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<h1>The Panel</h1>
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<p>A Panel is a set of icons representing various components of a layout. Some of the icons
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available in JMRI© include Turnouts, Sensors and Signals Masts. You can also include a
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background icon to represent your layout on your Panel.</p>
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<p>The Panel Editor which you use to create a Panel is described on the <a href=
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"PanelEditor.shtml">Panel Editor Help page</a>.</p>
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<h2>Panel operation</h2>
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<p>Clicking on a Turnout symbol flips it from Closed to Thrown and vice-versa. A Turnout also
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has "Unknown" and "Inconsistent" states, represented by an icon with a question mark and X
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respectively. These represent a state where no information has been received, and where the
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information is internally inconsistent (e.g. both Closed and Thrown at the same time).</p>
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<p>This control can be used in various ways. For example, you could have a Turnout Icon
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covering a Turnout on a schematic diagram. When you click on it, the Turnout on the layout
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would be commanded to change, and the track diagram would show which way a Train would be
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routed. Or you could use icons that show a lever to the right or left, and create a Panel
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that looks like a traditional US&S Panel.</p>
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<p>"Sensors" can be used to represent occupancy indicators or other inputs. The default icon
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is a small circle, with color used to represent the state of the Sensor. These respond to
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changes on the layout automatically. Clicking on a Sensor Icon causes the Sensor to alternate
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between "Active" and "Inactive" states. With the default icons, Active is a green circle and
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Inactive is an empty circle. These are meant to represent a lit/dark Panel indicator. A red
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circle represents the "Unknown" state, used when no information has yet been received from
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the layout.</p>
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<h2>Creating a Panel</h2>
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<p>Panels are created with the <a href="PanelEditor.shtml">Panel Editor</a>, which allows you
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to place images to represent Turnouts, Sensors (on some systems) and trackwork.</p>
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<h2>Popup menus</h2>
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<p>If the "Panel items popup menu active" box is checked in the Panel Editor, a small popup
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menu will appear when you right click an icon. Most icons allow you to Rotate and Remove the
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icon. There are other options depending on the type of icon, for example, you can disable a
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Turnout Icon so it doesn't actually control anything.</p>
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<p>If enabled via the checkboxes on the <a href="PanelEditor.shtml">Panel Editor</a>, you can
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move an icon by dragging it around the Panel. For more precise positioning, many icons can
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access the <a href="CoordinateEdit.shtml">Coordinate Editor</a> to move the icon by a
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specific number of pixels or set it to an absolute location.</p>
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<p>When the checkboxes in the Panel Editor permit it, the popup menu may include items to
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recall the Icon Editor to change the icons or the entity it represents. Other items likely to
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be available are: rotations, scaling, font sizes, colors etc.</p>
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<p>The popup menu may also change if the configuration of an item is changed. For example, if
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you add Feedback to a Turnout, the popup menu includes a new item choice called "Tristate".
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Tristate allows you to use the "Inconsistent" icon, which is one of the four possible icons
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available for a Turnout. Normally when you first click on a Turnout Icon it commands the
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layout to change the state of the physical turnout. If you use Feedback for a particular
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Turnout, the icon display will wait to hear from the layout before modifying the Turnout Icon
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to the Closed or Thrown icon. By using "Tristate", the icon will change immediately to the
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"Inconsistent" icon when the Turnout Icon is clicked. Inconsistent in this case means that
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I've commanded the Turnout to change and now we're waiting to hear if it actually happened.
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If and when the layout returns the actual or "known state" of the Turnout, the icon will
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change to that state. If you don't use "Tristate", when you click on the icon, it may take
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some time (milliseconds to seconds depending on the hardware system) before the Turnout Icon
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responds with the known state of the physical turnout.</p>
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<h2>Marker</h2>
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<p>The Panel pane menu includes an item called "Marker". You can use a Marker to represent a
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Locomotive or other device on your Panel. You can move the Marker around the Panel to show
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the Locomotive's current position. Markers are always moveable, and their popup menus are
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always active. To create a Marker, select "Add loco" or "Add loco from roster" from the
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"Marker" menu. The "Add loco from roster" option will use the Road Number from your Roster
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file as the label; if the Road Number wasn't entered when you created your Roster, PanelPro
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will display the DCC address of the Locomotive. To remove Markers from your Panel, use the
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"Remove markers" menu item.</p>
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<p>The Marker's popup menu allows you to change the Marker's color, font size and style. The
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menu also allows you to remove the Marker from the Panel.</p>
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<p>If you want to keep your Markers between operating sessions, you can store the Panel and
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the Markers will be stored in your PanelPro xml data file.</p>
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