JMRI: DecoderPro 2.5.7
JMRI: DecoderPro… Modern DCC decoders are complicated beasts to program. The simple idea of “put the address in CV01″ doesn’t cope well when you program complicated functions using combinations of bit patterns. A friendlier interface is needed. There are programs that provide better ways of programming specific decoders. Unfortunately, they are limited to specific types of computers, and only their authors can customize them for new types of decoders.
The DecoderPro symbolic programmer is meant to improve this. It is configured using text files, so that it can be adapted to additional decoder types easily. It talks to the decoders using the JMRI programming interface, so that it can run on any computer and layout hardware that JMRI has been ported to. It’s freely available for download. And since the code is available via open source, if you want to improve on it you can.
WHAT’S NEW
Version 2.5.7:
- Panel Editor users may now change the default icons to be icons of their own choosing.
- Fix to a problem saving custom icons in the Panel Editor that was introduced in 2.5.7.
- A problem that prevented editing Signal Head definitions from the Signal Head Table has been fixed.
- Added “lights” alias for scripting
- Improvements to the Hornby DCC support.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later, You need to have a serial port available, either on the computer itself, or via a USB adapter. For more information, please see the download pages. You also need to have a serial connection to your DCC system. For more information, please see the DCC hardware pages.