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Setup JMRI

• Preparing to Install

Starting OperationsPro

• Starting JMRI®
• Set Preferences

Using OperationsPro

• Main Window Menu
• Tools Menu
• Operations
  • Settings
  • Locations
  • Cars
  • Locomotive
  • Routes
  • Trains
• A Trip through OperationsPro

Error Messages

• Error Codes explained

Using JMRI® to Operate Trains

OperationsPro: Cars window

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This window is opened from the main PanelPro/DecoderPro® Tools menu, or from its Operations menu; and alternatively from Location pane Tools menu, Show Cars and various windows' Operations menus.

The Cars window allows you to view and edit your Car Roster or add a Car by entering a Car's Number, Road, Type and Length. The program will automatically calculate the Car's weight based on length and the scale you are modeling. Optionally the Car's Color, Build date, Load and Owner can be added. You may want to switch a group of Cars as a unit, then you may create a "Kernel". You can assign any number of Cars to a Kernel but the type of the first Car assigned will be used by the program to determine if the Kernel is allowed at a Location. The entire length of the Kernel is used to determine if the Cars in the Kernel will fit at a Location.
Note that the program also includes space for each Car's couplers when calculating the length of a Kernel.

The complete Cars Roster is displayed:

To the right of each Car entry

opens the Set Car Location window.

opens the Edit Car window, similar to the Add Car window.

Bottom of the panel

A series of radio buttons that allow you to select the sort order. Also the total number of Cars is displayed.

opens the Add Car window and allows you to add a new Car to your Roster.

saves the Car Roster to disk.

Used to find a Car by its Road Number. The wild card "*" (without quotes) may be used when entering a car number.

For example, if you want to find all the Cars with a Number ending in ...345 , enter *345 and each time you press on the next Car with the ...345 ending will be displayed.

Cars panel menu bar

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