I am having trouble installing the SPROG drivers on a netbook with Win7. The silly thing keeps trying to find the SPROG drivers in hhe Windows update site,...
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Tim
altezeitgruppe
Oct 25, 2010 7:46 pm
OK, It has failed again, the COM port number stayed at 6 no matter where it was inserted....
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ncliffe2001
Oct 25, 2010 7:36 pm
Tim, I suggest looking for other devices or processes which create virtual com ports. On some machines, Bluetooth related activities can create a lot of Com...
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Tim
altezeitgruppe
Oct 25, 2010 7:07 pm
Andrew and Nigel, It is amazing but worrying. I started the process again after a 24hr gap, the system works as advertised! However, I find this a bit of a...
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Andrew Berridge
r5gordini
Oct 25, 2010 4:36 pm
Hi Tim, Have a look at the Ports in Device Manager - the SPROG USB ends up being a Virtual COM Port in Device Manager. The key is to check that this COM port ...
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Tim
altezeitgruppe
Oct 25, 2010 11:57 am
The laptop was switched off between sessions - i.e. power off. How can I check whether the laptop has 'lost' the connection to the Sprog? Any specific ideas? ...
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ncliffe2001
Oct 25, 2010 10:03 am
Tim, How is the laptop "switched off" ? Hibernate ? Sleep ? Or Shutdown ? Does the laptop enter any form of power-save state - its the default for most...
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Tim
altezeitgruppe
Oct 24, 2010 7:36 pm
Hi, I am not quite sure how this can be fixed because it should not occur. The Sprog programming set-up that I use is fixed- I do not alter any connections and...
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andrew_croslanduk
andrew_crosl...
Oct 23, 2010 3:32 pm
... Excellent! ... Be careful!!! If you try to write to a CV you will write to every loco on the layout! Reads will not work due to the boosters being in the...
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marrix00
Oct 22, 2010 5:04 pm
Hello Andrew :-) ... I just converted another Roco 10761 to booster, connected my Sprog II to both boosters (remembering the 1K ohm resistor to both) and then...
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Thomas
thomasmclae
Oct 21, 2010 12:19 pm
Tim, There are new decodxer files in the files section of the JMRI site. I just saw the posts there that new files are uploaded, and they will be in the next...
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Brian's Mail
brian.hansell
Oct 21, 2010 12:06 am
Hi Martin, Try http://uk.babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_txt It got me talking to a Swiss German speaker very successfully. Regards Brian From:...
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andrew_croslanduk
andrew_crosl...
Oct 20, 2010 5:40 pm
... There are two many Andrews :-) ... I still don't understand the difference between an amplifier and a booster. It sounds like clever marketing to put a...
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andrew_croslanduk
andrew_crosl...
Oct 20, 2010 5:38 pm
... It should work much better. I look forward to the results. We are getting more and more people asking about using boosters with the SPROG, especially with...
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marrix00
Oct 20, 2010 4:55 pm
Hello Andrew ... It is definitely possible - i bought 5 on eBay.de because of the low price and to save on shipping. Often the auctions end on 10-15 EUR. The...
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marrix00
Oct 20, 2010 4:32 pm
Hello again :-) ... That sounds like a good idea - i'll try that! ... I'm not sure if i can just measure the voltage with a regular multimeter since its...
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Andrew Berridge
r5gordini
Oct 20, 2010 2:52 pm
Of course, you are correct ;-) On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:11 PM, andrew_croslanduk < ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Tim
altezeitgruppe
Oct 20, 2010 1:44 pm
Niel, Having seen the issues connected with long address and as I have no need for long addresses, it seemed pointless attempting to bother. I still cannot...
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andrew_croslanduk
andrew_crosl...
Oct 20, 2010 1:11 pm
... If it's just a booster, it doesn't matter if you swap the inputs or the outputs, so long as you don't do both. Andrew Crosland...
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Andrew Berridge
r5gordini
Oct 20, 2010 12:38 pm
On another point, is it really possible to get a ROCO 10761 for 10 Eur as that site suggests? If so, where from? What's the difference between an amplifier...
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Andrew Berridge
r5gordini
Oct 20, 2010 12:17 pm
Hi Martin, Looking at the site you point to - I translated it using Google translate. The last section comes across as: === *Test your new booster box* But,...
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andrew_croslanduk
andrew_crosl...
Oct 20, 2010 11:18 am
If you have two boosters, can you try driving both track sections through their own booster? Are the boosters putting out the same track voltage as the SPROG...
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marrix00
Oct 20, 2010 10:45 am
Hello All I have a problem with my Sprog II and a boosterconnection that i hope that you can help me with. I have bought a couple of Roco 10761 Digital...
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ncliffe2001
Oct 19, 2010 8:54 pm
... Perhaps I did misread. Earlier you said: "I reverted to using the DCC controller and found that the decoder will accept changes to only CV1 and to avoid...
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Tim
altezeitgruppe
Oct 19, 2010 5:21 pm
So, having established that the problems were in a decoder (not supporting long addresses) Did I say that address length was an issue, I don't think so, maybe...
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ncliffe2001
Oct 19, 2010 9:58 am
Tim so, having established that the problems were in a decoder (not supporting long addresses) and not having a definition file for that specific decoder...
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Tim
altezeitgruppe
Oct 18, 2010 8:26 pm
Pete, I have tried using the MultiMaus to modify the CV's- I selected the CV and confirmed my selection then changed the CV value. The decoder made the usual...
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Thomas
thomasmclae
Oct 18, 2010 4:35 pm
Tim, Not all 'cheap' decoders are low cost. Early MRC decoders would not read at all. You would get random results, or read 255 for all CV. If you have one of...
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zupsys
Oct 18, 2010 7:43 am
Hi Tim, Looking at this thread, I think we just need to clarify a couple of points for you. Andrew's SPROGII is a commercial product, which you purchased, but...
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Allen Evans
alevans51
Oct 18, 2010 7:16 am
I would like to chime in and say I agree wholeheartedly that some decoders are not compliant with DCC specifications. Some decoders are actually made to only ...
