On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 5:25 PM Timothy Collinson - timothy.collinson at port.ac.uk (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
Some doh! questions from my ignorance:- is 'bus' the right word? I'm sort of imagining the main ESS feeding 'big' subsystems (to the right) more directly but the internal and external 'small' electrics through some sort of step down if that's the right expression.
Yeah, but "bus" gets used for a lot of different things.
There's an electrical bus which is kind of a common terminal strip that stuff's plugged in to. In this case, I'm picturing it like the breaker box in your house.
Bus also applies to things like the CANBUS (Controller Area Network) which is how the computer in your car talks to all the parts in your car. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN_bus
Feel free to be harsh - as I say, I don't really know what I'm doing.- is a 'Starter' just completely ridiculous? It seemed like a bit of fun and then I thought, ok, it's not a petrol engine which needs to be turned over electrically at first, but it's a big brute of a system and maybe it needs a little something to get it going? (Or alternatively: something else to go wrong!)
Is the energy storage batteries, or microfusion plant?
In the latter case, Starter applies.
Although, there's a "Start" button in Tesla's, which tells the car computer you're ready to start driving.
- is the Auxiliary ESS only powering Life Support and 1 other subsystem in an emergency a bit mean? Is 12 hours too generous? (Though I think we're in speed of plot territory here).
I was going to say "Comms too" , but one other system covers that.
- do ATVs have transponders? Or artificial gravity? (perhaps the latter should be saved for a higher tech level)
Yeah, there should be a transponder. Pretty much required for driving on TL10+ worlds, where there's a Roadgrid.
- is there a better word than 'outlets'? I'm thinking of the 'sockets' to plug in your own equipment. At higher TLs they might not be actual 'sockets' but some kind of charging point like my phone pod charger (induction coil or something???)
I like outlets.
- I'm imagining that things like the airlock and the life support, in fact all of the subsystems really, would have smaller local control panels near the equipment (or somewhere other than the main control boards 'up front') but this seemed too difficult/tedious to show, is it fair to 'assume' it?
Just tell them the diagram is to the local controller.
Yeah, I think that's fair to assume - it's what happens in modern cars.
- I'm trying to reconcile the ATV in JTAS 3 which is what I was picturing with the deck plan in The Traveller Adventure in the corner of the March Harrier deck plans which I've only just remembered exists. I'm not sure it's possible. The TTA thing looks much smaller even though it's supposed to be 10 tons still. Anyone looked at this as an issue? (Best explanation so far I've come up with: TTA shows the 'brochure' version and JTAS 3 shows the actual ATV.tcOn Mon, 6 Jul 2020 at 22:04, Timothy Collinson <xxxxxx@port.ac.uk> wrote:now it looks as if my URL is invisible.what is its problem?!(I've tried pasting as unformatted text)Is this any better?if not, it should be my last post on @timpaatcOn Mon, 6 Jul 2020 at 22:01, Timothy Collinson <xxxxxx@port.ac.uk> wrote:On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 at 21:54, Kelly St. Clair <xxxxxx@efn.org> wrote:The list strips attachments, like your image. Got a link?
Bother,I thought I'd very carefully posted an URL to my tweet which I posted because I knew TML didn't like attachments.is this any better:
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