On my physical control panels, I've always placed LED indicators for train photodetectors along the centerline of the track. This divided the line representing the track into many small segments, with the LEDs between. I had 24 photodetectors spaced along each of two blocks (27 feet/8m) in a hidden staging area. With DCC and these detectors, I previously staged two or three trains on each long block. I'm reconstructing my railroad in our new home. It will use the same hidden staging area.
I'm just learning how to use Layout Editor. This conversation makes it seem I won't be able to represent my track and photodetectors the same way with LE, that I will need to have the sensor indicators alongside the track symbol, not in it. If interrupted by sensor indicators, each of those blocks would be shown as 24 short line segments separated by indicators. I think that graphic representation would require each short segment to be connected to a pair of end points. If so, could multiple segments of that sort be assigned to the same block? Or, is there a workaround? Could I name them 1a, 1b, 1c, and so on, and have them share power control and a single current based occupancy detector?
