hi my club started to install the cmri. we bought both a smini and a super node and we decided to just use the super node. so the smini has come surpluses and...
Hi Keith I just fixed this problem for another customer and this seems to be a common error to resolve. At John's, we ohmed out the cable between node 0 and...
Dear Keith and Group: Don's reply is right on track, pun intended. As presented in the troubleshooting chapters in the V3.0 User's Manual, problems are seldom...
Hi Everyone, I will post this so others don't repeat my mistake. My USIC system sat unassembled for a few months. When re-assembling it, I over-applied...
I have been using an old tube of Cam Lube. For the kids in the group, that is a grease that looks like Vaseline and was used on the cams of mechanical...
After all the research and planning and finally getting enough time to do it, the first node is in and working. I love it! If the group would indulge me, I...
Hi group, I have some questions on how to hook up my 485 card to the Smini. The outputs are listed as +out -out +in -in shld I have purched Beldin twisted pair...
... Don, Very simple you can make: Black = +out Red = -out Green = +in White = -in Tie both shields together to shield This stays the same for all the 485...
... More generally, you can make either pair the in pair or the out pair, and which wire in the pair is + or - doesn't matter either. What DOES matter -- A LOT...
Dear Don: You might want to take a look at Fig. 4-9 in the C/MRI User's Manual V3.0 on page 4-27 which covers wiring the the RS485 card and the SMINI. Colors...
Thanks everyone for the help....Now I' all set. I am about to fire up the computer and try this thing out. This is neat.... :) Thanks Again Don Carman...
Hello, I followed Rich Weyand's advice and replaced the chips, I replaced: 4 RS485 Transciever chips (MAX487CPA) 2 in the RS485 card and 2 in the SMINI just to...
... One thing you can do is loopback the signal at each point. This is the approved method of telecom troubleshooting in the industry. The basic idea is to...
Hi everybody, Does anyone know how to use two mice simultaneously and independent of each other in operating the C/MRI? Matt Warnick Vero Beach, FL [Non-text...
Dear Sir You may simply have the two RS232 lines reversed. try turning the cable over so In and OUT are interchanged. Repower up the SMINI and try to run the...
Matt Warnick wrote, Friday, March 04, 2005 10:13 AM To: CMRI_Users Subject: [CMRI_Users] Mice application " Does anyone know how to use two mice simultaneously...
I want to thank those of you who responded to my first query. I did check out the JMRI site and did get a copy of "Real Basic" . I couldn't upgrade my 8100 to...
... George, You're welcome... The Mac 422 is usable as is with the 485, but is limited to 16 nodes SMINIs or SUSICs. Bruce just posted this in the last couple...
... Rodney, My expected environment would be Windows XP Home Edition. Your suggestion of a P/S 2 and USB Mouse is interesting. Guess I will start asking at...
the smini has been sold. thanks for all the interest. happy railroading Robert Brown www.trainweb.org/wmmrrc [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hello all: I have made a folder called C/MRI layouts in the Links section of group homepage. I'd like to request that if you have a website featuring a C/MRI...
All: I've been looking at the files section and we are running at 91% capacity. The photos section, meanwhile, is only at 17% capacity. So, I'd like to make a...
I have noticed that when installing a new USB mouse while the original PS2 mouse is still connected, each works independently of the other. Steve Bartlett...
Completely off topic...so proceed at your own risk... The subject "Mice application" reminds me of a Mouse application I helped engineer in the mid 60's. My...
Walt, As a Snr Computer Technician., I have a lot to do with computers. I've seen a single mouse pointer under the control of two or more mice, but NEVER have...
... Jason: The application was considered for a larger shelf style switching layout operated by 2 operators one at each end having 2 flat screens as control...
Well, I just hope the mouse did not blow the hatch while still up in the air...I'm sure Daffy Duck may have done something like that in the past. Steve...
Hi, Walter, There is still only one pointer on the screen. I seem to remember that if I move one mouse up and the other to the right, the pointer will move in...
