01-28-2019, 08:12 AM
(01-27-2019, 11:04 PM)Canard Wrote: ...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...
Does anybody else find this weird? While our equipment is somewhat specific to our system, it seems to me that most of the functions for which it is responsible will be common to most systems. Suppose it needs to tie in to the door sensors, for example. If so, this would be true of most such systems.
So why doesn’t the stock design include cables running from where the sensors or devices are to where the FIE goes? Installing specific FIE should just be a matter of plugging in within the console.
This leaves aside that in the Ontario context, proper design would have identical FIE used by all LRT systems, or at least all LRT systems in the GTA. It should be possible to take a vehicle from our system, pop it on a flatcar, deliver it to the Eglinton line OMSF, spend 5 minutes making a database entry, and have it in service an hour later. Is there any indication that our FIE is standardized for Ontario?