Just wondering what sort of thoughts ya'll have about
Passenger Information Displays, especially the Outdoor LED type
displays like they have in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
Does anyone have any comments about the usefulness of the
information being displayed on the signs? What sort of
information would YOU display on an LED sign if you were
given a free reign over the project? Imagine that you have
signs which are about 160cm long, 18cm high and can
display 42 characters across and two rows in height (each
char is 8cm high), or 14 characters across in a single row of
characters (each char is 18cm high. )
What sort of info would like to see on there? Imagine that
it's a busy station where trains can be platform-swapped
at any time. Passengers need to know if the train they
are waiting for is now scheduled to go off another
platform.
Are count-down clocks more useful for estimated departure
times than actual times? Do you need the current time on
the sign? Do you need the complete stopping pattern (as is
done in Sydney) or just something like "Express to Caboolture"
or "All Stations Caboolture"?
I want to hear all of your grips, complaints, suggestions,
comments, and kudos about all the different PIDS LED signs
you've ever come in contact with.
We're looking at developing a new system for Brisbane
and we want to make it as useful, reliable and simple to
understand as possible. I shall endeavour to reply to all
suggestions if you care to post your replies both to this
newsgroup and to my email address.
Thanks in advance for your input!
-- o Alex Borodin B.Eng(Hons) o Queensland Rail o Software and Systems Engineer o Ph: +61-7-3235-2482 o Signal and Operational Systems o Fax:+61-7-3235-2747 "What you do is what you are. As a man thinketh, so he becomes"