Don,
What hardware are you using to drive the turnouts? As a general rule, the hardware defines the turnout system name.
For example, a Digitrax DS64 can drive 4 switch machines. The default JMRI turnouts will be LT1 thru LT4. The DS64 can be programmed to use any number between 1 and 2048. LT stands for LocoNet Turnout. NCE would be NT, CMRI would be CT, etc.
Dave Sand
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On Dec 31, 2018, at 2:42 PM, Don Weigt <dweigt47@...> wrote:
I'm progressing on entering my railroad in Layout Editor. I've set the track blocks and my names for the turnouts. When adding one, there's a dialog box for labeling its control signal. But, I'm not sure how to use it, and am having trouble finding a way to edit it for existing turnouts. I did find a way a few times, but when I labeled the control for more than one, all those with labeled control signals ended up with whatever signal name I'd given the last one!
So far, I've been unable to find anything in the Layout Editor turnout help that explains why they're all the same, or how to give each a unique control. On my railroad, there will be nearly 64 controlled turnouts, with turnout addresses of 0 to 63. For example, the first turnout, IT00, is labelled Denver 01, and will be controlled and its position read at turnout address 00. IT01 is Denver 02, addressed at 01. IT02 and IT03 are a crossover, and linked logically in the turnout table and mechanically on the railroad. The board will operate them at either address 02 or 03. Most of the turnout's control addresses are the same as their IT number, but will not always be so.
So, how is unique control information entered for turnouts, as a step in mapping them to the railroad's control hardware? Is there a short answer to that, or can someone guide me to a site with a longer one?
Don Weigt
