 Joined: 25/05/2013(UTC) Posts: 121 Location: Nanaimo BC
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Hi I am in the process of building a K-track layout. It will be a digital layout using an Esu Ecos controller and RocRail on Windows. I am working on the shadow station level and I will have an area for parking some shuttle trains, trains that can be pulled into the parking and then pushed out and vise versa. Here within the red polygon is the area of the shadow station that I am planning on have the shuttle trains park.  Is there any suggestions or advise on the best setup and wiring practices for doing this? I was planning on having a sensor (s-88 type) at the entrance to the parking track ( Enter sensor for Rocrail) and then one at the end of the track ( In sensor for Rocrail). I want the train to enter the parking track and drive over the enter sensor, come to the in sensor, stop, change direction, and then be ready to drive out. Any tips and/or suggestions would be appreciated. Have a great day,  Kai Edited by user 05 December 2021 05:38:30(UTC)
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 Joined: 15/11/2018(UTC) Posts: 433 Location: Uusimaa, Helsinki
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Originally Posted by: IBtrain 
I was planning on having a sensor (s-88 type) at the entrance to the parking track (Enter sensor for Rocrail) and then one at the end of the track (In sensor for Rocrail).
That's all wiring you need; Rocrail will do the rest. If all storage tracks branch from the same track, you can even save some wiring by having all parking tracks share a single enter sensor. |
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 Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,563 Location: Paris, France
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Hi Kai For garage tracks, using Rocrail you have to decide if you want one sensor or 2 sensors. My personal choice is to use 2 sensors when the cars / wagons are left in place and only one for a railcar or a complete non breakable train Here is a video on a railcar garage track for 2 independent railcars one behind each other. One sensor per block Here is another video where the loco comes to leave the cars in the garage track and then returns to the depot. In that case you need 2 sensors and 2 blocks (Block 12 and Block 12 Sl) (names are onlyexamples) on the same space. One block (Block 12) has 2 sensors (ENTER and IN) and is virtual. This block has a slave block (Block 12 Sl) with only ONE sensor (the same as the ENTER of Block 12) but configured on Block 12 Sl as ENTER2IN. This allows a loco to come and pick the cars (you need a free block for this). So it is the purpose of the slave block which remains free after you left the cars Of course you may do this on a regular track (access to both directions) and it gives you this Sorry for my long answer but I am really a big fan of Rocrail and especially automated consist breaking or assembly is really fun. One last video is a humping yard completely automated using Rocrail All these videos are 100% automatic. No one is driving anything while I take the video. If you need more info, please let me know I hope this helps Cheers Jean |
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Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,563 Location: Paris, France
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Hi Martti Originally Posted by: Martti Mäntylä
If all storage tracks branch from the same track, you can even save some wiring by having all parking tracks share a single enter sensor.
I disagree there because when you train enter on one track, it will activate the Enter of another block and, if it is empty, it will trigger a ghost train and stop the operation. As a general rule, don't share sensors on multiple blocks unless they are related: one is the slave of the other (virtual) one. Cheers Jean |
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Joined: 25/05/2013(UTC) Posts: 121 Location: Nanaimo BC
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Originally Posted by: Martti Mäntylä Originally Posted by: IBtrain
I was planning on having a sensor (s-88 type) at the entrance to the parking track (Enter sensor for Rocrail) and then one at the end of the track (In sensor for Rocrail).
That's all wiring you need; Rocrail will do the rest. If all storage tracks branch from the same track, you can even save some wiring by having all parking tracks share a single enter sensor. Hi Martti Thanks for the confirmation on what I need for sensors in this area. I could not find much specific info on parking shuttle trains in a shadow station. I did see the video from Holger on virtual sensors Virtuelle RúckmelderHe has made many wonderful videos on Rocrail  , and my German is good enough that I can pickup most of it. That might be an option, but I will install the sensor tracks now while I can and if I don't use them that's ok. Cheers, Kai |
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Joined: 25/05/2013(UTC) Posts: 121 Location: Nanaimo BC
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Originally Posted by: JohnjeanB Hi Kai
For garage tracks, using Rocrail you have to decide if you want one sensor or 2 sensors.
My personal choice is to use 2 sensors when the cars / wagons are left in place and only one for a railcar or a complete non breakable train
Sorry for my long answer but I am really a big fan of Rocrail and especially automated consist breaking or assembly is really fun.
All these videos are 100% automatic. No one is driving anything while I take the video.
If you need more info, please let me know
I hope this helps
Cheers
Jean Hi Jean Thanks for your reply and your videos. Great work. I too am looking forward to the many possibilities with using RocRail. It seems to be able to do so much, that I don't even know, how much I don't know   That is why I hope to construct the layout in such a way so that if I need a sensor here or there I have placed it in the correct spot. better to solder extra wires on now and not need them, that trying to do it later. When I have more questions come up on Rocrail I'll let you know, thanks for offering to help. Cheers, Kai |
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Joined: 25/05/2013(UTC) Posts: 121 Location: Nanaimo BC
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Originally Posted by: JohnjeanB Hi Martti Originally Posted by: Martti Mäntylä
If all storage tracks branch from the same track, you can even save some wiring by having all parking tracks share a single enter sensor.
I disagree there because when you train enter on one track, it will activate the Enter of another block and, if it is empty, it will trigger a ghost train and stop the operation. As a general rule, don't share sensors on multiple blocks unless they are related: one is the slave of the other (virtual) one. Cheers Jean Hi Jean In my reply to Martti I added this link to Holger's video. Virtuelle RúckmelderHere he explains how to use a virtual sensor as enter sensor for multiple tracks, using actions. But it is in German. I have not tried it and I'm not ready to try it yet. Cheers, Kai |
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Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,563 Location: Paris, France
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Hi Kai
Yes I like Holger's videos (hdw64625 on Youtube). They are very educative and fun and Holger is definitely in education activities.
He helped me with staging blocks.
Re Virtual sensors, I use them for instance on my turntable to transform a 24 position feedback into a 48 one. This is because the TT decoder (DSD2010 of DigitalBahn) delivers those 24 positions and a 24-48 information (I had no other choice).
Cheers
Jean
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Joined: 15/11/2018(UTC) Posts: 433 Location: Uusimaa, Helsinki
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Originally Posted by: JohnjeanB Hi Martti Originally Posted by: Martti Mäntylä
If all storage tracks branch from the same track, you can even save some wiring by having all parking tracks share a single enter sensor.
I disagree there because when you train enter on one track, it will activate the Enter of another block and, if it is empty, it will trigger a ghost train and stop the operation. As a general rule, don't share sensors on multiple blocks unless they are related: one is the slave of the other (virtual) one. Cheers Jean Hi Jean, Sharing sensors is indeed no-go, except for this specific case. The option "Ignore events if not reserved" in Routes tab of Block dialog is specifically provided to make the sharing possible. Apart from saving a bit of wiring, the benefit of this approach is that coming trains can start slowing down a bit earlier, leading to more graceful stopping. |
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Joined: 15/11/2018(UTC) Posts: 433 Location: Uusimaa, Helsinki
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Originally Posted by: IBtrain Originally Posted by: JohnjeanB Hi Martti Originally Posted by: Martti Mäntylä
If all storage tracks branch from the same track, you can even save some wiring by having all parking tracks share a single enter sensor.
I disagree there because when you train enter on one track, it will activate the Enter of another block and, if it is empty, it will trigger a ghost train and stop the operation. As a general rule, don't share sensors on multiple blocks unless they are related: one is the slave of the other (virtual) one. Cheers Jean Hi Jean In my reply to Martti I added this link to Holger's video. Virtuelle RúckmelderHere he explains how to use a virtual sensor as enter sensor for multiple tracks, using actions. But it is in German. I have not tried it and I'm not ready to try it yet. Cheers, Kai Hi Kai, The "Ignore events if not reserved" option achieves exactly the same thing as the "virtual sensors" of the Youtube video, but without having to set up all those actions. Quite possibly this option was added only after Holger posted his video. |
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Joined: 25/05/2013(UTC) Posts: 121 Location: Nanaimo BC
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Originally Posted by: Martti Mäntylä
The "Ignore events if not reserved" option achieves exactly the same thing as the "virtual sensors" of the Youtube video, but without having to set up all those actions. Quite possibly this option was added only after Holger posted his video.
Hi Martti Ok I'll have to take a look at that option, Thanks. Kai |
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