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<h1>JMRI: Turnouts Documentation</h1>
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<h2>What are Turnouts?</h2>
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<p>JMRI calls just about any output to the layout a "Turnout". Originally, JMRI controlled
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just Turnouts via DCC accessory decoders. As time went on, JMRI added more capability, but
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has kept that name. Now, for example, the individual output pins on a C/MRI system are also
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referenced via the "Turnout" name.</p>
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<h2>How to setup Turnouts</h2>
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<h3>Turnout Properties</h3>
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<p>Turnouts are created and edited in the <a href=
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"../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/TurnoutTable.shtml">Turnout Table</a>.<br>
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A range of <a href=
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"../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/TurnoutTable.shtml#columns">columns</a> shows the
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settings for each Turnout.<br>
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Along the bottom are <a href=
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"../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/TurnoutTable.shtml#controls">checkboxes</a> to display
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additional columns.</p>
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<h3>Controlling a Turnout</h3>
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<p>The two states of the output are called "Closed" and "Thrown". "Closed" is the off,
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inactive, not commanded state. "Thrown" is the on, active, commanded state.</p>
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<p>In most cases, you can just operate a Turnout and JMRI will figure out what you mean.
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For example, you can open the "Turnout Control" tool from the "Tools" menu, enter a Turnout
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number (DCC or C/MRI address number), and click Thrown or Closed. JMRI will take it from
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there.</p>
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<h3>Saving Turnout configuration to disk</h3>
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<p>The Turnout definitions are kept in your <em>layout configuration</em>, along with
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Sensors, Signal Heads, control panel setup etc. To store this information on disk, allowing
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you to <a href="../../package/jmri/jmrit/display/PanelMenuHelp.shtml">reload it</a> next
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time you run JMRI, see <a href="../apps/LoadStoreWork.shtml">Loading and Storing Your
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Work</a>.</p>
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<h3 id="add">Adding a new Turnout</h3>
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<p>To fully configure a new Turnout, follow this procedure:</p>
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<p>Click <strong>Tables</strong> ⇒ <strong>Turnouts</strong> in the
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<strong>Tools</strong> menu to bring up the <a href=
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"../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/TurnoutTable.shtml">Turnout Table</a>, and click
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the <strong>Add...</strong> button at the bottom of the pane to bring up the <a href=
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"../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/TurnoutAddEdit.shtml">Add/Edit Turnout
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pane</a>.</p>
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</li>
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<p>From the <strong>System</strong> drop down list select the system to which the
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Turnout address is connected to. In the <strong>Hardware Address</strong> field enter
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the dcc accessory address of the Turnout.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>Enter a User Name. Any string of characters that is different from the User Name of
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other Turnouts will be accepted, but it's wise to use a string that describes the
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intended use of the Turnout. You can leave this blank if you'd like.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>If you wish to add a number of Turnouts at once, click on the <strong>Add a
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Range</strong> checkbox and then in the <strong>Number to Add</strong> field enter the
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number of Turnouts that you wish to add. If you have entered a User Name, then this
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will be appended with a number to ensure that each User Name is unique. If a hardware
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address already exists in the range that is being added, then the system will skip that
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address and carry on.</p>
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</li>
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<p>Click the <strong>OK</strong> button at the bottom of the pane. If everything is
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fine, the new Turnout will appear in the Turnout Table. If there is trouble with
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anything, an error or warning message will be displayed on screen; you should correct
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the error and click <strong>OK</strong> again.</p>
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</li>
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<p>Back in the main Turnout Table, you can now set <a href=
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"../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/TurnoutTable.shtml#Turnout_Feedback">options</a>
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for the Turnout by clicking its <strong>Edit</strong> button, and control it by
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clicking its <strong>Cmd</strong> button.</p>
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