TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

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2 The Switchboard
2.1 Introduction
By default TrainController displays a switchboard in the main window of the software.
Additionally it is possible to display as many additional switchboards on your
computer screen as desired. A switchboard represents a track diagram control panel of
specific parts of your model railroad, i.e. those parts that contain turnouts, and signals.
Examples of such areas are stations, sidings or hidden yards. If you intend to control a
large layout consider creation of a separate panel for each yard.
Switchboards are used to operate the turnouts, signals, routes and other accessories,
like crossing gates, on your model railroad. Switchboards are created using different
symbol elements that are arranged in rows and columns.
Diagram 49: Switchboard Example
Several types of symbol elements are provided to facilitate the creation of switchboards:
• Track elements are used to represent the tracks of your model railroad such as
straight and curved tracks.
• Turnout elements are provided as special track elements to enable operation of different
types of turnouts like normal, triple or slip turnouts.
• Signal elements are used as two, three or four aspect signals to represent and to operate
the signals on your model railroad.
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