TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

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Operation of Function Only Decoders
TrainController Gold supports the operation of train functions controlled by additional
function-only decoders. This is accomplished by specifying an alternative address
for each auxiliary function controlled by such decoder.
If a particular locomotive, for example, is equipped with a regular engine decoder with
digital address 3 and an additional function decoder with digital address 27, then specify
3 as regular digital address for this engine and set the alternative address to 27 for
each function controlled by the function decoder.
The number of alternative addresses, that can be specified for each vehicle, is not limited.
Each engine function can carry its own individual alternative address. In other
words: TrainController Gold can operate all decoder functions, regardless, whether
they are installed in the main engine decoder or in an additional function decoder, and
regardless, how many additional function decoders are installed in a vehicle.
3.7 Passing control between Computer and Digital System
Initially, control of each engine is assigned to the computer. This means that the software
assumes that it has full control over the engine.
With specific menu commands, dependent on the digital systems used, it is possible to
pass control from the computer to the digital system and vice versa. For certain digital
systems these menu commands are disabled, because these systems are able to pass control
automatically (see below).
If control is passed from the computer to the digital system then control of the related
digital address is passed to a handheld of the digital system. Additionally – if supported
by the digital system - TrainController begins to monitor speed and function
changes of this engine and reflects such changes in the Train Window accordingly.
For train tracking (see section 5.5, “Train Detection and Train Tracking”) of an
engine it is important that the software knows the direction and speed of a running
engine. If you want to control an engine with a handheld of your digital system
under simultaneous train tracking, then it is necessary to assign control of the engine
to the digital system before, if this is not done automatically (see below).
If an automatic schedule of the Dispatcher (see section 5.11, “Schedules”) is executed
with an engine currently under control of the digital system, then control of this engine
is temporarily passed to the computer. After finishing the schedule, control is passed
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