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| Use of Open Data Feeds within Simsig 31/05/2015 at 22:35 #72922 | |
pedroathome
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I know ages back, people were on about what the internet gateway was used for within Simsig. In the last couple weeks, I have been working on a program which produces Open Train Times style TD maps from the data received from Simsig. Attached is a short video showing this in use on the Leamington sim. I know there are a few issues with the software which I have written, for example it is currently very unstable, and not all TD berths are currently displayable. Just a question though, Is it currently only the C class messages which are currently available via the internet gateway, and are there any plans to make the S class messages available? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0vUHdFt7-I James Last edited: 31/05/2015 at 22:38 by pedroathome Log in to reply |
| Use of Open Data Feeds within Simsig 31/05/2015 at 22:47 #72923 | |
DaveHarries
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Rather a cool idea. Dave Log in to reply |
| Use of Open Data Feeds within Simsig 31/05/2015 at 23:25 #72924 | |
BarryM
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James, very good. I think you are a connoisseur of music! :cheer: Barry Barry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Log in to reply |
| Use of Open Data Feeds within Simsig 01/06/2015 at 00:23 #72925 | |
uboat
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very impressive. keep up the good work. when the bugs are ironed out a real time speed would be good. Log in to reply |
| Use of Open Data Feeds within Simsig 01/06/2015 at 00:28 #72926 | |
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Muzer
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Nice! I was meaning to do this for some time but various distractions like exams and third year project (and in part, SimSig itself :p) took precedence. EDIT: Ah, I apparently misunderstood what was going on. I was intending to do the opposite — use SimSig as a display for realtime Network Rail data. Last edited: 01/06/2015 at 22:03 by Muzer Log in to reply |
| Use of Open Data Feeds within Simsig 01/06/2015 at 01:16 #72927 | |
GeoffM
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" said:Just a question though, Is it currently only the C class messages which are currently available via the internet gateway, and are there any plans to make the S class messages available?Good to see people are trying out the new features! Regarding S-class, as you probably know, it's a kind of memory map, 8 bits per byte representing up to 8 different pieces of information such as signal off/on, route set/not-set, track occupied/clear, etc. I'm not keen on that as it requires turning objects into an anonymous memory bit map. So the SimSig implementation of S-ish class messages actually has object IDs and states as names/values. I did this just the other day, so changes of states and snapshots can be handled. I forget the exact format but, for example, a message might be of the form (ignore syntax: off the top of my head): S123 { type=signal; aspect=0; bpull=false; lp=true; } P456 { type=point; dn=true; dr=false; cn=true; cr=false; } TABC { type=track; clear=true } etc Should be ready in a week or two. SimSig Boss Log in to reply |
| Use of Open Data Feeds within Simsig 01/06/2015 at 05:38 #72928 | |
Peter Bennet
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" said:James, very good. I think you are a connoisseur of music! :cheer:Indeed, I took violin lessons purely so I could learn to play this piece of music - much to the annoyance of my teacher when I turned up week after week having not learned what I was supposed to! Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply |
| Use of Open Data Feeds within Simsig 01/06/2015 at 13:40 #72934 | |
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pedroathome
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" said:very impressive. keep up the good work. when the bugs are ironed out a real timeThis video has been done at this speed so at least it shows things happening. It will work at whatever the speed of the sim is. Due to the nature of Leamingotn, not much would otherwise be shown in a reasonable time Last edited: 01/06/2015 at 13:41 by pedroathome Log in to reply |
| Use of Open Data Feeds within Simsig 01/06/2015 at 18:13 #72935 | |
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slatteryc
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I don't understand ... is it showing real trains on the sim or summat ?
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| Use of Open Data Feeds within Simsig 01/06/2015 at 19:11 #72936 | |
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pedroathome
916 posts |
" said:I don't understand ... is it showing real trains on the sim or summat ?It is designed to operate like the Open Train Times maps (available from http://www.opentraintimes.com/maps), but rather than use the data provided by Network Rail through their open data feeds, it instead takes the data from a sim, in this case Leamington, and does a similar style thing than the NR feeds using the Internet Gateway. Hope that answers your question Edit, Realised it didn't answer the question, so simplified my response. It shows the location of the TD's on the sim, same as the Open train times maps shows the TDs of trains on NR metals James Last edited: 01/06/2015 at 19:12 by pedroathome Log in to reply |
| Use of Open Data Feeds within Simsig 03/06/2015 at 08:53 #72976 | |
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pedroathome
916 posts |
Just one for Geoff and the team here. On the approach berths, should SimSig send out the individual berth steps via the feeds, or should it display what is passing each appropriate TD location? At present it is displaying the TD locations, just wanting to check. On a side note, almost finished a TD map of NWC now James Log in to reply |
| Use of Open Data Feeds within Simsig 03/06/2015 at 15:54 #72982 | |
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GeoffM
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" said:Just one for Geoff and the team here. On the approach berths, should SimSig send out the individual berth steps via the feeds, or should it display what is passing each appropriate TD location? At present it is displaying the TD locations, just wanting to check.If I understand what you're asking, it should be sending TD steps, not interpose/cancels when a TD moves along. SimSig Boss Log in to reply |
| Use of Open Data Feeds within Simsig 03/06/2015 at 20:51 #72985 | |
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pedroathome
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" said:" said:Just one for Geoff and the team here. On the approach berths, should SimSig send out the individual berth steps via the feeds, or should it display what is passing each appropriate TD location? At present it is displaying the TD locations, just wanting to check.If I understand what you're asking, it should be sending TD steps, not interpose/cancels when a TD moves along. Not quite there Geoff. If I take an example of something like on NWC approaching from Saltney Jn, all steps from the entry location are shown through the feeds, the approach berths are not displayed in this way. 
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| Use of Open Data Feeds within Simsig 13/08/2015 at 02:27 #75065 | |
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BarryM
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James, In the beginning, what was the correct HC? 4E01 or 4K01? :cheer: Barry Barry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Log in to reply |
| Use of Open Data Feeds within Simsig 14/08/2015 at 16:29 #75118 | |
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pedroathome
916 posts |
" said:James,4E01. The low resolution default video dosen't help much there I know James Log in to reply |