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<h1 id="Top">DecoderPro&reg; Main Window</h1>
<h2>Main Window Overview</h2>
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<p>When you start DecoderPro, the DecoderPro window is displayed. All of the JMRI functions
can be accessed via the menu bar on the DecoderPro&reg; window, additional menus are added when
functions are selected, example below with added operations menu(selected on operations setup
window), which is also in the tools menu.</p>
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<p>After initial setup of preferences, you may have added buttons at the bottom of the screen
to open various tools that you may want to use. These buttons will vary to match your
preferences, I have setup buttons for <strong>New Throttle</strong>, <strong>Power
Control</strong> and <strong>Monitor LocoNet</strong>.</p>
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<p><a href="Main_Menu.shtml"><strong>Menu Bar</strong></a>
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<p>Contains the menus that allows you to access all the features and tools in JMRI</p>
<p>DecoderPro&reg; icon and DecoderPro version information is displayed. The version of Java
installed and in use is also shown</p>
<p><span class="textbutton">Service Mode (Programming Track) Programmer</span>
button provides access to the
decoder programming capability in <a href="Programmer_ServiceMode.shtml">Service Mode Programmer</a><br>
<span class="textbutton">Operations Mode (Main Track) Programmer</span> Provides access to the
<a href="Programmer_OpsMode.shtml">Operations Mode Programmer.</a><br>
<span class="textbutton">Help</span> Opens the Help Window<br>
<span class="textbutton">Quit</span> Exits the program, with confirmation dialog.</p>
<p>The buttons shown at the bottom of the window are not JMRI defaults, but instead are setup
in your <strong>preference</strong> to open each time you start DecoderPro&reg;. The following
are samples that could be set in your preferences. (Shown are for a Digitrax LocoNet
system)</p>
<p><span class="textbutton">New Throttle...</span>
Opens a throttle window which provides a tool to control your trains, you may open more than
one throttle and position on the computer screen</p>
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"images/Main_02_Thottle.png"><br>
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<p><span class="textbutton">Monitor LocoNet</span>
Opens the Monitor LocoNet window that allows you to monitor the commands and responses on the
LocoNet.</p>
<p class="dp-center"><img src="images/Main_03_locoNet.png" alt="locoNet monitor" height="355"
width="800">
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<p><span class="textbutton">Power Control</span>
Opens Power Control window, which allows you to turn track power on or off during operations
when supported by your system.</p>
<p class="dp-center"><img src="images/Main_04_PwrCntr.png" alt="power control" height="114"
width="207">
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<p>These are just samples of the possible buttons that may be added at startup.</p>
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