TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

• Create a flagman “Track 1” and assign the indicator “Track 1” as trigger. This
flagman is used to stop the turntable when the bridge reaches track “1”.
• Assign the state “on” of the on-off switch “Track 1” as condition to the flagman. In
this way it is ensured that the bridge is stopped at track “1” only if it should do so.
• Assign the command to stop the turntable as operation to the flagman.
• Via the operations of the flagman the on-off switch “Track 1” should be turned off
again in order to return to the initial state.
How it works:
If the turntable is instructed to go to track 1, then the on-off switch “Track 1” is turned
on. This on-off switch starts the bridge to move. When the physical bridge of the turntable
reaches track 1, the feedback indicator “Track 1” is turned on. This again triggers
the flagman, that is turned on, because the on-off switch “Track 1” acting as a memory
is still turned on. The flagman then stops the turntable.
Notes:
This is a very rough explanation of the setup. Detailed instructions would be out of proportions
of this manual. This example should give you a first idea how the mechanism
works in principle.
The key is the usage of the on-off switch as a memory. It is turned on at the beginning
of the move to the destination track and it ensures that the turntable is correctly stopped
at the right track.
Normally you will create two on-off switches for each track, one for each direction.
A problem might arise due to the fact that in many cases stopping of the bridge must be
triggered just before the bridge reaches the destination track rather than just after arrival
in order to stop the movement in time.
Transfer tables are setup for indexing accordingly.
Setup of a generic turntable for indexing is done in the same way. The only further
measure to be taken is setup of additional operations for the commands normally supported
by analog turntables as displayed in Diagram 182.
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