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5.5 Dispatching Locomotives

Dispatching is a special feature incorporated into the LocoNet "lan-

guage" to meet the needs of clubs and serious operators that wish to

enforce a strict discipline in how engineers access locomotives. An

example would be having a Superintendent of motive power making

all the locomotive assignments. This also allows the UT1 to run 4

digit addresses and consists made up on other throttles in the system.

To dispatch a locomotive using a the UT1, simply press the "ACQ/DISP"

and the "SHIFT" buttons together and the locomotive or consist cur-

rently being controlled will be released to the system and also spe-

cially marked as a "Dispatched" locomotive as apposed to just

releasing it to the system.

This specially marked Dispatch locomotive can be requested and

acquired by any UT1 using the "99" address on the address selec-

tors.

Note: The same care should be taken when acquiring a "DIS-

PATCHED" locomotive as when selecting from scratch.

This specially marked Dispatch locomotive can also be requested and

acquired by any BT2 "Buddy Throttle." BT2s have no address

selection capability of their own.

The BT2 that acquires the dispatched locomotive/consist will pick-up the

train in exactly the state it was in when it was initially dispatched,

i.e., if the unit was moving with lights on, it will be acquired with no

speed change and continue with lights on until the acquiring BT2

commands a new setting.

The TOP or control locomotive in a consist or MU lash up can be

Dispatched to pass control of the entire consist .

There is only one Dispatch marked locomotive in the system at a

time. Any throttle can select this dispatched address since it is

"common" to all devices in the system. If another locomotive is

dispatched, it will replace the last locomotive in the dispatch slot.

UT1 Address Selection Flow Chart