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<h1>JMRI: DecoderPro User Guide</h1>
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<p>The JMRI libraries contain the DecoderPro application for programming DCC decoders. This page
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introduces the current application and how you may use it.<br>
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It assumes you have <a href="Install.shtml">installed JMRI</a> and
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<a href="../../hardware/index.shtml">connected</a> your computer to your layout.</p>
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<h2>Introduction</h2>
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<p>Modern DCC decoders are complicated beasts to program. The simple idea of "put the address
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in CV01" doesn't cope well when you program complicated functions using combinations of bit
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patterns. A friendlier interface is needed. There are programs that provide better ways of
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programming specific decoders. Unfortunately, they are limited to specific types of
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computers, and only their authors can customize them for new types of decoders.</p>
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<p>The DecoderPro symbolic programmer was developed to solve this. It supports a wide range of decoders and
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manufacturers via a consistent set of screens. As decoders became more advanced, DecoderPro had to give you
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acces to all those settings, but by clearly labelling them and grouping them into sets, and adding
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interactive tooltips the developers support you a long way. Behind the scenes, DecoderPro is
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configured using text files, so that it can be adapted to additional decoder types easily.<br>
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It talks to the decoders using the JMRI programming interface, so that it can run on any computer and layout hardware
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that JMRI has been ported to. It's freely available for download. And since the code is
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available via open source on <a href="../../doc/Technical/getgitcode.shtml">GitHub</a>, if
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you want to improve on it, you can.</p>
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<h2 id="guide">DecoderPro User Guide</h2>
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<dl class="toc">
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<dt>
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<a href="./Tour.shtml">Quick Tour</a>
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<a href="./Roster.shtml">Working with the Roster</a>
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<a href="./Install.shtml">Install</a>
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<a href="./MoreInfo.shtml">How DecoderPro Works</a>
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<a href="./Files.shtml">Configuration Files</a>
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DecoderPro <a href="./FAQ.shtml">Frequently Asked Questions</a>
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Older <a href="../../../manual/index.shtml">Manuals</a>
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<h3>Advanced subjects</h3>
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<dl class="toc">
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<a href="./IntroXML.shtml">Intro to XML files</a>
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<a href="./CreateDecoder.shtml">Create your own decoder definition</a>
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<a href="./Programmer.shtml">Create a custom programmer definition</a>
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<a href="./RosterFile.shtml">How the Roster is stored; updating it by hand</a>
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<a href="./LocoFile.shtml">Locomotive (Roster) files</a>
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<a href="../Debug.shtml">Debugging</a>
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<a href="./NetworkFiles.shtml">Sharing Rosters among Computers</a>
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<a href="./FileUpdate.shtml">Updating Decoder Definitions</a>
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<p>DecoderPro is also covered in Joe Fugate's <a href=
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"https://trainmasters.tv/programs/basic-decoder-programming-with-jmri?categoryId=1694&permalink=tmtv-16-11-iv-previewmp4">TrainMasters.TV
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video library, episode 2016-11.4</a>, as he shows how he used DP on his Siskiyou Line layout.</p>
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<h2 id="decoderlisting">Decoder Information</h2>
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<p>The JMRI project has compiled a lot of information about decoders from many manufacturers,
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which we make freely available in several forms. To learn more, see the <a href=
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"https://www.jmri.org/xml/XSLT/">Decoder Information page</a>.</p>
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