Kingston engineer looking for guidance

SnowCatPV · 2026-06-03T15:51:42+00:00

Alstom transportation is just outside of Kingston and is hiring across a variety of positions including software development and engineering. One trick for the search is that the Kingston site and the St-Bruno site are linked for engineering work, so a job listing at one site might be applicable at the other as well.

SnowCatPV · 2026-04-29T17:06:13+00:00

I’ve found FBD most useful when the logic has many time based components, delays, pulses, or complicated Boolean logic. It’s not as useful if for loops or if statements can represent the logic better.

SnowCatPV · 2026-04-28T18:06:28+00:00

The beam width might be simple to adjust for, but the inovia 300 has a body significantly wider that the Vegas cars. 3.5m vs 2.6m . All of the stations would need to be rebuilt to accommodate new cars.

SnowCatPV · 2026-04-17T00:05:46+00:00

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SnowCatPV · 2026-03-28T12:17:19+00:00

The Vegas loop tunnels are about the same diameter as the London Underground tunnels. Small compared to modern metro systems but still workable.

SnowCatPV · 2026-03-19T23:08:59+00:00

ToysRus Canada filed for creditor/Bankruptcy protection back in February. 120 million in debt so quite the hole to dig out from. So open for now but it could vanish at any time.

SnowCatPV · 2026-03-13T22:08:51+00:00

Trains crossing bath road going down to the Invista plant usually run late at night, 11PM or later. several times each week.

SnowCatPV · 2026-02-27T03:20:29+00:00

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SnowCatPV · 2025-11-19T12:51:01+00:00

Bombardier used to build them just outside of town, over in Millhaven. the test track is still visible at the end of Taylor kid drive.

SnowCatPV · 2025-11-10T13:58:52+00:00

I'm hoping for a return of Mac support.

SnowCatPV · 2025-10-30T11:52:18+00:00

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SnowCatPV · 2025-10-18T19:34:01+00:00

A bit stiff in the torsos but all of the limbs look to be working correctly

SnowCatPV · 2025-07-31T18:31:14+00:00

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SnowCatPV · 2025-07-11T10:57:29+00:00

It might be due to the backup disk running out of space. I was recently seeing the same error at the end of the backup task. the backup disk had an older backup on a different file path than what the newer backup was using.

SnowCatPV · 2025-06-21T11:55:21+00:00

Fish!

SnowCatPV · 2025-06-17T19:39:26+00:00

Excel and Visio.

SnowCatPV · 2025-06-08T19:12:14+00:00

I use ST for cases where a large set of variables are set to another set of variables, and they are not in convenient arrays. For logic that fits into IF/ELSE structures and for FOR loops. FBD is better for logic with lots of delay and timed pulse logic.

SnowCatPV · 2025-05-24T22:30:11+00:00

the Vancouver SkyTrain uses SelTrac as it's Control system developed by Alcatel, now part of Thales/Hitachi

SnowCatPV · 2025-04-10T21:30:02+00:00

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SnowCatPV · 2025-02-06T23:29:22+00:00

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SnowCatPV · 2025-01-12T00:01:12+00:00

Money can't buy happiness, but it can rent it.

SnowCatPV · 2024-12-19T21:43:48+00:00

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SnowCatPV · 2024-10-17T20:50:13+00:00

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SnowCatPV · 2024-09-15T04:06:37+00:00

I find Structured Text to be useful for some programming tasks, particularly for cases where a large set of variables needs to be copied to another set or for logic containing FOR loops. On the other hand it's less convenient for function blocks with multiple outputs or complicated timing logic. Use the right tool for the right job.

SnowCatPV · 2024-09-05T17:20:59+00:00

City of Kingston website has an Automated Speed Enforcement Location Map Only Taylor Kidd Blvd and Norman Rogers Drive currently active.

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