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<title>JMRI: Configure Digitrax SE8c</title>
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<h1>Configure Digitrax SE8c</h1>
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<a href="SE8cConfigTool.png"><img src="SE8cConfigTool.png" alt=
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"SE8c Configuration Tool Screen Capture" style="float:right; margin: 5px;"></a>
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<p>The JMRI SE8c programming tool lets you configure the internal options of a Digitrax SE8c
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Signaling Decoder Board directly from your computer.</p>
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<p>To open this tool from the JMRI pane select the LocoNet menu and then find the tool on the
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list.</p>
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<p>To use it, you put the address of an SE8c board in the text field and click "Read from
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SE8c". The tool will read back the current state of the various options, and set the check
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boxes to correspond to their current values.</p>
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<p>You can then, if you wish, change the checkboxes and click "Write to SE8c" to make your
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changes permanent.</p>
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<p>The tool relies upon each SE8C board to have a unique "Board ID" (Board Address) in order
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to configure each device individually. While it is possible to change the Board ID number
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using JMRI, it cannot be done using this tool due to limitations of the SE8C design. Instead,
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follow the instructions found <a href=
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"../../../../../html/hardware/loconet/Digitrax.shtml#deviceBoardId">here</a>, but you must
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consult the SE8C manual and modify the JMRI-based process to suit the SE8C device's buttons,
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button press time, and lamp flashes.</p>
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<h2>Limitations</h2>
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<li>Because of the way the SE8c board works, this tool can't change the basic address of
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the unit. It is possible to change the Board ID number using JMRI by following the
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instructions found <a href=
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"../../../../../html/hardware/loconet/Digitrax.shtml#deviceBoardId">here</a>. Note that it
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is necessary to consult the SE8C manual and modify the JMRI-based process shown at the link
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above to suit the SE8C's buttons, button press time, and lamp flashes.
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</li>
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<li>The SE8c can be configured to send Sensor status on the LocoNet in response to a "track
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power on" command. The SE8c does not send Turnout status in response to a "track power on"
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command.</li>
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<li>This tool is able to access SE8c boards with addresses between 1 and 36. Users are
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advised to avoid using the factory default board address (board address 1) as it will be
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difficult to program new boards with unique data if any in-service board is using the
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factory default board address.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>See Also</h2>
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<p>Documentation for the SE8c can be found at the <a href=
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"http://www.digitrax.com/tsd/product/SE8C/">Digitrax Web Site</a>.</p>
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