Shortcut keys for signalman

[Etun]

 

I would like to have shortened keys when you are a needer to display the menu directly to display the writing menu

For example, key 1 directly opens the writing menu for the Lazy signalman etc ... It is up to us to configure the keys, this avoids all the time to go to the phone and go back and forth and go back and forth to avoid cutting our view of the panel control

Also show the shortcut button to the cat window to show which key is attributed

 

[DazT]

This is the best I've been able to cobble together on my Stream Deck, this is for Dabrowa Gornicza (only works for workstations where mouse co-ordinates never change), still work in progress, lots of storing mouse X.Y variables for other buttons to use, for example, you click the phone console for the box you wish to talk to as normal, but instead of faffing around finding the depart option on the menu, you simply press the 'Depart' button on the Stream Deck type the train number and then 'Send' and it does all the moving round into different boxes on the input screen in a flash.

The difficult bit was passing different X,Y co-ordinates for the send button (the first button pressed stores the X,Y variable for Send for each of the three options and calls that variable behind the send button, firstly knowing which button you pressed first, 'Depart', Receive' or' 'Send' and secondly where the send button actually is on the screen as it's in different places for 'Depart' 'Is line xxx clear for' and the 'Line xxx is clear for'. This process would be so much easier if each adjacent signal box had it's own shortcut to bring the menu of options up, that'd cut out the first step of having to click the one-touch button on the phone altogether!

The level crossing controls went on today, so if you want to raise or lower say Xing 300.015 (the foot crossing outside the box) you first navigate to the workstation view, then press 'Xing 300', then the lower button (the down arrow), and the mouse flies round the screen, clicks the crossing, then clicks ZAMK and then execute in all about 50ms (I could speed it up but you need to give the UI to have chance to keep up!).

Certainly saves time of having to click here there and everywhere yourself! 😂

Edited April 2, 2023 by DazT

[Schyrsivochter]

holy shit that’s amazing

[Kaito Kid]

Now the next step is to hook up a real telephone to call the stations. 😛

[Etun]

I don't understand how you could do it on streamdeck, is it possible to do it with another software?

[DazT]

For other software, not sure, there probably is other software out there.

I've done it, but it only works for workstations as the screen elements never move around on the screen (to do it for a cube panel you would need to stand in exactly the same place every single time, with head pointing in exactly the same place, in a word, impossible)

For workstations you can use the BarRaider Super Macro which allows you then to move the mouse to certain positions based on X, Y co-ordinates, click on things, wait for a certain time etc etc, done correctly you can then in theory operate most of the workstation with pre-set buttons.

Ironically, the smallest workstation actually has the most buttons used, this is my set up for Sosnowiec Południowy (SPl)

Edited April 28, 2023 by DazT

[Gazz292]

For other software... could try Touch Portal,  i believe that allows you to do mouse clicks at coordinates, and you can combine different actions to make up complex actions from a single button push.

Touch Portal turns an android or apple tablet into a sort of stream deck, with virtual buttons that you touch on the screen to perform the actions,  i use it for shortcut actions on things like excel, inkscape, fusion 360 etc (i use a macro keypad with 3 rotary encoders to drive the EU07/EP08 trains in SimRail, as i only drive, i don't dispatch)

I originally got touch portal to try before getting a stream deck, but found touch portal does all i need.

This is my 'excel' touch portal screen... 12 x 7 'buttons' on a 7 inch tablet. could easily be made to be a screen for the dispatch panels like DazT has done on his stream deck. 

[Lukas]

On 4/28/2023 at 3:55 AM, DazT said:

For other software, not sure, there probably is other software out there.

I've done it, but it only works for workstations as the screen elements never move around on the screen (to do it for a cube panel you would need to stand in exactly the same place every single time, with head pointing in exactly the same place, in a word, impossible)

For workstations you can use the BarRaider Super Macro which allows you then to move the mouse to certain positions based on X, Y co-ordinates, click on things, wait for a certain time etc etc, done correctly you can then in theory operate most of the workstation with pre-set buttons.

Ironically, the smallest workstation actually has the most buttons used, this is my set up for Sosnowiec Południowy (SPl)

 

Is there a way you could perhaps somewhere share the setup files? Would love to adjust them to my screen-size and take it for a spin!