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<h1>Consist Tool</h1>
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<h2>Using the Consist Tool</h2>
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<p>When you first open the consist tool, you will see a screen similar to the following:</p>
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<img src="images/ConsistTool.png" alt="Blank Consist Tool">
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<p>The buttons on the top row are used to select between an Advanced (or Decoder Assisted)
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Consist and a Command Station Assisted Consist. If the Command Station Assisted Consists are
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not supported by the tool for your system, these selections will be grayed out.</p>
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<p>The box Next to the label <strong>Consist:</strong> is used to specify the consist ID. For
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Decoder Assisted Consists, this should be the short address used to identify the consist. For
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Command Station Assisted Consists, this value may automatically be filled in with the lead
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locomotive address when you try to add it to the consist.</p>
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<p>Adding a typical ID for a Decoder Assisted Consist should look like the following:</p>
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<img src="images/ConsistTool-IDAdded.png" alt="Consist Tool - ID Added">
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<p>The second line of the consisting tool is used to add locomotives. A locomotive may be
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added either by entering it's number in the box next to <strong>New Locomotive</strong> or by
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selecting it's number from the roster drop down box.</p>
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<img src="images/ConsistTool-LeadLoco.png" alt="Lead Locomotive Selected">
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<p>Clicking the <strong>add</strong> button will add a locomotive to the consist, and it will
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appear in the list below the second line.</p>
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<img src="images/ConsistTool-LeadLocoAdded.png" alt="Lead Locomotive Added to Consist">
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<p>Clicking the <strong>reset</strong> button will clear the information for this
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locomotive.</p>
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<p>The <strong>Direction Normal</strong> checkbox is used to determine if the locomotive is
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traveling in forward or reverse when the consist is traveling forward.</p>
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<p>You may notice from the previous screen shots that this box is grayed out until a lead
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locomotive is selected. With subsequent locomotives, you can check this box to indicate the
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direction of the locomotive relative to the lead locomotive.</p>
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<img src="images/ConsistTool-SecondLoco.png" alt=
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"Second LocoMotive Selected - Direction Reversed">
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<p>After adding the second locomotive to the consist, with the direction reversed, you should
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see something like the following:</p>
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<img src="images/ConsistTool-SecondLocoAdded.png" alt="Second Locomotive Added">
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<p>If you made a mistake, and add a second locomotive to the consist with the wrong
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direction, you can change it's direction simply by clicking on the checkbox in the Direction
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Normal column.</p>
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<img src="images/ConsistTool-SecondLocoDirChange.png" alt=
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"Second Locomotive - Direction Change">
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<p>The direction of the lead locomotive cannot be changed once added.</p>
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<p>To delete an individual locomotive from the consist, you can select the
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<strong>Delete</strong> button in the right most column of the appropriate row of the table
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of addresses.</p>
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<p>To <strong>delete an entire consist</strong> you can use the <strong>Delete</strong>
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button at the bottom of the screen.</p>
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<p>To <strong>Reverse the consist</strong> you can use the <strong>Reverse</strong> button at
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the bottom of the screen. This operation will cause order of the locomotives in the consist
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to reverse and the direction of each consist to change from normal to reverse and vice
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vera.</p>
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<p>The <strong>throttle button</strong> at the bottom of the screen can be used to bring up a
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JMRI throttle for this address.</p>
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<p>The <strong>Restore</strong> button at the bottom of the screen is used to force the
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consit tool to re-write the consist to the command station. This option is useful if either
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the consist has been erased from the command station and/or decoder memory. e</p>
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<p>To Add a new consist, you can select the blank entry in the drop-down box next to the
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current consist's ID.</p>
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<img src="images/ConsistTool-NewConsist.png" alt="Select New Consist">
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<p>To Recall an existing consist, you can select the appropriate entry from the drop-down box
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next to the current consist's ID.</p>
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<img src="images/ConsistTool-SelectConsist.png" alt="Select a Consist">
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<p>Begining with JMRI version 4.17.3, an option exists in the File menu to <strong>Scan
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Roster for Consists</strong>. This option reads the files of the roster and examines CV19
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(The Consist Address). If a consist address is found, the locomotive is added to that
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consist. This operation does not write consist information to the command station.</p>
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<img src="images/ConsistTool-ScanForConsists.png" alt="Scan Roster for Consists">
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<p>For more information on consisting and the JMRI consist tool, please see the main <a href=
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"../../../../html/tools/consisttool/ConsistTool.shtml#tool">consisting page</a>.</p>
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