TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

AutoTrain with Start and Destination Keys
In TrainController Gold it is also possible to perform AutoTrain as operation of
other objects. This is in particular useful, if you want to start AutoTrain with push
button symbols by using them as start and destination keys.
AutoTrain operations are always associated with certain blocks.
AutoTrain operations do not distinguish between the start and the destination of the
run. If two AutoTrain operations are called for Block A first and then for Block B,
then the train runs from A to B. If the same operations are called in the opposite order,
then the train runs from B to A. AutoTrain operations should be always called in
pairs. The first operation determines the start block and the direction, in which the train
starts. The second operation specifies the destination block and the direction, in which
the train enters the destination block. The second operation also starts the train.
You can use AutoTrain operations in a macro, for example, to run a train from one
block of your layout to another. In this case you should ensure, however, that two AutoTrain
operations, one to specify the start block and one to specify the destination
block, are contained in the macro.
An interesting use of these operations and the actual reason, why these operations are
provided, is the use with push button symbols as start and destination keys. To accomplish
this, assign one AutoTrain operation to the operations of each related push button.
AutoTrain operations should be executed in pairs. This is accomplished during
operation by pressing one push button with such operation assigned and then another.
The first push button determines the start block and the direction, in which the train
starts. The second push button determines the destination block and the direction, in
which the train enters the destination block. The second push button also starts the train.
It is the order, in which the operations are executed, which is relevant for the determination
of start and destination, not the operations themselves.
AutoTrain with start and destination keys is useful to run trains in a default manner,
i.e. without any specific additional actions, on point to point connections. No prior definition
of schedules is necessary, which keeps the schedule list less populated. By assigning
AutoTrain operations to the operations of feedback indicator symbols,
which are again associated with push buttons on external control panels, it is even possible
to trigger AutoTrain from such remote panels.
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