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5.5 Train Detection and Train Tracking
TrainController is able to indicate the positions of your engines and trains on the
computer screen. This is always and automatically done in the screens of the Visual
Dispatcher, such as the main block diagram or the particular schedule diagrams.
The block symbols in the switchboard also display the state of the associated block and
optionally the name and/or image of the train that is located in this block.
Diagram 98: Block Symbol in the Switchboard
Train Detection
Track sensors are normally used to determine, if a track section is occupied by any engine
or train. Some digital systems, however, are not only able to report occupancy, but
also the identity of the occupying train. Examples of such systems are Digitrax Transponding,
RailCom, Muet or HELMO. If a block is associated with an appropriate train
detection device, then it is possible to determine the train, that is occupying a certain
track section or detection zone, respectively. Associating blocks with train detection
devices is called train detection in TrainController.
It is very simple to setup a train detection system in TrainController.
On the computer screen each train detection device/train detection zone is linked to a
block. To configure such device or zone in TrainController simply enter the digital
address of the train detection device/zone into the block properties (Diagram 99).