Kyle Archer

EnGraph has been very busy, so I apologize for the lack of posts.  Because I know that my 3 readers are dying to here from me :) Anyway, I guess most bloggers have an 'end-of-the-year' post, so here mine is... click here . Have a great holiday!

Now that we are officially Microsoft Certified Partners, we are now using Team Foundation Server.  Tim talks about that here .  With this fantastic new source control we have decided to push forward immediately with ParaPlan 4.0 development (codename 'Goldstar').  It will be written in C# for Visual Studio 2005 Team System for Developers. I will be working on form design while Tim will be doing the hard stuff.  Our first Goldstar screenshot is show here.  Stay tuned!

Our flagship software solution, ParaPlan , will reach version 3.7.00 during my upcoming visit to Pennsylvania Transit Company in Philadelphia.  I will be helping them GO LIVE on December 1, 2006.  We are all very excited about this fast-paced startup.  It normally takes 90 days to start a transit company from scratch, but we are going to finish the job in only 21 days! We are creating a mode of ParaPlan to integrate with LogistiCare .  This model will allow ParaPlan to operate as merely a computer aided scheduling system, whereas, LogistiCare serves as the call center and allows PTC to download the trips they are to provide. Anyway, stay tuned this week...this will be exciting! Oh yeah...Happy Version Birthday to ParaPlan!

I am in Philadelphia installing a new ParaPlan Pro for PTC.  It is a brand new operation that is currently setting their new office, training drivers and procuring vehicles.  PTC will be a service providing around 1,000 daily trips brokered from LogistCare.  We will also be providing an interface to the LogistCare system for use with ParaPlan.  Stay tuned!

Thanks to Pamela Pedrick, Executive Director of Salem County Office on Aging, EnGraph will be at the n4a Conference and Tradeshow this July in San Francisco.  This national conference will be a fantastic opportunity to meet potential clients and promote the EnGraph brand. Pam is also working hard to host a session where representatives from this entire project present a case study for attendees at the conference.  This proposed session will be a detailed presentation of the individual technologies that made her vision a reality.  This technologies include: ATTI's GPS Hardware EnGraph's GPS Manager Software EnGraph's ParaPlan Pro EnGraph's GPS Control Room Teleminder Automated Communication Representatives from EnGraph , Teleminder, Pam, Sherri, and Mike from the Salem County IT Department are planned to present.  We are very excited to participate in this session! Here is a picture I took last week at the Salem County Specialized Transportation office in ...

Tim and I just got back from visiting our clients in Salem, NJ.  They are using ParaPlan Pro GPS and we went there to upgrade their system and train them on our new software features.  The GPS hardware selected for this solution is from ATTI .  They have an interesting architecture where they have 5 remote sites that collect GPS data from 24 vehicles every 3 seconds, then send that information from each site to their central server.  How does this happen you ask? This solution is made possible by 3 products:  EnGraph GPS Manager Client EnGraph GPS Manager Server EnGraph GPS Control Room These applications monitor, collect, parse and organize GPS data from each remote site where the data is provided to the end user in our GPS Control Room application at the main office.  This architecture was developed by Tim Hibbard to work as a stand-alone product or with ParaPlan Pro .  Control Room can be used with ParaPlan to automatically determine actual ...

I dont think I have yet to show off my new skin that came from Dell.  When I ordered this laptop, one of the many options on the list was to 'Participate in their new skin promotion'.  So I clicked YES of course.  Anyway, it was a tad convoluded because I received the laptop, then several days later got an email telling me how to select my skin.  Needless to say, after a semi-painful experience I got to the site where I could select and order my skin.  They did not have many to choose from, but they did have colleges...so Rock Chalk! Note:  This is a Jayhawk, not a parrot.