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Software not Mac compatible
darryl.trains:
Ahhhh, Hmmm, Well I moved some of the track and just had to move some switches and out came the Frog Juicers. Guess I can use them again as why not? I suppose I'll have to look into that as I don't have a good answer. Thanks for the question. Cheers
Alan:
Check the juicers for compatibility before installing all of them again. Juicers that rely on an AC signal on the buss won't work if there is no command signal present from the DCC booster. Have a look at this thread: http://rpug.pdc.ca/index.php/topic,172.0.html
darryl.trains:
Just about the time I have it all figured out something changes. Oh not RailPro as that is a given. I will most likely will peddle the Frog Juicers along with other Tam Valley items. I found a slew of N.J. International switch machines brand new in their boxes stashed away, well I knew I had them but... These will work just fine as they have contacts for activating various things like signals and will do the frogs too. Problem solved and now moving forward again.
Gee isn't this fun? Cheers, Darryl
MtRR75:
--- Quote from: KPack on September 27, 2016, 09:09:04 PM ---Darryl - as a Mac user you have one of 3 options:
1.) Use Parallels on your Mac OS:
2.) Buy a cheap PC (even with Windows XP) and use either VirtualBox...
3.) Wait for Ring to create the programs for Mac. I've heard that this is on the docket, though I don't know a timeline.
-Kevin
--- End quote ---
I am a Mac person. The only time that you need a Windows machine (or any computer) is to download software updates, new sounds and loco pictures. I delayed getting RailPro for a while due to the "Mac problem", but I went ahead and bought it, because I have access to a person who has a Windows machine (albeit 20 miles away) and will help me with this, as needed.
My problem with Parallels is that first you have to buy Parallels, then you have to buy Windows. I have no other need for Parallels or Windows, so it is not worth the investment for me.
My problem with getting a cheap Windows computer are: (1) the extra cost -- I would rather spend my $$$ on upgrading another loco to RailPro, and (2) I know very little about Windows (and neither does anybody in my household) so I would spend too much time figuring out Windows -- instead of running trains on RailPro.
As for option 3, I made a considerable (but quite polite) fuss to Ring Engineering about the lack of Mac access to the RailPro download site. Also I came up with the following analogy between Model train operating systems and computers (which I later sent to Ring Engineering).
(a) In the beginning there was only the DOS command line (=DC cab control), which everybody used. Nobody knew anything else.
(b) Then came Windows (=DCC), which was a great improvement of DOS (=DC Cab). Lots of people used it, but there were lots of complaints about its flaws and how sometimes it was difficult to do simple things.
(c) Then came Mac OS (=RailPro), with a logical, graphical interface that is so much easier to use than Windows (DCC).
So, RailPro should really appeal to Mac users. To me the HC-2 felt like a cross between Mac and a smart phone. I think Ring is making a mistake not appealing to Mac users.
More Mac users should continue to lobby Ring Engineering to provide Mac access.
KPack:
--- Quote ---More Mac users should continue to lobby Ring Engineering to provide Mac access.
--- End quote ---
This is the best way forward. The more that Ring hears about Mac users needing compatible software the sooner he will move on it. I'm not a Mac user, but I don't feel that people should have to fork out for a new machine or Parallels when that money could be best spent on Railpro itself.
-Kevin
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