Flag Man

[theflyingspanner]

I need to trigger a flagman if the following applies, i can think of two possible ways to ask the same question but no way to put this into TrainController.

QUESTION VER 1
'BLOCK A' is 'OCCUPIED'
&
'LOCO' in 'BLOCK A' has 'ENGINE SOUND' on 

QUESTION VER 2
IS 'BLOCK A' occupied by 'LOCO' with 'ENGINE SOUND' on

Ideally a Flagman to ask this
The information is needed in order for a 'PREREQUISITE' to decide if it needs to delay (to allow the sound to be turned off) or not.
Just delaying regardless does not work for me.

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[john dew]

 

I suspect a switch using a vehicle group as a condition will be a better pre requisite

 

Some more info would help about the need for the pre requisite

 

Do you sometimes run sound equipped locos with sound off on a schedule.....or is this to differentiate between sound locos and non sound locos that are used on the same schedule?

[theflyingspanner]

its for a shunting macro in train controller i need to when it come into the siding if it has sound turned on or not.

as all loco sound are different they operate in different ways so i need to turn the sound off for the macro to work on all locos

i hope you understand what i mean

Thanks Alan 

[john dew]

Hi Alan

 

I am assuming :

 

You need to set up a delay  to turn off the sound at the end of a schedule but only for locos with sound on

The delay will vary depending which loco is in the block.

 

 

Set up a flagman for each loco with sound. ( If some locos need the same delay they could be put in a vehicle group using the one flagman)

 

Trigger each flagman when the CI for the end block is activated. You could add the specific schedule(s) to the loco condition,

 

In the schedule end command list each flagman as a pre-requisite followed by the appropriate delay

 

Only one flagman will be activated unless a loco without sound is used....in which case no flagman will be triggered

 

 

This only works if sound listed locos are always run with sound on........if you sometimes run them with sound off it becomes more complicated and would require a switch as a condition

 

John