Needing some kind of a "Wait track" option, for Locations as in the example below:
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? An Industry is allowed one car length for loading, with an adjacent undesignated track (we will call this a Wait track for a moment). Two scheduled cars are delivered to this Industry/Spur, but only one can go to the Spur, the other to the Wait track for forwarding later to that Spur. The next train to service the Spur brings a new car. It pulls the load from the Spur, forwards the car on the Wait track to the Spur, and sets out the most recent car on the Wait track for forwarding next cycle.?
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So, we would like to use the Alternate Track designed for an "off spot", as a track used to take cars that do not fit in the Spur, but still need to go there.
Currently the program considers the Alternate Track as the destination and the car travels back to the yard and not the spur.
We would like to have the function of the Alternate Track to work as it does, except the car is forwarded to the intended Spur when there is room for it.
Currently we use schedules to route the car from the alternate track to the industry, but that does not always work because the program will send a car directly to the Spur from the Yard, so there is no room for the car from the alternate track (the waiting car gets bypassed).?
If the program could first check for cars at the alternate track, and assign them first, then the cars from the Yard / C/I track, it would work.?
Not being a programmer, we could be overly optimistic, but hopefully there is a way to do this... ? ?:)
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Jeff
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OPPSSS!? Power Pro.
What version JMRI ?
You should also state what version? LokSound decoder was installed by dealer for you.? V4, V5, Select? ?
Marc
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I am a beginner on JMRI and only a year into DCC, so please be patient.? I had a dealer install a LOK sound in a 10 yo Athearn Genesis.? It worked fine but when I got JMRI working I wanted to reduce volumes and alter accel/decel.? I put in it on a program track and made some changes (I repeat I'm a beginner).? Back on main, the engine runs OK, but no sounds, no lights, and occasional run-away.? DecoderPro says this can happen and not to worry "just" download stuff from LOK Sound and upload to JMRI.? Huh?
A few facts:
1. 18", 24 ga wire, loosely twisted to prog track
2. 2 yo NCE Power Pro, 5 amp
3. 10 yo Lenovo T520 w/ Windows 10
I am years behind you guys.? For now all I want to do is simple, easy, standard decoder programming with JMRI.??
Thanks
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Fran?ois,
Tricks like the reset methods via a single CV is to use the
Tools->Programmers->Single CV Programmer, that is from PanelPro. From
DecoderPro it is found at Actions->Single CV Programmer.
You can pick the programming method and just type in any CV values
regardless of if it was in the roster entry or not.
-Ken Cameron, Member JMRI Dev Team
www.jmri.org
www.fingerlakeslivesteamers.org
www.cnymod.org
www.syracusemodelrr.org
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Think I will try the Raspberry pi. Thanks for the advice. I guess it can be as an access point for NCE powercab or DC++
Marcus:
Likely not, not sure what the USB port on a given router can do... I
assume only shared printer. My old Apple does that and is handled by the
printer control panels. What router make and model out of curiosity...
Unless a Windows tablet running Java JMRI can't run there.
Solution as Heiko mentioned is a tablet running virtual connection to
PC/Mac/Pi then to NCE. I do that with a simple Android tablet to make
adjustments to the Pi running JMRI "headless(faceless)." IE no
keyboard/mouse/monitor. Pi comes with VNC server in the full
distribution software suite.
Jim Albanowski
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I am going to go with a raspberry pi for JMRI and use tablet and cellphone for throttles
On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 11:21 AM Marcus Staehling via Groups.Io <marcus0903= [email protected]> wrote: Thanks for the quick response! I will try to digest the info. probably not as easy as I hoped! Regards, Marcus Staehling
On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 11:09 AM John Russell < john@...> wrote: ZIMO offer the support for connection via USB or LAN (Ethernet) using the CAN 2.0 Protocol, as described in this pdf :-
This is described as the instructions for developers of computer control programs for model railways for the MX10. So, if you can interpret this protocol, then it can be used for either USB or Ethernet connection, if I understand this correctly. Page 9 has the PC/USB interface defined and the next page (p. 10) has the LAN/Ethernet info. If I translate these 2 pages, would that help? Is there anyone who can do write the code that JMRI needs to start talking to the MX10? looking at the details on this 58 page document, it seems a big project to develop this from scratch.
Regards
John Russell
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Phil, This is slightly off topic of the volume thread but I have to tell you that I have taken your ALCO 539 sounds (w/ bell & horn) and modified my ALCO S2 VSD folder to a new ALCO S1.? ?Although I don't believe there is a S1 switcher made for n scale, running my S2 with you non-turbo 539 diesel sounds good to me. A couple of points: 1) I don't believe you horn tags for the short horn are correct.? I think you have to have a separate listing for the short horn. Also the target name for F3 must be different than "Wabco-E2" so as not to conflict with F2, the regular horn. And, I have not seen a "<short-file>sounds/ ... </short-file>" tag.? Maybe "?<mid-file>sounds/ ... </mid-file>" is correct
<sound name="Wabco-E2" type="configurable">
? ? ? <start-file>sounds/Common/HornStart.wav</start-file>
? ? ? ?<short-file>sounds/Common/HornMiddle.wav</short-file>
? ? ? <end-file>sounds/Common/HornEnd.wav</end-file>
? ? ? <short-file>sounds/Common/HornMiddle.wav</short-file>? Don't think this is correct, either in location or name.
? ? ? <start-sound-duration>136</start-sound-duration>
? ? ? <gain>0.9</gain>
? ? </sound>?
2) After your discussion with Klaus, I went back and modded all my diesel VSD folder diesel3 tags to?<engine-gain>0.2</engine-gain> from <gain>0.8</gain>.
I did not change any function gains (bell, horn, etc.).? This made a big difference in pushing the engine noise somewhat into the background and bringing the functions to the forefront.
Conrad
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Billybob,
Hi. Believe I found Doug's message that you referred to below on the Digitrax group. #163566 on 04/08/2011 !!!
In addition to your comments, Doug noted that when in the default condition (OpSw14=Thrown) the SE8C only responds when track power is on.
Robin
Robin Becker
San Diego, CA
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of billybob experimenter Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2019 4:11 AM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [jmriusers] SE8C NTXXX Commands instead of LTXXX Marc, I believe you have interpreted the table in the SE8C manual incorrectly - something that I have done many times in the past; those tables make sense to the engineer at Digitrax, and perhaps a few others, but the average joe often finds them difficult to understand. Doug Stuard tested the SE8C operation very carefully with respect to SE8C OpSw14 and documented his findings. My notes show that he provided his test results in post # 163882, but I cannot determine which list, and on which site, that post came from. Searches of the jmriusers groups.io list did not find that post. Doug found that the default, SE8C OpSw14=Thrown, made the SE8C respond ONLY to the turnout control packets found on the DCC track signal on the "RailSync" wires. LocoNet "Data" wires were ignored (for signal control) when OpSw14=Thrown. He found that when SE8C OpSw14=Closed, the SE8C responded ONLY to the turnout messages found on the LocoNet "Data" wires. The DCC track signal on the "RailSync" wires was ignored in this case. Regards, Billybob
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Re: JMRI & JAVA on Chromebook
Ed,? I have Ubuntu and Java installed, but JMRI cannot see any serial ports, does anyone have ideas on how to expose them, the JMRI instructions say to change the permissions, but it expects you to know the addresses, and I am not sure Chrome OS makes them available to crouton/Ubuntu. Have you read and tried the instructions on "Using the Serial Ports" down near the end under "Notes" at the following link? <> It not only gives instructions but specifically warns that changing serial port permissions will not solve the problem.
I'm not guaranteeing they'll work under Chrome OS...
Dave in Australia
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Fran?ois,
CV 8 is purposely greyed out in the definitions to prevent accidental writing.
To reset, in the top menu bar of the roster entry is an item labeled Reset. Click on that and click on factory reset in the drop down menu. Depending on the decoder you may have one or more reset options.
--
Peter Ulvestad
JMRI Users Group Moderator - ( )
Tam Valley Group Moderator - ( )
Sprog-DCC Group Moderator - ( )
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Thanks to Al Babinsky I found all the functions and traction.
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The CV8 has been modified via "edit individual CVs" via PanelPro
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Another big thank you Al
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@ + Fran?ois from paris
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Program on the main
Set locomotive address to 55
Call up CV55
Make value 55
This should reset your decoder to factory settings
Dave
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On Dec 4, 2019, at 13:05, FCOT2002 <fcot2002@...> wrote:
? good evening
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I tried the solutions but:
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CV8: impossible to modify because the "write" column is grayed out and can not be modified.
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CV55: I do not have a CV55 in my list of CVs.
Fran?ois from Paris
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good evening
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I tried the solutions but:
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CV8: impossible to modify because the "write" column is grayed out and can not be modified.
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CV55: I do not have a CV55 in my list of CVs.
Fran?ois from Paris
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Re: Inverted option grayed out in turnout table
I have a couple of crossovers done that way 1 using curved turnouts, the other is in a small yard to access a headshunt and a couple of sidings.
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As an aside, a crossover made that way is a great way to avoid the otherwise inevitable S-curve, hence it would naturally be more common on layouts.
Blair
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On 12/4/2019 12:04 PM, Ken Cameron wrote: One interesting side of how LCC treats the events. You could have two
turnouts (or sensors) who differ by which is the active state. One example
would be some of the odd crossovers where one turnout is reverse while the
other is normal for the route. Think a crossover using one left and one
right turnout. Not very normal but I've seen them on layouts.
-Ken Cameron, Member JMRI Dev Team
www.jmri.org
www.fingerlakeslivesteamers.org
www.cnymod.org
www.syracusemodelrr.org
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One interesting side of how LCC treats the events. You could have two
turnouts (or sensors) who differ by which is the active state. One example
would be some of the odd crossovers where one turnout is reverse while the
other is normal for the route. Think a crossover using one left and one
right turnout. Not very normal but I've seen them on layouts.
-Ken Cameron, Member JMRI Dev Team
www.jmri.org
www.fingerlakeslivesteamers.org
www.cnymod.org
www.syracusemodelrr.org
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Great info guys. Thanks for sharing. I'm now convinced that OpSw14 was the culprit.
And while I'm here,? special shout out to Ken for all his awesome contributions to JMRI!
Best Regards,
Chris
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Ken,? I'm powering from a wall wart that shares with one of my BDLs. ? No track power.? But it does get a rail sync connection to my NCE command station via 1 wire of the RJ12 connection. ?
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Chris,
Which way are you powering the Se8c? I think if it is using track for power,
it sees the turnout commands that way. Most people find it much more stable
using a wall wart for power.
-Ken Cameron, Member JMRI Dev Team
www.jmri.org
www.fingerlakeslivesteamers.org
www.cnymod.org
www.syracusemodelrr.org
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I am running successfully (at my simple level)? Panelpro to control
locos and points.? Everytime I end a session and hit the quit button
it reminds me to save my fast clock but I am unable to find this particular command.?
All other panels are saved without a problem.? I am running JMRI panel pro 4.12+Rb6a9bb1.
Any help gratefully received,? regards Bob.?
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Re: Virtual Signal Help
Yes I have DBL168 installed and working Just was wondering what was next. I've setup the tablets and so far just basic control. I still need to design routes and started thinking about using signals to help crews on where to go. I have a couple of hidden switchs that control direction and would like to help crews on what to do. Will take a better look at this soon, thanks.
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Dan in NC
Ken Cameron
conrad
Peter Ulvestad
FCOT2002
SwissChris