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Diagram 175: Computer Section Control - Specifying the Digital Address of a Block
Computer Cab Control
This method is also called “Progressive Cab Control”. In TrainController this kind
of operation is based on the blocks of the Dispatcher. Unlike Computer Command Control
it is possible to operate conventional locomotives with this method. This method
supports also the possibility to run digital and conventional engines on the same track.
Unlike Computer Block Control there is no permanent electrical connection between
blocks and stationary block decoders. For this reason the number of stationary block
decoders may be lower than the number of affected blocks.
All blocks in which conventional locomotives should be able to run, must be electrically
insulated from each other. The electrical connection between blocks and decoders
is established when required. This results in a dynamic assignment between each block
and one of several stationary block decoders, which are mounted at fixed positions of
your model railroad. The power in each block is controlled by a dynamically assigned
decoder.
In order to arrange Computer Cab Control for a specific block, you have to specify a list
of digital addresses - namely the digital addresses of the stationary block decoders, from
which one should be dynamically selected. But there is one more thing to do: when a
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