TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

played image of the turnout and the status of the turnout should be in sync, when you
test the turnout again. Note, that the layout of this area may vary with the connected
digital system.
Some advanced background information: in many cases, dependent on the digital system
used, the highlighting in the Output Configuration will reflect the keys, that are to
be pressed on the handheld of your digital system to set the turnout (or any other accessory,
that is operated by turnout commands) to the corresponding state. Whenever the
display of the turnout on the computer screen and the status of the turnout on your
layout are not in sync, then you should operate the turnout first with your handheld and
remember the keystrokes used to achieve a certain state. You should then translate these
keystrokes to the Output Configuration of this turnout.
If you want to give your turnout a name, that is easier to remember, select the tab labeled
General and enter an appropriate name.
Now press OK to close the dialog and to commit these changes. We will now return to
the main screen and are ready to control the turnout. To do this, turn off Edit Mode in
the View menu (see Diagram 4), move the mouse to the symbol of the turnout in the
track diagram of the switchboard window, click on this symbol and watch, how the real
turnout on your layout responds.
Finally perform the same for the right turnout symbol in the track diagram.
We are now able to control a train and a small layout manually with the computer. I
suggest that you run the train back and forth on this small layout a little bit and play
with different routes by changing the positions of each turnout prior to each run of the
train.
In the next step we will learn, how trains can be operated automatically under control of
the computer.
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