Creating traffic simulator with VB .NET

[Wouter van Teijlingen]

Dear Readers,

This is my first post to this group. I was pointed to this group in a
other vb group, so i have better luck here!

For my learning curve of VB .NET i want to make a traffic simulation
program. Before i start programming, i need to know if there even is a
possibility to make a algorithm in VB .NET that is able to let traffic
drive and making the lights go green, orange or red.

Thanks in advance,

Wouter van Teijlingen

[Larry Serflaten]

Re: Creating traffic simulator with VB .NET


"Wouter van Teijlingen" <woutert@nedlin ux.nl> wrote
[color=blue]
> For my learning curve of VB .NET i want to make a traffic simulation
> program. Before i start programming, i need to know if there even is a
> possibility to make a algorithm in VB .NET that is able to let traffic
> drive and making the lights go green, orange or red.[/color]


What sort of algorithm do you anticipate that may cause it trouble?
VB.Net is a programing language, after all....

LFS

[Larry Serflaten]

Re: Creating traffic simulator with VB .NET


"Wouter van Teijlingen" <woutert@nedlin ux.nl> wrote
[color=blue]
> For my learning curve of VB .NET i want to make a traffic simulation
> program. Before i start programming, i need to know if there even is a
> possibility to make a algorithm in VB .NET that is able to let traffic
> drive and making the lights go green, orange or red.[/color]


What sort of algorithm do you anticipate that may cause it trouble?
VB.Net is a programing language, after all....

LFS

[Cor Ligthert]

Re: Creating traffic simulator with VB .NET

Wouter,

In addition to Larry, when you cannot do it with VBNet you probably cannot
do it with any programming language. Although there are languages which
better fit for special situations as deep in the operating system
programming and creating browser plugins.

I saw nedLinux in your email adress, there is a VBNet mono. Here we almost
all do VBNet microsoft (therefore is it a microsoft newsgroup). Most of us
don't know how VBNet in Mono is acting at the moment.

Just a little bit to get the traffic in the right direction.

Cor

[Cor Ligthert]

Re: Creating traffic simulator with VB .NET

Wouter,

In addition to Larry, when you cannot do it with VBNet you probably cannot
do it with any programming language. Although there are languages which
better fit for special situations as deep in the operating system
programming and creating browser plugins.

I saw nedLinux in your email adress, there is a VBNet mono. Here we almost
all do VBNet microsoft (therefore is it a microsoft newsgroup). Most of us
don't know how VBNet in Mono is acting at the moment.

Just a little bit to get the traffic in the right direction.

Cor

[Wouter van Teijlingen]

Re: Creating traffic simulator with VB .NET

Ok. But is it possible to make something that you can control the
traffic lights with button. So i press green then the traffic will start
driving? I press red it will stop?

My email ends with nedlinux, but i'm really using VB .NET 2003 here :-)

Thanks,

Wouter van Teijlingen
The Netherlands

[Wouter van Teijlingen]

Re: Creating traffic simulator with VB .NET

Ok. But is it possible to make something that you can control the
traffic lights with button. So i press green then the traffic will start
driving? I press red it will stop?

My email ends with nedlinux, but i'm really using VB .NET 2003 here :-)

Thanks,

Wouter van Teijlingen
The Netherlands

[Cor Ligthert]

Re: Creating traffic simulator with VB .NET

Wouter,

You can control the RS232 port if you are asking that.
Mostly is that answered by Dick Grier in this newsgroup.

When you make a message like "how can I do the traffic lights using the comm
port or RS232" he will probably answer you because in my idea has he some
kind of filter on that in his newsreader.

This is his homepage

http://www.hardandsoftware.net/

There is a lot on MSDN, I never did this kind of things however here a
sample.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wceddk5/html/wce50conserialportdriversamples.asp

I hope this helps?

Cor

[Cor Ligthert]

Re: Creating traffic simulator with VB .NET

Wouter,

You can control the RS232 port if you are asking that.
Mostly is that answered by Dick Grier in this newsgroup.

When you make a message like "how can I do the traffic lights using the comm
port or RS232" he will probably answer you because in my idea has he some
kind of filter on that in his newsreader.

This is his homepage

http://www.hardandsoftware.net/

There is a lot on MSDN, I never did this kind of things however here a
sample.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wceddk5/html/wce50conserialportdriversamples.asp

I hope this helps?

Cor

[Wouter van Teijlingen]

Re: Creating traffic simulator with VB .NET

Cor Ligthert wrote:[color=blue]
> Wouter,
>
> You can control the RS232 port if you are asking that.
> Mostly is that answered by Dick Grier in this newsgroup.
>
> When you make a message like "how can I do the traffic lights using the comm
> port or RS232" he will probably answer you because in my idea has he some
> kind of filter on that in his newsreader.[/color]

That's not what i mean. It has to be software only. Imagine the following:

I have train. When the train passes the train passage has to close. The
''battle trees'' have to be closed until the train is away. I don't want
to combine this with hardware at all (only the computer).

So when i press the button GREEN cars can ride. When i press RED, when
train comes by, cars must stop. So the train must comeby, let's say,
every five minutes.

I hope this makes things better understandable. Thank you for your help.

Bye,

Wouter van Teijlingen

[Wouter van Teijlingen]

Re: Creating traffic simulator with VB .NET

Cor Ligthert wrote:[color=blue]
> Wouter,
>
> You can control the RS232 port if you are asking that.
> Mostly is that answered by Dick Grier in this newsgroup.
>
> When you make a message like "how can I do the traffic lights using the comm
> port or RS232" he will probably answer you because in my idea has he some
> kind of filter on that in his newsreader.[/color]

That's not what i mean. It has to be software only. Imagine the following:

I have train. When the train passes the train passage has to close. The
''battle trees'' have to be closed until the train is away. I don't want
to combine this with hardware at all (only the computer).

So when i press the button GREEN cars can ride. When i press RED, when
train comes by, cars must stop. So the train must comeby, let's say,
every five minutes.

I hope this makes things better understandable. Thank you for your help.

Bye,

Wouter van Teijlingen

[Wouter van Teijlingen]

Re: Creating traffic simulator with VB .NET

Cor Ligthert wrote:[color=blue]
> Wouter,
>
> You can control the RS232 port if you are asking that.
> Mostly is that answered by Dick Grier in this newsgroup.
>
> When you make a message like "how can I do the traffic lights using the comm
> port or RS232" he will probably answer you because in my idea has he some
> kind of filter on that in his newsreader.[/color]

That's not what i mean. It has to be software only. Imagine the following:

I have train. When the train passes the train passage has to close. The
''battle trees'' have to be closed until the train is away. I don't want
to combine this with hardware at all (only the computer).

So when i press the button GREEN cars can ride. When i press RED, when
train comes by, cars must stop. So the train must comeby, let's say,
every five minutes.

I hope this makes things better understandable. Thank you for your help.

Bye,

Wouter van Teijlingen

[Wouter van Teijlingen]

Re: Creating traffic simulator with VB .NET

Cor Ligthert wrote:[color=blue]
> Wouter,
>
> You can control the RS232 port if you are asking that.
> Mostly is that answered by Dick Grier in this newsgroup.
>
> When you make a message like "how can I do the traffic lights using the comm
> port or RS232" he will probably answer you because in my idea has he some
> kind of filter on that in his newsreader.[/color]

That's not what i mean. It has to be software only. Imagine the following:

I have train. When the train passes the train passage has to close. The
''battle trees'' have to be closed until the train is away. I don't want
to combine this with hardware at all (only the computer).

So when i press the button GREEN cars can ride. When i press RED, when
train comes by, cars must stop. So the train must comeby, let's say,
every five minutes.

I hope this makes things better understandable. Thank you for your help.

Bye,

Wouter van Teijlingen

[Cor Ligthert]

Re: Creating traffic simulator with VB .NET

Wouter,

That was what I understood, however there should be an interface between
your train and your computer in my opinion.

Or is it completly without any fysical beside the computer and is it
simulating.

I saw this link in another newsgroup by the way.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/NETSerialComm/

This is with fysical, however I cannot keep it forever in my clipboard

:-)

Cor

[Cor Ligthert]

Re: Creating traffic simulator with VB .NET

Wouter,

That was what I understood, however there should be an interface between
your train and your computer in my opinion.

Or is it completly without any fysical beside the computer and is it
simulating.

I saw this link in another newsgroup by the way.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/NETSerialComm/

This is with fysical, however I cannot keep it forever in my clipboard

:-)

Cor