Re: confusion at Central

["Paul McCabe" <"Paul McCabe"@mail.spectrum.com.au>]

"Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@mail.com> wrote

> The DVA software at St Leonards is pretty buggy too. Every now and then it
> lapses into playing the Windows 95 'chord.wav' error sound instead of
voice.

The St Leonards system (created by a company known as Holman I believe) is
entirely controlled by station staff, but announcements are activated by
track sensors.

Today was a perfect example.  With the overhead wiring probs at Turramurra,
the down trains departing at 7:56, 8:00, 8:05 were cancelled.  The 8:08 ran
8 mins late.  The displays simply wiped out the cancelled trains, and showed
the 8:08 train as the timetabled 8:17 trip, leaving 1 minute "early".

Furthermore, using what I assume is a "drag and drop" word library,
announcements said "..goes to Hornsby stopping at Artarmon all stations to
Gordon".  Then the Windows chime played.