iTrain 2.0.5

iTrain offers an easy to use solution to control your model railroad with your computers, especially if you want to automate only parts of your layout and keep control of the rest yourself.

For example automatic block control avoids collisions and you control which train is driving manually or fully automatically according to a selected route.

Modern software techniques make it possible to run the program on all major computer operating systems such as Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and OpenSolaris.

Client server architecture allows extra computers to be used as extra overviews or controllers. The switchboard is fully scalable with an optional layout overview for large layouts, and allows different tabs for different views of (parts of) the layout.

It is not necessary to study for weeks to be able to use iTrain. Simply draw the layout and assign the signals and feedbacks to the blocks for automatic control of your block signals without providing difficult rules.

Defining a route can be as simple as selecting the order of blocks, but more advanced options are also possible. In case you are using a modern system like the Central Station or ECoS, iTrain will import all loc, turnout and signal definitions so you can start even faster.

Here are some key features of "iTrain":

· Easy manual control of locomotives.
· Travelled time and distance indicators per loc.
· Very flexible switchboard with overview control.
· Automatic control with one or more feedbacks per block.
· Block properties automatically retrieved from switchboard drawing.
· Easy configuration of main and warning signals.
· Possibility to add text, platforms and buildings to the switchboard.
· Stopping in the middle of a platform at a station without extra feedbacks.
· Creating routes by only specifying stations.
· Modification of definitions possible at all times and directly visible.
· Controlling one layout via multiple computers in a network.
· Multiple commands stations at the same time.

Requirements:

· Java 1.5 or later

Limitations:

· Limited to 3 locomotives, 64 accessories and 64 feedbacks.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Bug fix: Loading properties of accessory editor could cause an exception.
· Bug fix: Problem if input stream has too much data available (mostly on ECoS).