robert_gillies Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Hi Can anyone help? In the past when a loco has tried to cross a point which was set the wrong way the system shorted and a box came up which allowed me to start things up again. Now when such a short happens the resetting box does not appear and the only way I can get locos and points to work again is to shut everything down and restart the whole system. Is the non-appearance of the resetting box mean that the programme has become corrupted in some way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 The deduction I make, based purely on what you have written is that you're using the Railmaster eLink combination as your controller. If you are. There have been other posts on this forum with regard to 'short circuit' warning box on screen issues. Might be worth searching the forum for them and checking them out..If you do have an eLink, then this issue started being reported with the release of the RailMaster 1.63 update, possibly even the 1.62 update. Can't quite remember the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynax Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 although the short circuit protection works as it should, would it not be better to make sure the points are set correctly in the first place to avoid potential shorts, as you may find that one day the circuit protection could fail, then where would you be, and a replacement would not be covered by the warranty, something to think over, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallone Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Hi Robert...you're not alone with this, I have been having the same problem with short circuits. It is very frustrating having to turn Railmaster off and back on again.If I find a solution I will post it on the forum.John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Just out of interest, how does a point set incorrectly result in a short? I have noticed that if I have a point set incorrectly, my loco just moves the point to the correct position and carries on it's way.I only use the Hornby points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1ngr4y Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Hi RDSIt happens all the time if you use Electrofrog points.Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanQ4 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Hi Robert, here is the instruction email that I got from Hornby RailMaster Support a few days ago regarding sorting this problem.This should work for you. If not contact HRMS from within RM. Dear RailMaster userTo try and resolve this can you edit the RailMaster.ini file by clicking on the small cog icon on the lower left of the About/Help screen. If you cannot see the cog then download and install the latest RailMaster from www.powerpos.com/rail-master/rm_setup.exe.When you have clicked on the cog, acknowledge the warning message and ensure the lines "Check controller=1" and "Alternative comms=1" are present in the file. If they are not just add them to the bottom and save the RailMaster.ini settings, then restart RailMaster.You should also ensure that the BAUD rate for your eLink is set to 115200 in both RailMaster's settings and in the Windows Device Manager under Ports(LPT & Com). You should also try to ensure that Windows has set a Com port below 5 as per the instructions in the RailMaster PDF guide.Regards RailMaster Support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Norman's email summarises a longer post from HRMS which can be found towards the bottom of page 1 in the Hornby Railmaster thread in the RM forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_gillies Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 Thanks all. I have followed the instructionsin Norman's post and, hopefully, this will solve matters. I will try to avoid not setting my peco electrofrog points correctly as suggested by dynax but I am only human! Will come back if the above does not soplve the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 ... It happens all the time if you use Electrofrog points ...Thanks Ray, I did wonder if that may be the reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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