WM Bus Photos Forum

West Midlands Buses in Discussion => General Discussion, Questions & Route Suggestions => Topic started by: ZF B7 on January 19, 2021, 10:51:19 AM

Title: First Eastern Counties 30964 tracking on the Hamstead 16?
Post by: ZF B7 on January 19, 2021, 10:51:19 AM
Looking at the map tracker right now and I can see YJ51RAU tracking on the 16! Have Diamond or NX purchased this bus or is this just some sort of strange impossibility?
Title: Re: First Eastern Counties 30964 tracking on the Hamstead 16?
Post by: 2206 on January 19, 2021, 11:08:57 AM
Quote from: ZF B7 on January 19, 2021, 10:51:19 AM
Looking at the map tracker right now and I can see YJ51RAU tracking on the 16! Have Diamond or NX purchased this bus or is this just some sort of strange impossibility?
Probably just Diamond 30964 - YX63ZXK. As its consistently showing as being at the same location.
Title: Re: First Eastern Counties 30964 tracking on the Hamstead 16?
Post by: V89MOA on January 19, 2021, 11:23:14 AM
It's just a bug that can happen with buses that share a fleetnumber, as 2206 says it will be YX63 ZXK. Seen it happen many times before with Diamond vehicles in Redditch.
Title: Re: First Eastern Counties 30964 tracking on the Hamstead 16?
Post by: ZF B7 on January 19, 2021, 11:31:51 AM
Thanks guys. Knew it was too good to be true!
Title: Re: First Eastern Counties 30964 tracking on the Hamstead 16?
Post by: DJ on January 19, 2021, 06:27:08 PM
Quote from: V89MOA on January 19, 2021, 11:23:14 AM
It's just a bug that can happen with buses that share a fleetnumber, as 2206 says it will be YX63 ZXK. Seen it happen many times before with Diamond vehicles in Redditch.

Yep, it's happened with multiple other vehicles at Tividale too, which share fleet numbers with First Eastern Counties vehicles. I've also noticed it happening, but with the Diamond one tracking at the same time, in the same location.
Title: Re: First Eastern Counties 30964 tracking on the Hamstead 16?
Post by: Tony on January 19, 2021, 06:40:21 PM
Hopefully there will be a much better NXWM tracking system running in the near future
Title: Re: First Eastern Counties 30964 tracking on the Hamstead 16?
Post by: WMT3000 on January 20, 2021, 08:25:58 AM
Quote from: Tony on January 19, 2021, 06:40:21 PM
Hopefully there will be a much better NXWM tracking system running in the near future
Will this one work on Android or still sponsored by Bill Gates?
Title: Re: First Eastern Counties 30964 tracking on the Hamstead 16?
Post by: the trainbasher on January 20, 2021, 09:50:54 AM
Quote from: Tony on January 19, 2021, 06:40:21 PM
Hopefully there will be a much better NXWM tracking system running in the near future

Moving over to BODS?
Title: Re: First Eastern Counties 30964 tracking on the Hamstead 16?
Post by: Tony on January 20, 2021, 09:54:17 AM
Quote from: the trainbasher on January 20, 2021, 09:50:54 AM
Moving over to BODS?

Once NX can get their feed to correctly feed BODS, the London Vehicle finder team are going to do a West Midlands vehicle finder
Title: Re: First Eastern Counties 30964 tracking on the Hamstead 16?
Post by: karl724223 on January 20, 2021, 05:46:35 PM
Quote from: Tony on January 20, 2021, 09:54:17 AM
Once NX can get their feed to correctly feed BODS, the London Vehicle finder team are going to do a West Midlands vehicle finder
for staff or everybody
No snowflakes were melted in the typing out of this
Title: Re: First Eastern Counties 30964 tracking on the Hamstead 16?
Post by: Tony on January 20, 2021, 05:54:35 PM
Quote from: karl724223 on January 20, 2021, 05:46:35 PM
for staff or everybody
No snowflakes were melted in the typing out of this

Everybody. NX have had a couple of problems getting the feed into the Government BOD thing, but once it is running LVD are going to start work on it
Title: Re: First Eastern Counties 30964 tracking on the Hamstead 16?
Post by: karl724223 on January 20, 2021, 05:56:34 PM
Could be a good thing for drivers to see where there bus is on the route when there are problems or just in general to see where it is
Title: Re: First Eastern Counties 30964 tracking on the Hamstead 16?
Post by: Tony on January 20, 2021, 06:02:41 PM
Quote from: karl724223 on January 20, 2021, 05:56:34 PM
Could be a good thing for drivers to see where there bus is on the route when there are problems or just in general to see where it is

London VF is brilliant if you haven't seen it. You can type a fleetnumber or registration number in and it tells you where that bus is, or the last time the tracker saw it.

Type a route number in and it tells you all the vehicles currently on that route along with those that have been on it, but now back in garage
Title: Re: First Eastern Counties 30964 tracking on the Hamstead 16?
Post by: DJ on January 20, 2021, 10:27:01 PM
Quote from: Tony on January 20, 2021, 05:54:35 PM
Everybody. NX have had a couple of problems getting the feed into the Government BOD thing, but once it is running LVD are going to start work on it

Will this lead to the rest of NXWM tracking on bustimes.org too then, if all of the data will be available through BODS?
Title: Re: First Eastern Counties 30964 tracking on the Hamstead 16?
Post by: bususer28 on January 21, 2021, 05:52:05 PM
Quote from: Tony on January 20, 2021, 06:02:41 PM
London VF is brilliant if you haven't seen it. You can type a fleetnumber or registration number in and it tells you where that bus is, or the last time the tracker saw it.

Type a route number in and it tells you all the vehicles currently on that route along with those that have been on it, but now back in garage
Just had a look at it and it looks really cool. Will NX launch a new bus tracking app once everything is working smoothly again?