whistle. post with a horn sequence?

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justinroth

Well-known member
Is this possible? hornz trigger, sound.horn ect don't seem to work prototypically, not to criticize anyone but a trigger with sequence/duration.....could it happen? :)!
 
I'm sure someone came up with that idea not long ago, for coming up to a road crossing for eg.
 
I know at one time (on an old installation with a route that I don't have anymore) I had "W" posts that had a horn trigger built in. I don't remember if they were from DLS or a third party. I've also seen horn triggers for track placement that were invisible in Driver as well. Again, this was an old install so I don't have any KUIDs for you, but I know they're out there.

Edit: To clarify, the ones I had were just single blasts, I know someone was discussing trying to make a trigger that would do the US FRA's required grade crossing sequence (Long Long Short Long) but I don't know if they succeeded.
 
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BNSF50 has made several different whistle signs that makes locomotives blow their whistles/horn, but instead of 'whistling' 'long-long-short-long', it's more light a 'short' whistle. He offeres three different versions: a left hand version, useful for double track mainlines, a right hand one, which is 'normally' used, and an 'invisible' one, which can be placed closer to the crossing so that it blows it's whistle/horn as it crosses the road and are invisible in Driver (you can see them in Surveyor). I use Bost's ATLS system for my railroad crossings, and I place the whistle post at the triggers farthest from the crossings. Go to the DLS and type in 'xing ahead'.
 
dricketts said:
Hmm... Since I'm modeling a proto Frisco route I wonder if editing the config to set below ground level might work. Out of sight but effective.
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I'm willing to bet adding surveyor only in the config would work to make it invisible in driver...not sure exactly how, I would have to look up an invisible asset to see how its done
 
@justinroth

BNSF50 made a trackside object for me <kuid:39134:100383> modeled after SLSF drawings. I wonder if I can copy the script of the B&M Whistle post and make a new version of to behave like the that?

What lines did you edit in the script to change the duration of the horn blasts?
 
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I found some Bi Directional Horn and Bell sequencers on the DLS by: Scottbe8 and Bloodknock
Ring_Bell_BiDirectional
Sound_Horn_BiDirectional

I place them so that I get a: "Shave & A Haircut, Two Bits" hornsound (just for fun)
 
dricketts said:
@justinroth

BNSF50 made a trackside object for me <kuid:39134:100383> modeled after SLSF drawings. I wonder if I can copy the script of the B&M Whistle post and make a new version of to behave like the that?

What lines did you edit in the script to change the duration of the horn blasts?
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When you open the script up there are a series of lines, each accounting for some duration tohold the horn, and another to stop, I simply copied and pasted the lines to extend the horn blasts and silence in between them. I then figured out a formula for placement- track speed X 20=distance in feet to place before crossing so the sequence is finished just as the loco exits the crossing. ex. track speed is 35mph so 35X20=700 ft. I then place my ATLS triggers a little before the whistle post so the gates come down a couple seconds beforehand.
 
Thanks for the info. So if I wanted the pauses between blasts to be longer what lines am I copy and pasting?

// long
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(4.0f);
// long
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(3.0f);
// short
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(2.0f);
// lean on it!
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
 
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dricketts said:
Thanks for the info. So if I wanted the pauses between blasts to be longer what lines am I copy and pasting?

// long
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(4.0f);
// long
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(3.0f);
// short
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(2.0f);
// lean on it!
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
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you would increase the number on "sleep" where it occours above long or short, denoting which blast it is.
 
Thanks. I changed the lines you suggested but now I'm getting a series of choppy blasts. This is what I have now. Note what I've edited in red.

// long
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(8.0f);
// long
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(8.0f);
// short
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(4.0f);
// lean on it!
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
Sleep(0.2f);
SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
 
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@drickets, it looks fine to me, at the top of the script there is a note stating it can sometimes be choppy, dependent on your computing power, I haven't noticed a problem though.
This is what mine looks like;
Code: 
// long
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(4.0f);
// long
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");  
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");  
      Sleep(3.0f);
// short
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn"); 
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn"); 
      Sleep(2.0f);
// lean on it!
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
      Sleep(0.2f);
      SendMessage(theTrain, "loco", "horn");
 
Thanks Justin. I was testing in an very dense urban area. After testing in a different area of my route I'm getting much better results. I've been working on a couple of invisible trackmarkers using his script with a few tweaks. Just working on some final details and hopefully I can get tem on the DLS soon.
 
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