When the automated annocuments go crazy

Mark Gleeson · 02-08-2006, 08:24

So here we go again, this one will rank as the most screwed up PIS experiences ever

Board the 8:05 Greystones Howth at Seapoint

PIS scrolls, Destination Howth, Next Station Howth Junc D'meade, ok thats wrong, so all remains quiet until Booterstown when the PA awakes to tell us all the next station is Howth Junction Donaghmeade

What follows has got to be the most screw up PIS ever

So PIS now scrolls Destination Howth, Next Station <blank>, ok you think the system has gone to a safe state, PA then awakes and states next station Baldoyle (yes I'm serious a station that closed in the 1930's) this train is for Howth

Think it could get worse you haven't even got the half of it yet

So PIS now scrolls Destination Howth, Next Station Portmarnock, PA then awakes and states next station Portmarnock this train is for Howth

So PIS now scrolls Destination Howth, Next Station Malahide, PA then awakes and states next station Malahide this train is for Howth

Could it get better, sure it can

So PIS now scrolls Destination Howth, Next Station Bayside, I get off at Pearse not before the PA awakes and states For safety and security this train has CCTV which it doesn't

6 years to get it right and its now worse than it ever was, getting lost is one thing but announcing non existant stations is step too far

MrX · 03-08-2006, 18:15

Why would the PIS even have Baldoyle recorded into its vocabulary!?!

That's just creepy.

Perhaps it's signed up to some union policy that recognises long since closed stations?

Mark Gleeson · 03-08-2006, 18:34

Baldoyle opened 25-5-1844 and closed 1-1-1848 but saw racecourse traffic till 1854, talk about being long closed

Same train this morning PIS was switched off

Thomas J Stamp · 03-08-2006, 22:13

I would suppose that Baldoyle getting a station must figure on a plan IE have for the Malahide line. Wonder if Robodude has already recorded Adamstown and the WRC for when the DART trains get running on it?

It gets real funny in heuston when something goes wrong up the track and trains start not turning up whilst robodude keeps telling everyone that their train is there when it isnt.

Mark Gleeson · 03-08-2006, 22:30

The fact we got

The next station is Malahide, this train is for Howth is more of a concern, I was waiting for it to tell us Donabate was next but thankfully it didn't happen

The station to be built between Howth Junc and Portmarnock is known as Grange Rd and is shown on IE maps such

02-08-2006, 08:24	#1
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	When the automated annocuments go crazy So here we go again, this one will rank as the most screwed up PIS experiences ever Board the 8:05 Greystones Howth at Seapoint PIS scrolls, Destination Howth, Next Station Howth Junc D'meade, ok thats wrong, so all remains quiet until Booterstown when the PA awakes to tell us all the next station is Howth Junction Donaghmeade What follows has got to be the most screw up PIS ever So PIS now scrolls Destination Howth, Next Station <blank>, ok you think the system has gone to a safe state, PA then awakes and states next station Baldoyle (yes I'm serious a station that closed in the 1930's) this train is for Howth Think it could get worse you haven't even got the half of it yet So PIS now scrolls Destination Howth, Next Station Portmarnock, PA then awakes and states next station Portmarnock this train is for Howth So PIS now scrolls Destination Howth, Next Station Malahide, PA then awakes and states next station Malahide this train is for Howth Could it get better, sure it can So PIS now scrolls Destination Howth, Next Station Bayside, I get off at Pearse not before the PA awakes and states For safety and security this train has CCTV which it doesn't 6 years to get it right and its now worse than it ever was, getting lost is one thing but announcing non existant stations is step too far

03-08-2006, 18:15	#2
MrX Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 585	Why would the PIS even have Baldoyle recorded into its vocabulary!?! That's just creepy. Perhaps it's signed up to some union policy that recognises long since closed stations? Last edited by MrX : 03-08-2006 at 18:21.

03-08-2006, 22:13	#4
Thomas J Stamp Chairman/Publicity Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Home of Hurling Posts: 2,708	I would suppose that Baldoyle getting a station must figure on a plan IE have for the Malahide line. Wonder if Robodude has already recorded Adamstown and the WRC for when the DART trains get running on it? It gets real funny in heuston when something goes wrong up the track and trains start not turning up whilst robodude keeps telling everyone that their train is there when it isnt. __________________ We are the passengers

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03-08-2006, 18:34	#3
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Baldoyle opened 25-5-1844 and closed 1-1-1848 but saw racecourse traffic till 1854, talk about being long closed Same train this morning PIS was switched off

03-08-2006, 22:30	#5
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	The fact we got The next station is Malahide, this train is for Howth is more of a concern, I was waiting for it to tell us Donabate was next but thankfully it didn't happen The station to be built between Howth Junc and Portmarnock is known as Grange Rd and is shown on IE maps such