Vehicle Status Page

The Vehicle Status Page tool can be used to display status information on connected remote servers.

Installation

  1. Run the VehicleStatus_installer_xxx.exe file.

  2. In the License Agreement dialog window, select I accept the agreement and click Next.

  3. In the Select Additional Tasks dialog window, you can select Create a desktop icon, then click Next.

  4. In the Ready to Install dialog window, click Install.

  5. When the installation is complete, click Finish.

Overview

The user interface is divided into five areas:

Run the tool as administrator to see all areas.

 

Area

Description

Settings

Depending on the selected setting, you can configure the Vehicle List, the Disabled Vehicle List or the Action List.

The settings are only displayed if the tool is run as administrator.

Connections

Displays the existing connections (waysides) and which one is currently connected. You can also add a new connection.

The Connections wizard is only displayed if the tool is run as administrator.

On startup, the tool will automatically be connected to all connections. If a connection cannot immediately be established, it will constantly try to reconnect.

Vehicle List

Lists all vehicles connected via the wayside servers and includes detailed information.

Disabled Vehicle List

Lists the vehicles which have been disabled.

The Disabled Vehicle List is only displayed if the tool is run as administrator.

Action List

Serves as connection log and lists all actions related to the respective vehicle in the Vehicle List.

Settings

The setting area includes the following buttons and settings:

Button/Setting

Description

Move Vehicle up

Is used to change the order in the Vehicle List. With this button you can move an entry upwards.

Move Vehicle down

Is used to change the order in the Vehicle List. With this button you can move an entry downwards.

Disable Vehicle

With this button you can disable a vehicle from the Vehicle List. This means that the vehicle is no longer listed in the Vehicle List, but in the Disabled Vehicle List.

Enable Vehicle

With this button you can enable a vehicle from the Disabled Vehicle List. This means that the vehicle is no longer listed in the Disabled Vehicle List, but in the Vehicle List.

Save

Use this button to save your changes.

Load

In case that the setup was not loaded automatically after starting the program, use this button to load it manually.

Import

Use this button to import an xml file with the settings of the Vehicle Status Page.

Export

Use this button to export an xml file with the settings of the Vehicle Status Page.

Default settings

With this button you can set the following settings to default.

This has no effect on the configuration of the vehicle itself.

No. of Actions to display

The number of actions that will be kept in the Action List. It acts like a ring storage: if a new one comes in and there are more than the specified number, the oldest action will be thrown out.

Default: 50

Keep Actions on close

If this is checked, the actions will be saved to the xml file and if the program restarts, they will be loaded from there.

Default: disabled

Minutes for 25%

If a vehicle's time offset is higher than the number of minutes specified here, the progress bar will be set to 25%.

Default: 60

Minutes for 50%

If a vehicle's time offset is higher than the number of minutes specified here, the progress bar will be set to 50%.

Default: 15

Minutes for 75%

If a vehicle's time offset is higher than the number of minutes specified here, the progress bar will be set to 75%. It will be set to 100% if the time offset is lower.

Default: 1

Connections

The Connections area displays all configured connections (waysides). With the icon you can add a connection.

Vehicle List

The Vehicle List includes the following information:

Name

Description

Name

Name of the vehicle recorder.

Vehicle Number

Vehicle number as given in the status actions.

Route Number

Route number as given in the status actions.

Connection State

State of the connection between wayside and vehicle. The following states are possible:

  • Unknown: On startup when there has not yet been any action.

  • NotConnected: No connection between vehicle and wayside is established.

  • Connected: Connection between vehicle and wayside is established.

Wayside

Name of the wayside.

Download

State of the download of data from vehicle to wayside. The following states are possible:

  • Unknown: On startup when there has not yet been any action.

  • Running: Download is currently running. Data is transferred from vehicle to wayside.

  • Stopped: There is no download running, either because it is finished or because a connection error occurred.

The progress bar will roughly display the progress of the download based on the time offset. It will be displayed in red if the vehicle is not connected.

Time Offset

Difference between the timestamp of the last image in the database of the wayside and the database of the vehicle.
It will be displayed as - - - if the download is finished.

Livestream

Shows the number of the currently running livestreams from this vehicle. It also displays a colored indicator which is based on the thresholds of the LiveStreamProxy plugin which is configured in G-Set (see Remote Server ).

Disabled Vehicle List

In the Disabled Vehicle List you can see the vehicles which have been disabled. This list displays the same information as the Vehicle List.

Action List

The Action List serves as a connection log and can include other information as well. It consists of the following information types:

Name

Description

Name

Is the wayside or vehicle name.

Type

Can be Error, Warning, OK or Rejected.

Status

Indicates, for example, whether the wayside is online or offline, whether the database replication has started or finished, or if the maximum number of livestreams has been reached.

Time

Is the time of the last status.