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DecoderPro® v2.9.1

Updated 2/15/2010

A Java-based cross-platform application for the programming of Digital Command Control (DCC) decoders for model railroad use.

Modern DCC decoders are complicated beasts to program. The simple idea of "put the address in CV01" doesn't cope well when you program complicated functions using combinations of bit patterns. A friendlier interface is needed. There are programs that provide better ways of programming specific decoders. Unfortunately, they are limited to specific types of computers, and only their authors can customize them for new types of decoders.

The DecoderPro symbolic programmer is meant to improve this. It is configured using text files, so that it can be adapted to additional decoder types easily. It talks to the decoders using the JMRI programming interface, so that it can run on any computer and layout hardware that JMRI has been ported to. It's freely available for download. And since the code is available via open source, if you want to improve on it you can.

It can run on any computer system that will run Java 1.5.0 or later, whether it is Macintosh, Windows, or Linux based. It does require that Java be installed on the computer. You can get Java as a free (but very large...) download at:

http://java.sun.com/getjava/

Note that all screen shots in this manual are from a Windows machine using the "Metal" User Interface option. While your screens will probably differ in some layout details, they will be essentially the same.

Note: This entire manual has been updated to correspond to JMRI 2.9.1, and the HTML verified using HTML4 and Cascading Style Sheets. If the formatting looks odd, you probably need to update your browser.

Main Index

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Table of Contents

Getting started

  1. What is DCC?
  2. What DCC systems will DecoderPro® work with?
  3. What hardware do I need?
  4. How do I start the program?
  5. How do I set up my preferences?

Using DecoderPro®

DecoderPro® Programming Modes

The Basic Programmer

The Comprehensive Programmer

The Advanced Programmer

DecoderPro® Main Window

Creating a Decoder Definition

Error Messages

 

 

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Thanks for reading, and Let's Run Trains!

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