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However we are actually forcing all queries after the first access to the master to be run against the master (including selects). Note the example should probably be changed to use setConnection(). However even when using setConnection() it seems like changing the connection can cause issues when running a select on a model with a behavior (in our case we were using i18n). Therefore we believe there is some issue that is caused through the event system, because otherwise queries work just fine even when changing the connection as per the above described code.
We managed to fix things, by not setting the connection explicitly and instead simply using setCurrentConnection('master'), so the bug does not affect us anymore. However this seems to indicate some issues deep inside the event-behavior-template code.
In case the above post is confusing, note that doing $this->_conn = masterconn worked fine for the INSERT, it just broke when doing a subsequent SELECT of a translateable (I18n behavior) model and its Translation table with the following exception:
Exception (Exception): Unknown relation alias Translation (#0)</h1>thrown in file /Library/WebServer/Documents/liip/infocube/ext/db-doctrine/lib/Doctrine/Relation/Parser.php at line 237
#1 Doctrine_Relation_Parser->getRelation called in file /Library/WebServer/Documents/liip/infocube/ext/db-doctrine/lib/Doctrine/Relation/Parser.php at line 235
We already spend well over 2 hours together on project time to find a work around as noted above and I must admit now our motivation is not so big to dig deeper, especially since we didn't find the cause in this time and have the feeling its pretty impossible to fix without huge risks.
Essentially I think all you need to do to reproduce the issue is use the cookbook code and issue some write query and afterwards do a select on a model that has the translatable behavior. It then gave us the above Exception.
Our code worked slightly different since we did not use a random slave, instead we always used a local slave by default, but the first write and any queries thereafter would get send to the master. The code is public and the diff's show what we had to change to get things working. Note that the slave "localhost" connection was the default connection:
we thought we had the issue fixed but ran into another issue today. we then noticed that the issue goes away if we just copy the $tables property from the old connection to the new connection. there is a getTables() method, but there is only a addTable() method, would be nice to have a addTables() method that is faster. or maybe a switchFrom() method that accepts the old connection and does whatever it needs to.
And again it would be nice to update the cookbook entry.
Here are our updated Doctrine_Query and Doctrine_Record classes:
We just had another funny debugging session related to this. It turns out that the Table objects have a relation to the connection, and if you query a new model that wasn't initialized yet using ->from(), it works because it just gets the current connection passed. However, if you query a new model within a JOIN, then it apparently takes the connection from the related model you're joining from. In our case, the related model was already initialized but had an instance of the old (slave) connection, and so the new model was initialized using the wrong connection, and then the DQL parser exploded trying to resolve relations.
Long story short, adding $table->setConnection($conn); to all tables while switching to the master connection resolved it. The code is updated and you can still view it at the above URLs, or straight in the SVN repo at http://svn.liip.ch/repos/public/okapi2/ext/db-doctrine/trunk/inc/DQ.php


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Obviously this man doesn't want to be President he just wants to campaign. Anything to get his picture on the front page. I'd think we'd have seen enough of him by now, I'm not criticizing his job performane, I'm just tired of him alway running for office. Personally he kind of turns me off, because he acts like a male model, but if he does a good job, so what? But I do get tired of having to see him "vogue" through the news everyday with his photo ops.October 08 2010 at 10:49 AM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down Reply
I don't care who you support, just get out and vote.October 08 2010 at 10:21 AM Report abuse Permalink +4 rate up rate down Reply
Maryland Sucks I have live here for 45 years. Its run by the democrats. Two years ago they up our state income, property and sale taxes. The State kicks retiree to the curve. O Malley is a clueless and useless hack. The good old boys are alive and well in the state house. Marylands budget is in the red. I want to move out of state but cannot sell my house.October 08 2010 at 9:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
I have noticed that the President is finding it harder to find a favorable crowd at these whistle stops. Maryland ,after all is the bedroom community for D.C. If all you can do is fill a backyard with hand picked audiences in the rest of the country...it is time to park the 747 and stay in the White House (well at least for the rest of the 2 years you got it)October 08 2010 at 9:19 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
they love him...watch the crowds smiling and taking pictures and trying to get to the front to shake his hand. I am certain he will be re-elected.October 08 2010 at 6:38 PM Report abuse Permalink -2 rate up rate down Reply
A person replying to you says that they love him. Yes she is right all 35 of them love him... I have a cousin in Arlington Va, who told me the local paper had one page ads for "concerned Americans" to come out and be in the audience for a Obama rally there. They were offering 25 dollars per person. Not charging them 25 dollars, but PAYING them 25 dollars, to stand and listen to Obama. This tells you how hard he is having at getting people to agree with him. Maybe the ones that wanted their picture with him, were getting paid extra.October 10 2010 at 10:18 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply
I'm shocked and disgusted that our president who ran on ending partisanship is now threatening voters that if the republicans win majorities that there will be a battle another words he refuses to work with them! So not only has he insulted us when we haven't supported his policies but now he is threatening us! We gave him the support to win believing his campaign promises which he promptly forgot as soon as he was elected and went into business for himself! I thought Richard Nixon was arrogant but this man's promise to continue to "rule" with an iron fist is beyond anything I have ever witnessed in my lifetime! I do not take being threated by an elected official who is supposed to be working for us well! I have never been this upset ever with my government! I'm an independent voter who will no longer support ANY of these arrogant politicians who have forgotten who they work for!October 08 2010 at 8:31 AM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down Reply
The president is for bipartisanship. Don't you see it's the republicans that will not engage. They just say NO. Anything the president trys to do, they say NO. So how can he get things done with these guys? They will say NO for two more years. That's their plan. It will be pretty bad for the people. Nothing will get done, but the republicans and their business buddies will be happy.October 08 2010 at 10:19 AM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down Reply
DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT!! Let's release Obama of his obligation to run the White House and let him use his time to pursue his Birth Certificate and go out and stump for candidates all around the world, but at his expense for a change! Donald Trump does not want to destroy our nation by making sure that jobs can be created only by the government, and spending us into bankruptcy. Trump is talking about what is happening. He said that we might end up with no country at all! He would surround himself with wise and patriotic people and the United States would again thrive! Oh, and he would fire the Czars that are doing Obama's secret no good work that we will all find out about at a later date. There would not be twenty five aids for the First Lady as there is now. The Chicago visit by Obama was, no doubt, to get ACORN out to vote early, late and often to insure Giannoulias a victory Any way they could get it, by using Obama tactics in all of his races! The root of the anger toward Obama starts with the fact that he is above the law, and does not have to show any proof of eligibility, as does every other person in the United States, and I mean every other person! Frightening!! Just how many people have been threatened and bought to accomplish this?October 08 2010 at 7:28 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply
Well that should do O'Malley's political career in if history holds true.October 07 2010 at 10:18 PM Report abuse Permalink +8 rate up rate down Reply
.... and of course, what is the option ? B.G.Ehrlich ( oh your electric bill only went up 72% or I didn't raise taxes I just tripled all the fees)?) Yet another Republican voting for MOM.October 07 2010 at 10:57 PM Report abuse Permalink -5 rate up rate down Reply
He running around trying to energize the registered Democrats to get out and vote. That is great. All people should get out and vote. Just because people register one way or the other does not mean that is how they will vote.October 07 2010 at 7:05 PM Report abuse Permalink +14 rate up rate down Reply
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After replacing the MAP sensor a week ago and hearing the whistle, we thought we had left these codes behind but this was not to be.
After driving the truck tonight and realizing there is either low or no boost, I scanned it using AE. I found p1248 which didn't surprise me.
After returning back, I lifted the hood and looking carefully using a bright light saw traces of soot on both sides but esp on the passenger side firewall. I recently had a Diamond Eye 4" system installed and saw traces on the down pipe as well. I could actually detect faint exhaust vapors spewing from that general area which was visible due to the bright light.
My plan of action is to pressure the intake system to detect leaks and likely replace the intake boots and up pipes..prob the Int'l bellowed ones.
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I noticed today that the MAP stayed at about 14.5 no matter what.
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*fixed* While investigating the problem while out on lunch break, I discovered that one of the intercooler pipes had slipped off its boot.
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Scientific exploration to learn more about Africa's ancient vegetation is on the increase, say Jacobs and her co-authors. That should start to fill gaps in understanding, including the mystery of Africa's palms.
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|Numéro de publication
|Type de publication
|Numéro de demande
|Numéro PCT
|Date de publication
|18 janv. 2007
|Date de dépôt
|25 aoűt 2004
|Date de priorité
|9 sept. 2003
|Autre référence de publication
|Numéro de publication
|Robert Bechtle, Matthias Burczyk
|Cessionnaire d'origine
|Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
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|Citations de brevets (10), Référencé par (15), Classifications (5), Événements juridiques (1)
|Liens externes: USPTO, Cession USPTO, Espacenet
The invention relates to a system, a method and a computer program for planning the operation of a plurality of lighting means.
In many installations, a large number of lighting means of different types are used at a common location, e.g. in the same building. For example in a department store, a number of different types of lighting means, e.g. filament lamps, discharge lamps and fluorescence tube lamps, may be installed. All of these lighting means have a certain lifetime and eventually need to be replaced.
On one hand, this can be done by exchanging single lighting means after they have broken down. The exchange of single lighting means in this way has a number of disadvantages, however. The outlay for changing a lighting means is considerable and comprises preparation outlay (e.g. time and work for retrieving exchange parts, time for service personal to reach the location, time for setting up a ladder or other devices) and actual changing outlay (work and time spend for changing the broken lamp).
It is possible to reduce the outlay by changing whole groups of lighting means, e.g. exchanging all lamps in one room after, say, 5% have failed. This method, however, also have some disadvantages. The current status of the lamps needs to be observed. The normal operation of the facility may be interrupted during the change. Especially, the costs involved cannot be planned.
US-A1-2002/0143421 discloses a data processing system used for performing predictive maintenance on an equipment, for example specified as mechanical equipment, electrical equipment, data processing system, electronics or optical equipment. The data processing system comprises a component database and a maintenance personal database. A scheduler schedules maintenance for components of the equipment. The schedule is based on the databases, elapsed time and a maintenance factor, which can be a financial estimate on maintenance of a component. The data processing system described may allow electronic commerce or business-to-business among the operator of the equipment and trading partners such as supplier of components or repair services.
While a data processing system as above described may generally allow an overview of necessary maintenance events and cost, there is still a need for a planning system and a method of operation specifically adapted to the operation of plurality of lighting means. It is therefore an object of the invention to propose a system, a method and a computer program for planning the operation of a plurality of lighting means, allowing most cost-efficient operation.
This object is achieved by a system according to claim 1, a method according to claim 9 and a computer program according to claim 10. Dependent claims are directed to preferred embodiments.
According to the invention, a system for automatic planning of the operation of a number of lighting means is provided with input and storage means for storing a plurality of parameters of the lighting means to be operated and computing means for calculating a change schedule for the lighting means.
The input and storage means are preferentially provided by a data processing system, comprising one or more digital computers. The input means can comprise devices connected directly to a computer, such as, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, touch-screen etc. Input means can also be provided over a network interface. Likewise, storage means can comprise any type of storage means known in connection with digital computers such as magnetic discs, random access memory, optical devices etc. Also, storage means can be provided over a computer network.
The system according to the invention accepts the input of a number of parameters describing the lighting means to be operated. The lighting means in one location are divided into a plurality of groups, where each group comprises lighting means of the same type. For each group parameters are stored indicating the number of lighting means in the group, type and/or price and life expectancy, and an operating time of the lighting means.
Further, a first and a second outlay parameter are stored. The first outlay parameter is representative of the outlay for preparation of a change of lighting means at the specified location, whereas the second outlay parameter is representative of the outlay for the actual changing of a lighting means. Further parameters may be used to provide more information about the lighting means.
The computing means use these parameters to calculate a change schedule for the lighting means. According to the invention, the change schedule is calculated such in a given time interval (optimization interval) the total cost for all groups are minimized. According to the invention, cost-effective operation can be achieved by simultaneously changing all of the lighting means of a group, and taking into consideration the cost for preparation for a change of lighting means at the specified location, where the preparation outlay will be the same, regardless whether the lighting means of just one, or of several groups are exchanged.
To achieve the latter, the computing means compute for each group the group costs for change and replacement of lighting means; and in case of identical change times for different groups account for the first outlay parameter, which represents outlay for preparation, only once. Therefore, in a cost-optimized change schedule, identical change times for different groups of lighting means will be provided in those cases, where the cost saved by preparing a change of lighting means at the location only once (e.g. cost/time for maintenance personal to arrive at the location, cost/time for transporting replacement lighting means to the location, cost/time for providing necessary equipment at the location) will exceed the additional cost incurred by exchanging lighting means before the actual life expectancy is reached, which ultimately may result in a higher number of changes within the optimization interval.
With the system, method and computer program according to the invention there is provided a means for an operator of a plurality of lighting means for efficiently planning operation of the lighting means, and scheduling exchange times to reduce cost to a minimum.
According to a development of the invention, database means are provided to store a number of lighting means types. For each type of lighting means, a number of parameters can be stored, e.g. a price and a value for an expected lifetime of the component. By employing such database means, parameter input into the system is facilitated for the user, because parameters like price and lifetime of a product can be looked up in the database rather than having to be provided by the operator. Up to date product information may be provided by the manufacturer of the lighting means.
In a major development of the invention, substitution means are provided for determining at least one alternative lighting means type for the present lighting means type of at least one of the groups. The alternative lighting means type will be able to replace the actual lighting means and thus have e.g. an identical socket and produce (within a tolerance), the same colour and a amount of light, but will differ in price, lifetime value and/or power consumption from the present lighting means type. During calculation of the change schedule, a possible exchange of lighting means types is evaluated. In case the exchange leads to an overall total of cost which is lower than without the exchange, the optimum change schedule calculated will comprise the exchange. This can be presented to the user in form of a proposal, indicating the cost that can be saved by the exchange.
While the above described substitution can already be beneficial if only lifetime and price of a lighting means are considered (because, for example, a different lighting means, although more expensive, may have a lifetime that fits better into the change schedule) further advantages arise if the cost of power consumption is additionally accounted for. Calculation of a cost optimum change schedule will reveal, e.g., whether the higher unit price for an energy saving lamp is justified for a certain group or not.
It is preferred that data storage means are provided for storing a number of projects. Each project comprises a plurality of groups of lighting means disposed at one location. Preferably, the system can be accessed by a number of persons, who can each manage one or more projects. The system can be made accessible over a computer network to receive inputs and direct outputs over the network. Most preferably, the system can be provided as a client/server application, where a server computer connected to a network provides the application for a number of clients also connected to the network.
According to a development of the invention, the calculated change schedule—usually after confirmation of the user—is stored. The system comprises messaging means, by which messages can be sent reminding of upcoming scheduled changes of lighting means. These messages can be sent a predetermined time in advance, so that it is possible to arrange for service personal and required material to be available at the scheduled time in the right location.
The computer program according to the invention allows planning of the operation of a plurality of lighting means. The computer program maybe stored on a magnetic or optical recording media. The program may be executable on a computer or a cluster of computers. It is preferred for the program to be adapted to a client/server structure, where the program itself runs on a server computer which may be accessed by clients, especially via a computer network.
For the user interface part of the program (input routine), it is preferred to use html or xml code. The storage routine for storage of parameters in a database and the computing routine for calculating change schedule may be provided in any computer executable form.
A preferred embodiment of the invention will be describe with reference to the attached drawings. In the drawings,
Computer network 12 may be a LAN, WAN or any other type of computer network. A large number of computers may be connected to network 12. In a preferred embodiment, network 12 is the internet, and client computer 10 and server computer 14 communicate with each other using the TCP/IP protocol.
The server computer 14 maybe any type of computer, including a conventional PC. In the preferred embodiment, computer 12 includes a http server software for offering http services over network 12. Server computer 14 executes server side instructions in the PHP4 language. It will become apparent that the system will involve multiple users, and that numerical optimization calculations will be run on server 14. Therefore, it will be appreciated that generally a server computer 14 allowing fast execution of extensive calculations should be employed, possibly a multiprocessor system or even a cluster of several server computers.
The lighting means within facility 20, are of several types. It may, for example, be assumed that facility 20 is a department store, where several discharge lamps are be disposed under the ceiling. These lighting means form a first group L1. Further, in a number of places in the department store, there are other lighting means. Conventional filament lamps may be disposed in several places which will here be referred to as a second group L2. Further, in display cases of the department store, halogen lamps may be used forming a third groups L3.
The system according to
Within the system, which will be described in detail below, facility managers are able to generate a change schedule indicating at which point in time lighting means within the facility need to be exchanged.
There are further functionalities for the users, which will not be described on detail here. For example, facility managers can manage their personnel for exchanging the lighting means and can obtain quotes from wholesale merchants for needed parts. Wholesale merchants on the other hand can log onto the system and will receive requests for quote of lighting means and can decide to provide corresponding quotes.
The system is implemented as a computer program running on server computer 14 which in the preferred embodiment can be accessed over network 12 via the http protocol. A number of users access server computer 14 over network 12, preferably the internet, from their client computers. Server computer 14 stores all data entered in the associated database 16 and provides users with an interface for entering and retrieving information.
The service is only available for registered users. For each user, a number of projects can be stored.
As stated above, users access server computer 14 via a browser program. Server computer 14 dynamically generates html pages to be displayed on client computer 10. These pages have a number of control elements, such as links, buttons, drop-down-lists, input-fields etc. The pages are linked to each other, so that by using the control elements the user navigates between the pages.
The structure of these pages is shown in
Data base 16 of server computer 14 stores user date, customer data, personnel data, page contents and access permissions. Data base 16 also stores project data input by the clients. Further, database 16 stores a large amount of lighting means data.
The lighting means data in data base 16 comprises information about a large variety of different lamps. For each lamp, a number of database fields are stored comprising information such as manufacturer, product family, manufacture label, electrical power, light colour, lifetime values etc. In the preferred embodiment, the following lifetime values are stored for each lamps: Lifetime_conv—5: Total burning time with conventional power supply until 5% of lamps have failed, lifetime_conv—10: Total burning time with conventional power supply until 10% of lamps have failed, lifetime_elect—5: Total burning time with electronical power supply until 5% of lamps have failed, lifetime_elect—10: Total burning time with electronical power supply until 10% of lamps have failed.
Within top area T of main frame 0.4, a main navigation page 0.7 is loaded. The main navigation page allows the user to access the different modules "project", "profile", "customers", "personnel", "report", and "watchlist".
Within the module, each user can only access his own project. Users can choose to create new projects (1.1), edit existing projects (1.2) or show a change schedule (1.3).
In the following, creation of a new project will be explained as done by using the wizard (1.1.1). It is clear from
The wizard starts with a greeting page 126.96.36.199 at position M in the main frame. The wizard then guides the user through the creation process.
First, the user may input the project structure by creating and inputting project parts (22.214.171.124, 188.8.131.52.1) and project subparts (1.1.3, 22.214.171.124). There are a number of settings which can be individually adjusted for each project.
For each project, the following data is input by the user and stored in database 16: name of the project, customer the project is associated with, electricity tariff of the project per kWh, travel cost for the maintenance personnel to the project location, optimisation interval in weeks.
The optmisation interval is the time period, during which operation and maintenance of the lighting means will be optimised. The optimisation interval can be up to 10 years.
Each project can be associated with the name of a customer. The list of customers of a particular user is stored in database 16, where also further customer data may be stored.
Further, default values for certain settings of the project need to be input by the user: (a) average burning time of the lighting means per week, or alternatively, (b) number of business days per week and average burning time per business day, (c) time in minutes needed to change on individual lighting means out of the project, (d) disposal cost for a lighting means out of the project, (e) possibility to use energy saving lamps instead of general purpose lamps yes/no? (f) is an electronical or conventional power supply used?
It should be noted, that these values are default values only. In many cases the values will differ for different lamp groups within the same project. For example, the average burning time for different lamp groups may be quite different. However, these default values are used in a way that they are inherited down through the hierarchical structure from the project root down to its associated parts and subparts. Within this structure, the default settings may be overwritten. In cases where parts and subparts use the same settings as the entity they are associated with, the settings do not need to be repeatedly input by the user, but are already filled by inheritance. For example, if default parameter (a) is set to the average number of business hours per week, all groups created will initially have the same value (a). For most groups of lighting means this value will already be appropriate, because the lighting means are switched on only during business hours. For those groups, which need a different value, the default value (a) may be overwritten.
As will become apparent later, parameters (a)-(d) will be used directly in the optimisation. Value (e) allows the user to manually choose if general purpose lamps may be replaced by energy saving lamps. This decision can only be made by the user, because only he knows if the lamp may be replaced, due to geometry and appearance of a corresponding energy saving lamp. Value (f) will be used to determine the life time of fluorescent lamps, which is dependent on the type of power supply.
For each project part and project subpart, the user gives the name of the part/subpart and the association of a subpart to a project part, or to project root. Further, for each part/subpart parameters (a)-(f) are inherited from the associated entity, but may be overwritten by the user. For example, if the user chooses to create different project subparts for different areas of the facility, he may change the default value (c) for the time that is needed to exchange an individual lamp. As will be come apparent later, value (c) is again only used as a default value and may be overwritten for individual groups of lamps.
Page 220.127.116.11.1. acquisition protocol can be displayed and printed out by the user. The printed-out sheet serves as a template for the user to create an inventory of all lighting means in the facility to manage. In this way, the user collects the data later needed to supply the needed information for project parts/subparts and corresponding lamp groups.
On page 184.108.40.206, data of individual groups of lighting means is entered. For each group, the following parameters need to be provided by the user: name of the group, association with a project part/subpart, number of lighting means in the group.
Further, each group inherits parameters (a)-(f), and these parameters can be individually adjusted for each group if they differ from the project default values.
Further for each group, the user needs to specify the type of lighting means in the group. The corresponding pages are shown in
Lighting means data as stored in database 16 is described above. Based on this information the user may specify the lighting means of a specific group on page 188.8.131.52.
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If the user chooses to edit a group, it is checked on page 220.127.116.11 if a newly input lighting means type can be identified within the database.
A page 1.2.4 choose status allows the user to choose the project status. The following stati are possible for a project:
1. Acquisition
The definition of areas, subareas and lamp groups is not yet finished.
2. Acquisition Finished
The acquisition has been completed, but quotes for lighting means are still needed, so that no change schedule can be generated yet.
3. Product Control Activated
In this status, no change schedule is to be generated yet. However, if changes in the database occur regarding lamps that have been selected by the user, the user wishes to receive corresponding system message.
4. Change Schedule Monitoring Activated
A change schedule has been generated and the system monitors upcoming change dates. For imminent change dates (x days before a change days) a notify message is generated, which will become visible in the watchlist described below. Additionally the user receives an electronic mail informing him of the upcoming change date.
5. Archive
The project has been finished and declared as archived. No further changes can be made, but project data can be viewed.
Users may input into the system data concerning their customers, for which they manage different facilities. Users who employ personnel to change lighting means may also manage their personnel resources within the system. The system may use this information to generate warnings if lighting means changes are scheduled at a time where not enough personnel is available. Further, the system may be used by users to obtain quotes for lighting means. Wholesale merchants may log into the system, receive requests for quotes and provide such quotes. These special features, although quite useful for the system, do not form part of the invention and will therefore not be further explained.
The above mentioned lifetime adjustment factor allows the user to enter a factor adjusting the lifetime value for lighting means according to the specific environment of the managed facility. The lifetime values in the database are determined according to IEC standards in a standard environment. In an actual facility, however, different influences (ambient temperature, shocks/vibrations, supply voltage variation etc.) may influence the actual lifetime of lighting means operated in the facility. To account for these influences, users may enter a corresponding lifetime adjustment factor according to past experiences. If, for example, a user has observed that on the average lighting means in his facility fail about 10% earlier than according to the IEC standard value given for the specific lighting means, the user may enter a lifetime adjustment factor of 90%.
After the options have been set, the actual optimisation can be activated on page 18.104.22.168.
The aim of the optimisation is to archive minimum cost for a given time interval. Within this optimisation time interval the total costs are calculated as the sum of the cost of the individual groups in the project:
C Total =C Group(1) +C Group(2) + . . . +C Group(i)
The costs for one group CGroup are calculated from the lighting means costs CLamps, travel costs CTravel, personnel cost CPersonnel, disposal cost CDisposal and energy cost CEnergy:
C Group =C Lamps +C Travel +C Personnel +C Disposal +C Energy.
The number of changes NChange for the individual lamp group is calculated from the total burn time within the optimisation interval (calculated from parameters (a) or (b) by multiplying the average burn time per week with the number of weeks in the optimisation interval) and the appropriate lifetime value TLifetime of the lamp, considering the user's choices for a lifetime tolerance (5% or 10%) and, for fluorescent lamps, the information whether a conventional or an electronical power supply is used):
N Changes =T Burn /T Lifetime
It should be noted that the above given value of NChanges is only an approximation, which is only valid if lighting means are exchange directly after there burn time has exceeded the expected lifetime. This value of Nchanges will therefor only serve as a starting value in the optimisation. In the course of the optimisation, which will be described later, different change schedules will be evaluated, and the total cost will then be re-calculated using the actual number of changes.
For each group, the lighting means cost is calculated from the unit price previously obtained from a wholesale merchant CUnit, the number of lamps in the group NLamps and the number of changes in the optimisation interval NChanges:
C Lamps =N Lamps *C Unit *N Changes.
The travel cost CTravel is calculated from the cost for arrival and departure (2*CRoute). In case that on the same date the lighting means of two or more groups are exchanged, the travel cost is divided by the number of simultaneous changes at that date:
C Travel=((C Route*2)/N same
The personnel cost per change Cpersonnel
The personnel cost is calculated from the personnel cost per change CPersonnel
C Personnel =C Personnel
Disposal cost CDisposal for each group is calculated from the number of lighting means in the group NLamps, disposal cost for lamp CDisposal
C Disposal =N Lamps *C Disposal
Energy costs CEnergy are calculated from the known electricity tariff CkWh, the total burn time TBurn of the lighting means within the optimisation interval, the individual power consumption of each lighting means PLamp and the number of lighting means in the group NLamps:
C Energy =C kWh *T Burn *P Lamp *N Lamps
In the course of the optimisation, a change schedule is generated which leads to a minimum of the above calculated total costs CTotal in the optimisation interval. The optimisation is done by using a numerical optimisation algorithm. In a preferred embodiment, the optimisation algorithm employed is a variant of the known "threshold accepting" method, which is a variant of a "simulated annealing" method. The general structure of the threshold accepting method is shown in
In the next step, the threshold T is determined as a numerical value.
Now, a new configuration Y is chosen, which is a slight change from the start configuration X. For the given optimisation problem, this means that in the new configuration Y change times are chosen slighting differently than in the present configuration X. Since change times for an individual group usually will not be allowed to be delayed (because the rate of failure of lighting means would then increase above the acceptable threshold), the changed configuration Y will generally have at least one change date for one lamp group which is earlier than in the start configuration X0.
In the next step, the cost function CTotal is evaluated for both configurations X and Y. The difference is calculated and compared to the threshold T. If the difference is less than or equal to T, the new configuration Y becomes the present configuration. If not, the algorithm returns to the step before and chooses a new changed configuration Y.
Every time a cost difference between old and new configuration is found to be below threshold T, the value of T is lowered by a predetermined value x. The algorithm is repeated until no valid alternative (CTotal(Y)−CTotal(X)≦T) has been found in a predetermined number of iterations.
It should be noted that the above describe algorithm represents only an example of a possible implementation of the optimisation. Other methods are possible. Depending on the number of calculations that can be effected on server computer 14 within an acceptable response time, it may even be possible to calculate an absolute cost minimum by using a "brute force" approach (calculating all possible scenarios and choosing the configuration with minimum cost). A large number of further optimisation strategies and algorithms known to the skilled person may also be employed.
The above described optimisation only optimises the times in the optimisation interval, where whole groups of lighting means are charged. However, the user may alternatively select an extended optimisation where not only the change schedule itself is optimised, but the system is also considers to exchange lamps. Database 16 contains data on a large number of available lamps. During the extended optimisation, which is also effected according to
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Examples of such calculation charts are given in
For users who act as service providers providing maintenance service for lighting means at a monthly charge, the calculation chart may show a second curve, where the total revenues are shown. This allows such users to calculate an appropriate monthly charge.
Page 6.0 output navigation is loaded into the main frame at position L and serves as navigation offering the user the choice of page 6.1 acquisition protocol, 6.2 project overview, 6.3 download lamp information, and 6.4 data export.
Page 6.1 acquisition protocol prints out an acquisition form which can be used to gather information about all lighting means in the facility.
Page 6.2. project overview is loaded into the main frame at position M. The page shows all projects of the current user and provides options regarding these projects.
Page 6.3 download lighting means information can be accessed from page 6.0 output navigation. On this page, a booklet with available lighting means can be downloaded by the user.
Another option on page 6.0 output navigation is data export. The corresponding page 6.4 allows the user to export his requests for quote, obtained quotes and detail order list. Possible export formats are csv-files, which can be imported in Microsoft Exel, Microsoft Access or other database programs, or xml-files, which will in future be supported by a large number of programs.
Page 7.0.1 watchlist/system messages is loaded into the main frame at position M directly after login of a registered user. This page shows a list of all project with change dates in the next 30 days. Also, system messages relevant to the user are shown.
Next, an example for managing facility 20 of
The relevant user is the facility manager of facility 20. This user will use his client computer 10 to access server computer 14 with a html client program, for example Microsoft Internet Explorer. After connecting to the server, he will first go through registration and login procedure (
The user will than proceed with project creation (
In the next step, the user will place requests for quotes to obtain quotes for the lighting means used in the project from wholesale merchants active in the system. After obtaining the quotes, the user will select on page 1.0 project navigation the option "show change schedule" for the project, enter his preferences on page 1.3.1 "set preferences" and than cause the system to start optimisation.
The System will than take the entered data to determine an optimal change schedule as explained above. For the example of facility 20, the following change schedule may be the optimum determined by the server:
Project: DepartmentStore_01 Part: P1a Group L1 Group L2 Group L3 *No Alternatives* Change Schedule: Start: 1.1.2004 20.3.2004 change L2 1.5.2004 change L1, L2, L3 20.8.2004 change L2 . . .
The change schedule in this example was determined without considering alternative types of lighting means. The change schedule starts on Jan. 1, 2004. After about 80 days, the filament lamps in group L2 need to be exchanged. Normally, the lamps of group L2 would have to be exchanged after another 80 days for a second time. Instead, the optimum change schedule places the changes of all three lamp groups together before this date on 01.05.2004. Although in this way the lighting means in group L2 are exchanged before they reach the actual end of their expected lifetime, the total cost is still lower. This is, because travel cost CTravel needs to be accounted for only once on Jan. 5, 2004, instead of multiple times if the lamps groups were exchange on different days.
In an alternative example for facility 20, the user has chosen that the system should consider alternative lighting means types. An example for an optimum change schedule would be the following:
Project: DepartmentStore_01 Part: P1a Group L1 Group L2 Group L3 *Consider Alternatives* Change Schedule: Start: 1.1.2004 20.3.2004 change L2, replace with Philips Master PL 18 W 1.5.2004 change L1, L2, L3 1.10.2004 change L1, L2, L3 . . .
When considering the above change schedules with and without alternatives in comparison, it becomes clear that the first change event on Mar. 20, 2004 for lamp group L2 is identical. However, in the second case the filament lamps of group L2 are replaced by energy-saving lamps which correspond in light colour, socket type etc. to the filament lamps of group L2. These energy-saving lamps have lower electrical power consumption and longer lifetime than conventional filament lamps.
However, also in the second change schedule all three groups L1, L2 and L3 are exchanged together on, although here again lifetime of lamp group L2 has not been reached. However, by combining the change of all three groups L1, L2 and L3 on 01.05.2004, the change intervals of the three groups are now nearly identical, so that all following changes can be effected for all three groups at the same time, thus saving a large amount on cost for all subsequent changes.
It can be seen from
After the user has thus generated and viewed the appropriate change schedule, he can log out of the system. The user now has a complete overview of the necessary maintenance events in the optimisation interval and can make corresponding arrangements. The user also has a detailed forecast of cast for this time interval.
If the user subsequently logs into the system, he will be shown page 7.0.1 with his watchlist and system messages. The watchlist will show in which project a change event is due in the next thirty days. Also, independently of the user login into the system, he will regularly receive notify messages via electronic mail by the system to inform him of upcoming change events.
If the user operates facility 20 according to the change schedule, the total cost incurred in the optimisation interval will be at a minimum.
It should be noted, that the above describe system represents a preferred embodiment of the invention. The skilled person will appreciate that the invention can be practised in different ways.
A possible modification involves that, instead of only generating and displaying a change schedule, the system actively monitors the change status of lighting means. Effected maintenance events (change of lighting means) are entered into the system. It may be possible that despite the system's recommendation, a change is effected at an earlier or a later date. After entering the actual change date, the system may re-start optimisation to check if the different change time leads to recommendation of a different change schedule with different subsequent change times.
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The Critical Area Program is designed to minimize adverse impacts on water quality that result from pollution; establish land use policies for development; and conserve fish, wildlife, plant habitats in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area.
The Critical Area ordinances encourage the use of soft techniques to control erosion and improve shoreline habitat where applicable. Two new laws were passed in 2008 - the Living Shorelines Protection Act and the Revised Critical Area Laws.
Summary of the New Laws
- The 100-foot Buffer is expanded to 200 feet for new subdivisions in the RCA that remain RCA and and applies to projects requiring site plan approval and involves a change in land use in the RCA.
- The 200-foot Buffer does not apply to residential development on existing lots.
- Shore erosion control projects are now considered a type of "home improvement."
- Licensed home improvement contractors, marine contractors, builders, tree experts, landscaping firms, and others can lose their licenses for Critical Area violations.
- Living shorelines will be the preferred method to reduce erosion effective from October 1, 2008; except in areas where it can be demonstrated that these measures are not feasible.
- In making the feasibility determination, MDE will consider areas of excessive erosion, areas subject to heavy tides, and areas too narrow for effective use of nonstructural measures.
- A waiver process will be part of the regulatory structure.
Contact Information
Bhaskar Subramanian
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Case Study: Curled Metal Inc.
Executive Summary
Situation analysis: CMI is looking to diversify its portfolio. It wants to introduce a new high performing cushion pad into the pile-driving market. CMI will initially target small engineering/construction and independent pile-driving contractors. CMI will have the first-to-market advantage, as there are currently no direct competitors for metal pads. In terms of channels, CMI would distribute its pads through manufacturing representative. Main problem: CMI's primary issue is figuring how price of their new product. Alternative solutions: We studied four different alternatives: cost +, EVC, price differentiation and contingency pricing. Chosen solution: Following a comparison between all alternatives we concluded that EVC was the best pricing method. This method takes into account the real value to the customer according to which CMI should price each pad at $2,150. Implementation plan: CMI will focus on 11 1/2" pads and initially target independent construction companies and independent pile-driving contractors. These are most price sensitive and accessible. This move will provide CMI time to learn the market and perfect its production line in preparation for supplying larger project developers in the future. CMI will position its pads as a new industry standard while stressing their cost-efficiency and superior performance. It will also advertise in magazines and collaborate with professionals and academics to conduct further testing and publish results. Contingencies: plans regarding potential economic distress, product defects, unfavorable market reception, and alternative distribution channels will be discussed.
I. Situation Analysis
Company: CMI specialized in metal equipment production and experienced a decrease in net sales between 2006 and 2007. The company dominated the exhaust seal market (in auto industry) with its Slip-Seal product capturing 80% market share. Due to shrinking...


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My name is Sarah and I live in Indiana. I teach Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. I also teach American Sign Language online. All my life, I've had big dogs (that is, until we got Bullet - we thought he'd be bigger). As a young child, I grew up with English Mastiffs and Bull Mastiffs. They are the biggest sweethearts! I guess my parents got tired of cleaning up all of the slobber because they just started adopting Rotts and Dobermans. Growing up, the only time I wasn't living with multiple dogs was when I was in college because they weren't allowed in dorms or apartments, but I managed to sneak in little furry rodent friends here and there without anyone every knowing. I think I've owned just about every type of pet from birds to snakes to gerbils to ferrets. We're huge pet lovers. My husband's mom has a farm, but I like to refer to it as a petting zoo. She has an assortment of animals just so she can baby them. Rarely does she ever use any of them for meat. She has horses, chickens, pigs, rabbits, goats, llamas, and even a pet squirrel (whom she saved as a baby and just won't leave so she keeps an open cage for her), raccoons, and a 3-legged deer (whom she also saved when it was young and had it's leg caught in a fence). I even remember when there was a spider in the house and my mother in-law ran to get a baby chick to "take care" of the spider and then promptly returned the chick to the barn.
After getting married, my husband "Bug" and I adopted Solomon, my baby, an English Mastiff. When Solomon was 8, we got Bullet, a pit/boxer/lab mix who was left outside in a box at 10 weeks old in the dead of winter with a sign that read: Save me from the Bullet - so we did, and named him Bullet. Bullet is probably one of the smartest dogs I have ever had (I think the true mutts always are) and he kept Solomon young. Solomon passed away of old age when he was 12 - which is old for a Mastiff! In his prime, he was 207lbs, but he was down to nothing but skin and bones weighing in at 170lbs when he passed. I truly believe that he lived so long due to Bullet, the food we gave him, plus some amazing supplements from Snookdog. He was my baby. I loved that dog! Bullet, on the other hand, isn't interested in even getting his belly rubbed. He'll let you pet his head and back, but if you try to rub his belly, he thinks it's time to play ball. He's smart and a ninja when it comes to the tennis ball - he never misses! We love Bullet, but I really missed having a sweet dog that I can love on.
We went to the pet store one day when they had the Rescue Farm there. I fell in love with Motown, an APBT, but knew we were heading out of town the following weekend and it wouldn't be fair to adopt him and then leave. He had the sweetest disposition and one of the saddest stories. Motown is 1 and was a stray. As he was running away from a police officer, the officer shot him twice - once in the head and once in the leg - in front of 3 small children - and left him for dead. He was shot simply because he was a Pit. When animal control came, they found that he wasn't dead and decided to do surgery to save his life. He lost an eye, but he has made a full recovery. I kept thinking about "Mo," and looked on Pet Finder to see if he was still available to adopt. He was, but I didn't know what my husband thought about getting another dog - especially since we have 2 small children. My husband knew I was in love with that dog, though, and adopted him without me even knowing it and brought him home for my birthday! Mo has been with us since 12/20/13. Bullet is still getting used to him, our one-year old son absolutely adores him, and he's my baby (when he doesn't have the crazies).
We're working on training. He's proving to me a tough cookie and that's why I'm joining this forum. Any tips or tricks will be greatly appreciated! As a one year-old recently neutered stray, he's kind of set in his ways! So far, he knows sit, down, and off. We're working on wait, come, and quiet. I think he has so much potential! I just hope we're training him right. Mastiffs are known to be stubborn and difficult to train. Mo seems so much smarter and capable, but he is definitely strong-willed! I'm looking forward to being a Pibble Mom for Mo and likely more in the future. Like Rotts, Dobermans, and Mastiffs, they're such a misunderstood breed!
Hopefully I did this right. I've attempted to attach links to pictures of my fur babies below:
Solomon https://www.dropbox.com/s/b2ro8s356mryghf/Solomon%20038.jpg
Bullet https://www.dropbox.com/s/t9x1rbyycp2dv7x/2013-09-02%2011.36.01.jpg
Motown https://www.dropbox.com/s/3j8cas38twx1iox/2013-12-23%2000.12.38.jpg
Motown's Dog Whisperer https://www.dropbox.com/s/u4b6vlmboq56ck9/2013-12-25%2012.57.58.jpg


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Metal! Mayhem! Booze! Fire! It's the HESHER Official Film After Party
HESHER is screening this weekend at SXSW. We loved this movie. So much so we had to team up with our pals behind the film to throw a party -- a sure to be hellaciously awesome, potentially dangerous, and 1000% metal party -- paying tribute. The flyer below pretty much sums up everything you need to know. It's FREE, but you need to RSVP. You can do that here (clicking on the flyer will take you there too).


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EmailXtender migration for a small site
I have a customer that wants to migrate from EMC EmailXtender to Enterprise Vault. Is there a Symantec approved method for doing this rather than resorting to an expensive solution like Transvault? I have talked to Transvault about this customer but the price would make the migration unfeasible.
Any ideas?
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Symantec don't have a product piece that does this.
Contact other Symantec partners like QUADROtech, bluesource and others... perhaps?
How small a site are you referring to? Is it possible to export the data from the EMC EmailXtender archives to "containers" (PST Files) and import them in to EV .. If the site is small enough, and you can ensure the data owners of the data before import, it would be a very cost effective way of going about it.
I've been doing a migration from MailXtender to EV90 using TransVault. The problem you will run into is that MailXtender does not store all data in the archived messages. We found for instance that the folder-location (where is the messages shortcut in the maibox), bcc information etc is not stored. This poses a problem if you want to perform a good and identical migration. I've worked closely with TransVault, but it basically came down to 'what you don't have, you cannot migrate'. We reverted back to exporting data from MailXtender into PST's, and importing that into EV. That works like a charm.. It is a lot of work, but fortunately I am not the one doing the export to PST, only the import :-)
We're doing 360 mailboxes (+ MailXtender archives + the legal archive from MailXtender) which is taking approximately 2 months.
It will take more time to think about a solution for the shortcuts to the archived items (like removing the shortcuts referring EMC archived data, and ingesting EV shortcuts), but that is possible.
Thank you, Gertjan, MCSE, MCITP,MCTS, SCS, STS
Company: www.t2.nl
Thanks for sharing your working knowledge, it's been hard hard to find any information on this process! It looks like the only way to do this for a smaller site is manually. I don't know a lot about MailXtender, do you know if it is possible to "rehydrate" the user mailboxes or is PST the only way to go?
Hi McCu.
AFAIK it is possible to restore items from EmailXtender back into the mailboxes (ie 'unshortcut'), but I am not sure about the process. The disadvantage is that you need more space for your Exchange stores.
I think it is up to you what you do.
Restoring items in the inbox, then re-archive in EV might be easiest, restoring to PST, then importing to EV might be quicker. In both cases, you need to verify if you can delete the EMC shortcuts (message class can be used to search for them (IPM.Shortcut I believe))
Thank you, Gertjan, MCSE, MCITP,MCTS, SCS, STS
Company: www.t2.nl
I know this is addressed but I thought I would share my expirence in this. This is what I am actually doing professionally right now... so I have some expirence in it. My organization does is a leader in doing these sorts of migrations. We are a TransVault partner and have a similiar migation utility we made and sell (globanet migrate).
A lot of this depends on what you want. You can restore (rehydrate) the items back to a users mailbox and then migrate have the items archived in EV. This is one way to do it. Prior to letting EV touch your site.... I would strongly encourage you to disable the EMX message class from being archived in EV. It causes all sorts of problem for any migration.
That said every solution has its shortcomings. We can certianly do migrations that rebuild the message location and folder structure, and we can also rebuild bcc information that was initially captured by EMX into an envelope created for archived messages so that you can have consistancy in discovery and compliance searches.
I think there are a few things you have to consider:
1) Do you want to migrate Journal content from EMX to EV? If yes is this data going to be used for Compliance or Legal discovery?
2) Do you only want to migrate items that are represented as shortcuts in a users mailbox or do you want to migrate all contents that is in the EMX archive for that user?
3) Do you want to convert shortcuts as part of this process?
All of this can be done and there are a lot of options within each of these. I think this gets you off to a start.
There is also the issue of understanding some of the differnces between EMX and EV's archiving methodology. In an EMX enviornment that is Journaled, most times the content is archived by the Journal..and then is retroactively shortcutted in the user mailbox. This leaves one single archive where users have access to the content they were sent.
EV has seperate archives for each user.. and a Journal can be associated with several targets.
The reason this is important is because if you are seeking to migrate the Jouranl and all the users archived content... you end up migrating about double what you presaently have. It gets Single instanced by EV and does not take up double the space (depending on EV config) but it still goes through the migration process.
There is a third party partner product that emulates EMX access functionality in EV>....but I dont know much about it outside of its existance.
I hope this helps. If you would like to talk to someone about this so you can have some help in guaging what direction is best for you... please let me know and I will get someone in contact with you.
I hope this helps.


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