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

TrainMaster Command Control operations

Activating CrewTalk 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 while the locomotive is in motion enables an arrival conversation for 30 seconds.
If the train stops within this time, pressing 2 or 7 will play this special conversation.
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Commands
AUX1,2
AUX1,7
2
7
AUX1, 5
*
AUX1, 2
*
AUX1, 7
2
7
AUX1, 5
AUX1, 5
5
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 arriving
Tower: Roger, you are clear inbound
Tower: You are clear for arrival
Crew: Roger
Crew: Are we clear ahead?
Tower: You are all clear
Tower: You are all clear
Crew: Roger
Crew: Train is moving
Tower: Roger
Tower: Come to an immediate stop
Crew: We are stopping now
Tower: Slow to caution speed
Crew: Roger, slowing now
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