tony_forward Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 You know what, I've been silently browsing the various threads today - nothing else to do as it's too cold to go out to the layout in the garage and I've finished another Metcalfe model from Christmas - I'm frankly appalled at the comments from a relatively new member on various threads over the last few days.I had major problems with my Laptop/Railmaster setup when I first got it, as some on here will no doubt remember - fixed by RM support logging in to my machine and sorting it, followed by me switching off the wifi on the laptop when actually using it to run trains.problems sorted - the updates are done indoors with nothing connected to the laptop so I can reasonably safely say that my W7 laptop runs Railmaster perfectly in my situation.I can only comment that if the 'new member', who shall remain nameless but resembles a famous train on the LNER, doesn't like RM and Elink that is his choice, but ffs stop slagging it off to dozens of people that have been there, worn the T-shirt and had their problems fixed! apologies for putting the above post on two threads, but I think it needs to be said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Most of the posts have been due to lack of knowledge wrong use of firewall. Every one to my knowledge has been successfully resolved either by a fellow poster or by Hornby support. In this case you do not want to avail yourself of either. There is little more that we can do except to endorse a very good well supported product John . ... and wave YP goodbye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Paulman Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 So, lets just recap shall we. I comment that I am also randomly receiving the error message ""The eLink interface failed the handshake test"" and I am the one at fault? Fine. Why is it that you all feel the need to comment on a thread that you clearly have no idea about or what is causing the error? Surely if Railmaster Support can log in to someones computer and address this error, then they should put up a list of error codes and their known causes/fixes But I suppose that would be too much to ask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Very selective recap YP. Seems you've missed a good half of whats been said. R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Paulman Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 No, I haven't missed a beat. But what I have noticed is that not one of you has any idea what the error code means or what is causing it yet you all feel compelled to stick your tuppence in to sing the praises of what is very under-developed software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Goodbye YP. R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Paulman Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Ah yes, that would be about right. Because none of you know what the issue is then lets simply ban the member. It's pretty much what I've been expecting all day to be honest from what seem very short-sighted people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj2010 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 'Failed to handshake' means that your laptop is not communicating with the software (RM) on the expected COM port using the standard protocol used by the operating system for the software package.The reason for this is usually because the basic parameters have been incorrectly set up by the user, the incorrect driver set has been loaded in error, thus the pc is looking for a device it thinks is some other device, or more likely due to blocking intervention by an over aggressive AV package.All this can usually be fairly simply fixed by someone who knows what they are doing, in this case HRMS who have been there, done that for many people and definitely got the T shirt and a tick in the box from me as well.Edit: Just posted my reply a tad too late.@admin and others - I wasn't offended by YP just annoyed that we collectively weren't getting through to him/her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Thanks Admin - good to know you are watching over things. Feel sorry for him in a (small) way, but I fear he will be the master of his own ulcer. R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 'Failed to handshake' means that your laptop is not communicating with the software (RM) on the expected COM port using the standard protocol used by the operating system for the software package.The reason for this is usually because the basic parameters have been incorrectly set up by the user, the incorrect driver set has been loaded in error, thus the pc is looking for a device it thinks is some other device, or more likely due to blocking intervention by an over aggressive AV package.All this can usually be fairly simply fixed by someone who knows what they are doing, in this case HRMS who have been there, done that for many people and definitely got the T shirt and a tick in the box from me as well.Too late RAF96 - but it will have fallen in deaf ears anyway I suspect. R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelrow Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Well done admin, could not have happened to a nicer man ???????. john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I fear you will have to ba Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Hilarious. Don't worry, I am sick of everything related to Hornby (including all the pompus idiots on this thread) and I will be switching to Märklin I will be back to troll you all though with various IP addresses. Juvenile I know, but it will amuse me no end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I fear you will have to ba Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Well done admin, could not have happened to a nicer man ???????. johnooh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulver Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Thanks Admin - good to know you are watching over things. Feel sorry for him in a (small) way, but I fear he will be the master of his own ulcer. R-Spot on, Roger. I regret he was the master of his own downfall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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