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Problem loading Bachrus Speedometer #bachrus

 

Hello;

I recently tried installing my Bachrus Speedometer on a(newer) laptop with JMRI on it.
It has Win 10; JMRI 5.11.4, NCE Power Cab (latest chip v1.65b) all installed.? Power Cab runs fine on system.

I had trouble loading the supplied driver (from 2006),? but after discussing it with a good friend?who is a Windows Certified Technician, he walked me through a procedure?to instal a "legacy" driver.? Windows now sees the unit? ( in Device Manager).? I walked through the JMRI setup for Bachrus speedometer,? all the way through to the (almost) End.? ?This message appeared, which to me says there's something in JMRI that need updating...?

JMRI Bachrus Prob.png

As what JMRI need is WAAAAAY beyond my paygrade, is there someone out there (preferably a develope)? who I could work with to resolve this?

Jim Little MMR
 

Sorry for the problem. Looks like it might be an issue with the startup wizard

What happens if you press OK on that message, then press “Finish” on the underlying window?

If you then close and restart JMRI, what happens?

Bob

On Mar 25, 2025, at 3:38?PM, James Little via groups.io <jlittletrains@...> wrote:

Hello;

I recently tried installing my Bachrus Speedometer on a(newer) laptop with JMRI on it.
It has Win 10; JMRI 5.11.4, NCE Power Cab (latest chip v1.65b) all installed. Power Cab runs fine on system.

I had trouble loading the supplied driver (from 2006), but after discussing it with a good friend who is a Windows Certified Technician, he walked me through a procedure to instal a "legacy" driver. Windows now sees the unit ( in Device Manager). I walked through the JMRI setup for Bachrus speedometer, all the way through to the (almost) End. This message appeared, which to me says there's something in JMRI that need updating...?

<JMRI Bachrus Prob.png>

As what JMRI need is WAAAAAY beyond my paygrade, is there someone out there (preferably a develope) who I could work with to resolve this?

Jim Little MMR
—
Bob Jacobsen
rgj1927@...
 

Bob;

When I press OK on the message, it then goes back to the "Finish and Connect" screen.? When I press Finish again the message appears again, so it's looping.

When?I press Cancel, it goes back to the initial startup screen and Gettin Started in RED.

I then restarted JMRI and selected my Power Cab.? The program opened, with no sign of the Bachrus connection in Preferences.? I then added Bachrus, saved the page and restarted JMRI.? Now i get the screen of Error Initializing Decoder Pro. saying it cannot create a connection to Speedo (A).? Serial Port COM6 not found.??
Checking my Device Manager it shows the Bachrus Speedo Interface (COM6).

So I'm not sure where or what in JMRI isn't making the connection.

Jim Little, MMR?

On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 6:05?PM Bob Jacobsen via <rgj1927=[email protected]> wrote:
Sorry for the problem.? Looks like it might be an issue with the startup wizard

What happens if you press OK on that message, then press “Finish” on the underlying window?

If you then close and restart JMRI, what happens?

Bob

> On Mar 25, 2025, at 3:38?PM, James Little via <jlittletrains=[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello;
>
> I recently tried installing my Bachrus Speedometer on a(newer) laptop with JMRI on it.
> It has Win 10; JMRI 5.11.4, NCE Power Cab (latest chip v1.65b) all installed.? Power Cab runs fine on system.
>
> I had trouble loading the supplied driver (from 2006),? but after discussing it with a good friend who is a Windows Certified Technician, he walked me through a procedure to instal a "legacy" driver.? Windows now sees the unit? ( in Device Manager).? I walked through the JMRI setup for Bachrus speedometer,? all the way through to the (almost) End.? ?This message appeared, which to me says there's something in JMRI that need updating...?
>
> <JMRI Bachrus? Prob.png>
>
> As what JMRI need is WAAAAAY beyond my paygrade, is there someone out there (preferably a develope)? who I could work with to resolve this?
>
> Jim Little MMR
>

—
Bob Jacobsen
rgj1927@...
 

Sorry to be slow replying, was trying to reproduce this without much luck.

It seems to be a problem with the start-up wizard.

When you set up JMRI for just your Power Cab, is everything working OK?

If so, let’s avoid the start-up wizard and try to directly add the speedometer via the preferences:

1) make sure your setup is working with the Power Cab OK.
2) Open Preferences (might be called Settings) -> Connection pane. There should just be one tab for your NCE connection
3) Click the “+” sign next to that tab to create a 2nd connection
4) Fill that out, selecting Bachrus speedometer.
5) Is COM6 one of the port choices? If so select it. If not, we’ll have to figure out why.
6) Save and restart.

Bob


On Mar 26, 2025, at 1:06?PM, James Little via groups.io <jlittletrains@...> wrote:

Bob;

When I press OK on the message, it then goes back to the "Finish and Connect" screen. When I press Finish again the message appears again, so it's looping.

When I press Cancel, it goes back to the initial startup screen and Gettin Started in RED.

I then restarted JMRI and selected my Power Cab. The program opened, with no sign of the Bachrus connection in Preferences. I then added Bachrus, saved the page and restarted JMRI. Now i get the screen of Error Initializing Decoder Pro. saying it cannot create a connection to Speedo (A). Serial Port COM6 not found.
Checking my Device Manager it shows the Bachrus Speedo Interface (COM6).

So I'm not sure where or what in JMRI isn't making the connection.

Jim Little, MMR

On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 6:05?PM Bob Jacobsen via groups.io <rgj1927@...> wrote:
Sorry for the problem. Looks like it might be an issue with the startup wizard

What happens if you press OK on that message, then press “Finish” on the underlying window?

If you then close and restart JMRI, what happens?

Bob

On Mar 25, 2025, at 3:38?PM, James Little via groups.io <jlittletrains@...> wrote:

Hello;

I recently tried installing my Bachrus Speedometer on a(newer) laptop with JMRI on it.
It has Win 10; JMRI 5.11.4, NCE Power Cab (latest chip v1.65b) all installed. Power Cab runs fine on system.

I had trouble loading the supplied driver (from 2006), but after discussing it with a good friend who is a Windows Certified Technician, he walked me through a procedure to instal a "legacy" driver. Windows now sees the unit ( in Device Manager). I walked through the JMRI setup for Bachrus speedometer, all the way through to the (almost) End. This message appeared, which to me says there's something in JMRI that need updating...?

<JMRI Bachrus Prob.png>

As what JMRI need is WAAAAAY beyond my paygrade, is there someone out there (preferably a develope) who I could work with to resolve this?

Jim Little MMR
—
Bob Jacobsen
rgj1927@...
 

Bob - I did as you suggested.? My power cab is on Com7 and the Bachrus on Com6.?

I then Started Jmri on NEC-Pwr Cab and it started normally, showing a good connection to the Power Cab.? I deleted an seetin of Internal, and Bachrus.? Restarted Decoder Pro.
I then went to Preferences-> Connections and created the Bachrus setup..? Restarted Dec Pro again.
After it started, and showed the Power Cab connection green, I selected?Speedo from the selections ( top row).? The Speedo screen came up.? When I selected an engine and pressed 'Start' on the panel it ran the engine through all 28 speed steps.? Unfortunately the graph showed a flatline for the entire 28 steps!??
From What I see now, it the software appears to allbe working.? There's a problem with my speed roller communicating to Decoder Pro? which I'll have to investigate.

Thanks for you help!!
JIm Little, MMR


On Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 5:51?AM Bob Jacobsen via <rgj1927=[email protected]> wrote:
Sorry to be slow replying, was trying to reproduce this without much luck.

It seems to be a problem with the start-up wizard.?

When you set up JMRI for just your Power Cab, is everything working OK?

If so, let’s avoid the start-up wizard and try to directly add the speedometer via the preferences:

1) make sure your setup is working with the Power Cab OK.
2) Open Preferences (might be called Settings) -> Connection pane.? There should just be one tab for your NCE connection
3) Click the “+” sign next to that tab to create a 2nd connection
4) Fill that out, selecting Bachrus speedometer.
5) Is COM6 one of the port choices?? If so select it.? If not, we’ll have to figure out why.
6) Save and restart.

Bob


> On Mar 26, 2025, at 1:06?PM, James Little via <jlittletrains=[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Bob;
>
> When I press OK on the message, it then goes back to the "Finish and Connect" screen.? When I press Finish again the message appears again, so it's looping.
>
> When I press Cancel, it goes back to the initial startup screen and Gettin Started in RED.
>
> I then restarted JMRI and selected my Power Cab.? The program opened, with no sign of the Bachrus connection in Preferences.? I then added Bachrus, saved the page and restarted JMRI.? Now i get the screen of Error Initializing Decoder Pro. saying it cannot create a connection to Speedo (A).? Serial Port COM6 not found.?
> Checking my Device Manager it shows the Bachrus Speedo Interface (COM6).
>
> So I'm not sure where or what in JMRI isn't making the connection.
>
> Jim Little, MMR
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 6:05?PM Bob Jacobsen via <rgj1927=[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry for the problem.? Looks like it might be an issue with the startup wizard
>
> What happens if you press OK on that message, then press “Finish” on the underlying window?
>
> If you then close and restart JMRI, what happens?
>
> Bob
>
> > On Mar 25, 2025, at 3:38?PM, James Little via <jlittletrains=[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hello;
> >
> > I recently tried installing my Bachrus Speedometer on a(newer) laptop with JMRI on it.
> > It has Win 10; JMRI 5.11.4, NCE Power Cab (latest chip v1.65b) all installed.? Power Cab runs fine on system.
> >
> > I had trouble loading the supplied driver (from 2006),? but after discussing it with a good friend who is a Windows Certified Technician, he walked me through a procedure to instal a "legacy" driver.? Windows now sees the unit? ( in Device Manager).? I walked through the JMRI setup for Bachrus speedometer,? all the way through to the (almost) End.? ?This message appeared, which to me says there's something in JMRI that need updating...?
> >
> > <JMRI Bachrus? Prob.png>
> >
> > As what JMRI need is WAAAAAY beyond my paygrade, is there someone out there (preferably a develope)? who I could work with to resolve this?
> >
> > Jim Little MMR
> >
>

—
Bob Jacobsen
rgj1927@...

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