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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: john m on November 06, 2017, 02:03:29 pm

Title: meter updates
Post by: john m on November 06, 2017, 02:03:29 pm
 Taxitronic tx 90 Scan now have the update available ,dont know if Stewie on the South Circular has it yet .
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: Rat Catcher on November 06, 2017, 02:06:29 pm
Find out and come back to us when you know.
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: john m on November 08, 2017, 10:54:43 am
Stuck in traffic in Finglas this morning so ducked into Scan to get the update 60 yoyo ?
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: mercenary for hire on November 08, 2017, 10:57:31 am
Does it kick in now or after a certain date?
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: john m on November 08, 2017, 11:24:35 am
new fare comes in 1st feb 2018 .meter can hold both programmes you need to initiate it on that date .My clock was slow so I got it installed today so I could reset the clock
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: Rat Catcher on November 08, 2017, 11:44:43 am
Can you get the meter sealed before the new rate kicks in? Those half starved bastarding cunts in NTA keep shifting the goalposts for everything. Went to book my LRA the other day and was told you can only book within 60 days of expiry now, used to be 90 days... fukking wankers.
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: Belker on November 08, 2017, 12:48:33 pm
Can you get the meter sealed before the new rate kicks in ?

NO !
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: Rat Catcher on November 08, 2017, 02:52:03 pm
Are you sure?
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: Jack Meoff on November 08, 2017, 02:57:51 pm
Would have thought you could if it’s a duel meter.
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: silverbullet on November 08, 2017, 08:42:38 pm
Would have thought you could if it’s a duel meter.
If it's a DUEL meter, the old fare price FIGHTS with the new price for seniority! 8)
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: silverbullet on November 08, 2017, 08:47:53 pm
Taxitronic tx 90 Scan now have the update available ,dont know if Stewie on the South Circular has it yet .
I was in SDA on  02/11, no software package available. I was told to ring Gary on Monday morning for info.

I failed the SGS due to a faulty peeling meter sticker. had to get a new verification form, resealing etc, cost €86.10 plus €30.00 for the full SGS re-test.
due to time constraints I'd no choice, or see my licence lapse.
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: Rat Catcher on November 09, 2017, 11:13:06 am
I've heard of a few drivers failing the LRA because of peeling meter seals. It seems that the fault lies with the fitting/quality of seals used by legal metrology. Maybe you should sue legal metrology for the cost incurred?
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: john m on November 09, 2017, 11:32:39 am
Im sure no Im probably certain that none of the Representative bodies in the industry have asked if there is any adhesive standards required by the standards authority for the stickers to be affixed by a branch of the standards authority to a conforming taxi meter and if any certificate of conformance has been issued to certify that the stickers that are stuck on actually conform to any standard applicable to the adhesion quality of the stickieness of the stickers .As you so eloquently observed if the adhesion of the affixed sticker is lacking in stickiness then the standard authority should stick on mew replacement stickers .
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: Bubba Ho-Tep on November 09, 2017, 12:31:03 pm
Can you get the meter sealed before the new rate kicks in ?

NO !

Yes. Centres  can test and seal newly programmed meters BEFORE new rate kicks in.
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: Korky on November 09, 2017, 12:31:27 pm
You should’ve touched them up with a smidge of glue beforehand, works for me.
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: mercenary for hire on November 09, 2017, 01:03:31 pm
Those lads in suitability have gotten very fussy lately..last renewal they warned me about an EN3 logo that was almost worn off on my fire extinguisher.Now I'll have to buy another perfectly functioning fire extinguisher just to pass.The fukkin thing has been bouncing around the boot for the last 8 years unused why wouldn't the print have worn off.

Just thinking I wonder how much extra fuel I've burned carrying the safety kit around for 8 uneventful years.It's probably hundreds maybe even tens of liters of fuel.Considering car manufacturers have opted to delete the spare tyres on most new cars for efficiency.NTA wankers.
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: watty on November 09, 2017, 05:50:36 pm
Sounds like you've got an xmas pressie sorted for someone already! Kewl  ::fuck
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: Belker on November 12, 2017, 08:59:39 am
Can you get the meter sealed before the new rate kicks in ?

NO !

Yes. Centres  can test and seal newly programmed meters BEFORE new rate kicks in.

On reflection, then I would agree with Bubba, once your meter has been recalibrated to
the new fare structure, then you could have a reseal done before the new rate kicks in.
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: Belker on November 12, 2017, 09:10:07 am
Bubba is 100% right in what he sez, but unless the timing of the reseal is an issue,
then maybe best to leave it off until after the meter updates.

Recalibrations/Updates are not a perfect science and not 100% guaranteed to go
exactly as planned, as most of us found out with the last fare increase/update.
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: Bubba Ho-Tep on November 12, 2017, 12:09:38 pm
Bubba is 100% right in what he sez, but unless the timing of the reseal is an issue,
then maybe best to leave it off until after the meter updates.

Recalibrations/Updates are not a perfect science and not 100% guaranteed to go
exactly as planned, as most of us found out with the last fare increase/update.
The last update happened exactly as it was supposed to happen. The various programs terminated as they were set up to do. Metrology issue a term licence/program to the installers.
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: Belker on November 12, 2017, 12:52:15 pm
Maybe so Bubba, but I do remember ringing my taxi meter installer, Not the NTA fella that reprogrammed
the meter, as there was no answer there and then Asking/Begging my local guy how to get it going ?

'Eugene' did me a Solid and got me going !
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: Bubba Ho-Tep on November 12, 2017, 01:04:16 pm
Maybe so Bubba, but I do remember ringing my taxi meter installer, Not the NTA fella that reprogrammed
the meter, as there was no answer there and then Asking/Begging my local guy how to get it going ?

'Eugene' did me a Solid and got me going !
NTA don`t write the programs, NSAI Legal Metrology  do. If you remember, I flagged this on Roy`s in 2011 , months before it happened. As usual, no one took notice. Digitax program was due to run out March 2018, so either way I was getting reprogrammed next year. Other programs were due to run out next year also. All programs have a 5 year (roughly) lifespan . Leaving reprogram until AFTER the update becomes legal is no advantage to anyone.
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: john m on November 12, 2017, 01:19:15 pm
Ken do you have a taxitronic meter .the last update for that meter was corrupted and had to be reinstalled, my installer had a day when the legal met men were in his place resealing the meter after he uploaded the amended program if you had already had the meter sealed .
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: Rat Catcher on November 12, 2017, 02:46:04 pm
Never had any problems with updates, always advance programmed... 17 year old Hale Microtax 5 (South Dublin Autos / psv.ie).
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: mercenary for hire on November 12, 2017, 05:01:16 pm
17 years old!Does it even have a digital display?
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: Rat Catcher on November 12, 2017, 09:53:02 pm
Yes. The model is still sold to this day, almost... the current one is 5+... and it was capable of running the 3 increments back when we had rates A B and C - unlike the pieces of shite Joe Herron flogged in later years.
Title: Re: meter updates
Post by: Belker on November 13, 2017, 09:02:36 am
I have the same or similar old Hale meter as Rats, when the last fare increase update came in a few years back, my meter did not work properly and I had to ring my local meter guy (not NTA) and he gave me a code over the phone to get the meter going.