Date: MMM DD, 2011
From: Bob Jacobsen
Subject: Test version 2.11.8 of JMRI/DecoderPro is available for download.
This is a test release. Please post a note if you encounter any new or old bugs! And please back up your JMRI files before installing this, in case you want to go back to an earlier version.
This is the eighth in a series of test versions. We expect this series to end in a JMRI 2.12 or 3.0 production release in 2011.
Some of the changes involved are quite extensive. They may require a certain amount of experience before they are working well. Therefore, this test version should be considered experimental.
JMRI is now only available under the GNU General Public License. For more information, please see our copyright and licensing page.
In Development Version 2.11.3 JMRI instituted a more robust and transparent system for handling missing panel icon files. If missing icon files are discovered during the panel loading process this system presents a dialog box that allows the user to either delete the offending reference or use the file browser to find the proper location. Older versions of JMRI didn't always fully remove the references to deleted panel icons. Panels which contain these stray references will present the dialog box during the first panel load. If the panel worked fine before, simply choose the delete option for each "missing" icon presented to remove the stray references. Once the panel has finished loading, save/store the panel file, quit JMRI and then reload. As a precaution, we recommend either making a backup copy of your panel file before diving in or saving the modified file under a different name
There have been extensive changes to the throttle code. If you have written scripts that use throttles, particularly multiple throttles, please check to make sure they still work.
The numerical values of "ON" and "OFF" for Lights changed in JMRI 2.11.2, along with some of the other constants in the class. This will have no impact on people just using the program. If you're using scripts with numerical values in them, please recode them to use the symbolic values.
Please use these links for downloading:
Pete Cressman - Add user's name to loconet titles when user has modified default name to distinguish multiple connections
The initial display of the CBUS console was fixed so that the buttons show properly.
Dan Boudreau
New operations features and bug fixes:
Steve Todd
Greg Watkins provided a decoder definition for the Hornby R8245 decoder
Walter Thompson updated the SE8c signaling example.
Ken Cameron
Kevin Dickerson
Dick Bronson