TrainCrew App: Do more than run your train

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Yep. Plus I'm a huge hater of "appifying" the internet. If it can be a website, make it a website.

And until we start integrating with JMRI or something, this can be a website.

[Iain]

Yep. Plus I'm a huge hater of "appifying" the internet. If it can be a website, make it a website.

And until we start integrating with JMRI or something, this can be a website.

Actually, I've been thinking it would be kind of cool to add a web api of some sort to JMRI that you can then use from within your webapp.  Then, want to have your throttle be html5?  No problem!  Want to build a custom throttle app that also shows things like route and includes turnout controls, etc?  No problem!

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I know JMRI has some sort of http capabilities. It might be worth investigating them.

[conrail98]

Used it tonight at an ops session. I thought it worked fun but my battery did drain searching for the internet connection in the basement which was very low. Got a few odd looks and others that thought it was a nice add. One feedback I got, "Passenger stop" should be added,

Phil

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Great!
I love that it's being used.

I've added your request here: https://github.com/ekapus/TrainCrew/issues

In other news, I think I might've fixed the issue about the hiding badges.
Take a look at the site now with your various problematic devices:
http://traincrew.conrail1285.com/

[svedblen]

Did you update it once again this very minute!? I was just about to say that it now showed the badges just fine  , but that I missed the colors they had before  . Then I switched from Chrome to Safari - and voilá the  colors were back  Nice!

Only one small thing - "Hoses" in in "Couple & Connect Hoses" disappears behind the badge when in portrait mode on an iPhone 5. A line break before "Hoses" perhaps?

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Yep, I probably did the update just then.

Interesting. It shouldn't do that. Stupid iPhones...

I missed the colors too. I'm glad I got them back.

My next big project is adding in error states: ie, you have a sticking brake shoe, too much of an air leak, etc...

[Rich_S]

Ed, Just how realistic do you want to get with your app? I see a couple things in the daily inspection you missed. Since you are a Conrail guy, I figured you'd include the cab signal departure test. You also did not include the brake pipe leakage test and the alerter test, to see if it causes a PCS penalty brake application when it times out. 

[MVW]

My next big project is adding in error states: ie, you have a sticking brake shoe, too much of an air leak, etc...

This just went from mildly interesting to very. (One man's opinion). Cool stuff, Ed.

Jim

[Iain]

So, now, Couple & Connect Hoses has the countdown badge thingy on top of the text for Firefox Phone.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Ed, Just how realistic do you want to get with your app? I see a couple things in the daily inspection you missed. Since you are a Conrail guy, I figured you'd include the cab signal departure test. You also did not include the brake pipe leakage test and the alerter test, to see if it causes a PCS penalty brake application when it times out. 

As realistic as possible!

Let me know the details on those and I'll add them.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

This just went from mildly interesting to very. (One man's opinion). Cool stuff, Ed.

Jim

Cool. It was always in the plan, but I wanted something working to start playing with before diving into THOSE complicated waters.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Quick update: haven't done much new functionality wise, but have cleaned up some issues that have been bugging me. I also added a lot more info to the about page:
http://traincrew.conrail1285.com/about.html

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I've made another update.
I added a "Set and release" airbrake test, and fixed a bug with the other tests that rendered "0 car" in the status bars. Now it correctly says "0 cars".

Here's the new feature: http://traincrew.conrail1285.com/airbrakes-setandrelease.html

[seusscaboose]

Visual inspect and return to cab need sound

Maybe walking on ballast with a brief hesitation every time you dick duck under (between) the car(s)?