Dublin bus. Real Time iPhone app showing due for all stops.

clearz

Anyone else having this problem.

coylemj

Nope, just checked Donnybrook church, Foxrock Church and Kildare St. all showing a mix of times and routes.

clearz

coylemj wrote: »

Nope, just checked Donnybrook church, Foxrock Church and Kildare St. all showing a mix of times and routes.

This is rediculus, every stop I check has every bus marked 'Due'. Very strange. Gonna do a re-install.

clearz

Ok I updated my 3GS to iOS 5 and re-installed the Dublin bus app. It still shows due for every bus at every stop. This is getting annoying as I've been waiting for this app to become a reality for years.

Stevek101

Just something worth checking. Is there an issue with the time on your phone? Not set to the correct time-zone or is DST off?

LXFlyer

Check that the time is set to the 24 hour clock also.

Victor

Given the general dampness today, are some systems 'confused'?

What stops are you checking?

clearz

Stevek101 wrote: »

Just something worth checking. Is there an issue with the time on your phone? Not set to the correct time-zone or is DST off?

The time is working perfectly. I use it as an alarm clock and the time zone is set to Dublin.

robbie_998

i've had this problem for weeks !


everytime i check anything it just says all buses "due"

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clearz

lxflyer wrote: »

Check that the time is set to the 24 hour clock also.

No I have it set to 12 hour time. I'll try changing it to 24 hour and let you know. It will have to wait until the morning since there are no buses running at the moment.

clearz

robbie_998 wrote: »

i've had this problem for weeks !


everytime i check anything it just says all buses "due"

iphone app

I'm sorry to hear your having the same issue but at least I know I'm not alone. We can work together to figure this out. What iPhone do you have an what version of iOS. I just installed the app on my iPad but I won't be able to check if I have the same problem until the buses start in the morning.

John.

robbie_998

clearz wrote: »

I'm sorry to hear your having the same issue but at least I know I'm not alone. We can work together to figure this out. What iPhone do you have an what version of iOS. I just installed the app on my iPad but I won't be able to check if I have the same problem until the buses start in the morning.

John.

iphone 4

had the app before ios 5 and didnt work then

on ios 5 now and still no joy... uninstalled and resinstalled lots of times and no joy


just looking at it now it says the "51" is due at everystop while others have no service (giving the time of course)

clearz

Victor wrote: »

Given the general dampness today, are some systems 'confused'?

What stops are you checking?

I have checked the stops that I use regulary as well as a random sellection of stops across greater Dublin always with the same result, the list of buses for that stop all showing 'Due' no matter how many times I refresh the data.

Today has been desperate weather but I have been trying to get this working for a week now.

robbie_998

http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/RTPI/Sources-of-Real-Time-Information/?searchtype=view&searchquery=1358

website says on that

on iphone on every stop just says due



no a weather thing... just the app doesnt seem to sync with the website on the data !

can use full website on iphone and get info no problem though

clearz

lxflyer wrote: »

Check that the time is set to the 24 hour clock also.

Thanks man it is working now once I changed the time format.

LXFlyer

I'd seen someone else report that problem on the Dublin Bus twitter site - glad to see it's working now!

For some reason you must use the 24-hour clock format.

smackyB

Yeh the data the iPhone is getting is a timestamp of when the bus is due to arrive. The app then has to make the calculation about how many minutes are left (if any). If your clock is set wrong the times will be wrong. Another odd design decision from DB...

LXFlyer

smackyB wrote: »

Yeh the data the iPhone is getting is a timestamp of when the bus is due to arrive. The app then has to make the calculation about how many minutes are left (if any). If your clock is set wrong the times will be wrong. Another odd design decision from DB...

Well to be fair that is not DB - that's their app designers, Biznet.

markpb

lxflyer wrote: »

Well to be fair that is not DB - that's their app designers, Biznet.

DB are the client

Treehouse72

RTI seems not to be working online for a whole bunch of stops/routes at the moment.

Anyone aware whether these glitches get fixed quickly these days?


Ed: Seems to have been fixed in the 10 mins it took me to have a shower!

LXFlyer

From the DB facebook page this morning:

DublinBusNews
RTPI is still experiencing difficulties after yesterdays system outage, we are working on fully restoring the info as soon as possible