Purpose:

Trasnponders are Digitrax proprietary devices that can report the uniwue address and relative movement of locomotives or suitably equipped cars.

Screen Images:

This ftable shows how transponders are inventoried and reported from my railroad.

Data Description:

Transponders
ID - Numeric ID for this Transponder; may be assigned from number range assigned to geographic resions
TP Controller ID - Transponder controller for this transponder
Machine ID - Transponder Machine for this transponder; RXn
State/Last ID - Leaving or Entering
Last RS ID - Rolling Stock ID of last transponding device seen by this transponder
Last Decoder Address - last decoder address seen by this transponder
TP BDL ID# - BDL16x D number hosting this transponder
Unit - A,B,C,D,E,F,G,or H transponder slot on BDL16x
Transponder Location - information on location of the transponder

Log
Seq # - one up log number
Rolling Stock ID - Inventory ID for Rolling Stock with transponder seen
Entering/Leaving - was it entering or leaving the transponder zone
Decoder - address of the reporting decoder
Short/Long - is address a short or is ot a long address
Time in ms - timestamp when the transponder event was seen

Place(s) Reported
Section # - Track # in the transponder zone
Block ID - BOD in the transponder zone
Place Note - optional location information

Function Descriptions:

Toggle Delete Button - allow/disallow deleting of Transponder records

JMRI Automation
Make JMRI Reporter XML - declare Transponders to JMRI
Make Jython Reset Script - tbd
JMRI Transponder Listeners - create script to listen to your transponders and report feedback messages via queue in JMRI

Find Transponding Loco - look up most recent transpoder location for the selected loco or other thransponder equipped rolling stock

How to Use:

Capture transponder feedback messages from the layout for use by other MRRM processes