Its also possible to create a control panel where the track lines change color to indicate whether the block is occupied. Outline this clinic demonstrates many of the features of the jmri panelpro layout editor. Xtrackcad is a great, free tool for designing your layout. With the jmri panel editor, you can make a control panel look and operate any way you want. It allows you to draw track segments and place turnouts on the screen, then configure them so they change color with occupancy. I have already built a control panel for my entire layout on layout editor. Bucklew 072515 panel editor development we are ready to start development of the second panel using panel editor.
Control panel editor supports using warrants and automatic running of trains. Quaker valley railroad now with 2 ctc panels on a touch monitor changes in progress january 20. Jmri operations dennis drury so what is jmri operations. The crandic automated traffic system cats is a jmri based application by rodney black for controlling and operating a model railroad. The arduinos we use are an atmega 2560 to get block sensor data back to jmri and 2 pro minis to control the switch servos. Jmri panel and configuration information is stored in xml files. This clinic demonstrates many of the features of the jmri panelpro layout editor. Jmri operations is a computerized car forwarding management system b. Layout editor combo boxes have been changed to support the migration from jmribeancombobox to namedbeancombobox. A fantastic series of articles on using panel pro in jmri. Getting started with jmri panel pro ennis marshall. It presents the layout as a computer screen panel inspired by digicon. Jmri works like a throttle it sends and listens to the messages on the command bus.
These are text files that people can directly read, but the format and structure information take a lot of space. Introduction to layout control with jmripanelpro 8. If using the original panel editor, you can also configure sensor icons to change the color of your track. Cats computer automated traffic system is an integrated suite of open source programs that provide signal logic and operations support on a model railroad.
It realy doesnt state but here is all that i have jmri panel tutorial part 2 r. From that experience i have taken up the challenge of preparing an online jmri panel tutorial. You should see a blank panel window with a tool bar at the top, and a help bar at the bottom. Java applications to control a model railroad layout. Control panel editor a dick bronson rrcirkits, inc. Both build on the same jmri configuration items, such as, turnouts, sensors, and signal heads. I am also was attempting move my anyrail layout file to jmri. Jmri provides a tool, called an xslt transform, to convert the jmri panel file into a more readable web page. Occupied tracks are shown in different colors and turnouts and signals can be operated by clicking on their icons. Jmri model railroad interface jmridevelopers panels. Using jmri operations a worked example part 1 model. Editor types type images unique features track styles signal control train automation layout editor vector based track images and raster based background images captures the full connectivity of your. This is the newest page describing the progress on the quaker valley railroad and a discussion of jmri turnout and signal lever operations. He goes so far as to code a complete set of instructions using script that set ups a complete cycle on the ho layout.
Now click on tools tables lights so you should now have your light panel. Or maybe you just want a way to control everything on your layout from. Introduction to layout control with jmri panelpro 8. Yes, i will still be confined to digitrax and loconet and jmri has certainly grown beyond loconet, but given it is still one of the most used combination for. Rodriguez you have your digital command control dcc layout up and running and want to host an operations session. Close the add new signal frame and let us start to work with these four signal heads. Transits may be used with a panel editor panel, with a layout editor panel, with a ctc machine, or directly without any panel. A panel is one or more background pictures, on which are drawn icons to represent turnouts, sensors and signals on the layout.
Im one of the jmri developers and im running the latest jmri on sierra and also on an older. Jim betz responded with this on the jmri users alias when asked for an overview. Jmri is a free software suite for programming decoders. This tutorial will come in three parts and cover the panel editor and the layout editor. For more information, see the control panel editor help page. Decoder pro, decoder pro3 and operations are covered in other material. You can include a background icon to display your layout on your panel and add the contents of memory andor reporter variables. It shows both occupancy detection red and turnout control route selection white. Kim parker at train buddy has two layouts set up with the jmri panel pro system and both are connected to his pcs with the interface device that i mentioned. I have evolved this control system to include the full layout including the yard switches and more importantly to include train on track sensors.
This currently meets my immediate need for a layout control panel since i do not have or plan to build any traditional control panels on my facia. Here is an updated version of my layout s control panel implemented using jmri, an open source model train software tool. Each icon is placed on a level, with 1 being the lowestlevel background and 10 being the highestlevel foreground. The structure i have in mind is that the editor class, which currently extends jframe, should be split into editor and editorframe classes as should all subclasses of the editor. For the case of no data entered, the invoking code in the panel editor should probably refuse to do anything at all with that field empty. The operations program will allow you to print out the paperwork that will enable your operating crew to run your layout in a more prototypical manner. Add signals to your layout with jmri panelpro other clinics in this series.
Cats uses jmri for accessing the layout hardware and provides the logic for tying the hardware pieces together. Panelpro frequently asked questions how does jmri tie into the rest of my layout. In the summer of 2006, i attended the nmra philadelphia convention and sat in on all of the jmri clinics. It also has a window introduction to layout editor and panel editor jmri. Quaker valley railroad now with 2 ctc panels on a touch. Transits and sections build on jmris blocks and paths structure. A panel is a set of icons representing various components of a layout. Occupancy may be simulated using the small icons under the track. Control panel editor allows you to edit a panel using menus instead of a separate editing window.
An editor would subclass jpanel and contain the jlayeredpane that holds the jmri panel elements as well as the panel logic. Jmri panel pro tutorial by robert bucklew welcome to the. This is because the program needs to interact with the loconet during normal operation, and without the. Layout editor is similar to panel editor in many ways, including. Jmri is intended as a jumpingoff point for hobbyists to build their own layout. Some of the icons available in jmri include turnouts, signals masts and sensors. Designing dispatcher panels in jmri by by robert b. It can talk with jmri and it is just a matter of configuring jmri to process the inputs and send signals to activate the turnouts. The panel editor is a blank canvas on which you can add graphic icons.
From anyrail i exported the file to jmri but i cannot find any way to import it into panel pro editor or layout editor. This is an one example our layout style jmri control panels in operation. Using jmri operations a worked example part 1 sat, 20121229 09. Introduction to layout control with jmripanelpro further clinics in this series. Find the text panel editor clinic 3 so we can change the panel. To get familiar with the layout editor user interface, try the following. Java interfaces and sample implementations for controlling a model railroad layout from a personal computer. The panelpro application, included in jmri, can display a scheme of the layout on the computer screen, showing the status of turnouts, signals and tracks.
The affects the toolbar, the edit context menu, set signal heads, set signal masts, and set sensors. This will cover the development of a layout editor panel and a ctc panel using the jmri panel editor. Rodney blacks cats application is another tool for creating modernstyle control panels. Hey everyone i am trying to create a layout and trying to get multiple blocks on layout editor controlled by one single sensor how do i do this. Click on edit for the second led we setup, and click add control button.
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