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Beyond Frustrated with Railpro
emd_16645:
--- Quote from: Alan on October 09, 2018, 08:34:39 PM ---<slap>
The CI-1 is nothing more than a transmitter/receiver. There is no loading anything to it. It sounds like you may it confused with a USB memory stick.
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Thanks. I figured it had to work in that way due to the way it seemed to work. RPA shows the files on my computer, but HC Sim isn’t recognizing them. I can’t transfer them because the HC Sim is insisting on internet access again 🙄
TwinStar:
--- Quote from: emd_16645 on October 09, 2018, 08:47:29 PM ---
--- Quote from: Alan on October 09, 2018, 08:34:39 PM ---<slap>
The CI-1 is nothing more than a transmitter/receiver. There is no loading anything to it. It sounds like you may it confused with a USB memory stick.
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Thanks. I figured it had to work in that way due to the way it seemed to work. RPA shows the files on my computer, but HC Sim isn’t recognizing them. I can’t transfer them because the HC Sim is insisting on internet access again 🙄
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Don't take this the wrong way...
I sat down a few months ago to update several LM's. I hadn't used HC-Sim and RPA in some time so I was going by memory. I'm a long time RailPro user and I know what I'm doing. 15 minutes into it and I'm cussing at my computer and Tim Ring at the same time. I finally got the user manual up online and started reading. I was doing it bass ackwards the whole time. Once I started doing things correctly it worked like a charm.
Long story, quick question: Are you following the steps in the correct order?
KPack:
Lol, done that myself too. :D
G8B4Life:
--- Quote from: emd_16645 on October 09, 2018, 07:48:48 PM ---you may slap me now
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I'm not going to slap you, your safe from that ;D
First things first, now that you have HC Sim 2.05 installed does it recognise the CI-1 as "installed" when HC Sim is running and you can use HC Sim to access and control your locomotive?
HC Sim doesn't access the internet. Even though the update screen says "Waiting for Internet", it's actually communicating with RPA.
From the sounds of it you do have the procedure correct for downloading files as you said that you were downloading some sounds just a couple of posts back but we'll check anyway.
Both RPA and HC Sim are running at the same time when you try to download.
You do have a file in the "Download list to Handheld Controller" area in RPA.
What error message is shown when you say HC Sim "insists on internet access"? I'm guessing the error message you are seeing in HC Sim is one that says "Cannot Connect" after the "Waiting for Internet" screen? This would indicate RPA is not running.
As for HC Sim forgetting stuff, you can try running HC Sim with administrator privileges. You shouldn't need to but if something on your PC has decided that HC Sim has no right to write to the hard disk then changes in HC Sim (downloads, renamed locomotives etc) will be lost upon closing HC Sim.
- Tim
emd_16645:
--- Quote from: TwinStar on October 09, 2018, 11:58:42 PM ---
Don't take this the wrong way...
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No worries, I have a thick skin. I can be pretty dumb when it comes to this, so a thick skin is necessary.
--- Quote from: G8B4Life on October 10, 2018, 06:58:31 AM ---First things first, now that you have HC Sim 2.05 installed does it recognise the CI-1 as "installed" when HC Sim is running and you can use HC Sim to access and control your locomotive?
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Yes, I can access and control locomotives now.
--- Quote from: G8B4Life on October 10, 2018, 06:58:31 AM ---HC Sim doesn't access the internet. Even though the update screen says "Waiting for Internet", it's actually communicating with RPA.
From the sounds of it you do have the procedure correct for downloading files as you said that you were downloading some sounds just a couple of posts back but we'll check anyway.
Both RPA and HC Sim are running at the same time when you try to download.
You do have a file in the "Download list to Handheld Controller" area in RPA.
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Yes, that list is shown in RPA. I added the files I wanted to the list, then used HC Sim to Update software. Everything seemed to work as expected, except when I got home there were no files on the HC Sim.
--- Quote from: G8B4Life on October 10, 2018, 06:58:31 AM ---What error message is shown when you say HC Sim "insists on internet access"? I'm guessing the error message you are seeing in HC Sim is one that says "Cannot Connect" after the "Waiting for Internet" screen? This would indicate RPA is not running.
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Yes, when I am not connected to the internet, I get the "Waiting for Internet" on the HC followed by "Cannot Connect".
--- Quote from: G8B4Life on October 10, 2018, 06:58:31 AM ---As for HC Sim forgetting stuff, you can try running HC Sim with administrator privileges. You shouldn't need to but if something on your PC has decided that HC Sim has no right to write to the hard disk then changes in HC Sim (downloads, renamed locomotives etc) will be lost upon closing HC Sim.
- Tim
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That is a very interesting point. My computer has not liked running RP programs, it sees them as a security risk. I will try using HC Sim in admin mode and see if I get better results.
The question is, how can I get HC Sim to draw files shown as on the computer in RPA when there is not a connection to the internet?
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