Track modified by Mike Johnson

Mike Johnson — Thu, 22 May 2014 09:52:37 -0000

Track and Command Station Control

CBUS packets which control the overall track operation.

04 Track OFF (TOF)

Format: <04>

Commonly broadcasted to all devices by the command station to indicate track power is off and no further command packets should be sent, except inquiries.

05 Track ON (TON)

Format: <05>

Commonly broadcast to all devices by the command station to indicate track power is on.

06 Track Stopped (ESTOP)

Format: <06>

Commonly broadcast to all devices by the command station to indicate all engines have been emergency stopped.

07 System Reset (ARST)

Format: <07>

Commonly broadcast to all devices by the command station to indicate a full system reset.

08 Request Track OFF (RTOF)

Format: <08>

Sent by a device to request change of track power state to off.

This is intended for a "command station" which is e.g. providing rail power and commands, separate from the CBUS.

09 Request Track ON (RTON)

Format: <09>

Sent by a device to request change of track power state to on.

This is intended for a "command station" which is e.g. providing rail power and commands, separate from the CBUS.

0A Request Emergency Stop ALL (RESTP)

Format: <0A>

Sent by a device to request an emergency stop of the entire layout.

This is intended for a "command station" which is e.g. providing rail power and commands, separate from the CBUS.

0C Request Command Station Status (RSTAT)

Format: <0C>

Sent by a node to query the status of the command station or another device. See description of (STAT) for the response from the command station/ other devices.

20 Command Station status report(STAT)

Format: <20><SSSSSSSS>

<Dat1> is status

bit 0 - Hardware Error (self test)
bit 1 - Track Error
bit 2 - Track On/ Off
bit 3 - Bus On/ Halted
bit 4 - EM. Stop all performed
bit 5 - Reset done
bit 6 - Service mode (programming) On/ Off
bit 7 - reserved

Sent by the command station in response to RSTAT.

63 Command Station Error report(ERR)

Format: <63><adr-hi><adr-lo><error code>

<adr-hi> and <adr-lo> is the loco address

<error code> is

1 = loco stack full
2 = loco address taken
3 = session number not present

Sent in response to an error situation.

Recent changes to Track

Track modified by Mike Johnson

Track and Command Station Control

04 Track OFF (TOF)

05 Track ON (TON)

06 Track Stopped (ESTOP)

07 System Reset (ARST)

08 Request Track OFF (RTOF)

09 Request Track ON (RTON)

0A Request Emergency Stop ALL (RESTP)

0C Request Command Station Status (RSTAT)

20 Command Station status report(STAT)

63 Command Station Error report(ERR)