Comments on: Myki runs on top of Windows CE https://wongm.com/2012/06/myki-runs-on-top-of-windows-ce/ Marcus Wong. Gunzel. Engineering geek. History nerd. Mon, 24 Apr 2023 21:32:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Photos from ten years ago: April 2013 - Waking up in Geelong https://wongm.com/2012/06/myki-runs-on-top-of-windows-ce/#comment-870641 Mon, 24 Apr 2023 21:32:38 +0000 http://wongm.com/?p=2594#comment-870641 […] As were Windows error messages. […]

]]> By: The wardriving tram and https://wongm.com/2012/06/myki-runs-on-top-of-windows-ce/#comment-77973 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:32:09 +0000 http://wongm.com/?p=2594#comment-77973 […] The story starts on my tram home from work, when I noticed the Tram Driver Console in the rear cab was stuck in a reboot loop. The first screen was a simple ‘Launching application’ message on the standard Windows CE desktop. […]

]]> By: Marcus https://wongm.com/2012/06/myki-runs-on-top-of-windows-ce/#comment-76400 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:26:04 +0000 http://wongm.com/?p=2594#comment-76400 In reply to jimmy.

Adelaide signed their contract back in early 2010, it was quite a quick turnaround:
http://www.zdnet.com/sa-awards-30m-e-ticketing-contract-1339300918/

I’m guessing the reason for the smooth rollout is that ACS Atlas is an off-the-shelf ticketing system:
http://www.acs-inc.com/public-transport/central-mgmt-systems/br-altas-public-transport-ticketing-system.pdf

I’m pretty certain that the issues in Melbourne aren’t with the hardware or Windows CE operating system on top of it, but the custom software developed for the Myki system.

]]> By: jimmy https://wongm.com/2012/06/myki-runs-on-top-of-windows-ce/#comment-76256 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 05:37:59 +0000 http://wongm.com/?p=2594#comment-76256 It is worth noting that ACS Atlas ticketing system is also built on the windows CE operating system 2 years in and we have very few issues with out ACS supplied system in Adelaide.

]]> By: Broken promises from Myki | Waking up in Geelong https://wongm.com/2012/06/myki-runs-on-top-of-windows-ce/#comment-55950 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:03:47 +0000 http://wongm.com/?p=2594#comment-55950 […] system is that it is faster than a magnetic strip based one: Myki fails at that. Maybe building the entire system atop Windows CE is the issue, perhaps it is because we hired a company that was described in a leaked draft of an […]

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