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Panel pro addresses for Digitrax bdl168 hardware addresses
Hello
i have a bdl 168 board and want to add block detection to panel pro
when I try to add the block it asks for the hardware address of the block but I cannot find how to obtain this either in the bdl168 manual or in the panel pro documentation -
anyhelpmuch appreciated
keith
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Re: Signalling issue with my panel
Hi Ken,
Thats make a lot of sense to me thanks for the explantation. ?It fits with what I am seeing so I have decided to remove the signals from routes and go to a manual signalling system by clicking on the Icons to achieve the right aspect.
This fits better as my ground signals will work as per the British Rail system and signal both ways on a turnout for a short move such as light engine or shunting. The only thing I would love to achieve is the mast icons on the panel being dynamic to the tables. ?(If that makes sense.)
For now I will set all signals to danger from the panel and set them manually after the route is set. ?This way it is a simple route setting system as well as a signalling system..
Maybe as I get better at this I can automate some of the signals such as the entry point to the two fiddle yards which depend on a turnout being set correctly.
?am feeling a little ?better about things now many thanks
Doug
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Re: possible bug, LocoNet slot monitor
Pull Request (PR) 6224 has a change to display slots that are not in FREE state. ?It should be in development builds shortly, and then the next test release around December 4th. ?
The discussion about what to do beyond that is great, and if it settles down to a consensus somebody will probably code it.
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Re: Inconsistent panel errors across platforms
Thanks Dave, that was the problem
Subject to fat thumbs and strange spell check changes. _Ernie
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Re: Dispatcher - SML - auto-allocation problem
Another option could be to set up a 'route'. ?The route would set all the relevant direction sensors that are referenced by SML to INACTIVE, ie. simulating the protected segment being allocated. ? When not using dispatcher use the route to set the sensors and the signals should show the aspect as determined by the rest of the SML. ?This suggestion comes with a health warning as I haven't tried it!
Paul
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Re: Multiple optical detectors in one block
Don,
Based on my understanding of the situation, here is what I would do.
I would create an ¡°OR¡± Logix that takes the 24 optical detectors to set an internal sensor that is assigned to the block for occupancy. This makes the block occupied if any optical detector shows active. The 24 optical detectors would be added to a panel to show relative position within the block.
Dave Sand
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On Nov 30, 2018, at 9:30 AM, Don Weigt <dweigt47@...> wrote:
My hidden staging tracks are arranged as a double track reverse loop. It was originally wired for DC, but now has DCC. Initially, each of the two tracks was divided into three blocks, with eight optical detectors spaced evenly along each block's length. LEDs in the control panel showed train location and progress as a series of lighted LEDs. Now, with DCC, I've combined the three blocks in each route into a single longer block with 24 optical detectors.
While running DC, after much thought, I developed my own layout track description method, defining track "segments" as the track between two adjacent features. I described each of those original staging blocks as eight segments, from detector to detector, with one detector being at the boundary with the next block. Now, as wired for DCC, each staging track has one block with optical 24 detectors.
Is JMRI able to handle this? I have read in previous posts that many things need to be defined as being at block boundaries, things which aren't necessarily at signal or power block boundaries. It seems to me, in those instances, that "block" is being used as I used "segment". I sure hope JMRI wouldn't require me to define each 24 detector block as 24 blocks, or 25 blocks, with the block end requiring two definitions, one for the detector and another for the actual block power boundary.
If "block" isn't used for that contiguous track controlled by one switch or relay, then what is used in its place?
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Ken,
Sorry, I was wrong. Only the circle size is used.
Dave Sand
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On Nov 30, 2018, at 9:07 AM, KEN <boomer17@...> wrote:
Dave,
Yes, I'm using LE and I've set the turnout circle color to yellow and the track circle remains black.
Ken
On 11/29/2018 12:05 PM, Dave Sand wrote:
Ken,
I assume that you are using Layout Editor.
The track circle color and size are based on the turnout circle: "Options >> Turnout Options >> Set Turnout Circle Color¡±.
Dave Sand
On Nov 29, 2018, at 9:29 AM, KEN <boomer17@...>
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How do I change the color of the track circle that shows in edit mode? It is now black.
Thanks,
Ken
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Multiple optical detectors in one block
My hidden staging tracks are arranged as a double track reverse loop. It was originally wired for DC, but now has DCC. Initially, each of the two tracks was divided into three blocks, with eight optical detectors spaced evenly along each block's length. LEDs in the control panel showed train location and progress as a series of lighted LEDs. Now, with DCC, I've combined the three blocks in each route into a single longer block with 24 optical detectors.
While running DC, after much thought, I developed my own layout track description method, defining track "segments" as the track between two adjacent features. I described each of those original staging blocks as eight segments, from detector to detector, with one detector being at the boundary with the next block. Now, as wired for DCC, each staging track has one block with optical 24 detectors.
Is JMRI able to handle this? I have read in previous posts that many things need to be defined as being at block boundaries, things which aren't necessarily at signal or power block boundaries. It seems to me, in those instances, that "block" is being used as I used "segment". I sure hope JMRI wouldn't require me to define each 24 detector block as 24 blocks, or 25 blocks, with the block end requiring two definitions, one for the detector and another for the actual block power boundary.
If "block" isn't used for that contiguous track controlled by one switch or relay, then what is used in its place?
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My normal layout runs with NCE and that is fine it acts as you described?
I have built a DCC++ with a rasberry and playing with it on a test track
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Which dcc command station have you connected your Pi to
Thanks Peter, that's the rub, it doesn't change when I click on it ?
Regards
Stewart
-----original message-----
From: "Peter Grant" <1957pag@...>
Sent: 30 November 2018 15:00
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [jmriusers] power button
The unknown button will be amber. Click on it and it will change to red for
off and green for on and it is the status of the power? to the track.
It is unknown at 1st as no status has yet been set
Cheers peter
On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 14:55 <stwdv@... wrote:
> Good day guys
> I am trying to set up jmri on a rasberry Pi and when I open a throttle
> panel it shows status unknown
> What am I doing wrong please?
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Dave,
Yes, I'm using LE and I've set the turnout circle color to yellow
and the track circle remains black.
Ken
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Ken,
I assume that you are using Layout Editor.
The track circle color and size are based on the turnout circle: "Options >> Turnout Options >> Set Turnout Circle Color¡±.
Dave Sand
On Nov 29, 2018, at 9:29 AM, KEN <boomer17@...> wrote:
How do I change the color of the track circle that shows in edit mode? It is now black.
Thanks,
Ken
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Thanks Peter, that's the rub, it doesn't change when I click on it ? Regards Stewart -----original message----- From: "Peter Grant" <1957pag@...> Sent: 30 November 2018 15:00 To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [jmriusers] power button The unknown button will be amber. Click on it and it will change to red for off and green for on and it is the status of the power to the track. It is unknown at 1st as no status has yet been set Cheers peter On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 14:55 <stwdv@... wrote: Good day guys
I am trying to set up jmri on a rasberry Pi and when I open a throttle
panel it shows status unknown
What am I doing wrong please?
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The unknown button will be amber. Click on it and it will change to red for off and green for on and it is the status of the power? to the track. It is unknown at 1st as no status has yet been set Cheers peter
Good day guys
I am trying to set up jmri on a rasberry Pi and when I open a throttle panel it shows status unknown
What am I doing wrong please?
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Good day guys
I am trying to set up jmri on a rasberry Pi and when I open a throttle panel it shows status unknown
What am I doing wrong please?
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Re: Signalling issue with my panel
Doug,
Here is an important point to keep in mind. The changes flow downhill so to
speak. If you have a mast that is built from heads that is driven by
turnouts, there is an order to how they work. If you change the mast, it
tells the heads, the heads send the turnout (output) commands. But it is
only one way, the heads can't update the mast, the outputs (turnouts) won't
update the heads.
So you need to make sure your panel has the mast on the pane. Then as you
toggle it, the changes flow down the tree. If you used routes, they would
have to be able to tell the mast what to do, I don't think they can. Routes
talk to turnouts.
-Ken Cameron, Member JMRI Dev Team
www.jmri.org
www.fingerlakeslivesteamers.org
www.cnymod.com
www.syracusemodelrr.org
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Re: Signalling issue with my panel
Thank you to both of you.? I have tried to look at your suggestions but it either does not work as you suggest or I cannot find the relevant options.
All I want is a very basic control system where the "head table", "mast table" and "signal icon" on the panel all agree with each other.? At the moment the tables reflect the changes but the panel does not.? If I click on the icon on the panel it changes the tables but not there other way around.? I have not bothered with logic as I do not need it for the very simple system I am running.? I have used routes to control some of the signals but again those changes are not reflected on the panel.
I apologise if I am not making sense I am not a programmer and am not after a complex automatic system.? To be honest I am at the point of buying a simple mimic system to replace the JMRI.
Regards
Doug
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Thank you Thomas!
this adds some elements to our test setup.
Thank you so much.
Christophe
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Thank you Michael for your answer and your information. We will test all this at our next meeting at our club.
thank you so much.
Christophe
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See below:
The different file locations created during the install [Program Files (x86) vs. Program Files OR Documents and Settings/Robert vs. Users/Robert] cause the layout file to fail.
This doesn't matter one little bit as the Portable Format accounts for this. <> <>
Only the layout file is being moved via thumb drive. I do not use DROPBOX as?the laptop is never on the internet.
You don't have to use Dropbox, but the help page explains the principle. Just substitute your choice of folder path for Dropbox (the folder path can also differ between computers). <>
On each computer, what changes need to be made (during install?) so that layout files can be moved seamlessly on both?
You don't do anything at different at install time - doing so is a bad idea. You change settings later: - Preferences->Locations->User Files Location. -?Preferences->Connections->Connection Prefix.
Dave in Australia
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Bob Jacobsen
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Ken Cameron