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Basics

General information

Verwendung

This page in the TC Wiki is aimed primarily at newcomers who have little or no experience with TrainController. From the wealth of FAQs, tips & tricks and how-tos, the articles that provide basic, important information and help for beginners are listed and linked here.

First Steps with TrainController

The following sources of information and help are available for the first steps with TC:

1. First steps: On the homepage of TrainController there is an overview of the first steps and the most important sources on the TC website.
2. Quick start: In the respective program descriptions for the three TC versions there is a Quick start TrainController in 5 steps before the first chapters, which clearly shows the way to the first PC-controlled train.
3. Forum: The TC-Forum is the official forum of the manufacturer Freiwald Software: How do I register in the user forum?
4. Events: In this forum, particular reference is made to the Events section, where you will always find information about seminars, user meetings, get-togethers, etc...
5. TC-wiki: And last but not least, of course, the TC-Wiki here...

Tips and Help for Newbies

The most important contributions are listed in groups below.

The first steps

Basics for the first steps:

• Difference between road traffic and rail traffic
• Quick start TrainController in 5 steps
• Enter TrainController activation code correctly
• TC Gold Silver or Bronze (The TGG - TrainController Basic Law)
• Digital system (important information: what is a digital system?)
• How does the Internet get to the model railway PC? Online license check
• Beginners! Instructions for the first steps with TC (The first beginning)
• TC for beginners.pdf (Step by step instructions)
• Setting up the digital system (connect the PC to the digital system)
• Driving with Traincontroller, what options are there?
• Driving + Signaling analogue vs. digital (basics) (Comparison analogue vs. digital)

Technical terms

Explanation of the most important technical terms from the TC universe:

• Terms: Block - Detector - Marking
• Direction of travel or locomotive direction; difference
• I can't cope with the many terms in the program!
• Trigger and condition; difference
• Momentary detector or permanent detector; a comparison
• signal boxes and signal box windows

Railroad&Co Stammtisch on the Internet

Access to Discord Community Server:

• TC Stammtisch on the Internet

Blocks

Basics for dividing the model railway into blocks:

• Creating a small track diagram interlocking
• Preparing a switch for model railway control with the computer
• Block - Instructions for the correct division of sections
• Block - brake and stop markings
• Block - track section - separation point - switch
• Switches within blocks: yes/no?
• States of a block (occupied, occupied or reserved)
• labeling blocks
• block with three detectors

Locomotives and wagons

What properties does my locomotive have and how do I set them up in TC?

• Preparing a locomotive for model railway control via computer
• Controlling a locomotive
• Locomotive Function - Alternative Address
• length, speed, weight...
• car functions

Everything about calibrating the locomotives:

• Calibrating locomotives
• Calibrating locomotives: Why do I need brake compensation?
• Decoder speed profile
• Conversion tables distances
• Advanced profile generation

Train journeys

We want to create/edit a train journey:

• Creating and Editing Train Journeys with TC 9
• Spontaneous trips
• Create train journey with Autotrain
• Speed of locomotives, carriages and trains

Accesories

Buttons or switches are powerful components in the toolbox of TrainController:

• Button or switch

Signals

Signals can also be operated with TC:

• Signals in TrainController
• Signal gray and white in the dispatcher

Switches

How to switch switches with TC:

• Preparing a switch for model railway control with the computer
• Switch setting in TrainController

Variables

• Variables for Beginners
• Create variable which choices exist

Troubleshooting

How to find and fix errors:

• Troubleshooting
• Dr. Railroad, what can he do?
• Locomotive and carriage pictures are suddenly gone
• Connections between blocks suddenly disappear
• Report software problems
• Ask a question in the forum

Files and TrainController

The files of a TC project:

• I would like to make my attachment file available
• TC file extensions
• Make image section available in the TC forum