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DCC++ Base Station for Arduino Uno and Mega
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Decoder reading and writing CVs #37

Open WhitePassRanger opened 5 years ago

WhitePassRanger commented 5 years ago

I've seen a few videos online that DCC++ can read and write cv's, but I cannot get it to work. I am currently using the arduino and a command station, it will run the trains great, even via my phone! Is there something I need to do differently to read and write? I get "123" on every field I try and read.

Not sure if this is my operation issue or if its still under development.

Thanks for your help in advance!

atanisoft commented 5 years ago

What motor shield are you using?

WhitePassRanger commented 5 years ago

RoboJax L298P Shield R3 DC Motor Driver Module 2A H-Bridge 2 way For Arduino

This is the closest one I could find that matched the Arduino motor shield, I found others that looked completely different.

Thanks,

Matt

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What motor shield are you using?

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atanisoft commented 5 years ago

That looks correct from what I can tell. Check the serial console output for any clues.

WhitePassRanger commented 5 years ago

I get output from Arduino serial monitor but can't run JMRI because the port is busy. Is there another way to run JMRI and monitor at the same time?

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EFA57 commented 5 years ago

You need to close the controller to free the serial connection for JMRI to work

Erich

WhitePassRanger commented 5 years ago

Okay, now I'm feeling really green!! How do you close the Arduino controller without the serial monitor shutting down?

EFA57 commented 5 years ago

Sorry,

I just saw your update.

As long as the Base Station is running and connected to the PC you should be able to run JMRI ie DecoderPro and set it to the same port as the IDE & the Sketch and let DecoderPro know to access DCC++ and follow their instructions to access programming track and then read the decoder.

You MAY need to up the current from the default 300 to about 750 for HO.

Also make sure you are powering the Motor Shield with around 12 v min.

WhitePassRanger commented 5 years ago

No dice, JMRI will not access the port because it says it is already in use and opens into preferences to select a different port.

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Sorry,

I just saw your update.

As long as the Base Station is running and connected to the PC you should be able to run JMRI ie DecoderPro and set it to the same port as the IDE & the Sketch and let DecoderPro know to access DCC++ and follow their instructions to access programming track and then read the decoder.

You MAY need to up the current from the default 300 to about 750 for HO.

Also make sure you are powering the Motor Shield with around 12 v min.

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sengels commented 5 years ago

You can't run both the serialmonitor and JMRI (at least not without some black magic software). If you want to do programming, you need to make sure to connect your programming track to the second motor output (B)... The primary motor (A) won't give any programming output...