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Old August 29th 03, 07:45 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Robert Woolley Robert Woolley is offline
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Default Ticket Gates & Oyster Cards

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 21:40:40 -0400, Roland Perry
wrote:

In article , Robert Woolley
writes
Erm, the colour sequence is:

a) Amber - Ready to read.

OK.

b) Red - Oyster rejected or not ready to read.

No, Red - paper ticket accepted.


I hold a staff pass (Oyster based). The red led comes on if theres a
misread. It is also on if the reader is off-line.

If a mag-stripe ticket goes through the gate the reader is not ready
to read, ergo the read light.


c) Green - Oyster read ok, no problems.

Never seen green. Why isn't "paper ticket accepted" green?


Because the main display shows whether a mag stripe ticket has read
ok.


Hopefully Paul Corfield will be along later and can explain....

Rob
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