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Itrain 20006/11/2023 ITrain guy: You may need to change the rules of the Outputs at Caution and Preliminary Caution. See page 17 of the DR4018 Manual.Įach signal must have 3 addresses and a 4th address for dimming the lights. The easy way is CV47=7: 4x NS three-light signal with number box (number box to 2nd yellow)īut you must use three columns with Output. ITrain guy: So exchange 3 and 4 in the column Uitgang/Output.īut which presets in CV47/131/132/133/134 do you want? I could go that route too but I'd really like to have everything controlled in one place by iTrain. The only Japanese signal controllers I've seen are all homemade arduino type units. There are lots of Japanese guides showing how to do it. Actual signal heads, likely I'll be making them out of non-working Green Max signals. Currently the DR4018 is controlling turnouts on a practice layout that I'm using to learn iTrain with. this is connected to the Digikeijs DR5000. To actuate the actual signals I'll be using the DR4018, which is a kind of multiple function decoder in one box. I assumed I'd be governing all higher functions through iTunes with the Digikeijs system as a kind of hardware slave to the iTrain software master. I had assumed that the signals would be controlled by iTrains. Type B: green, yellow/green, single yellow, red Type A: green, single yellow, double yellow, red The first is very close to the British system. The two four light signals are as follows. I could use the British system and accept the "error" but it would be a shame. However I like how the four-light signals look. I could use the three light signal - Green - yellow - red. A two-light signal, a three light signal, two different types of four light signal, and a five light signal which isn't common. nce_ja.png is the Japanese system condensed into a single graphic from the "Japanese Signals" wikipedia page. What you have in the Netherlands is the same as the British system. Which preset of which Digikeijs module do you apply? You can do this by making a different (exchange) choice in the Output column. And because of faile safe when one yellow lamp is out of order.īut if you want to use all the force that wrong order, you can. Green - double yellow - single yellow - red.īecause that's what we had in the Netherlands at the end of 1957. ITrain guy: Are you sure about that? Because I would expect a different order of the yellow lamps: Is there any adjustment that I can make to allow me to use an authentic Japanese system? In Japan it goes green, single yellow, double yellow, red. The main difference is that the two yellow light aspects are reversed. The Japanese four aspect signal system is very similar to the British system minus the junction feather signals. Japan, however doesn't seem to be included. From reading the iTrain manual it seems that signal protocols for many countries are available. I model Japanese railroads I'm building a layout that I will be automating, using iTrain and a Digikeijs system. Below is the conversation with the iTrain folks. I'll unpack and simplify this after I've done it myself. This is a summary of the Japanese signal system from wikipedia.īelow, is a description of how to configure Japanese signals in iTrain. The developer, Xander, says that he won't be changing this anytime soon due to minimal demand, but the work-around is good enough for me. Of note, the signals that appear on the computer screen will not be Japanese but the outputs can be configured so that the physical signals on the layout will be correct for Japan. However, the program is designed to allow people to configure signals for other countries including Japan. ITrain is set up to allow you to choose signals from different countries from a drop-down menu. Below is the conversation that I had on the iTrain forum regarding Japanese signals. Btw, the iTrain forum isn't readable without an account, so for most people that link will be a bit useless.Īh, I didn't realize that.
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