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MARCo1. MARCo – Modular Automation with RailCom ®Finally, your digital layout can have all the things that have been possible onanalogue layouts for a long time. MARCo fulfils the demands of railway modellers,who wanted to have simple automatic control of their layout, with block systems andauto-reversing, a digital system which up till now needed the aide of a computer.1.1 MARCo does this on a digital layout:MARCO consists of an Infrared sender, which is installed under a vehicle, and one receivermodule with its two Infrared detectors built into the track. The locomotive address, traincategory, speed and travel direction are detected by the infrared receiver and conveyed viathe LocoNet. Additionally, without the use of a computer, some automatic control functionsare possible.• Train recognitionMARCo recognizes the locomotive and indicates which train has pulled into a track at thestation.• Shuttle train controlMARCo steers a shuttle train into the terminus of a single-railed branch line.• Locomotive-dependent shadow-station controlMARCo administers your shadow-station, finds an independent track for each individualtrain and if necessary automatically dispatches it again from the shadow-station.• Digital Block controlMARCo is a new style of block system for digital layouts and controls the blocks on thelayout automatically, without the necessity of a computer.• Holding PointMARCo stops the train at a station on the branch line and allows it to drive on after aconfigurable time.• Starting and brake delay at signalsMARCo brakes and stops each digital locomotive at a red signal, with the decoder’s internalbrake.• Automatic control of locomotive auxiliary functionsMARCo switches on the situation-dependent sound of locomotives, e.g. the whistle beforeentering a tunnel or the horn at a level crossing. MARCo turns OFF the sound oflocomotives equipped with “IntelliSound” while they travel in invisible areas (shadow-station,tunnel).• Locomotive-dependent switching from solenoids and routesMARCo switches the light of a particular locomotive ON or OFF after a specified time, e.g.if the engine driver has turned the locomotive OFF• Locomotive-dependent Speed influenceMARCo controls the speed of locomotives, e.g. on entry to a station or along slow sectionsof track• Programming of decoder CVsMARCo can read and program CVs of RailCom capable locomotive decoders and RailComtransmitters, while they are running on the main line.5