TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

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Schedule ................................................................................................................. 74
Manual Train Control ............................................................................................. 74
Comparison Chart ................................................................................................... 75
1.3 Fundamentals of Use ...................................................................................... 77
The Overall Principle .............................................................................................. 77
User Interface Design ............................................................................................. 78
Window Handling .................................................................................................. 78
Window Customization .......................................................................................... 80
Customization of Menus, Tool Bars and Keyboard Accelerators .......................... 81
File Handling .......................................................................................................... 81
Edit Mode ............................................................................................................... 82
Printing ................................................................................................................... 82
Further Steps ........................................................................................................... 83
Switchboards .......................................................................................................... 83
Train Windows ....................................................................................................... 84
The Visual Dispatcher ............................................................................................ 85
2 The Switchboard ..................................................................................................... 87
2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 87
2.2 Size and Appearance ...................................................................................... 88
2.3 Drawing the Track Diagram ......................................................................... 93
Space-Saving Turnouts ........................................................................................... 94
2.4 Connecting the Turnouts ............................................................................... 95
2.5 Signals and Accessories .................................................................................. 98
Signals .................................................................................................................... 99
Accessories ........................................................................................................... 100
Connecting Signals and Accessories .................................................................... 100
2.6 Text Labels .................................................................................................... 100
2.7 Self-provided Switchboard Symbols and Images ...................................... 101
Self-provided Symbols ......................................................................................... 101
Images ................................................................................................................... 102
2.8 Highlighting occupied track sections .......................................................... 103
2.9 Displaying Train Names and Symbols in the Switchboard ...................... 103
2.10 Using the Computer Keyboard as a Control Panel ................................... 103
3 Train Control ........................................................................................................ 104
3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 104
The Train Window................................................................................................ 104
Train List .............................................................................................................. 106
3.2 Engines .......................................................................................................... 107
3.3 Throttle and Brake ....................................................................................... 109
3.4 Speedometer and Odometer ........................................................................ 111
3.5 The Speed Profile .......................................................................................... 111