Then plug the CAT5 plug of the adaptor cable into the first "GleisReporter" module.

Then you must adjust the dip-switches of the "GleisReporter" module. In the picture above the module is set to address #6 (if counted from 1). Now turn on your CS1. Inside the CS1 you must go to "Settings of the CS1":

1. select the "Settings" screen,
2. go to "Setup 1",
3. select "Components in system",
4. select "S88-Bus Control" to see the "S88-Bus Control" screen:

In this "S88-Bus Control" screen you must define all the sensor modules connected to your CS1, no matter which bus they are using. You can mix "GleisReporter" modules with S88-modules. In this case you must avoid address collision: the S88-Bus will occupy the first addresses, because you cannot determine their addresses by dip-switches. S88-Bus modules will be addressed automatically without any gap between them. so give the first "GleisReporter" module an address higher than the last available S88-module in your system connected to your CS1/ECoS. In the following example we will have space left for 5 S88-modules, although only one S88-module is connected. The first "GleisReporter" will get address #6 (the CS1-user inetrface counts the sensor modules from #1), so we must have defined in the following window 6 sensor modules as a minimum:

1. click on the "+" button until you have enough modules defined,
2. then click on the checkmark in the lower right corner of the window to save your settings and to leave this window.
3. Click also on the checkmark in the now reappearing settings window to leave "Settings" screen.

Then launch SimpleDigitalLocomotive. Goto "Preferences" window:

1. select "Startup items",
2. checkbox "program startup with sensor module(s)" must be set,
3. and you must set the desired number of sensor modules.

In our example we want to watch only the first S88-Bus module and the first "GleisReporter" module. So we will need two windows.

In this example we might alternatively set the number to 6, but it is allowed to use any other amount of windows greater than zero, because the CS1 will report sensor events automatically once they are requested by the computer program. SimpleDigitalLocomotive will do this request for every sensor window containing a sensor module number. Gaps are allowed. It this not necessary to create sensor windows for non-existing modules. Please obey: this is only valid in case you are using a CS1/ECoS/Dynamis!

4. Leave "Preferences" window. Settings will have effect on next program relaunch.

Now in our example, with one S88-Bus module and one "GleisReporter" set to address #6, we will define in the already running SimpleDigitalLocomotive application two sensor windows to watch the modules immediately:

1. menubar item "Sensors",
2. click on the item "New s88-window" twice to see two new sensor windows.

Make the approbiate settings inside the upcoming sensor windows: set the refresh rate always to "no polling". And set their module numbers: the one showing the S88-Bus results of our example must get #1, and the window showing the sensors of the CAN-Bus connected "GleisReporter" with it's dip-switches set to address #6 (counted from 1) must get module number #6:

If you turn the "Ethernet protocol" window on, you will see the commands SimpleDigitalLocomotive had sent to the CS1: first requesting state and then view for both open windows. These requests will be renewed if you are changing the sensor window's module number afterwards. Sensor window settings will be saved at program shutdown and will be rebuilded on next program start, if you made the approbiate settings within the window "Preferences", tab "Startup items" as mentioned above.

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The Threeway-Turnout defining inside the Switchboard

In the switchboard you can define also threeway-turnouts. These have 3 states (straight, left, right), which are controlled normally by two solenoids. The state "straight" requires both solenoids to be set to "straight", the state "right" requires the "left" solenoid to be set "straight" and the "right" solenoid to be set "right". For the state "left" the "right" solenoid must be set to "straight" and the "left" one to "left". This requires in analogue operation mode (if there is no additional logic used) 4 buttons  (= two pairs of buttons) or in digital mode 4 ports of an accessory-decoder (= two accessory addresses).

 

Threeway-Turnout defining when using a 6021/6051, IB or compatible device:

If you are using a 6021/6051 or an Intellibox as digital central unit you must define a threeway-turnout inside the switchboard as an element with 2 digital commands per click. You can select the graphic out of the list of the predefined "three way turnout"-elements. Please obey to have always two digital commands defined for each state! The state "right" should be assigned to the lower one of the two digital addresses occupied by the threeway-turnout (which requires to have it connected this way to the accessory-decoder as well). The example below shows the correct settings for a threeway-turnout occupiying the addresses "5" and "6":

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 Threeway-Turnout defining when using an ECoS, CS or compatible device;
commanding via the direct syntax:

Using a fresh ECoS/CS from the vendor you will have no accessories defined inside the device's internal database. It is possible to command accessories with such a device "out-of-the-box" without having the defined if you are using the "direct" syntax (see page 21). In this case you must define the threeway-turnout in the same way as described in the example above, assigning 2 digital commands per click, because the digital central unit does not know what kind of accessory it is switching.

  

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Threeway-Turnout defining when using an ECoS, CS or compatible device;
commanding via the regular syntax:

If there are turnouts already defined inside the ECoS/CS, then the "regular" syntax should be used to command accessories. The digital central unit is knowing what kind of accessory it is switching, and SDL will receive correct events relating to the states of the accessories. If you are using an accessory-address-translation table you can still use the already known accessories' real addresses. In case of the threeway-turnout the switchboard-element must be defined with only 1 digital command per click definiert werden. The third state must be defined as "2". The same has to be defined if you are using the device's database-IDs (>= 20000). The example below shows the correct settings for  a threeway-turnout assigned to the addresses "5" und "6" when using a translation table (please obey: only addresse "5" has to be commanded):