Activating the CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements in
the Command Control environment
T
he RailSounds 5.0 sound system features StationSounds and TowerCom and CrewTalk
communication. All dialog is intelligible, and each comment is followed by at least one
automatic response. StationSounds announcements feature various conductor dialogues and
station announcements. Be sure to listen for the different combinations of words and phrases
that comprise these exchanges.
Refer to Table 1 below for the dialog commands. The dialog in the table provides examples of
the conversations you can trigger. The actual dialog will vary.
Locomotive
Commands
Example dialog
AUX1, 2
StationSounds arrival announcement.
AUX1, 7
CrewTalk and TowerCom standby announcements.
2
StationsSounds departure announcement.
7
CrewTalk and TowerCom cleared outbound announcements.
AUX1, 5 or 5
Shutdown sequence
AUX1, 2*
Attendant announces the next stop.
AUX1, 7*
CrewTalk and TowerCom cleared inbound announcement.
2
Passenger car attendant sequence.
7
CrewTalk and TowerCom announcement: “All clear ahead”.
AUX1, 5
CrewTalk and TowerCom announcement.
Integrated truck surveillance unit alert — Emergency stop.
5
CrewTalk and TowerCom announcement:
“Slow to caution speed.”
* Activating either
AUX1, 2
or
AUX1, 7
while the locomotive is in motion enables a “train has now
arrived” conversation for 15 seconds. If the train stops within this time, pressing
2
or
7
will play this
special conversation.
Table 1. CAB-1 Remote Controller dialog commands
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RailSounds 5.0 sound system operations
Stopped
Moving
