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According to the above the following recommendations apply:
• Specify the particular triggers assigned to the various aspects of the same signal in a
way, that no two different non-empty triggers become valid at the same time. Make
use of the NOT-option (see page 250) to exclude the triggers of other signal aspects
from a particular trigger.
• Leave the trigger of exactly one signal aspect empty, if possible. This is the “else”
case and specifies the signal aspect in all cases, where no trigger of another signal
aspect applies.
• To extend the simplified signaling system, which was introduced in section 5.8, and
which is based on a 1 to 1 mapping of the internally calculated block signal aspects,
with your own rules, you can apply these internally calculated aspects to triggers
and conditions of signals (and other elements), too, and combine them with the status
of other elements.
Macros are used to operate other elements.
14.7 Macros
They are very similar to push buttons in the switchboard (see section 2.5, “Signals and
Accessories”). Like push buttons they are also able to perform operations (see section
14.4, “Operations”). Unlike push buttons they are not placed in a switchboard. Instead
macros are for example used in the operations called by other elements (see section
14.4, “Operations”), executed in schedules (see section 5.11, “Schedules”), executed in
timetables (see section 16, “ Timetables”) or assigned to engines as part of their functions
(see section 3.6, “Headlights, Steam and Whistle”).
In this way, macros are invisible and work in the background of the program.
Engine functions assigned to macros can only be executed, if the macro is executed in
the context of an engine. This is the case, if the macro is assigned to another engine
function (in this way engine functions can be triggered indirectly by other engine functions),
or if the macro is assigned to a schedule. If the macro is not executed in the context
of an engine (e.g. by a timetable), then all engine functions contained in the macro
are ignored.
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