Re: [Melb] POTS (Position of Trains System)

[Richard <richard_snook@primus.com.au>]

So these guys never heard of GPS...no silly parts on the tracks to worry about or get vandalised...existing off the
shelf technology.....ah thats it...cant ever use anything simple or existing in Victoria ...can we

For the short time anything is in the loop some other form of plug in technology...something simple could be used...its
a bit harder to vandalise in the loop.

WHo comes up with these lame brain systems??

cheers >:~)) Richard

Christopher_Martin GORDON wrote:
> 
> Melbourne is getting a new system for knowing where the trains are and
> what they are.  Each trailer carrage will be fitted with a transponder
> and then on sleepers through out the suburban system have things to
> pick this up, then the information send will be T.R. number, train
> consist, etc..
> 
> This is to replace the existing system of TNT (Train Number Transmitters)
> machines.  Noticed on the electrail trip yeaterday were these things on the
> sleepers at both ends of the station at both Ferntree Gully and Upwey.
> 
> I think this is the first section to get the POTS things, since the current
> set up between Ringwood and Upper Ferntree Gully uses bell codes and not
> the TNT machines, like most sections do (Finge Boxes to Metrol use the VT100
> machines)
> 
> For a photo of one of these yellow thingy on the sleepers have a look at:
> http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~cmgord/trains/current/pots.jpg
> 
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> Chris Gordon
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