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Posted by Clutch Cargo on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:57 PM

 down flat right now. nothing but whitescreen.

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Posted by Heiter on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:05 PM

Clutch Cargo

 down flat right now. nothing but whitescreen.

       There is an apology on the Roanoke Hotel's Rail-Cam (link) page which confirms what the Hotel told me several days ago and relates directly to the information I supplied earlier.    There has only been advice that there are *server* problems affecting the network.

The Hotel Roanoke are to be congratulated for working on the relevant updates which will hopefully reinstate the Rail-Cam to a satisfactory working condition for the benefit of all concerned.  Smile

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Posted by Norm48327 on Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:36 AM

 I'm sure they will have it back up and running in a few days. Have patience.

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Posted by switch7frg on Friday, May 21, 2010 11:23 AM

Whistling  Wink    Do the Cam folk need Tech. Support , or money or both??

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Posted by j610 on Saturday, May 22, 2010 4:51 PM

Nothing yet . I am really starting to miss it .     RON

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Posted by Heiter on Saturday, May 22, 2010 5:21 PM

j610

Nothing yet . I am really starting to miss it .     RON

     Has anybody asked the Hotel Roanoke for an approximate time-scale..??

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Posted by j610 on Sunday, May 23, 2010 11:52 AM

Just e-mailed the hotel . Am waiting for an answer . Will post as soon as I get one . .   RON

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Posted by Norm48327 on Sunday, May 23, 2010 5:35 PM

 Hurry! I'm going through withdrawal.Smile

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Posted by Heiter on Monday, May 24, 2010 5:19 PM

Norm48327

 Hurry! I'm going through withdrawal.Smile

 

 

They must have heard you as it appears to be up and running again :-))

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Posted by Heiter on Monday, May 24, 2010 6:27 PM

Heiter

Norm48327

 Hurry! I'm going through withdrawal.Smile

 

 

They must have heard you as it appears to be up and running again :-))

Cheers,

Heiter

 

 

 

 

Well it was on for a while anyhow and went off about 6.15pm/7.15pm (UK 00.15).    I watched here in the UK from about 11pm BST/GMT up to the point when it went off at approximately 00.15.    It was only running at 500kbps as opposed to 991kbps a;though the action was smooth and didn't break-up

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Posted by j610 on Monday, May 24, 2010 7:18 PM

Nothing here yet .Did something change that I don`t know about ?    RON

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Posted by j610 on Monday, May 24, 2010 8:48 PM

Got it back . Had to reinstall internet explorer 8      RON

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Posted by Norm48327 on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 5:56 AM

 Still getting a blank screen in both Firefox and IE8.

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Posted by Heiter on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 6:18 AM

Norm48327

 Still getting a blank screen in both Firefox and IE8.

 

 

As of 12.00 mid-day (UK time/6am or 7am USA) it's a black screen.....again!!    

Oh well, one day perhaps we'll get a really clear sound and vision rail-cam..??    It's a good advertising media though for the Hotel Roanoke.....when it's working, that is!!

Shame about the Rochelle web-cam being so small and it being a 4 second refresher.

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 6:19 AM

It was up for more than 4 hrs last night, but gone again. It would jerk and freeze up, and there were some repeats of the video

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Posted by j610 on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 7:14 AM

 Had it last night , gone again this morning .Hope they get it right soon .    RON

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Posted by Heiter on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 8:59 AM

grampaw pettibone

It was up for more than 4 hrs last night, but gone again. It would jerk and freeze up, and there were some repeats of the video

 

The rail-cam was showing again up to a few minutes ago, 15.00 UK time.

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Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 9:40 AM

.....Rail cam is up and running at:  10:40 am.....EDT

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Posted by switch7frg on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 11:40 AM

  Whistling  910 mst. Tail end of covered hoppers ~~ freeze frame.  Spent 2 mins. watching mini van try to back into parking spot.  freeze frame, now black screen says ~~ ready----- for what??Big Smile

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 2:18 PM

2:15 CDT - broke again.  Batteries dead?  Squirrel in cage died?  Someone pulled a shade? 

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Posted by Norm48327 on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 2:22 PM

Mookie

2:15 CDT - broke again.  Batteries dead?  Squirrel in cage died?  Someone pulled a shade? 

 

 

Come to think of it, I did hit a squirrel a few days ago. Maybe it was theirs.Laugh

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Posted by j610 on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 7:11 PM

Maybe we need to take up a collection and put up our own camera LOL.    RON

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Posted by switch7frg on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 9:12 PM

Big Smile   Smile,Wink, & Grin The camrail would be serious if it weren't for the cartoons.People walking are at normal speed as well as other events, the  freeze frame then the " jerky things are the cartoons" LOL. However, this is better than no railcam. HEH  HEH. ~~~~==Jim

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Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 9:20 PM

10:20 pm....EDT, black screen for me.

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Posted by Modelcar on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 8:48 AM

....Just buffering this morning....black screen.  9:47 am...EDT.

This has been a good one to check daily, miss it.  Hope updates, or whatever needs added, or strenghtening will be successful.

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Posted by j610 on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 9:35 AM

e-mailed them sunday afternoon . no reply yet .       RON

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Posted by Heiter on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 5:04 PM

j610

e-mailed them sunday afternoon . no reply yet .       RON

 

It may be quite a few days before you get a reply if my reply was anything to go by as it went from one to another.    

The cam was showing again about 30-40 mins ago but it went jerky, crashed and then went black.

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Posted by j610 on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 7:50 PM

Its back up now but still jerky . May not last . 8:50 pm .     RON

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Posted by Heiter on Thursday, May 27, 2010 6:26 AM

j610

Its back up now but still jerky . May not last . 8:50 pm .     RON

 

 

It's been up and down more times than the proverbial garments... ;-)        I would have thought that the experts would have called to see them by now and offered to put it right!     The hotel must surely know what the problem is and how to resolve it.

I can't help but get the feeling that it could be getting in the way of their operatios in some way and the web-can is well down the pecking order of priorities.    Just a thought but it could just be my way of trying to comprehend why it's taking them so long to rectify something which is so simple.    This then begs the questions: Have they got the time and/or can they be bothered..??    Can they warrant the cost of correction..??    I was led to believe, by them, that they were aquiring, or needed to aquire, a new server to help cope with their internet activities over-load.

It would be a shame really as it gives pleasure to so many and keeps the hotel name firmly on the map...

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Posted by Modelcar on Thursday, May 27, 2010 3:57 PM

Just took a peak to see if it was up and running and how well, if so....Watched it a few minutes, and it seemed to be doing quite well.

Quentin

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