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Table of Contents
About this Document ..................................................................................................... 5
RAILROAD & CO. TrainProgrammer Users Guide ................................................ 5
Help Menu ............................................................................................................... 6
Quick Start - Step 1: Installation and Program Start ................................................ 8
Installation ................................................................................................................ 8
Program Start ........................................................................................................... 9
Quick Start - Step 2: Reading the digital Address of a Locomotive ........................ 13
Quick Start - Step 3: Changing the digital Address of a Locomotive ..................... 18
Quick Start - Step 4: Changing a short Address to a long Address ........................ 20
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 24
1.1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 24
Supported digital Systems ...................................................................................... 24
Use ......................................................................................................................... 25
1.2 Fundamentals of Use ..................................................................................... 26
The Overall Principle ............................................................................................. 26
Decoders and Devices ............................................................................................ 26
Configuration Options and Decoder Configurations ............................................. 26
Decoder Database .................................................................................................. 27
File Handling ......................................................................................................... 27
User Interface Design ............................................................................................ 27
Window Handling .................................................................................................. 28
Customization of Menus, Tool Bars and Keyboard Accelerators .......................... 28
Printing ................................................................................................................... 29
2 Working with the Decoder Window ..................................................................... 31
2.1 General ............................................................................................................ 31
2.2 Selecting the right Decoder Configuration .................................................. 32
Freeware Configuration ......................................................................................... 32
Standard Configuration .......................................................................................... 33
Specialised Configurations .................................................................................... 34
2.3 Programming the Decoder ............................................................................ 34
Editing Decoder Values ......................................................................................... 36
Reading Values from the Decoder ......................................................................... 36
Writing Values to the Decoder ............................................................................... 36
Programming on the Main Track ........................................................................... 37
Meaning of the Status Symbols.............................................................................. 37
2.4 Editing Speed Tables ..................................................................................... 38
2.5 Mapping Function Keys to Output Locations ............................................. 39
2.6 Custom Editors .............................................................................................. 40
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