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 Joined: 15/02/2021(UTC) Posts: 213 Location: Quebec, Montreal
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I have a CS3 for now, iTrain in my futur, I am trying to do a macro that would combine starting sound for a locomotive but that would also turn on the lights in the passenger cars.
I am using ESU light strips in the cars and they are basically recognized as a locomotive. When I try to add them to the locomotive macro it does not allow it.
Should I be using the M-U (multiple unit) setting that is ordinarily use to have two traction locos? But if so how do I control the lights individually since the F2 F3 etc controls will not be the same as the loco??? (I would like to avoid a complete remapping)
Thank s
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 1 user liked this useful post by Puttputtmaru
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 Joined: 10/02/2021(UTC) Posts: 3,890 Location: Michigan, Troy
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Either that, or you can possibly toggle the lighting decoder in the coach with an event if a contact track section or reed switch is in the start area.
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 Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,563 Location: Paris, France
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Hallo Putputmaru I don't know about iTrain because I use Rocrail. Whith events, on the CS3 you may create one that would, in sequence, turn on the lights, start a whistle. An event recoder on the CS3 is there for you Here is (circled in RED the record button) while editing an event.  You can do ANYTHING you want, record your commands, delete some, change the wait times, etc BUTThere is a big but: when comparing the CS3 with Rocrail: - you cannot create commands or command strings that are NOT loco specific - the CS3 does not know which loco is where unlike Rocrail. - commands inside a Block, in Rocrail, can be about non loco-specific commands (turn on the smoke, whistle, lights) do not need to specify which loco it is for. The loco ID ill be filled by the block itself. Additionally Rocrail allows to write programs in XML. One of mines list the locations of locos (on the line, in shed, not on the layout) from the Rocrail file and turn on or off the lights depending on the location. Sadly I cannot include this file here because XML type is not allowed Cheers Jean |
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Joined: 15/02/2021(UTC) Posts: 213 Location: Quebec, Montreal
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Thank you both for answering.
Yes iTrain will do what I want, I am not yet organized to set up my layout so waiting in the meantime playing with CS3 only.
The sequence is created to activate loco, whistle and all but including the lighting in cars is the problem, it cannot be included as is as mentioned above and I would like to avoid complet remapping of the loco functions.
I think I will try to create an other macro and then include the macro in the loco sequence. Not sure if that will work.
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Joined: 05/09/2014(UTC) Posts: 676 Location: NEW HAMPSHIRE, Somersworth
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Can't you create two events and add the one for car lights to the one for the loco?
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Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,563 Location: Paris, France
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Yes, in Rocrail parlance, coatches are in the "car" category, so very easy to do.
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 Joined: 28/09/2019(UTC) Posts: 119 Location: Rogaland, Haugesund
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Hi
In cs3 there is something called event in event. You can make one event for starting sound. Another for turning on lights. Then drag both those events into a new event. Starting the new events will trigger both the events it contains.
TIE
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Joined: 15/02/2021(UTC) Posts: 213 Location: Quebec, Montreal
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Originally Posted by: Puttputtmaru 
I think I will try to create an other macro and then include the macro in the loco sequence. Not sure if that will work.
Originally Posted by: Tie Hi
In cs3 there is something called event in event. You can make one event for starting sound. Another for turning on lights. Then drag both those events into a new event. Starting the new events will trigger both the events it contains.
TIE Originally Posted by: rhfil Can't you create two events and add the one for car lights to the one for the loco? Thanks guys as I had mentioned in my previous post to yours I have tried it and it works. Thanks for the help and the confirms. 
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