Model Train-related Notes Blog -- these are personal notes and musings on the subject of model train control, automation, electronics, or whatever I find interesting. I also have more posts in a blog dedicated to the maintenance of the Randall Museum Model Railroad.
2016-10-11 - JMRI Logix
Category Jmri
Looking at JMRI Logix, this is a non-script click-o-drome if-this-then-that.
Conditions range from block, sensors. Actions are signals, turnouts, scripts or warrants.
Conditions can act when set or on change.
No direct throttle control, maybe indirectly via warrant scripts to run "auto trains".
One possibility is starting a script when some condition happen.
Seems interesting for people who don't want to write scripts. Tons of clicking to get things done.
Seems ideally suited for simple linear decision trees, not for free-form scripting.
Examples would be signals or turnouts set depending on block usage.
For my automation purposes, it seems fairly weak and I’ll design my own software that uses a text file for configuration. Somehow it makes non-tech people very nervous and Windows users especially seem to enjoy clicking ad nauseum in poorly designed modal dialog boxes instead of having a single text file script they can look at quickly.