TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

• AT-LEAST-group: such group meets the condition, if at least a certain preset number
of items contained in this group have the required state.
• AT-MOST-group: such group meets the condition, if at most a preset specified
number of items contained in this group have the required state.
• EXACT-group: such group meets the condition, if exactly a certain preset number
of items contained in this group have the required state.
These groups can be used to evaluate, if the number of items, which are in a required
state, exceeds, falls below or fits a certain preset number. This option is useful, for example,
to start a certain schedule, when at least three trains are waiting in a station, or to
prevent trains from running to a hidden yard, if at least 5 trains are already stored there,
etc.
Combined Groups
The COMBI-group provided by TrainController Gold is another, very specific type
of logical group, which provides interesting possibilities. A COMBI-group is a list of
engines, cars, blocks or schedules.
COMBI-groups can be used to check, whether certain vehicles are located in certain
blocks and/or whether these vehicles are performing certain schedules. They can also be
used to check, whether certain blocks are currently involved in certain schedules.
• A COMBI-group meets the condition, if at least one train, which the COMBI-group
applies to, is currently located in at least one of the listed blocks and executes at
least one of the listed schedules. The COMBI-group applies to a train, if the rules
for enabled trains (see page 234) are valid for the train and the vehicles listed in the
COMBI-group. A train is located in a block, if the block is the current block of the
train.
• If no block is listed, then the COMBI-group meets the condition, if at least one train,
which the COMBI-group applies to, executes at least one of the listed schedules.
• If no schedule is listed, then the COMBI-group meets the condition, if at least one
train, which the COMBI-group applies to, is currently located in at least one of the
listed blocks.
• If no vehicle is listed, then the COMBI-group meets the condition, if at least one of
the listed blocks hosts a train, which executes at least one of the listed schedules.
This sounds complicated but is actually not very difficult. The following examples may
help to understand the concept:
Examples:
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