Good Evening, I am Patrick and live in Spain. I have obtained (via a friend) and built the Sprog kit. Had I known about the smb's I would have gladly paid full...
More info from me. There is no track voltage. Using Hyperterminal I can switch upper LED on and off, I also can get the version number. (3.9) When I type in...
... Hi Andrew, it's Patrick here. ... and the two ... I used a continuity tester and it all seems to connect from 25/26 thru to the track terminals. I'll have...
Patrick, Yes, the + command switches the track power as well as the LED. With the track power on, the PIC pins should be toggling. Your DVM may show a voltage...
... Back again Andrew, There is no power at the track or the terminals with LED lit. I got a reading of 6.8ish from the regulator, is that ok ? I deleted msg...
Patrick, The reply of !O in the JMRI log means that the SPROG detected a short circuit and turned off the track power. That's why you can't read any voltage. ...
... short. ... That was well spotted Andrew, what does "!E" mean (out of interest)? I have built the USB version and have not fitted R100 which I presume is...
Andrew, Following on from my previous post. I bit the bullet and fitted R100 (oR47) and in hyperterminal I got 8.89v (ac) on the track. Do I need more volts,...
Patrick, R100 is referenced in section 3.4.1 along with all the other output stage components. It is pretty crucial, as you,ve found. It sounds like it's...
... Hi ANdrew, it might be good news - things are perking up. But I must explain that having triple checked section 3.4.1 there is no mention of R100. Anyway,...
... output ... In ... trimmer. ... must ... mention ... loco, ... clear ... ideas ... the "working" ... is ... Patrick, I've recently built the SPROG Kit as...
... Thanks for the confirmation Jamie, I checked YET again, there is no mention of either R100 or R35 in the build instructions. Funnily enough I had fitted...
It is worth it - I use a SPROG as a command station - it works really well. I too had teething problems but these were due to my PIC being blank - no-one's...
Well thanks to Andrew I got my box of bits sorted out, I managed to read/write to a LGB engine and even ran it using the throttle. I have fitted the case and...
I tried yesterday to install Sprog onto the new layout i am building & encountered a major stubling block straight up. It will not (or cannot) recognise the...
... Do you mean a) Cannot see the decoder at all, cannot do anything. Establish this by opening a throttle window in decoder pro and trying to drive the loco....
Nigel,thanks for your suggestions,in the next couple of days i will attempt to find a way forward.If I may ,as I encounter further problems ( & I will) i may...
Roger, If the error is "No loco detected" rather than "Timeout talking to command station" then that indicates the software is installed OK and the SPROG is...
It's possible to set the maximum output current by sending "I 789" to the SPROG (in this case to 789mA). And issuing "I" results in getting some numbers back,...
Robert, It's now a lot easier to do this through the SPROG console on the SPROG menu in DecoderPro. Can I ask what you want to achieve? I don't want to raise...
Certainty I'm currently writing my own VB app to control my railway (lots of reasons why but basically the project is a good amalgamation of several hobbies of...
Having troubles getting DecoderPro to recognize an older Soundtraxx DSD-150 Shay sound decoder I just installed. Also will not recognize an older Digitrax...
New to a Sprog II and all worked fine last week. Last night had some issues 'reading' having DecoderPro find what decoder was installed. Tonight, looks like I...
Robert, In that case the I command is probably better for you. The value is 8 bits and represents the LSB of the A/D converter that senses the output current....
... Andrew, Using the supplied 110 volt, 1.25amp "wall-wart" which came with it from Bill at the BBM Group here in the US. To add to this, last week, I was...
Small update, Sprog works, on different PC. I installed the system on my laptop tonight and was successful in accessing the Sprog, reading the 'firmware...
Frolin, ? Just a quick thought, do you have automatica updates turned on and has any updates been put on the XP SP3 machine since you installed DP.? I know...
... Pete, Matter of fact I think there may have been updates applies to Windows XP applied since it worked. But do have the auto-update turned OFF at present....
