I am trying to find out the name of the vehicle stopped at a signal and then read a keyword from that vehicle.  Any help would be great.  Code would be preferred please.

 

Thanks

 

George

Hello George,

if you're using V7 and the vehicle has stopped on a contact which belongs to the signal:

First, here's how to check for a keyword.
A keyword is a treated like a variable, with the actual word being the name of this variable.

That's why the condition may look like this:

check if vehicle "MAK1202-1205" has a variable named "freighttrain"

To find the train sitting on the contact of a particular signal, you may use an iteration.
It will return a list of all vehicles on that contact. This may sound strange, because there shouldn't be more than one. But the same iteration is also used to get all vehicles on a particular track. And that may well be a larger number than 1.

Here is the iteration:

return all elements wich sit on the contact of signal "H/V main signal" - one by one - and give each one the temp name "Iter"

And here is how you enter each element from that iteration into the condition:

Click on the small cog wheel next to the object (where the train name was before) and selet "Iteration".

If you feel comfortable with Lua, use the small <> button to convert everything into a script.
In the script, you can eliminate the iteration and go straight for the first element of the returned list. That is the vehicle parked on that contact:

local t = layout:getVehiclesOn($("H/V main signal"))
if t[1].variables["freighttrain"] ~= nil then
-- enter tasks here
end

 

Kind regards
Goetz

I hope this helps.

First, a keyword is a shortcut to name one or more objects in the Events Manager

In this case there are more than seven track contacts, and I want to set an event that will work for any of them.  Vehicle (Trigger) refers to the Locomotive (any) that triggers a "Stop" contact.

Here, I have used a track contact to trigger a track signal.  The rest of the event sets specific routes.

Each Locomotive has an object variable called Track that sets a specific track.

Here, The Track for Loco 3 sets a series of three track switches for track3

You are such a brilliant group of "helpers".   My interest in 3D Train studio would have lone been exhausted without the help from Goetz and Kurt.  Thanks a million.

 

George

 

My next question is....Is it possible to display the time left on a timer (Nearest Second would be good).

 

George, Bramhall, Stockport, UK

vor 11 Minuten schrieb Jud91:

Is it possible to display the time left on a timer

apparently not, George

The only timer property I can find is "active". Nothing beyond that.

5 hours ago, Goetz said:

apparently not, George

The only timer property I can find is "active". Nothing beyond that.

Hello @Curt84328

the active state is the only property that I can access from within the event manager.
I cannot read and evaluate properties like the remaining time.

Kind regards
Göetz

You can use the event tracer

Click the + under timers and variables to add those you want to see.

My apologies, @Curt84328

I just realised, I misunderstood Jud91.
He simply want's to keep an eye on the timer values.
And you, together with @simonjackson1964 gave the correct answer.

For some reason I was under the impression that he wanted to evaluate it, using the event manager.
THat he wanted to use the value as a condition or print it on a label.

Sorry about that

Well, we could still be wrong, we'll have to wait for a response from @Jud91 for that.

Sorry to not be clear.  Both answers are of help BUT I wish to display a current clock on the layout.  This clock needs to show the simulation time.

(If in real time it will show real time like a clock on the layout somewhere.

 

Thanks for you help and apologies for not being very clear.

 

George

 

Hello @Jud91,

in the Lua editor, press ctrl + spacebar to open a list of all available commands and parameters.
You may find that the simulation time is held in a variable named layout.time

 

Unfortunately, this value is only available from within a Lua script.

Here's how you give the time to the text property of a label item (called Label in this example):

$("Label").text = layout.time

You can use a timer (set to 60 seconds) to refresh the text once every minute.

 

Kind regards
Goetz

vor 3 Minuten schrieb Goetz:

You can use a timer (set to 60 seconds) to refresh the text once every minute.

Small hint, you can use the event "Time is reached" to react on layout time changes without a timer.

Kind regards,

Neo

Brilliant.  Many thanks

 

George

 

Not related BUT.  I have lost my Pro version settings even though I am logged in correctly.   It will not save my work without buying professional again.   Can anyone suggest what I do please?

 

George

 

Please ignore.  I have logged in again and all is well.

Hi George,

it seems that you are using 2 accounts here, but your professional version is only linked to a single account. Should I merge both accounts into a single one?

Kind regards,

Neo

Yes please.  Can you keep georgeb@*** and drop ms@***.  Thank you

George

 

Hi George,

I have merged both accounts. If you like, you can change your username and/or mail in your account settings.

Kind regards,

Neo