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Quick Start - Step 5:
Controlling Trains Automatically
AutoTrain
The last part of our quick start tutorial is automatic control of running trains. In the first
step a train located in “Block 1” of our small sample layout shall run to “Block 4” and
stop there. To do this run our train manually back to “Block 1”. Train tracking should
ensure, that the display reflects this movement and finally looks like Diagram 27. Ensure
also, please, that Edit Mode in the View menu is turned off (see Diagram 4).
Now press the key ‘A’ on your computer keyboard and move the mouse pointer to the
train symbol located in “Block 1” while pressing ‘A’. The mouse cursor should now
show an ‘A’ and an arrow pointing to the right:
Click to the train symbol and drag the mouse to “Block 4”, to be precise into the right
half of “Block 4” until the mouse pointer shows again the same sign as displayed above.
Now release the left mouse button and the key ‘A’. The display in the switchboard
should now change and show something similar like the following:
Diagram 28: Running a train automatically with AutoTrain
Simultaneously the real train on your layout should start to move now and run through
“Block 2” or “Block 3” to “Block 4”, where it should slow down and stop.
After the train stopped, you can let it run back to “Block 1” automatically by dragging
the train symbol back to “Block 1” while pressing the ‘A’ key as outlined above. Please
ensure, that the mouse pointer now points to the left before clicking to the train symbol
and before releasing the left mouse button, since the train should now run to the opposite
direction.
If the train does not stop at the desired location in “Block1” or “Block 4”, then you can
adjust the ramp, which is applied to the deceleration and stop of the train, by using the
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