What do SWT Class 159 systems base their PIS on?

thetrout

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What do SWT Class 159 systems base their PIS on?

« on: January 26, 2013, 01:03:48 »

Throwing this completely off topic. But what do SWT^▸ Class 159 systems base their PIS^▸ on?

I caught the late night Bristol Temple Meads - Salisbury the other evening (Can't remember the time off hand, but I believe it's 22:25 or 22:20 pretty sure it's the former...)

Well when we left the PIS either hadn't been programmed properly. Or was very confused. The system annouced: "This is Keynsham" well it is was Keynsham. That train doesn't call there so we shot straight through understandably. Eventually we arrived at Bath Spa where the system announced: "This train is for Bristol Temple Meads Only" A few passengers looked nervous as we'd just come from Bristol Temple Meads.

Eventually we called at Bradford-on-Avon. Well the PIS thought it was Bath Spa. The same happened at Trowbridge which the PIS thought was Bradford-on-Avon. I got off at TRO^» so no idea what happened or if it sorted itself out. But for a non regular passenger, that would certainly confuse me slightly!

With SWT PIS I've also known it to get stuck in a loop. So it announced the station calls as it would do normally. Then started again a few seconds after completing the "round" This went on for ten minutes before the Guard looking rather flustered ran into the back cab to switch the thing off!


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Chris from Nailsea

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Re: What do SWT Class 159 systems base their PIS on?

« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2013, 01:13:07 »

Thanks for posting, thetrout. Wink

I've simply split your post off and started a new topic with it here, as it seems to merit a discussion of its own.

Hope this is alright, CfN. Cheesy


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Re: What do SWT Class 159 systems base their PIS on?

« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2013, 02:18:06 »

Sounds like this system was taking the PIS^▸ .


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Re: What do SWT Class 159 systems base their PIS on?

« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2013, 11:49:26 »

Works on GPS, so if it is still set up for the last journey it will announce everything backwards. Announcing that the next stop is x when you are leaving x.


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Re: What do SWT Class 159 systems base their PIS on?

« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2013, 09:12:12 »

With refence to BNM's comment....

Well it would wouldn't it ? Especially if the train was going to ...wait for it ,wait for it ... Water...loo..... Roll Eyes


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Re: What do SWT Class 159 systems base their PIS on?

« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2013, 21:25:10 »

Quote from: Southern Stag on January 26, 2013, 11:49:26

Works on GPS, so if it is still set up for the last journey it will announce everything backwards. Announcing that the next stop is x when you are leaving x.

Quite correct: needs to be set up by the guard, occasionally they'll forget, or there may be a fault that means for some reason it can't be done.

In that event the system will simply make the announcements it would have done in a given place on the outward journey; in my experience when that happens it will announce "we will shortly be arriving at..." just *after* leaving the station in question, and the announcement giving the destination will be similarly confused.


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