Nope, the Blueline sound board only does direct byte, which IMHO is
pretty lame.

- Dave

On Nov 8, 2007, at 11:21 AM, andrew_croslanduk <andrewcrosland@...
> wrote:

> James,
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> Sorry for the delay in replying. I just posted this in response to
> Jon Millers comment on jmriusers:
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> --- In jmriusers@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Miller" <atsf@...> wrote:
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>>> the problem is that I don't
>> seem to be able to write to the Blue Line decoder at all with the
>> SprogII....and there is nothing on the BLI forum about the
> SprogII....<
>>
>> Remember that Blueline will only read and write in Direct
> (byte) Mode.
>> I don't know enough abut the Sprog II to know if it can be forced
> into
>> Direct Byte Mode.
>>
>
> Apologies for not jumping in sooner. That is a problem and means the
> decoder is non conformant with the programming specs and incompatible
> with SPROG.
>
> SPROG uses direct bit to verify each bit of a CV. Finally, a direct
> byte verify is used to double check the value ascertaind by the
> direct bit verifies, in case there were no replies at all which could
> mean no loco present.
>
> Do the Blueline decoders support paged mode? You can manually select
> that for SPROG.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andrew
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