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Posted by G1Ravage on Sun Jan 29 18:33:33 2006, in response to Re: Reprograming displays and automated announcements, posted by RonInBayside on Sun Jan 29 16:33:33 2006. Do you know what the user interface looks like (for making the changes)? Can you describe it? Is a keyboard involved?
This is the Train Operator's Display (TOD). (It was improperly named, because it's used more by the conductor.) This picture was snapped on the R-160B, but it's nearly identical on the other new-tech trains. You select predefined variables for a route. For instance, if I select the (7): SIGNS OFF NOT IN SERVICE MAIN ST - TIMES SQ LCL WILLETS PT - TIMES SQ LCL 111 ST - TIMES SQ LCL MAIN ST - TIMES SQ EXP WILLETS PT - TIMES SQ EXP TIMES SQ - MAIN ST LCL TIMES SQ - WILLETS PT LCL TIMES SQ - 111 ST LCL TIMES SQ - MAIN ST EXP TIMES SQ - WILLETS PT EXP There's probably more, and I haven't seen it up close in a long time, but it's definitely something along those lines. After you load the routing, you can access the station screen, and you'll see a list of all the stations along the route you selected, and whether you'll be stopping at certain stations or not. (Selecting "express" means the train will automatically "void out" the local stations.) If something changes, or you need to skip a stop for some reason (like it's closed for renovations), you can remove it from the route, and thus, its light will be removed from the strip map. |
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