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Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018

Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - August 2018

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RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018
(24 May 2018, 1:04 pm)Jamie M wrote Moving swiftly on, currently on a few routes and buses are the new displays present at Stanley.
- 5451 & 62 plate B9TLs on X31, X30, X70, X71, 6, 6A and Short M6 to Crookgate only
- Most buses for short M6 to crookgate only (for Sunday and 2 evening runs)

When are the rest of them planned to be migrated over for all routes?
When is Stanley also going to be following the shift-oriented boards for drivers, rather than the old bus boards? I believe Stanley's now the only depot that operates in this format.

(24 May 2018, 1:47 pm)Dan wrote I wouldn't expect to see any changes to the destination lists now before July.

There's a couple of things in the pipeline, but a lot of what is being done isn't possible just yet (some firmware upgrades are required on each controller). This is currently being tested prior to being rolled out fleet-wide.

The larger terminal point only destinations actually take up more memory than a 'standard' display, and this is proving troublesome on the controllers on some older buses at Riverside, where the database is now quite some size. Go North East have also carried out some research into the display types, which may mean that further routes aren't converted to the large terminal point only display.

Going back to this one, I think most routes that Stanley operate are now in the new larger terminal point only style now. The ex-London B9s and Durham Diamond Streetlites all received a firmware upgrade on their destination controllers this morning, and were subsequently updated with a file that I think(!) has most displays updated.

Within the next few weeks, the Red Kite Streetlite and Volvo B9s are all going to receive new Wi-Fi enabled destination controllers, which is when these will be updated.

And at some point this month, I'll get myself to Stanley on a Sunday to update the firmware (and then displays afterwards) on all of the minibuses.

RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - July 2018