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Table of Contents
Rocview General
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- Language | General | Path | Trace | Programming | SVG Symbols | Clock | Gamepad support | MIC | Accelerators
Most settings need a Rocview restart to become activated. |
Left Column
Clock type
Plan view
- Notebook view
- Multi window view (MDI) → Deprecated: Use AUI instead.
- Docking view (AUI)
Widget Width
The widgets width used on the Loco Widgets Panel.
Monitor size
The buffer size of the Server and Controller monitoring windows.
The default is 4 kB and ranges from 1 to 16 kB.
Smaller buffer sizes will reduce CPU load and is advised for normal operation.
Bigger sizes can be helpful reading the analyzer startup check.
Grid fontsize adjust
To adjust the font size in the LocoTab grid by -5…+5 points.
Default adjustment is zero.
Toolbar icon size
The area of an icon in the toolbar (min. 24).
Increase to get a better usability with Touch screens.
Track plan size
If the default track plan size, 64 x 48, is not big enough for the target layout it can be adjusted with CX/CY which represents the number of symbols horizontally and vertically.
Changes will first take place after restart of Rocview.
Module plan size
If the default module plan size, 128 x 96, is not big enough for the target arrangement it can be adjusted with CX/CY which represents the number of symbols horizontally and vertically.
Changes will first take place after restart of Rocview.
Middle Column
Restrict edit in auto mode
Default this is activated.
Disable restrict edit in auto mode
This is not officially supported and could lead to a server crash. |
Disable it if more control is wanted when running in auto mode, but is not recommended.
Attention: Not all changes may have affect on the fly; some changes need a server restart, and some will desturb auto mode!
Gamepad support
Enable Gamepad Support. Some systems will loop if no device is attached, uncheck this option if such a behavior is encountered.
Use mode column for dispatch
Check this option if you want the "dispatch to throttle" function in the mode column of the loco just under the left mouse button.
Restore Throttle
Activate this option if you want throttles opened on exit of Rocview to be restored in the next session.
Monitoring
Activates command station and server monitoring. The amount of information presented is depending on the Trace Level.
Note: The Trace Level has to be Monitor in order to show the commands executed by the command station in the accordant window of Rocview.
This option should be disabled in case of Rocview getting slow on user interactions.
In most cases it is advised to disable this option to avoid queue overflow which will freeze Rocview.
Show only start schedules
This option shows only schedules in the context menu of a block in which it is the first entry in a schedule.
If not set only the first 40 schedules are listed.
Block ID
This option shows the ID in the block symbol.
Show secondhand
Uncheck this option if the clock secondhand is not wanted.
This will also save CPU load.
Reconnect after server shutdown
If multiple Clients are connected, and the Server must be restarted for some reason, this option prevent Rocview from also shutting down and tries to reconnect with the same server.
The sequence is the same as doing a manual "Go offline" and trying to connect to the same server until it succeeds.
Reset speed at direction change
Reset the loco speed to zero incase of a direction change.
Render smooth
Redering using the "GraphicsContex" engine with antialiasing.
- + Looks better if the layout is scaled down.
- + Turntable looks much better.
- - Needs more processor resources.
- - Many Windows Versions do not fully support it, incl. 7.
- Has no effect under Mac OS X; It is always rendered smooth. (Leave it disabled.)
The default setting is: No smooth rendering.
UTF-8
Uncheck this option incase the file system is not UTF-8.
- Opening workspaces with special characters.
- Uncheck for Rocrail server or Rocview if one or both are running Windows.
Toolbar
Enable/Disable the Toolbar.
- A Rocview restart is needed.
Vertical Toolbar
Move the Toolbar from top to the left side of the Window.
- A Rocview restart is needed.
- In vertical position the scale combobox is removed under Windows because its not correctly shown. (Mac OSX does not show it voluntary.)
- Under Linux/GTK the toolbar is in both positions floatable/dockable.
- Mac OS X inverts the check toolbar items → wxWidgets/OS X Bug.
Loco image
To enable/disable the Loco image on the Loco tab.
- A Rocview restart is needed.
Train image
Monitor don't wrap
This option will activate horizontal scrollbars in the server and controller monitor windows to prevent wrapping of long lines.
Speedometer
Shows the Speedometer on the Loco-Tab Throttle.
Show BiDi speed
With the option deactivated (default), the speedometer shows the speed that Rocrail calculates from the selected step. If a locomotive decoder can report the actual speed of the locomotive via RailCom, the speedometer displays this speed value if the option is activated.
Show loco image in block
Shows down scaled loco images in enter and occupied blocks.
Tips for loco images:
- Cut off white space under and above the loco picture. (The V200 on this screenshot has too much of it.)
- Set the background to transparent. (The BR103 on this screenshot has a transparent background.)
- PNG format only.
Show train ID in block
Shows the train ID in the block if the Loco has one assigned to it.
The checkbox is of type tri-state which can be used to disable the loco ID if set in the undetermined state.
The check box can assume three states:
(The representations depends on the underlying operating system. Column 2 = Linux and Mac, column 3 = Win)
Gray icons
Use gray icons in the toolbar instead of coloured once.
Gray
Color
Toolbar separators
Group toolbar icons with separators.
Sensor Monitor in Automatic Mode
Activate the Sensor Monitor also in automatic mode.
Right Column
Speed buttons
Pause on stop
Sends the selected loco a Pause command after clicking on the throttle stop button.
Always fill index
Some dialog do not fill its index when it is opened with the context menu to speed up dialog initialization.
If the computer and OS are fast enough, it can be overwritten with this option.
Effected dialogs:
Monospace font
Use monospace font in the Server and Controller window.
Throttle tooltips
Show tooltips on the loco throttle to see the function description.
Car tab
Show the car tab to be able to assemble a train with D&D.
Train tab
Show the train tab to be able to assemble a train with D&D.
Programming tab
Show the programming tab.
Car image
Show the car image on the car tab.
Restore dialog size
Restore the size and the position of dialogs.
Context menu on double click
Opens the object context menu on double click. This can be used for touch screen support.
Popup timetables
Automatically opens Timetable windows on a Location publish.
The value on the right side of this option is for setting the cell spacing in the HTML table.
Popup ID Dialog
The track plan editor generates for new objects automatically an ID with the following format:
Object mnemonic plus a continuous number (e.g. "bk3", "fb15", "seltab1" …).
If a Symbol prefix is defined for the track plan, this is prefixed to the identifier. (e.g. „M7-bk1“)
The "-" must be defined as a part of the Symbol prefix.
Note: Start with rev. 14.264+ the number does not get leading zeros anymore
The object mnemonics in the plan file:
Mnemonic | Object (en) |
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bk | block |
co | output |
fb | feedback |
lc | locomotive |
sb | staging block |
seltab | fiddle yard |
sg | signal |
sw | switch |
tk | track |
tt | turntable |
tx | text |
Option not enabled:
The automatically generated ID will be set in the object directly.
With the objects its properties dialog this ID can be changed at any time.
Option enabled:
The ID dialog will popup with the proposed generated ID.
This proposed ID can be used as is or directly overwritten with another ID.
With the objects its properties dialog this ID can be changed at any time.
Image cursor on edit
Use the (under Windows scaled) selected symbol as mouse pointer in case Rocview is in edit mode.
D&D from the Add item dialog will not function with this option; Just select the wanted symbol, and move the mouse pointer on the plan.
A click on the "X" button in the Add item dialog will reset the selected symbol. The escape key, or right mouse click, can be used also in case the plan window has focus.
Popup for device ping
Some system could trigger to popup a dialog in Rocview:
- CBus
- RocNet
- BiDiB
- MBus
This could be annoying and can be deactivated with this option.
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