I just upgraded to the latest production release of JMRI and I'm getting errors when opening my panel file.

First I got an error that one of my sensors could not be created - "Could not create sensor System name LS0".? Then a second window popped up telling me "... BadSystemNameException: "LSResetButton" must be an integer after "LS"...."? I opened my sensor table and LS0 was gone and LSResetButton did not exist.? Guessing that the new version didn't like the zero, I edited the XML file, doing a search and replace for LS0, replacing it with LS930.? This seemed to work to solve that problem.

But then I received a series of warnings stating connectivities for various blocks in various panels are not compatible.? There were 11 of these warnings, and I have more that 11 blocks.? I have no idea what these warnings mean.

Please confirm that what I did to correct the first error was appropriate, and help with the correction of the block connectivity warnings.

Thanks

Bob Z

Well I created a jmri folder in my Dropbox like I have done in the past for other files. Followed the instructions from the link to jmri help that was posted. Everything went fine. Roster was saved or moved too this location after the restart of jmri. When starting my operations program as I have always done. Everything is gone and the program acts like a new startup.

Soat this time my files are in jmri but the program is not following the path to find them.

Any ideas?

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Read the Dropbox/Cloud Storage section in the JMRI Help. Best way to keep your data safe. Trust the cloud.

Sorry, it should have been the Digi-IPL. Here is the page.



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Ken searching both Digitrax and Google I get no hits for 'Digi-Loader"?

Read the Dropbox/Cloud Storage section in the JMRI Help. Best way to keep your data safe. Trust the cloud.
Stefan

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Home layout: The Blue Ridge Line, an HO representation of the L&N Etowah Old Line from Etowah to Elizabeth and the Marble Hill branch (Georgia Marble Railroad), set in 1986 (under construction)?
Modular Layout: Shoofly module of the Country RRoads Modular group

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Steven,

If you want to swap cars in your yard, you'll need to use the "Aggressive Mode" when building your trains.



Dan

Larry,

You are not limited to LocoNet, I just assumed because of you using Digitrax. Marc has suggested some LocoNet options.

At my club, we are using RR-Circuits Tower Controllers for LocoNet. I have IR detector sets wired directly into the TC. But this is an expensive option just for what you are looking to do.

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Bill,

On 3 Feb 2020, at 1:46 AM, Bill Nielsen <wrangler@...> wrote:

How would I go about making the newer versions of DecoderPro look like version 2? Is it something a novice like myself could do, or is it better attempted by someone who is more of a computer hobbyist than just a train nut?

If you really want to see all the older menu items, you start DecoderPro and then use the File->Open PanelPro Window menu item and all your old familiar menu items are there.

I'm away from a computer at present and can't remember the best way to make the change happen every time you start DecoderPro. Someone else may remember...

Dave in Australia

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Greetings from NYC!

I'm fairly new to JMRI Operations (but not to Operations or Operations software) and I've hit a snag.
I'm setting up JMRI Operations for my club's first operating session in some time (Queens County Model Railroad Association). I've set up a car roster, locations and spurs, routes and trains. I've checked that the trains can handle the car types for those particular locations. When I create a turn (train from the yard to a location and back) the train? will only add cars to the train for empty spots at the location. For example, if a location has four spots and three of them are filled, the yard will only put one car on the train for that location, despite the fact that the train will pick up the cars in the other three spots before heading back to the yard. How can I change this?

Thank you in advance for any help I can get,

Steven Zaretsky
Astoria, NY

On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 12:22 PM, <forfoum@...> wrote:

On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 05:59 PM, Peter Ulvestad wrote:

For the timed script you can run it from DP or PP.

The advantage of using PP is the Thread Monitor and Script output to view
until you understand what is going on and confirm all is well.
Plus the added capability to KILL the script without having to reboot, turn
off the computer, quit JMRI

Marc

True, I forgot about the thread monitor.
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On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 05:59 PM, Peter Ulvestad wrote:

For the timed script you can run it from DP or PP.

The advantage of using PP is the Thread Monitor and Script output to view until you understand what is going on and confirm all is well.
Plus the added capability to KILL the script without having to reboot, turn off the computer, quit JMRI

Marc

You could use the Digitrax BDL168? and two of it's 16 detection zones.? The detection is via current draw on the track section. Detection generates a Loconet message.
Or use the Digitrax BD4.? But this requires more hardware to get the Loconet Message back to the Command Station or computer.? Or the BD4 is wired into some
I/O device to see the voltage state change.

Marc

Hi Dave, Tony, and Alain,

After I was finally able to program the old decoder to address 2 (the cab number of the loco) using the NCE PowerCab (which also was able to read back the new address, as well as decoder manufacturer and version number), and then verified that it was operational using it’s new address on the LHS demo layout with their MRC Prodigy System, I think I will “leave it be” for now, since it does seem to be working. As they say, “If it ain’t broke, don’t try to fix it”. However, I was curious (and still am) as to why the SPROG3 and DecoderPro were unable to see or program it.

I still have the other old Arnold/Rivarossi type decoder as well as the old NCE/TTX decoder to play with (once I can locate my missing Atlas test chassis), all of which were unable to be seen or programmed using the SPROG3 DecoderPro. For several years, my SPROG3/DecoderPro combination, though admittedly somewhat out of date, has worked perfectly, misleading me to thinking that I may have actually figured out this DCC programming thing - Oh well, back to the usual state of confusion.

Bill in FtL