Attention all monorail personnel!

[Monorail_Red]

Just out of curiosity, what happened to all the other equipment that was taken out of service? For example, the old control panels, and all the other items that were replaced over the years?

[Big Wallaby]

Some of it was given to pilots. I know someone who has a door control next to his computer from Orange from a few months back when they had to replace it. Next one is mine.

This made me laugh:


I hope the pilot doesn't overshoot Base, or they're going to have one heck of a time dropping everyone off.

[Monorail_Red]

Some of it was given to pilots. I know someone who has a door control next to his computer from Orange from a few months back when they had to replace it. Next one is mine.

This made me laugh:


I hope the pilot doesn't overshoot Base, or they're going to have one heck of a time dropping everyone off.

Propulsion Current = 1...that a bad thing? I saw one before with a current of 4 while at a station...

[Big Wallaby]

Propulsion Current = 1...that a bad thing? I saw one before with a current of 4 while at a station...

Idle, I've seen it up to 9 without problems. The brakes are powerful enough that theoretically you could have full propulsion and the brakes would keep it stopped, though it would be hell on the engine.

[Monorail_Red]

Idle, I've seen it up to 9 without problems. The brakes are powerful enough that theoretically you could have full propulsion and the brakes would keep it stopped, though it would be hell on the engine.

The reason that I ask is because I'm big on safety, and I'm not familiar with the engineering behind it or what would cause that, but in my opinion, should be 0

[felinefan]

Does the fact that the right doors are "alert" and "open" and the left doors are "open", have anything to do with having a problem dropping everyone off?If not, what's so funny?

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

and over five years ago!!!!!

hehehehe

RUM?

[Big Wallaby]

Does the fact that the right doors are "alert" and "open" and the left doors are "open", have anything to do with having a problem dropping everyone off?If not, what's so funny?

The Alert in this case means the doors are trying to close. It basically is saying "Look out, the doors should be closed now and they're not." Alert is just the computer saying the train is working to close the doors or keep them closed. Sometimes if someone leans against a door, we get an alert on the open beam. Basically, at that point it's the sensor saying the door is not registering as properly closed.

The reason that I ask is because I'm big on safety, and I'm not familiar with the engineering behind it or what would cause that, but in my opinion, should be 0

You would think, yes. Basically, that "9" is how many volts that propulsion unit is picking up from the bus bar. If a train starts moving under the power of one of these,

I think I am going to be worried about far more than just the train moving. Then, after a moment of thought, I'm going to see what P5 does!

Once up to cruising speed on level ground, the monorail will propel itself 40 mph with just 135 volts, give or take.

[PapaMouse]

The Alert in this case means the doors are trying to close. It basically is saying "Look out, the doors should be closed now and they're not." Alert is just the computer saying the train is working to close the doors or keep them closed. Sometimes if someone leans against a door, we get an alert on the open beam. Basically, at that point it's the sensor saying the door is not registering as properly closed.

Is that why it says "SPECIAL DOOR REQUEST"?

[Big Wallaby]

SPECIAL DOOR REQUEST is a thankfully discontinued system, and different from a door alert. Basically, a Special Door is an archaic term in Monorails. It refers to the doorways that used to be the only few on the train in which we could put a wheel chair. For that reason, we still call people in wheel chairs "specials" (which irks me to no end, especially when working a platform, a guest in a wheelchair comes up, and a pilot will call out "SPECIAL!"). The cars were made so that the center leaning panel (someone from before my time: What was it called back then?) was shifted forward or back several inches from the center of the compartment, where it would be inside any other door, to accomodate the wheel chair. Then, someone got the idea of changing the car layout to what it is today... the four rails. With that, we could now theoretically accomodate a guest in a wheel chair in any car.

If you ever see the middle two cars of Yellow, you'll notice a panel with buttons, and that was the special door request panel. Basically, a Cast Member would help the guest in the wheel chair aboard, find out where they were going, and press the corresponding button. Nice idea, but the implementation was off. The idea was that you would not be able to pass a station without letting that person off. As soon as it sensed the parking tags at that stop, it would not allow the train to move until that button was pressed again. So far so good. Until you remember one thing:

Last night, I was in Monorail Blue, braking into the station, and for some reason the brakes just didn't grab right. I found myself half a car out of the station, having passed the parking tags, but the train sensed them as I passed over. With that system in place, I now would not be able to move until I had unloaded the special door, and I would be unable to move because the train sensed it had received the parking tags. I would be unable to back up to open my doors, until I opened the doors to let off the guests in that car.

Bit of a problem.

So that system's been disconnected. I would love to see it revitalized with that one little change made.