Re: confusion at Central

[carrington <anon@anon.com>]

On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 23:33:19 +1000, David Johnson
<trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>Paul McCabe wrote:
>
>> "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.
>
>The announcements at St Leonards are supposed to be precisely the same as the
>Indicators.  Whatever the stopping pattern says on the display is what will be
>announced.


...... irrespective of whether that's the train's destination - or
not!