* Ada in Railway Controls - looking for information
@ 1999-11-09 0:00 Michael Feldman
1999-11-10 0:00 ` Philippe Dalleau
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From: Michael Feldman @ 1999-11-09 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi all,
It is, by now, fairly well known that much of the software for Paris
Metro Line 14 ("Meteor") is in Ada. This is one example of
"Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC)", developed by a
company called Matra.
There are a number of CBTC products out there, in an industry that
is very aggressive and competitive.
I am trying to discover whether Ada is the (or at least _a_) coding
language in the following CBTC products:
- Alcatel's SELTRAC, used in Vancouver SkyTrain and Docklands
Light Rail, among others - will be used in San Francisco and
New York's JFK Airport Light Rail
- Matra's SACEM - the system that preceded Meteor
- Matra's PA 135
Also, what became of ASTREE, the project that was written up at
http://www.adaic.org/docs/flyers/train.shtml
which came from the old Rational newsletter.
If you know anything that could help me out here, please reply
by e-mail to mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu. I will, of course, respect
confidentiality.
If anyone is interested in CBTC, a good website is at
http://www.tsd.org/communic
Among other things, you can read about the current state of things
in the New York Subway CBTC project.
Cheers,
Michael Feldman
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* Re: Ada in Railway Controls - looking for information
1999-11-09 0:00 Ada in Railway Controls - looking for information Michael Feldman
@ 1999-11-10 0:00 ` Philippe Dalleau
1999-11-10 0:00 ` Philippe Dalleau
1999-11-10 0:00 ` Philippe Dalleau
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From: Philippe Dalleau @ 1999-11-10 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Feldman
Hello,
I suggest you to post your message in the newsgroup fr.comp.lang.ada
because the companies you mentioned are simply French companies.
These companies have their websites, thus making easier, maybe,
e-contacts.
* Alstom (http://www.alstom.com) formely known as Alcatel-Alsthom uses
Ada on the TGV.
* Matra Transport International now a German-French (Siemens +
Lagardere) company (http://www.matra-transport.fr), formely kwown as
Matra Transport a subsidiary of Lagardere uses also Ada intensively
Michael Feldman wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> It is, by now, fairly well known that much of the software for Paris
> Metro Line 14 ("Meteor") is in Ada. This is one example of
> "Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC)", developed by a
> company called Matra.
>
> There are a number of CBTC products out there, in an industry that
> is very aggressive and competitive.
>
> I am trying to discover whether Ada is the (or at least _a_) coding
> language in the following CBTC products:
> ...
> Cheers,
>
> Michael Feldman
--
Philippe Dalleau
Visit the websites of my company :
http://www.aeromatra.com
http://www.lagardere.fr/fr/sites/index.html
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* Re: Ada in Railway Controls - looking for information
1999-11-09 0:00 Ada in Railway Controls - looking for information Michael Feldman
1999-11-10 0:00 ` Philippe Dalleau
@ 1999-11-10 0:00 ` Philippe Dalleau
1999-11-10 0:00 ` Philippe Dalleau
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Philippe Dalleau @ 1999-11-10 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Feldman
Hello,
I suggest you to post your message in the newsgroup fr.comp.lang.ada
because the companies you mentioned are simply French companies.
These companies have their websites, thus making easier, maybe,
e-contacts.
* Alstom (http://www.alstom.com) formely known as Alcatel-Alsthom uses
Ada on the TGV.
* Matra Transport International now a German-French (Siemens +
Lagardere) company (http://www.matra-transport.fr), formely kwown as
Matra Transport a subsidiary of Lagardere uses also Ada intensively
Michael Feldman wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> It is, by now, fairly well known that much of the software for Paris
> Metro Line 14 ("Meteor") is in Ada. This is one example of
> "Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC)", developed by a
> company called Matra.
>
> There are a number of CBTC products out there, in an industry that
> is very aggressive and competitive.
>
> I am trying to discover whether Ada is the (or at least _a_) coding
> language in the following CBTC products:
> ...
> Cheers,
>
> Michael Feldman
--
Philippe Dalleau
Visit the websites of my company :
http://www.aeromatra.com
http://www.lagardere.fr/fr/sites/index.html
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* Re: Ada in Railway Controls - looking for information
1999-11-09 0:00 Ada in Railway Controls - looking for information Michael Feldman
1999-11-10 0:00 ` Philippe Dalleau
1999-11-10 0:00 ` Philippe Dalleau
@ 1999-11-10 0:00 ` Philippe Dalleau
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Philippe Dalleau @ 1999-11-10 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Feldman
Hello,
I suggest you to post your message in the newsgroup fr.comp.lang.ada
because the companies you mentioned are simply French companies.
These companies have their websites, thus making easier, maybe,
e-contacts.
* Alstom (http://www.alstom.com) formely known as Alcatel-Alsthom uses
Ada on the TGV.
* Matra Transport International now a German-French (Siemens +
Lagardere) company (http://www.matra-transport.fr), formely kwown as
Matra Transport a subsidiary of Lagardere uses also Ada intensively
Michael Feldman wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> It is, by now, fairly well known that much of the software for Paris
> Metro Line 14 ("Meteor") is in Ada. This is one example of
> "Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC)", developed by a
> company called Matra.
>
> There are a number of CBTC products out there, in an industry that
> is very aggressive and competitive.
>
> I am trying to discover whether Ada is the (or at least _a_) coding
> language in the following CBTC products:
> ...
> Cheers,
>
> Michael Feldman
--
Philippe Dalleau
Visit the websites of my company :
http://www.aeromatra.com
http://www.lagardere.fr/fr/sites/index.html
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