FAQ - The LEDs on both ends of the interface do not stay on all the time. The LEDs will flicker when data is being transferred. Do not attempt to install or run JMRI or other similar software until AFTER the USB board driver and hardware are configured correctly. If JMRI is already installed, remove JMRI and all DCC hardware profile folders that were created during the installation. You will need to reinstall JMRI AFTER the drivers and hardware have been verified as working correctly. In most cases with Windows 7 or 10 manually installing drivers is NOT needed. This driver is for the NCE USB interface board only. The USB board is plug and play right out of the package. But FYI - Remove ALL the jumpers!
Windows 10 users, STOP HERE!
read this article : https://ncedcc.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4460359461651-Windows-10-updates-blocking-USB-driver-installation-
As long as your PC is connected to the internet, Windows will install the driver automatically. Then check in Windows Device Manager to verify it shows up under Ports
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JMRI is free software in the public domain and not related to NCE in any way, shape, or form. We do what we can for our customers that own the USB board. However, JMRI is only one of many pieces of software used with our USB interface. We provide a link to the drivers for the Silicon Labs chipset used on board, the software used with the USB board is up the end user. Any other information by NCE regarding JMRI is provided as a courtesy only. Questions regarding USING JMRI should be directed to the JMRI user group
Email forum groups
NCE DCC Group: https://groups.io/g/NCE-DCC/
Wiring for DCC Group: https://groups.io/g/w4dccqa/
JMRI user group - https://groups.io/g/jmriusers/
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JMRI and the USB interface work best on Windows 7 or 10. Do not attempt to use this configuration with Windows XP, Windows 8, 8.1 or Windows 11. Screenshots for Windows 7, and 10 are attached to this article. Do not attempt to install or run JMRI or any other software until AFTER the driver is installed and configured correctly. If this has already been done prior to driver installation uninstall and remove JMRI and all folders that were created during the installation. then reboot your PC.
Turn off your PC, plug in ONLY the USB / PC side of the interface. Do not plug in the NCE cab bus cable side. Windows will attempt to install a driver. To check to see if the driver installed correctly go to: Start\Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Device Manager. Look for the Ports section, click on the arrow, it should look similar to this Windows 7 screenshot:
If the driver did not install automatically when you plugged in the usb interface, or if nothing is shown under ports, look for something with a question mark or yellow exclamation point. It might be in a section labelled as "other" or "unknown"
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USB troubleshooting
If you have a USB Hub, try removing the USB hub and plug the usb interface cable directly to your pc.
Hubs can sometimes confuse matters when installing drivers.
Make sure you are plugging directly into the PC.
The ONLY valid cab Id's for the USB interface when used with the Power Cab are 3,4, and 5.
Most installations will use Cab ID 3 for the USB board unless you have an additional NCE cab connected. The Power Cab MUST be set to the default cab ID of 2.
FAQ - The LEDs on both ends of the interface do not stay on all the time, only when data is being transferred.
Important fyi ***************
You MUST reboot your PC AND the Power Cab after making ANY change on the board, JMRI, or in Windows. Hot swap / plug and play does NOT working correctly with the combination of JAVA, JMRI, and Windows. The settings are only read at startup. ============================================================
JMRI is free software in the public domain and not related to NCE in any way, shape, or form. We do what we can for our customers that own the USB board. However, JMRI is only one of many pieces of software used with our USB interface. We provide a link to the drivers for the Silicon Labs chipset used on board, the software used with the USB board is up the end user. Any other information by NCE regarding JMRI is provided as a courtesy only.
Questions regarding JMRI should be directed to the JMRI user group
Email forum groups
NCE DCC Group: https://groups.io/g/NCE-DCC/
Wiring for DCC Group: https://groups.io/g/w4dccqa/
JMRI user group - https://groups.io/g/jmriusers/
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