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B 40 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview TrainController is a system to operate a model railroad layout from a Personal Computer running MS Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows SE or Windows ME. The recommended environment is Windows XP. TrainController provides you with the ease of point and click to operate your switches, signals, routes and other accessories displayed on track diagram panels. Track diagram panels are individually created for each yard or section, as desired. You can run your trains with on-screen throttles, external hand held throttles connected to your computer, or with your favourite throttles or hand held throttles supported by your digital system. You can operate digital engines equipped with their own decoders, as well as conventional models without decoders. Digital and conventional engines can run on the same track. Far-reaching automation features make railroad operations manageable by one person and match those found on the largest club layouts. You can see on the screen which engine/train is on which track. Supported Digital and Control Systems The software supports all digital and control systems which provide a computer interface: • Digitrax LocoNet • Wangrow System One • North Coast Engineering Master Series (NCE) • Lenz Digital Plus • Roco-Digital • EasyDCC • CTI • RCI • Märklin Digital • Trix Selectrix • Müt Digirail • Rautenhaus Digital • Uhlenbrock Intellibox
! • Tams Master Control • Fleischmann Twin Center • Fleischmann FMZ • Littfinski HSI-88 • Zimo • ZTC • MpC (Gahler & Ringstmeier) • HELMO train identification system • Edits • TracTronics SECSI • MegaDecoder • Lionel TrainMaster • PC Interface Board 8255 You can run different systems simultaneously on different serial ports. This increases the maximum number of trains, switches, signals and feedback indicators that can be operated. If your favorite digital system is not able to report the state of feedback sensors, then you are able to enlarge this system with a second system that is able to do this. TrainController also supports an offline mode that allows trial operation without a connection to a real model railroad. Up to twelve digital and control systems can be connected simultaneously. For each digital system additional information is provided, that explains the use of the particular system with TrainController any further. This information can be found by opening the help menu of TrainController and entering the name of the digital system or the name of the manufacturer, respectively, as search key. Modes of Train Operation With TrainController it is possible to run digitally equipped engines as well as conventional engines that don’t have digital decoders. The operation of conventional engines is done with stationary block decoders; i.e. decoders or computer controlled throttles that are mounted at fixed positions on your model railroad rather than in each engine. 41
Page 1 and 2: RAILROAD & CO. ® TrainController
Page 3 and 4: Table of Contents About this Docume
Page 5 and 6: Momentary Track Contacts vs. Occupa
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Page 9 and 10: About this Document RAILROAD & CO.
Page 11 and 12: Part I Quick Start B 11
Page 13 and 14: Diagram 1: TrainController Setup Sc
Page 15 and 16: In order to test, whether the conne
Page 17 and 18: Diagram 5: Train Window If you want
Page 19 and 20: Controlling a Train Diagram 8: Trai
Page 21 and 22: Diagram 10: Tools Menu Now move the
Page 23 and 24: the switches are correctly working
Page 25 and 26: Quick Start - Step 4: Creating Bloc
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Page 29 and 30: Diagram 22: Assigning a Contact Ind
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Page 52 and 53: B 52 2 The Switchboard 2.1 Introduc
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Page 58 and 59: ! controlling the specified switch.
Page 60 and 61: The bright circles represent the co
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Page 66 and 67: 66 Interlinking Routes The path of
Page 68 and 69: If there is a known engine or train
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! The assignment of control is perf
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sensors. More details about running
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94 Contact Indicator Diagram 71: Tr
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B 96 5 The Visual Dispatcher I 5.1
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98 Diagram 75: Sample Layout The la
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B 100 Diagram 77: Switchboard of th
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Each blue track section represents
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! 104 Diagram 80: Main Block Diagra
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B is possible to zoom and scroll th
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108 Occupied Block A block is assum
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110 Display of Train Positions The
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Finally the train IDs are entered i
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B ! 114 Train Tracking The Visual D
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In order to create a block all indi
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118 Normal Speed Threshold Speed St
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! ! B B TrainController assumes tha
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Diagram 91 shows a block driven by
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Diagram 94 has been derived from Di
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“The engineer is able to see the
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128 Diagram 97: Integrated Block Si
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B 130 5.10 Schedules Schedule Diagr
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132 Diagram 100: Schedule Specific
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• If end blocks shall be used as
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are used as starting blocks and the
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B ! B 138 Starting a Schedule Each
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! In the diagram displayed above th
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B B 142 Release of Blocks and Route
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! In the example displayed above ea
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B way you can operate your favorite
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X blocks or routes, that are curren
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B 150 6 The Traffic Control During
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152 Diagram 108: Inspector
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! It is also possible, to copy the
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! 156 Northville Hidden Yard Southt
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158 Diagram 112: Engine list By edi
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160 Diagram 114: Switchboard with T
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162 Main Line West Northville Hidde
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The indicator “Southtown East Ent
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Part III Extensions X 167
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10 The Object Explorer The Object E
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! Even though a link to the object
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11 The Clock TrainController can di
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Diagram 120: Memory of a an Indicat
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Diagram 121: Conditions of a signal
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Diagram 122: Operations of a push b
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X Hot Key Operations Push Button
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Flagmen and Conditions It is also p
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Diagram 125: Detecting uncoupled Ca
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X This mechanism also works if the
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This is done in the following way:
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X 13 The Visual Dispatcher II 13.1
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Diagram 128: Main Block Diagram in
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! ! is possible to zoom and scroll
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Diagram 133: Multiple Routes withou
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Diagram 135: Arranging a Virtual Co
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does not need a very exact location
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X cuted. Such local per-schedule co
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X A typical example of a critical s
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! on this switch you can intervene
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Example: Manual Control of Station
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• Trains enter the hidden yard th
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This schedule can be linked to sche
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Diagram 152: Timetable in the Dispa
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Special features are: Diagram 154:
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! 14.3 The Type of a Turntable/Tran
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! tails about digital addresses and
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! Diagram 158: Assigning feedback i
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Using different routes and schedule
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Diagram 162: Move with Turn to the
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! Diagram 163: Turn Boundary The bl
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Route Operation Entry to Bridge Tur
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Diagram 166: Schedule for automatic
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Diagram 168: During the turn 237
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Diagram 170: Engine is moving backw
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erations are mainly intended to be
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Diagram 173: Assigning operations o
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X 15 Special Applications 15.1 Mixi
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X blocks where engines are passed t
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Diagram 175: Computer Section Contr
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! Adjusting the Polarity of each Bl
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Running conventional and digital En
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Diagram 179: Entering a Conventiona
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Only when the digital address of an
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acceleration 87 accessories 60 acce
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label in the control panel 67 layou
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