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Weasel
®
Lite User Manual
Weasel
®
Lite User Manual
Station Bays
Bays are the simplest, most flexible, and most frequent station pattern. Typically, a bay is assigned to a
workstation and vice versa. Bays comprise a switch to exit the main track and a switch for re-entering
the main track. The section between exit and entrance can be designed as required (with additional
bends and straights, etc.) as long as they are connected to the main track via exits/entrances and there
are no switches within the bay.
In the case of a bay, the exit switch is always indicated upstream by means of a
Turn
marker (e.g.
Turn
Left
marker as shown in the following illustration). The actual
Station
marker (i.e. the stop position for
the Weasels) is located in the bay itself. Upstream of this marker, there must be a
Fine Positioning
marker. For traffic control, an
Entrance
marker is required upstream of the re-entrance switch into the
main loop. An
Attention Entrance
marker must be provided in the bay upstream of the same switch. If
the station is a source (or source/sink combination), i.e. free Weasels can be called from here via an
app, a
Request
marker must also be provided upstream of the
Turn
marker.
When the minimum distances as shown in the illustration are kept, the total length of station bay
(including the position of the optional
Request
marker) is at least 400 cm, the minimum width is 80 cm.
In case you plan to build this bay as shown in the illustration, please note that the straight section of the
main loop (between the two switches) is approximately 250 cm long, whereas the straight section inside
the station (between the curves) is approximately 80 cm long. However, you can use any width or length
for your bay or even realize courses with additional bends, etc. When doing this, you should note,
however, that the app communicating with your Weasel vehicles at the
Station
and
Request
marker
must not be too far away. A range of approximately 5 meters can be assumed (up to 10 meters if
conditions are favorable).
Fig. 6 | Pattern of a station bay
