Train Dispatcher 3 Manual - Signal Computer Consultants

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Train Dispatcher 3Figure 23 - Active Train List WindowThis window is dynamically updated. As trains move and their status change, the window will be modified to reflectthese changes. To stop this window from updating click the “Stop” button to stop the simulation clock.The list can be sorted by train identifier, train status or by estimated time of arrival/departure (ETA). To sort by trainidentifier, status, or ETA click the “Sort ID”, “Sort Status” or “Sort ETA” buttons, respectively.To display only the trains that are scheduled to arrive on the territory, are stopped, are moving, or are off the territoryand will not return, check the “Arriving”, “Stopped”, “Moving” or “Completed” boxes, respectively.The user can re-size any of the columns in this window by placing the mouse on a vertical separator in the columnsheader and, while holding down the left mouse button, drag the mouse to the left or right. Once the columns are resized,the user can save the column widths for the next time the window is displayed by clicking the “Save ColumnWidths” button.The following describes each of the columns in this window:♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦Train ID - contains the train identifier.Status - contains a text description of the train’s current status.Length - contains the train length in feet/meters.Type - indicates the type of train.Location - contains the name of the track where the train is currently located.Direction - indicates the train’ s current direction.Speed - the average speed in which the train is moving in the current block.ETA - the following describes the contents of this fieldo if the train is moving, the time it will arrive at the end the blocko if the train is scheduled to arrive, the time it will arrive on the territoryo if the train is at stop waiting for a signal, the time it stoppedo for all other train stops (platform, work area, etc.), the estimated time of departure.Crew Expiration - the time the crew will expire because it was on duty for 12 hours.Entrance - contains the entrance/exit location where the train came onto the territory the last time.Exit - contains the entrance/exit location where the train should exit the territory.Next Station Stop/Time - contains the name of the next station platform and the time the train is scheduled tostop at the platform.Part of Train – if the train is merged with another train, the train identifier of the merged train.Page 266 December, 2000
Train Dispatcher 3To locate a train on the territory, place the mouse pointer on any of the data contained in a train’s row, click the left orright mouse button to select the train, and then click the “Find” button. Train Dispatcher 3 will then scroll on theterritory screen to the location of the train and place the mouse pointer on the train.The train’s data dialog can be called up by placing the mouse pointer on any data contained in a train’s row, clicking theleft or right mouse button to select the train, and then clicking the “Properties” button.Train Dispatcher 3 keeps a record of train movements by recording the time a train passes an OS point (OS issometimes referred to as on-station or out of station).OS point names are usually assigned to the switches at each end of a siding or to blocks in the middle of a siding. Thenumber and location of the OS points are determined by the railroad. A list of the OS points can be called up byselecting the “OS Points” item under the “Data” menu.The train’s OS window can be called up by placing the mouse pointer on any data contained in a train’s row, clicking theleft or right mouse button to select the train, and then clicking the “OS” button. Figure 24 shows the Train OS window.Figure 24 - Train OS Window7.3. Train Territory Arrival ScheduleA list of trains that are to arrive on a territory at a given entrance/exit location can be called up placing the mousepointer on the entrance/exit location name and clicking the right mouse button. Figure 25 will then appear.Figure 25 - Train Territory Arrival WindowThis window shows the trains that will arrive on the territory in the next eight hours. The trains are sorted by theirarrival time.The user can re-size any of the columns in this window by placing the mouse on a vertical separator in the columnsheader and, while holding down the left mouse button, drag the mouse to the left or right. Once the columns are re-Page 276 December, 2000
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