TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

ently used by a train is improved. There is also no need anymore to distinguish between
‘links’ and ‘routes’, which simplifies the use of the software.
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Route Symbols in Block Diagrams
Route symbols in block diagrams were already removed in Version 5.5 of TrainController.
They were transitionally still supported in Version 5.5 and 5.8 for compatibility
reasons. In TrainController 7 these symbols have been finally removed. All
route symbols are now automatically turned into connecting lines without symbols,
when a data file created with TrainController 5 is being loaded. If a single connection
between two blocks in an existing block diagram contains more than one consecutive
route symbol or if a certain route symbol is only connected to one block, then the
according route is deleted.
Assignments of Indicators to Routes
In TrainController 7 indicators are always explicitly assigned to routes or contained
turnouts, if required (see page 286). The sometimes confusing so called “Auto-Detect”-
feature of TrainController 5 has been superseded in TrainController 7 by the
possibility to assign indicators to turnouts. Indicators associated with turnouts and
routes, respectively, should be preferably created in TrainController 7 as part of the
properties of each turnout or route, respectively, rather than as separate switchboard
symbols.
When a data file created with TrainController 5 is being loaded, then all indicators
implicitly associated with a route by the former “Auto-Detect” feature are automatically
explicitly assigned to this route. This change does not affect the operation of your
layout.
Entry Locks
Entry locks of blocks are directional in TrainController 7. If a data file created with
TrainController 5, where such locks always affected both directions of travel, contains
operations, which lock the reservation of blocks, then these operations are duplicated
to directional locks for both directions of travel through each block.
Schedules in Version 4 Format
Schedules, which were created in Version 3 or Version 4 of TrainController by using
the at that time valid mechanism of lines, were imported into TrainController 5