TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

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To start the test run put the engine on the track in a certain distance left of the selected
indicator (“Start” or “Centre”, respectively) and select a typical speed with the blue
slider, with which the affected engine enters those blocks, where it usually has to stop.
Half of the maximum speed is often a good choice. In the field Length of the dialog
box specify the length of an estimated average braking ramp used for your blocks.
Then press Start, to start the test run. TrainController now accelerates the engine to
the specified speed and when the selected indicator is turned on, it tries to decelerate
and stop the train at a location, which corresponds to the value specified as Length. After
the engine stopped, measure the distance between the point, where the engine is located
now and the point, where the indicator was turned on. If this distance corresponds
to the value specified as Length, you are ready. The brake compensation fits.
If the actual distance is higher than the specified Length, then increase the brake compensation
and repeat the test run. If the actual distance is lower, then decrease the brake
compensation and repeat the test run, too.
Repeat the test run, until the brake compensation fits. After this has been done repeat
the complete procedure to trim the brake compensation for the backward direction of
travel, too.
It is important to perform the complete measurement of the speed profile prior to
trimming of the brake compensation.
The contact spot of the engine should be determined and specified, too, prior to
trimming of the brake compensation.
Trimming the Maximum Decoder Speed
The maximum speed of the decoder should be trimmed in a way, that the desired maximum
scale speed of the locomotive corresponds to the highest speed step of the decoder.
If, for example, your decoder has 28 speed steps and the maximum scale speed of
the locomotive should be 100 mph, then adjust the maximum speed of the decoder in a
way, that the locomotive runs about 100 mph at speed step 28. The procedure to trim
the maximum speed setting in the decoder can be conveniently performed with support
of TrainController, too.
If the decoder of the engine can be programmed according to the NMRA DCC standard,
then TrainController can change the decoder CVs directly, that are most important
for the running characteristics of the engine. This, together with the measurement of the
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