Perhaps you misunderstood what your friend said, or you got some not-so-good advice.
The Tortoises on your layout should be controlled by Turnouts in JMRI, i.e. via the Turnout table.
Yes, there are other ways to do it, but they make things difficult, confusing, and unreliable. Sort of like using a screwdriver to drive nails¡
Bob
On Jun 5, 2019, at 9:36 AM, Larry Sloan via Groups.Io <larrylsloan@...> wrote:
Hi all,
I¡¯m working on implementing LCC on some modules I have, where I have an auto delivery facility. I have a Tower LCC, and an SMD8 connected to Tortoises. I was told by a friend who knows a lot more about this than I do, that I would control the turnouts as ¡°sensors¡± on the table in Panel Pro 4.14. The friend is currently otherwise occupied with life, as often happens. I did that and got as far as getting it so that I could control the direction of the turnouts by clicking on them in the sensor table. That works. But I¡¯m noticing that when I start up the whole thing, the Tower doesn¡¯t seem to ¡°remember" what Inactive/Active means for a particular sensor. The turnout might be thrown or closed. Since I was planning on setting a route, this would be an important thing. So my question is - is there something I¡¯m missing here?
Larry Sloan
Kent, WA
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