Re: operations routes and locations

#150237

Tony,

Are you saying that your locos and cars have moved from where you placed them?? When you build a train, the car's destination changes each time you build a train.? If you think you have a problem, turn on car, loco, & train logging and we'll be able to see when and how a car or loco is moved.? Also turn on "Save Train Manifests" this will help us figure out what's going on.

Dan

Re: operations routes and locations

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I have never pressed the terminate train button.

My car and loco lists have changes all over the place

Do i have some setting wrong

Tony

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On Aug 4, 2018, at 9:24 AM, Dan Boudreau <daboudreau@...> wrote:

Tony,

Resetting a train will release the engines and cars assigned to the train.? If you "Terminate" a train, that will move all of the engines and cars to their assigned locations.? The program is over 10 years old, and you'd be the first to have cars move with a reset.

Dan

Re: operations routes and locations

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I am using the train build options window.

There are two places to say what to do.

In the first I choose the caboose option enter classification yd and add caboose.

That works perfect.

Now after the cars are delivered the engine comes back with the caboose to the classification yard where i want to place it on the caboose track and then the engine goes to the engine yard

How do i do that?

If i use the second item on the train build options window i select classification yard and remove caboose.

Now the build selects an engine in the engine yard, gets caboose from classification yard, removes the caboose in the classification yard, goes to industrial area to set cars without a caboose

Tony

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On Aug 4, 2018, at 9:28 AM, Dan Boudreau <daboudreau@...> wrote:

Tony,

There's an option to add or remove a caboose anywhere in the train's route.

see "Optional Train Requirements" in that section.

Dan

Z21 and POM

#150234

I try to program via POM with my Roco Z21 (black), and note a strange problem: CV can be read, but I have error "Timeout talking to command station (306)" every time I try to write a value to a cv. The strange thing is that if I re-read the CV value I get the new value, so the cv is written, but the error message is shown.
Is possible to remove the error message?

I have no problems programming via programming track.
I'm using JMRI 4.12
Z21 has firmware 1.32

Any help appreciated
Moreno

Re: Help

#150233

What version of Jmri were you on before you upgarded to "latest version". And by latest version, do you mean 4.12 recommended stable version?? or 4.13.1 test version?? or 4.13.2 ish from nightly builds??

Also, what computer platform windows, linux, mac, pi???

If you were on JMRI 4.10 before updating, that version had a bad habit of automatically changing connection preferences to internal. Just updating your Jmri will not fix that. You must go into preferences and fix it there as well.

Also, windows 10 in particular does auto updates and there have been reports of it affecting com ports.?

Mor information from you will help those with thr knowledge to assist you.

Tom Wilson

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On Sat, Aug 4, 2018, 7:31 AM Don Martin <dbmartin@...> wrote:

??? I’m trying to figure out how to get some help.?? I installed JMRI a couple of years ago and have it on 3 different DCC systems.?? Earlier this year it stopped working.?? I am unable to connect to either my Digitrax system (through a PR3) or my ESU system through a wireless network.?? I can connect to my ESU IP address from my browser but for some reason it won’t connect with JMRI.?? I’ve spent 2 or 3 hours trying to get this fixed including downloading the latest version but nothing seems to help.
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Thanks – Don Martin

Re: Help

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<I’m trying to figure out how to get some help.>

The following is just a suggestion so you can take it for FWIW.? I've been a member of and moderated other forums for years.? The first thing to do when asking for or seeking help online is to give a descriptive subject title to your post rather than just the word "Help".? I guarantee you'll lose 50% or more of your potential answers because some members won't take the time or bother to click on your post to see what you need help for.? Something like "Connecting to JMRI issues: Worked before; now it doesn't" will help channel the right folks with the know-how to help you out of your predicament.

Again, FWIW...

Tom

Re: New Version of Java-Should I install

#150231

Yes, always.

John

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---------- Original Message ----------
From: Woody Hodge <dhodge@...>
Date: August 4, 2018 at 9:17 AM

I am new to JMRI.? My computer told me that there is a new version of Java
available (Java 8 Update 181).

Is it best to do the updates as they come out or wait awhile before installing
them?

Thanks, Woody

Re: All read buttons re greyed out (disabled)

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John,

? ? I believe if the settings in Preferrences for connections has been changed to internal instead of Loconet would cause that.

Roger

All read buttons re greyed out (disabled)

#150229

What would cause all and I mean all read buttons to be disabled on all sheets?

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John Griffin
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I've lost my dog and my remote...

Reward for remote.

Re: New Version of Java-Should I install

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I alwasy install all Mac OS updates and JAVA updates as soon as they come out.?

It helps us spot problems quicker.?

Same with JMRI updates.?

Jim

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On Aug 4, 2018, at 9:17 AM, Woody Hodge <dhodge@...> wrote:

I am new to JMRI.? My computer told me that there is a new version of Java available (Java 8 Update 181).

Is it best to do the updates as they come out or wait awhile before installing them?

Thanks, Woody

Re: Can't get power to DCS200

#150227

Got it to work.? Sometimes it drops off and have to reset.? Haven't figured that out yet.? Thanks for the help.

New Version of Java-Should I install

#150226

I am new to JMRI.? My computer told me that there is a new version of Java available (Java 8 Update 181).

Is it best to do the updates as they come out or wait awhile before installing them?

Thanks, Woody

Help

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??? I’m trying to figure out how to get some help.?? I installed JMRI a couple of years ago and have it on 3 different DCC systems.?? Earlier this year it stopped working.?? I am unable to connect to either my Digitrax system (through a PR3) or my ESU system through a wireless network.?? I can connect to my ESU IP address from my browser but for some reason it won’t connect with JMRI.?? I’ve spent 2 or 3 hours trying to get this fixed including downloading the latest version but nothing seems to help.
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Thanks – Don Martin

Re: operations routes and locations

#150224

Tony,

There's an option to add or remove a caboose anywhere in the train's route.

see "Optional Train Requirements" in that section.

Dan

Re: operations routes and locations

#150223

Tony,

Resetting a train will release the engines and cars assigned to the train.? If you "Terminate" a train, that will move all of the engines and cars to their assigned locations.? The program is over 10 years old, and you'd be the first to have cars move with a reset.

Dan

Re: operations routes and locations

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Dear dan

After building a train i view the output and then reset the train.

I dont press move to tell the program that each part of the route has been executed.

My car and engine lists locations have been changed even though i didnt run the train.

Is there a setting somewhere i got wrong. The manual says the location doesnt get changed until i press move

Tony

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On Aug 3, 2018, at 6:52 PM, Dan Boudreau <daboudreau@...> wrote:

Tony,

And if you want to depart without a caboose from your engine yard and add the caboose at the classification yard, you would use the option to add or remove a caboose in the train's route:

Dan

Re: operations routes and locations

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Dear dan

I got the caboose to be picked up at the classification yd but i cant get it to be returned to the classification yd. apparently according to the manual it must be returned to the last location and that has to be the engine yard or else you cant return the engine.

Is there another way to get the caboose back to its origin other than having another train bringing it from engine yd to class yd but to do that the class yd would also have to store the engine.

Tony

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On Aug 3, 2018, at 6:52 PM, Dan Boudreau <daboudreau@...> wrote:

Tony,

And if you want to depart without a caboose from your engine yard and add the caboose at the classification yard, you would use the option to add or remove a caboose in the train's route:

Dan

Re: Cannot edit problem turnouts

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Fraser,

I found another set of errors.  These indirectly make it not possible to assign new layout blocks to track components.  That is why my normal fix did not work.

I also manually renamed block SL2-3 back to SL2.  Based  on the block system names, that was its original user name.  The SL2-3 sensor is still in the sensor table.  The block is using sensor SL2.  For reference, it almost never works to rename a block.  It is safer to create a new one and delete the old one when there are no remaining references.

You should download and use "37 Heaven DS Two.xml”.

I recommend that you create a new posting for your decoder issue.  It will be more visible with a proper title.

Dave Sand

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On Aug 3, 2018, at 4:54 PM, FRASER SMITH <fraser@...> wrote:

Hi Dave
Thank you so much for sorting that. I think the reason there were three blocks missing is the same as how SL2-3 and SL2-SW02 existed but weren't used. They were blocks with sensors on the short section of track between SL2 and SL3 and between SL2 and SW02 and around SW10, SW11 and SW23. I remember now, that possibly with a late version of 4.11 or with 4.1,2 I used the Tools, Check to just check all was OK and it suggested that I could improve connectivity (or something like that) by letting JMRI remove the short linking tracks. Age is not good when having to remember things that have happened like that even if was not so long ago.

I have updated to 4.13.1 and after a bit of deleting paths and signal mast logic all seem to be working well. I will be interested to see what has happened with BR2003 signals but that will have to wait a bit.

On a different topic the decoder definition for Hattons MD4 has a lowVersionID of 21 and a highVersionID of 21. Their newest decoders have a version of 22 but seem to be identical in other respects. I had been having problems communicating with a loco with a newer chip and had used Notepad++ to make changes to the high value and noticed when the install had completed and I went to Notepad++ for something else luckily it informed me that the Hattons.xml file had changed. How can that change get made permanent in the distribution files? 

Thanks so much again. You give such great service to us mere mortals.

Fraser

Re: Finding Routes

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Thanks Dave, I’ll take a look at that.

Thomas Cain
Indianapolis, IN
atsf93@...
Modeling the Eastern?Illinois Santa Fe from the?Prototype
See my website and layout?at: ?www.atsf93.com

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On Aug 3, 2018, at 7:48 AM, Dave Heap <dgheap@...> wrote:

That's the name of the profile you are using and the name was historic. You can change the Profile Name in Preferences->Config Profiles.

--?
Dave in Australia

Re: operations routes and locations

#150218

Tony,

And if you want to depart without a caboose from your engine yard and add the caboose at the classification yard, you would use the option to add or remove a caboose in the train's route:

Dan