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Congratulation and some questions

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Bonjour, et Hello from Belgium,

It is great to retrieve this forum, I make a try with the program SigScribe4. It is pleasant and useful.
Just one or two questions:
Is it possible to visualize the current data for one lever: the needed position for all others levers.

How can I visualize the route screen ? I can not access it.

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steamystef,

When you say visualize, do you mean it in terms of seeing the data on the screen, or do you mean being able to print out the data?

You can certainly see the data on the screen. If you select, say, "Define Route" for a signal lever, the current definition is indicated in two ways. Firstly, any levers required to be pulled will show as pulled; and secondly, the letters under each lever indicate how each lever is involved in the definition.

As at version 1.1.10 of SigScribe4, the full list of these letters is:

O - the lever of interest.
X or F - no specific state required.
N or D or s or f - must be normal.
R or V - must be reversed.
B or b - locks when normal or reversed.

There is no mechanism to print a lever's information directly.

When defining a route, a series of white dots on screen shows the extent of the route. Again, there is no mechanism to print this data. A screen shot (or a text file - or paper and a pen!) would be the only way to record it.
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Post by steamystef »

Hello,

Thanks for your response.

For me, vizualize means "seeing the pertinent information on screen " (maybe at later time 'on paper'), and specificaly when we check the system.

For now, we can only see if a lever is blocked or not but we can not know which levers can be pulled or pushed and in which sequence in order to accomplish a route for a signal. Is it possible at a later time ?
Maybe we can get a second row of informations, below the indicators 'L' or 'F' with the 'fraction' for this lever. Like this
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The upper part of the fraction = Lever in normal position
The lower part = Lever in reverse position
A dot = no constraint.

For the route definition, can we combine routes with one lever and how is it shown ?

Kr,

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Post by modadmin »

That is definitely a great idea. We certainly intend to do something equivalent in the next generation of software currently under development.
For the route definition, can we combine routes with one lever and how is it shown ?
This can be done only in a limited way by specifying facing points along a route as locked both ways. It's application is limited in that such locking often requires conditional locking for full versatility and integrity and this is not currently possible. [Conditional locking is something else which is currently being developed in both hardware and software.] When defining such a route, only the primary route is indicated by white dots. Further, it is up to the designer to add any necessary signal interlocking manually to prevent the setting of conflicting routes. This will make things "safe", but inevitably adds operational restrictions.

See also these topics: http://MODRATEC.com/modforum/viewtopic.php?t=95 http://MODRATEC.com/modforum/viewtopic.php?t=94
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