JMRI set up

For instructions about the installation of JMRI and about starting JMRI-based programs, kindly refer to the JMRI Web Site.

• Make sure that the XnTcp interface is
  • connected to your computer or to your LAN
  • connected to the Command Station or to the XpressNET™ bus
  • running (red LED blinking)
  • accessible with a Web browser as explained in HTTP connection
• Start one of the JMRI-based programs;
• Go to the preferences panel. This opens automatically the first time a program is run, or you can select it from the Edit menu;
• Select XnTcp from the first selection box;
• A second box, with the list of all XnTcp interfaces connected to the LAN (or directly to the computer) appears;
• Choose the desired interface (e.g. XNTCP001) from the second box;
• Starting with JMRI version 2.1.6, the second box provides also a manual setting option, which allows the connection to a remote XnTcp interface (e.g. through Internet) by manually specifying its IP address and TCP port number;
• The series of radio buttons labeled "GUI style" allows you to select how the program will look. "Metal" is the native Java look available on all types. Other choices will vary with your computer type. "Motif", "Windows^®", "MacOS" and "MacOS Adaptive" look native on Linux^®, Windows^®, MacOS "Classic" and MacOS X respectively;
• In the bottom selection box, you can pick the default programmer format. You can override this each time you open the programmer, so this is here just for convenience;
• Click Save. You'll be asked if it's OK for the program to quit, click Yes;
• Restart the program. You should be up and running.

XpressNET™ is a trademark of Lenz Electronik, Gmbh
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Linux^® is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds