From your build report:
Find destinations for (ATSF 95561) type (Flatcar) load (E) at (Springfield Yard, B Yard T1 (T-567))
Route (T-567) id (98r8) no set outs at location (Shelbina)
Searching location (Colfax) route id (98r6) for possible destination
Destination (Colfax) does not service Westbound trains
Did not assign a destination for car (ATSF 95561)
You have a Westbound train (T-567) when it arrives at Colfax, and you've configured Colfax to not allow cars to be set out by a Westbound train.
See "Location Service Direction" in the help.
Dan
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Hi Pete, I am so sorry for the confusion. I've uploaded what I believe are the correct Build Report and Manifest files for the Mina Turn. I did as you suggested and checked both East and West for the Dayton Transfer and it worked! AWESOME!
As for making a schedule to prevent cars from going directly from one industry to another, for now I think it best to keep things as they are until I get more proficient with the program. I can at least at this point build Trains for all four of my Trains so what I would like to do is print out a switchlist and run some Trains to see how it all works unless you feel I'm not there yet. Excited? Yes, very! But want to follow a sensible line of understanding and not get too far ahead of myself.
Thank You Pete for your patience and understanding
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Sorry I haven't gotten back sooner I have tried the suggestions that were offered on the last build report. It looks like I am still getting the same issue.
so attached is a new build report. Hopefully this can shed some light on the problem.
This is for one train but I seem to be having the same issue with several different trains that I build.
The issue with this train is that it starts by coming off an interchange track with a train, then runs to our railroads main freight yard were it set outs the entire train, and is suppose to pick up a return train to take back to its home railroad. Currently it starts with the train gets to the yard set outs the entire train and then doesn't pick anything up from the assigned track in the yard. Instead it just sends the locomotive back engine light.
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#blocks
Hi Tim,
You are now well away from jmri, and I'd strongly advise you to join the wiring for dcc group (w4dccqa) in addition to this one.
Wouter
Good day,
I have been studying this web page to figure out how to modify my Peco Electrfrog turnouts. Pretty straight forward.
I have also been studying this youtube video.,.....?
I have a question.......
This is from one of the web pages I have been looking at it.
It says...........
##########
Using the factory installed wire at the heel of the frog connect a??or a SPDT switch to power the frog. This restores power to the frog and sets up a control mechanism which maintains the correct phase relationships to the frog and point rails as a train goes through the turnout. A??with contacts may also perform this function.
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Will the tortoise switch machines that I am already planning to use do this? (power the frog and do the correct phase relationships)
if so then I assume that I wont need a Frog Juicer???
Thanks,
Tim
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Hi Perry,
Do your Routes have sensors selected for "Sensor that Activates when all Route Turnouts are correctly aligned (optional)". That is how the JMRI WiThrottle Server decides to send a state change.
--SteveT
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#blocks
Good day, I have been studying this web page to figure out how to modify my Peco Electrfrog turnouts. Pretty straight forward. I have also been studying this youtube video.,.....? I have a question....... This is from one of the web pages I have been looking at it. It says........... ########## Using the factory installed wire at the heel of the frog connect a??or a SPDT switch to power the frog. This restores power to the frog and sets up a control mechanism which maintains the correct phase relationships to the frog and point rails as a train goes through the turnout. A??with contacts may also perform this function.
##############
Will the tortoise switch machines that I am already planning to use do this? (power the frog and do the correct phase relationships)
if so then I assume that I wont need a Frog Juicer???
Thanks,
Tim
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Hi:
I started?using my Android phone?as a throttle, and saw that in the Engine Driver preferences I can access routes.? However, all my routes?show a status?of "unknown," and when I select?the route, nothing?happens.? What am I missing?
Thanks, Perry
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On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 09:36 AM, CharlieM wrote:
For example, given 5 users each expecting a single 40' car but the physical team track is only 135' long.
The total pool track length in this case would be 135'.? The program would only use that amount of track no matter now many industries were using the same physical track.? In this case, no more than three 40' cars would be delivered by the program (44' x 3 = 132').? Without any "pool" restrictions, each of the industries could receive 1 to 3 cars.
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On the PanelPro side, look at?
Dave Sand
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Subject: Re: [jmriusers] Installation of JMRI on Ubuntu 22.04 #ubuntu
Date: Tuesday, May 02, 2023 10:03 AM
Good morning Jeremy,
Understanding JMRI..............
There are some very good videos on learning JMRI at youtube.com
I would start with the videos by Larry Pucket AKA the DCC guy, His videos are very well done.
I would start with DecoderPro.....
DecoderPro is used to "program" the decoders in your Locomotives. As you may know decoders are tiny little computer boards
in your locomotive. There are these things called CV's which are like variables in your decoder that you can read and write (program) to make
configuration changes in your decoders.
Good luck.
Tim
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Good morning Jeremy,
Understanding JMRI..............
There are some very good videos on learning JMRI at youtube.com
I would start with the videos by Larry Pucket AKA the DCC guy, His videos are very well done.
I would start with DecoderPro.....
DecoderPro is used to "program" the decoders in your Locomotives. As you may know decoders are tiny little computer boards
in your locomotive. There are these things called CV's which are like variables in your decoder that you can read and write (program) to make
configuration changes in your decoders.
Good luck.
Tim
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#blocks
I have one resistor per truck (47K) I use the inside axle, away from the coupler pocket for the reason that you describe. ?I like the surface mount resistors as they are very compact. ?I especially like how to do them on metal axles where they lay up on the insulator for the axle. ?The resistor is superglued in place and I use conductive paint to make the connection.
Concern for not using the outside axles for coverage at turnouts or blocks is not a concern for me as I don’t run trains that close together and I don’t want to think that I’m creating operation scenarios that are that tight. ?No way to run a railroad.
Apologies for not being strictly on JMRI discussion.
Thomas Cain Indianapolis, IN atsf93@...See my layout and website at:??www.atsf93.com Modeling the Eastern Illinois Santa?Fe from the Prototype
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On May 2, 2023, at 9:45 AM, John Huntzinger < jh66@...> wrote:
I agree that having resistors on several axles is OK, however one must ensure that the resistor wheel set does not cause other problems ?Just last week while cleaning wheels and checking their gauge on a train club car I noticed that one axle’s resistor was catching on a coupler box’s round head screw. (The resistor was a typical looking resistor with a wire coming out of both ends.) Moving the resistor’d axle to the other spot, or turning the truck around, solved the problem.
John H
Harrington, DE
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Hi Dave,
Funnily, when I edited the files after? I had saved them with
.txt, it opened the GUI text editor. So, I thought it was all
good.? However, I should have created the files in that text
editor to start with!? Lesson learned.
Thanks for explaining how to get the icons onto the favourites.
Perfect! Now, all I have to do is understand JMRI!!
On 02/05/2023 14:36, Dave Sand wrote:
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Jeremy,
If you do an application search for "text" you will get the
default GUI text editor.
I need to update the Linux install page.
- Copy the ".desktop" file to ~/.local/share/applications. ?If
you want to use the file manager, enable "Show Hidden Files".
- Click on the 3x3 grid icon in the lower left.
- The JMRI icon that you added will probably be in the second
page of applications.
- Right click on the icon and select "Add to Favorites".
Dave Sand
----- Original message -----
Subject: Re: [jmriusers] Installation of JMRI on Ubuntu 22.04
Date: Tuesday, May 02, 2023 4:53 AM
Thank you guys for helping me with this problem!
Tim, they didn't appear in the square of icons.
I agree with Dave and Robert about not using LibreOffice
Writer, even with saving it as a .txt file. There must still
be some non printing characters retained.
I downloaded "nano-editor" and after realising that it was
so simple it needed running from the Command line, I created
the two files. They are initially saved at "Home" (or in your
working directory) and I then moved them to Desktop.
Once they are on the Desktop, they had to be enabled by
setting "Enable Launching".
Is there a way of moving them to the Favourites bar? Drag
and drop didn't work.
Once again, many thanks.
On 01/05/2023 19:01, Robert
Heller wrote:
I strongly agree with Dave about NOT using LibreOffice
Writer to edit *text* (configuration, data, etc.) files.
LibreOffice Writer is a *word processor* and is not really
meant to be used as a plain text editor. It is all about
editing *typeset* documentations. Linux has a whole
selection of proper text editors, from nano (super simple)
to emacs (super complex), specificly designed to edit plain
text files (ASCII).
At Mon, 01 May 2023 12:52:05 -0500 "Dave Sand" <ds@...>
wrote:
Jeremy,
The Linux install was recently upgraded. See
I recommend you use the Linux text editor instead of
LibreOffice Writer.
Dave Sand
----- Original message -----
From: "jeremy.thompson2 via groups.io" <jeremy.thompson2@...>
To: [email protected] Subject:
[jmriusers] Installation of JMRI on Ubuntu 22.04
Date: Monday, May 01, 2023 12:08 PM
I am following the Guide for installation of JMRI on UBUNTU
22.04. It has all gone successfully, until the last step. I
can run PanelPro and Decoder Pro from the command line but I
would like to have desktop icons.
I have followed the procedure to create the active Icons for
both Panel Pro and Decoder Pro. However, neither of them
work. I get the error message "This desktop file has errors,
or points to a program without permissions. It cannot be
executed." All the files, the desktop text files and the
"Exec" files are all executable.
I created the desktop files in LibreOffice Writer and saved
the files as .txt files. I then removed the .txt at the end
of the name. Is there more I need to do to these text files?
Thank you.
Jeremy
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#scripting
Cliff,
I have the code mostly ready, I'm trying to write up some "how to use" verbiage. I find that putting the system name info last, with a required delimiter, makes this much harder to explain.
I think the simplest solution is to put the SystemName first, followed by the (optional) User Name. This avoids the need for a delimiter, as I'll simply use the number to split the two. Examples might be:
Blocks:
124 Yard Track 1
105 Staging 1 Stop Block
Turnouts:
56 East:Main Crossover
98 Main:MB Samuel Distribution
Your thoughts?
--SteveT
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Thank you.? --
Frank Kenny
Central Pacific Railway - CPRX
310-344-9145
Los Angeles area
Instagram:?
Facebook:?
Blog:?? ?(Updated occasionally)
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#blocks
Good morning,
thanks for all the good advice!!
I stumbled upon these web pages and they are very good in figuring out what modifications need to be made and how to make them
?to the Peco ElectroFrog turnouts and why.
????????????????dccwiki.com/PecoElectroFreog
????????????????wiringfordcc.com/switch_peco.htm
Thanks, have a good day!
Tim
On Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 08:45:59 AM CDT, John Huntzinger <jh66@...> wrote:
I agree that having resistors on several axles is OK, however one must ensure that the resistor wheel set does not cause other problems? Just last week while cleaning wheels and checking their gauge on a train club car I noticed that one axle’s resistor was catching on a coupler box’s round head screw. (The resistor was a typical looking resistor with a wire coming out of both ends.) Moving the resistor’d axle to the other spot, or turning the truck around, solved the problem.
John H
Harrington, DE
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Locked
Re: Figuring out where I need to place my "blocks"
#blocks
I agree that having resistors on several axles is OK, however one must ensure that the resistor wheel set does not cause other problems Just last week while cleaning wheels and checking their gauge on a train club car I noticed that one axle’s resistor was catching on a coupler box’s round head screw. (The resistor was a typical looking resistor with a wire coming out of both ends.) Moving the resistor’d axle to the other spot, or turning the truck around, solved the problem.
John H
Harrington, DE
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Jeremy,
If you do an application search for "text" you will get the default GUI text editor.
I need to update the Linux install page.
- Copy the ".desktop" file to ~/.local/share/applications. ?If you want to use the file manager, enable "Show Hidden Files".
- Click on the 3x3 grid icon in the lower left.
- The JMRI icon that you added will probably be in the second page of applications.
- Right click on the icon and select "Add to Favorites".
Dave Sand
----- Original message -----
Subject: Re: [jmriusers] Installation of JMRI on Ubuntu 22.04
Date: Tuesday, May 02, 2023 4:53 AM
Thank you guys for helping me with this
problem!
Tim, they didn't appear in the square of icons.
I agree with Dave and Robert about not using LibreOffice Writer,
even with saving it as a .txt file. There must still be some non
printing characters retained.
I downloaded "nano-editor" and after realising that it was so
simple it needed running from the Command line, I created the two
files. They are initially saved at "Home" (or in your working
directory) and I then moved them to Desktop.
Once they are on the Desktop, they had to be enabled by setting
"Enable Launching".
Is there a way of moving them to the Favourites bar? Drag and drop
didn't work.
Once again, many thanks.
On 01/05/2023 19:01, Robert Heller
wrote:
I strongly agree with Dave about NOT using LibreOffice Writer to edit *text*
(configuration, data, etc.) files. LibreOffice Writer is a *word processor*
and is not really meant to be used as a plain text editor. It is all about
editing *typeset* documentations. Linux has a whole selection of proper text
editors, from nano (super simple) to emacs (super complex), specificly
designed to edit plain text files (ASCII).
At Mon, 01 May 2023 12:52:05 -0500 "Dave Sand" <ds@...> wrote: Jeremy,
The Linux install was recently upgraded. See I recommend you use the Linux text editor instead of LibreOffice Writer.
Dave Sand
----- Original message -----
From: "jeremy.thompson2 via groups.io" <jeremy.thompson2@...> To: [email protected] Subject: [jmriusers] Installation of JMRI on Ubuntu 22.04
Date: Monday, May 01, 2023 12:08 PM
I am following the Guide for installation of JMRI on UBUNTU 22.04. It has all gone successfully, until the last step. I can run PanelPro and Decoder Pro from the command line but I would like to have desktop icons.
I have followed the procedure to create the active Icons for both Panel Pro and Decoder Pro. However, neither of them work. I get the error message "This desktop file has errors, or points to a program without permissions. It cannot be executed." All the files, the desktop text files and the "Exec" files are all executable.
I created the desktop files in LibreOffice Writer and saved the files as .txt files. I then removed the .txt at the end of the name. Is there more I need to do to these text files?
Thank you.
Jeremy
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On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 12:00 PM, Dan Boudreau wrote:
On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 08:19 AM, John Barone wrote:
team track is called Lakeville spur,?
industry is Ryan's Rebar,?
Hi John,
The program allows you to use the same physical track for several industries.? Use the "Pool" feature to do this.
You would create a spur track for each of the industries that will use the team track. For example say you had three industries, you could create spurs with names like:
Team Track?-> Ryan's Rebar,
Team Track?-> Pete's Coal,
Team Track?-> John's Lumber
After creating the three tracks, you would "pool" them together.? See the help for more info. For example, given 5 users each expecting a single 40'car, but the physical team track is only 135' long.
Dan
What if the number of users is such that if each is given one 40' car, the sum of the pool would exceed the physical length of the team track? For example, given 5 users each expecting a single 40' car but the physical team track is only 135' long.? Would you set up the pool such that each of the five individual tracks might be 27' (135/5=27) but with no reserve? The five users would fight it out for the available space and depend on the railroad to figure it out?
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Thank you guys for helping me with this
problem!
Tim, they didn't appear in the square of icons.
I agree with Dave and Robert about not using LibreOffice Writer,
even with saving it as a .txt file. There must still be some non
printing characters retained.
I downloaded "nano-editor" and after realising that it was so
simple it needed running from the Command line, I created the two
files. They are initially saved at "Home" (or in your working
directory) and I then moved them to Desktop.
Once they are on the Desktop, they had to be enabled by setting
"Enable Launching".
Is there a way of moving them to the Favourites bar? Drag and drop
didn't work.
Once again, many thanks.
On 01/05/2023 19:01, Robert Heller
wrote:
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
I strongly agree with Dave about NOT using LibreOffice Writer to edit *text*
(configuration, data, etc.) files. LibreOffice Writer is a *word processor*
and is not really meant to be used as a plain text editor. It is all about
editing *typeset* documentations. Linux has a whole selection of proper text
editors, from nano (super simple) to emacs (super complex), specificly
designed to edit plain text files (ASCII).
At Mon, 01 May 2023 12:52:05 -0500 "Dave Sand" <ds@...> wrote:
Jeremy,
The Linux install was recently upgraded. See
I recommend you use the Linux text editor instead of LibreOffice Writer.
Dave Sand
----- Original message -----
From: "jeremy.thompson2 via groups.io" <jeremy.thompson2@...>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [jmriusers] Installation of JMRI on Ubuntu 22.04
Date: Monday, May 01, 2023 12:08 PM
I am following the Guide for installation of JMRI on UBUNTU 22.04. It has all gone successfully, until the last step. I can run PanelPro and Decoder Pro from the command line but I would like to have desktop icons.
I have followed the procedure to create the active Icons for both Panel Pro and Decoder Pro. However, neither of them work. I get the error message "This desktop file has errors, or points to a program without permissions. It cannot be executed." All the files, the desktop text files and the "Exec" files are all executable.
I created the desktop files in LibreOffice Writer and saved the files as .txt files. I then removed the .txt at the end of the name. Is there more I need to do to these text files?
Thank you.
Jeremy
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Recheck your channel addresses. You might have a conflict with other devices.
Loconet? Your addresses may have a conflict within JMRI.
These conflicts could cause "momentary" appearance.
Can you verify on the module detection locally using DijiKeijs software?
If using Loconet, did you try "slow mode" communication? Check Loconet monitor for communication problems.
If using Railcom, check MULTI-sense settings.
I don't have DijiKeijs, so I can't play games with it.
Unfortunately, there is no DijiKeijs group I can find that you can consult.
--
Ken
NYNH&H, Old Colony Division, Cape Cod Branch (1949-1959)
[DB150][PR3][QuadLN_S][JMRI 5.3.5]
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Mel
Ken Heywood