A Great Easy Time Saver For JMRI And ESU LokSound Decoders

Those of us who know and use the Java Model Railroad Interface (JMRI) know that after you create a roster entry for a locomotive in JMRI you should immediately Read All Sheets of that entry to get all CV settings into JMRI. After that, you are free to change and tweak any of these settings. One serious issue with this read is with LokSound decoders. If you attempt this reading with a LokSound you will probably be close to finished reading War And Peace before it is complete (slight exaggeration).

Thanks to Dave Heap of the JMRI developers group for reminding this writer that if you are running a recent version of JMRI (as of this writing the version is 4.15.5) the procedure is nowhere near as bad as it used to be (time for an upgrade??). Take a look at the following and you will be able to save the cost of a copy of War And Peace.

1. Read the decoder data in your LokProgrammer (anyone with LokSound decoders had better have one of these!!)
2. Export CV List File is available in the Tools menu of LokProgrammer. Give the exported file a ".txt" extension
3. Open your roster entry in a recent version of JMRI
4. There is a File->Import->LokProgrammer CV List File Item of the opened decoder entry (in the File menu of course)
5. Use that to open the CV List File you exported from LokProgrammer
6. Watch the status bar at the bottom of your roster entry. When it changes from "Importing ..." to "OK" you are done and can Save the roster entry

You won't even have time to make a cup of coffee.

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