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This is a place for temp files, other than administrative files. Either they are to be added to the next release, added to the Documents or will have a short life span. Groups.io has free subscription storage limit of 1 GB! The following are counted towards the storage limits for the group: - Files - Photos - Images in databases - Images in wiki pages - Message attachments 1. Please put files into the correct folders. - If there is not an appropriate folder, feel free to create one. 2. If you are working on a problem and want to load info for others to look at, create a folder within the 'Problems Being Worked On' folder using the Msg number or you name as the folder name. When the problem is resolved please delete the folder. 3. All files and photos are subject to removal at the moderators discretion. Your Moderators -- Peter Ulvestad JMRI Users Group Moderator - http://www.jmri.org ( http://www.jmri.org ) Tam Valley Group Moderator - https://tamvalleydepot.com/ ( http://tamvalleydepot.com/ ) Sprog-DCC Group Moderator - http://www.sprog-dcc.co.uk/ ( http://www.sprog-dcc.co.uk/ ) Edmonton Model Railroad Association - http://www.emra.club/
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ADMIN: >>HOW TO ASK YOUR QUESTION<< - A general reminder for everyone
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====================== HOW to ask your question ====================== One of the most common questions about JMRI is "How do I get it to work?". This isn't really a problem with JMRI itself in most cases, but there are HUGE numbers of possible configurations for DCC systems, and Windows, Linux, and Mac computers out there. Just asking "How do I get it to work" is NOT going to get you any useful help. When asking ANY question, you should >>>utilize a meaningful subject line<<< that indicates the problem and include the following information in the body of the message: + If JMRI has started copy and paste the System Console into the body. (its under help on the start screen) + Has JMRI worked before on this computer? + JMRI version + Previous version if you just upgraded + Java version + Previous version if you just upgraded + Computer make and model + if you have just upgraded, from which version + Any other DCC devices in use + Specific details of your difficulty including error messages if any, or what you would like to do with JMRI. Decoder Programming, Signals, Automation, etc. Depending on the nature of the problem, you may need to supply even more information, but this is the absolute required for anyone to give you accurate answers. Signing you post helps keep the group friendly and personable! Your moderators and trouble shooters.
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Please use "meaningful subject lines" when starting topics
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Please use "meaningful subject lines" when starting topics. We are getting lots of subject lines that don't give much if any idea of what the topic is about. By providing a meaningful subject line you may get the attention of someone that can provide you assistance with your issue. It also give others the chance to skip the topic if it is not of interest to them. -- Peter Ulvestad JMRI Users Group Moderator - https://www.jmri.org ( http://www.jmri.org ) Tam Valley Group Moderator - https://tamvalleydepot.com/ ( http://tamvalleydepot.com/ ) Sprog-DCC Group Moderator - http://www.sprog-dcc.co.uk/ ( http://www.sprog-dcc.co.uk/ ) Edmonton Model Railroad Association - http://www.emra.club/
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ADMIN: PERMITTED TOPICS - A general reminder for everyone
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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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Add default consist to train
#operationspro
Given the following, how would I assign a consist to a train? I have perused the topics on this web site and also studied the Ops Pro manual. I am hoping for an easy way to have a loco consist associated with a train, but not to a specific staging track. My system is NCE. Staging is off layout made up basically of 30 tracks (boxes) containing the rolling stock (not locos) for trains. The locos are off layout in boxes, but not assigned to specific staging tracks. Currently I have five trains. I have five default loco consists for each train, and additional consists that could be substituted into those trains. But again, none are assigned to staging tracks. All trains begin in staging. Ops Pro generates a train by selecting a train, and selecting a staging track for that train to draw cars from. Once Ops Pro sets up the manifest, I move the cars manually to a fiddle track, then move the locos to the fiddle track. I would like to have a default loco consist for each train. But also I would like to optionally change to a different consist for that train. Currently, I manually write the consist onto the Ops Pro generated manifest. But it would be convenient to have the default consist as part of the manifest generated by Ops Pro.
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jmri & Arduino DCC-EX
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I have an Arduino uno with a motor shield attached and loaded with the DCC-EX command station software I have tested this and it detects my loco within the monitor part of the Arduino so I know the loco can be detected and if I issued the command <R 8> directly to the loco the loco judders forward and is detected however when using decoder pro and using the add now loco button I get a message "loco failed to respond" currently I have jmri version 4.26 on my Mac and 5.10 on the other systems due to java limitations on my Mac the track voltage on the main is 12v the loco works on other dcc systems so no problem there (I have a digikeys 5000 on my main layout) I have tried multiple computers running jmri on windows 10 , windows 7 , linux , and Macos all give the same message jmri on all the systems can turn the power to the track on and off on the Arduino but nothing else so any help would be welcome Many thanks Rob
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Need Help Creating a Power Panel for my Layout
Hello Thinking about making a Panel to show status of 1. NCE EB1 2. Block Power I have many Siding that I can hit a toggle switch to turn off the track Power 3. Track On Button Maybe some others still thinking about it. Know of anyone that's done this yet? -- Tom Grassi trgrassijr@...
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Audio Icon on Web Panel - Java
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Dave S. & Daniel B. I just picked-up where we left off on DEC 5 2024. We had a thread going and Daniel provided Java code. Based on Dave's comments on the code I believe I would be left with what's shown in the attached snip. I saved it as .js but that didn't work when I ran it from Panel Pro. NY&HV_RR_Yard_Scenes is the name of my panel and Harbor is the ID of the Audio Icon. What file extension should I use, .java? Will it run from Panel Pro or from Command line? -- Many thanks in advance! Vinny DeRobertis ~ Apex, NC New York & Hudson Valley RR Windows 7 Pro / Java 11 / JMRI v5.10 Command Station: Digikeijs DR5000. Booster: Digikeijs DR5033 (4) Samsung A7 10.4" Tablets Fully Kiosk/Engine Driver v2.37.187 DCC/DMX Gateway: Pricom LLS. LocoNet Input Modules: Digikeijs DR4088LN DCC Output Modules: Digikeijs DR4018 / Yamorc YD8116. Sensors: Model Train Technology: DETECTOR-HO. Turnout Motors: MTB MP1
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Importing LocSound file into DecoderPro
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Hi Is there a menu item in DecoderPro to import a LocSound file into DecoderPro? -- Mike from Calgary
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JMRI merchandise for donations
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As I get dressed for today's operations session. I put on my OpSIG shirt. And it made me realize that if I had one, I would also wear a JMRI shirt. While I know it would not be the fashion statement of the year, I would still purchase and wear one, especially as a fundraiser to keep JMRI going. Is there a JMRI merch store? Has this been tried in the past? Any chance that I could be wearing a JMRI t-shirt to my next ops session. Thanks -- Heath @ Human[c]ity http://www.humancity.org http://www.riversidetransfer.nyc http://www.manhattanmodelers.com
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New to DCC - MacBook Pro Java failure
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I have a 2011 MacBook Pro running OS 10.13. I just bought a Digitrax Evolution Xpresss starter set. I downloaded and successfully installed JMRI and Java 11. DecoderPro won¡¯t open because Java 11 needs to be installed. IT IS INSTALLED. Yes, I turned it off and back on again. I clicked on See More on the popup window and I get instructions for downloading Java 17. I downloaded and successfully installed Java 17. DecoderPro won¡¯t open because Java 11 needs to be installed. The Java 11 and Java 17 installations both installed successfully. What gives? Tracy Reynolds
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virtual sound decoder
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Hello everyone. I'm looking for sound files to incorporate into the JMRI virtual decoder. I work with a Digitrax control panel and would love to find these types of files or be able to create them. If anyone could help me, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you very much.
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12 hour JMRI clocks
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Back when time really meant something on US railroads, they used 12-hour time. Why don't any of the JMRI clocks offer this option - am I missing it? The empolyee timetable for the prototype I model uses 12-hour time... Thanks
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LogixNG Tables - not the first column
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First of all, I'd like to take a moment to thank Daniel and Dave - their help on here over the last couple of weeks has been absolutely incredible and has helped me to make some major strides with getting my hardware panel working with JMRI. This question probably has a very simple answer - "no". But let's check. I have this LogixNG table: And I have this: That works perfectly - given a Block name, it tells me the train describer Berth (which is on the hardware panel). I also need to be able to do lookups the other way - when I have a Berth and need to lookup a Block name. Is there any way to get LogixNG to find a row when the value to look for is in a column which isn't the first one (it would be the second column in this case)? If not, I can create a second table "Berth to Block" easily enough; but that seems like a maintenance overhead and potentially error prone. So, before I do that, I just want to check that I am not missing something. Thanks, Nick
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Associating an init script with a panel file?
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I have a panel file (https://github.com/RobertPHeller/WendellDepotMusuem/blob/main/PanelPro/WendellDepot-JMRI-withPanel.xml) that I have written an init script (it just initializes the internal sensors to a sane set of states). Is there some way to run this script when the panel file is loaded? -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services heller@... -- Webhosting Services
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Startup Gets Stuck
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Recently it became necessary to reinstall Java and JMRI. First, I checked that both programs were uninstalled. I then installed Java Version 8 Update 441 and JMRI Version 4.26+R381. Both were problem free installs. I then tried to start JMRI so I could load my roster. The Java icon and the DecoderPro icon appeared in the taskbar and the small JMRI splash screen appeared in the middle of my screen. That's as far as the startup got. I've listed my equipment below. What am I missing? I'd appreciate any help in getting started. -- Richard Richter Dell Lattude 3190 2-in-1 Laptop Computer Microsoft Windows 11 Pro RR-CirKits LocoBuffer-NG Rev-a Digitrax ZephyrXtra DCS 51 Command Station
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JMRI 5.11.5 OBlock File corruption
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After running Version 5.10 I upgraded to 5.11.5 to access New Decoder incusions. All was well until I needed to make some changes to OBlocks. On accessing the Oblock table I eiher saw nothing in the table or scrolling I was met with scramled lines. On returning to Ver 5.10 was was back as should be (less the Decoder Definitions) If anyone has a fix , please e-Mail me direct . waldenjohn@... Many Thanks John W
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Any way to view JMRI "console log" via web interface?
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Trying to debug via the web interface, Want to view the "Console Log" via the web interface. Curiously, I can view several panels - both control panel and layout editor. But I cannot find any way to view the console log via the web interface. Have I missed something? If not, is there a reason why JMRI cannot show the console log? (In this JMRI CTC implementation, I have printed some debugging info from Jython, and I want to see the Console Log via the web interface during an operating session. So far, the day's CTC "bugs" have all been blamed on hardware failures or on "dispatcher error"... But, sooner or later, I will need to be able to view the log from the web.)
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Losing occupancy when trying to record a warrant
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When I try to record a warrant I get a message saying that the occupancy is lost when I cross into the next block and the recording stops. I have a Digitrax system with BXP88s detecting occupancy. I believe the BXP88s are working correctly because when I observe the control panel the occupancy changes as it should between blocks. I have the global debounce set at 4000 ms to inactive to try to conquer this problem but still no luck. NX warrants work perfectly. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thank you, Bob
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Script does not Print to System Console on Linux laptop
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Howdy all. I am working on an older HP laptop running Lubuntu Linux with JMRI 5.11.6 and Java 17.0.12. I am writing scripts for use with my MQTT project, but I realized that I cannot print anything to the System Console in my script. I do get about 40 lines of messages when an error occurs, but my print statements do not show any results in most scripts. Even when I start PanelPro from the Terminal, I do not see any results from print statements. An exception to that is the Set-Every-Sensor-ToInactive.py script which prints I was sure that I have seen items printed out on my other computers, so I figure I must have a setting or configuration set wrong on this computer. I often used print statements to see what the script is working with (print out a variable for example). Hopefully there is something I can change to make it print. Thanks in advance for any thoughts, ideas and help. Phil from gorgeous Young Harris, Georgia, USA Here is the System Console when starting: 22:04:19,662 apps.util.Log4JUtil INFO - * JMRI log ** [main] 22:04:19,738 apps.util.Log4JUtil INFO - This log is stored in file: /home/phil/.jmri/log/session.log [main] 22:04:19,741 apps.util.Log4JUtil INFO - This log is appended to file: /home/phil/.jmri/log/messages.log [main] 22:04:19,799 apps.Apps INFO - PanelPro version 5.11.6+R1b48891fa4 starts under Java 17.0.12 on Linux amd64 v6.8.0-59-generic at Thu May 15 22:04:19 EDT 2025 [main] 22:04:20,044 t.permission.DefaultPermissionManager INFO - Permission file: /home/phil/.jmri/.permissions.xml [main] 22:04:20,069 t.permission.DefaultPermissionManager INFO - Permission system is enabled: no [main] 22:04:22,850 apps.Apps INFO - Starting with profile MQTT.3e352f94 [main] 22:04:22,938 jmri.util.node.NodeIdentity INFO - Using f7cdb150-c041-4957-b46a-5fd914db4bf8 as the JMRI storage identity for profile id 3e352f94 [AWT-EventQueue-0] 22:04:23,258 jmri.jmrix.mqtt.MqttAdapter INFO - MQTT starting connect with MQTTchannel = "" [main] 22:04:23,270 jmri.jmrix.mqtt.MqttAdapter INFO - Connection M is using a clientID of "MyJMRIRailJMRI2420C21CM" [main] 22:04:23,848 jmri.jmrix.mqtt.MqttPowerManager INFO - Subscribed to track/power [main] 22:04:24,525 jmri.util.FileUtilSupport INFO - File path program: is /home/phil/Downloads/JMRI/ [main] 22:04:24,526 jmri.util.FileUtilSupport INFO - File path preference: is /home/phil/Railroad/MQTT/ [main] 22:04:24,526 jmri.util.FileUtilSupport INFO - File path profile: is /home/phil/.jmri/MQTT.jmri/ [main] 22:04:24,527 jmri.util.FileUtilSupport INFO - File path settings: is /home/phil/.jmri/ [main] 22:04:24,528 jmri.util.FileUtilSupport INFO - File path home: is /home/phil/ [main] 22:04:24,528 jmri.util.FileUtilSupport INFO - File path scripts: is /home/phil/Railroad/Jython/ [main] 22:04:25,684 apps.PanelPro.PanelPro INFO - Main initialization done [main] 22:04:55,679 jmri.jmrit.jython.RunJythonScript INFO - No file selected [AWT-EventQueue-0]
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