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Problem with RailPro Assistant Upgrade
TwinStar:
--- Quote from: nodcc4me on November 04, 2017, 11:44:00 AM ---The load feature is built in to the module in the latest software version. Just select the appropriate button picture and it should work.
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I don't see where. There isn't anything on the screen and nothing in the setup. Am I supposed to changed a button? If so, is LOAD a light, sound, or action?
TwinStar:
I have the stacked percentages like I saw at Lee's but nowhere is the LOAD button to adjust the actual load. I need to dig a little more apparently.
William Brillinger:
You can check the button guide for settings, it's number 66...
https://rpug.pdc.ca/index.php/topic,480.0.html
G8B4Life:
Well I've done some testing and research and I can confirm a couple of things, which are not good news for hotel dwellers :(
RailPro software (RPA and both RPA and HC Sim installers) now use UDP instead of TCP for all internet connections. This change happened with v3.00 of RPA. What does this mean you ask? Let me explain.
UDP is a very simple protocol and as such doesn't get along well with NAT (Network Address Translation) unless the NAT routing is set up properly. NAT is what a hotel would be using to assign your computer an IP address on their network so you can use the internet. I hardly expect any hotel to know anything about this and as such their NAT would not be dealing with the UDP packets from RP software on your computer properly. It's also why previous versions up to 2.02 worked until the new versions came out as versions up to 2.02 used TCP.
The hotels may also be blocking UDP as well, since nearly all the internet software that a guest in their hotel would need would use TCP (like your browser, which is why you could download the installer).
I should have clued onto this long ago when I noticed that RPA no longer worked in my virtual environment when NAT was selected but worked when Bridged mode was used.
In a nutshell, this means for Jacob that even if you had a windows laptop it's highly unlikely that you would have been able to install RPA in the hotel anyway. It also means that even now that RPA is installed and working you will not likely be able to connect and download anything into RPA while using a hotels internet. I would search for a test that you can run but there is really no need, if RPA can connect while in a hotel that's good, if it can't then just be assured it's the hotels doing and not yours.
- Tim
Alan:
What do you believe is the reason why Ring would make the change? Part of his recent change server change? Speed more important than error checking?
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