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When selecting any of the consisted locomotives on a throttle, the entire consist will be operated: speed
control and function control commands will automatically act on the consist, even if the given LCC throttle
does not support the consisting protocol.
When operating functions such as horn (typically F2), the CS-105 will differentiate whether the throttle has
selected the current locomotive (horn will sound) or a different locomotive of the consist (horn will not
sound). This behavior can be selected or disabled for each DCC address and each function number
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specifically, see the Section
. There is an additional headlights feature for
prototypical diesel consists described in that section.
The Current Cab feature allows switching between different locomotives in a consist. This changes the
relative display of forward/backward on the throttle display, and also changes which locomotive will sound
the horn, if the given function’s consist behavior is configured to “Current Cab Only”. To change the Current
Cab on a TCS throttle, press ENTER when a consist is selected.
The CS-105 stores consists in persistent storage. This means that your consists are saved between
operating sessions and across power cycles. When a throttle selects a locomotive which is in a consist, all
other consist members are automatically started and the consist is assembled on that throttle. This means
that a consist can be handed over from one throttle to another; and a consist can be released on a throttle
and picked up later on the same or different throttle by selecting any of the locomotives in the consist.
It is possible to have two different throttles select two different members of the same consist at the same
time. When one throttle changes the consist speed or functions, other throttles will automatically update
their screen.
5.3 Technical information
NOTE: The information in this section is subject to change in future software releases.
5.3.1 Status screen
Some technical information about the current operation of the CS-105 can be viewed in JMRI’s by opening
the CS-105 configuration screen, then clicking the Status segment, or under Menu > Settings > DCC
System Settings > Status on a TCS throttle.
5.3.2 Locomotive stack
The CS-105 maintains an internal operative memory about the locomotives that it is controlling. This
memory allows the CS-105 to generate periodic messages to DCC and M/M decoders as required by the
protocol standard, as well as provide information for a throttle or computer software about the current speed
and functions for a given train upon request (typically when a train is acquired by a throttle).
Locomotives are automatically added to the operative memory when they are selected by a throttle. Each
locomotive, including each consist member of a stored consist, occupies one entry in the “stack” of the
CS-105. Upon powerup of the CS-105, this memory is empty, and the stored consists are loaded into it.
The memory never gets full, because unused locomotives are automatically removed from the stack as
needed.
The number of currently operating locomotives can be viewed in the Status screen. The CS-105 supports
up to 260 locomotives in the operative memory.
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This behavior is the intention of CV21/22 for CV19 consists.
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