Mechanical addressing is used to set an explicit destination for a carrier regardless of any route it is on. This type of addressing will not respect the rail load limit of the receiving rail, nor rail rules or blocked rails, but it will respect the rail overload switch.
It is quite possible to send more carriers to a station via mechanical addressing than it can physically handle, which will leave carriers on the line.
A station can be set into a mechanical addressing mode, where all carriers passing the station will receive a mechanical destination.
To set a default destination for a station
Sets a mechanical address for the station. While this address is set, all carriers sent from the station will be sent to set address.
No operations will be performed while mechanical addressing is active on a station.
| railId | Id of destination rail |
Individual carriers can also be mechanically addressed from any terminal in the system, as long as the logged in user has the correct permission.
Sets a mechanical address for a specific carrier.
This will abort any ongoing operation.
| carrierId | Id of carrier to address |
| railId | Id of destination rail |
The main reason to use mechanical addressing is for testing stations. It should not be used as a replacement for setting up routes properly.
If a carrier on a production route is mechanically addressed somewhere, it will resume where it left of on the production route after the mechanical route has completed.