01-27-2019, 11:04 PM
I might have used the word "could" instead of "would" - in order to minimize the rework required for the installation, the clever thing to do would be to put the majority of the equipment in one cab (you have to tear it apart, anyway) and make the other cab HMI a "slave" to it, rather than have a whole third area of the vehicle that needs to have the brains installed with equal installations at each cab.
...that being said, from what I understand, the entire train essentially needed to be torn apart to fit it all in and get it wired up, so...
Fun Reminder: "Free-Issued Equipment" is a generic, non-industry, non-Waterloo/ION specific term. It's a very common way for customers to take control of an aspect of a project and manage certain hardware aspects with a supplier or manufacturer. In this case, Bombardier is using the terminology more publicly I think in an attempt to make it very clearly known that this is the case - that the Region Free Issued this equipment to them, and so it's not their fault this time that things have pushed on so late.
...that being said, from what I understand, the entire train essentially needed to be torn apart to fit it all in and get it wired up, so...
Fun Reminder: "Free-Issued Equipment" is a generic, non-industry, non-Waterloo/ION specific term. It's a very common way for customers to take control of an aspect of a project and manage certain hardware aspects with a supplier or manufacturer. In this case, Bombardier is using the terminology more publicly I think in an attempt to make it very clearly known that this is the case - that the Region Free Issued this equipment to them, and so it's not their fault this time that things have pushed on so late.