Dispatching Addresses Or Consists; Stealing: Forcing An Address Selection - Digitrax Zephyr Express DCS52 Manual

2. Press the B Soft Key labeled "Recall": This
will open Recall Session Loco List:
3. Press the number key 0-9 that corresponds to
the loco address you want to recall. The loco-
motive address will be recalled to the Home
Operations Screen blinking black and gray.
Press the Loco Key to complete the selection
4.
process.

8.5 Dispatching addresses or consists

Dispatching is a special feature incorporated in the
LocoNet language to meet the needs of operators
that wish to enforce a strict discipline in how oper-
ators gain access to locomotives during an oper-
ating session. Dispatching also lets you run consists with basic throttles that
can't set up their own consists and run four digit addresses on basic throttles
that only have two digit capability. It lets you have newcomers run trains on the
layout without giving them access to the entire operation.
When you dispatch a locomotive address or consist to your LocoNet system,
you make it available to be acquired by another throttle. Only one address at a
time can be marked as a dispatched address in the system.
To dispatch a locomotive address using a the DCS52
Press the Loco Key to enter address selection, enter the address you want
1.
to dispatch.
2. Press the Soft Key C marked "MORE" to bring up additional address
selection soft keys. Pressing more will bring up "Disptch","Stat.Edit" and
"MORE" as soft key options.
3. Press the Soft Key A marked "Disptch" to dispatch the entered Loco
Address.
The dispatched address can be a single locomotive address, either two digit or
four digit, or a consist that was set up by the DCS52. The TOP locomotive in
a consist or MU can be dispatched to transfer control of the entire consist to
another throttle.

8.6 Stealing: Forcing An Address Selection

If you try to select a loco address that is already selected on another throttle
the DCS52 will display "adr-busy" in red above the address in the Loco Info
area of the display when the address is entered. Pressing the Loco Key again
will prompt for additional actions. This is a safety interlock to prevent oper-
ators from taking control of locos that are already selected on other throttles.
Occasionally it is necessary to override this interlock to gain control of a loco
that is "lost" for whatever reason. This override is called stealing. When steal-
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Recall Session Loco List:
0- 0003
1- 0069
2- 0009
3- 0085
4-
5- 0065
6- 1000
7- 0026
8- 0006
9-
Mu
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0045k
Recall
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