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==== Enhanced Interlocking Tower Manager Run Time monitor - the trains tab view ====
''example of the trains tab screen view"
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The trains tab will list all the trains with a driver currently on your route. In our demo example, we have currently 4 trains with drivers and the trains tab will list the train name, the train id, the driver name, the internal consist name and the current state for the train : either stopped or moving.

For each train, all the paths owned are listed with the message train has entered active path if the train has already reached and left the path entry signal, or train owns active path for trains owning a path but not having reached already the entry signal. For an enhanced tower, train waiting path activation or path cancellation are also listed. The path full name is also displayed with enclosed between brackets the tower name followed by a dot and enclosed between brackets the path name inside the tower. By clicking on the tower name, you will switch to the tower paths list tabs display screen and by clicking on the path name you will switch to path details display screen.

When a path is cancellable for a train, you will also have a cancel path link to enable to cancel the path if you need. If the path is not cancellable, the current state path is not cancellable is displayed with no link. With an enhanced tower, paths are much more cancellable than with standard towers. For enhanced towers, a path is cancellable is either the owning train is stopped or if the owning train is moving and there are at least two signals between the train and the path entry signal. When a path is cancelled in an enhanced tower, to avoid any risk of derailment, any junctions overlapped by a consist will not have their initial directions restored. And path activation will be delayed if some extra consist are overlapping any path junction.

Finally, this screen provides a global view of all the interlocking activity on your route, organized by trains, and when something does not work as you expect, you can easily switch to the tower paths list view or the path details view to understand the problem cause.

With this run time monitor facility, it is much more easy for session creators and end users to better understand the order of events and what is happening inside your route interlocking towers and paths.

The enhanced interlocking tower manager includes also some facilities to create, edit or delete path from a centralized management point under Surveyor, but the most interesting feature of this rule is its run time monitor which can help a lot in understanding how interlocking towers work and for troubleshooting problems in your session.


Let's now have a look to the pathtrigger page (only available since release 60 of the EIT Manager Runtime Monitor) :