Modern 50' cars are in the 100 - 140 ton range for gross weight.



Dan

John,

On 29 Oct 2019, at 3:08 AM, John Cornell <dr.jc.cornell@...> wrote:

Hi Dave -- thanks for your input.
(a) Yes, the connection is probably L,
(b) Yes I have installed a completely new JMRI 4.12
(c) There were no "startup" files listed on the XP
(d) To start JMRI, I just launch PanelPro

As others have pointed out, you failed to satisfactorily achieve the first step of my instructions:
"- Set up a single connection to the PR3 with the same Connection Prefix as your old MS100 connection on XP (it's probably "L")."

The error message below and the system log you posted prove that.

(e) When I open my panel, I get an error that the COM3 port is in use -- but that is the port it should be!

There is where you should have stopped and got advice. The rest was largely wasting your time as you had an overriding problem.

Dave in Australia

(f) I have copied all the files from the User Files Location on the XP. Note that these were so old that they did NOT have insensitive path coding!
(g) I have edited the paths to the current locations.
(h) I have NO loco roster -- I am not using throttles. I don't see a roster on the XP computer
(i) JMRI tell me that the "default preferences are invalid" -- but all I want is the connection to the Digitrax DCS51. Do I need other options?
(j) Note that my control of the static decoders is via the track. Loconet exists ONLY between the PR3 and the DCS51.

John,

The log you provided is NOT actually connecting to a LocoNet connection. If it was, you would see specific information about serial connection settings in the log file. But they are not present, so the connection is NOT configured to communicate with a PR3!

You will need to "fix" that first and foremost. I agree with the idea that you need to create a new "configuration" for the LocoBuffer-USB. See Dave Sand's e-mail for his suggestions on how to go about that.

Be aware that Windows can be VERY unpredictable with respect to COM port assignments with some types of USB devices. You _cannot assume_ that any certain COM port number will be assigned to a given device. It is often necessary for Windows users to use the "Device Manager" feature to find out exactly which COM port was assigned to the device. Failure to configure JMRI to use the "correct" COM port number will result in a non-functional JMRI configuration.

(Be aware that the JMRI 4.16 "production release" contains a bug which prevents proper configuration of some serial and USB connections, including LocoBuffer-USB connections. JMRI test release 4.17.4 is the current test release - it does not have that bug.)

Regards,
Billybob