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Locked simple command to test port with hyperterm?

Robin Becker
 

I've been trying to help Bill Rogers get his system running.

Windows XP laptop
Belkin USB-to-serial
LocoBuffer
Digitrax DCS100
The 5-6-8 jumper is installed on the serial connector on the LocoBuffer.

DecoderPro receives fine (LocoNet Monitor) but appears to be unable to send
(IDENT results in a timeout). However, the TX indicator on the Belkin
always blinks when IDENT is pressed, indicating that the PC is trying to
send.

The only test equipment Bill has is a meter. As expected this has proved
less than ideal in confirming RS232 operation (or lack thereof). As a test
I had Bill connect the meter to the rs232 serial input on the LocoBuffer
(IC2 pin 19). The meter read +8VDC continuously. Next I asked him to
download a file to the LocoBuffer using Hyperterm. When he does this, the
TX light on the Belkin blinks continuously and the meter reading started
jumping around although the value wasn't changing much (a few tenths of a
volt). I took this to mean that the PC was most likely transmitting
successfully through the Belkin to the LocoBuffer. (Comments?)

When a throttle knob is term, Hyperterm shows data (non-ascii) on the screen
so it looks like it can receive too. So I was wondering whether there was a
simple LocoNet command that could be sent using Hyperterm to see whether the
LocoBuffer answers. This would allow a test of the hardware without
involving the Java Comm lib. Thanks.

Robin Becker
Tucson, AZ

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Locked Program on the Main

johnhumphries_2000
 

Hi Guys,

I am new to the group and have just started using the excellent
Decoder Pro, At start up ther are two buttons one for programming on
the program track and one for programming on the main which is
greyed out. Is it possible to use Decoder Pro for programming on the
main with my Lenz command station which supports programming on the
main.

Regards

John Humphries
Locked Re: OT: Macintosh Questions

 

At 4:55 AM +0000 11/14/02, jfrederick0389 wrote:
It's my understanding that JMRI was written on a Mac, so I'm assuming
that there are people out there using Macs with it. My question is
what are you using to attach an MS100 or Locobuffer to the Mac
(specifically an iMac)?
I use a Keyspan PDA Adapter to connect a LocoBuffer with MacOS X (10.1.5 and 10.2), and MacOS 9. It also works with an MS100 under MacOS 9, but not yet with MacOS X.

There have been problems with other USB <-> Serial adapters. The Keyspan "Dual Serial" adapter works with a LocoBuffer, but not with the MS100.

And a couple people have unresolved problems with the Belkin F5U409-CU, including one on the Mac.

I'd be interested in hearing about other adapters that people have gotten to work.

Bob
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Locked Re: OT: Macintosh Questions

 

Ah! Thanks much. I missed that one.



--- In jmriusers@y..., William Hipple <hunk@h...> wrote:
Try here, this come fro the Decoder pro pages.


--
William, Charleston, SC
N scale & Digitrax Chief
Great Model Train Forums!



It's my understanding that JMRI was written on a Mac, so I'm
assuming
that there are people out there using Macs with it. My question
is
what are you using to attach an MS100 or Locobuffer to the Mac
(specifically an iMac)? Also, other that DecoderPro and JMRI,
what
other Mac software is there to interface with DCC and Digitrax
and do
other MRR functions. Inventory and railroad operation software
is of
interest. Thx.




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Locked Re: OT: Macintosh Questions

 

Try here, this come fro the Decoder pro pages.


--
William, Charleston, SC
N scale & Digitrax Chief
Great Model Train Forums!



It's my understanding that JMRI was written on a Mac, so I'm assuming
that there are people out there using Macs with it. My question is
what are you using to attach an MS100 or Locobuffer to the Mac
(specifically an iMac)? Also, other that DecoderPro and JMRI, what
other Mac software is there to interface with DCC and Digitrax and do
other MRR functions. Inventory and railroad operation software is of
interest. Thx.




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Locked Re: OT: Macintosh Questions

Mark Gurries
 

jfrederick0389 wrote:

It's my understanding that JMRI was written on a Mac, so I'm assuming
that there are people out there using Macs with it. My question is
what are you using to attach an MS100 or Locobuffer to the Mac
(specifically an iMac)? Also, other that DecoderPro and JMRI, what
other Mac software is there to interface with DCC and Digitrax and do
other MRR functions. Inventory and railroad operation software is of
interest. Thx.
I set myself up to use the Locobuffer but have not gotten around to test
it out. Today I still am using the NCE system with my mac. I do
believe Bob is doing his Digitrax testing using both Locobuffer and MS100.


Best Regards,

Mark Gurries
Linear Technology
Power Supply & Battery Charger Applications Engineer/Manager
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Model Railroad Club and NMRA DCC presentations are at:

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Locked OT: Macintosh Questions

 

It's my understanding that JMRI was written on a Mac, so I'm assuming
that there are people out there using Macs with it. My question is
what are you using to attach an MS100 or Locobuffer to the Mac
(specifically an iMac)? Also, other that DecoderPro and JMRI, what
other Mac software is there to interface with DCC and Digitrax and do
other MRR functions. Inventory and railroad operation software is of
interest. Thx.
Locked Re: Vmid/Vmax feature of DH121 Restricted to 14/28 SS'

Bob Blackwell
 

JOHN... Thank you for clarifying the DN121's attributes.

Bob

--- In jmriusers@y..., "John Deecker" <jdeecker@a...> wrote:
BOB ....The DN121 is a little different than most other Digitrax
decoders....... the DN121 supports vstart, vmid and vmax in all
speed steps ...BUT .. it does not support 28 step speed tables at
all ... additionally .. the DN121 gives a '255' 'xFF' readback for
every CV that it does not support.

Regards John

John and Sandi Deecker jdeecker@a...
Hemlock Junction Railroad 150 Mill St Milton ON L9T 1S2
DCC, HO, N & G model railroad supplies


----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Blackwell
To: jmriusers@y...
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 5:23 PM
Subject: [jmriusers] Vmid/Vmax feature of DH121 Restricted to
14/28 SS'


Bob J,

I caught the following message in the Digitrax NG and thought it
might have an impact on DecoderPro. The DB has been updated
accordingly. I'm off now to check out the DN121 instruction card
to
see if it suffers from the same limitation?

Bob B
Locked LocoNet Throttle Implemented

goberhauser
 

For those that are getting the very latest source code via CVS, the
code now contains a LocoNet Throttle for the MS100 configuration.
Look in the LocoNet menu of JMRIDemo for the "New Throttle..."
option.

You should be able to enter the decoder address for the locomotive
into the address field, hit the set button and start running the
train. Functions also work.

It's short on features right now, but you can set the text on the
function buttons and change their behavior (lock or not) via a right
click on the button. (I set my horn button to not lock so when I
release the mouse button the horn stops.)

Other LocoNet configurations can be applied quickly. If you are a
LocoNet user (other than MS100) and make use of the latest source
code, let me know. I will add the code to make your configuration
work, and you can test it.

Next on my TODO list is saving/loading throttles to files so you
don't have to change text of buttons, location/size of windows, and
decoder addresses each time you start the program.

Feel free to report bugs or suggest features.

Glen
Locked Re: Vmid/Vmax feature of DH121 Restricted to 14/28 SS'

John Deecker
 

BOB ....The DN121 is a little different than most other Digitrax decoders....... the DN121 supports vstart, vmid and vmax in all speed steps ...BUT .. it does not support 28 step speed tables at all ... additionally .. the DN121 gives a '255' 'xFF' readback for every CV that it does not support.

Regards John

John and Sandi Deecker jdeecker@...
Hemlock Junction Railroad 150 Mill St Milton ON L9T 1S2
DCC, HO, N & G model railroad supplies

----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Blackwell
To: jmriusers@...
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 5:23 PM
Subject: [jmriusers] Vmid/Vmax feature of DH121 Restricted to 14/28 SS'


Bob J,

I caught the following message in the Digitrax NG and thought it
might have an impact on DecoderPro. The DB has been updated
accordingly. I'm off now to check out the DN121 instruction card to
see if it suffers from the same limitation?

Bob B
Locked Re: Anomolies

 

Bob

You're correct I was working from an imperfect memory.

Stony

----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Blackwell
To: jmriusers@...
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 4:09 PM
Subject: [jmriusers] Re: Anomolies


Stony,

Would you be kind enough to verify the model number of your friends
Soundtraxx decoder ? I'm maintaining a database (DB) of decoders
supported by DecoderPro but don't see the model you reference
listed. There is a DSD-AT100LC listed, however it may be different
then the one mentioned. I'd like to make sure before there is a
differnce before adding this unit to the DB. Also, if you find the
model number is different, please provide a value for CV8.

Thank You
Bob

--- In jmriusers@y..., "Rick C. Stone" <stony611@c...> wrote:
> All
>
> I ws programming some locomotives at a friend's operating session
last night and found a couple of anomolies.
>
> One friend had just gotten a brand new DSD-100LC-AT from Soundtrax
and it has software version 35 which DecoderPro said it didn't
recognize.

Snip ...

> Stony
>
>
>
>


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Locked Vmid/Vmax feature of DH121 Restricted to 14/28 SS'

Bob Blackwell
 

Bob J,

I caught the following message in the Digitrax NG and thought it
might have an impact on DecoderPro. The DB has been updated
accordingly. I'm off now to check out the DN121 instruction card to
see if it suffers from the same limitation?

Bob B

--- In digitrax@y..., "digilox1" <digilox1@y...> wrote:
--- In digitrax@y..., "Jason Chenard" <jwchenard@y...> wrote:
Jason,
According to the instruction card that comes with the DH121, the
decoder supports CVs 2/5/6, but is restricted to 14/28 ss operation
with this features ON - like older Digitrax premium decoders,DH 150s
for example. This limitation is not listed in the instruction card
however.


I just spent some time programming the Vmax (CV5) and Vmid (CV6)
all
the way down to 100d and 40d respectively. (Atlas RS1, Big Boy
system.) Even with these low values, which should have limited to
units to low speed, the decoder steadfastly continued to operate
at
the same speeds.

Do these CV's work on the DH121? I recall Loy's Toys saying that
the
feature is 'flawed'...
--- End forwarded message ---
Locked Re: Anomolies

Bob Blackwell
 

Stony,

Would you be kind enough to verify the model number of your friends
Soundtraxx decoder ? I'm maintaining a database (DB) of decoders
supported by DecoderPro but don't see the model you reference
listed. There is a DSD-AT100LC listed, however it may be different
then the one mentioned. I'd like to make sure before there is a
differnce before adding this unit to the DB. Also, if you find the
model number is different, please provide a value for CV8.

Thank You
Bob

--- In jmriusers@y..., "Rick C. Stone" <stony611@c...> wrote:
All

I ws programming some locomotives at a friend's operating session
last night and found a couple of anomolies.

One friend had just gotten a brand new DSD-100LC-AT from Soundtrax
and it has software version 35 which DecoderPro said it didn't
recognize.

Snip ...

Stony
Locked Re: Anomolies

Michael Mosher
 

All the Atlas decoders I have work fine on four digit address. I have some
from the very first run of the Master GP38, number 340 as well as the later
version numbered 341 (don't yet have a four function number 342 decoder). I
don't think Atlas ever said the decoders did not support four digit, they
did say there system did not support four digit.

Did you also set CV29 to allow for four digit addressing? A value of 34
decimal sets CV29 to be four digit, 28/128 speed step, no analog conversion,
no speed tables, forward direction. There's no special config needed, just
set CV17/18 (long address) and CV29.

Michael Mosher
Webmaster
Daylight Division PCR/NMRA www.trainweb.org/daylight
Golden Empire Historical & Modeling Society www.trainweb.org/gehams
San Luis Obispo Model Railroad Club www.trainweb.org/slomrc
Personal
Member
Kern County Live Steamers www.trainweb.org/kernctyls

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick C. Stone" <stony611@...>
To: <jmriusers@...>
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 6:54 AM
Subject: [jmriusers] Anomolies


All

I ws programming some locomotives at a friend's operating session last
night and found a couple of anomolies.

One friend had just gotten a brand new DSD-100LC-AT from Soundtrax and it
has software version 35 which DecoderPro said it didn't recognize.

The second one is a little more complicated. He has amassed quite a few
Atlas GP-38s. Without trying he ended up with two road names that had the
same last two digits of the road number. He asked me to find a way to give
them different but easily recognizable numbers. I took the first one and
fired up DecoderPro and promptly changed it to a four digit number. I was
elated, this was going to be easier than I though and Atlas has been lying
to us about the decoder's capability.

The second locomotive would appear to take a four digit address but when
you tried to operate it, it was still responding to the two digit address.
When I went back and read the CVs, sure enough it was only two digit
capable.

So the question becomes, did I get an Atlas decoder with an Easter Egg?
Or is there some special configuration that will allow an Atlas decoder to
accept four digit addressing? Both decoders report the same software
version (45).

Any ideas?

Stony






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Locked Re: Question on Loconet Tools

 

William -

Thanks! I should have thought about looking in the start menu. Everything
was there.

Mike

In a message dated 11/11/2002 5:28:38 AM Central Standard Time,
hunk@... writes:


Mike,
When you downloaded Decoder pro and installed it, it put a link on your
desktop for decoder pro. Don?t use that, go to the start menu->JMRI->
Loconet
Tools When you get there you can see all of the options and you can also
access Decoder Pro. If you do not have it under the start menu you
probably
didn?t D/L the whole tools program.



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Locked Re: programmer error

Jonathan B. Bayer
 

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Hello Wendell,

I had this exact issue. Try running DecoderPro without hardware
handshaking.

If that works, you can either just run it that way, or jumper pins 5,6 &
8 on the RS2342 port.



JBB

Sunday, November 10, 2002, 8:53:34 AM, you wrote:

WC> Jon I tried this it didn't work still get program error talking to command station writing cv29

WC> ----- Original Message -----
WC> From: Jon Miller
WC> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 10:58 PM
WC> To: jmriusers@...
WC> Subject: Re: [jmriusers] programmer error

WC> Wendell,
WC> ????????? The following was posted on the Loco_Net hackers group.

WC> first message;
I just got the Locobuffer kit assembled.??? I've hooked it up to my laptop
WC> and to the Loconet.
WC> Lights flash properly, the JMRI software monitor can show traffic on
WC> Loconet.
WC> The RRctrl program is able to grab a loco and control it.
WC> However, the DecoderPro software is unable to do any programming.?????? It
WC> keeps giving a message about being unable to contact the control
WC> station.<

WC> second message;
Here is another piece of info:
WC> I tried putting the Locobuffer into MS100 mode, and set the DecoderPro
WC> to talk to an MS100.??? With these settings, it worked!!!!!<

WC> ????????? You might try the above.

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


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Locked Re: Question on Loconet Tools

 

Mike,
When you downloaded Decoder pro and installed it, it put a link on your
desktop for decoder pro. Don?t use that, go to the start menu->JMRI->Loconet
Tools When you get there you can see all of the options and you can also
access Decoder Pro. If you do not have it under the start menu you probably
didn?t D/L the whole tools program.
--
William, Charleston, SC
N scale & Digitrax Chief
Great Model train Forums!
www.hipple.com/forums


I've downloaded DecoderPro 1.1 and it seems to work well with my MS100 and
DCS100. However, I've seen mentioned some Loconet tools, such as a Command
Station Slot Monitor, and Send Loconet Packet, etc. There is a Loconet
monitor under the Debug heading in DecoderPro, but how do you get these other
Loconet tools. I've been to the jmri.sourceforge.net page, and while the
Loconet tools are talked about, none of the links on the page take me
anyplace that they can be downloaded. Any info on this would be appreciated.

Thanks

Mike K.


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Locked Re: USB-to-Serial converters handshake line termination

Alex Shepherd
 

Any chance you could try the latest FTDI driver and temporarily remove
handshake line jumpers you added on the LB? I was hoping to find out if
the
handshake problem was in the FTDI hardware/driver or in the SDK/ JavaComm
software. I suspect software since it also has been reported on native
serial ports, but thought the test would be worthwhile.
Well I removed the resistor and it works with my FTDI based USB to Serial
converter, but does NOT work with the local hardware COM2. So it looks like
the problem is definitely to do with DTR/DSR and maybe DCD on some systems
but DCD on mine is open.

When I run DecoderPro with debug enabled in JBuilder it reports the
following:

0 locobuffer.LocoBufferAdapter DEBUG - configureBaudRate:
57,600 baud (J1 on 2&3) [main]
0 locobuffer.LocoBufferAdapter DEBUG - configureOption1:
hardware flow control (recommended) [main]
16 locobuffer.LocoBufferAdapter DEBUG - configureOption2:
DCS100 (Chief) [main]
187 locobuffer.LocoBufferAdapter DEBUG - Found flow control 2
RTSCTS_OUT=2 RTSCTS_IN= 1 [main]
187 locobuffer.LocoBufferAdapter DEBUG - Serial timeout was
observed as: -1 false [main]
187 locobuffer.LocoBufferAdapter DEBUG - input stream shows 0
bytes available [main]
187 locobuffer.LocoBufferAdapter INFO - COM2 port opened at
57600 baud with DTR: true RTS: true DSR: false CTS: true CD: false [main]
437 locobuffer.LocoBufferAdapter DEBUG - port flow control
shows hardware flow control [main]
26234 jmrit.AbstractIdentify WARN - Stopping due to error:
timeout talking to command station [AWT-EventQueue-0]


Alex
Locked Re: USB-to-Serial converters handshake line termination

Alex Shepherd
 

Any chance you could try the latest FTDI driver and temporarily remove
handshake line jumpers you added on the LB? I was hoping to find out if
the
handshake problem was in the FTDI hardware/driver or in the SDK/ JavaComm
software. I suspect software since it also has been reported on native
serial ports, but thought the test would be worthwhile.
I will try and do the two tests tonight

Alex
Locked Question on Loconet Tools

 

I've downloaded DecoderPro 1.1 and it seems to work well with my MS100 and
DCS100. However, I've seen mentioned some Loconet tools, such as a Command
Station Slot Monitor, and Send Loconet Packet, etc. There is a Loconet
monitor under the Debug heading in DecoderPro, but how do you get these other
Loconet tools. I've been to the jmri.sourceforge.net page, and while the
Loconet tools are talked about, none of the links on the page take me
anyplace that they can be downloaded. Any info on this would be appreciated.

Thanks

Mike K.
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