I just made the drastic decision to change from QuickBasic 4.5 to VB 6.0, so please be patient with my stupid (already addressed?) questions. I have planned on...
I can answer some of your questions. I have my CMRI/CTC panel written in VB6, using an NCE Powerhouse Pro for DCC and controlling turnouts with it. Some of...
I hope everyone had a great holiday and that you are looking forward to a great New Year. I appologize for not being very active lately on the User's Group but...
This is a re-send. Never saw it show up from the list. Sorry for the duplicate if it did. Phil ... From: Phil Hartung To: CMRI_Users@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
I have senty the new SUSIC and SMINI board test program to Phil off list Don ... From: "Phil Hartung" <prhartung@...> To: <CMRI_Users@yahoogroups.com>...
I got my supermini board finished tonight. I was testing it with the supplied testing software. The outputs work fine. I'm having trouble with the inputs. ...
Phil Boot the computer up from a Dos disk. Windows has TSR routines that can interupt serial com flow and give errors to reads such as you are describing Don ...
Found the problem. The board works fine. My RS485 interface has the following pin out: Tx + Tx - Rx - Rx + I had the Rx- and Rx+ swapped, so I was getting...
Hi Phil and Group Glad to see it is working. For those that may need a little more info on solving errors of this sort I always check my wiring at this point,...
Phil, If your computer runs under Windows 95, 98, _MAYBE_ 2000, you should also be able to boot directly to DOS on startup, through the computer's boot menu....
That is true steve, But the Tsr arte still running and QB4.5 reqires the first 640 K of memory to run the program in. Unless you run MEM high commands, it is...
Hi group I have just begun to install my DCCOD's and am on the first one. I received an assembled DCCOD as a sample (not tested) from Don. Thanks Don, it made...
Ralph, The loco does not have to be moving to get detection, as a matter of fact you should be able to lick you finger and place it across both rails anywhere...
Hi Ralph Let's start at basics Take a spare piece of track (truly isolated block) Connect the positive of the booster supply to the top (south rail) connect...
Bruce, Would you describe briefly the changes to the OD? I remember David Gibbons described an LM317-fed detector bias supply. Does it involve that? I just...
... will find ... mode and not run DOS mode from Windows. Obviously, if you use VB, you'll load Windows up. You would use the MSComm control. With some ...
Gentleman, (Guys, I'm using the term loosely, so please don't be offended. Grin) You guys are great! As usual, it is a pleasure to moderate the group, but I'd...
Group I did as Don said and set up a separate piece of flex track. The DCCOD's worked perfectly. When I transferred the wires exactly to the layout, no deal. I...
Beware of reverse loops, poor grounds and wiring. I would gap both rails for each block and provide a feeder wire for the DCC booster to the track and a wire...
I'm using VB6 Learning Edition (<$ than standard), but it doesn't include MSComm. Instead of MSComm, I'm using a freeware serial object, XMComm. Duplicates...
With the supermini instructions was a "hook" about the searchlight "yellow" mode for the SMINI. I'd like to test it on my new board. How do I initialize the...
Fig. 11-16 on page 11-24 of the Version 2.2 of the Railroader's Application Handbook shows the recommended hookup for using DCCODs with Digitrax Boosters. The...
Don Thanks for taking my call. I knew it was something stupid. It was solved by a response to this group by you. What i did was install the ODMB is parallel...
Yes It sounds as though the track is not totally isolated from other blocks(s). It is best to use an Ohm meter to test that a block is truly open across the...
Don, This is driving me crazy. Maybe you guys can guide me. As I said my 1st block is installed perfectly. it is in the top position of the ODMB. My second...
I pulled the mother board and inspected it. No apparent solder bridges. I then ring tested each trace that was next to each other. No bridge either. Could a...
Through your own process of elimination, it has to be in the track section wiring. Block one works and then fails with block 2 connected to it instead. All...
