TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

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switchboard window associated with these blocks, then the train movement will also be
shown in these symbols.
If there is more than one train located in adjacent blocks, then the Dispatcher tries to determine
the most probable candidate. For this calculation the speed of each train and the
direction of travel, if known, or the occupancy state of each adjacent block is taken into
account.
In order to achieve precise results it is important to assign the initial position and orientation
of each train correctly. Additionally, you should always ensure that the software
is able to track the direction and speed of each train. The control of trains that you operate
with the throttle of your digital system should properly be assigned to the digital
system (see 3.7, “Passing control between Computer and Digital System”).
Train tracking can also be disabled for certain blocks or temporarily for the complete
layout. This is useful for areas or in situations, when you put new engines or trains manually
on the physical track and you want to avoid unintentional train tracking caused
by the resulting occupancy messages.
Attention: train tracking is turned on by default. Unintended triggering of indicators,
that are assigned to blocks, might cause train assignments to be moved in the
block diagram. If this is not desired in certain situations then train tracking can be
(temporarily) disabled for the complete layout.
• Under the conditions listed below train tracking works for each engine or train on
the layout, which has been previously assigned to a block.
• The initial assignment of trains to blocks can be done manually or automatically by
train detection. Train detection rids you from performing the initial assignment manually;
train detection is, however, not a prerequisite of train tracking.
• Train tracking is based on the block diagrams of the Visual Dispatcher and follows
the specified routes between the blocks. The tracking of manually operated trains,
such as those trains that you control with the throttle of your digital system, is only
possible, if you create an appropriate main block diagram, that contains the proper
routes between your blocks.
For 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 may be necessary
to assign control of the engine to the digital system before you do this (see
section 3.7, “Passing control between Computer and Digital System”).
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