But the price will be that it will take several years before I know enough details about all protocols, such as the Uhlenbrock PC interface, DCC and Loconet and before I have utilized such knowledge to actually write the software for both implementing these communication protocols as well as the application code to visualize my layout and the control code to actually run trains., switches etc.īy buying commercial software, I would expect to get going very fast.
#GENLI TO ROCRAIL SET UP FULL#
If I am writing it all from scratch, I will have full control about all details. Afterwards the changes are saved by pressing Apply and the dialogue can be closed by pressing OK.My layout shall be PC controlled. Now the command can be added using the Add button.
#GENLI TO ROCRAIL SET UP FREE#
In the last step the check box At free has to be activated. This time the command to be executed for the signal when the train arrives the next block has to be selected (for instance "red"). The steps on tab Commands described above have to be repeated. In order to switch the signal back when the route is cleared, a second command is necessary. It is recommended to move signal commands to the end of the list using the Down button since they should be executed after the switches have been set. Once the signal and the command have been selected in this way, the command is added to the list by pressing Add. If the signal is a multi aspect signal, the radio button Aspect has to be selected instead and afterwards the aspect number has to be entered in the field Track number (this field is otherwise used to specify a track of a turntable, hence the name). For standard signals the commands red, green, yellow and white are available. Afterwards the command that should be executed for the signal when the train departs (for instance "green") has to be selected. Now, from the drop-down field ID the wanted signal is selected by it's ID. If the route contains switches, some switch commands should be in the list already. On tab Commands the commands executed on activating the route are listed.
This is done by opening Tables → Routes… and selecting the relevant route from the Index tab. If a signal is to be switched by a route command, the signal has to be added to the list of commands of that route. signals with more than four aspects) it is mandatory. In some cases it is favourable to link signals with routes instead of blocks.
The aspect number for aspects not used can be left at 0 (zero).Īddressing and aspect numbers as shown in the examples 5). If yellow is aspect number 2 then white has aspect number 3 and vice versa. Yellow is either 2 or 3 depending on the decoder configuration. Usually aspect 0 is red and aspect 1 is green. Multi aspect signals have a fixed correlation between aspects and gates.Īspect numbers are between 0 and 3 where 0 is the first aspect and 3 is the fourth. Standard signals with up to four aspects use the aspect number to assign aspects to gates. In this way up to 32 aspects can be controlled using up to 16 consecutive addresses. The more aspects are used, the more addresses will automatically be employed. Signals with three and four aspects are controlled by two addresses, the second one is base address + 1. For signals with two aspects only this address is used.
The linear control type is the easiest way to control signals.
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