Your EX-CommandStation.

The EX-CommandStation tile

EX-CommandStationTile

Its name, and USB with the port it's on. Tap it to open its page. It lights up yellow while it's connected.

Connected · Waiting · OfflineStatus

Connected: the server has it open. Waiting: the DEJA Server itself is offline. Offline: the server is up but hasn't opened the port yet.

✓ AutoBadge

Auto connect is on: the server connects it every time it starts.

Connect →Button (Table view)

Shown when it's offline. Opens its page so you can pick the serial port.

Server header

Track powerDisplay

On, Off, or a dash when the server can't tell.

Add Device

Only if yours was deleted, or you run a second one. Owner only: Add device, then the EX-CommandStation tile. The IO devices guide covers the whole dialog.

BoardChips · pick one

Which board it's built on. It picks the pinout drawing, and you can change it later.Options: Arduino Mega 2560 · DCC-EX EX-CSB1Default: Arduino Mega 2560

usbTile

How it connects. An EX-CommandStation connects over USB, and it's picked for you.

IDText field · required

Its ID, which is also its name, e.g. dccex. It can't be changed later.

Auto ConnectSwitch

Have the server connect it every time it starts.Default: Off

Section pills

Overview · Console · IO · FirmwarePills

Jump to each section. Firmware is only there for the owner.

Overview

BackRound button

Back to Devices.

More device actionsMenu (⋮)

Copy device id for everyone. For the owner, Firmware and Settings jump to those sections, and Delete device removes it.

Connected · DisconnectedPower pill

Its connection to the server. Turn it off to disconnect. Turning it on takes you to the Connection row, because a USB board needs you to pick its port. Greyed out while the server is offline.

ConnectionRow

“Talking to the DEJA Server” with the port when it's connected. Otherwise “Not connected”, or “The DEJA Server is offline”.

Serial portCombobox

Shown in the Connection row while it isn't connected: the ports on the server's computer, e.g. /dev/ttyACM0 on a Raspberry Pi. You can also type one. Clearing it clears the saved port too.

Refresh portsIcon button

Asks the server to look for ports again. Use it after plugging the board in.

ConnectButton

Opens the port. If nothing happens within 10 seconds you'll see “Connection timed out”; check the server's log with deja logs.

Stat chips

TransportChip

Always USB.

BoardChip

Arduino Mega 2560 or DCC-EX EX-CSB1.

PortChip

Its port, marked Current while connected or Last known when not. A dash means no port is saved.

IOChip

How many of its pins your turnouts, effects, sensors and signals use.

Power and connection

Track A, Track B…Power pill

One switch per track output on the Overview, labelled with the job you gave it (for example Main line or Programming track). Each turns power on that output alone. Anyone in the layout can use them. Greyed out until the EX-CommandStation is connected. An output set to Off shows the word Disabled in place of the power button. The header's Track power button still switches every main track at once.

Auto connectPower pill

Reconnect it whenever the DEJA Server starts, on its last known port. Owner only.Options: Enabled · DisabledDefault: Disabled

Details

Rows show only when they have something to say.

BaudDisplay

Always 115200.

Last seenDisplay

How long ago the server last heard from it.

DeployedDisplay

The firmware version and when it was deployed, when DEJA knows.

Device idDisplay

Its ID on the layout, e.g. dccex.

Board

BoardSelect

Picks the pinout drawing under IO, and decides the generated config.h and which outputs the device has. Only the EX-CSB1 can be a booster. Saves as soon as you change it. Owner only.Options: Arduino Mega 2560 · DCC-EX EX-CSB1

Delete this device

At the bottom of the page. Owner only.

DeleteButton → confirm

Removes it from the layout after one confirm. Blocked while turnouts, effects, signals or sensors use it: the strip says what, e.g. “In use by 2 turnouts, 1 effect — reassign or delete those first”. This can't be undone.

DCC-EXTab

The terminal, command buttons and cheat sheet, exactly as on the DCC-EX page.Default: Selected

Serial logTab

Every line between the server and the board: ↓ coming in, ↑ going out, newest first, up to 100 messages.

Serial log

LiveStatus chip

Whether the log is flowing: Live, Connecting to server…, Paused, or Relay off when the server has DEJA Cloud turned off.

Full screenButton

Fills the window with the log. Esc returns.

MonitorSwitch

Pauses and resumes the feed.Default: On

ClearButton

Empties the log on this screen.

IO

Print labelsButton

Opens the Label Maker for this board's wiring, in a new tab.

List · Compact · ComfySegmented buttons

How dense the item cards are. Remembered on this device.Default: List

Turnouts · Effects · Sensors · SignalsCount tiles

How many of each it drives. Tap one to show only those; tap again to show everything.

Item cardsCards

The same cards as their own pages, and they work here: throw a turnout, switch an effect. The owner can tap the pencil to edit one. You assign items to a board in each item's editor, not here.

Pinout

Always shown for an EX-CommandStation, even with nothing assigned yet.

Board · ListSegmented buttons

The drawing, or the same pins as a list.

Pin conflicts detectedAlert

Two things share a pin, e.g. “Pin 22 is assigned to A + B”. Fix one of them in its editor.

ExpandButton

Opens the drawing full screen with ＋, －, Fit and Close.

Tap a pin for detailsStrip

Tap any pin on the drawing to see what it's for.

Firmware

Install firmware with EX-InstallerStep 1 · link

Opens DCC-EX's EX-Installer, which installs and updates the EX-CommandStation's firmware.

Set your track outputs on the OverviewStep 2

DEJA sends your track outputs to the EX-CommandStation automatically each time the DEJA Server connects to it.

config.h · myAutomation.hOptional · downloads

For a custom build: the two files DEJA builds from your layout, to load into your own DCC-EX build.

Track outputs (on the Overview)

One row per output: A and B, plus C and D when an EX-MotorShield8874 is stacked on an EX-CSB1. Owners tap a row to edit it; changes reach a connected station straight away.

OutputDisplay

The output letter, with its power switch.

JobTiles

What the output drives.Options: Main line · Programming track · DC loco · Off

PolarityToggle

Normal, Swapped (for a track wired the other way round) or Auto-reverse (for a reversing loop; not available for a DC loco).

DC addressNumber field

Only for DC loco: the loco address whose throttle drives that DC track, 1 to 10239.

DCC-EX TERMINAL

Status dot and versionDisplay

Green when the EX-CommandStation is connected, red when not, with its firmware version on the right.

LogDisplay

The last 100 lines of the layout's command log, newest at the bottom, with times. Commands sent start with an arrow. Shows “Waiting for data...” until something happens.

type command...Text field + SEND

Type a DCC-EX command and press Enter or SEND. The angle brackets are optional: <s> and s both work.

COMMANDS

PowerToggle

Track power on and off. It glows while power is on.

Main TrkButton

Power the main track (<1 MAIN>).

Prog TrkButton

Power the programming track (<1 PROG>).

Join TrksButton

Join the tracks so the programming track runs as main (<1 JOIN>).

E-Stop AllButton

Emergency stop for every loco (<!>).

Stop LocoButton → prompt

Asks for a Loco Address, then stops it. If a WiThrottle app is driving that loco, it warns you first that this overrides it.

StatusButton

Asks for the command station's status (<s>).

ResetButton → confirm

Restarts the EX-CommandStation (<D RESET>). Asks before it runs.

TurnoutsButton

Lists the turnouts it knows (<T>).

LocosButton

Lists its roster (<JR>).

SaveButton

Saves to its EEPROM (<E>).

OutputsButton

Lists its outputs (<Z>).

Forget AllButton → confirm

Forgets every loco it's tracking (<->). Asks before it runs.

Read CVButton → prompt

Asks for a CV Number and reads it (<R cv>).

Beside the commands

WiThrottle LocksList

Locos being driven from a WiThrottle app like Engine Driver, with the app's name. Only shown while there are some.

COMMAND CHEAT SHEETReference

The everyday DCC-EX commands, from <1> power on to <JR> list roster, with a link to the full DCC-EX Command Reference.