Enhancing & Expanding EX‑CommandStation¶
Out of the box your EX-CommandStation can run trains, but it is capable of so much more.
Explore this page to see how EX-CommandStation can be expanded to enhance your model railroad/railway. Some of the ways include:
- Adding a Roster
- Adding Turnouts/Points
- Adding Routes
- Automate trains or animate devices
- Controlling DC locomotives
- Adding Accessories e.g. Sensors, Turntables, DCC Boosters
Also, the Big Picture pages describe a theoretical journey from just controlling some trains, through using rosters, turnouts/points, turntables and on to automation of trains.
Rosters¶
EX-CommandStation has the ability to define all of your locomotives, each with their individual list of their defined decoder functions. That list is advertised to the various throttle apps.
For the decoder functions, you can provide a text description of the function. So rather than seeing F0..F31 you see a description of what the functions actually do.
This capability is part of EXRAIL and is built into your EX-CommandStation. Read the following to explore this feature:
Turnouts/Points¶
TODO basic intro to Turnouts/Points and links to the appropriate pages
This capability is part of EXRAIL and is built into your EX-CommandStation. Read the follow to explore this feature:
Routes and Automation - Automating your layout¶
TODO basic intro to sequences and links to the appropriate EXRAIL pages
This capability is part of EXRAIL and is built into your EX-CommandStation. Read the following to explore this feature:
TrackManager - DC and DCC Operation¶
TODO basic intro to TrackManager and links to the appropriate TrackManager pages
This capability is part of TrackManager and is built into your EX-CommandStation. Read the following to explore this feature:
TODO links to the DC pages
Also see:
Accessories¶
TODO basic intro to accessories and links to the appropriate pages
See:
Also see:
Tools¶
TODO basic intro to tools and links to the appropriate pages