Safetran Signal Problems

[Justin99]

I have the following signals made by norfolksouthern37. They sit beside the track and have 1 signal for trains that will stay on the track they are presently on, and 1 signal below that for trains that will switch over to the other track. Not all are working correctly though:


"Safetrain NS Signal 06-LD," <kuid2:45324:24008:2> and, "Safetran NS Signal 06-RD (Left)," <kuid2:45324:24005:2> sit on the right side of the track. You can tell both of them which direction a switch track is pointing... leads to the train staying on the track it's on and which direction leads to the train switching over.

"Safetrain NS Signal 06-RD (Left)," <kuid2:45324:24105:1> sits on the left side of the track. You can't tell it what direction a switch track is pointing... leads to the train going straight or switching over.

"Safetrain NS Signal 06-LD (Left)," <kuid2:45324:24108:1> sits on the right side of the track. You can't tell it what direction a switch track is pointing... leads to the train going straight or switching over.



Is there any easy way to fix them, or another one that works like the first 2 I mentioned, but sits on the left side of the track? I would prefer, "Norfolk Southern," signals.


P. S. Are there any overhead signals that work like these are supposed to?

 

[Justin99]

Solution:
Open the config file of, "Safetran NS Signal 06-RD (Left)," <kuid2:45324:24005:2> and then look at the number that is to the right of, "trackside." If the number is positive (higher than zero) the signal will sit on the right side of the track. If the number is negative (lower than zero) the signal will sit on the left side of it.

 

[slabay]

I'm not sure you understand the way the signals operate. You don't tell the signal which direction the switch is pointing, the switch detects the switch's position. (Left) indicates that the signal sits on the left side of the tracks. Otherwise, it is on the right side. RD means "Right Departure", LD means "Left Departure".

 

[Justin99]

I understand how they work. I have a double track with switch tracks that allow the train to go from Track A to Track B as well as switch tracks that allow the train to go from Track B to Track A. The problem was, only one of the signals (<kuid2:45324:24105:1>) sat on the left side of the track and, if you clicked on this signal after clicking on the quesion mark, a blank box appeared. If this signal was at the end of the area that was closer to the switch track that allowed trains to go from Track A to Track B (the track on the left... to the track on the right) the signal worked correctly. (The signal at the top was green when the switches were set for a train to stay on Track A and the signal on the bottom was green when the switches were set for a train to switch from Track A to Track B.) If the signal was at the end of the area that was closer to the switch track that allowed trains to go from Track B to Track A the signal worked opposite of that.

One of the signals (<kuid2:45324:24108:1>) that sat on the right side of the track also had a blank box appear if you clicked on it after clicking on the question mark. It also worked correctly at one end of that area and backward at the other end.

The other two signals (<kuid2:45324:24008:2> and <kuid2:45324:24005:2>) allowed you to tell them which direction a switch track was pointing... kept the train on the track it was on and what direction moved it from one track to the other. So they would work correctly after you set them up. But, both of the signals sat on the right hand side of the track. While I was trying to figure out how to fix this I learned that changing the trackside number from a positive number to negative number would move a signal from the right side of the track to the left side of it.


Now, both signals that allow you to tell them what direction the switch track is pointing work correctly and sit on different sides of the track.