Running the program

Press [SETUP] and select the COM port that was assigned to the wired 
adapter or the radio. In the Mode Select box, press (o)WIRED or (o) 
RADIO. Press [HIDE & SAVE].

Make sure that the TIU number shown matches the connected TIU, if not, 
click the spin arrows to select the correct TIU. The Remote number should 
be set to a remote number that you do not use. "15" is good and is the 
default.

Power on the TIU and the layout. At the main window, press [CONNECT]. 
The Red LED next to the COM port number should turn GREEN. This 
indicates good communications with the USB serial prot. If it does not turn 
GREEN, the adapter or drivers were not installed correctly.

Then make sure the box containing the TIU number turns GREEN. This 
indicates good communication with the TIU. If it does not turn GREEN, 
there is some problem with the wired or radio connection to the TIU (or 
maybe, the TIU is not powered on?).

Press [READ]. This will read up all of the powered engines on the track
associated with the connected TIU. When you exit, this information will be 
saved by the program for the next time.

Pick one of the engines by clicking on it. Press [STARTUP]. An operation
window will open. You can select any number of engines and start them. A 
separate operation window will open for each engine (up to 99). Use the 
buttons, switches and knobs to operate your engine.

From the main window, you can press [SOUND CTRLS] to open a volume 
control window. You can select any number of engines and open their 
volume control windows. You must start up the engine first.

From the main window, you can press [ACCESSORIES/SWITCHES] to 
open an AIU window. You can right click on the name of each accessory or 
switch and type in a familiar name. You can have up to 5 AIU windows open 
for each of 5 TIU, for a total of 25 windows. The names you type in are 
saved. To operate an accessory or switch, double click on the name, then 
use the buttons at the bottom of the window.

When you are done, you should shutdown each engine by pressing the 
[SHUTDOWN] button on the operation window. Press [DISCONNECT] and 
then press [EXIT].

RTC Shortcut Keys:

Global keys available from the Main RTC Window the Engine/Lashup 
Operation Window, the Quick Controls Window, the Accessories/Switches 
Window and the LashUp Create/Edit Window:

	F1-10		Fx = Startup Engine x or Restore
			Engine x Operation Window
	F11		Setup
	F12		Quick Controls
	Ctrl-F1-10		Ctrl-Fx = Startup LashUp x or Restore
			LashUp x Operation Window
	Ctrl-F11		Conventional Control Window
			for Variable Channel 1
	Ctrl-F12		Conventional Control Window
			for Variable Channel 2
	Ctrl-X		Shutdown all Engines

Main RTC Window:
	s	Setup
	c	Connect
	i	Disconnect
	x	Exit
	q	Quick Controls
	u	Startup
	d	Shutdown
	o	Operations
	u	Sound Controls
	p	Stop All
	a	Accessories/Switches
	l	Lashup
	r	Read

Engine and LashUp Operation Window:
	up arrow		Increase speed by 1 Smph
	down arrow	Decrease speed by 1 Smph
	PgUp		Increase speed by 10 Smph
	PgDn		Decrease speed by 10 Smph
	Home		Set speed to 0 Smph
	d		Shutdown
	h		Hide
	p		STOP

Setup Window:
	h	Hide & Save

Accessories/Switches (AIU) Window:
	n	Accessory On
	f	Accessory Off
	a	Accessory Activate
	s	Switch Straight
	d	Switch Diverge
	h	Hide
	m	Make It So

Conventional Control Window:
	h	Hide

DCS Setup Window:
	h	Hide

LashUp Select/Create/Edit Window:
	h	Hide
	u	Startup
	d	Shutdown
	o	Operations
	u	Sound Controls
	n	Create New LashUp
	e	Edit LashUp
	b	Break Up LashUp
	s	Save as New
	b	Build LashUp

Quick Controls Window:
	h	Hide

Sound Controls Window:
	F1	Set focus to Master Volume Slider
	F2	Set focus to Engine Sounds Volume Slider
	F3	Set focus to Accent Sounds Volume Slider
	F4	Set focus to Horn Volume Slider
	F5	Set focus to Bell Volume Slider
	F6	Set focus to Engine Sound Knob
	F7	Set focus to Idle Sound Knob
	F11	Setup
	F12	Quick Controls
	Ctrl-F11	Conventional Control Window for Variable Channel 1
	Ctrl-F12	Conventional Control Window for Variable Channel 2
	h	Hide

Hot Buttons Window
	F1-F10		Execute hot button 1-10
	Shift F1-F10	Execute hot button 11-20
	F11		Setup
	F12		Quick Controls

Notes:

You can press the [DISCONNECT] button at any time and then press 
[CONNECT] to re-establish communications.

In wired mode, if you don't press a button within about 10 seconds, the 
RTC program drops DTR which allows the use of the Remote. The RTC 
program will raise DTR when it needs to communicate again with the TIU. 
Of course, this only works if your interface includes the 3-State buffer. In 
radio mode, this is not needed.

From the [SETUP] window, you can record a session for playback. Press 
the [START RECORDING] button. Press [STOP RECORDING] and you 
can save the session in a disk file. Press [START PLAYBACK] to playback a 
session from a disk file.

This program is still a work in progress. It may crash. Some features may 
not work.

Feedback appreciated. Look at my web page for updates or changes

<http://www.silogic.com/trains/RTC_Running.html> 

Copyright © 2015 Mark C. DiVecchio
 
 
 
 
 
