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Staging Block General

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General



ID

The ID is used through out the Rocrail program as a unique key for referencing this staging block and is therefore very important. If the ID is changed routes using this staging block have to be edited, too.


Description

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Section length

Length of a section in mm, cm or inches.1)


Train gap

Gap between the trains in mm, cm or inches.2)


Enter sensor

The first sensor of this staging block.


Enter signal

The optional distant signal for the enter side of the staging block. (Controlled by the Staging Block (so not manual) itself.)


Exit signal

The optional main signal for the exit side of the staging block.
Set the signal to manually operated to be able to control the staging block out flow.


Random rate

See: Use random block rate


Cleaning

Timestamp of the last visit of a cleaning train in this stage block.


Free previous block on enter

This option is only for trains with the same option activated.
With the Route option is it possible to free up the current route too.
The value "Max. Length" defines that an early release, of the previous block, is only performed for trains up to this length.


Reverse exit

This option makes it possible to use a stageblock as terminal station with LiFo flow.

Automatically run last train reverse

If minimal occupancy is set > 0 and the watchdog is active this option will automatically initiate a "Run last train reverse".

Run last train reverse

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To runn the last train reverse out of the stageblock can be done by context menu or action.
The entry side of the stageblock must be closed to make this function available.


Actions

See Actions for more details.
Make sure that XmlScripts are set to synchrone; Disable the Asynchrone option.

1) , 2)
The same metrics as used for the train length.