The startup page of the application is the Locomotive library. Here you can add your locomotives that you want to control from the program.
Press Add new locomotive button to add new item to your list. Enter a name and the loco decoder address (Decoders default address is 3 unless modified). After clicking save button you take a photo of your locomotive or select one from the gallery.
If you already have more than one train in the list, you can filter it using the search box above the list. The application will search the phrase in the train name, address, and other data. So you can filter a larger list to conveniently locate the locomotive you want to control. Here I search for locomotives which name contains 480.
On the right of the search bar there is a button to open the submenu of locomotive library. There you can sort the list by name or address. Furthermore you can filter the list to show only the moving locomotives or the short-list.
You can also sort the list by drag and drop the right edge of the items where the small left arrow is shown. If you swipe left any locomotives in the list, you will see three icons:
- Trash: delete locomotive
- Right up arrow: drive the locomotive
- Checkbox: if it is enabled, then locomotive is on Short-list. Short-list can be opened from locomotive library submenu
You can see a video here how to use the Short-list function.
You can see a video here how to show the moving locomotives.
There is a header at the top of the display.
With the following icon, you can open the main menu.
With the following icon, you can always jump to the start page, to Locomotive library.
With the following icon, you can always jump to the Loco driving page.
With the following icon, you can always jump to the accessory page.
With the following icon, you can always jump to the Station speaker page.
The icon in the top right corner show the status of your digital command station. You can also send emergency stop to cammand station to stop all locomotives with this icon. The following icons can be displayed here:
Emergency STOP status. By pressing it a normal operation command will be sent:
Normal operation status. By pressing it an Emergency STOP command will be sent.
No connection icon.
On a desktop, large display, the program can display simultaneously more menus for easier operation. This layout is automatically used when you run the program in a large window.
When two locomotive control panel fit into the window, then you when you select a train from list it will be put into the second row. To put it into the first row use the arrow pointing to top right in the loco item menu after swiping an item to the left.
If you edit anything on this page, please press SAVE in main menu before you exit the app.
On Android phones in Locomotive library menu if you press the back button two times quickly, then the app quit. Important: in this case your not saved changes will be lost!