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Soft Touch People Mover Central Control

by R. D. Milnes, AEG Westinghouse Transportation, Systems Inc, Pittsburgh, United States,
R. S. Fahringer, AEG Westinghouse Transportation, Systems Inc, Pittsburgh, United States,
J. B. Bojarski, AEG Westinghouse Transportation, Systems Inc, Pittsburgh, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: International Air Transportation: A New International Airport

Abstract:

The people mover central control systems perform many automatic functions, are built with off-the-shelf redundant hardware, include advanced color graphics and touch screen operator interfaces, have an embedded simulation, and are supported and monitored remotely by AEG Westinghouse personnel in Pittsburgh. The paper describes the central control functions; central control hardware architecture; central control operator interface; central control simulation; remote access support and analysis.

Subject Headings: Control systems | Computer analysis | Graphic methods | Automated people movers | Communication systems | Data analysis | Computer models | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | United States

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