I have decoder pro installed on my PC but have not used it as I am waiting for the USB interface to arrive. I was wondering how to determine if I have the latest version as I cannot find any update information. The only way I can think of is to uninstall it and re install from the web. This seems a bit much. Is there a better way?
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Bruce in the Peg
The current production version is 2.10 and there is a beta version 2.11.1.
Their web site always give you exactly what # versions are.
Jack W.
Bruce:
When you first start Decoder Pro in the small screen that appears there is a line that gives the version number. It is in the center near the top.
Joe
There are no 'updates' per se. When a new version is available, you download that and install it. In generally it copies you files over so nothing goes missing, in practice they have made a few major changes along the way so they provide a utility to run that converts your files. The README and install instructions for a given version will tell you if there is anything like this that you need to do.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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If you do not desire to keep installing the new versions as they come out, like me, you can download just the new decoder definitions as you need them. Instructions are available on the JMRI site. Unless you keep buying new locomotives with new decoders in them, or are a decoder installer for your area, I would just download the definitions you need.
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
Not a bad idea, especially as a lot of the effort lately is going into the Operations part - and I have a perfectly good program to handle my card card generation and destination condiguration. I do not need this capability in JMRI as well.
In fact, on the club modualr we are sort of stuck on an older version, somethign that got changed totally breaks the signal logic defined for our interlockings and the panels do not work. They load fine, but don't work. I think I know whaere the problem is, and it may be fixable with some work to alter the XML files but now that I've lost anyone reading along, let's just say it's probably not worth the effort. On shows where I can attend, I have my laptop and my program track with a PR3, and my laptop does have the latest version installed so if anyone needs decoders programmed they can use my system and leave the signal computer alone.