Vultron railway references

                                          Background

    Since founded in 1989 Vultron has been a key market player in urban
   public transportation Passenger Information (PI) and Automatic Vehicle
       Monitoring (AVMS) systems in Hungary, and also an appreciated
      developer/supplier in Europe and in the US. Expanding its business
   activity, starting from 2006 Vultron has also been involved in developing
               and delivering railway PI and AVMS systems.  

             Customers: MÁV Zrt. (Hungarian Railway Company Inc.)

                      GySEV (Austrian-Hungarian Railway Company)

Completed projects:

STADLER motortrains (Fast Light Innovative

                Regional Train - FLIRT project, 60 pcs)

n  GPS controlled complex (audio and visual)

PI/AVMS system

n  Video surveillance system

n  Emergency calling system

n  Audio systems for internal (passenger

compartment) and external applications

 

Bombardier trains

n  BDt and BDv control trains (90 pcs)

      GPS controlled complex PI/AVMS system

n  German control trains (27 pcs)

              GPS controlled complex PI/AVMS system

n  1^st  and 2^nd  class 3G IC coaches (10+50 pcs)

      GPS controlled complex PI/AVMS system

Russian motortrains  (40 pcs) 

n  GPS controlled complex PI/AVMS system

n  Emergency calling system

n  Internal audio system

Running projects to be completed along the first half of 2014:

IC+ trains (2+48 pcs)

n  GPS controlled complex PI/AVMS system

n  Video surveillance system

n  Seat reservation system

Stadler/GYSEV motortrains (42+10 pcs)

n  GPS controlled complex PI/AVMS system

n  Emergency calling system

n  Video surveillance system.

 

A number of self-developed devices were applied in the reference applications:





















 

                                                        19” Rack GSM/GPS/MP3 module










 

                                              SIVA VA 0100 Amplifier










 

           Currently running Vultron railway projects

     MÁV IC+ trains have been installed with the following control scheme:

















 

The MÁV IC+ configuration has been developed to serve as a powerful and efficient
solution to satisfy the customer’s needs. The FLC controller works as a user
operational interface and realizes the CAN based communication with the Train
Controller. As the FLC controller performs manually initiated test processes and
service functions, data related to system diagnostics are handled by the CAN bus.
The PI and AVMS functions have been taken over by a PC controlled On-Board Unit
(On-Board Rack PC) responsible for the MP3 voice management and the GPS/GPRS
communication management, as well. The UIC modem utilizes the standard UIC line
along the train and takes care of the connection among the carriages. Also, the TFTs
in the foreground of the carriages are driven by the On-Board Unit. The rest of the
TFTs placed in the passenger compartment area are controlled by a single board
(SBC) PC, driving directly only one pair of TFT monitors. Multiplication of the TFT
messages for further TFTs is accomplished using CAT5 cableing. External matrix
signs in this configuration are controlled via Ethernet. There are no matrix signs in
the passenger compartment.

Stadler/GySEV  trains have been installed with the following control scheme:


















 

Utilizing the experiences delivered by the MÁV IC+ the Stadler-2014/GYSEV
 configuration has been developed to integrate a number of third party devices
according to the requests of the customer. FLG and DIAG are Stadler train-controller
components, including the time-table handling subsystem MELM. Both internal and
external matrix signs are controlled by the FLC via RS-485. Data transfer is realized
by the standard VMX (Vultron Message eXchange) cummunication protocol. Vultron
Multilink bus is used to connect the Rack PC and FLC controllers, as well as to realize
the communication with Schaku (Scharfenbergkupplung) responsible to ensure  the
inter-carriage connection. MFB is a special on-board unit located in the engine coach.
The MFB, the TFT-Monitor-PCs and the GSM interface are all connected to an
Ethernet line. A/B selects the active side of the train from control point of view.