Hi David.
Dolikethis:
Just drag your S88 contact from the ( I don't remember the name of the list where all configured items are, there should be also all configure contacts)
yes drag contact to the event which is working OK. Then configure it and move it to right place and learn how it works when you simply change contact's properties.

Sorry it is late here in Finland, but I will come back to this topi tomorrow morning and try to explain more, I can say it is quite easy

Regards

Jukka

Hi David, I AM REALLY SORRY
What I wrote yesterday was completely nonsense.

I'll try again now after good sleep night:

Let's start with simple example, just think that S88 contact is like a switch with three state: go to on-state, go to off-state and stay on-state.

Start like this: nothing is happening on you layout. Start to make new Event. Drag one contact to the left most box of the new event,.. then activate recording , .. start one loco to run and let it run for a while, ..during the loco running stop recording, .. now you have an event which starts when the S88 contact which was choose trigger and event is just start Loco to run.

As default contact trigger when it goes on( like if loco goes over circuit track ) You can edit that contact so the it trigger when it goes off. Don't think S88 contact in STAY-ON state yet it comes later.

Now you know how start loco for running just trigger the contact by using your hand or run loco over the switch track.( loco is running and you have to stop it manually)

make another event where loco stops: put loco in run-state , drag chosen contact to the left most box of the new event and start new event recording, then stop the loco during the recording and then stop recording.
Now you have new event which just stop running loco. When you loco is running and you manually switch that second S88 contact the loco will stop.

After you have managed to make these two events ight you know the basic idea and you can make S88-based events.

As you have perhaps read my CS3-device is broken and not repaired yet I cannot make better at the moment, but after you have managed these two cases I am sure you can do much event which are satisfied.
One thing you can do also, make one event in which you make loco sounds by recording them. Drag this even to the middle of the running event timeline and test how these sound are
working( then learn hot to edit these events and their properties).


I hope these help you at least a little

Regards

Jukka

Edited by user 04 January 2019 12:43:17(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Just un update Jukka. I have set the two events as you say and both work but all they do is start and stop a loco. When activating the first event (starting loco) it does stop at the circuit track but does not start again. I need it to start after a few seconds but cant appear to edit anything that will do this.

Apologies to ask again about this.

David

Hi Jukka. Many thanks for help. I will try to set up what I want to do. I would have though that stopping and then starting a loco at a station would have been popular but it appears there are no instructions for this and it looks like many on our forum have also not done this. I still have my CS2 running this type of event on another part of the layout and why the same can not be done as easily with the CS3 is beyond me.
all best wishes

David

Thanks Jukka. I have now been able to have the loco stop at the station and start again and also stop and start at an intermediate station. However I have no idea how I managed it and have set up 5 events which by luck I have been able to link.
I know this is not correct but it does work. Thanks to yourself I now have some knowledge but not enough to do the event properly. I have another four similar events to do and would be grateful for further help to get it done properly when you have your CS3 back.
Very many thanks for your interest and help

David

Hi Jukka.

All I need is to start loco at set speed then Stop at first station for 12 seconds then start up again and continue round this part of the layout doing this each time to comes to the same station.

As I said above I have been able to do this but all the wrong way as I have four events all tied together some way.
Peter Clapcott in my first thread on this did give me an excellent diagram but in following it I got confused as to when to stop recording and the part after that.

Using a CS2 is easy for this but the CS3 is considerably more difficult.

Hi Jukka. I am using my S88 to control this event so thatneeds to come in somewhere. Once you have your new CS3 you will see more what I mean. If you need the same event I do you will have a better idea of what is required.

My CS2 still runs this event on another part of the layout with no problems and can be set up in minutes.

I have to ask: how do you think to start this event and how do you end it, or will it run forever?( is the s88 there only for starting?)

S88 is connected to the circuit track Loco triggers circuit track and stops then after a few seconds starts again and continues until stopped manually or otherwise.

Same as CS2 where shuttle is set up but only using the middle button with one and two left a zero. If you had a CS2 then you will know what I mean.

Hello everyone

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Jukka