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Table of Contents
Locations Index
Introduction
A Location is a group of blocks (or staging blocks) sharing the same logic destination; for example all tracks belonging to one station. Locations may be used within schedules (see Locations and Schedules) or to manage a hidden yard utilizing Flow Management (see below).
Note: Locations created without blocks will create Error messages in the analyzer. (Example:ERROR: location[A-Town] has no blocks defined)
Index
A list of all defined locations.
ID
The unique name of the location.
Description
Free text to describe this location.
Position
Position in user defined units, like km/hm/miles, for use with Graphic Timetables.
Note: The positions are only used if all location positions are set > 0.
See also: Streckenkilometer (Railway milepost)
Buttons
New
Creates a location "NEW".
Modify
Overwrites the name, description and KM position of the selected location with the name typed into the name field.
Delete
Deletes the selected location from the list.