JMRI: USS CTC Tools Recommendations

This page discussions some conventions that might be useful when setting up a CTC panel using the USS CTC tools. Basically, this is how we did the examples, and it might be a helpful approach for you to organize all the needed info.

User names for devices:

The indicators on the panel are driven by Turnouts named things like "CTC 31 N" or "CTC 31 R" for a turnout lever, or "CTC 32 R", "CTC 32 C" or "CTC 32 L" for a signal lever.

The Sensors that are connected to switch inputs on the panel use the same names, though the center one on a signal (i.e. "CTC 32 C") is often omitted.

Occupancy detector Sensors are labelled as "Track Circuits", i.e. "TC 12". The corresponding lamp on the panel is driven by a Turnout of the same name, "TC 12".

The code button and code light are called "Code Button 32" and "Code Lamp 32" respectively.

Maintainer call turnouts and sensors are labelled as e.g. "MC 88".

The real turnout on the layout is known as "CTC 3 Turnout".

Signals are around an OS section are known by the section number and location: "CTC 4 main upper", "CTC 4 main lower", "CTC 4 main single", "CTC 4 siding".

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