TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

located at both ends of a train set. In this case the train will be pulled and pushed, regardless
in which direction it is started. In this case the rule does not have any affect
and will not prevent this train set from being started, regardless of the requested direction
of travel.
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Routes with separate occupancy indication
Release of routes can be controlled individually and independently from the occupancy
state of adjacent blocks. It is possible to assign a set of indicators to each turnout or
route. These indicators determine whether a route is occupied or not. If at least one of
these indicators is turned on, then the route is assumed to be occupied. It is possible to
assign the same indicator to more than one turnout or route.
The assignment of indicators to turnouts is only supported by TrainController
Gold.
• A route is assumed to be occupied, if at least one of the indicators is turned on,
which are assigned to the route.
• A route is also assumed to be occupied, if it contains one or more turnouts and at
least one of the indicators is turned on, which are assigned to these turnouts.
It does not matter, whether a certain indicator is directly assigned to a route or assigned
to a turnout contained in this route (indirect assignment). The assignment of indicators
to turnouts is more convenient in cases, where many routes pass the same common turnout.
To accomplish occupancy indication for all these routes in one step it is sufficient
to assign the indicator to the common turnout. Assignment of indicators to routes, on
the other hand, is useful for routes, that do not contain turnouts at all, or if the occupancy
indication of the route depends on indicators, that cannot by associated with turnouts.
Indicators associated with turnouts and routes, respectively, should be preferably
created in TrainController as part of the properties of each turnout or route, respectively,
rather than as separate switchboard symbols.
Occupancy indication of routes allow routes to be released independently from the occupancy
state of adjacent blocks. Blocks or routes are usually not released, until the
train reaches a stop indicator in a subsequent block. If your routes are equipped with an
own occupancy indication, it is possible to turn off this rule. In this case unoccupied
routes can be already released, when the train reaches the first indicator at the entrance
of a subsequent block. In this case the track area covered by such routes is available for
other trains earlier.