TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

gine orientation accordingly even if an engine changes its orientation by passing a reversing
loop.
TrainController provides several methods to assign a train to a block. The most
convenient is to drag a train from the train list to the symbol of a block. The initial assignment
of an engine or train to a block can also be done automatically without manual
interaction, if a train detection device is used (see section 5.5, “Train Detection and
Train Tracking”). If this device is associated with a block then each engine or train detected
by the train detection device will be automatically assigned to this block.
A reserved block must not necessarily be occupied. This is also true for the current
block. If for example a train leaves its current block and temporarily no other blocks,
that are reserved for this train, are occupied, then the current block is not changed, before
the train enters another block and this block is indicated as occupied.
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Display of Train Positions
The states of a block outlined are indicated by the concerning block symbols in the
switchboard. In this way you can control in the switchboard, too, if a certain block is
occupied or reserved. Block symbols display the name and/or the image of the train,
that is currently located in the related block, in the switchboard. For further details refer
to 5.5, “Train Detection and Train Tracking”, please.
Unidirectional Blocks
In TrainController Gold each block can be specified to be unidirectional. An unidirectional
block can only be passed in a certain direction of travel.
Locking the entries of Blocks
Each block can be temporarily locked during operation. Locked blocks cannot be reserved
by running trains. A train, that is already located in a block, when the block is
locked, might stay there, though, and leave the block later. A lock does not also have an
effect for a train, that has already reserved the block, before the lock is set. This train
may proceed into the locked block.
Locks are directional. It is possible to set an individual lock for a particular direction of
travel. This permits trains to pass the block only in one direction of travel. For this reason
these locks are also called entry locks. The lock prevents trains from entering the
block via the locked entry, while trains approaching the block from the opposite direction
are not affected by this lock.