Activating Crewtalk And Towercom Announcements - Lionel VISION 4-6-6-4 Challenger Owner's Manual

TrainMaster Command Control operations
Activating the CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements
W
ith the LEGACY RailSounds sound system, CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom
announcements feature a variety of brief radio conversations between the engineer and
dispatcher. All dialog is intelligible, and each comment is followed by at least one automatic
response.
CrewTalk dialog is an engineer-initiated radio conversation with the dispatcher. TowerCom
announcements are a dispatcher-initiated radio conversation with the engineer. Be sure to
listen for the different combinations of words and phrases that comprise these exchanges.
Refer to Table 2 below for the dialog commands. The dialog in the table provides examples
of the conversations you can trigger. The actual dialog will vary.
Locomotive
Stopped
Moving
*
Activating either AUX1, 2 or AUX1, 7 while the locomotive is in motion enables an arrival
conversation for 30 seconds. If the train stops within this time, pressing 2 or 7 will play
this special conversation.
Table 2. CAB-1 Remote Controller dialog commands
Commands
AUX1, 2
AUX1, 7
2
7
AUX1, 5
*
AUX1, 2
*
AUX1, 7
2
7
AUX1, 5
Example dialog
Crew: Ask To Depart
Tower: Deny Departure
Tower: Ask To Standby
Crew: Acknowledge
Crew: Ask To Depart
Tower: Approve Departure
Tower: Approve Departure
Crew: Acknowledge
Crew: Shutdown Announcement
Shutdown Sequence
Crew: Ask For Clearance To Arrive
Tower: Approve Arrival
Crew: Clear For Arrival
Tower: Acknowledge
Tower: Ask If Clear
Crew: Confirm All Clear
Tower: Announce All Clear
Crew: Acknowledge
Tower: Order Emergencey Stop
Crew: Acknowledge
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