5.6.1 Group Editing Blocks

The Group Editing feature for blocks allows to modify block related items as shown on this panel:


Description of all fields and buttons:

  1. 3-state button to assign or remove a station (1)
  2. Name of the station (2)
  3. 3-state button to assign or remove entry/exit (“extern” ot “vextern”) (1)
  4. Name of the extern (2)
  5. Side of block to handle the extern/vextern – click here to toggle through the possible values
  6. 3-state button to assign or remove signal (1)
  7. Type of signal (3)
  8. Signal to be placed left of the track
  9. Side of block to handle the signal – click here to toggle through the possible values
  10. Signal is hidden (4)
  11. Signal has also a trigger (4)
  12. Signal at entry of the block (5)
  13. Set a new length
  14. New length in feet or meters
  15. Change Normal Traffic Direction
  16. New Traffic Direction – click here to toggle through the possible values
  17. Change Connector-Only property
  18. Assign default length when changing Connector-Only property (6)
  19. Assign default block position (7)
  20. Apply changes
  21. Exit without any further change

Notes:

  1. You can only add or remove stations, externs, vexterns, or signals, not modify any existing properties.

  2. When adding stations, externs or vexterns, you can either select a group that has been created before, or you can create a brand new one in the same step (select “<Create new>” [<Create new Vextern> for vextern] and type in the new name). If existing names are not unique, a key indicator is added to the display. To distinguish vexterns from the rest, they are marked with “**VEXTERN**”.

  3. Allowed Signal types are REG (regular home signal), SW (switching signal), COMB (combination of regular and switching signal), D/O (distant only) or <None> (no signal – if you just need a trigger). If the signal will be located at the end of a block with no further connection beyond it, an end-of-track signal will be placed regardless of the selected type.

  4. A signal with an assigned trigger cannot be hidden.

  5. Allowed only for distant-only or trigger

  6. Default as in the panel invoked via menu item “Edit” → “Params” from the main window.

  7. This sets the left and right boundary for the locator function “Show me where it is” to defaults – the outermost track elements within the block.