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JMRI: Release Notes for 4.13.5
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<h1>
Release Notes for JMRI 4.13.5 release
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<p>Date: November 22, 2018</p>
<p>From: Bob Jacobsen</p>
<p>Subject: Test Release 4.13.5 of JMRI/DecoderPro is available for download.</p>
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<h2>Notes:</h2>
<p>This is a test release. Please post a note if you encounter any new or old bugs!
And please back up your JMRI files before installing this, in case you want to go
back to an earlier version.</p>
<p>This is the next in a series of test releases.
We expect this series to end in the next JMRI production release around the end of 2018.
(See the <a href="https://github.com/JMRI/JMRI/milestones?direction=asc&sort=due_date&state=open"><em>tentative</em> release schedule</a>)
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<p>Some of the changes involved are quite extensive.
They may require a certain amount of experience before they are working well.
Therefore, this test release should be considered experimental.</p>
<p><b>
JMRI is now only available under the
<a href="/COPYING">GNU General Public License</a>. For more information, please
see our
<a href="/copyright.shtml">copyright and licensing page</a>.</b></p>
<h3>Update From Older JMRI Versions</h3>
<p>If you are currently using JMRI 4.9.6 or earlier, we strongly recommend that you update to
<a href="jmri4.12.shtml">JMRI 4.12</a> and make sure that's running OK before
updating to this test release. There have been a number of
changes in serial port support, panel file format and configuration options since those earlier releases,
and moving to the stable <a href="jmri4.12.shtml">JMRI 4.12</a> release
is a good way to work through any possible problems.
</p>
<p>If you are currently using JMRI 4.7.3 or earlier on Linux or macOS (Windows doesn't need this),
you <u>must</u>
update to <a href="jmri4.12.shtml">JMRI 4.12</a> and
carrying out the <a href="jmri4.12.shtml#migration">migration process described in the JMRI 4.12 release note</a>
before updating to this release.
<a id="problems" name="problems"></a>
<h3>Known problems with this release</h3>
<ul>
<li>None</li>
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<h3>New warnings for this release:</h3>
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<li></li>
</ul>
<h3>Older warnings</h3>
See the <a href="jmri4.10.shtml#warnings">JMRI 4.10 release note</a> for more warnings predating the 4.11 development series.
These may be relevant to you if you're updating from an earlier version.
<p><span class="since">Since <a href="jmri4.11.8.shtml">JMRI 4.11.8</a></span>
Some new display capabilities were introduced into Layout Editor
during JMRI 4.11-series development.
This release changes some of the defaults in this area, which might
change the appearance of some track segments on your panels if they're
still using default values. If you select them and change their properties,
then save your panel file(s), you can restore their previous appearance.
There's a
<a href="../community/LayoutEditorTrackChanges.pdf">PDF document</a>
with more details.
We apologize for the inconvenience.</p>
<p><span class="since">Since <a href="jmri4.11.8.shtml">JMRI 4.11.8</a></span>
Because of changes to the "node identification" algorithm used to tell
one computer running JMRI from another, you might receive a warning message
about the "Node Identity" the first time you run JMRI version 4.11.8 or newer. (If you
have more than one profile, this can happen with each). There's no permanent
problem here, but you might have to reset your window preferences (i.e. position
and size, column layout, etc) in this case.
We apologize for the inconvenience.</p>
<p><span class="since">Since <a href="jmri4.11.4.shtml">JMRI 4.11.4</a></span>
If you are running a local website with a copy of the JMRI content, as
<a href="http://jmri.org/help/en/html/doc/Technical/WebSite.shtml#local">described here</a>,
please repeat
<a href="http://jmri.org/help/en/html/doc/Technical/WebSite.shtml#locallink">the "setSymLinks.sh" step</a>
near the bottom of those instructions
after installing JMRI 4.11.4 (or later). This will make some new formatting available
on your local site.</p>
<p><span class="since">Since <a href="jmri4.11.4.shtml">JMRI 4.11.4</a></span>
There are issues with the Pi-SPROG One command station operation. A number of workarounds should be applied:</p>
<ul>
<li>Do not turn on the track power until the power supply to the Pi-SPROG ONE is turned on</li>
<li>Do not enable extra debugging through default.lcf, nor open the system console window</li>
<li>Do not open the SPROG console window</li>
<li>Disable power conversion (CV 29) in all locos</li>
<li>If connecting via VNC (or similar), setup the screen layout before turning on the track power</li>
</ul>
<p>Pi-SPROG One with version 2.4 or earlier firmware will cause a timeout after a track short circuit. A dialog box
will open to inform the user of this. The track power will be turned off and must be turned on again using the power
control.</p>
<p><span class="since">Since <a href="jmri4.11.2.shtml">JMRI 4.11.2</a></span>
The system connection preferences (i.e. hardware preferences) are now
enforcing the <a href="/help/en/html/doc/Technical/Names.shtml">correct form</a>
for system prefixes: One upper case letter,
optionally followed by a number (one or more digits, e.g. "L12").
Existing prefixes in existing configurations are unchanged, but
new ones will have to have the correct form.</p>
<p><span class="since">Since <a href="jmri4.7.6.shtml">JMRI 4.7.6</a></span>
If you're having trouble getting your DCC programmer to work, try
checking that the settings on the Defaults pane under Preferences window point to your
hardware system.
The reason: This version of JMRI (and all later) provides more options for
picking the default system when you have more than one set of hardware attached
The default is then used for throttles, for programming, etc. JMRI tries to
guess the right settings for these when you upgrade to this version, but
apparently it sometimes gets that wrong (we haven't been able to track
that down yet). Setting them manually fixes any wrong guesses.</p>
<a id="download" name="download"></a>
<h2>Download links:</h2>
<p>Please note that the download links in this and future JMRI releases link to
<a href="https://github.com/JMRI/JMRI/releases/">Github servers</a>.
People are welcome to distribute the download files further via other websites, etc.
If you want to check that you've received original, unmodified versions, please
check the files against the checksums shown below.</p>
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<li>OS X / macOS: <a
href="https://github.com/JMRI/JMRI/releases/download/v4.13.5/JMRI.4.13.5+Rb27c31c.dmg">https://github.com/JMRI/JMRI/releases/download/v4.13.5/JMRI.4.13.5+Rb27c31c.dmg</a><br/>
sha256: 721641589bc5f60ea15902fc661af25f646bf8b575b26917e9ad0f74eb34f7e4 </li>
<li>Windows: <a
href="https://github.com/JMRI/JMRI/releases/download/v4.13.5/JMRI.4.13.5+Rb27c31c.exe">https://github.com/JMRI/JMRI/releases/download/v4.13.5/JMRI.4.13.5+Rb27c31c.exe</a><br/>
sha256: a1da0938c4aebec03fa68426839160bb14772a4e703e8cccb1e3d06313b52217</li>
<li>Linux: <a
href="https://github.com/JMRI/JMRI/releases/download/v4.13.5/JMRI.4.13.5+Rb27c31c.tgz">https://github.com/JMRI/JMRI/releases/download/v4.13.5/JMRI.4.13.5+Rb27c31c.tgz</a><br/>
sha256: 7d633a41d30840d55fa370f003fb59f58f18e417b6f670f76a591d8ea038ada9</li>
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<h2>Changes since <a href="jmri4.13.4.shtml">Test release 4.13.4</a>:</h2>
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<p>The <a href="https://github.com/JMRI/JMRI/issues?utf8=✓&q=is%3Aclosed&q=milestone%3A4.13.5">list of included
commits</a> is available from our <a href="https://github.com/JMRI/JMRI">GitHub code repository</a>.</p>
<h3>Virtual Sound Decoder</h3>
<a id="VSD" name="VSD"></a>
<ul>
<li>Klaus Killinger added an option to set the top speed for reverse direction (engine type "steam1", tag "top-speed-reverse").</li>
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