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<h1>The Basic Programmer</h1>
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<h2>The Roster Entry Pane</h2>
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<p>The first action in programming a locomotive with DecoderPro® is to fill out the roster
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entry screen.</p>
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A <strong>roster</strong> is a database of all locomotives that your installation of
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DecoderPro has programmed. It includes the information seen in the screen below:
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alt="basic roster">
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<p>Most of these fields are self-explanatory. However, note that the first field
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(<strong>ID</strong>) becomes the file name in the Roster for the locomotive you are
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programming. Set up a schema to identify your locomotive to its decoder program. i.e.
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Manufacturer, Loco Type, and Address (e.g. Kato_SD40-2_5645). Spaces in the ID field will be
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changed to underscores (_) when the file is written. In a club environment, often the ID
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begins with the owner's name, or member number. This way the Roster (which is sorted
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alphabetically) will keep all of an owner's locomotives listed together.</p>
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<p>The <strong>Decoder</strong> <strong>Comment</strong> field is a good place to add the
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date you purchased the locomotive, price, or any other information you might feel is
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important to record.</p>
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<p>The [Save to Roster] button stores the current decoder information to your computer hard
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drive and folder where your roster file is located. The default storage is the same directory
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where the program is installed.</p>
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<p>The [Reset to Defaults] button can be used to return the Roster file to the condition of a
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new file for the type and version of the decoder listed in the roster entry. It does NOT
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change the values in the roster file on your hard disk, unless you specifically save it after
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using this reset button. It also is not written to the decoder until you specifically select
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a write operation. It was included in DecoderPro so that if you get hopelessly confused in
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proceeding screen to screen entering variables, you can return to the manufacturers baseline
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default set and start again.</p>
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<p><br>
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Most decoders will activate the <strong>Reset Menu</strong> (next to the File menu at the top
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of the page). This will reset the decoder to the manufacturers default settings for all the
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CVs, or just some of them if the manufacturer has several reset routines. It does this by
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writing directly to a CV in the decoder, if the decoder has that feature, CV8 in the case of
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Digitrax. All decoders may not support reset and how they work is manufacturer and decoder
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dependent.</p>
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<p><br>
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One decoder with a lengthy list of reset routines is the QSI Revolution decoder, which
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enables a drop-down list of options for resetting the decoder as shown below:</p>
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<p class="dp-ctr"><img style="width: 652px; height: 601px;" src="images/Factory%20Reset.png"
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alt="factory reset">
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<p>You will note that the decoder address is shown but grayed out (or blank if this is a new
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locomotive in the roster). This field is automatically filled in by the program and is
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determined from the address entered using the <strong>Basic</strong> tab which we will get to
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shortly. This address is used with the <strong>Ident</strong> function on the start page if
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you wish to recall a locomotive that is already in your roster.</p>
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<p id="ProgramModes">The Programming mode can be changed by selecting mode from drop-down
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list at the bottom of the window. To the left of the Drop-down list is the current
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programming mode that is selected.</p>
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<div class="dp-ctr"><img src="images/SetProgramMode.png" alt="Set pogram mode dialog">
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<p>There are several <a href="Basic_Mode.shtml"><strong>programming modes</strong></a>. JMRI
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now selects the best mode for you. It determines this from the command station type you are
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using and the decoder model you are attempting to program. Usually this will be OK. If you
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find that you are having a problem with programming you may try a different mode.</p>
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<p>For most newer decoders, stay with <strong>Paged mode</strong> or whichever Direct mode
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your Command Station supports. Your decoder documentation should let you know if programming
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in some other mode is necessary... but if you are having problems, experiment. If a mode is
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not supported for the selected decoder and system, that option will be grayed out.</p>
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<p>When you make your selection, the programming mode should now display to the left of the
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drop-down list.</p>
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<p>Basic Programming Roster setup for Athearn FP45 n scale with Digitrax Tsunami Diesel
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Genesis OEM decoder.</p>
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<p class="dp-ctr"><img style="width: 636px; height: 556px;" src="images/Basic_Roster01.png"
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alt="roster">
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</p>
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<p>Now that we have the Roster information all in order, we can continue with programming the
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decoder.</p>
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<p>But, first a let's talk a bit about Roster management. The Main DecoderPro window (the one
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where we selected the programmer) and the initial DecoderPro "Splash" screen have a menu
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called <strong>Roster.</strong> When you click on it you get opportunities to modify, print
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and move your roster files. Particularly interesting are <strong>Export/Import</strong> and
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<strong>Copy</strong>. Let's say you and a friend have two identical Berkshires, and you
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desire to have yours to be set up just like your friends. Now, you could put his loco on your
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track and read all the CVs out and then put them in yours, but if he lives on the other coast
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that's not practical. So, have him use DecoderPro to export his loco file and e-mail it to
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you. You import it into DecoderPro, change the address if you wish and then use that roster
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entry to program your loco. Similarly you can Copy a roster entry to duplicate one of your
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own locomotives into a second roster entry with it's own address. Details about the
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<strong><a href="Main_Roster.shtml">Roster Menu</a></strong></p>
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<p class="dp-ctr"><img style="width: 456px; height: 334px;" alt="roster edit" src=
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</p>
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<p>Let's move on to the Basic Programmer.</p>
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