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<h1>JMRI: Signal Heads</h1>
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<p>Signals Heads are how JMRI represents the individual lights/LEDs in a signal on your
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layout. JMRI handles Signal Heads as a specific kind of outputs that can be set to various
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colors: Red, Yellow, Green, Flashing Yellow, etc. Depending on the hardware used to connect
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your model signals tot the DCC system, the program deploys a different technique to turn each
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of these colors on or off.<br>
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Signal Heads may be used to build Signal Masts using the <a href="SignalMasts.shtml">Signal
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Masts Tool</a>. Depending on the way your signals on the layout are connected to the DCC
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system, Signal Heads are normally part of a Signal Mast, but <a href=
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"../../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/SignalMastAddEdit.shtml">some signal hardware</a> is
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able to support multiple Aspects directly, and will not require the use of individual Signal
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Heads.</p>
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<h3 id="table">The Signal Head Table</h3>
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<a href="../../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/images/SigHeadTable.png"><img src=
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"447" height="177" alt="Signal Head Table figure"></a>
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All the Signal Heads that JMRI knows about can be referenced using the "Signal Head Table"
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tool in the Tools menu of most JMRI programs.
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<p>For more information on configuring Signal Heads with the Signal Heads Table, please see
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the <a href="../../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/SignalHeadTable.shtml">Signal Head Table
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help page</a>.</p>
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<h3 id="add">Creating a Signal Head</h3>
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<a href="../../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/images/SignalHeadAdd1.png"><img src=
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"../../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/images/SignalHeadAdd1.png" class="floatRight" width=
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"127" height="200" alt="Add Signal Head window figure"></a>
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<p>To define a new Signal Head, click on the <a href=
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"../../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/SignalAddEdit.shtml">Add...</a> button at the bottom
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of the Signal Head Table. This will prompt you for the Signal Head type and whatever further
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information is needed for the selected type.<br>
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There's more information on the <a href=
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"../../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/SignalAddEdit.shtml">Adding Signal Heads help
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page</a>.</p>
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<h3 id="edit">Editing an Existing Signal Head</h3>
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<p>Click on the <strong>Edit</strong> button at the right of the Signal Head Table to open
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the Edit Signal Head window.</p>
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<p>Once a Signal Head has been defined, its connection Type and System Name can't be changed.
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You can ignore Signal Heads that you've defined and don't use; they don't hurt anything. If
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preferred you can delete a Signal Head from the Signal Head Table by clicking the Delete
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button. Save a copy of the JMRI Configuration file as a backup first and carefully read the
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warning message that pops up if the Signal Head is used by other parts of JMRI!</p>
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<h3>Controlling a Signal Head</h3>
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Apart from manually setting the Appearance of a Signal Head from the Signal Head Table by
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clicking on the current state of a head in the Appearance column and selecting a state from
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the combo box that opens, Signal Heads can be automatically controlled by JMRI in various
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ways, including:
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="AspectSignaling.shtml">Aspect Signaling</a>, the most versatile method to
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display various prototype signaling Rule Books of many US and foreign railroads, driven
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automatically by the state of Turnouts and (Occupancy) Sensors;
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</li>
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<li>Via <a href="../Logix.shtml">Logix</a>, a graphical way of controlling Signal Heads
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with simple logic statements;
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</li>
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<li>By <a href="../scripting/index.shtml">Scripts</a>, using a full programming language to
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do whatever you'd like;
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</li>
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<li>Using the <a href="../../../package/jmri/jmrit/blockboss/BlockBossFrame.shtml">Simple
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Signal Logic</a> Tool, for basic ABS signaling of the North American type (more easily
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available via the first method).
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Saving and Reloading Configuration</h2>
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<p>The Signal Head information is kept in your <em>layout configuration</em>, along with
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Turnouts, Lights, Sensors, control panel setup etc.<br>
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To save this information on disk, allowing you to <a href=
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"../../../package/jmri/jmrit/display/PanelMenuHelp.shtml">reload it</a> next time you run
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JMRI, see <a href="../../apps/LoadStoreWork.shtml">Loading and Storing Your Work</a>.</p>
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<p>For more information on creating and displaying panels, including how to show Signals on
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your Panels, please see the <a href="../../apps/PanelPro/index.shtml">Panels help
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pages</a>.</p>
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<p>Back to the <a href="index.shtml#tools">Signaling main help page</a>.</p>
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