SpotLog - Data Book

The Data Book

  

Click the book tab (second tab) to get to the data

book.

If you have not yet imported or created any railway or class definitions, these pages will be blank. (See Getting Started for how to import some definitions)

The data book is organised in layers,

"Company" or "Railway" layer

for example a data book set up for Switzerland might have railways "Rhatische Bahn", "SBB, "BLS" "MGB" etc

For the UK you would probably have "Mainline", "London Underground", "Croydon Tramlink" etc.

From here:

• Click "New Railway" on the menu to add a new railway entry
• Tap a railway record to show the classes defined for that railway (see below)
• Long-Tap a railway to edit the details of that railway.

If you have the premium version of the app, you can also group railways by country, and expand and collapse groups of railways.  This is very useful for countries like Switzerland where there are many different companies.

The class layer

You get to the class layer by clicking on a railway record in the railway list.  The class layer shows all the classes for a given railway.

The class list shows the classes defined for the railway in question, the list shows (as above) the class code, the first and last numbers in the class and a note (if entered).

From here:

• Select "New Class" from the menu to create a new class definition.
• Tap the class to see the loco details in the class
• Long-Tap the class to edit the class details.
• Press "escape" button to return to the railway level (above)
• Press "Prev" or "Next" buttons to go to next or previous railway

The  loco layer 

The loco layer shows class detail, by clicking on a class in the second layer, you get to the detail record for the class which shows all the locos in that class.

The loco view shows all the loco's in the class, for each loco (or unit) is shows:

• Loco number
• Loco name (if applicable)
• Tick symbol if the loco has been seen.

From here:

• Tap the loco to see the detail information for the loco.  This includes:
• Class and number
  
  if defined:
• Owner
• Depot Allocation
• Livery
• Pool code (UK)
• Status (preserved, stored etc)
• List of sightings
• Long-tap the loco to edit the loco details
• Press "escape" button to return to the class level (above)
• Press "Prev" or "Next" buttons to go to next or previous class