Post by backshophoss on Aug 12, 2016 23:36:43 GMT -5
... a laptop around the layout/setup. 
The dreaded "Slot Max" message,as most users of Digitrax DCC systems will see at times normally means the Command station
has to be "reset/cleared" in "OP SWITCH" mode,even after "dispatching" the locos or consists.
If you use JMRI,open the Loconet tab and click on monitor slots,you should get a screen that shows slot # unit # and if part of a consist
a "sub#") throttle id # the word Free and a bunch of boxes with/without checkmarks of fuctions in use.
When a loco/consist # shows "common" or "idle",click on the "Free" box and that will clear the slot out.
If you get a "POP UP" about freeing a consist member destroys the consist click the "OK" button.
Doing this at the end of a show or running session wards off the "Slot Max" demon
as well as during the show will kill that demon off for good
Will post a couple of screen shots in a few days
The dreaded "Slot Max" message,as most users of Digitrax DCC systems will see at times normally means the Command station
has to be "reset/cleared" in "OP SWITCH" mode,even after "dispatching" the locos or consists.
If you use JMRI,open the Loconet tab and click on monitor slots,you should get a screen that shows slot # unit # and if part of a consist
a "sub#") throttle id # the word Free and a bunch of boxes with/without checkmarks of fuctions in use.
When a loco/consist # shows "common" or "idle",click on the "Free" box and that will clear the slot out.
If you get a "POP UP" about freeing a consist member destroys the consist click the "OK" button.
Doing this at the end of a show or running session wards off the "Slot Max" demon
as well as during the show will kill that demon off for good
Will post a couple of screen shots in a few days