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<h1>Hardware Support: Maple Systems</h1>
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<p><a href="https://www.maplesystems.com/">Maple Systems</a> makes several series of
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touchscreen panels that can be very useful on model railroads.</p>
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<p class="noted">The following information is based on the orignal devices running EZWare.
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The current devices use EPBro. The detail links do not work but are shown for reference.</p>
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<p>Each panel is really a standalone (Windows) computer. It is configured and loaded using
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the <strong>EZware configuration program</strong>
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(http://www.maplesystems.com/products/graphic-hmi/tabmenu-features/faq/index.html#collapse-1-5)
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provided by Maple Systems. That configuration defines the displays, button labels and
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locations, etc.</p>
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<h2 id="limitations">Limitations</h2>
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<p>This is still in the very early stages, so details are changing rapidly. If you want to
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use these devices, please contact the JMRI developers.</p>
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<h2 id="connecting">Connecting</h2>
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<h3>Settings</h3>
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<p>JMRI interacts with the Maple panel through input and output bits (called "coils", as in
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relay coils) within the panel. The panel configuration can set these in response to various
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events. JMRI provides Sensor objects that make them available for triggering actions within
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JMRI. JMRI can defines Turnout objects which can set them, in which case the panel
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configuration can change what's being displayed.</p>
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<p>You have to configure a Maple Systems Node into JMRI with the "Configure Nodes" button on
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the JMRI Preferences pane. On the pane that opens, enter the Node number (e.g. 1 or 2, etc)
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into the "UA" field, and click "Add". Leave all the rest alone; the Maple Support was created
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from the JMRI C/MRI support, and as of JMRI version 2.3.7 the migration is not complete.</p>
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<h4 id="naming">Naming</h4>
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<p>The default system letter for Maple connections in JMRI is "K".</p>
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<p>You configure the Maple Systems device to use one of the supported speeds (set on the JMRI
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Preferences pane for Maple connections), and to use the "Simple ASCII Protocol". More
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information on the protocol and how to configure the Maple Systems device is on Maple
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<strong>PDF data sheet</strong> (http://www.maplesystems.com/1033/10330073.PDF).</p>
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<p>JMRI communicates with the Maple Systems device by reading and writing "discrete memory"
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locations, otherwise known as "LB" registers.</p>
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<p>LB registers 1 through 48 are available to JMRI as input "Sensors" 1 to 48.</p>
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<p>LB registers 1001 through 1048 are available to JMRI as output "Turnouts" 1 through
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48.</p>
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<p>The Maple Systems node number (programmed into "Parameter 5", the "HMI station ID #") can
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be 1 through 99. It appears as the thousands digit of JMRI Sensors and Turnouts System Names.
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For example, KS3001 is the 1st sensor on node 3, and would therefore be LB 1 in that Maple
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Systems unit. KT3001 is the 1st turnout on that node, and would therefore be LB 101 in that
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unit.</p>
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<p>Here's a summary of the options per Connection, split up for outputs (eg. Turnouts) and
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inputs (eg. Sensors):</p>
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<tbody>
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<th>In/Out</th>
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<th>Entry</th>
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<th>Meaning</th>
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<th>makes System Name</th>
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<th>Mask</th>
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<th>Equivalent</th>
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<th>Minimum</th>
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<th>Maximum</th>
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<td>i</td>
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<td>2010</td>
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<td>Node 2 Input bit 10</td>
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<td>KS2010</td>
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<td>1</td>
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<td>1000</td>
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<td>o</td>
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<td>1016</td>
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<td>Node 1 Output (Turnout) 16</td>
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<td>KT1016</td>
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<td>1</td>
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<td>8000</td>
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<!-- this table is an excerpt from the table in the help/en/html/doc/Technical/Names.shtml
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based on information from the Hardware help pages
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by Egbert Broerse @silverailscolo July 2017 -->
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<p><strong>It is very likely that we will rework and improve the addressing soon.</strong>
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</p>
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<h2 id="tools">JMRI Maple Systems Tools</h2>
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<li>Maple network traffic can be viewed with <a href=
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"../../../package/jmri/jmrix/maple/serialmon/SerialMonFrame.shtml">Maple Monitor</a>
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</li>
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<li>The <a href="../../../package/jmri/jmrix/maple/assignment/ListFrame.shtml">Maple List
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Tool</a> lets you assign Maple Inputs and Outputs
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</li>
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<li>Nodes can be configured with the <a href=
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"../../../package/jmri/jmrix/maple/nodeconfig/NodeConfigFrame.shtml">Configure Nodes</a>
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tool
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="documentation">Documentation</h2>
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<h3>Third Party info</h3>
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<p><a href="https://www.maplesystems.com/">Maple Systems website</a>
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