Thanks Phil, but the DS is in a different room from where the manifests are generated and sometimes the DS is in a different state.? Bottom line is to give the layout a more prototype feel by generating prototype paperwork.? If it makes it easier for the visiting operators so much the better.
If I knew how to code it I'd do this myself but that's not in the cards.? Thanks.
Cheers, Dennis Drury Dayton, NV
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On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 6:19 AM Phil in gorgeous Young Harris via Groups.Io <philabernathy=[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 11:04 AM, Dennis Drury wrote:
A while back I was dispatching at the layout of a friend that is using a JMRI US&S CTC panel as well as JMRI Operations.? Everything went well but the idea came to me that having a lineup of trains would help the dispatcher.? The freight agent that generates the manifests is in another room and delivers the manifest to the train crews as they're generated but the dispatcher doesn't see a copy.? The dispatcher doesn't need to know what cars go where but it would be nice to know things like work locations, power assigned (if available), but most importantly the train length and call time.? Train length is needed to allow the dispatcher to plan meets where trains will fit since not all sidings are the same length, and call time so the dispatcher knows what's coming.? Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Dennis, if you are only looking for the originally planned train consists and time of departures, I think that would indeed be available from the Switchlist generated by JMRI.?
I use the Excel add-ons to format my Manifests and Switchlists and I suspect it would be straight forward (for someone with the right skills) to pare down the Switchlist to merely a listing of trains showing departure time, locos assigned (if done in JMRI Operations), number of cars and tonnage of train.? Even possibly on one line per train.? Currently, I generate a Switchlist for the Yard Crews that list each train arriving or departing from their Yard with all cars listed.? All lists would only be able to show the expected consists and any errors picking up or dropping off would not be accounted for (for example, inadvertently dragging an extra car along or forgetting to drop one off which would increase the train length).
Interesting idea for Dispatch. I had thought about giving my Dispatcher a copy of each manifest since that does include all info, but it would be pages and pages of reference material, mostly unnecessary.?
