In TC9 Switchboard Windows are introduced. Unfortunately they have given some confusion. It may help when you think of switchboards and switchboard windows in a similar way as engines and engine windows.
You can create multiple engines and you can create one or more engine windows, each of which will show the engine you select from a drop down menu. The new Switchboard Windows work exactly the same … you can create multiple switchboards and you can create one or more switchboard windows, each of which will show the switchboard you select from a drop down menu.
The video shows how to:
- create multiple switchboards
- rename switchboards
- open and close switchboard windows
- delete a switchboard for ever
rudysmodelrailway 
Hi Rudy, Hope you are well.
I have plans to extend my layout, so I have created another switchboard with a small bit of trackwork and connectors to see how it works. All is fine and I can run trains between the two switchboards using the simulator.
Is it possible to get the switchboards to change automatically as the trains pass between them.
Regards
Alan
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Posted by Alan | January 20, 2021, 23:36Hi Alan. Autofocus to follow a train when it moves from one switchboard to another is not a current feature of TC, to my knowledge. If you have too little real estate on your monitor the way to go is to add one if your graphics card allows 2 monitors. Or … try to shrink your layout in TC such that it fits one screen … it must be quite a large layout to not fit a 1920×1080 HD monitor? Can you still go smaller with the TC grid size maybe?
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Posted by RudyB | January 21, 2021, 08:46Hi Rudy, nice to hear from you again, yes it will be a large layout
I will look into making it smaller on the screen but don’t want it to be so small that I can’t see text etc without zooming in.
I thought it may be too much to ask as if there’s a lot of traffic movement TCG would not know what switchboard to move to unless it lets you follow just one loco. Is that what autofocus is ?
Regards
Alan
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Posted by Alan | January 21, 2021, 11:55With autofocus I meant the Windows term for automatically giving another window focus, in this case because a train moved from one switch panel to another. If the layout is too big to fit one screen, multiple monitors it the way to go. Or multiple switch panels, but alas only one will be in sight.
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Posted by RudyB | January 21, 2021, 13:46Hi Rudy,
I think duel monitors is what I would do, but in truth, it’s not a real issue.
When I’m running the layout my focus will be watching the trains, not the screen
Thank you and stay safe
Regards
Alan
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Posted by Alan | January 21, 2021, 14:32