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#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1. Heading up to our farm workers' bunkhouse as soon as we wake up, to have a catch-up while the dogs roll in the grass and the chickens wander round us pecking in the dirt. #FarmLife

2. Running some trains on my little test layout while consistently failing to find the time to build my "proper" layout. #ModelRailway #NGauge #DCC #JMRI

3. A call from a former client #today may result in a #webdev project for a new client.

This evening I finished re-numbering, and labelling, all my accessory controllers (points, lights) and point feedback sensors. And documenting everything in a spreadsheet. This included moving some point wiring around on the accessory controllers so that the numbering is more logical than it was.

The second step is to now go through and update everything in JMRI. Every point has a different accessory address and a different sensor address. That’s 60 addresses to update.

I can already see that block occupancy has stopped playing up 💪 hoping to update all the points tomorrow lunchtime and then update the sensors in the evening.

And then… I can re-wire and program the signals 😬

#ModelRailway #DCC #JMRI #Progress

Aargh. My @pop_os_official saga takes a different turn...

I use a legacy #Java desktop app called #JMRI to control my model railway. It's clunky and the UI is awful but it's the only tool that does the job.

Unfortunately it won't play nice with high density displays and won't display properly on #popos. So I have to revert to #KDE #Plasma 6 because of its fractional scaling abilities. Bye @pop_os , hello #Fedora.

Lightning quick update, I now have JMRI set up enough that it is useful. I can even change points using the touchscreen (keyboard and mouse are out of sight).

#ModelRailway #JMRI #OOScale

Finally started setting up the current railway layout in JMRI. It has some good points, like automatically registering points when they are set, and all the Digitrax block detection sensors when the track is turned on. Had to register the reverse polarity blocks manually.

However even on a Raspberry Pi 5 the UI is terribly unresponsive - laggy, to the point of almost being unusable. Which makes actually creating and labelling the layout a very painful and error-prone process. I can reduce the problem by reducing the size of the panel editor window but it’s not great.

I can see the GPU getting hammered. Wondering how much is having a large display (27” 4k) and how much is the probably quite old Java GUI code. Oh, and I can’t seem to choose a resolution for the Pi to use, it just defaults to the panel’s native resolution.

#JMRI #RaspberryPi #ModelRailway #Automation

Over the last week I’ve been thinking about what to run JMRI on, and after looking at the rather high prices of NUCs I’ve taken a cheaper and more novel approach (and will just have to borrow my partner’s laptop from time to time).

I’ve ordered a 15” touchscreen, a Raspberry Pi 5 and an NVMe daughter board. The touchscreen has a VESA mount so I can 3D print an adapter to hold the Pi and a mount/stand to make it reasonably portable. I’ll put some pics up when I’m done.

#ModelRailway #JMRI

I’m trying to decide what I’m going to use to run my railway automation (which will be JMRI). I also need to be able to program Digitrax and other DCC hardware that seem only to have Windows support.

I don’t want to run Windows all the time, only when I need to. Maybe a VM? But I’m guessing I’ll need to pay for a licence too.

Anyone else solved this conundrum? #ModelRailway #JMRI #Windows #VM

@[email protected] #modeltrain #train #jmri

Made some new connections today! I received some 20ga wire in the mail and immediately went to work. I believe Kato used 22ga but this works too. Seems to work just fine. I also added a screenshot of the JMRI web interface and my (crappy) webcam solution. I need a better cam with a higher FOV.😅

And before anyone comments; YES, I know I need to clean my 3d printer workspace! 😂

#modeltrain #train #trains #raspberrypi #arduino #JMRI #3dprinting

Got the webcam hooked up to the Pi! I'm able to see my layout anywhere in the house. Still have some tweaking to do because the video is on a 3 - 4 second delay. :ablobblewobble:

#modeltrain #train #trains #raspberrypi #arduino #JMRI

Temporary setup but I wanted to show it off. I finally got around to converting my loco to DCC. So, the Raspberry Pi is running JMRI and the Arduino Mega is running DCC-EX. I have some Kato turnouts coming in tomorrow that are DCC ready. Cant wait to set them up and control them remotely! Once I get that set up, I'll hook up a webcam to the Pi so I can watch/control it anywhere in the house!

#modeltrain #train #trains #raspberrypi #arduino #JMRI

Hmm.. I wonder what I'm going to do with these parts...

#raspberrypi #arduino #jmri