Atcs Monitor
Download and Installation
ATCS Monitor allows you to graphically monitor train traffic on railroads that use the Association of American Railroad's Advanced Train Control System (ATCS) Specification 200 protocol, Wabtec (ex-Rockwell Collins) Advanced Railroad Electronics System (ARES) protocol, Union Switch and Signal Genisys protocol, and Safetran Supervisory Control System (SCS-128) protocol. ATCS Railroad Monitoring has 2,200 members. This FaceBook group is in no way directly affiliated with the main ATCS Monitor Group. It's just a simple place for us who use ATCS monitoring to come and chat and get to know each other.
To use this program click on the link below to download the Zip file onto your computer. This file includes the layout files for the Ft Wayne Metro Area that includes the CSX (former B&O) from Ripley to Sherwood because of it's close proximity to Ft Wayne, and the MCP information to be added.
You will also need to download the latest version of the ATCSMon program which can be found here. Please note that you must join this yahoo group in order to download the program. It is a good idea to join however because once you get into this, you'll realize the technologies true potential and being able to have instant access to files for wherever you're headed is great.
Step 1: Copy the file Ft Wayne.ini into the installation directory. This should be C:/Program Files/ATCS Monitor/
Step 2: Copy the file Ft Wayne Metro12.lay into the folder labeled 'Layouts' in the program directory
Step 3: Copy the file Ft Wayne Metro.mdb into the folder labeled 'MCPs'
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Start the program
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-Select 'Open' and choose the file labeled 'Ft Wayne.ini'
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-Under Configure; select MCP Information. Select 'Import' and choose the Ft Wayne Metro.mdb file that you copied into the MCP's folder
-After that has finished loading, select close, and save the whole thing.
It should automatically start listening for data and displaying it on the screen. If not, click the play arrow on the toolbar. To view the visual display select View and Dispatcher Display
More information on the program and related topics can be found at the ATCSMonitor website
For those just looking for server information and files, here's whats available in our area. If you know of a file or server not listed here, please send the information my way and I'll get it added to this database.| Server Location | Railroad/Division/District | Layout Coverage | Server Coverage | Server Address | Port | File Download |
| Ft Wayne, IN | NS/Lake/Huntington, Chicago, Fostoria, New Castle CSX - Garret Sub | Most of Ft Wayne & New Haven & up to Butler Ripley-Sherwood | All of Ft Wayne & New Haven Usually the entire portion of CSX | fwaudio.dyndns.org fwaudio.dyndns.org | 4800 4801 | Download |
| Ft Wayne, IN | NS New Castle District | Winters Rd - E Cast Part of Frankfort District | Winters Rd - Kingsland | fwaudio.dyndns.org | 4800 | Download |
| Ft Wayne Deshler, OH Fostoria, OH | NS Fostoria District | NE-Colby | NE-E Dawkins Miller City-Townwood FS-Colby | fwaudio.dyndns.org deshler.ohiorailroads.com fostoria.homeip.net | 4800 4800 4800 4801 | Download |
| Ft Wayne, IN | CSX/Great Lakes/Garrett Sub | Suman - Indo | Ripley - Indo | fwaudio.dyndns.org | 4801 | Download Must be Yahoo Group Member |
| Ft Wayne, IN | CSX/Great Lakes/Garret-Willard Sub | Indo - Republic | Indo-Republic (under normal conditions) | fwaudio.dyndns.org deshler.ohiorailroads.com fostoria.homeip.net | 4801 4800 4800 | Download |
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