arrow6 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Happy New Year !My first use of this forum so I hope someone out there can help me.I have just installed Railmaster 1.3 with Elite running in Standard v1.3. After some difficulty getting the software to work it worked fine and my layout was transformed. A great bit of software by Hornby. Running on Windows 7 on a Sony Viao Net book (just the right size for the loft) and having made sure I installed the software under administrator rights after hours reading all the instructions!!But then disaster, everything stopped and just won't start again. The Elite runs the layout with no problem on its own but all of a sudden the response when opening Railmaster is 'unable to open designated DCC Controller Port, Hornby Elite, Invalid Port Number'The COM port originally allocated COM24 when the software was installed and I changed it back to Com1 where the system worked from for 2 days. Now although the COM port is changed back to COM1 and shows correctly in the settings its still refuses to operate.Any ideas anyone ??Any advise much appreciatedThanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_G Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 most definatly a com port problemcheck in device manager the com port the elite is oncheck also the setings baud rate , parity and so onthen go into settings in railmaster and make sure they are all the same therenormaly the com port would be 3 or 4 if not make sokeep away from 1 and 2 for some reason windows uses themhigh number com port settings are virtul ports and and can and will keep changingok for plugging usb sticks and the like but the elite need a constant port referancethen boot laptop wait 15 secplug in elite to usb port ( always use the same one )wait 15 secplug in elitewait 15 secclick on railmastershould be okrgdsMike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow6 Posted January 1, 2012 Author Share Posted January 1, 2012 Mike_G said:most definatly a com port problemcheck in device manager the com port the elite is oncheck also the setings baud rate , parity and so onthen go into settings in railmaster and make sure they are all the same therenormaly the com port would be 3 or 4 if not make sokeep away from 1 and 2 for some reason windows uses themhigh number com port settings are virtul ports and and can and will keep changingok for plugging usb sticks and the like but the elite need a constant port referancethen boot laptop wait 15 secplug in elite to usb port ( always use the same one )wait 15 secplug in elitewait 15 secclick on railmastershould be okrgdsMike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow6 Posted January 1, 2012 Author Share Posted January 1, 2012 Mike,Thanks for the advise. However, still something amiss as itstill refuses to find the new COM port that I allocate each time. I have tried 3, 4 & 5. Any other ideas?Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevecamden Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I'd reset the Elite with nothing attached. Make sure that you run RM with the Elite in the standard mode - my Elite comes up as Classic by default. Resetting might just free up the right com port for you.S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow6 Posted January 1, 2012 Author Share Posted January 1, 2012 stevecamden said:I'd reset the Elite with nothing attached. Make sure that you run RM with the Elite in the standard mode - my Elite comes up as Classic by default. Resetting might just free up the right com port for you.S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow6 Posted January 1, 2012 Author Share Posted January 1, 2012 Steve & Mike,Thanks for both your help. I have just persuaded it to accept COM 3 after a significant number of hours today restarting, unplugging and re-installing the COM ports and software. Layout back in operation.Interesting that my Elite still shows only Standard and not Classic at any time. Does Classic make a difference to the operation?Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_G Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 yesrailmaster wont work with itpoint control is all over thge placergdsmike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevecamden Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I think running RM in Elite Classic mode ( by accident) is a major cause of people's woes - all sorts of things ( mostly unexpected) get corrupted ( decoders, points, the lot)Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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