DecoderPro® Main Window
Roster Menu
Opens New Roster Setup Pane.
Opens Edit Roster Entry Setup Pane.
Opens the Select roster entry dialog box. After you select the roster,the Input prompt will be displayed. Useful when you have two locomotives with the same decoder program but different addresses.
The Open dialog is displayed, select the roster file (roster.xml) that you wish to import. The Input prompt will be displayed. The roster file will be imported, update your roster index in the Debug menu.
Opens the Select roster entry dialog box. Next the Save dialog will be displayed, select the location where you would like to save the roster file.
Opens Delete roster entry prompt box. Used to remove an entry from the DecoderPro roster.
Opens your operating systems printer dialog and when print is selected, prints a complete summary of your roster entries. (typically 5 entries per page, so be prepared to print several pages).
Open your operating systems printer and when the print is initiated the preview window is shown.
Roster Grouping...
Roster Grouping allows you to allocate Roster Entries into different groups. If for example you run multiple layouts with different locomotives, you can allocate those locomotives to the relative group, thus when you select a roster group to work with, the drop down lists in the throttle or edit roster entries will only contain locomotives that are in that specific list.
When working with a Roster Group, some of the functions above change slightly.
Create Entry - The new entry will automatically be placed into the current group.
Delete Entry - this will now only remove the roster entry from the roster group. Entries can only be deleted, when working in "Global" mode
Print Summary and Print Preview Summary - will only list locomotives that are allocated in the specific roster groupAllows you to create a new Roster Group
Select the roster group to work with, this will restrict the roster entries displayed in the throttle address panel, edit roster entry, print preview etc.
to work with all roster entries select the group "Global".Allows you to remove a Roster Group. This will not delete the roster entries that have been allocated to the group.
This table lists all the Roster entries, from the drop down box at the top select the group that you wish to view/add/remove entries to. By default all entries belong to the "Global" group and can not be removed or added.
Associate Roster Entry to Group
This allows you to associate roster entries to roster groups. The drop down list of Roster Entries will only display entries that have not been allocated to that group.
Disassociation of Roster Entry to Group
This allows you to remove an association of a roster entry to a roster group. The drop down list of Roster Entries, will only display entries that have been allocated to the select group.
New Roster Setup Pane
Select a decoder that matches the one installed in your locomotive. The Open Programmer button will now become activated and you’ll be able to move on with the Programmer selected from the drop-down list, then click on the Open Programmer button, the selected Programmer window will open. All programmers, Basic and Comprehensive, open to the Roster Entry pane.
Edit Roster Entry Setup Pane
Select the roster entry from the drop-down list that you wish to edit. Select the Programmer format that you wish to use from the drop-down list. Click on the Open Programmer button and Roster Entry Pane of selected programmer will open.
Select roster entry dialog box.
From the drop-down list select the roster that you wish to process, then click on the OK button. Click Cancel button if you wish to abort this function.
Input prompt
Type the name of the new roster you wish to process then click on the OK button. Click Cancel button if you wish to abort this function.
Delete roster entry prompt
Select the roster from the drop-down list that you wish to delete from DecoderPro. Click OK and the Confirmation box Delete entry fileName? is displayed.. Click Cancel button if you wish to abort this function.
Yes button deletes file, No button aborts the operation.
Print and Print Preview
