You have a knack, Mike, of demystifying things, of sorting out what folks (like me, anyway) need to know without drowning the viewer in details. I was thinking about getting a PR4 and JMRI software, now, thanks to this video....I'm going to proceed. Thanks
Thx for the Video for Programming Track with PR3/4. I have a PR4. Like your setup and will take it under advisement. Appreciate you taking us thru the various pages of JMRI. I have used JMRI at the Club to add my Locos to the Roster and change the Address to my Club Designated prefixes. But that was over a year ago now, so I am setting up my own Program Track and add all my 35 Locos to the Roster at home. Keep up the good work. Appreciate your humour and advice to leave well enough alone.....
Great video Mike. Long time listener first time caller. You can choose your JRMI connection from the main screen. Edit/Preferences/XXX. Thanks for all you do for our hobby. Mark
Thanks for the informative video Mike. I too have played around with JRMI and find it way more involved than I need. This is a great program for speed matching and other more advanced functions. I use the Broadway limited handheld programmer to do basic loco road number changes and simple CV programming. As they say “keep it simple”. Just my 2 cents. Keep up the good work. Bob
i had digitrax when it wass fairly new one of the genesis 2 or 1 , its been awhile, looked it up last night in the discontinued items to clear my brain of it
hey mike great info video. hope everyone is doing ok after your bad news day. very sorry to hear about your loss. hope your wife is doing ok. it is a good video for guys doing program tracks. you know a lot more than me wow that is a lot of info. really like your how to channel. and thanks for sharing.
Mike you make it look easy, JMRI can do a lot more but should mention programming with it us a lot easier than programming CV's through it your throttles and it is worthwhile learning how to do it if you want to have your engines to run good together. I looked and there are a lot of UA-cam videos you can watch even on JMRI web site, I lI'mke the set up you show & thanks for sharing....Jack you take a lot of the mystery out of it!
Hi Mike, having issues with JMRI. I have a Digitrax DCS210 Command Station, PR4 Seems there is something missing as I get "Failed to get response from Command Station. My program track is wired to my command station, is powered and standalone. My PR4 is connected via USB, and I have a standard phone cable between my PR4 and the DCS210. What am I missing??
@@N-Scale hi Mike, thanks for the quick reply. I put the standalone program track back to the PR4. Trying a few things that really make no sense, like PR4 to LNWI, then LNWI to DCS210 I am still unable to get any reaction or interaction between DecoderPro and the Command Station. Frustrated is an understatement
@@richardclark1801 I do not understand why you keep trying to connect it to the DCC system??? You also need to tell the JMRI to talk to the PR4 in the setup.
@@N-Scale DecoderPro does see the PR4, and I have it set to programming track only. What confuses me is DecoderPro continually informs me of an inability to communicate with the Command station when I try any programming to my single roster entry and I try to write to sheet...
what happens if i have pushed the buttons witch i have. i have a pr4. i have it for reading my decoder to let me know what kind it is. when i plug it into the computer the green light is flashing. the red light is solid red. the blue light is solid blue. and the lights just stay on when my computer goes to sleep. will that hurt anything? well back to your video.
Hi Mike, Perfect timing on this video as I've been thinking about getting a PR3 and JMRI to program locomotives on my Digitrax system. The most important part is the CAT mouse pad, that is very funny but I have to disagree. The most important mouse pad to have is the "Cass Scenic Railroad" mouse pad with the picture of Shay #5 :-) One thing to add, those of us, myself included who have programmed for years using the Digitrax DT100 throttle, have most of the CV numbers memorized. So the section at timestamp 35:47 is not scary for me and quite honestly when I get my PR4 with the JMRI software, that maybe the tab I use most often. Thanks again Mike for this video, it did answer a lot of questions I had concerning the PR4 and JMRI software. Cheers, Rich S.
@@N-Scale I will, eventually. I think that I will need to get my tripod out of storage and use my Samsung camera or something, because I will be all over the place with my phone camera. I'm not young anymore, hence, not very steady!
Hi Mike - I admire your creativity; you must have come up with over a dozen ways to say "I dunno" or "Beginners may safely ignore this tab." ;-) Other than that nit, good job of providing a starting place for folks who need a bit of basic introduction.
Hey Mike Make sure you DO NOT use the JMRI THROTLE to test anything or you will burn out the PR4 it is for programing only read the comment in Discussion on my Chanel Wayde
Point is JMRI has a Throttle option in the same software but you do not want to use it to test the decoder function on the test track if the Pr4 is not hooked to a loco net as a interface for the computer using it as a stand alone programmer without being hooked to the loco net and a power sorce it will burn it up if you try to test the decoder functions so only test them on the layout after you have set them
Check this out Mike this is what i mean by YOU cannot do with a Pr4 just letting you know to save you from bad day ua-cam.com/video/7UV89_WaW24/v-deo.html
Mike, thanks for the walkthrough. I just got mine working and your video helped me out.
Glad to help and enjoy it !!!
You have a knack, Mike, of demystifying things, of sorting out what folks (like me, anyway) need to know without drowning the viewer in details. I was thinking about getting a PR4 and JMRI software, now, thanks to this video....I'm going to proceed. Thanks
Thanks for the kind words.
Mike
Thx for the Video for Programming Track with PR3/4. I have a PR4. Like your setup and will take it under advisement. Appreciate you taking us thru the various pages of JMRI. I have used JMRI at the Club to add my Locos to the Roster and change the Address to my Club Designated prefixes. But that was over a year ago now, so I am setting up my own Program Track and add all my 35 Locos to the Roster at home. Keep up the good work. Appreciate your humour and advice to leave well enough alone.....
Thanks Stew, Mike
Great video Mike. Long time listener first time caller. You can choose your JRMI connection from the main screen. Edit/Preferences/XXX. Thanks for all you do for our hobby. Mark
Thanks so much Mark.
Good to have you.
Mike
Thanks for the informative video Mike. I too have played around with JRMI and find it way more involved than I need. This is a great program for speed matching and other more advanced functions. I use the Broadway limited handheld programmer to do basic loco road number changes and simple CV programming. As they say “keep it simple”. Just my 2 cents. Keep up the good work. Bob
Thanks Bob.
Mike
@@N-Scale thanks for all your help like I really appreciate it take care of Lego
Thanks Mike, found this very informational, answered some of my questions about JMRI. and as always thanks for sharing - Randy
Thanks for taking in a long video.
Mike
i had digitrax when it wass fairly new one of the genesis 2 or 1 , its been awhile, looked it up last night in the discontinued items to clear my brain of it
hey mike great info video. hope everyone is doing ok after your bad news day. very sorry to hear about your loss. hope your wife is doing ok. it is a good video for guys doing program tracks. you know a lot more than me wow that is a lot of info.
really like your how to channel. and thanks for sharing.
Thanks very much James.
Mike
Mike you make it look easy, JMRI can do a lot more but should mention programming with it us a lot easier than programming CV's through it your throttles and it is worthwhile learning how to do it if you want to have your engines to run good together. I looked and there are a lot of UA-cam videos you can watch even on JMRI web site, I lI'mke the set up you show & thanks for sharing....Jack you take a lot of the mystery out of it!
Thanks , I hope I helped.
Mike
Mike Fifer YES! you did, thanks....
When trying to read a decoder, I get the error message-- Stopping due to error: Programmer busy. What does that mean?
Hi Mike, having issues with JMRI. I have a Digitrax DCS210 Command Station, PR4 Seems there is something missing as I get "Failed to get response from Command Station. My program track is wired to my command station, is powered and standalone. My PR4 is connected via USB, and I have a standard phone cable between my PR4 and the DCS210. What am I missing??
The program track goes to the PR4 , not the system.
Mike
@@N-Scale hi Mike, thanks for the quick reply. I put the standalone program track back to the PR4. Trying a few things that really make no sense, like PR4 to LNWI, then LNWI to DCS210
I am still unable to get any reaction or interaction between DecoderPro and the Command Station.
Frustrated is an understatement
@@richardclark1801 I do not understand why you keep trying to connect it to the DCC system??? You also need to tell the JMRI to talk to the PR4 in the setup.
@@N-Scale DecoderPro does see the PR4, and I have it set to programming track only.
What confuses me is DecoderPro continually informs me of an inability to communicate with the Command station when I try any programming to my single roster entry and I try to write to sheet...
@@richardclark1801 I am out of ideas .
Mike
what happens if i have pushed the buttons witch i have. i have a pr4. i have it for reading my decoder to let me know what kind it is. when i plug it into the computer the green light is flashing. the red light is solid red. the blue light is solid blue. and the lights just stay on when my computer goes to sleep. will that hurt anything? well back to your video.
Nope , That is fine.
Mike
Hi Mike, Perfect timing on this video as I've been thinking about getting a PR3 and JMRI to program locomotives on my Digitrax system. The most important part is the CAT mouse pad, that is very funny but I have to disagree. The most important mouse pad to have is the "Cass Scenic Railroad" mouse pad with the picture of Shay #5 :-) One thing to add, those of us, myself included who have programmed for years using the Digitrax DT100 throttle, have most of the CV numbers memorized. So the section at timestamp 35:47 is not scary for me and quite honestly when I get my PR4 with the JMRI software, that maybe the tab I use most often. Thanks again Mike for this video, it did answer a lot of questions I had concerning the PR4 and JMRI software. Cheers, Rich S.
Thanks Rich , I hope you find it useful.
Mike
If I just set up a feeder track connected to the output of an arduino +motor shield +JRMI sytem. Can I edit the stored info on my Kato DCC loco?
You need to do a video on it.
@@N-Scale I will, eventually. I think that I will need to get my tripod out of storage and use my Samsung camera or something, because I will be all over the place with my phone camera. I'm not young anymore, hence, not very steady!
@@cneff3494 Man , I know that feeling !!
Thanks , Mike
Hi Mike - I admire your creativity; you must have come up with over a dozen ways to say "I dunno" or "Beginners may safely ignore this tab." ;-) Other than that nit, good job of providing a starting place for folks who need a bit of basic introduction.
Thanks Len, That was my intention.
Mike
Very informative video, thanks Mike. Maybe I can put that spare laptop to use.
That would certainly work.
Mike
Thanks Mike. Good look at the software,
Thank you Hans.
Mike
awesome info Mike.. thanks for sharing.. vinny
Thanks for checking it out Vinny.
MIke
great video!
Thanks so much !!
Good video, mike!
Thanks , glad you took a look.
Mike
Great vid brother
Thanks Mike , glad you took a look.
Mike
Hey Mike Make sure you DO NOT use the JMRI THROTLE to test anything or you will burn out the PR4 it is for programing only read the comment in Discussion on my Chanel Wayde
I can not find what you are talking about.
Thanks , Mike
it is in my discussion on my Chanel i burnt up 2 pr4s before i found out from the Digitrax Tec department
Point is JMRI has a Throttle option in the same software but you do not want to use it to test the decoder function on the test track if the Pr4 is not hooked to a loco net as a interface for the computer using it as a stand alone programmer without being hooked to the loco net and a power sorce it will burn it up if you try to test the decoder functions so only test them on the layout after you have set them
I got the point but have never heard of that. We have never been able to use the JMRI throttle to test stand alone.
Thanks , Mike
Check this out Mike this is what i mean by YOU cannot do with a Pr4 just letting you know to save you from bad day ua-cam.com/video/7UV89_WaW24/v-deo.html
JMRI Decoder Pro programming modes: jmri.org/help/en/manual/DecoderPro3/Basic_Mode.shtml
From that web page sounds like Paged mode is what you want to access all CVs.