Crewtalk Dialog And Towercom Announcements In The Legacy Environment - Lionel Train Master H-24-66 Owner's Manual

LEGACY Control System operations
CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements in the LEGACY
environment
I
n addition to the automatic triggering of dialog via Sequence Control mode operation (see the pre-
vious section), you may control the dialog manually.
CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements feature a variety of brief radio
conversations between the engineer and dispatcher. 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 1 below for the dialog commands. The dialog in the table provides
examples of the conversations you can trigger. The actual dialog will vary.
Locomotive Commands
Stopped AUX1, 2
AUX1, 7
2
7
5 or
AUX1, 5
AUX1, 0 (hold for
several seconds)
Moving 2
2
AUX1, 2
7 or
AUX1, 7
5 or
AUX1, 5
*Activating 7 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 will play this special
conversation.
Table 1. LEGACY Remote Controller dialog commands
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
Refueling sequence
Crew: My tank is full
(recent departure) Crew: Train is underway
Tower: Acknowledge
Crew: Are we clear ahead?
Tower: Acknowledge
Crew: Report engine status, including fuel level
Tower: Clear in-bound
*
Crew: Acknowledge
Tower: Emergency stop
Crew: Acknowledge
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