WIRELESS LOCOMOTIVE DOWNLOADS ALL OVER UP SYSTEM

There are over 3100 locomotives equipped with transmitters that automatically send the event recorder download to remote servers whenever they pass within range of one. These systems extract both Wabtec (pulse) and Quads (Q-tron) downloads.

The locomotives equipped are GE Dash -8s, GE Dash -9s, GE AC4400s, AC6000s, EMD SD90s, some EMD SD70s, and a fewEMD SD40s and SD60s. All RCL units are equipped with CATTRON and GE after 09/12/03.

As of January 01, 2004 there are 15 wireless download sites. North Platte NE., Kansas City MO., Green River WY,. Portland OR., Hinkle OR., Roseville CA" West Colton CA., El Paso TX., Houston TX, Denison TX., Coffeyville KS., Pine Bluff AR., Dexter MO., Denver CO. and Clinton IA.

WIRELESS DOWNLOADS

There are limitations with the wireless server. Servers have a download range of approximately one mile. Locomotives should be stopped but will download up to five mph. Download time is the same as a manual download, 10 minutes for Wabtec and about five minutes for Quads. Download process is a line-of-site process. Any interruptions of the line-of-site contact during the process will stop the download. Servers can only download one locomotive at a time. Servers will not download during the process of transferring downloads from local servers to the centralized database. Servers capture a default wheel size with the download. Download servers will display Omaha (Central Time Zone) time. EXCEPTION: Some units will reflect Greenwich Mean Time. You will need to use the Adjust Time feature to make your download reflect the correct time. For example, if you are in the central time zone, you will need to subtract six hours to make the titrie correct. (five hours during daylight saving time).

Wabtec downloads captured on the server will display two files, the .STA and .DAT files. These files are displayed one on top of the other. The Quads download will have one file when downloaded.

Before selecting the download for processing take note of the file size. A full download will contain 320KB, 512KB or 1024KB for Wabtec downloads and 256KB for Quads. Any numbers other than the ones listed above will indicate the server did not capture a full download. The size of the file, compared to the size of a full download will indicate how much of the download was captured.

When a download is transferred from the locomotive transferred first. Due to this, the data captured in the reference time taken from the server will be captured correct except for the time zone corrections that may server for 90 to 180 days.

to the server, the oldest data on the download is partial download will be older data. HO\':lever, the and the dates and times of the captured data will be need to be made. The download data will stay in the

ACCESSING WIRELESS DOWNLOAD

Double click on the internet explorer icon. Select Departments
Select Operating Practices Index.  Select wireless Base Stations - Event recorders Select wireless Download Menu.  Input TCS user ill and Password, click on Login.