A member of the groups.io forum emailed the author and included an interesting sound slot file that simulates a momentary button for the Power cab. He wanted to know if it could be put on the Hostlers Inn blog for use by the readers that also have Power Cabs. He could not remember for certain but he believed that Dave Heap was the one who originally came up with this. It is fairly simple and it does work. See figure 1.
Figure 1 The momentary Function
All the user has to do is create a sound slot file (a tutorial for doing this is located here) and recreate figure 1 in that sound slot. Once completed, copy the function file to your LokSound Templates folder for future use. Assigning that sound slot to a function button on the Function Mapping sheet gives that button the functionality.
Figure 2 shows the Action Container. This is where the actual sound is accessed. In this case it is solely a simple bell ring that demonstrates sound placement.
Figure 2 The Action container
Figure 2 The Action container
This could be as complicated as the Grade Crossing Signal that was discussed here.
This is another exercise in utilizing user variables along with creating simulated momentary buttons for the Power Cab.
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