Monthly Archives: December 2010

Beta Release of our Configuration Service

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Chris Smith

I’m happy to announce that we now have a beta release of our Transit Appliance configuration service available at http://service.config.transitappliance.com/ Currently it only supports TriMet (and Portland Streetcar, since Streetcar is included in the TriMet GTFS file). So you will … Continue reading →

Posted in Configuration Service | 5 Comments

The “Phone Home” Pattern and Roles in the Transit Appliance Ecosystem

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Chris Smith

The core idea for transit appliances is that they are from a user perspective, very simple devices. Ideally the only control is an on/off switch. To support this and to support deployment at scale, you want a device that can … Continue reading →

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