TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

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The orientation of each engine is specified during assignment of an engine or train to a
block. There are several methods to assign trains to a block. The most convenient method
is to drag & drop a train icon to the symbol of a block. Please always check that
the current orientation of the engine matches the screen display. In the case both do
not match it is possible to revert the screen display with appropriate menu commands.
Another method for automatic assignment of trains to blocks is the use of train detection
or train tracking (see 5.5, “Train Detection and Train Tracking”).
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5.4 States of a Block
The different states of a block are determined by the fact whether the block is occupied
or whether it is reserved for a certain engine or train.
Occupied Block
A block is assumed to be occupied, if at least one of the indicators assigned to the block
is turned on.
Reserved Block
Each block can be manually or automatically reserved for an engine or train by the
Dispatcher. Reservation serves to support the following goals:
• Since a block can be reserved only for at most one engine or train, train collisions
are avoided if blocks are arranged and reserved correctly.
• The program is able to determine, in which block a certain engine or train is located.
This enables operations tied to the locality of trains - for example stopping a train in
front of a red signal.
• The use of block symbols allows indication of train positions in the switchboard.
• Train detection and train tracking is based on dynamic and automatic reservation of
blocks, too (see 5.5, “Train Detection and Train Tracking”).
For shunting or similar manual operation it is possible to reserve a group of related
blocks manually. In this case the Dispatcher takes care, that automatically controlled
trains do not enter these blocks. If reserved blocks are no longer needed, they can be released
by yourself or automatically by the Dispatcher.