Calls and messages
Individual call
Choose whom to call
Open the radio (G on the train or with the handheld radio, a right click on the desk) and select a subscriber under Reachable: a train, a handheld radio, a radio desk or a signal telephone.
Call
Press Call. The other side hears the radio ring and gets a chat line "Call from ... – answer on the radio". The call rings for about 30 seconds; if nobody answers, it ends with "... does not answer".
Answer and talk
The other side presses Answer in the window or J. Now you are connected and talk over Simple Voice Chat or, without it, through the chat. See Voice and keys.
Hang up
Hang up in the window or J again ends the call for both sides.
Group call
Only at the Dispatcher Radio Desk: Group call reaches every train and handheld radio in the desk's area at once, like the real call to "all drivers in the area". Everybody in it hears the dispatcher.
Fixed messages
Messages with a fixed wording, as the operating rules prescribe. They need no call: choose the message, select the recipient under Reachable and press Send. They arrive in the chat with a short tone and stay in the radio's History.
| From the driver | Wording sent |
|---|---|
| Stopped at signal | "Train ... here, we are stopped at signal P7 showing stop" |
| Request an order | "Train ... here, requesting an order" |
| Ready to depart | "Train ... here, ready to depart" |
| Train complete | "Train ... here, the train is complete" |
| Fault on the train | "Train ... here, fault on the train, we are stopped" |
| Understood | "Understood" |
| From the dispatcher | Wording sent |
|---|---|
| Wait | "Train ..., wait, the signal is coming" |
| Proceed | "Train ..., you may proceed" |
| Stay put | "Train ..., stay where you are" |
| Understood | "Understood" |
The messages say what to do; they do not move signals. To let a train past a red signal, the dispatcher gives an order.