Welcome to the JMRI user's discussion group. This the place to ask questions, make suggestions, complain and complement. There's more information available on...
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Bob Jacobsen
Bob_Jacobsen15
Apr 15, 2002 5:25 am
The 0.9.2 update to the DecoderPro program and JMRI libraries is available for download. The update file is in .zip format, and should be usable on Macintosh, ...
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sixth_rule
May 7, 2002 11:15 pm
i got a couple questions and was wondering if anyone was actually there....
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Bob Jacobsen
Bob_Jacobsen15
May 7, 2002 11:40 pm
... I'm happy to help with questions, and there are other members who can help too. This Yahoo group is still pretty young, so hasn't gotten a lot of traffic...
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Dave Falkenburg
falkenrr
May 7, 2002 11:41 pm
I'm here.. as is Bob... -Dave Falkenburg...
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Jerry Drews
jdrews
May 8, 2002 2:23 am
I'm here, Bob. I am not currently using jmri stuff, but am interested in following the progress. Count me in. Jerry Drews ... From: Bob Jacobsen...
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Jim Hanna
oartrack1
May 8, 2002 3:25 am
Hi Bob: I have the program in my PC but it is far from the train room so I don't get to use it except when one of my operators brings over a laptop. My...
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Bob Jacobsen
Bob_Jacobsen15
May 8, 2002 3:58 am
... Although I'm a Macintosh bigot, you can probably get a better deal on a PC laptop. I'd look for something with 48MB of memory, Windows95, at least one ...
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Mike Davison
mdavison
May 8, 2002 5:23 am
Bob weighed in as the Mac bigot so I guess it's up to me to provide the Linux bigot viewpoint. I have a Sony Viao 505TR (value less than $500 now) that runs...
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Alex Shepherd
kiwi64ajs
May 8, 2002 5:47 am
Well what about an old Desktop P100 with 32/64MB RAM and dedicate it to the layout permanently. That will definitely be cheaper than an equivalent laptop so...
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Jim Hanna
oartrack1
May 8, 2002 3:31 pm
To Our New Group: Thanks for your input on my recent question RE: laptops. I think your ideas about getting a used PC instead of a laptop really is the best...
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Jon Miller
atsf@...
May 8, 2002 3:41 pm
Jim, What I did was go to my local PC guy and told him I wanted the cheapest one available to connected to my trains. He went to his old parts and put one...
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Dave Falkenburg
falkenrr
May 8, 2002 4:25 pm
As far as PCs go, I managed to pick up a Shuttle SV24 barebones system + 1.1GHz Celeron at Fry's electronics for $250 a few months ago. (I think it is now...
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Bob Jacobsen
Bob_Jacobsen15
May 8, 2002 9:21 pm
... I do keep DecoderPro running on MacOS 8.1 through 9, but I agree that it's really a dog. Startup performance is particularly slow; on my 90MHz test...
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Bob Jacobsen
Bob_Jacobsen15
May 13, 2002 3:30 am
The 0.9.3 update to the DecoderPro program and JMRI libraries is available. The update file can be downloaded from: ...
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Bob Jacobsen
Bob_Jacobsen15
May 14, 2002 4:12 pm
The 0.9.3 update is out, so after I catch my breath, it's time to think about what to do next. I'd like to get a "complete"; DecoderPro version out by early...
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Jon Miller
atsf@...
May 14, 2002 4:39 pm
Bob, You could copy your multi-page fine printed list* here and let us chose, say, five items. Then do the higher percentages! Short of that my choices, of...
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Mike Davison
mdavison
May 14, 2002 4:56 pm
... Good. ... It would be nice to have a simple way to copy the programming of one decoder into anther. I have 2 GP9s and would like them to both have the same...
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Jon Miller
atsf@...
May 14, 2002 5:22 pm
... decoder into anther. I have 2 GP9s and would like them to both have the same characteristics.< We played around with this some at the clinic and not sure...
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Mike Davison
mdavison
May 14, 2002 5:31 pm
... Did this replace the file for 1234? ... Perhaps if 'we' created a standard XML format (schema?) to describe decoders and created a central...
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David P. Harris
dpharristelu...
May 14, 2002 5:35 pm
That's a good idea. Any one an XML 'expert'? David...
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Dave Falkenburg
falkenrr
May 14, 2002 5:40 pm
Actually, the decoder format is XML, perhaps DecoderPro could ping the jmri.sourgeforge.net page to look for new files occaisionally? -Dave...
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Jim Hanna
oartrack1
May 14, 2002 5:51 pm
Bob: In answer to your question,"What do people think?", I think this looks like a very ambitious undertaking and I don't know how you find the time to do it...
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Mike Davison
mdavison
May 14, 2002 6:03 pm
That would work and be easier to implement that my suggestion. When DecoderPro runs it could determine if it's updated decoder files recently. If not, it could...
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Jon Miller
atsf@...
May 14, 2002 7:30 pm
... I seem to remember "no". But as deleting files is difficult I didn't feel like loading up my system with non-existent locos. Also we had a group (well...
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Mark Gurries
gurriesm
May 14, 2002 9:11 pm
Bob, We need a "Test for Decoder" window/Step/Button. Here's the problem When someone brings up Decoder Pro, one of the most common problems is making sure the...
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Bob Jacobsen
Bob_Jacobsen15
May 15, 2002 1:37 am
... Well, since you asked... Jon is referring to a "to do" list that I keep for JMRI/DecoderPro. It's in a little database, so not easy to really show well in...
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Dave Falkenburg
falkenrr
May 15, 2002 1:48 am
Having a "Update Now" button would work, too. For those who want to schedule updates it probably makes sense to use ... -Dave ... [Non-text portions of this...
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Bob White
bxwhite2000
May 15, 2002 2:30 am
Bob How about stationary decoders? DS54 for instance. Nice little GUI to handle it all. Any ideas? cheers bob...
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Aleksandar Vukalovic
acathefirst
May 15, 2002 2:47 pm
Hello Bob, I am new one with only two question-suggestion for start: -What about layout feedback, -What practically mean your plan "Lenz XpressNet support to...
