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<h1>Sensor Groups</h1>
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<p>The Sensor Group Tool window allows you to define Sensor Groups, a group of sensors of
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which at most one can be active. When a member of the group becomes active, all others are
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set to inactive.</p>
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<p>The Sensor Group Tool can be accessed via PanelPro > Tools > Sensor Groups.</p>
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<p>Generally, you would use something like this to simulate a rotary switch on a real control
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panel. The real switch would activate only one input as it was turned from position to
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position; the previous input would become inactive as the switch turned to the next
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position.</p>
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<p>On a PanelPro control panel, each position might be shown by a separate sensor icon which
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you click to activate. Putting that set of sensors in a Sensor Group would then cause the
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sensor at the previous position to go inactive when you clicked to change the simulated
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rotary switch.</p>
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<img src="sensor-group-frame-626x500.png" alt="JMRI Sensor Groups" width="626" height="500">
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<p>To define a group:</p>
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<li>Check the "Included" box next to each sensor that you want to include in the group. You
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can click on the titles at the top of the columns to sort them if you have lots of sensors
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to flip through.</li>
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<li>Put a unique sensor group name in the box at the bottom. No particular format is
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required, but it can't duplicate one you've already defined.</li>
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<li>Click add/update</li>
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</ul>
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<p>To see a Sensor Group you've already defined, put it's name in the Group Name box, and
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click View. You can then change the checkboxes to add or remove sensors from the group, and
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click Add/Update to make your changes.</p>
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<p>Remember to save your changes to a new configuration or panel file before quitting the
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program!</p>
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<h2>JMRI Help</h2>
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<p>You can view this help page within JMRI by selecting Help > Window Help in the top bar
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of the Sensor Group Tool.</p>
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