This is a common problem when moving the signal heads and SSL to signal masts and SML. ?For various reasons, it was common to include the turnout with the track attached to the points end. ?This means that there is no block boundary for signal masts.
For Dispatcher automation purposes, the 5.11.2 (and later) JMRI test release has a "ghost" block feature. ?This makes it possible to create a block for the turnout with an internal sensor. ?This provides the block boundary for a signal mast at the points end. ?See??for information on ghost blocks.
After creating the ghost block, the signal mast logic (SML) for the affected signal mast will need to be updated.
Dave Sand
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Subject: Re: [jmriusers] Automatic Dispatching
Date: Sunday, March 30, 2025 3:05 PM
I"ve been studying the JMRI manual an experimenting, and I've come up with a new question related to auto trains and Signal Masts:
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Every time I ask to set Signal Masts, the window offers only the Masts on the frog end of the Turnout.? Am I correct if I assume this is because the poitns end of the turnout is part of the Block connected to the points?
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I had my signals defined by Signal Heads.? For Turnout LT501, for instance, IH 501A controlled the continuing path and IH 50B the diverging path from the points end, and IH501C the continuing path and IH501D the diverging path from the frog end.
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If the Turnout is not its own discrete Block,how do I set a Signal Mast for trains leaving the Block via this Turnout?
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Oh, and will I be able to use the Mast to operate auto trains?
