I am using a G3 Powerbook and want to connect to a Lenz system using the LI100. Is there an RS232 to USB adapter cable I can use? Or is ther some other way to...
... I've used a Keyspan PDA adapter to do this with MacOS 9 and MacOS X. Works fine! What type of Lenz system do you have? There's been some confusion about...
As a newbie to both DCC and Decoder Pro, please make the usual allowances for my questions, which may have been covered earlier. I'm attempting to set up a...
Michael, The LocoBuffer interface requires its own power supply in order to work. Can't say for sure what the two wires that stick out of the unit are for as I...
... You do need an external source of power for the LocoBuffer. I haven't looked at the instructions for a while, so am not sure now much they say about it....
Michael, LocoBuffer information is contained in the files sections of either the Digitrax list or the Loco_Net Hackers list. It shows the connections and the...
I am running DecoderPro 1.0 on Linux with EasyDCC and SoundTraxx DSD-150 Diesel decoder. When I click the ident button I get Found mgr 141 (Throttle-Up)...
... Could you check that the String for the manufacturer name is the exact same between the mfg="" part of the "family" element (the snippet above), and the...
Bob, Just checked my decoderIndex.xml file. near the top of file: <mfgList> <manufacturer mfg="Throttle-Up" mfgID="141" /> further down: <family name="DSD...
... In each decoder file mfg is "Throttle-Up (SoundTraxx)" while in decodersIndex.xml it is "Throttle-Up". In an effort to fix the problem I changed the string...
Thanks for your forbearance while I learn to use the system. Earlier I was helped along with a basic question about LocoBuffer, and that help I got allowed me...
... That's probably the problem. ... It probably uses the one in your preferences (which I think is in ~/.jmri on Linux). Which one did you edit? Without...
... This means that the round-trip from program -> comm port -> LocoBuffer -> LocoNet -> command station and back didn't work. Unfortunately, there are a lot...
Looks like the naming change to "Throttle-Up (SoundTraxx)" occurred at V1.22 of decoderIndex.xml Robin ... From: Bob Jacobsen [mailto:Bob_Jacobsen@...] ...
... Could you tell me what goes wrong? I only did a little testing, so could have overlooked something. Only the most recent version of the code & DTD (data...
It's now working (at least I was able to program and modify a Soundtraxx decoder), and it seems the problem was with com ports, baud rates, and their ...
Bob, Had a phone conversation with Michael and Soundtraxx is pulling up some interesting panes. I will let him describe what going on. We did check that save...
Has anyone successfully run under Win9X with a serial mouse and DecoderPro sharing an interrupt (i.e. mouse on com1 and DecoderPro on com3, or com2 / com4)?...
The problem Jon Miller alluded to earlier was apparently mostly operator error, except for the following: In Decoder Pro 1.0.7, for a DSX Diesel decoder, the...
Michael, The default settings in DecoderPro for the DSX function map correspond to the Soundtraxx published default settings for the decoder, not the settings ...
Robin, As luck would have it I believe I was having a similar problem. Tried a number of options and found that turning off the flow control and leaving...
I'm working through the decoder details & emails before the next DecoderPro version. Did you ever hear from anybody about F5 and BEMF? Bob ... -- ... Bob...
Hi I am having trouble getting decoder pro to come upIhave been in touch with John Jabourand bob Jacobsen we think the loco buffer is working . I doenload up...
This is a bit strange as the DecoderPro installer pretty much gets it right now. What OS and version of JAva are you using? Do you have more than one version...
Alex I reinstalled decoder pro and now can pick my ports . I get a message that loco buffer is not receiving data to check connection and cycle loco buffer...