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Re: NCE USB Issue with RPi4
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Inobu, Dave, Going to stick my neck out here, with a mention that descending into bickering is not helpful to anyone. Both of you obviously have a lot of knowledge. Dave has a lot more mileage on this
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Re: NCE USB Issue with RPi4
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Dave, I don't think you really understand the issue at hand. How can to even clam to test the issue when you don't have a Raspberry Pi 4. That makes no sense what so ever. That is like someone
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Re: NCE USB Issue with RPi4
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Inobu, I'm afraid I cannot agree with your reasoning because there are several fundamental errors in your understanding of what communications go on between JMRI/NCE USB/Power Cab during startup of
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Re: NCE USB Issue with RPi4
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Dave, Its not called a dance. In data communication it is typically called a protocol hand shake. This process starts with a Service information Octet that starts the communication process between two
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Re: NCE signalling
Tim, This may answer some of your questions: Light-It with JMRI The Light-It can easily be set to Signal Decoder mode. JMRI provides full support to the decoders, both via Program on Main (the only
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Re: NCE USB Issue with RPi4
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Inobu, You have missed one vital troubleshooting step. You haven't reported whether you need to do the same connection dance with a non-RPi4 computer. We've used the NCE-USB to Power Cab combination
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Re: NCE USB Issue with RPi4
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Inobu, I don't want you to delete your findings. But I don't accept your conclusions that you need to perform a connection dance with the Cab Bus cable due to some NCE or JMRI timing issue. Your logic
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Re: NCE USB Issue with RPi4
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Dave, I think you told the guy to use his Power Pro instead of the Power Cab and get the ESU cable. He dropped using the Power Cab all together. Inobu
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Re: NCE USB Issue with RPi4
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Inobu, I believe you've misread something. The FTDI and USB Serial route is not and never has been an option for the Power Cab. Dave in Australia
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NCE signalling
Hey guys i am looking at using NCE LIGHT-it decoders for my signals is there a video on how to wire them up and program them I will be using NCE BD20¡¯s for block detection. Thanks Tim
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Tim, Not a video but I used this to get me started. http://www.quaker-valley.com/CTC/JMRI_Panel_Tutorial.html Inobu
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CTC panels
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Hey guys I am looking at building a ctc panel on the computer for my layout what is a good site to get a step by step video on how to go it. thanks Tim
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Re: NCE USB Issue with RPi4
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Dave, Do you know that the PCP issue are pointing to is an issue from 2005 boards?? My boards I have are 2017 and everything is WORKING. Even the 2005 board is working. What do you want me to do? You
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Re: NCE USB Issue with RPi4
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Dave, You don't have to accept it but I know I saw the same problem that the OP said he had. I went through this procedure and cleared it. I got the components new out of the box and it showed the
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Re: NCE USB Issue with RPi4
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Inobu, I know you have tried several different Power Cabs. But you haven't reported whether your PCP has the extra-resistors fix documented at the following link:
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Re: NCE USB Issue with RPi4
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Inobu, This has never been found necessary with any other system using the NCE USB. That rings alarm bells to me. With a normal NCE USB setup, the 12V power to the NCE USB and Power Cab is established
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Re: Grouping a track arrangement...Can this be done?
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Which panel editor? The LayoutEditor panel will allow you to click (on blank part of screen) and drag (a selection rectangle). Then click inside of it and drag to move it.
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Re: Setting up a NCE Power Cab Dedicated Programming Track
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Bill, Does your current Power Pro have trouble with reading CVs on sound decoders? More recent Power Pro's than mine have a circuitry change that reportedly solves the problem. I have: - An older
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Re: NCE USB Issue with RPi4
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That falls in line with what I am saying. It you allow the NCE USB interface to go RED all bets are off. The handshaking will never start. What you do is watch JMRI when launches Panel Pro. Connect
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Re: NCE USB Issue with RPi4
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Inobu, The NCE USB consists of two optically-isolated parts, linked by a pair of optocouplers (TX and RX only, no hardware handshaking). 1) The USB part is a SiLabs CP2102 USB-UART chip. Your computer
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