Project cats Notes

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Things to do...

1. ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException 1 - Screen.paint() line 515, Screen.inBand() line 433.
2. Need to paint background after menus disappear, Window moves, etc.
3. add appearance items for fixed width, best fit on width, and fixed height. Implemented as ScrollPane.
4. figure out how to paint when opened
5. add a test for not set in PanelSignal::setIndication() when CTC.
6. some items (SecSignals) containing Frills are not initialized, so I see null pointer exceptions when painting. Because they are hidden?
7. convert to speed signals.
8. signal on intermediate is not going back to empty when reservation is cleared by hand.
9. when reservation is made through the diverging route of an OS section, the main signal icon is being colored.
10. track and time not giving flashing red.
11. add tool tip to show signal information when mouse is over a signal.
12. the logo paints on simple screens, but not complex ones.
13. left hand reservations are not working well: frog signal is not changing from empty; CP signal is CLEAR until something happens in the righthand direction.
14. reservation is not being set if intermediate is STOP. Reservation should go as far as intermediate.
15. add "one click startup" - pick up XML file from command arguments.
16. panel signals around track and time are yellow.
17. run key events thtough the RREvent queue.
18. make labels Swing JLabels
19. fix up menu pull downs under Appearance to use AcceptDialog
20. fix up JFrame so JMRI disppears when dispatcher panel closer is selected.
21. add back Open option when no file was specified in Crandic.
22. add keystroke shortcuts
23. fix up train labels in dark territory so that they color the track - could be fixed when track probing is fixed
24. fix up train labels so that more than one train can be in a block and the block remains occupied until the last one in dark territory exits
25. remove gap on turnouts without position reports (except locked OS)
26. support double clicks on JList items to select an item.
27. provide a pop up of the current lineup
28. provide a pop up of current crew assignments
29. train labels are not disappearing when removed
30. after track and time is supported, add a countdown clock for the time
31. distinguish assigned crew somehow in Trains->Change Crew
32. create a clear route button for those cases where it can't be cleared because a later block is occupied.
33. hid panel signals in the center block in staging. I could set traffic into one end when the other end was occupied, but the traffic direction crossed the block boundary and I had an arrow on the occupied block.
34. honor insets on frames
35. next speed is not being picked up through turnouts
36. gap is sometimes too large when arrow removed
37. removing a train doesn't always remove the label.
38. complete implementing turnout position reports.
39. implement lock/unlock reports.
40. add test mode to turn all signals on or off or caution.
41. the exit end of a CTC route will turn green, then back to red.
42. track and time is not setting restricting signals.
43. arrow heads on vertical lines are diagonal.
44. initialize turnouts and lock lights.
45. create the low level objects - lights.
46. extend the low level object to metered output.
47. extend the low level input object to debounced input.
48. changing a turnout should clear the route reservation.
49. make trains lineup a separate file.
50. add way to read in call board.
51. remove the initialization of turnouts and lock LEDs, so they do not move when CATS is started up, but provide a menu item to set all to the main or diverging.
52. add levels of debugging (light messages, turnout messages, etc.)
53. screen painting problem. Sometimes arrows are delayed on being added or removed. Refreshing the screen seems to paint correctly.
54. add automatic screen refresh to Appearance menu items.
55. fix up moving train labels - remove recursion, and break dependencies between Trains, Sections, and Blocks.
56. ABS should honor no reservation when other end is CTC?
57. add sound when train enters OS section.
58. add field for train call time and for crew on duty time.
59. handle dead on hours time. Show time remaining and pop up out of time.
60. add crew positions and record assignments.
61. make the Adjuster a listener so that when its value changes, it can fire PropertyChanges.
62. remove SwitchPoints messages for LOCKOFFCMD and UNLOCKOFFCMD because they have been replaced by the "ExitCmd" flag in IOSPec.
63. add a DTC signaling discipline.
64. add a fast clock selection button.
65. crew was not removed from the call board when moved from a trains job to a non-train job.
66. routes should not be reserved while a turnout is in motion.
67. clear routes should clear all reservations in a turnout - even if turned the wrong way.
68. cannot delete a crew member.
69. refresh layout should set turnouts.
70. turnout test should support normal and diverging.
71. some train labels did not change color when tied down through trains drop down - also crew did not release. I plan to fix this when the train screen is reworked to look prototypical.
72. allow another CATS panel to be loaded without restarting
73. the drop down editor seems to be fragile. It is easy to get class exceptions by changing the format of a drop down, accepting it, then changing it again.
74. the adjustment timers may have too fine of resolution. XP has a minimum of 5 ms.
75. make adjustment timers persistent.
76. NPE when CATS loads a file which has switch points without a normal selection. NPE is not elmininated, but an error message is printed.
77. MS doesn't work for sending commands to a turnout. First message appears to be dropped. Could not duplicate after reworking MeterLnSensor.
78. bug in editing JMRI devices when editing a layout that already has them. Old devices are defined which results in duplicates.
79. Cannot delete a device - Index Out of Bounds at JmriNameModel, line 253.
80. fix up library links in Linux scripts.
81. a MsgFilter is created in apps.Crandic whenever CATS starts up. It should be created when needed.
82. add ".xml" to file name when layout is saved. I looked at this and the logic gets too confusing.
83. add default signal aspects for major RRs.
84. figure out how to do a crossover. Use facing spurs? Derive crossing edge from PtsEdge? A rail joint for each route? Put checkbox on switch points definition when points touch on an edge?
85. cannot clear a route in which there is a route going in the same direction, in a block after the block controlled by the signal.
86. use MouseListeners rather than look for specific keys.
87. implement "Call On" by clicking on a red signal (CPEdge:EdgeMouse).
88. implement a "playback" mode to rerun a saved session.
89. be sure train labels have highest priority on seeing mouse clicks.
90. check what happens when a train label is moved to a block with a train label.
91. keep a list of recently used files somewhere.
92. make file saving in designer more robust so 0 length files don't overwrite good file.
93. making non-adjacent connections seems to be very fragile and contributes to 0 length files.
94. created a decoder with an "MS" sensor name and saved the file. Loaded it and changed the name to "LS". In the XML JMRI name, "LS" was linked to MeterSensor.
95. add ability to indicate where row break should be.
96. use canned icons from files, rather than draw the signals.
97. add flashing to indicate fleeting. Leave signal base in white?
98. add an option for more prototypical signal icons - shapes and colors.
99. add OOS and Track Authority to logs.
100. add "occupancy valid" decoder address for each block.
101. add font attributes to labels.
102. add option to record train movements to a JMRI recorder.
103. do something different about the default discipline under designer. Block names are dropped if it is "Unknown". Could use "Unknown" to indicate unsignaled blocks.
104. allow NamedBeans (sensors, lights, etc.) to be defined by JMRI User Name only, as well as system name.
105. in designer, a signal with 0 heads generates an exception of some form when saving the file.
106. CATS does not resynchronize well when a turnout is moved by local control, even with feedback.
107. add the identity of the train holding track authority to the screen.
108. assist in generating track authorizations (train identity, limits, time, authority number).
109. signals protecting complex crossings (e.g. single slips) with ABS, do not drop to red when the perpendicular route is reserved.
110. when the first block in a reservation is cleared by occupy/unoccupy, later blocks cannot be cleared by setting the signal.
111. designer.csh has some bad class paths for Linux.
112. fix .bat and .csh files for JMRI 1.8.
113. set Retricting indication to protect the edge of the layout and unsignaled blocks.
114. resizing grid squares does not work. The size is not saved from designer. The horizontal width is not adjusted.
115. if the "orientation" of a signal is not set in designer and the file is saved, it cannot be reloaded.
116. a bug exists with advance indications when going through a turnout. The advance flag does not clear.
117. cleared, then deleleted two columns in designer. Some dangling rail joints (to -1) were left that hung things on being loaded.
118. because some Section decorations hang out into adjacent sections, increase the amount of screen painted when a section changes.
119. some decoders still lock up and have to be cleared by hand. Not fixed, but minimized.
120. intermediates are not propagating a route reservation when there is no reservation through the block and the block becomes unoccupied.
121. sort columns in tables by clicking on title.
122. cannot load ML, MS, and MR devices from JMRI panel loader. Unknown prefix?
123. fix up SWSignalHead and HWSignalHead so that systemname is generated from signal name, which exists in PhysicalSignal.
124. in CATS, click on a label to bring up an image.
125. qualify JMRI system names so that the "address" is not restricted to being an integer for those devices that allow more free form names.
126. sometimes CATS refuses to accept an entry in a table field until "Enter" is pushed. Check JTextComponent and JTextField, see VK_ENTER and action listeners.
127. add Swing components to the panel, such as a text field, for additional comments.
128. restore cursor when closing a pop up window.
129. points can be added to a block boundary by simply adding track.
130. occupancy does not propagate across a crossing if the crossing tracks have the same detection address.
131. train labels are still hard to grab. That is because they are only a standard grid tile wide, from the left edge. When centered over a grid, the hot zone is smaller (to disappearing) for wider labels.
132. add a keyboard shortcut for switching between train symbols and lead engine.
133. fix some JDOM problems with class paths under Windows
134. null pointer exception (CATS 2.12) at BlkEdge, line 467.
135. all crew can be added by loading a crew into CATS, but only extras are listed in edit Crew.
136. remove white space around the buttons on CATS edit pop-ups (crew, jobs, trains).
137. it is hard to select some signals because they overhang into adjacent tiles. The mousePressedAction method tries to isolate the tile and checks its contents only.
138. figure out way to move train information from one train record to another (e.g. a train turns).
139. fix the title on the CATS crew edit pop up.
140. implement locking of turnouts like JMRI does and undo any point moves while locked. Make this optional.
141. beef up recording so state is saved when started. This will require fixing up restore so that duplicates are eliminated.
142. change the "Save" menu item label in CATS to something like "Start Recording".
143. changing the job of an extra assigned to a train to a non-extra does not remove the train assignment.
144. somehow, by using the train pop-up in CATS, I was able to assign a crew to two trains.
145. In TrainStat, provide filter: all trains, current trains, trains with crew.
146. Clean up how to handle Loconet OPC_SW_REP messages to distinguish between turnout and aux sources.
147. Remove restoreRoute call when turnouts move.
148. Fix bug introduced in 2.13 involving signals around OS sections.
149. Remove duplicates when using Loconet decoders (LT and LS).
150. Add text alignment for cells in tables (setHorizontalAlignment()).
151. Remove restriction in designer on decoder addresses being integers.
152. Fix bug in creating Chains - invalid address 0.
153. provide coloring in TrainStat in response to events.
154. Create a "Version numbers" file that all applications reference, to keep them consistent.
155. Moving the points while a turnout with shared decoder address is occupied can keep the decoder locked.
156. Changing the font color on one of the TrainStat bands does not update immediately, but only after the window is minimized and reopened. Changing the specifics of a font works. Changing the font that is the target of the binding doesn't work.
157. CATS should not clear a reservation when a turnout in the reservation changes and CATS is set to countermand the change.
158. CATS should restore spurs to their normal position when track authority is released.
159. When saving a TrainStat file, the band sizes are not saved.
160. The network connection should be the last element in a TrainStat file.
161. NPE when setting a reservation through hidden track
162. Implement spring switches.
163. Editing only a trains file in designer does not work right.
164. add a clock to TrainStat synchronized from CATS.
165. nullpointer exception when editing a Chain in designer.
166. Java cast error after changing any column width by editing a table format in designer.
167. Trains with user defined fields have to be loaded twice under designer for the field contents to show up.
168. In designer, saving a crossing and continuing to edit wipes out the crossing preference.
169. In CATS, fixed a bug in software controlled signal flashing, where the signal would stay on, if the off state was not defined.
170. In CATS, highlight points in motion better, for example, enclose them in a box.