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Slot Server
Content → Command Stations → Digitrax LocoNet
 Use only when no LocoNet Command Station is attached to the network! |
Description
The goal is to create a LocoNet environment with the Slot Management implemented in software, and using a none LocoNet CS.
The Rocrail server supports multiple controllers/command stations and it can redirect commands from one controller to the other, using the IID as destination controller, which is used when the Slot Server in the loconet library is activated. The redirection can be to any other controller.
The Slot Server behaves like an ordinairy LocoNet CS which should be transparent to connected devices like throttles. (FRED, FREDI)
FRED function F0 to F8 are supported.
IntelliBoxes, configured as throttle, are not supported.
LocoNet Details
Slot purge time
A slot read is automatically issued when this given time is almost elapsed for a mobile decoder to prevent the CS to purge an idle slot.
Set to zero to disable this feature in case of an active slotserver.
Slotserver
Enable
Activate the slot server.
Mobile Only
Disable this if the slot server also should dispatch stationary switch commands to the sub command station.
Purge slots
Remove idle locomotives from the stack and set the velocity to zero.
Advised is to disable this option in combination with the SlotServer.
IID
The Interface ID of the Command Station to use to forward the Loco commands.
Dispatch IID
To redirect the dispatch command to the Slotserver: DPIID!
Example with GCA101
Dispatch IID
See: DP IID
Command Stations
Instead of the Virtual CS any CS can be used which is capable of dealing with Loco commands.
LocoNet Setup
See: GCA101 Rocrail Setup
Slotserver setup
Loco Interface ID
The Interface ID must be left empty; The redirect Slotserver IID will be used automatically.
Configuration
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| Rocrail CS overview with ORD-3 LocoNet compatible Modules |
If you only want to use the Fred(i) and ORD-1 the needed components are:
How To Dispatch
- Connect the FREDi to LocoNet.
- Select a loco in loco tab.
- Select Dispatch from the context menu, right click. (Dispatch Set)
- Push Shift, yellow button, and Stop on the Fredi to take control. (Dispatch Get) → fredi-mini-anleitung.pdf