Signal Failures - Revision history

Charlie at 03:31, 18 December 2011

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	<Irregularities>		<Irregularities>
	<SignalFailure signal="12" aspect="STOP" canRepair="false" />		<SignalFailure signal="12" aspect="STOP" canRepair="false" defectType="EXTINGUISHED" />
	</Irregularities>		</Irregularities>
	</pre>		</pre>

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	;defectType		;defectType
	:either '''~~EXTINQUISHED~~''' or '''BROKENFILAMENT'''		:either '''EXTINGUISHED''' or '''BROKENFILAMENT'''
	:defines the type of failure		:defines the type of failure
	:'''~~EXTINQUISHED~~''': all filaments are broken (light is completely off)		:'''EXTINGUISHED''': all filaments are broken (light is completely off)
	:'''BROKENFILAMENT''': only one filament is broken, and relying on at least one redundant filament		:'''BROKENFILAMENT''': only one filament is broken, and relying on at least one redundant filament

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	:either '''STOP''' or '''CLEAR'''		:either '''STOP''' or '''CLEAR'''
	:defines which aspect cannot be properly displayed		:defines which aspect cannot be properly displayed

			;defectType
			:either '''EXTINQUISHED''' or '''BROKENFILAMENT'''
			:defines the type of failure
			:'''EXTINQUISHED''': all filaments are broken (light is completely off)
			:'''BROKENFILAMENT''': only one filament is broken, and relying on at least one redundant filament

	;canRepair		;canRepair

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	:''(optional)''		:''(optional)''
	:either '''true''' or '''false''' ('''true''' by default)		:either '''true''' or '''false''' ('''true''' by default)
	:indicates whether a signal can be repaired		:indicates whether a signal can be repaired (it should be '''false''' when using '''startTime''' and '''endTime''')

	;startTime		;startTime
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	:''(optional)''		:''(optional)''
	:either '''true''' or '''false''' ('''true''' by default)		:either '''true''' or '''false''' ('''true''' by default)
	:~~indicates whether a~~ signal fails at the moment the signal changes aspect ~~(which~~ is ~~more likely)~~		:'''true''': signal fails at the moment the signal changes aspect
			:'''false''': signal fails at the time specified by the '''startTime''' attribute and is repaired at the time specified by the '''endTime''' attribute

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	:when omitted, there is no upper bound (that is, signal failures can occur right to the end of the simulation, however long that may be)		:when omitted, there is no upper bound (that is, signal failures can occur right to the end of the simulation, however long that may be)

			;afterOccurrence
			:''(optional)''
			:either '''true''' or '''false''' ('''true''' by default)
			:indicates whether a signal fails at the moment the signal changes aspect (which is more likely)

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	;startTime		;startTime
	:''(optional)''		:''(optional)''
	:HH:mm:ss		:time (HH:mm:ss)
			:when omitted, there is no lower bound (that is, signal failures can occur as soon as simulation starts)

			;endTime
			:''(optional)''
			:time (HH:mm:ss)
			:when omitted, there is no upper bound (that is, signal failures can occur right to the end of the simulation, however long that may be)


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	:indicates whether a signal can be repaired		:indicates whether a signal can be repaired

			;startTime
			:''(optional)''
			:HH:mm:ss

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	:defines which aspect cannot be properly displayed		:defines which aspect cannot be properly displayed

			;canRepair
			:''(optional)''
			:either '''true''' or '''false''' ('''true''' by default)
			:indicates whether a signal can be repaired


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	All signal failure tags are enclosed within the '''Irregularities''' tags. Each signal failure is defined like the following:		All signal failure tags are enclosed within the '''Irregularities''' tags. Each signal failure is defined like the following:

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			<Irregularities>
			<SignalFailure signal="12" aspect="STOP" canRepair="false" />
			</Irregularities>
			</pre>

			The attributes for each signal failure are as follows:

			;signal
			:name of the signal

			;aspect
			:either '''STOP''' or '''CLEAR'''
			:defines which aspect cannot be properly displayed




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	~~Signal~~ that use incandescent light bulbs to display an aspect can suffer failures. The lamps often have two filaments for redundancy. When one of these filaments is broken, the second filament takes over. Scenarios can be written to specify when and how signals can become defective.		{{DeveloperNav}}

			Signals that use incandescent light bulbs to display an aspect can suffer failures. The lamps often have two filaments for redundancy. When one of these filaments is broken, the second filament takes over. Scenarios can be written to specify when and how signals can become defective.

	All signal failure tags are enclosed within the '''Irregularities''' tags. Each signal failure is defined like the following:		All signal failure tags are enclosed within the '''Irregularities''' tags. Each signal failure is defined like the following:

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