Letscommunicate Interactive Traffic System - Work Log

[ccsnet]

Originally Posted by radiotrib

Hi Terran - I'm not sure any more. I just set up an agent to do my CVS connectivity for me, but I haven't looked there since a half year ago, and they've upgraded the system since then.

I'm up to my nuts in alligators almost every day lately so I get very little time to do anything except pay bills and support my wife's business with IT services. And even then, if I get the chance, I still have a boatshed full of junk to empty and clean up, and then a dismantled VW to move into it, so life is based on 28 hour days right now.

Dont worry about it,,,, figured you where busy....

I accessed my old copy and its sort of running at the mo off my server with out the cron in place....

Terran

[radiotrib]

IIRC the last copy on the server was the copy I pushed to CVS anyway, so you should be up to date. If not I might be able to zip up what I have and put them on my server for you to grab.

[ccsnet]

Right guys.... following the convo on MT this is what I'm looking at...

App flow v0.1

Program Awarness
Clear Cache on start / hibernation / standby return ( Can use CF )
Check for Internet connection ( Can use CF )
Reset any ports
Download

Download & Process Data
Read feed locations from http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/tpeg/tpeg.opml

Using selected feeds from http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/tpeg/tpeg.opml Download & store in local DB or files ( tpegML )
( I'm assuming I will be needing some kind of XML translation and Event refrence.... BBC provide DTD files... but not sure how to use or if I need too OR there is this & this )
( later I will also add DATEXII from HA ), Long term I will use all the info

Check for Event (Optional)
Check GPS location
Action any proximity warnings based on location & settings

Warning of An Event (Optional)
If near an event verbally warn the user
If near an event visally warn the user
May be use logodashboard to display

User Interface
Allow the user to select which feeds to cache and how offten
Allow the user to filter by event type
Allow the user to filler by location / proximity
Allow the user to view the feeds via a list view with event icons attached

User Settings
Set TMC Com Port Out
Set Verbal Warnings Options
Set Visual Warnings Options
Set Check Warnings Options

Republish In TMC Format
Read file or DB with tpegML
Filter and convert to Open TMC Data
Push all data in to virtual com port in a TMC ( Open TMC ) format to allow CF2 and others to use it. Alert C may be the format.
Act as device emulator in case the client program needs to think its talking to hardware

NB Other interactions with the non traffic data to come later



The CF2 SDK is here http://www.fluxmedia.net/fluxdev.aspx
POIWarner is a good example of the planned CF2 interface which I may leverage as it includes the source.

NB The web system will still be in place and will be needed for the DATEXII stuff

Terran

DTD Stuff & here
XML Stuff

[monzablue16v]

Looks interesting and similar to some things I was looking into, the openTMC seems to be in it's early days at the moment. Definitley the way forward mind you.
OpenTMC Forum

The BBC traffic XML looks to be well formatted and easy enough to grab read and dispose then update after predefined time. Will have another look through it all when I get in tonight and I have my dev box instead of the bosses circling like the vultures.....

[ccsnet]

I tried to add the OPML and the raw tpeg xml as external data sources but VS wont have it Grrrrr.

Terran

[monzablue16v]

Have a squiz through this T :)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307548

edit: and this
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadf...tmellli21.aspx

[ccsnet]

Handy - will read when kids are in bed.

Terran

[monzablue16v]

Looking at it now matey will see if I can cobble some code together to read some data out, actually getting the Xml into C# is easy enough it's the breaking it down as the formatting of that is strange.
:)

[monzablue16v]

Now my night of Farcry2 is a night of reading more in depth on XML and Xpath :) Good job I like coding :D

[ccsnet]

He he - I'm back..... I need to learn this at the same time Monza so nudge me rather than do it for me if you can.....

Off to read your links and a C# book.

Terran

[ccsnet]

Originally Posted by monzablue16v

Looking at it now matey will see if I can cobble some code together to read some data out, actually getting the Xml into C# is easy enough it's the breaking it down as the formatting of that is strange.
:)

Yep - reading those links that would explaine why I cant add it as a data source....

I have some working php stuff if thats any help ?

Terran

[ccsnet]

Some more about tpegML - http://www.itsregistry.org.uk/conten...15.html&view=1

Terran

[ccsnet]

I think its this DTD refrence file that is the key.... seems to be like a xsd map of sorts ( if I understand correctly ).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/xml/tpegml_dtds.zip

Terran

[monzablue16v]

No need the xml file has everything you need in it. The DTD stuff seems to be quite in depth. I can now read the values out of the xml file using Xpath, now trying to manipulate the data and see how it's structured then comment the code and post it up :) That should give you a bit of a direction with the code. I'm on kez_97@hotmail.com on MSN :)

edit: try this link for a quick xpath overview
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/myXPath.aspx

[ccsnet]

OK - Pretty sure a schema is needed and I know what tool to use to get the dtd to an xsd.

Terran