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Hi all,
I've done an archive search on BLI Paragon 2 and 3 decoder programming, see lots of issues but (possibly I missed them) no firm conclusions.? I have read and saved files for a number of sound decoders - Loksound Select micro, Soundtraxx etc, but these BLIs have me frustrated.? It seems I can write to them OK, but reading what's there in the first place is a challenge.? I'm doing read full sheet on the CV pane followed by multiple read changes on sheet to clear the red tabs, but after about 40 "read changes" tries on a Paragon 2 loco it went haywire.? I only rescued it by downloading individual CV values from the BLI technical reference and the operators manual supplied with the loco, then did a write full sheet (also on the CV pane) successfully.? Probably didn't get exact values for some CVs, which is what I'm trying to do in the first place.? My info:
Digitrax system on N scale layout (DCS100, DT402D throttle), use JMRI 4.14 just for programming on isolated track using PR3 (12 V DC 0.5 amp) and a PTB-100 booster (15 V DC 1 amp) with about 4 foot guessing 18 gauge leads soldered to the programming track.? From reading archives, I'm wondering if I need to bump up power supply to the PR3, just buy a new PR4 or some other interface, if the problem is with my leads, etc.

Any help or advice would be appreciated.? Thanks

Tim Lux

I only have experience with the BLI Paragon 2 decoder in the N-Scale PRR M1a/b locomotives.? I could never get a completed reading using my PR3 with JMRI on a test track.? I even upped the voltage on the power supply for the PR3 to 18Vdc.? That got the hit rate up to about 80% but still never 100%.? I finally switched to a SPROG 3 for my programing and then had no problems doing a Read All Sheets and having it succeed the first time.? I would have thought the PTB-100 would give you the same success rate.? Probably a SPROG 2 woujld work also but the store was out of stock when I was looking and I didn't want to wait.

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  PRRT&HS  #8909
  C&O HS  #11530
  N-Trak   #7566 

Now I'm really out of ideas...turned off MaAfee real-time scanning, firewall, automatic updates and scheduled scans.? Went to Windows Defender (Everything points to McAfee on it), made sure Windows Defender Antivirus periodic scanning was off, and the only other thing I saw was Secure Boot (no option to turn that off), which says it protects against malware on startup, which is not what I'm trying to do.? Still wouldn't load, stopped in the same place...

Tim

Reading more posts, looks like I haven't turned off enough anti-virus stuff.? I've only got McAfee on this computer, any idea what else to turn off other than real-time scanning?? Even though Windows Defender says it's overwritten by McAfee, it came up with an alert (which I bypassed easily) before I got the McAfee block the first time.

Tim

Hi Dave,
I have been reading CVs EXACTLY as you said, as I've seen you post these instructions earlier.
I tried a couple times to download 4.17.4, and got caught up in the dreaded antivirus trap.? This machine is a windows 10, and I figured out how to bypass Windows Defender and also temporarily disable my McAfee antivirus real-time scanning, so the file downloaded and the installation proceeded until I got an error on the setup screen:

Error opening file for writing:
C:\Program Files (x86)\JMRI\LaunchJMRI.exe

When I clicked Abort (didn't want to screw up with a partial install), the following showed up:

Installation Aborted
Setup was not completed successfully
Can't write C:\Program Files (x86)|JMRI
Setting x64 registry view...
Setting x86 registry view...
Output folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\JMRI
Extract: jmri.jar... 100%
Extract: COPYING
Extract: jmri.conf
Can't write: C:\Program Files (x86)\JMRI\LaunchJMRI.exe

Any idea where I go from here? I checked java and I'm up to date (version 8 update 221).

Thanks again,

Tim

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John, sound has nothing much to do with CVs.

If your upload fails, the decoder's sound archive will be corrupted and probably be unplayable. You need to keep trying with your upload.

Fails are most often due to to poor contact so if you're relying on wheels on track first make sure these are scrupulously clean. If the uploads still fail you may need to look at making a direct connection, ie, a wired one.

Your comment about the sound files pane is more worrying because it displays the PROJECT not what's in the decoder.

If it is blank the PROJECT is corrupted, so get a new download then check the sound files pane again. The sound files have got to be there for a successful upload.

Peter

I'd have to ask the following questions:

1. Did you copy the one download to all the computers or did you use
multiple downloads?
2. If you ask the AV to scan the file before trying to install, does that
say it is clean?
3. Check the file size (in the properties of the file) to make sure they
match.

-Ken Cameron, Member JMRI Dev Team
www.jmri.org
www.fingerlakeslivesteamers.org
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www.syracusemodelrr.org

Looks like I may have finally stumbled on a solution to my problem.
If I connect as Digitrax / using Loconet over TCP and rename the sensors as Loconet LS513, LS514, etc. instead of Xpressnet XS513, etc. it all seems to work just dandy.

Mike

Kevin:

Only as a test to help with questions here in another thread several days ago...

Yes it works, you need the Raspbian to be updated through the apt-get update/upgrade process.

I did not try a modelboard (track plan) spread across the monitors but pane could be slid across the two HDMI 1920X1080 displays.

Jim Albanowski

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It seems I can write to them OK, but reading what's there in the first place is a challenge.? I'm doing read full sheet on the CV pane followed by multiple read changes on sheet to clear the red tabs, but after about 40 "read changes" tries on a Paragon 2 loco it went haywire.? I only rescued it by downloading individual CV values from the BLI technical reference and the operators manual supplied with the loco, then did a write full sheet (also on the CV pane) successfully.? Probably didn't get exact values for some CVs, which is what I'm trying to do in the first place.? My info:
Digitrax system on N scale layout (DCS100, DT402D throttle), use JMRI 4.14 just for programming on isolated track using PR3 (12 V DC 0.5 amp) and a PTB-100 booster (15 V DC 1 amp) with about 4 foot guessing 18 gauge leads soldered to the programming track.

Hi all,
I've done an archive search on BLI Paragon 2 and 3 decoder programming, see lots of issues but (possibly I missed them) no firm conclusions.? I have read and saved files for a number of sound decoders - Loksound Select micro, Soundtraxx etc, but these BLIs have me frustrated.? It seems I can write to them OK, but reading what's there in the first place is a challenge.? I'm doing read full sheet on the CV pane followed by multiple read changes on sheet to clear the red tabs, but after about 40 "read changes" tries on a Paragon 2 loco it went haywire.? I only rescued it by downloading individual CV values from the BLI technical reference and the operators manual supplied with the loco, then did a write full sheet (also on the CV pane) successfully.? Probably didn't get exact values for some CVs, which is what I'm trying to do in the first place.? My info:
Digitrax system on N scale layout (DCS100, DT402D throttle), use JMRI 4.14 just for programming on isolated track using PR3 (12 V DC 0.5 amp) and a PTB-100 booster (15 V DC 1 amp) with about 4 foot guessing 18 gauge leads soldered to the programming track.? From reading archives, I'm wondering if I need to bump up power supply to the PR3, just buy a new PR4 or some other interface, if the problem is with my leads, etc.

Any help or advice would be appreciated.? Thanks

Tim Lux

Trying new Digikeijs DR5000 Command Center with a Lenz-based DCC system on Windows 10.
All Lenz feedback sensors which feed into Lenz LR101 encoders to communicate with PC.
Successfully connected to JMRI by selecting on JMRI: "XpressNet using Lenz LI-USB Ethernet.."
I am unable to use a USB connection to Lenz because it keeps interfering with my CTI signal network.

My primary issue so far is that none of my feedback sensors display as active on my CTC panel done in Panel Editor.
The XpressNet monitor shows that the sensor information is coming across to JMRI.??
DR5000 Command App also shows sensor info is being sent.

Has anyone experienced a similar problem, and if so, how were you able to remedy it?
Mike Carr

?I found on <DOCUMENT ... on line 2 of the XML file. Some place early in the learning curve, I got CATS to display some of my work. But I have a pilot test coming up and started to create something I would really like to use. Just to be sure it is not me, I created a nil dispatcher's panel. That is, I created a new panel and saved it under a test name but did not do anything to panel. The XML file from that exercise fails to parse.

I have loaded the XML file into Notepad++ and Xcode on my Mac and it seems to parse ok as far as the syntax highlighters are concerned, DOCUMENT is the first actual ?XML tag after the initial XML line. Its companion is at the end of the file.

JMRI 4.14 and CATS download appropriate for that release 0 was current in the early spring. Running CATS and JMRI on Windows 10.

Anybody out there with an idea about how to proceed?

Thanks,

Perry Sugerman
Downers Grove, IL

Ive been running panelpro on pi for some time, initially headless, but more recently via a monitor. I’ve just found a second HDMI monitor, and note that if I upgrade my raspberry pi from 3B to 4B there are two HDMI sockets. Has anyone any experience of using JMRI on pi across 2 screens?

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Peter, Thanks for the info, all done.
Brian

Did you download a sound file from the ESU web site for Alco 251 and load sounds?
Some decoders fresh from dealers have bad default sound until you load using lokprogrammer.

Do this:
Download the sound file from ESU. (Make sure V4 not V5) for Alco 251.
Open that file with Lokprogrammer.
Set address, function changes, etc.
Do Write Sound (may take 30-40 minutes) Be sure to check Make Default before write.
Should now have proper sound.

Thomas
DeSoto, TX