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Strange electronic display

Started by Ben, November 20, 2013, 06:49:53 PM

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Ben

This evening I was passing through Pool Meadow (about 4PM) and I noticed a De Courcey MCV Evolution parked up showing strange information on the destination sign. I couldn't see a fleet number and  I wish I could have remembered the numbers properly.

It was something like:

"SF=106, SW=94"

Any ideas why there'd be strange digits on the display?
I wonder if the driver was aware. 


nitromatt1

Quote from: ben710 on November 20, 2013, 06:49:53 PM
This evening I was passing through Pool Meadow (about 4PM) and I noticed a De Courcey MCV Evolution parked up showing strange information on the destination sign. I couldn't see a fleet number and  I wish I could have remembered the numbers properly.

It was something like:

"SF=106, SW=94"

Any ideas why there'd be strange digits on the display?
I wonder if the driver was aware.

That looks like a test code

Valandil

I've heard that sometimes the equations used in the code for displays somehow manage to show up, instead of a destination.
As someone who has done their fair share of programming, I can't quite see how this is the case (to output there would normally be a command something like print a, where a is a variable storing text and would never be an equation).
I have seen photos of this happening to displays on other vehicles in other companies too.

trident4370

I think it is the size of the LED's

Stu

It is most likely just a case that the display unit has been 'rebooted' and shows some kind of test code / initialisation string output while restarting.
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Nathan4775

 :) so the same must apply to the diamond bus i seen displaying similar
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