Sydney Trains Announcement Manager
The Sydney Trains (SDT) Announcement Manager is used to make live announcements to the configured train stations.
About
This manager connector is designed to be used in combination with the Sydney Trains Announcement Manager Visio file. The Visio will be used to select the station platforms to which the user wants to announce. The connector is designed to allow multiple announcements by different users at the same time.
The SDT Announcement Manager will configure the necessary matrix ("Delec Oratis Matrix System") crosspoints to allow the user to announce to the selected stations/platforms.
Version Info
| Range | Key Features | Based on | System Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0.x [SLC Main] | Initial version | - | - |
Product Info
| Range | Supported Firmware |
|---|---|
| 1.0.0.x | - |
System Info
| Range | DCF Integration | Cassandra Compliant | Linked Components | Exported Components |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0.x | No | Yes | - | - |
Installation and configuration
Creation
Virtual connection
This connector uses a virtual connection and does not require any input during element creation.
Configuration of Stations
The Nodes, Stations and Platforms tables must first be populated, before a user can select the destinations for the announcements in the Visio file. These tables can be found on the Stations page of the connector and can be populated by importing a CSV file.
To import the CSV file, click the "Import..." button at the bottom of the Stations page. This will open the Import page where the available CSV files can be selected and imported. The CSV files need to be stored in "C:\Skyline DataMiner\Documents\Sydney Trains Announcement Manager" and have the following headers: "platform name;platform type;station;station acronym;station type;node;node acronym".
Configuration of Matrices
All "Delec Oratis Matrix System" elements will be retrieved by the SDT Announcement Manager connector and added ot the Matrices table on the Matrices page. Each matrix needs to be linked to the correct node or NMS so the SDT Announcement Manager can configure the crosspoints on the correct matrix.
Configuration of Enhanced System Log
In version 1.0.0.9, the Enhanced System Log was implemented.
This will log all announcements (datetime, state, user, stations/zones [and error]) to a CSV file. To be able to do this, the Enhanced System Log Path needs to be configured. In case this path is a network share, then the username and password for this share will also need to be set.
General configurations
There is an extra Configuration page available with some general configurations that are used by the connector:
- Debug Logging: if enabled, all steps will be logged (only use when necessary)
- Crosspoint dB Value: this value is used to open the crosspoints in a matrix (default: -20 dB)
- Crosspoint Set Timeout: the max amount of time that the SDT Announcement Manager will check if the crosspoint was correctly set (after that the set is assumed to have failed) (default: 5s)
- Close Crosspiont Delay: the time that SDT Announcement Manager will wait to close the crosspoints after the user stops announcing or configures the announcement (default 30s)
- Max Announcement Duration: max time an announcement can take (after that, crosspoints will be closed) (default: 5min)
Usage
Overview
The overview displays a tree view of the Nodes with their respective stations. For each stations, all platforms are also displayed.
Announcements
The Announcements page displays a table containing the announcements that are currently busy (or configured). This table is used to display the necessary information in the Visio file.
When an announcement is finished, it's automatically removed from this table.
Statistics
This page displays the statistics of the last day. The total, successful and failed number of announcements are displayed for all nodes. There is also a table containing the same statistics on a node level.
Stations
The Stations page displays the information that is imported via CSV. The following tables are available on this page:
- Lines
- Nodes
- Stations
- Zones
- Failed Zone: Used by Visio to indicate zones that couldn't be configured
Presets
This page contains 2 tables:
- Presets (Personal): presets linked to a specific user
- Presets (Shared): presets that can be used by every user
These presets can only be created from the Visio file. This is done by selecting the Lines, Nodes, Stations or Zones in the tree, and saving the selection as a preset. Note that only the user who created the preset can also delete it.
Configuration
As explained already in the Installation and Configuration section, this page contains extra configuration settings applicable to announcements.
Matrices
This page contains the Matrices table with all the available "Delec Oratis Matrix System" elements in the DMS and their configured location.