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I am running DecoderPro 1.0 on Linux with EasyDCC and SoundTraxx DSD-150
Diesel decoder. When I click the ident button I get

Found mgr 141 (Throttle-Up) version 14; no such decoder defined

However, looking at xml/decoders/SoundTraxx_DSD_Diesel.xml I see:

<family name="DSD diesel" mfg="Throttle-Up (SoundTraxx)">
<model model="DSD diesel" numOuts="4" numFns="8">
<versionCV lowVersionID="9" highVersionID="14"/>
<versionCV lowVersionID="21"/>
.... so on

This looks to me like version 14 should be recognized. Further, this has
worked in the past so I've missed something. I did run 'Tools -> Create
Decoder Index', but that didn't change the behavior. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks, Mike

Thanks to those who generously pointed me in the right direction.

I appreciate your prompt response.

Michael McCaffery

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Michael,
LocoBuffer information is contained in the files sections of either the
Digitrax list or the Loco_Net Hackers list. It shows the connections and
the jumpers.

Jon Miller
AT&SF
For me time has stopped in 1941
Digitrax DCC owner, Chief/Zephyr systems
NMRA Life member #2623
Member SFRH&MS

At 6:51 PM +0000 10/3/02, Michael McCaffery wrote:

all I have connecting to it is the cable to/from my serial port
(COM1) and the LocoNet cable running directly (and temporarily) to
the DCS100. The DT400 throttle is currently unplugged, with the
Program button pressed initially, and the programming track is
connected to the program A and B connections on the DCS100 through
the usual toggle switch setup so the track can also be switched to
normal mode.

...

Do I need another source of power to my LocoBuffer? Is that what
the two wires sticking out are for? What would work for that source
of power, if that is the problem? And where did I miss this in the
instructions? If that's not it, any suggestions?

You do need an external source of power for the LocoBuffer. I haven't looked at the instructions for a while, so am not sure now much they say about it. I use a 9V AC "wall wart" transformer, which seems to work fine.

Also, you can leave the DT400 throttle plugged in. There's no need to disconnect it or press any of it's buttons.

Bob
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Bob Jacobsen (Bob_Jacobsen@..., 510-486-7355, fax 510-495-2957)

Michael,

The LocoBuffer interface requires its own power supply in order to
work. Can't say for sure what the two wires that stick out of the
unit are for as I assembled mine. As you suspect, they could be for
the external power supply. If you haven't already done so, you'll
need to connect a 7 to 15 volt, 100 ma AC or DC power supply to the
printed circuit board at the points marked Pad1 and Pad2. If this is
where the two wires emanate from on your LocoBuffer, then yes,
connect your power supply to these leads. If not, then find the pads
mentioned above and connect the leads of your power supply to those
points.

Once you have a power supply connected, I'm sure all will work as
expected. Feel free to write me off list should you require
additional information.

Bob

--- In jmriusers@y..., "Michael McCaffery" <mdmccaf@d...> wrote:

As a newbie to both DCC and Decoder Pro, please make the usual
allowances for my questions, which may have been covered earlier.

I'm attempting to set up a LocoBuffer (just purchased assembled

from

John Jabour) with my Radio Chief using a programming track. I've
read the website instructions, downloaded version 1.0.7 of Decoder
Pro, and am getting a message on my laptop (a very slow laptop)

that

indicates the LocoBuffer is unable to accept data. In addition,

the

LEDs on my LocoBuffer are on (and the message says they should be
off). There is a reference to recycling power to the LocoBuffer,
but all I have connecting to it is the cable to/from my serial

port

(COM1) and the LocoNet cable running directly (and temporarily) to
the DCS100. The DT400 throttle is currently unplugged, with the
Program button pressed initially, and the programming track is
connected to the program A and B connections on the DCS100 through
the usual toggle switch setup so the track can also be switched to
normal mode. Everything seems to be working fine, except I cannot
get past the message.

Do I need another source of power to my LocoBuffer? Is that what
the two wires sticking out are for? What would work for that

source

of power, if that is the problem? And where did I miss this in

the

instructions? If that's not it, any suggestions?

Thanks for any help. I'm incredibly excited about my first two
sound decoder installations - it's a whole new area of the hobby

for

me, and I'll rapidly convert my roster once I learn how to do it
the "easy way" with LocoBuffer.

Michael McCaffery
Davis, CA

As a newbie to both DCC and Decoder Pro, please make the usual
allowances for my questions, which may have been covered earlier.

I'm attempting to set up a LocoBuffer (just purchased assembled from
John Jabour) with my Radio Chief using a programming track. I've
read the website instructions, downloaded version 1.0.7 of Decoder
Pro, and am getting a message on my laptop (a very slow laptop) that
indicates the LocoBuffer is unable to accept data. In addition, the
LEDs on my LocoBuffer are on (and the message says they should be
off). There is a reference to recycling power to the LocoBuffer,
but all I have connecting to it is the cable to/from my serial port
(COM1) and the LocoNet cable running directly (and temporarily) to
the DCS100. The DT400 throttle is currently unplugged, with the
Program button pressed initially, and the programming track is
connected to the program A and B connections on the DCS100 through
the usual toggle switch setup so the track can also be switched to
normal mode. Everything seems to be working fine, except I cannot
get past the message.

Do I need another source of power to my LocoBuffer? Is that what
the two wires sticking out are for? What would work for that source
of power, if that is the problem? And where did I miss this in the
instructions? If that's not it, any suggestions?

Thanks for any help. I'm incredibly excited about my first two
sound decoder installations - it's a whole new area of the hobby for
me, and I'll rapidly convert my roster once I learn how to do it
the "easy way" with LocoBuffer.

Michael McCaffery
Davis, CA

I am using a G3 Powerbook and want to connect to a Lenz
system using the LI100. Is there an RS232 to USB adapter
cable I can use? Or is ther some other way to connect a mac to
the Lenz system?

I've used a Keyspan PDA adapter to do this with MacOS 9 and MacOS X. Works fine!

What type of Lenz system do you have? There's been some confusion about whether a Compact (which I think is quite similar to an Atlas Commander) can program decoders via a LI100. The Commander can't.

Bob
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Bob Jacobsen (Bob_Jacobsen@..., 510-486-7355, fax 510-495-2957)

I am using a G3 Powerbook and want to connect to a Lenz
system using the LI100. Is there an RS232 to USB adapter
cable I can use? Or is ther some other way to connect a mac to
the Lenz system?

Test done with fresh T1 decoder.

Use programming track.
Paged Mode
Decoder installed, Ident.
Found mfg 153 (TCS) version 22 not defined
Changed to T1 and opened Programmer
In roster Entry changed ID to 1234 and did a save.
Went to Basic pane and changed long address to 1234, checked Extended
Addressing and did write sheet.
Colors changed from yellow to red to white as normal.
Went to roster entry and did a save.
When I tried to exit program got the ???some changes have not been written"
window.
Closed window anyway!
--closed the program.
Reopened the program.
Went through the above steps except didn???t do roster entry.
1234 showed in Long address but not in DCC Address and Extending addressing
box was not checked, tried to exit but program hung.
Reopened the program and went through above step except for two differences;
used 1235 number and did a read of all panes. This time program closed as
it should.
When I reopened program old message was at the bottom found mdg 153 etc.
I 'quit' the program and reopened. Now it came up in idle. Went through
the same above and went to basic pane, the address had not changed.
At this point I decided to reload the program.
Went through above steps but this time used engine number id, it was there
and showed engine 1235.
?? It's not working like it did but I can't exactly define what's wrong
other than above comments.

Jon Miller
AT&SF
For me time has stopped in 1941
Digitrax DCC owner, Chief system
NMRA Life member #2623
Member SFRH&MS

At 9:35 AM -0700 9/30/02, Jon Miller wrote:

Bob,
Reading one panel is fine. It will also write one pane. But then I
used to (change one pane) go to the Roster Entry pane, do a save and exit.
Now when I try and exit it tells me I didn't save. If I read the entire
group, do a save (without any changes to "other" panes), and then exit
everything is fine.

Sounds like I might have broken the logic that keeps track of changes. I'll check.

Just to make sure I understand: It prompted you that there were changes that had not been stored to a file, right? And it didn't warn you about changes that had not been written to the decoder?

Also, do you recall which pane and which decoder type this was?

It also 'seems' different in the way it writes. I was changing an
address and it appeared to change, lights flickered on the tester, but
didn't seem to change the address. But I was testing a new FX3 Digitrax and
not really sure what was happening. I need to do a careful test here as I
was trying to do something else at the time and not paying much attention to
the DecoderPro actions.
(Shows how reliable it has become)
This and the above statement may have to do with the Digitrax FX3
decoders and nothing to do with DecoderPro so will do more testing today.

Has anyone else been programming the new FX3 series and noticed anything
different?

I haven't tried one of those directly. Perhaps there's something wrong in the definition file

Bob
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Bob Jacobsen (Bob_Jacobsen@..., 510-486-7355, fax 510-495-2957)

Bob,
Reading one panel is fine. It will also write one pane. But then I
used to (change one pane) go to the Roster Entry pane, do a save and exit.
Now when I try and exit it tells me I didn't save. If I read the entire
group, do a save (without any changes to "other" panes), and then exit
everything is fine.

It also 'seems' different in the way it writes. I was changing an
address and it appeared to change, lights flickered on the tester, but
didn't seem to change the address. But I was testing a new FX3 Digitrax and
not really sure what was happening. I need to do a careful test here as I
was trying to do something else at the time and not paying much attention to
the DecoderPro actions.
(Shows how reliable it has become)
This and the above statement may have to do with the Digitrax FX3
decoders and nothing to do with DecoderPro so will do more testing today.

Has anyone else been programming the new FX3 series and noticed anything
different?

Jon Miller
AT&SF
For me time has stopped in 1941
Digitrax DCC owner, Chief system
NMRA Life member #2623
Member SFRH&MS

At 2:06 PM -0700 9/29/02, Jon Miller wrote:

Still testing but I seem to remember I could change one pane and then do
a save and that was it. It appears that this version wants me to read the
entire program and then do a save. Is my memory bad or is it different this
way.

It's not supposed to be different. But I certainly could have broken something.

What happens if you try to read just the one pane?

Bob
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Bob Jacobsen (Bob_Jacobsen@..., 510-486-7355, fax 510-495-2957)

You are one very very very lucky guy ! <grin>

Still testing but I seem to remember I could change one pane and then do
a save and that was it. It appears that this version wants me to read the
entire program and then do a save. Is my memory bad or is it different this
way.

Jon Miller
AT&SF
For me time has stopped in 1941
Digitrax DCC owner, Chief system
NMRA Life member #2623
Member SFRH&MS

Peter,

I never realised it before, but that will explain why I am
nominated to do all the interiors for the buildings & passenger
cars.
Sorry fully booked up for next episode of Lord Of The Rings

Ron McKinnon
Middle Earth (Wellington)
New Zealand.
(Peter Jackson Hobbit Country.)

On the Digitrax FX3 series the Digitrax pane has a control for F5 to
turn BEMF on or off. As far as I can tell F5 doesn't do this anymore for
this series. Is this correct?

Jon Miller
AT&SF
For me time has stopped in 1941
Digitrax DCC owner, Chief system
NMRA Life member #2623
Member SFRH&MS

To: Peter Ely

Now that is worth a chuckle. Perhaps we have a 'eeny-miney-minney-me' that
could do the next Austin Powers sequel in HO scale animation.


Bob Young
P.O Box 1401
Clinton, Ontario, Canada
N0M1L0
Web Page: www.tcc.on.ca/~bobyoung

Ron McKinnon [mailto:rim1@...]

wrote

" Sorry. I am an HO person. "


Any chance that you and your friends could drop by our layout ? We have
a lot of buildings and locomotives that really could use the animation
of a live HO person. Free room, board and transport ! Also we have
several tunnels that need inspecting that you'd bemuch better suited
fror than we full size humans.

Let us know....

Cheers, Peter

Peter C. Ely mailto:cprail1@...
Head DCC guy, Santa Susana Pacific Railroad
Open to the Public Sundays 1-4
Charter Member of the NMRA DCC Working Group

Bob (s)

Sorry. I am an HO person.

The DN122K2 is a drop in board specifically made for the Kata N
Scale RDC. The Loys Toys News Letter of April 2002 says :
".... It's a weird little thing - in three pieces connected by
wires. This decoder replaces the light board that comes with the
RDC. Specs are; 1 amp, 2 125 mA functions, Back- EMF control, and
Transponding."
Don't know any more than this.

On the other hand my data sheet that came with my DZ121's (for my
switchers) lists the following features:

"1.0 Amp , Back- EMF control (CV's 55, 56, 57 & 61), supports
both short & long address modes."
"User Programmable Address, Acceleration,Deceleration, Start
Voltage, Mid Point Voltage, Max Voltage & more usable in 128
speed step mode." (CV's 01,02, 03, 04, 05, 06)
"Automatic conversion to analog operation with functions
operational." (CV 29)
"Two user configurable, independent Function leads rated at
125mA. Use these as regular Function Leads or as Directional
Lights, or User Configurable Strobe lights. (CS)" (CV's 61,49,
50)
"14, 28, or 128 forward & reverse speed step capabilities" (CV
29)
"User Loadable Speed Tables for customized speed control & loco
speed matching with 128 speed step resolution." (CV's 65 - 95)
"Supports Basic, Universal & Advances Consisting"
"User configurable Loco Direction of Travel... (CV 29). &
Integrated Digitrax Transponder."

The following is a copy of the Digitrax Applications Note on
their WebSite for the effects of programming CV01 on the DZ121:

(Quote)
"DZ121 Programming Note: Short Address (CV01) "

"When programming the short address (CV01) in your DZ121, the
decoder will automatically set CV19 to 0, CV29 to 0, CV 55 to 80,
CV56 to 30 & CV57 to 0. This is done to insure compatibility with
DCC systems that only recognize short addressing (2 digit mode).
When using long addressing (4 digit addressing) these CV's are
not affected."

"After changing the short address (CV01), you will probably want
to change CV29 to 06 or another appropriate value based on your
operations. You can do this on the programming track or, if you
forget, you can use Operations Mode to do this once the loco is
back on the layout."

"Setting CV19 to 0 clears consisting (this is required for NMRA
compatibility)."

"CV 55, 56 & 57 control the decoder's Back EMF Speed
Stabilization feature. Programming the short address will return
these values to the default values for BEMF and will turn BEMF
OFF. If you wish to use BEMF after programming a new address, you
can begin by programming CV57 to a value of 06. This will give
good performance with most brands of locomotives. If the
locomotive surges while using BEMF use a lower value for CV56. It
may also be necessary to adjust CVs 55, 56 & 57 to achieve the
motor performance desired for your particular locomotive."

"This page is copyrighted by Digitrax, Inc., 1999.
Page updated 9-10-99 "
(End quote)

There is also an Application Note on the (CS) Configurable Strobe
Lights seting up at this address:


Hope this is of some use. or you may already have this
information.

Ron McKinnon
Wellington, New Zealand.

Slap my hands! Was doing much and had the wrong little blue package
plugged in. My correct CV7 is 49 so don't change anything. I always forget
to reboot DecoderPro when I upgrade so it was working at first and I plug in
other decoders to make sure and I just left the wrong one in.
I probably did that test last night with the wrong decoder also so will
work on that today.

Jon Miller
AT&SF
For me time has stopped in 1941
Digitrax DCC owner, Chief system
NMRA Life member #2623
Member SFRH&MS