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<h1>Hardware Support: Oak Tree Systems Railroad Control Interface (RCI)</h1>
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<a href="#hardware">Hardware</a>
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<a href="#limitations">Limitations</a>
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<a href="#connecting">Connecting</a>
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<a href="#documentation">Documentation</a>
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<h2 id="hardware">Supported Hardware</h2>
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<h3>Computer Interfaces</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>IO-24</li>
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<li>IO-48</li>
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<li>O-48</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="limitations">Limitations</h2>
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<p>The JMRI libraries have built-in support for Oak Tree Systems serial hardware using the
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"RSC" bus protocol. inputs can be used as sensors, and outputs can be driven as turnouts.</p>
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<p>At this time, the RSI serial bus protocol for the HH-2 throttle is not yet supported.</p>
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<h2 id="connecting">Connecting</h2>
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<h3>Settings</h3>
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<dt class="left">Configuration</dt>
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<dd class="top">
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<li>Start the program (usually PanelPro)</li>
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<li>From the Edit menu, select Preferences and configure the Connections tab:
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<li>System Manufacturer: "Oak Tree Systems"</li>
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<li>System Connection: For serial port, select the one your hardware is attached
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to.</li>
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<li>Select the baud rate configured into your boards</li>
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<li>Click the "Configure nodes" button. On the new panel that opens:
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<li>Enter a node address (0 is typically used for the first card)</li>
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<li>Select the board type from the initialization box</li>
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<li>Click "Add Node"</li>
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<li>Click "Done"</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Back on the "Preferences..." panel, click "Save", and say yes when it asks if
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you want to quit.</li>
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<li>Restart the program. Your board's LEDs should now be flashing, indicating that
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the computer and board are talking.</li>
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<li>To check that everything is working, select "Turnout Control" from the tools
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menu. This will open a small window in which you can select a turnout number
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(<a href="#numbers">see below</a>), then click closed/thrown to change the state of
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that output.
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</dd>
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<dt class="left">Use with multiple boards</dt>
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<dd>
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<p>If you have multiple boards connected to the Oak Tree Systems serial bus, just go back
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to the "Configure Nodes" window and enter them individually. Don't forget to save the
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preferences and restart the program.</p>
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</dd>
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<a id="numbers">Numbering</a>
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</dt>
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<p>Oak Tree system names start with "O". For example, "OS24" is a "S"ensor, the 24th
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input line on the Oak Tree Systems card with board address zero.</p>
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<p>Inputs and outputs are numbered sequentially from 1, without worrying about the types
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of cards, etc.</p>
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<p>Each board is called a "node". Sensors and turnouts on the first node are numbered
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from 1 to 999; sensors and turnouts on the second node are numbered 1001 to 1999;
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etc.</p>
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<p>For example:</p>
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<li>Say you have a IO-48 with it's address switches set to "2". All of the inputs and
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outputs on that node will be numbered starting with 2001.
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<li>CT2001 is the first output pin</li>
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<li>CT2048 is the last output pin</li>
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<li>CS2001 is the first input pin</li>
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<li>CS2012 is the last input pin.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>To summarize, input and output pins are labelled sequentially within each node. The
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numbers go up by 1000 from node to node. Node numbers can go as high as the hardware
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allows.</p>
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</dl>
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<h2 id="documentation">Documentation</h2>
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<h3>Third Party info</h3>
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<p>For more information on Oak Tree Systems hardware, please see their
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http://www.oaktreesystems.com website.</p>
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