TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

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Please note that a brake marker is only effective if the train has to stop in the same
block. As a consequence brake and stop markers that belong together must be
contained in the same block.
The same indicator can be marked with stop or brake markers for one or both directions
of travel. It is even possible, that a certain indicator is associated with a stop marker in
one direction and with a brake marker in the opposite direction.
It is recommended that the sensors corresponding to stop markers are located at positions,
which ensure, that even long trains completely fit into the block.
If an engine or train passes a sequence of blocks and a certain block is not available or
must be passed at restricted speed, then the train is stopped or decelerated in the previous
block. Brake and stop markers control, if a train may exit a certain block. For this
reason TrainController always assumes, that stop markers are usually located near
the exit of each block with reference to the direction of travel in which they are effective.
When a train enters a block, the dispatcher checks if there is a route before the next
block. In this case, the route is activated if this has not already been done. If the activation
is not completed when the train reaches the brake or stop marker in this block then
the train is decelerated or stopped, respectively, in order to wait for the activation of the
route. If there is only one indicator without any markers in this block, then the same indicator
is used for indication of entry into the block, activation of the route and also implicitly
as stop marker. In this case, the train is always stopped briefly because the activation
of a route takes some time.
To avoid such stops it is important to use different locations in the block for brake
and stop markers.
Speed Markers
A speed marker determines a point in a block, where a speed limit of the subsequent
block is applied. Speed markers are represented in TrainController Gold by green
arrowheads. If restricted speed applies in a certain block, then the train is decelerated at
the first speed marker of the previous block. If no speed marker is assigned to this previous
block, then the train is decelerated at the brake or stop marker, which takes effect
first.
It is possible to specify a braking ramp for each speed marker, too. This ramp works in
the same way as braking ramps of brake markers (see above).
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