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I am converting all my turnout blocks from LogixNG to Ghost blocks since I was essentially doing the same thing for all the turnouts. However, I have this one short section with a single curve between two turnouts. Docs say "There must be at least one real block between ghost blocks". Is that really the only way? Or should I accept it and add two insulators and three feeders into the single section of track?
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Dispatcher question - chaining transits
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HI, I'm using dispatcher, and I was wondering how I could automaticaly chain two transits for the same locomotive, or even a different one? Thanks. --------------------------------------------- Jean-Louis Paris-France --------------------------------------------- JRMI 5.9.5 on Windows DCC EX on Arduino Mega Java version 17.1.12
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JMRI 5.10 Windows 11 I've been bending my pick trying to figure this out all afternoon. I want to set a collection of turnouts to individual states. I have a table with two columns, turnout name and desired state. I can extract the turnout names to a local variable in a for-each statement and I can set each of those turnouts to some constant state like THROWN. But I can't figure how to extract the target state from that second column and apply it to the current turnout from the same row. Must be simple but I don't get it. George
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Panel selection doesn't work
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Pi 5 with bookworm, Java 17 and JMRI 5.10. JMRI Panels have an item called Windows in the title bar. When clicking on this item a drop own opens listing all the active JMRI panels. Clicking on a panel name should bring that Panel to the foreground and mark it as the active panel but in the configuration listed nothing happens when clicking on a panel name. There are no messages in the system log. Dale Gloer Jack of all trades at home and Southern Alberta Model Railway
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Running a Pi5 with bookworm, Java 17 and JMRI 5.10. I have several panels with linking labels that link to other panels. These have worked for years over many releases of the OS and JMRI but in the current one described they do not work. When clicking on a label nothing happens and there are no errors in the system log. -- Dale Gloer Jack of all trades at home and Southern Alberta Model Railway
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I'm just starting to delve into LogixNG. It certainly looks ingenious and powerful. But I wonder, how does it compare in performance to performing the same tasks in a Jython program? Is there any overhead? Thanks George
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Editing a layout panel
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Dear Dave I have done these things over a billion times but have no memory of what to do and no matter what i try nothing works.. i cant find the info in the manual in the edit layout panel area. using jmri 5.10 on windows 11 with a pad-no mouse. in edit mode i select block content and select block 39 i place cursor in upper left corner and click space bar-the selection menu at the top now starts going crazy selecting one item after the other. This is new-why does that happen? shift click gets the block content in the upper left corner i select the object and try to move it. I combine the arrow with every key possible and nothing moves it as i move the cursor how do i move an object? tony
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Next jmri non test version
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we need 5.11.2 to use ghosts. i dont like downloading test versions. when will the next non test version expected to be available? also after reaching 5.10 why wasnt the next non test version 6.0? tony
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How is the default layer assigned to resource folder icons used with the panel editors?
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Normally GIF objects I create and add using CPE are higher than 1. I recently created a large transparent GIF to cover a panel, and which I wanted to set to a level # above background objects and lamps I don't want to change with mouse-clicks, and below controls I do want to operate. However, when I added the icon I couldn't manipulate it with CPE. It dragged over but then disappeared. By jumping to PE I could see it was set to layer 1 like CTC plates, and where I could set it higher than 1 so I can manipulate it with CPE which I normally use. Which raises the question... how is the layer number assigned to icons placed in resource icon folders? Why was this GIF set at 1 while the others are not? Is this something I can change when creating GIF or after loaded in folder? -- Jim Moomaw Portland, OR - Willamette Model Railroad Club (WMRC) - NMRA, Pacific NW
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Best Command Station to use with Decoder Pro
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I really like Decoder Pro. But, the ESU Programmer is significantly faster at reading/writing ESU decoders. Is there a command station or other computer to DCC interface that I can use with JMRI Decoder Pro that would give me similar read/write as the ESU Programmer? It is my understanding that the weak link of decoder pro is the computer to track interface. -- Heath @ Human[c]ity http://www.humancity.org http://www.riversidetransfer.nyc http://www.manhattanmodelers.com
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How to delete Panel background
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I created a simple panel using Panel editor and placed PanelPro.gif on it as a 'background' item. Now I can't delete it. What is the trick? George
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PERMITTED TOPICS - A general reminder for everyone
#admin
We would like to point out that this list is for discussions related to JMRI, and is intended to be a place that people, particularly beginners, can turn to for help with their JMRI problems from more experienced JMRI users. General DCC and model railroading topics should be taken to a more appropriate forum and NOT be posted here. SPAM of any kind, politics, legal issues, and other off-topic matters should NOT be posted to the list and will be subject to deletion by the moderators, as will any responses to such off-topic matters. New members still on moderated status will find that off-topic posts will not be approved for posting, and old members making such posts may find themselves back on moderated status. BUY / SELL and ADVERTISING is NOT PERMITTED Let's keep things simple for all of us, and keep the discussion here on-topic. Your moderators
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Anyone Have a Schedule Strategy to Put Long Train Into Multiple Staging Cassettes?
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My staging cassette will accept maybe six 40ft boxcars. I'd like my daily turn to drag more than just six cars to staging. Right now, ops build will only populate a train for that staging "track" capacity. Has someone developed a strategy to select multiple cassettes for destination rather than the default empty one? I tried to figure out using "alternate" track but mind twists in a knot. The cassette is designated "staging". Should it be designated something else to enable a strategy? -- Ken NYNH&H, Old Colony Division, Cape Cod Branch (1949-1959) Loconet * JMRI 5.11.4 * OSX,Win10,Ubuntu Blog: Cape Cod Railroad (HO) – Newbie of an Oldie Youtube: Ken's Channel
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Dear dave the new version 5.10 of jmri does not allow me to open a file in startup. i can load the ability to open a file but i can not find a way to open s specific file. i dont want to have to guess which panel goes with which profile how do i open a file on startup in 5.10 also remind me about switches being part of a block when using automation. i believe the problem was in putting sml signals at the switch. But if i run automation without signals what are the issues with having a switch as part of a block? tony
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Functions above F12 not working using Digitrax PR4
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Hi, I was programming an ESU Loksound V5 DCC decoder and noticed i could not activate any function above F12 using the JMRI Throttle in Decoder Pro. I had another locomotive with a V5 decoder so i also tested the issue on that with the same results. I'm using the PR4 as a standalone programmer on a dedicated programming track. The PR4 has the latest drivers from the Digitrax website and i also tried flashing the firmware. Is this a limitation of the PR4 in standalone mode? Am i missing a specific setting somewhere in Decoder Pro? Any help would be appreciated. 14:15:31,264 apps.util.Log4JUtil INFO - * JMRI log ** [main] 14:15:31,305 apps.util.Log4JUtil INFO - This log is stored in file: C:\Users\Semms40oz\JMRI\log\session.log [main] 14:15:31,307 apps.util.Log4JUtil INFO - This log is appended to file: C:\Users\Semms40oz\JMRI\log\messages.log [main] 14:15:31,390 apps.AppsBase INFO - DecoderPro version 5.10+Rca461bd266 starts under Java 17.0.14 on Windows 10 amd64 v10.0 at Fri Mar 21 14:15:31 EDT 2025 [main] 14:15:31,823 apps.gui3.Apps3 INFO - Starting with profile My_JMRI_Railroad.3f685e70 [main] 14:15:32,183 jmri.util.node.NodeIdentity INFO - Using 19742551-f6c4-41ef-a3d3-7effa4c90361 as the JMRI storage identity for profile id 3f685e70 [AWT-EventQueue-0] 14:15:32,481 xml.AbstractSerialConnectionConfigXml INFO - Starting to connect for "LocoNet" [main] 14:15:32,693 jmri.jmrix.loconet.pr4.PR4Adapter INFO - Connecting PR4 via COM3 VCOM PR4 [main] 14:15:32,704 .loconet.locobuffer.LocoBufferAdapter INFO - LocoNet: Port Communications Port (COM3) opened at 57600 baud, sees DTR: true RTS: true DSR: false CTS: false DCD: false flow: RTSCTS [main] 14:15:32,724 x.loconet.pr3.PR3SystemConnectionMemo INFO - Connection [L] initialized as "Stand Alone Programmer", no access to attached devices. (see preferences) [main] 14:15:32,758 jmri.jmrix.loconet.LnPacketizer INFO - lnPacketizer Started [main] 14:15:33,743 jmri.jmrit.roster.Roster INFO - Reading roster file with rootFromName(C:\Users\Semms40oz\JMRI\My_JMRI_Railroad.jmri\roster.xml) [main] 14:15:33,962 jmri.util.FileUtilSupport INFO - File path program: is C:\Program Files (x86)\JMRI\ [main] 14:15:33,963 jmri.util.FileUtilSupport INFO - File path preference: is C:\Users\Semms40oz\JMRI\My_JMRI_Railroad.jmri\ [main] 14:15:33,966 jmri.util.FileUtilSupport INFO - File path profile: is C:\Users\Semms40oz\JMRI\My_JMRI_Railroad.jmri\ [main] 14:15:33,970 jmri.util.FileUtilSupport INFO - File path settings: is C:\Users\Semms40oz\JMRI\ [main] 14:15:33,971 jmri.util.FileUtilSupport INFO - File path home: is C:\Users\Semms40oz\ [main] 14:15:33,973 jmri.util.FileUtilSupport INFO - File path scripts: is C:\Program Files (x86)\JMRI\jython\ [main] 14:15:34,781 t.permission.DefaultPermissionManager INFO - Permission file: C:\Users\Semms40oz\JMRI\.permissions.xml [main] 14:15:34,792 t.permission.DefaultPermissionManager INFO - Permission system is enabled: no [main] Thanks.
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The future of control and automation - thoughts?
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All, I am still quite new to DCC model railroading - working on a trial N scale layout with about 18 blocks, 4 trains etc, controlled with JMRI etc. THe learning curve, and some frustrations with Digitrax, loconet, and JMRI 'steep' learning curve have me wondering what the future (near and longer term) of control may look like (and I am a career chip design engineer currently trying to learn about AI topics for electronics design- so a bit of an electronics nerd). So I am eager to hear from the prognosticators, naysayers, and visionaries on this group. Are there big technology changes coming in the near and mid term? Bluetooth communications to all trains/rolling stock/sensors/lights - is IoT coming to the model trail world? What about other ways to know where your trains are? micro GPS locating? Has anyone done a system where one or more video cameras is used to look at the layout, using vision processing in real time? (sure seems like a task made for AI)? And AI - is anyone using AI to write their JMRI scripts or otherwise control their layout? How about lighting? I foresee doing an entire set up for lighting from a single strand of individually addressable LEDs (controlled by an Arduino perhaps) under my layout and running a fiber optic to each 'lighting point' up through the layout.. Is that done? Perhaps I am being too geeky - I really like the real time operations and control challenges with this so far - and am just starting to think about the aesthetics - of scenery and themes. Thoughts? - or point me to the dark corners where this discussed! -Peter
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Here is a list of signal mast i have set up does anyone have the syntax for jython to change the aspect of the signal. i’m not finding it anywhere.
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What is the best way to do this automation? My goal is to have trains start from a yard, one after another, go the whole layout and the park back in the yard and rest about 10 minutes. I hope to keep about 10 trains running at any time, while another 10 are resting. It’s a large layout. I’ve added block detection throughout the layout, and used the tools to create sections. We have seven layouts all permanently interconnected, so there are multiple routes to make a loop. So, I have started by trying to dispatch a train after I had successfully started another train (automatically run) along a particular transit, but that transit isn’t in the list! Am I going about this in the wrong way? Does this mean I need to create at least 10 transits that use the same sections in the same order? Thanks for any suggestions or advice.
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Signal Mast Logic
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Hi All, I have added the panel file exhib.xml to the David Smith folder in ProblemsBeingWorked There are some issues with some of the signal masts. Could someone please advise what the problem may be ? Buffer masts Mst_Buff_SdS4, Mst_Buff_SdS5, Mst_Buff_SdS6 are set to Unknown Mst_SE3, Mst_SE2, Mst_SW3e, Mst_SW3f, Mst_W4 signal logic does not see other masts correctly ( I am aware that I could fix the issues by manually editing the signal logic but would prefer not to ) Can I also please ask, if I add a mast that is not visible on the panel, is there a way to see or edit it afterwards ? Also, can I ask why all of the signal heads appear in the Turnouts table ? Thanks Dave
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Block occupancy without resistive wheelsets
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To ensure the whole train is considered when assessing block occupancy by current sensors and not just the current drawing locomotive the standard solution is resistive wheelsets. However JMRI knows (with speed profiling) the speed of a train and can also record its length. Along with block length these values would allow a calculation of the block occupied by the end of the train. Would it therefore not be possible to show a block as occupied until the end of the train had left it? I can't find any information on this functionality within JMRI. Is this something that could be implemented on top of JMRI in (say) python or java? Anyone explored this? Any ideas?
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