Package jmri

Interface CommandStation

All Known Implementing Classes:

BiDiBTrafficController, CbusCommandStation, DCCppCommandStation, EasyDccCommandStation, HornbyEliteCommandStation, LenzCommandStation, MarklinTrafficController, Mx1CommandStation, NceTrafficController, OlcbCommandStation, RocoCommandStation, RocoZ21CommandStation, SlotManager, SprogCommandStation, TamsTrafficController, TrafficController, UhlenbrockSlotManager

public interface CommandStation

Provide a DCC command station's basic ability: Sending DCC packets to the rails.

Note that this is separate from higher-level things like access to Throttle capability (e.g. via ThrottleManager), more convenient sending of accessory command messages via JMRI Turnout objects, programming via service mode (Programmer) or on-main programmers (AddressedProgrammer) etc.

System-specific implementations can be obtained via the InstanceManager class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.lang.String	getSystemPrefix()
java.lang.String	getUserName()
default void	sendAccSignalDecoderPkt(int address, int aspect, int count)	As a shortcut, and to allow for command station types that cannot sent generic packets to the rails, we provide this method to specifically send Accessory Signal Decoder Packets.
default void	sendAltAccSignalDecoderPkt(int address, int aspect, int count)	As a shortcut, and to allow for command station types that cannot sent generic packets to the rails, we provide this method to specifically send the alternate form of Accessory Signal Decoder Packets.
boolean	sendPacket(byte[] packet, int repeats)	Send a specific packet to the rails.

Method Detail

sendPacket

boolean sendPacket(@Nonnull
                   byte[] packet,
                   int repeats)

Send a specific packet to the rails.

Parameters:

packet - Byte array representing the packet, including the error-correction byte.

repeats - Number of times to repeat the transmission.

Returns:

true if the operation succeeds, false otherwise.

getUserName

java.lang.String getUserName()

getSystemPrefix

@Nonnull
java.lang.String getSystemPrefix()

sendAccSignalDecoderPkt

default void sendAccSignalDecoderPkt(int address,
                                     int aspect,
                                     int count)

As a shortcut, and to allow for command station types that cannot sent generic packets to the rails, we provide this method to specifically send Accessory Signal Decoder Packets.

It's equivalent to calling NmraPacket.accSignalDecoderPkt(int, int) and sending the resulting packet to the rails

Parameters:

address - The DCC signal decoder address to use

aspect - The signal aspect to send

count - the number of times to repeat the send

sendAltAccSignalDecoderPkt

default void sendAltAccSignalDecoderPkt(int address,
                                        int aspect,
                                        int count)

As a shortcut, and to allow for command station types that cannot sent generic packets to the rails, we provide this method to specifically send the alternate form of Accessory Signal Decoder Packets.

It's equivalent to calling NmraPacket.altAccSignalDecoderPkt(int, int) and sending the resulting packet to the rails

Parameters:

address - The DCC signal decoder address to use

aspect - The signal aspect to send

count - the number of times to repeat the send