Thanks for that sprinterguy, that's very interesting. I've always wondered what the TMS does.
The TMS effective runs the trains. It controls the screen displays, PA and automated announcements, Aircon, amongst other things and monitors the condition of the train such as speed, engine output, doors, listing any faults, service intervals and requirements. Even provide details on how to solve the faults. There is a screen in each cab, one in the galley/train managers office, one in the shop where they still exist and one in each other carriage behind a blackened glass panel opposite the toilet. Each carriage can show the state, or can be commanded to do a function, and you can select different carriages, whole train etc as you need. You can PA or crew call an individual carriage by selecting that carriage before pressing the pa or call button, or it will default to the whole train. Each individual reservation screen can be manually programmed to show a different message simply by selecting command. Turn the temperature up or down in a particular carriage by + or - 2deg. It is a pretty nifty piece of kit. I actually highly rate the voyagers TMS over any of the other TMS systems provided by adtranz or Siemens (which at speeds over 5mph locks out and is therefore useless) as it is so easy to use, in depth and controls everything!!!
The are 3 modes, D for driver which will only work in the cab with a driver key inserted, TM for train manager (which is the default mode) and MAINT for the travelling engineer or fitter which needs a password, and the TMS will display different information, particularly in fault reporting. Faults are graded by seriousness. Level 1 is a minor niggly, say a lightbulb blown, level 2 is a minor inconvenience, say a toilet out of use, and level 3 is major, say a door fault. If a level 3 fault occurs a low two tone sound plays over the PA 4 times quickly, it often sounds in relation to the disabled alarm activation (which is the two high pitched beeps heard three times) anomaly will list all faults and those that have been acknowledged will display steadily, while those that haven't will flash until they are, then by selecting that anomaly the TMS will then tell you how to deal with it.
