Greetings All, Having successfully connected my Mac to my Zephyr, I am attempting to program my first decoder installation with DecoderPro. It is a DSD-090LC...
Hi Again, While waiting for some guidance, felt the need to experiment and push buttons... I've tried both baud settings, and even though the main screen says...
Bob, I went back and re-read some of your responses, specifically: "It would be helpful if you could open the "LocoBuffer Stats Monitor" tool and check to see...
Michael, Look under "Throttle-up (Soundtraxx) LC Diesel PNP decoders" and you'll find the LL090LC. Give this one a try. Robin Becker Mission Viejo, CA ...
Are you seeing ANY transmissions from DecoderPro through the Locobuffer to LocoNet? (e.g. using the power panel, or a throttle panel, or select a decoder and...
... Here is a screen shot of the LocoNet monitor while the programmer is trying to interrogate the decoder and getting a ³time out error² Set speed of loco...
Michael Can you turn Power on and off from the CPU? (Under Tools, Power Control) You should see Global power on or off in the Loconet Monitor trace. If you try...
... I was able to dup your timeout error by trying an Ident in service mode with layout POWER OFF. Really looks like your not talking to the Loconet. Walt...
... I was able to dup your timeout error by trying an Ident in service mode with layout POWER OFF. Really looks like your not talking to the Loconet. Walt...
... I was able to dup your timeout error by trying an Ident in service mode with layout POWER OFF. Really looks like your not talking to the Loconet. Walt...
... I think that the above is really the crux of the issue. At the start of this thread, the problem was described as DecoderPro could throw turnouts, etc, but...
... Tried this before leaving for work this AM. 1. If I try an Ident with no loco on the track, I get the time out message, and NO logged activity on the...
Sorry about the delay in answering this Bob. Work got in the way. Here's the news... 1) In my setup, if I use my friend's DT100 in place of my DT400, almost...
Michael, Watch the activity LED when you click the Ident button. It should flash once immediately. If it does not, then maybe instead of giving it flowers you...
Oops, forgot to mention this was using my old Windows 98 machine. I'll test this working combination on an XP home system and report. Mark ... no ... ...
Walt, The LocoBuffer-II input circuit and code actually reads from the LocoNet output jack, so if you install the LocoNet terminator and set SW7-8 to ON (down)...
Friends, I normally use decoder pro on a 333MgHz win98 with a locobuffer1 located about 20 feet downstream of my DCS100 ctl system. I have never had a timeout...
... engine on a piece of track connected to ³rail A² and ³rail B² output on the Zephyr (DCS50)< When reading with service mode the piece of track should be...
... Actually old Win98 or 98SE machines tend to have less problems that the newer software. They are slower. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 ...
Dick, This is great. It works on my Mac (most things give trouble on it). I think this is something the people with com problems should try . Walt ... LocoNet...
... Dick, Re: red activity LED...It dutifully flashes whenever something is done on the zephyr throttle or the DT400R and the appropriate commands show in the ...
... Jon, Yes, you¹re right, but thanks for the idea. I went back to double check and make sure I had not gotten this mixed up in all my trials, and tried...
Dick, Walt, OK, just caught this before I was getting up from my desk...sounds like I need to try this, but here comes the stupid newbie question...what¹s the...
sorry about the blank post previous post - I'm having a problem in that when I start up any of the tools (PanelPro, LocoTools, etc) I get a 'Serial Port COM1...
Michael, terminator is a little PC Brd that came with the Locobuffer ( about 1/2" by 1/2"), see the locobuffer instructions for how to install it. I think your...
... Did you install a new version of Java? That might cause something like this. The JMRI installer has to put a .jnilib into the lib/ext part of that Java...
... While this will not solve your immediate problem, you could configure the first PC to be a LocoNet Server and connect all 3 PC's to a LAN (if you haven't...