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Dale's Depot

Daley Train Log
Page 124

Sunday January 9, 2011 Lethbridge, Alberta

10:40 am

I had a look at the error report for Ship It! last night and there were 3 errors. This is the first time that there have been errors listed here since I began. It looks like somehow the file has been corrupted.

I have gone back to a previous version and verified that there are no errors with this version. Now to carefully work my way forward, keeping much better note of what changes I make.

I have made a copy of a folder called shipit3 (which has no errors) and relabeled it as shipit4. I will now work with the shipit4 folder. Then if I suddenly run into problems I can return to shipit3 and make another copy ...

• open shipit
  • clear demand
  • clear empty & load requests
  • start fresh (new cars)
  • no error messages
  • file -> Primary Date: 1/01/1950
    
    
• open Deluxe Toolbox
  • set durations to 1
  • clear NS, NC
  • export & balance n, 0
  • print Balancing Summary Report
    • overall quality of balance: 87.3
    • no errors
    • car mix: 3 warnings
  • print Car Mix report
    • suggests adding shippers & consignees for HD, GB & XM cars
      
      
• open Deluxe Toolbox
  • select "set ns-nc values"
    • click on "uncheck all limit siding lengths"
  • select "export & balance"
    • y, x
    • Deluxe Assistant default setting: y
    • Staging Setup Error
      • Coaldale Yard: current 7, must be 50
      • Foothills Cartage: current 1, must be 2
      • Jasper Station: current 5 must be 10
      • Coaldale Station: current 5 must be 10
        
        
• open Ship It!
  • Industry
    • change Coaldale Yard capacity to 7
    • change Foothills Cartage capacity to 1
    • change Jasper Station capacity to 5
    • change Coaldale Station capacity to 5.
      
• close Ship It!
  
  
• open Deluxe Toolbox
  • select "export & balance"
  • y, x
  • Deluxe Assistant default setting: y
  • print Balancing Summary Report
    • overall quality of balance: 19.5
    • siding length report: 2 problems
    • car mix report: 1 problem, 3 warnings
    • print Car Mix report
      • suggests switching some products that use FM car to another type
      • suggests adding shippers & consignees for HD, GB & XM cars.
• close Deluxe Toolbox
  
  
• open Ship It!
  • change shipper Big Pine Lumber: empties from 1 to 0.
• close Ship It!
  
  
• open Deluxe Toolbox
  • select "export & balance"
  • y, x
  • Deluxe Assistant default setting: y
  • print Balancing Summary Report
    • overall quality of balance: 17.5
• all other values remain the same (i.e. did not affect the problem with FM car type)
• close Deluxe Toolbox
  
  
• open Ship It!
  • 
    

1:00 PM

I have slipped into a faster cycle of making changes and checking for errors.

Then all of a sudden I hit some error messages again and it looks like I will have to start over again.

9:00 PM

Success, I think.

I have printed out a new set of starting locations as well as a set of switchlists for Session 1.

My efforts at balancing have resulted in a relatively low balancing rating with no error messages (but a few warning messages).

I am willing to live with this for the moment as my priority has been to generate an error-free set of switchlists so I can begin running some operating sessions.

Total time today was about 2 + 2 + 3 hours.