Just getting into JMRI and am only hooked up with the PR3 directly to a programming track and a laptop. When using JMRI to program on a program track can you test the features and expect the train to run on the program track? When I try to run the train on the program track it just kind of lurches along. Is this normal? Thanks for everyone's feedback and Happy Thanksgiving! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The PR3, as far as I know, is not able to act as a command station, even for a single engine. The only programmer I am aware of that does this is the ESU LokProgrammer
As for using the programing track for running, my programing track is part of the layout as an single end spur. I have that insulated from the rest of the layout. The leads for that track are wired through a DPDT switch. One position of the switch is for programing the position is for running. Gary
The PR3 will only support testing the sound functions of a sound decoder on the programming track. It has a pass through to use so JRMI can talk to the layout as well. But it can not do both at the same time.