The flash messaging facility was completed during the week; it highlighted a small issue around file locking which has now been solved, although it also meant retro-fitting a change to modules that had already been completed. In the process, the Flash messaging routines were also simplified. Work has now moved onto developing the Car modules. [...]
This last week has seen the development of most of the Locomotive module; this module handles the current state and location of each locomotive. There’s also been some development on Flash messages: these are messages that are either generated automatically due to an event, or can be created by users. They are then automatically broadcast [...]
The new MOPS timescale is shown below. Currently there’s no impact on the delivery date; it’s the interim deliverables that have been retimed. However, there was little progress this week due to the impact of another project in the 1:1 scale world. That project has now been completed, so MOPS should get right back [...]
Not much progress in percentage terms this week; although the software has been made improved for a number of reasons: 1 – a difficulty on one of the modules caused a rethink to an approach on validation of data; this has now been cascaded down to all the other completed modules. The revised approach is [...]
The previous modules have now been re-worked, and a number of standard modules have been created which should speed things up: it also means that the system should be easier to maintain, and as a result, a lot more stable. The Places module has also now been created, and a significant start has been made [...]