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Example: Automatic Car Lighting
The following example demonstrates how a train can be prepared in order to operate the
car lighting in this train automatically. It is assumed that the lighting is controlled by an
additional function only decoder. Perform the following steps:
• Create and setup an engine “Loco” for the actual engine heading the train.
• Create an additional engine “Dummy” and specify the digital address of the function
only decoder.
• Setup the function symbols for the functions provided by the function only decoder
in the engine “Dummy”. Use a unique function symbol for the car lighting that has
not been already used for functions of the actual engine “Loco”.
• Create a train and assign the two engines created above to it. Don't forget to check
the option Forward Function.
• Assign the function symbol representing the car lighting to the operations of a
schedule, a macro or an indicator (see also Diagram 104 or Diagram 127) as desired.
3.8 Acceleration and Train Tonnage
An additional feature of TrainController is the realistic simulation of momentum,
i.e. acceleration and deceleration of engines and trains.
For each engine you can specify the horse power (see also Diagram 58). The horse
power affects the acceleration of the engine. An engine with more horsepower is able to
accelerate faster. The acceleration is also affected by the type of the engine. Usually a
electric engine is able to accelerate faster than a steam engine with identical horse
power. This fact is also taken into account when the acceleration is calculated.
Trains provide even more realistic simulation of momentum. It is namely possible to
specify the tonnage of each train. The higher the tonnage of a train the longer is the
time needed to accelerate the train to a certain speed or to decelerate the train. The
maximum speed of a train is also limited by the tonnage of the train.