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10:31 am
April 26, 2015
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Jim,
I am updating my Front Street control panel and want to include Z-T-S information a la Andy K.
At my Canada Dry bottling plant I have two SPOTS that are only for specific cars. One is for a gon for my broken glass (this is the SPOT that we did the CIT work on a year or so ago) and the other is a SPOT for a tank car that must be next to my CO-2 storage tanks. One of the things I want to include in my update is to have correct Z-T-S information for each siding, particularly the "T" part. I've carefully studied the PTBM App L (Q&A Appendix) question and answer set "C - Customer Setup" which addresses SPOT and the ProTrak "borrowing" function.
Questions:
1. Is "borrowing" a user option ? (I don't think it is but thought I'd ask anyway.)
2. All of my cars are 40-ft. If I name the SPOT for the CO-2 tank car FS-07c, and then specify a 50-ft track length for SPOTS FS-07a, and FS-07b will there be no borrowing, and thus can I insure that the tank car always goes to FS-07c? Similarly for the gon on an adjacent track.
3. IF the answer to 2 above is NO, do you have a suggestion of I can keep track number integrity in my SPOT code and still insure that my two specific cars are only assigned to specific SPOTs?
thanks
Joe
Orlando, FL
1:07 pm
April 28, 2015
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Joe,
Borrowing is not a user option.
I would suggest that you use two separate numbers for the spots, and not 07b and 07c. There will be no borrowing as ProTrak will see these as two distinct and separate "customers."
Jim Brewer
7:23 pm
January 3, 2015
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Yes, you need separate numbers for these three spots.
The a, b, c, etc is what allows Protrak to barrow space from the spots with the same number
Howard Garner
6:12 am
December 23, 2014
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>do you have a suggestion of I can keep track number integrity in my SPOT code and still insure that my two specific cars are only assigned to specific SPOTs?
It is already happening. The >waybill< specifies the siding-number. The waybill specifies the car-kind. If your waybills are set up so only CO2-tank cars go to FS-07c then all is well.
Jim
8:50 am
April 26, 2015
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Jim,
Thanks for the help. IS the key to what you wrote that I should have a tank car designated for CO2 service? If so then do I need to use car kind T109a in my waybill?
Joe
Orlando
12:04 pm
December 23, 2014
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>do you have a suggestion of I can keep track number integrity in my SPOT code and still insure that my two specific cars are only assigned to specific SPOTs
>IS the key to what you wrote that I should have a tank car designated for CO2 service?
The key is the waybill. With its sidingnumber .... with a commodity of "CO2" and a carkind of whatever you choose for the tank car.
Jim
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