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<h1>The Switchboard Editor</h1>
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<span class="since">since 4.7.3</span>
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<p>Switchboards provide a visual control grid for your JMRI layout "out of the box".<br>
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To create a new Switchboard, from the Panels menu, choose New Panel ⇒ Switchboard Editor.<br>
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A default pane with switches for Turnouts in the range 1 - 24 opens.<br>
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If any Turnouts were defined in JMRI beforehand, those switches will immediately show their
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current state and immediately let you control them.</p>
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<a href="images/SwitchboardEditor.png"><img src="images/SwitchboardEditor.png" width="247"
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height="214" class="floatRight" alt="The Switchboard Editor"></a>
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<p>To the left, a small Switchboard Editor pane allows you to refine what this Switchboard
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will control. Select an option for:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Bean type - to control a range of Turnouts, Sensors or Lights</li>
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<li>Connection - select Internal or an active JMRI connection</li>
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<li>Switch shape - pick a visual presentation for the switches:
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<ul>
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<li>Button - standard Java buttons, the default and best on slow displays</li>
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<li>Slider - a modern interface popular in smart phones. You can pack a lot of controls
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in a small panel</li>
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<li>Key - the classic layout keyboard inspired by the Märklin hardware Keyboard</li>
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<li>Symbol - schematics like the traditional (Control) Panel, distinctive per bean
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type.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Set the number of rows of switches to be displayed (number of items per row is
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calculated)</li>
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<li>Select Hide unconnected switches to only show switches for items connected to
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hardware</li>
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<li>Auto Address Range (selected by default)<span class="since">since 4.13.4</span> makes
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it easy to use the left/right arrows on the pane to jump to the next set of hardware
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addresses while keeping the number of items on the board the same.</li>
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</ul>
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<a href="images/Switchboard.png"><img src="images/Switchboard.png" width="276" height="221"
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class="floatRight" alt="Example of a Switchboard pane"></a>
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<p><span class="since">since 4.99.3</span>
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Additional settings for a particular Switchboard can be found in the Options menu.<br>
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For example, change the background color for this Switchboard, set icon size or whether you
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want to display the user name of connected switches.</p>
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<a href="images/SwitchboardMenu.png"><img src="images/SwitchboardMenu.png" alt="Switchboard Option menu"></a>
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<p>The new settings are applied immediately. Sometimes
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you may want to click [Update Switchboard] to redraw all items on the board.</p>
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<p>Note that hybrid Switchboards containing more than one bean type or connection are not
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possible. You can create and save separate Switchboards for different connections, address
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ranges and object types like Turnouts. Change the name of this Switchboard by choosing Rename
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Switchboard... from the Edit menu while the Editor is open.</p>
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<p>When ready, close the Editor by clicking the Close box in its title bar or Close Editor
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from the File menu. Open the Editor at any time from the Switchboard's Edit menu.</p>
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<h2>Quick Reference Guide - Using the Switchboard</h2>
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<p>In the PanelPro Panel menu, select New > Switchboard Editor.</p>
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<p>After the standard board opens, select a Connection, Bean type Switch Shape from the
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comboboxes.</p>
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<p>Drag and resize the window to a handy position on screen. The switches will reflow and
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resize.</p>
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<p>Clicking on an active switch on the board will send an instruction to the layout to toggle
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the item (on/off, closed/thrown). Depending on the hardware, the switch label and graphics
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will change to show the new state.</p>
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<p>A tooltip appears when you hover your mouse over a switch, showing the user name of that
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item (if it's connected and set).</p>
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<p>Right-click a switch to open a context-menu and:</p>
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<a href="images/Keyboard.png"><img src="images/Keyboard.png" width="230" height="165" class=
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"floatRight" alt="SwitchBoard keys"></a>
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<ul>
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<li>Set the user name of a connected item (stored in the item, not in the board)</li>
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<li>Attach a new item to an inactive switch (using the name of the switch and the object
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type as set in the Editor)</li>
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<li>Invert a turnout so it displays the intended state (depending on protocol support)</li>
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<li>To come: flip the switch icon to better represent the position of the connected
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turnout</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Remember to save your setup and configured items by choosing Store Panels... from the File
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menu.<br>
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Note: The menu item changes as of 4.23.3 to <strong>Store ALL table content and
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panels</strong>. For details, see <a href="../../../../html/apps/LoadStoreWork.shtml">Loading
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and Storing Your Work</a>.<br>
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You can have your Switchboards open automatically upon startup by setting them as as an "Open
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File" Startup Action under Preferences > Startup.</p>
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