It is limited to the basic inputs (Sensors)Īnd Outputs (Turnouts and Lights) and has a couple of ready-made graphic display styles. Simple grid of pre-defined buttons or indicators. The Switchboard Editor is easier to set up, using a
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You can have multiple Layout panels, but you have to tell the software how to connect trackĮlements across the boundaries between multiple Layout panels. In order toįunction, there are constraints on the appearance of track elements and how they are Many rules built into it about how track is connected, the naming of blocks, etc. There are many other tools within JMRI which require a description of your railroadĪnd the description comes from the Layout built in the Layout Editor. Layout description of your railway can be used by scripts such as the included AutoDispatcher2 to automatically control your Up automatic running of trains on your layout using Dispatcher. Layout Editor Panels may also be used to set State of turnouts, blocks and other signals !). select the signal rules based on differentĬompany practices!, and no need to know how to create the rules to link your signals to the How to set your signals based on the position of turnouts and whether blocks are occupied,Īnd the rules appropriate to your railroad (ie. For example, you can use the Layout Editor to construct aĭescription of your track and its blocks and signals. But, it is primarily designed for automation and Used for directly controlling elements such as Turnouts and Signals indeed many users find
A Layout, built with the Layout Editor, can be The Layout Editor builds a "Layout" which is a These might include the Panel Background, or the icons to attach toĪctive elements (switches, levers, track state, signals, etc.) which are then placed on the Is often necessary to make some of the elements in an external graphics package to be There are several standard graphics sets distributed with JMRI, but it Or anything else you find useful to control your railroad you have total flexibility The state of the track and signals, or they might be prototypical signaling and dispatcher Like, with overlaps in area or functionality if required. You can have as many Panels as you like, covering as much or as little of your railway as you Panel Editor let you build purely graphical (image based) Panels. Interface, showing a range of switch keys to watch and control items.Īll Panel Editors use the same information about your layout stored in JMRI but each
Depending on the the OSĪnd display preferences, there is a menu entry for JMRI Preferences. The Edit menu contains the standard Cut/Copy/Paste menu items. There are also options for printing decoder The PanelPro tables and panels are stored in a XML data file.
The PanelPro main menu provides access to the PanelPro components. This page introduces the application, and how to use The JMRI libraries contain the PanelPro application for creating panels to control orįollow your (virtual) model railroad. The menu referencesīelow are for the new menu structure with the old menu paths in braces. See Loading and Storing Your Work for details. Note: The PanelPro main menu is being changed. JMRI Setup and Installation JMRI environments.