The downloads can be found on the right side. It is recommended to read the following to ensure proper installation.
There are some requirements to be able to run this program. You will need at least a computer with a 32-bit or 64-bit operating system like Windows, Mac OS X, Linux or other Unix variants. On this machine you need to have installed a Java Runtime environment (JRE) version 1.5 or higher (pre-installed on Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard and OpenSolaris).
The minimum amount of required memory is 256 Mb of RAM. The minimal screen resolution to run iTrain properly is 1024 x 768. Depending on the size of the layout a higher resolution is recommended.
Some digital systems (Märklin or Intellibox) are connected to the computer by means of a serial port. In this case you need to have a free serial port on your computer. On many PC's you can use the COM port, but current Apple computers and many notebooks don't have a serial port available. You can use a USB serial adapter (for example a Keyspan adapter). We have tested the Keyspan USB Twin Serial Adapter and the USA 19-HS on diffent Macs and it works perfectly.
Newer digital systems may already have a USB interface. In most cases this USB interface emulates a serial port in software so that for iTrain it acts like a serial port. This serial port emulation or Virtual Com Port (VCP) requires drivers to be installed on your computer. Normally Windows drivers are already supplied on a CD-rom, but in many cases drivers for Mac OS X and Linux are also downloadable from the internet from the chipset supplier.
Depending on your digital system two drivers are very popular and available for multiple platforms:
The installation procedure differs per operating system:
Java is by default installed on Mac OS X, but you need at least Tiger (10.4) to have the correct Java version 5. You need to have done all the Software Updates to have the most recent Java version.
Download the iTrain disk image and copy the application to your 'Application' folder (and you can drag it to the 'Dock' to start it from there as well).
Download the installer and run it.
To check if SUN Java 5 or higher has already been installed on your computer go to a terminal and type the following and press the ENTER key:
java -version
If there is no SUN Java 5 or higher available or the version is too low then install a new version. To download a SUN Java Runtime environment (JRE) you can go to the Official Java Standard Edition (SE) download site or go to the package manager of your Linux distribution to install Java.
Download the installer and when asked to Open or Save in the browser choose Save. The downloaded file is a Java archive that needs to be started with java. This can be done in most case by right clicking on the file and run it with SUN Java (Ubuntu 9.10). If this is not working or not an option you can start it from the command line with:
java -jar iTrain_installer.jar
Download the installer and run it.
Mac OS X
Windows
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