Activating The Crewtalk Dialog And Towercom Announcements - GE VISION Line ES44AC Owner's Manual

LEGACY Control System operations

Activating the CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements

W
ith the LEGACY RailSounds sound system, CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom
announcements feature a variety of brief radio conversations between the engineer
and the dispatcher. All dialog is intelligible, and each comment is followed by at least one
automatic response.
CrewTalk dialog is an engineer initiated radio conversation with the dispatcher. TowerCom
announcements are a dispatcher initiated radio conversation with the engineer. Be sure to
listen for the different combinations of words and phrases that comprise these exchanges.
See below for the dialog commands. The dialog in the table provides examples of the
conversations you can trigger. The actual phrasing will vary.
Locomotive
Stopped
Moving
*
Activating
for 30 seconds. If the train stops within this time, pressing
conversation.
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Commands
AUX1,
AUX1,
(recently in motion)
*
while the locomotive is in motion enables an arrival conversation
Example dialog
Crew: Can we go?
Tower: No, please standby
Tower: Stand by for clearance
Crew: Roger
Crew: Can we go?
Tower: Roger, you are clear
Tower: You are clear for departure
Crew: Roger, we are clear
Crew: Signing off!
Shutdown sequence
Crew: Train is moving
Tower: Roger
Crew: Are we clear ahead?
Tower: Roger, clear ahead
Tower: You are clear inbound
Crew: Roger
Tower: Emergency stop!
Crew: Emergency stop, braking now
will play this special
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