Decoder reading and writing CVs

[WhitePassRanger]

I've seen a few videos online that DCC++ can read and write cv's, but I cannot get it to work. I am currently using the arduino and a command station, it will run the trains great, even via my phone! Is there something I need to do differently to read and write? I get "123" on every field I try and read.

Not sure if this is my operation issue or if its still under development.

Thanks for your help in advance!

[atanisoft]

What motor shield are you using?

[WhitePassRanger]

RoboJax L298P Shield R3 DC Motor Driver Module 2A H-Bridge 2 way For Arduino This is the closest one I could find that matched the Arduino motor shield, I found others that looked completely different. Thanks, Matt Sent from my iPhone! "Ruthlessly compete with your own best self!" Apollo X Engineers On Oct 13, 2018, at 07:19, atanisoft <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: What motor shield are you using? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#37 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AqEEGmqRqiurnruJqjkWY7uTUp4z-K6mks5ukehugaJpZM4XabI9>.

[atanisoft]

That looks correct from what I can tell. Check the serial console output for any clues.

[WhitePassRanger]

I get output from Arduino serial monitor but can't run JMRI because the port is busy. Is there another way to run JMRI and monitor at the same time? Sent from my iPhone! "Ruthlessly compete with your own best self!" Apollo X Engineers On Oct 13, 2018, at 07:29, atanisoft <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: That looks correct from what I can tell. Check the serial console output for any clues. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#37 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AqEEGsn_mF3XHM6_f6F5dabVZ4WXkb8Bks5ukerHgaJpZM4XabI9>.

[EFA57]

You need to close the controller to free the serial connection for JMRI to work

Erich

[WhitePassRanger]

Okay, now I'm feeling really green!! How do you close the Arduino controller without the serial monitor shutting down?

[EFA57]

Sorry,

I just saw your update.

As long as the Base Station is running and connected to the PC you should be able to run JMRI ie DecoderPro and set it to the same port as the IDE & the Sketch and let DecoderPro know to access DCC++ and follow their instructions to access programming track and then read the decoder.

You MAY need to up the current from the default 300 to about 750 for HO.

Also make sure you are powering the Motor Shield with around 12 v min.

[WhitePassRanger]

No dice, JMRI will not access the port because it says it is already in use and opens into preferences to select a different port. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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________________________________ From: EFA57 <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2018 10:10:52 AM To: DccPlusPlus/BaseStation Cc: WhitePassRanger; Author Subject: Re: [DccPlusPlus/BaseStation] Decoder reading and writing CVs (#37) Sorry, I just saw your update. As long as the Base Station is running and connected to the PC you should be able to run JMRI ie DecoderPro and set it to the same port as the IDE & the Sketch and let DecoderPro know to access DCC++ and follow their instructions to access programming track and then read the decoder. You MAY need to up the current from the default 300 to about 750 for HO. Also make sure you are powering the Motor Shield with around 12 v min. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#37 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AqEEGveyyjUKrd_ZHR08Ae3lBH-d6IKUks5uwuYcgaJpZM4XabI9>.

[sengels]

You can't run both the serialmonitor and JMRI (at least not without some black magic software).
If you want to do programming, you need to make sure to connect your programming track to the second motor output (B)... The primary motor (A) won't give any programming output...