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vanhovem02 #40 Hello: I have just completed the assembly of John Jabours LocoBuffer Kit and it tested out okay. I built a 9 pin to 25 pin cable. Intalled a Keyspan PDA Adaptor between a USB port and the LocoBuffer. Hooked up a 12 volt, 200 mA WallWart. Turned on the iMac and clicked on DecoderPro. Set preferences: LocoBuffer; 19700 baud; Basic. So far, so good! Entered the programmer mode, entered some data regarding the SoundTraxx equiped engine that I have just completed. It (DecoderPro) seems to work okay, until I attempt to "write". Then I get a message: "Programming error: timeout talking to command station" which then alternates with the message: "Writing CV29" That's all folks. I haven't a clue what to do next. Any suggestions? One other thing that is driving me nuts: since I hooked this up, the iMac's internal modem won't dial up the Internet without my going into the control panels and changing it back to "Internal Modem, 56K". It will be changed to "Infrared Modem", which I don't now and never have had. It must be related, it's never happened before, and if I reset the Control Panel, I can dial up the Internet just fine. I do disconnect the LocoBuffer from the USB Port, however. Thanks for the help. Maybe I should be asking John, but I have bugged the poor guy to death while building the LocoBuffer, so hate to bother him further. (VBG) Mike Van Hove
Bob Jacobsen All Messages By This Member #50 Sorry for the slow reply. Perhaps you've got it working, at least for write operations now? If not, there are a couple things you can check to help track down the trouble. First, see if basic communications are working: a) The LED on the LocoBuffer should be flashing with LocoNet traffic, for example if you turn a throttle. This means it's sending something to the iMac. b) Next, pull down the "Debug" menu and select "LocoNet Monitor". This should open a window that let's you see LocoNet traffic. When the LocoBuffer's LED flashes, you should also see the messages in that window. If you get this far, the connection LocoNet -> LocoBuffer -> Keyspan -> iMac -> program is working. That's pretty good... If not, let us know what's happening. Now for the other direction. Try to write to the decoder again. You should see a programming message in the LocoNet monitor window almost immediately, followed by a short burst of replies and other stuff. A few more small questions: What version of MacOS are you running? I ask not because I know of any that are problematic, but I'm just curious, and perhaps it'll be a clue. What version of the LocoBuffer PIC code are you using? Some of the older ones (pre-January) had problems with the long programming messages, but if you got your PIC from John in the last couple months it should be fine. Let me know how it's going, please. Bob toggle quoted message Show quoted text At 4:05 AM +0000 5/25/02, vanhovem02 wrote: Hello: I have just completed the assembly of John Jabours LocoBuffer Kit and it tested out okay. I built a 9 pin to 25 pin cable. Intalled a Keyspan PDA Adaptor between a USB port and the LocoBuffer. Hooked up a 12 volt, 200 mA WallWart. Turned on the iMac and clicked on DecoderPro. Set preferences: LocoBuffer; 19700 baud; Basic. So far, so good! Entered the programmer mode, entered some data regarding the SoundTraxx equiped engine that I have just completed. It (DecoderPro) seems to work okay, until I attempt to "write". Then I get a message: "Programming error: timeout talking to command station" which then alternates with the message: "Writing CV29" That's all folks. I haven't a clue what to do next. Any suggestions? One other thing that is driving me nuts: since I hooked this up, the iMac's internal modem won't dial up the Internet without my going into the control panels and changing it back to "Internal Modem, 56K". It will be changed to "Infrared Modem", which I don't now and never have had. It must be related, it's never happened before, and if I reset the Control Panel, I can dial up the Internet just fine. I do disconnect the LocoBuffer from the USB Port, however. Thanks for the help. Maybe I should be asking John, but I have bugged the poor guy to death while building the LocoBuffer, so hate to bother him further. (VBG) Mike Van Hove To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: jmriusers-unsubscribe@... Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to -- -------------- Bob Jacobsen (Bob_Jacobsen@..., 510-486-7355, fax 510-495-2957)

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