Anybody know where I can buy a Traffic Light system like this?

Dj_Jestar

Dj_Jestar

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How is this for an abnormal request? :p

I (or rather, my employer) would like to purchase a traffic light system similar to the one in this link

We will be using it to monitor our automated integration testing (red = error, amber = test failure, green = all pass.) I'm sure there will be a few members familiar with this concept already :)

Anywho.. my google fu has only given me links to a tiny USB Hub with LED traffic lights that is not really any good. We need something significantly bigger, such as what is in the link. :)

Many thanks.
 
You could make a system like that. Those lights are dead easy. Did as much in school.

If you're after the software there's various software suites you could use.
 
Couldn;t you make some, few old bulbs and some coloured transparent plastic?

edit: bah too slow :(
 
I'm clueless when it comes to electronics. The software for it I could write no problem, but I'd probably set fire to the place trying to wire it :p

There's an office down the road that have a 'proper' traffic light set in their office.. might pop in and ask where they got it from if I can't find anything. :)
 
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There's an office down the road that have a 'proper' traffic light set in their office.. might pop in and ask where they got it from if I can't find anything. :)
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You own a hacksaw?

Know any relatively out of the way junctions? ;)


3am road trip in order i think...
 
Dj_Jestar said:
How is this for an abnormal request? :p

I (or rather, my employer) would like to purchase a traffic light system similar to the one in this link

We will be using it to monitor our automated integration testing (red = error, amber = test failure, green = all pass.) I'm sure there will be a few members familiar with this concept already :)

Anywho.. my google fu has only given me links to a tiny USB Hub with LED traffic lights that is not really any good. We need something significantly bigger, such as what is in the link. :)

Many thanks.
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How about an application or daily morning report that shows this in the same way?? Our nightly build produces a full web report in all the developer's mail boxes for their morning read.

Last time I saw a system like this it was from Erricsson in a certain mobile operator's test lab but it had police car lights instead. It's not informative and if you're out of the room you have no indication..
 
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Building your own USB controlled set won't be easy. The interface chips are fiddly little SMD parts. Alternatively you can buy a full experimental interface kit fot about £30, or use serial.
 
NickK said:
How about an application or daily morning report that shows this in the same way?? Our nightly build produces a full web report in all the developer's mail boxes for their morning read.

Last time I saw a system like this it was from Erricsson in a certain mobile operator's test lab but it had police car lights instead. It's not informative and if you're out of the room you have no indication..
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Emails get ignored, big traffic lights don't :)

These tests are for freshly developed code. No one in the office? No code to test. :)
 
Dj_Jestar said:
Emails get ignored, big traffic lights don't :)

These tests are for freshly developed code. No one in the office? No code to test. :)
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Then you have a problem with the culture in your company - a traffic light will have no effect after the novelty wears off.

Perhaps attaching the test results to the door lock would work better - if they're not working you don't leave (or burn to death).
 
Disagree. These tests run every 5-10mins, so we are notified almost immediately when someone has commited broken code.
http://www.delarou.net/weblog/PermaLink,guid,e1a7193b-520e-47e1-9ea8-c15f7a4eff73.aspx
http://cwash.org/tag/continuous-integration/

There's no problem with the culture in our company, heaven forbid we should actually try to enjoy our work and use visual aids to draw our attention to important things ;)

Oh, and it is us, the developers, that want this, it is not imposed by management. If it does "wear off" we'll change it for something else.
 
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