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QUOTE (Matthew Peddlesden @ 26 Mar 2008, 12:43) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Use Windows Update to get your laptop upgraded so that it has the latest .NET Framework 3.5 on it (or whatever is the latest you can get, might take two or three goes potentially, certainly my XP laptop won't go to 3.0 or 3.5 until it's had the 2.0 service pack installed.
Once you're up to .NET 3.5 (or whatever the latest you can get is) give me an email and include the following info:
For each loco that you want to control, I need a real simple name for it (e.g. "thomas", "james", "thirty-seven" etc), the simpler the better - preferably give them a shot on your speech rec in notepad or something and see how reliably it can pick the name up when either of you speak it. Next, for each loco i'll need it's dcc id. If you're using any functions, let me know which ones and what names you want to give them (obviously "lightson" and "lightsoff" is already there. I'm also assuming that you're set to use either 28 or 128 speed step - my code will use 128 speed step (but as long as you're set to the 28/128 option it is fine, and this is usually the default).
I'll then set it up with a simple default config based on what you send me and get you a copy to play with since it should work pretty easily on your machine.
Have you installed the vista drivers for the Elite and proven it works on something like JMRI just to make sure that side of things is good? You'll need the com port name (e.g. COM4) to put in to my software so that it can talk to the Elite. I've put a thread on the hornby site detailing how to get the Microchip 1.3 driver upgrade until Hornby release an official one (if they haven't already), this will get it all working on Vista.
Drop me an email at matt *at* uktrainsim *dot* com and i'll zip something up for you to play with and let me know how you get on, it'll be good to know that it will work for more than just me
Thanks for the offer of the decoder - let's hold fire on that, i'm going to try and encourage folks like Hornby etc to contribute some kit to the cause, i'm at most of the major shows in the UK with UKDccRail DCC Workshops and UKTrainSimLive, and i've spoken with the top people from most of the major companies now many times so with something tangible to see they may well be more interested in helping out.
Cheers
Matt.
Matt
So far so good. The possibilities are enormous. Couple of questions - 1. how do you draw up your trackplan - symbol picking like Rocrail & JMRI. 2. I presume points switching is from the trackplan firing Hornby HADs. Any clues as to why Rocrail screws up the address/port thing on HAD2 when the Elite works it OK , as does JMRI.
Best of luck with getting some kit out of Hornby - they have been requested to monitor this thread.
Robbie
Once you're up to .NET 3.5 (or whatever the latest you can get is) give me an email and include the following info:
For each loco that you want to control, I need a real simple name for it (e.g. "thomas", "james", "thirty-seven" etc), the simpler the better - preferably give them a shot on your speech rec in notepad or something and see how reliably it can pick the name up when either of you speak it. Next, for each loco i'll need it's dcc id. If you're using any functions, let me know which ones and what names you want to give them (obviously "lightson" and "lightsoff" is already there. I'm also assuming that you're set to use either 28 or 128 speed step - my code will use 128 speed step (but as long as you're set to the 28/128 option it is fine, and this is usually the default).
I'll then set it up with a simple default config based on what you send me and get you a copy to play with since it should work pretty easily on your machine.
Have you installed the vista drivers for the Elite and proven it works on something like JMRI just to make sure that side of things is good? You'll need the com port name (e.g. COM4) to put in to my software so that it can talk to the Elite. I've put a thread on the hornby site detailing how to get the Microchip 1.3 driver upgrade until Hornby release an official one (if they haven't already), this will get it all working on Vista.
Drop me an email at matt *at* uktrainsim *dot* com and i'll zip something up for you to play with and let me know how you get on, it'll be good to know that it will work for more than just me

Thanks for the offer of the decoder - let's hold fire on that, i'm going to try and encourage folks like Hornby etc to contribute some kit to the cause, i'm at most of the major shows in the UK with UKDccRail DCC Workshops and UKTrainSimLive, and i've spoken with the top people from most of the major companies now many times so with something tangible to see they may well be more interested in helping out.
Cheers
Matt.
Matt
So far so good. The possibilities are enormous. Couple of questions - 1. how do you draw up your trackplan - symbol picking like Rocrail & JMRI. 2. I presume points switching is from the trackplan firing Hornby HADs. Any clues as to why Rocrail screws up the address/port thing on HAD2 when the Elite works it OK , as does JMRI.
Best of luck with getting some kit out of Hornby - they have been requested to monitor this thread.
Robbie