TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

that the lighting is controlled by an additional function only decoder. Perform the following
steps:
• Create and setup an engine “Loco” for the actual engine heading the train.
• Create an additional engine “Dummy” and specify the digital address of the function
only decoder.
• Setup the function symbols for the functions provided by the function only decoder
in the engine “Dummy”. Use a unique function symbol for the car lighting that has
not been already used for functions of the actual engine “Loco”.
• Create a train and assign the two engines created above to it. Don't forget to check
the option Forward Function.
• Assign the function symbol representing the car lighting to the operations of a schedule,
a macro or an indicator (see also Diagram 120 or Diagram 149) as desired.
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11.2 Cars and Train Sets
Cars
Cars represent vehicles of your model railroad, that are not equipped with a motor. Examples
are passenger cars or freight cars. For each car you can specify the following
attributes among others:
• digital decoder address, if the car is equipped with a function decoder
• name and image
• length and weight
• maximum allowed speed
• auxiliary functions (e.g. light, smoke or coupler)
Cars are mainly used for trains, that change their formation during operation, and to accomplish
the following tasks with these trains:
• the maximum speed of a certain locomotive will vary and depend on the pulled cars
(e.g. fast passenger train vs. slow freight train, both pulled by the same engine at
different times)
• the same locomotive will be directed to different tracks according to the cars it is
currently pulling (e.g. passenger train may go to the platform track while a freight
train pulled by the same locomotive at another time must not go there)
• trains will be directed to different tracks according to their current length (see also
page 286)