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<h1>JMRI: Signal Masts</h1>
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<p class="subtitle">Using Signal Masts</p>
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<a href="../../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/images/SignalMasts-num.png"><img src=
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<p>JMRI Signal Mast objects allow you to display prototypical Aspects on signals. For
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background information, see the <a href="AspectSignaling.shtml">Aspect Signaling</a>
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page.</p>
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<h3>The Signal Mast Table</h3>
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<p>Signal Masts are configured through the <a href=
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"../../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/SignalMastTable.shtml">Signal Mast Table</a>. You
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access this tool from the <strong>Tools ⇒ Tables ⇒ Signal Masts</strong> menu.</p>
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<p>From the table, you can manually set individual Signal Masts to any Aspect that they're
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able to display by selecting it from one of the combo boxes in the "Aspect" column.<br>
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You can change the settings of a Signal Mast by clicking the <a href=
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"../../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/SignalMastAddEdit.shtml">"Edit"</a> button in the
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corresponding line.</p>
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<h3 id="add">Creating a Signal Mast</h3>
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<p>You add a new Signal Mast by clicking on the "Add..." button at the bottom of the Signal
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Mast Table, which takes you to the <a href=
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"../../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/SignalMastAddEdit.shtml">"Add/Edit Signal Mast"
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pane</a>.</p>
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<h3>Signal Mast Repeaters</h3>
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<img src="images/SignalMastRepeaterPane.png" width="291" height="98" class="floatRight"
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alt="signal mast repeaters">
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<p>A Signal Mast Repeater enables one physical (or virtual) signal mast to mimic another
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signal mast's aspect.</p>
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<p>This can be useful in a number of ways:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>When one physical signal mast must provide an aspect which is exactly identical to
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another physical signal mast. This could be used to "repeat" the aspect of a
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"hard-to-see" signal mast on some other easy-to-see signal mast, such as one modeled in
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the fascia of the layout.</li>
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<li>When there are multiple different routes between two physical signal masts, JMRI
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Signal Mast Logic discovery will only identify logic for one of the routes. By providing
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multiple signal masts at the "destination" end of the route, it is possible to manually
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create and configure Signal Mast Logic for each of the alternate routes, such that the
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"source" signal mast displays the correct indication to protect the "destination" signal
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mast, regardless of which route is selected.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>See the <a href="../../../package/jmri/jmrit/beantable/SignalMastRepeater.shtml">Signal
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Mast Repeater</a> documentation for more details.</p>
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<h2>Saving and Reloading Configuration</h2>
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<p>The Signal Mast information is kept in your <em>layout configuration</em>, along with
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Turnouts, Lights, Sensors, control panel setup etc. To save this information on disk,
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allowing you to reload it next time you run JMRI, see <a href=
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"../../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
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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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