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Jon,

The roster entries for your "old" versions were stored in the prefs/roster
folder that was under the folder where your old version lived. If you
really deleted this folder and the entries, then you should be able to use
the RecycleBin and undelete them.

Once you get your entries back, here's the procedure I sent another user
that gets them into V1.0 using the Roster/Import command on the toolbar.
(Note Roster/Import can be a bit of a pain, since the initial directory it
looks in for the import file is always Program Files/JMRI and then you have
to navigate to your entry each time. So steps 1-2 get the entries copied to
the Program Files/JMRI folder just to make things easier.)

1. Find your existing roster entries. This should be in the prefs/roster
folder under the "old" version.

2. Copy the roster entries to the Program Files/JMRI folder.

3. Start the "new" version of DecoderPro.

4. Select Roster/Import on the toolbar. You should see a list of the files
in the Program Files/JMRI folder.

5. Click on one of the roster entries you copied over in step (2), and then
click Open.

6. The program prompts for a name for the new entry. This would normally be
RoadNameRoadNumber, like UP3424.

7. Just to verify that the entry was successful, select Roster/Copy from the
toolbar and verify that the new entry is now in the list. Click Cancel since
we don't want to copy anything. (If the entry is not in the list, look in
the DOS window and see what the error message was.)

8. Repeat steps 4-7 until each of the entries has been Imported.

9. Done. For cleanup you can delete the entries you copied to the Program
Files/JMRI folder in step 2. There are other files in this folder, so be
careful only to delete the roster files you copied.

Robin

Robin,
I having trouble modifying an xml file. Probably because I don't know
what I'm doing. Both of my Windows programs (98 first and second edition,
different computers) will open the files. My second edition comes up with
an error message but opens the file anyway. But when I change the data
(simple changes) and put that file back into DecoderPro it won't open the
programmer. I can put the old file back and everything is ok.

The file I am trying to change is the TCS_Tx.xml file as there are some
minor problems. In the lights (CV's 49 & 50) it shows forward for both
choices. Also the default for CV 50 is 16 not 1. I would guess the first
problem would effect CV's 51 and 52 also (T2 decoder, four function) but I'm
working with a T1.

I think somehow my wonderful Windows is not saving the xml file
correctly but I have no idea how to make it save correctly!

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

Sorry for the slow reply. Were you able to get this sorted out?

I met John Forsythe of TCS today at the show. We went over his decoder line, and discovered that I had put some of his decoders in the wrong groups:

*) The TH141 is the same as the T2 except for one fewer function (I had it as similar to the TH150 line)

*) The T1 lighting is only normal, random flicker, rule 17 and dim; all the others are present in T2 but not T1

*) The TH150, T1, T2, TH141 all have a function map.

(He's also got a new lighting-only decoder that looks pretty interesting.)

I'm willing to make these changes, but it might take a week or two to get time (I've fallen pretty far behind)

Bob

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

No problem Bob. Working with Robin the problem is fixed. It turned out
that the first two function lines said "forward" instead of "forward" then
"reverse". Once that was changed then the lights worked correctly.
I really wish I could help with the programming but the time I spent on
that little problem convinced me "I'm not a programmer"<VBG>.

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

No problem Bob. Working with Robin the problem is fixed. It turned out
that the first two function lines said "forward" instead of "forward" then
"reverse". Once that was changed then the lights worked correctly.
I really wish I could help with the programming but the time I spent on
that little problem convinced me "I'm not a programmer"<VBG>.

Yeah, debugging this stuff can be really frustrating...

Let me check to make sure. These lines in each light definition:

<enumChoice choice="Function on when loco going forward"/>
<enumChoice choice="Function on when loco going forward"/>

should really be:

<enumChoice choice="Function on when loco going forward"/>
<enumChoice choice="Function on when loco going reverse"/>

Is that right?

Bob

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