dave,

That should be uploaded now.

I'm struggling to find the BR2003-WE signal definition.
The folder of definitions just shows BR2003 but when i go to add a signal, im only shown BR2003-WE.

I have uploaded my BR2003 folder anyway
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Mitch

Mitch,

You can upload the session.log file. It is at the settings location/logs. See Help >> Locations.

Dave Sand

Dave,

The auto-generate does work, however S01 should not be able to get to S04, and S01 cant get to S08, but can get to S07, the error being?

jmri.JmriException: Path not valid, prtecting block is nill. Protecting block : 08D (true), not connexted to 41. Layout bLock names:

I have to manually do this one.

I think theres a few others that have this issue, too, but it would mean scouring through what SHOULD be happening vs what IS happening, which is what im in the process of now.

In regards to the log error, the whole program freezes so I cant access the log once the actual pop-up comes up with the error. I will try and make the log scren as big as possible and screenshot again.
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Mitch

Mitch,

I see that you have a custom signal system: BR-2003-WE. You will also need to create a zip file and upload that to your problems folder.

Dave Sand

Mitch,

I loaded your panel, deleted all of the signal mast logic and did the automatic generate successfully.

The screenshot is curious but does not show the environment. If you have the JMRI console open, click on Copy to clipboard and paste into a reply. This way we get a better view from when JMRI starts and leading up to the error.

Dave Sand

Hi Dave,

I have uploaded my XML file, shorty followed by a screenshot of error messages.
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Mitch

Mitch,

Screen shots are uploaded to the group’s Photo area. If you upload your panel xml file to the Files ProblemsBeingWorkedOn Folder, we can see if there is a data issue.

Dave Sand

The plot thickens!

The Discover Signal mast does not seem to work anymore, and if I have the message log open, it throws an error and crashes.
Same error as above.

I have a feeling that my file is corrupt. Howver JMRI itself feels buggy, adding signal logic manually instead of automatically even though it was able to in the past.
I have to close the windows and re-open them for it to refresh new logic, if it doesnt crash.


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Mitch

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Dave – yes, the errors are the same if the adapter is plugged into the serial port on the command station as when it’s not (but still plugged into the USB port on the computer), which are both the same as the errors which showed up when I shorted the 2 and 3 pins on the adapter.

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Looking back at the original log I posted on Wednesday, I believe the errors are the same as I got back then, too.

I don't bother with OpSw 36 but instead use OpSw 39 two or three times a year at my club. We do not disconnect or touch anything on the command station. Using LocoNet >> Configure Command Station 39 is closed. If I read afterwards, OpSw 33&34 always show closed which isn't a big deal as I would close them anyway when I set all the OpSw's t0 what I want. I sometimes close 39 a couple times just because.
It seems to take awhile for the slots to all show cleared but that's not a big deal either.

We are now using the roster for this but I can't remember at the moment exactly what i do or what I see.

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Jeff,

It sounds like we are not getting to the USB device. But there are a few
options left to try.
1. Create a new profile to get a fresh start. Just in case something is in
the existing profile causing issues.
2. If the USB has jumpers on, remove them all. Then try this at 9600 baud.
Depending on versions and other things, this eliminates any possible issues
with cab bus id etc...

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

Based entirely on experience with DCS100/200 Command Stations, but using PanelPro with JMRI version 4.17.3 and several previous versions, there is something important to add to Billybob's excellent summary of the Digitrax OpSw puzzling state of affairs.

If you access your DCS100/200 OpSw data with the menu item LocoNet >> Configure Command Station, JMRI will send a single LocoNet request and the command station will reply with a fourteen byte packet that should provide the current status of each OpSw.

We have two DCS200's and one DCS100 that is only used as a backup. I do not have the version numbers, but from external symptoms, they seem to all have the same firmware.

What can be clearly observed is that the status reports for some OpSw values cannot be depended upon to be correctly reported. From here, my only record of the questionable status is that OpSw14 consistently is reported as THROWN, but my untrustworthy recollection claims that there are others.

Why does this matter?

If one simply clicks OpSw36 to CLOSED and then clicks the "Write" button, it is entirely possible that your customize settings for other OpSw's is no longer what was expected. Please don't ask how this was discovered.

Using the Monitor LocoNet window with both the "Show raw data" and the "Show timestamps" options checked, will allow you to verify how how Command Station responds to OpSw reads and writes, one OpSw at a time.

Clicking on the "Write" button sends a fourteen byte packet to the command station and does NOT send any instructions to any Turnouts.

Our experience has led us to believe that the Digitrax instructions to unplug the LocoNet from the rest of the layout is redundant when the fourteen byte packet is transmitted, either from the Configure Command Station window or from our script. Stay tuned because we cannot decisively prove that conjecture.

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Hi Marcus,

Sorry, I have obviously assumed far too much knowledge of things I've been immersed in for 40 years (though I'm 60 myself and semi-retired, this is my trade more or less).

It is a fact that AV products are far from infallible, they use rules to check whether a thing is evil or not. Sometimes these rules are too rigid, or out of date, or the software just isn't that clever, and they get it wrong--'false positive' is a term you might hear when this happens.

An MD5 checksum is a calculation that is performed using e.g. an installer .exe file as the input. More here: and here:

I see that the managers of jmri.org have used sha256 checksums instead, which are just a different way of doing exactly the same thing. The above tools will calculate either.

What it does is enable you to compare very quickly a known good download from a suspect one. You can view the sha256 value posted for the download. Compute the value for your download and compare--if they're the same (it produces a single number, which is the checksum), then you have a good one. If not, it might have been tampered with.

Most files on the internet are hosted on what are called mirrors, which are simply a warehouse of files hosted by some business who make money doing this, in exchange for offloading the task of managing it from those who have better things to do. Like all other internet resources, they can be hacked and this happens from time to time for various reasons, but is not all that common. Very often, this is noticed very quickly by others, and fixed. However infected files can escape and be downloaded in the meantime.

So, unless a particular mirror has been compromised, you are highly likely to have a valid download which your AV simply does not like for reasons best known to itself, You have a way of checking this using checksums, and if your AV permits it, create an exception for this file and proceed with your installation. I have always taken the view that I run the computer, not the other way around, and I am very firm with them at all times :-)

At the end of the day though, if you're not? confident wrangling this arcane stuff, phone a friend is also an excellent solution and I'm glad you have resolved it.

Best regards,

Charles

Hi Charles

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I am a model railroader with a Laptop connected to my layout to make for easier programming of decoders.

What is an “MD5” an ?“AV” a “checksum” a “mirror being compromised” etc.

My mirror was compromised this morning when I had a shave.

I’m not having a go at your solutions but you have to keep it simple because I am.

Answering technical questions should not be written in “short hand”, as the original poster may not understand them and many are not computer geeks.

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I guess operating a layout is getting harder as we strive for all the enhancements that DCC and JMRI offer.

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Dave Heap phoned me this morning on how to fix the issue. It is too hard for this 69 year old to cope with at the moment.

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of charles@...
Sent: Sunday, 22 September 2019 9:10 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [jmriusers] FileRepMalware message when I try to execute the latest downloads.

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Surely you can override this warning with most AV products?
I would have thought you can obtain an MD5 checksum of a known good copy of the installer, check your download against it, and if all is well, just direct your AV to quit squawking about it.

Or am I missing something here? And how would a W10 upgrade help anyway?

I've seen plenty of cases where AV gets it wrong, and most of them let you do something about it.
Also, have we ruled out a real problem with the installer e.g. perhaps a mirror has been compromised? Also not impossible.

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Virus-free.

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Thanks for the replies, guys. I probably did a poor job of explaining the situation in my original post so let me try to clarify

I have two flatcars. They do not travel in a kernel. Here a the possible scenarios.

1. When both are on a given train going to that location and loaded, I would like the switch list to have the train drop both off

2. When both cars (now empty) are on the spur I would like any train servicing this location to always pick both up.

3. If a train has previously dropped off one flatcar, I want a subsequent train carrying the other one (and it's loaded) to switch the empty for the loaded.

In all of these possibilities I can only see two moves.

Any thoughts? Thanks

Surely you can override this warning with most AV products?
I would have thought you can obtain an MD5 checksum of a known good copy of the installer, check your download against it, and if all is well, just direct your AV to quit squawking about it.

Or am I missing something here? And how would a W10 upgrade help anyway?

I've seen plenty of cases where AV gets it wrong, and most of them let you do something about it.
Also, have we ruled out a real problem with the installer e.g. perhaps a mirror has been compromised? Also not impossible.

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