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+ | * **Before You Start** | [[: | ||
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+ | //Before you try to use Rocrail to control your layout, you must understand some basic principles and make sure your layout is ready for Digital Control.// \\ | ||
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+ | ===== Purpose ===== | ||
+ | The purpose of Rocrail is to control a model railroad layout manually and/or automatically.\\ | ||
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+ | ===== Planning ===== | ||
+ | Read this first: **[[: | ||
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+ | The track plan in Rocrail should be a **__logical extract__** of the real layout and not a copy of it; Rocrail is __not a track-planning program__.\\ | ||
+ | Extracting a model railroad layout is not done in a few minutes, but should be planned with sketches on paper to get the big picture before defining it in Rocrail.\\ Also investigating in internet looking for CTC's could be of help to get an idea on how a real railroad is extracted for controlling purpose.\\ | ||
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+ | **Take notice that every object in the track plan will use resources from the underlying Operating System.\\ | ||
+ | Avoid adding objects without any functionality for controlling the layout for optimal performance.**\\ | ||
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+ | ===== A Digital Layout is assumed ===== | ||
+ | You cannot just connect a traditional analog layout to a computer. | ||
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+ | =====Differences between Digital and Analog===== | ||
+ | With an analog layout, all devices (locomotives, | ||
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+ | This means that when the layout is doing nothing, there is **no power flowing to the rails**.\\ | ||
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+ | With a digital layout, each device has a computer chip in between the rail power and the actual device. | ||
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+ | This means that when the layout is doing nothing, the power is **still flowing at maximum to the rails**. | ||
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+ | An Analog Layout has simple transformers that supply the power, usually with a controller knob built in to let you vary the voltage. | ||
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+ | A Digital Layout needs a Central Station (CS) to create the complex commands sent to the chips in the layout. | ||
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+ | =====Connections to and from the layout===== | ||
+ | A Digital Layout requires at least one connection from a Central Station (CS) to your track. | ||
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+ | Rocrail needs a connection from your computer to your CS, so that Rocrail can control the layout through your CS.\\ | ||
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+ | Finally, an optional feedback connection is required from the track to your CS to tell your CS where your trains are, if you want to have automatic operation of your trains.\\ | ||
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+ | There are various combinations of these connections, | ||
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