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Joe,
Do you think Bob's discussion on decoder modes would be good to add to
the manual or just confusing? If added it probably would go with "How to
select the right decoder programmer" Your thoughts?

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

In practice (at our club), we typically use Paged Mode programming most of the time. We only use Register mode for really old decoders (MRC, really old Lenz decoders).

-Dave Falkenburg
Silicon Valley Lines

we typically use Paged Mode programming most of the time<

Very true and I do also. Except for one item I always make a mistake on
and that's the AD4 which is direct only. Also I believe the RP's went to
suggesting all future decoders be direct (or something like that)!

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

At 10:13 AM -0700 9/5/02, Jon Miller wrote:

Do you think Bob's discussion on decoder modes would be good to add to
the manual or just confusing? If added it probably would go with "How to
select the right decoder programmer" Your thoughts?

A lot of what I do is just confusing...

Seriously, perhaps this could appear at several levels. In the main flow of the text you have something like "used paged unless its not working right, in which case try register or direct", perhaps with a sentence or two about the types of problems you'll encounter if you've got an incompatibilty. There could also be a link to more info, that goes into a little more depth for those who really want to learn more.

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

At 10:56 AM -0700 9/5/02, Jon Miller wrote:

>we typically use Paged Mode programming most of the time<
Very true and I do also. Except for one item I always make a mistake on
and that's the AD4 which is direct only. Also I believe the RP's went to
suggesting all future decoders be direct (or something like that)!

The AD4 is a good example of how it currently works.

When I opened an ID panel just now, it picked paged mode. That would have had trouble identifying an AD4 (though I don't have one to try it with). If I manually select AD4, though, and open the programming, it will open in direct byte mode, and should work.

There are two steps there, which makes it confusing. Good thing we've got a manual to explain all this....

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

--- In jmriusers@y..., "Jon Miller" <atsf@i...> wrote:

Joe,
Do you think Bob's discussion on decoder modes would be good to add to
the manual or just confusing? If added it probably would go with "How to
select the right decoder programmer" Your thoughts?

Jon Miller

Only in a very simplified form. Most users don't need to know _why_ something is, just how to use it and when. For me, having enough information to write clear instructions is important. I _think_ I've got that now. I'll write something up and get it into the next update (probably late tonight or tomorrow...)

I'm glad I'm doing this in HTML, and broken into pages. It's becoming more obvious that I'm aiming at a quickly moving target, and I'm better off with a shotgun than a rifle! <<grin>>

PULL!! <<blam blam blam....>>

You're doing a great job Joe, maybe a double barrel 10 gauge :).

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