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<h1>Using JMRI® to Operate Trains</h1>
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<h2>OperationsPro: Schedules</h2>
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<div class="ops-right">
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<p><a href="Ops_Locations_Menu.shtml">back</a><a href="#"></a>
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<p>If you would like to see Cars delivered to a customer's siding in a particular sequence,
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or with a specific Load for delivery or shipping, the program allows you to apply a
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(Manifest) <strong>Schedule</strong> to a Spur Track. <strong>This is an optional feature and
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shouldn't be used until you become very familiar with how the program generates Manifests and
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Switch Lists.</strong></p>
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<p>A Schedule provides very fine control on the order in which specific Cars Types will be
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delivered to a Spur Track. You can also specify the Road name for the type of Car delivered.
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For example, if you wanted two SP boxcars to be delivered followed by a tank car loaded with
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"Oil", you can create a Schedule that will make OperationsPro do exactly that.</p>
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<p><a id="Schedules"></a>You can also access your Schedules from the <a href=
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"Ops_Locations.shtml">Locations</a> panel Tools menu. The Schedules table provides status for
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each Schedule. Since you can assign one Schedule to multiple Spurs Tracks, the table also
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provides additional status info for each of the Tracks that use that particular Schedule. The
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table also allows you the edit a Schedule once its been assigned to a Spur Track.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/Ops_Schedule07.png" alt="schedule" height=
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"218" width="900">
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<h4>Creating a Schedule</h4>
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<p>First open the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="Ops_Locations.shtml">Locations</a>
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window.</p>
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<p>Then press <span class="textbutton">Edit</span> in the column to
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the right of the location that you desire to schedule and the <strong>Edit Location</strong>
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window will open.</p>
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<p><img src="images/Ops_Schedule02.png" alt="Schedule" height="544" width="777">
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</p>
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<p>To Schedule a location, select <span class="textbutton">Edit</span>
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in the column to the right to schedule the specific track at a location, then the
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<strong>Edit (Spur or other type of track) Track</strong> window will open.</p>
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<table>
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<tbody>
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<tr>
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<td><input name="schedule" id="schedule" src="images/Ops_Schedule03.png" type="image">
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</td>
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<td>
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<p>Next to <strong>Optional Schedule</strong> <select name="select" id="select">
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</select> on the <strong>Edit Spur Track</strong> panel. Presssing
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<span class="textbutton">Edit</span> opens the <strong>Add Schedule</strong> panel.</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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<p>If the Schedule already exists, the <strong>Edit Schedule for <em>Spur</em> [spur
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name]</strong> window opens so you can modify (or delete) it.<br>
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If no Schedule is selected, then pressing <span class="textbutton">Edit</span>
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opens the <strong>Add Schedule for <em>Spur</em> [spur name]</strong>
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pane.</p>
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<p><img src="images/Ops_Schedule04.png" alt="Schedule" height="281" width="900">
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</p>
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<p>A Schedule can operate in two modes:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Sequential, if you want cars in sequence</li>
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<li>Match mode, if you do not care about car order</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Type a <strong>Name</strong> for your Schedule and then press
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<span class="textbutton">Add Schedule</span> on the bottom of the panel. Multiple Spur
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Tracks can use the same Schedule as long as the Tracks use the same Car types and Roads.</p>
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<p><img src="images/Ops_Schedule05.png" alt="Schedule" height="281" width="900">
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</p>
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<p><img src="images/Ops_Schedule05a.png" alt="Schedule" height="281" width="900">
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</p>
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<p>Now add your first delivery for this Track by selecting a Car type <select name="select2"
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id="select2">
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<option>
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Boxcar
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</option>
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</select> and pressing <span class="textbutton">Add car type</span> .
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. A new item of Type "Boxcar" should appear in your Schedule list:</p>
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<p><img src="images/Ops_Schedule06.png" alt="Schedule" height="281" width="900">
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</p>
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<p>A Timetable may be specified using drop-down menus.<br>
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If you wish, specify a particular Road for the type of Car you entered, or leave the Road
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field blank if you don't care about the Road name.<br>
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You can also specify the Car Load for both Receive and Ship.</p>
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<div style="margin:40px; padding:10px; background-color:#eee;">New in v3.10: Random moves
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<p>The Add/Edit Schedule panel has a new "Random" column with a menu of 8 items. The default
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is [Blank] (disabled), and there are values between 5 and 50. If you select 5, it tells the
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program to randomly reduce the number of Car Moves at this Location by up to 5%. So if you
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asked for 10 Moves, you could get 10 or 9 Moves. If you selected 50, you could get any number
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of Moves between 10 and 5. Be sure to press "Save Schedule" to save you setting.</p>
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<img src="images/Ops_AddScheduleRandom413.png" alt="Schedule v3.8 with Random column" height=
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"268" width="825"></div>
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<p>If you want more than one Car of this Type to be delivered consecutively, increase the
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number in the Count field. The maximum Count is 10 and the minimum is 1. Repeat selecting Car
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types and pressing <span class="textbutton">Add car type</span>
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until you have a delivery Schedule that you like. Press <span class="textbutton">Save Schedule</span>
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and close the Add/Edit Schedule panel when you are done.</p>
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<p>Note only Car Types and Roads that are accepted by this Spur Track are available. If a Car
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Type or Road isn't available, check the Car Types and Roads set up for this <a href=
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"Ops_AddSiding.shtml">Track</a> and <a href="Ops_AddLocations.shtml">Location</a> in the
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respective panes.</p>
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<p>If you want a specific Load for your cars, you can create them using the <a href=
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"Ops_CarAttributes.shtml">Edit Car Attributes</a> for car <strong>Load</strong>. Each new
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custom Load type is associated with the Car type. For example you can have "Screws" for a
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Boxcar, and "Oil" for a Tankcar. OperationsPro will only deliver Cars with a "Schedule Load"
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to a Spur Track that has a matching Schedule that also requests that particular Load.
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However, Cars with a Schedule Load can still be placed at Yards, Staging, and Interchange
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Tracks.</p>
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<p>You can optionally use your Staging Tracks to empty cars with a "Schedule" load, and you
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can also <em>create</em> "Schedule" loads using staging tracks.</p>
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