Hello chaps, I'm putting this on both the JMRI and the SPROG groups because I'm not sure where the problem might lie. I started a thread a little while ago...
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Gerry Hopkins MMR
gerrymmr
Sep 9, 2010 10:58 pm
Brian, Using your SprogII to do the programming works OK so the wiring and connections are OK. I presume you are then going to the throttle in Decoder Pro and...
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Andrew Berridge
r5gordini
Sep 10, 2010 1:58 am
Hi Brian, Have you tried reading back the address of the loco to see if it has been programmed successfully? When you use the throttle, are you using Decoder...
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Brian's Mail
brian.hansell
Sep 10, 2010 10:46 am
Hi Gerry, Thanks for coming back so quickly. Yes I am using the throttle panel in Decoder Pro. With the scope attached, you just get the baseline reading (0...
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Brian's Mail
brian.hansell
Sep 10, 2010 12:11 pm
Hi Andrew, Well I'm confused. When I'm in Winnie the Pooh mode (a bear of very little brain) it doesn't take a lot. I've tried the throttle in both modes,...
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Frank J
fjknight
Sep 11, 2010 3:54 pm
Brian, Just a comment on your "301 no loco detected errors." I model in Sn2 which are very small light locos and it is not unusual to make poor contact on the...
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Andrew Berridge
r5gordini
Sep 11, 2010 7:50 pm
Hi Brian, I agree with Frank on holding the loco down to try to get better connectivity. I wonder which version of Decoder Pro you are using? There were some...
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brian.hansell
Sep 14, 2010 10:14 pm
Hello chaps, A big thank you to Marc, Andrew B and Frank J. I'm posting this on both the groups so everybody can have a laugh. Somebody very close has got...
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Clark Womack
clarkwomack...
Sep 17, 2010 3:50 pm
A question for Firefox users. I have an iMac and use Firefox as my browser but Verizon as my email program. Verizon has just "improved"; the program and really...
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David Emery
tademery
Sep 17, 2010 9:43 pm
I used Thunderbird for a couple of years (on a Mac). It's nowhere near as good as Eudora was. My big problem with T-Bird was how it stores messages, into...
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Martyn Cole
martync1955
Sep 18, 2010 10:51 am
... I use Thunderbird for all my mail and find it very good. Why don't you give it a try, you can set it up to use with your current system and run them both...
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Grant Moser
moser_grant
Sep 18, 2010 8:39 pm
... I use Thunderbird for all my mail. At one time I used Outlook Express to access all my mail but have had problems with the E-Mail database becoming...
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Stuart
stublau
Sep 20, 2010 11:29 pm
I bought a SPROGII in February of this year and until now have used it only in the Sprog mode with satisfaction and good results. I recently tried the Command...
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Kevin Dickerson
kw.dickerson
Sep 21, 2010 8:01 am
Stuart, When you go into "Command Station" mode, have you first been in normal "Sprog" mode and then operated the loco? If so you will need to unplug and...
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Stuart
stublau
Sep 21, 2010 2:33 pm
Kevin, Thanks for your assistance. Got it working this morning. I cleaned track and wheels thoroughly this morning and when booting up Sprog this morning made...
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andrew_croslanduk
andrew_crosl...
Sep 22, 2010 3:25 pm
Stu, Another way, to avoid power cycling, is: If you use the throttle whilst in programming mode to test loco N, before you change to command station mode...
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Allen
alevans51
Oct 1, 2010 8:21 am
I got my SPROG to work through DecoderPro to read and write the QSI Revolution Ver 7. Here is the fix - Take two 22ohm 1/4 resistors and twist them together....
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yakkgelder
Oct 8, 2010 11:23 am
Late response but I just stumbled upon this in a Google search. By any chance does the offending loco have sound? Even if it doesn't, try all the different...
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Allen Evans
alevans51
Oct 8, 2010 8:11 pm
Isolate lamps that may be hard wired to the unit. If you have a separately powered accessory on a loco, The data may take that path. [Non-text portions of this...
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Tim
altezeitgruppe
Oct 16, 2010 9:26 pm
Hi, If the system cannot 'read' the decoder, must I presume that my attempts to alter the CV's will be ineffective? It seems strange that the decoder is...
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ncliffe2001
Oct 17, 2010 7:30 am
... Not always. If the decoder is sent a "write" but fails to respond, its still quite possible that the decoder accepted the "write" but only failed to send...
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Tim
altezeitgruppe
Oct 17, 2010 11:08 am
No, It failed to write- CV1 remained unchanged as did its performance. Why should I refer the issue to the JMRI user group, I bought a Sprog in order to...
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Alan Cox
a_a_c_y
Oct 17, 2010 11:21 am
On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:08:19 -0000 ... Because unless the decoder has actually passed the certification tests it's possibly not a "true" DCC decoder. Quite a...
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Tim
altezeitgruppe
Oct 17, 2010 3:03 pm
Many thanks to Alan and Nigel, The reality of buying a Sprog is that many new to DCC want to programme their decoders but due to the dire instructions of many...
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Alan Cox
a_a_c_y
Oct 17, 2010 3:29 pm
... Your sprog is DCC programmer, whether your decoder is DCC compliant is a different question. A lot of the cheap decoders are whacky in some way or other...
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Tim
altezeitgruppe
Oct 17, 2010 4:07 pm
Yesterday, the Sprog (and the necessary hardware) was demonstrated and tested by Andrew Crossland, it seemed to be working otherwise I doubt whether Mr...
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Alan Cox
a_a_c_y
Oct 17, 2010 4:53 pm
On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:07:27 -0000 ... Why not ask that on the JMRI list like has been suggested ?...
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Tim
altezeitgruppe
Oct 17, 2010 5:01 pm
Why not ask that on the JMRI list like has been suggested ? Er, because I bought a Sprog and this is the Sprog forum...and because I didn't even know about the...
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Alan Cox
a_a_c_y
Oct 17, 2010 10:49 pm
On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:01:30 -0000 ... I stumbled across this while reading through rmweb. It doesn't directly deal with your situation but may provide some...
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Tim
altezeitgruppe
Oct 18, 2010 7:02 am
Alan, Many thanks I reverted to using the DCC controller and found that the decoder will accept changes to only CV1 and to avoid any problems I only use...
