Cubic go card equipment

[ozbob]

The Cubic go card equipment can be found on this page   http://www.cubic.com/cts/datasheets.htm

There are some incorrect links on the page depending on your browser but you will work it out ..

eg.

Cubic hand held checker --> here!  External PDF

Station Validator --> here! External PDF

Universal Gate --> here! External PDF


Footnote:  The above page doesn't render correctly in Firefox or Google Chrome.  But that wouldn't be of any surprise to go card users would it?   

[dwb]

*Apparently* the gates have the following criteria

Fast throughput (35 persons/minute specified, 60 persons/minute recorded in actual usage)

Given they're running a Pentium iii chip, its no wonder we dawdle through them tho!
For interests sake, the product sheet for the chip is available here http://download.intel.com/design/PentiumIII/datashts/24526408.pdf and is dated 2001!!

[Derwan]

Hmmm... look at the features....

• Easy to read transflective liquid crystal display
• Distinct audible tones to alert passenger
  of status

[ozbob]

The two readers eastern end of Oxley platform 3.

One is out in the weather. It is badly moisture affected internally and externally.




One is under the station awning



As can be noted, readers out in the weather become non functional.  In 2008 we were assured that some hoods would be placed on the readers out in the open.  Nearly 2010 and a forced migration to go card and we are still seeing public funds squandered.

Photographs R Dow 27th December 2009

[STB]

Are you implying that all readers out in the weather become non-functional?  The readers out my way which are out in the weather work fine.

[ozbob]

If you cannot read the screen they are non functional.  Many people have complained about these readers here, on the blogs and to TransLink.  At Oxley we seem to cop the worst of the weather ... You are lucky, perhaps out your way they don't fill up with moisture and cloud the screen?  Are they out in the sun?  Eventually the sunlight turns the material in screen area white.  Of course they need covers.  I think the one out in the weather at Oxley on 1/2 has been fixed about three times already (2 screen replacements that I can remember, and I recall the one down the other end near the lift had a screen replacement too, but that was the result of vandalism) ...  a lot more cost effective to put covers on them, and in so doing so people will be able to read them.

By the way the one out in the weather on 1/2 Oxley has not been working since the 22nd.  It had the screen replaced a couple of weeks a go.  You can read the 'seek assistance' message at the moment providing the sun is not in low angle late afternoon ...

[STB]

Oh ok.  In that case then, the readers out my way are readable and I haven't had any problems with them personally.

I suppose with the readers though in some circumstances it can vary person to person on how well they can read what it says.

[ozbob]

This might of interest.  Myki equipment --> http://www.acs-inc.ch/en/products

[haakon]

Given they're running a Pentium iii chip, its no wonder we dawdle through them tho!
For interests sake, the product sheet for the chip is available here http://download.intel.com/design/PentiumIII/datashts/24526408.pdf and is dated 2001!!

A pentium iii is overkill for the processing requirements of the task at hand. They probably chose it as it is an easy platform to develop for and is reasonably robust in it's cooling requirements.

[dwb]

A pentium iii is overkill for the processing requirements of the task at hand. They probably chose it as it is an easy platform to develop for and is reasonably robust in it's cooling requirements.

Not necessarily, esp if it has to run a massive buggy operating system only to do a simple task.

[verbatim9]

This might of interest.  Myki equipment --> http://www.acs-inc.ch/en/products

Wish Melbourne got blue readers/validators  as presented in the companies PDF documents nicer than the yellow ones

[Derwan]

At least the design of the devices look consistent.  Here we have different-looking devices for bus, train stations and fare gates.

[WTN]

The yellow colour is a good thing.  It's readily visible when you need it the most - often when you're in a hurry to touch on/off.  Our grey readers blend in a bit too well with grey station fixtures.

[stephenk]

The LCD screens on Myki validators are much easier to read than the LCD screens on Go-Card validators.

[ozbob]

I have been informed by fairies that the go card readers on the stations are being fitted with new LCDs with a much darker font to improve contrast and readability. 

I think I have noted a couple that seem darker.  Any one else noticed?