How To Dispatch Locomotives; How To Steal Locomotives, Forcing Selection - Digitrax Evolution Express Series Manual

4.5 How to Dispatch Locomotives

Dispatching is a special feature incorporated in the LocoNet system to meet
the needs of operators that wish to enforce a strict discipline in how operators
gain access to locomotives during an operating 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 DT602
1. Press the
dispatch.
2. Press the
tion soft keys. Pressing more will bring up "Disptch","Stat.Edit" and
"MORE" as soft key options.
3. Press the
Address.
The dispatched address can be a single locomotive address, either two digit or
four digit, or a consist/MU that was set up by the DT602. The TOP locomotive
in a consist or MU can be dispatched to transfer control of the entire consist to
another throttle.

4.6 How to Steal Locomotives, forcing selection

If you try to select a loco address that is already selected on another throttle the
DT602 will display "adr-busy" in red above the address in the Loco Info area
of the display when the address is entered.
This is a safety interlock to prevent operators 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 a locomotive". When stealing with the DT602 it
is then possible to have an address selected on more than one throttle on your
system.
To steal an address with the DT602:
1. Press to enter selection mode.
2. Enter the address of the loco you want to steal and press
3. A scrolling message will appear in the Scrolling Help Text Area reading
`"Press YES to steal Loco, No to exit" and the lower soft keys will change
to "YES" and "NO" choices.
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key to enter address selection, enter the address you want to
key marked "MORE" to bring up additional address selec-
key now marked "Disptch" to dispatch the entered Loco
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