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Starting a Schedule
Each schedule can be started during operation of the layout in either of the two possible
directions, i.e. from the starting to the destination blocks or vice versa.
When a schedule is being started, then the Dispatcher searches the starting (destination)
blocks of the schedule until it finds a current block of a train, which is not already running
on another schedule.
If there is no such block then the Dispatcher can optionally continue the search in other
blocks, that are located on the path from a starting to a destination block (or back) to
find a train that can be started from there. The attributes of each schedule contain an option
with which you can specify, whether the Dispatcher may start a train from other
blocks than the explicitly marked starting (destination) blocks or not.
If no train is found on a block of the schedule or all trains are already running other
schedules then the start of the schedule fails. It is possible to specify a time period, in
which the Dispatcher repeatedly tries to start the schedule, if the first attempt to start the
schedule fails.
A schedule is always started with one train. If the same schedule shall be started
with several trains, then the start of the schedule must be executed several times
according to the number of trains to be started. This repeated start can be automated
by Operations of Buttons and Macros (see section 12.3, “Operations”).
Reservation of Blocks and Routes
When a train is started on a schedule, then the Dispatcher tries to reserve at least the
current block and the next block in front of the train. Also, when a train enters a block,
then the block ahead is reserved.