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<h1 id="Top">Using JMRI® to Operate Trains</h1>
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<h2>What does OperationsPro do?</h2>
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<p><a href="index.shtml#startOps">Back to Index</a>
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<p>Using JMRI® to operate trains allows you to build computer generated car Manifests for
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your railroad. A Manifest or Switch List details the work that a train will perform during an
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operations session. The Manifest provides a list of car pick up and set out and shows where
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the cars are located and where they should be eventually positioned on the railroad. The
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program allows you to build a Roster of cars, define Locations on the railroad, and Routes
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for Trains to travel. The Car Roster includes information about every car, including road
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name, number, type of car, color, length, weight, date built, and owner. Trains are assigned
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Routes that define Locations where cars can be picked up or set out. Features include the
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ability to control what car types, road names, and car loads a Location can service, the
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available track space for a Location, and the maximum length a the train can be between any
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two Locations on the train's Route.</p>
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<p>Locations can have Spurs, Yards, Staging tracks and Interchange tracks. Spurs are used to
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service industries, and can optionally have custom schedules assigned to them. Trains can be
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configured to require a caboose. Optionally, Trains can be configured to require a caboose or
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car with Flashing Rear End Device (FRED). The program generates car Manifests for each train
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and switch lists for any Location. A Switch List for a particular Location shows the work for
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all the Trains that visit that Location. The program can also place icons representing Trains
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on a JMRI Panel. The icon can be taught to move across the panel along with the train from
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Location to Location.</p>
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<p>The OperationsPro program is included in the JMRI® suite of tools, so when you install and
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start up either DecoderPro® or PanelPro you will find OperationsPro menus in the main menu
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bar under <strong>Tools > Operations</strong> or as an <strong>Operations</strong> menu,
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if enabled in your <a href="Ops_Settings.shtml">OperationsPro Settings</a>.</p>
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<h3>OperationsPro Demo Files</h3>
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<p>The OperationsPro program provides a set of demo files to help introduce you to the some
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of the features and capabilities of this program.</p>
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<a href="images/Ops_Start01.png"><img src="images/Ops_Start01.png" width="243" height=
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"241" alt="Operations in Tools Menu"></a>
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</td>
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<a href="images/Ops_Start02.png"><img src="images/Ops_Start02.png" width="248" height=
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"141" alt="Operations in Main Menubar"></a>
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<p>Load the demo files from the <strong>Tools</strong> menu in the Operations >
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Settings window, select <strong>Load Demo Files</strong>; the demo files will load
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after you restart DecoderPro.</p>
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</table>
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<p><img src="images/Ops_Demo01.png" width="788" height="253" alt="Demo">
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</p>
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<p>Selecting Load Demo Files closes DecoderPro® and it must be restarted to open the Demo
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Railroad.</p>
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<p><img src="images/Ops_Demo02.png" width="796" height="151" alt="Demo">
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</p>
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<p>The program will create a backup of your current configuration if you have one, and then
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load the demo files. Restart JMRI to complete the demo load process. To get rid of the demo
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files, use the <strong>Restore</strong> function in the <strong>Tools</strong> menu of the
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<strong>Operations Settings</strong> to reload the first backup date, which is the blank
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entry form.</p>
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<p>The program also supplies a simple Panel to show how the Train icons work. Load the Panel
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before building any Trains by selecting in the main JMRI menu, "Panels->Open Panels ...".
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A window should appear; open the "Operations" directory and then open the "Operations Demo
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Panel" xml file.</p>
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<p><img src="images/Ops_DemoPanel.png" width="800" height="220" alt="Demo panel">
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</p>
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<h3>Quick Start</h3>
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<p>In the Main DecoderPro menu bar select the <strong>Tools</strong> menu. Near the bottom
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you will find "Operations".</p>
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<p><img src="images/Ops_menu.png" width="283" height="184" alt="ops menu">
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<p>There are six items in the submenu. It is recommended that you start with
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<strong>Settings</strong> and work your way down to <strong>Trains</strong>. We also
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recommend that when defining your Locations that you at first only use Yard spur tracks; try
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Staging and Interchange tracks when you're more comfortable with how OperationPro
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operates.</p>
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<h3>British Railways</h3>
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<p>The program supports an alternate set of railway terminology for our British modelers. To
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use British terminologies, go to the JMRI Advanced Preferences (Edit -> Preferences...),
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select the <strong>Show Advanced Preferences</strong> checkbox and select <em>English (United
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Kingdom)</em> in the "Locale:" menu box. The program will also convert from centimeters to
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meters when entering wagon, locomotive, or location lengths; just append "cm" to any
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length.</p>
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