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JMRI: MERG CBUS Event Request Monitor Table

MERG CBUS Event Request Table

The MERG CBUS Event Table displays event information on your CBUS connection.

Both incoming to JMRI and outgoing messages are logged to the table.

While the window is open, it will maintain a list of short on / off events, long on / off events, extended OPC on / off events, on / off accessory response events.

Each event and node combination is unique, the maximum event number is 65,535.

The maximum node number is also 65,535.

The table will always start with no entries, data is not maintained between sessions.

You can open the table automatically by adding it to your JMRI startup action list.
PanelPro > Edit Preferences > Start Up > Add > Perform Action > Open CBUS Event Table.

Short event codes will be stripped of any node number contained within the event CAN message.

All numeric values decimal.

Columns

Columns can be selected for display via the top menu bar, these are split into 2 categories.

The column order can be rearranged by dragging the column header.

Change the column sort order by left clicking on the column header.

Event Columns

Feedback Columns

When an event is sent by JMRI which has a number in the feedback response column, the event request table will listen for its response and warn if this is not received.

The system will listen for a feedback event in the form of a response event, or a normal on off event. The response events do not have to status ( on or off ) match, and can be any of the data lengths.

MERG CBUS Event Table Feedback

Requesting Event Status

On clicking Status, JMRI sends an event accessory status request message to the network, long if the event has a node, short if without.

This triggers a JMRI event listener which awaits a response from the event, either a request response or a normal event is accepted as a response.

If nothing is set in event feedback, the default timeout is 4 seconds from the same event and node combination.

Some users may want to create a new JMRI turnout, sensor or light to represent the get status button and send the event request status message.
The hardware addresses for these request events would look something like:

Hardware Address Ops Code Hex Ops Code Translated Node Dec Event Dec
X9A0000007B 9A Accessory Request Short 0 123
X92007B01C8 92 Accessory Request Long 123 456

There are a few methods within JMRI of sending this event to ping every few seconds, one being to create a jython script to ping 1 sensor every few seconds, and use logix on this 1 sensor to create other ping event status requests outputs.

When an event response request message is heard on the network, the event table will listen for event feedback.

Supported Operation Codes

Received OPC's can be from other JMRI components, or from an external CBUS connection.

All opscodes defined as an accessory event ( with the exception of Fast Clock ) are constant listeners, ie

Variance to MERG CBUS Developers Guide 6b

In this data model, it is assumed that event and node combinations are the unique factor.

Any event OPCs sent with extra data bytes will be logged according to its core event and node combination, irrelevant of extra data bytes.

JMRI Help

You can view this help page within JMRI by selecting Help > Window Help in the top bar of the MERG Event Table window.

The CBUS Console can help you figure out what events are happening on your layout.

Main JMRI MERG CBUS Help page.