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<h1 id="Top">Decoder Definition</h1>
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<h2>Getting Started</h2>
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<h4>Getting Started on a decoder definition</h4>
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<p>In this part of the manual we will introduce you to the process of creating a file to
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describe a new decoder. You might benefit from reading the other sections of the DecoderPro
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user guide to get background information, especially the XML introduction <a href=
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"https://jmri.org/help/en/html/doc/Technical/XmlUsage.shtml" target="_blank">Intro to XML
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files</a> and the section on what the configuration files contain <a href=
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"https://jmri.org/xml/DTD/" target="_blank">Configuration files</a> .</p>
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<p>The easiest way to create a configuration file is to modify an existing one, so that you
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can follow the format. The decoder definition is configured per the <a href=
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"https://jmri.org/xml/DTD/" target="_blank">decoder-config.dtd.</a> (most of you will not be
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interested in this dtd, if you are open in a text editor).</p>
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<p>To get started, locate a decoder definition XML file that is close to the new decoder that
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you would like to define. . If you don't know what is "close", well don't sweat it. Let's
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just move on to looking at a definition file and you'll get a feel about what we're talking
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