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New
features of Version 5.5:
The new Version 5.5 of TrainController™
offers again more than 50 important and minor improvements. The most
important and most interesting
are listed below:
The managament
of
all windows has been standardized. All additional windows can be docked
to the main window or placed anywhere else on the computer screen. Each
window can be made invisible at any time, the content of invisible
windows is not deleted anymore. The access to each window is more
convenient now
by an improved window bar. The window bar can be customized to contain
the windows, that are accessed most frequently.
Revised and more clear arrangement of menus and toolbars.
Full support of
multi monitor configurations.
Automatic
calculation of block diagrams. This is the most outstanding
feature of the new version. In many cases it is not necessary anymore
to draw a block diagram in the Dispatcher. TrainController™
is now able to create the block
diagram itself, if desired. This is done by using the graphical
information of the track diagram control panel in the switchboard. This
feature shortens the learning curve for using the software
significantly and makes use of the software even more intuitive,
convenient and simple. Novice users are able to run their first
automatic trains after a short time. A few symbols in the switchboard are already sufficient to
start your first train under complete computer control. All routes, that are necessary for control or automatic
operation of the layout, can be calculated automatically. Previously it took days to construct the block diagram for a
complex layout and to record all necessary routes; now the software is
able to perform the complete task in a fraction of a second! Experienced users benefit from this feature by using the
calculated block diagram as starting point of individual extensions.
The complete software is so much easier to be used now, that a separate
easy mode is no longer necessary.
Additional options of the AutoTrain™
tool bar provide new possibilites to affect the search for available
paths. It is now possible to enforce inclusion of certain blocks into
the desired path and to take roundabout routes into account.
A new option in the schedule rules of the
Dispatcher allows to postpone release of already passed blocks and
routes until the stop indicator in a succeeding block is reached, if
desired. In such case it can be usually assumed, that the complete
train has entered the block. In the majority of all cases, where this
assumption is fullfilled, it is not necessary anymore to equip your
routes with a separate occupancy indication, because the rule already
prevents your routes from being prematurely released.
Additional options to customize the display
of
traffic boxes in the switchboard. It is now possible, to show traffic
boxes, when they are occupied or
reserved or to hide traffic boxes permanently during operation. Such
hidden traffic boxes are only made visible in the switchboard, when a
train symbol is dragged over them to enable convenient assignment of
trains to blocks through the switchboard also in cases, where display
of traffic boxes in the switchboard is not desired.
New options allow quick adjustment of a
simplified speed profile. This feature is very useful for all, who do
not run automatic trains at all or who do not request absolute braking
or stopping precision for automatically running trains. These users are
not forced anymore to capture the complete and precise speed profile of
each locomotive. Professional and ambitious users, however, can still
fine tune the complete speed profile of each locomotive as in previous
versions.
Offline mode can be turned off or on at any
time
now without the previous need to change the connection settings of
configured digital systems.
Improved braking. The braking process of
running
trains looks more uniformly and prototypically now.
Support of the new Lenz USB computer
interface.
Support of the new interface 10785 and the
new
feedback indicators 10787 of the Roco digital system.
Support of the binary protocol of the NCE
system
(Version Dec 21, 2004 and later).
Support of the new Tams EasyControl
(Version 5.5 C5).
Support of the new LocoBuffer USB Interface
(Version 5.5 C5).
Support of the new CTI USB Bridge
(Version 5.5 C5).
Many more improvements of performance,
details of
use etc.
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