Download the appropriate build files provided into your system.

Trapeze4 applications require Trapeze6 in order to set user security privileges and the Address Matcher.

Open DataBase Connectivity (ODBC) is a standard application programming interface for connecting to different databases using a common language. Each database must communicate with the Trapeze software using an ODBC connection.

After completing the installation, perform a test to ensure that the application is working properly.

DBEdit is comprised of three modules that perform distinct functions.

Database definition files (*.dbd and *.db-schema) define the framework used by Trapeze applications as they gather information and store it in your data sources.

Connect to a data source first before attempting to apply any of the DBEdit commands.

The Admin Options dialog appears after you open a database (DBD file) and connect to a data source (DSN).

The tables and fields used in your database must match those found in applicable database definition files.

If needed, the database can be edited using DBEdit.

DBEdit uses normal text files that contain queries as SQL files.

The FX system properties are listed on the System tab in the Properties dialog of the Trapeze4 workstation.

The Route Definition properties apply to the tasks you wish to perform on the different tabs on the screen.

The Trip Building properties allow you to recalculate stop trips, set the run time mode and the data integrity check.

The Blocking properties mainly determine how the parameters are set in relation to costs and the time for deadheads and layovers.

Property settings effect Runcutting in the development of operator assignments.

The Rostering properties sets where the roster files are stored, tags for Off days and the display of the weekend holiday schedule.

User security can be turned off when troubleshooting.

When creating a user, you can specify which functionality the user can access by specifying security rights and by adding users to groups from which they can inherit permissions.

You can create, modify, and delete user groups that specify which functionality that group members can access by defining security rights and by adding groups to other groups from which they can inherit permissions.

You can assign users to groups, and you can assign groups to other groups.

Password policies the system must enforce can be defined in the Properties screen.

Security rights in Trapeze are managed using permission keys.

Displaying FX Permissions after setting up the permissions through the options provided

Setting up permissions for FX Crystal Reports using the following options, for the purpose of viewing the permissions later on.

Definitions of the operational signs and expressions used in filtering data.

Use quotation marks in the filter to search for specific text.

Holidays is a General type of ancillary data shared by FX with other Trapeze applications. The Holidays ancillary data is used to identify days when the standard service is not operating due to a holiday.

Create garage records in FX in the Garages screen.

A division is the geographic or revenue area served by a specific number of Full and/or Part-time Operators. It is common for smaller and medium-sized properties to have only one garage, and hence only one division.

Lines also called routes are fixed courses from an origin (node, stop, or timing point) to a destination (which also be a node, stop, or timing point).

A service refers to the days of the week that your transit agency operates.

Nodes are your timing points along a given route. Nodes are used and defined in the section on Route Definition.

Accessibility is used in categorizing vehicles on various routes and stops for purpose of generating itineraries and providing additional information in reports. Some examples of accessibility types include wheelchair accessible vehicles, bike rack vehicles, or ski rack vehicles.

Special points are locations that are more precisely located than stops and exist between stops in a pattern. When creating point records, you can add attributes, which are characteristics of the point, such as color and condition.

Fares ancillary data is created and used in Trapeze INFO-Agent. Please contact your Trapeze Customer Care representative or refer to your INFO-Agent System Administrator Guide for more information.

You can create a report type that is different from the standard report types.

Vehicle Types ancillary data is used to create and categorize the different kinds of vehicles at your site.

Each transit site whether a single agency or with multiple agencies must create Agency ancillary data before using FX.

Sign-up periods define the length of time over which a schedule applies. These are often seasonal.

The Set Mode feature enables you to load the information for the agency, line, division, service, sign-up period, and exception combination for which you are performing FX tasks. This is also referred to as setting the context.

You can change the layout of all address boxes or individual address boxes.

This is the best method to use when you have the exact and complete address information at hand and you need to manually type and geocode it into the system.

You can geocode an address by defining a street and its closest intersecting street.

This method is used, for example, when you need to send a vehicle to a recently developed location in the city that is not yet recognized in the map.

You can geocode the stop to indicate where it is located in a segment – on the left, center or right side of the road from the perspective of point A (origin).

The Address Info dialog shows address field labels for typed values.

The Address Matcher dialog has two display areas and a status bar.

The Batch Geocoder is a tool that allows you to geocode groups of addresses previously typed into the system at one time.

The system map allows you to view address locations in relation to their street, city, or other geocoded locations.

A reference short description answers the questions of what things are, what they do, what they are used for.

Map properties determine the way the system matches an address to be geocoded against information within the database, and the visual layout of the system map on the screen and on printout.

Resizing the system map allows you make the map bigger on the screen or to make it smaller so that you can view more information in the other panes.

Changing the level of detail on the map allows you to see the entire map or to view areas on a map more closely.

You can access Map features through the Map menu and the main toolbar.

Map settings can be viewed for screens or printing.

To make sure Google Maps is displayed properly on your screen, configure the applicable properties.

With the Route Definition screen open, you can view route and pattern traces, stops and nodes on the different tabs.

When adding pattern traces, you can either add a pattern trace based on the line trace or draw the trace freehand.

You can add the pattern trace on the Google Map using the Line Trace option.

You can add deadhead traces on Google Maps.

The types of exceptions in Trapeze FX are:

You can add exceptions to trips to operate under specific conditions.

If required, you can edit the added exceptions.

You can delete existing exceptions that are no longer required.

An exception combination is a set of exceptions that operate together on specific days within a sign-up period. You must create exception combinations to anticipate scheduling realities.

You can set an exception combination from the Exception Combo dropdown list in the Set Mode dialog. As a result, only trips with exceptions compatible with the selected exception combination appear in the Trips grids of the Trip Building screen.

If you use exceptions, make sure that you have identified the trips with exceptions before blocking. Creating blocks with trips with exceptions involves blocking the base exception trips first and then blocking the trips with other exceptions using the Blocking tool.

The first step when runcutting blocked pieces that contain exceptions is to select an exception combination that is going to be used for cutting the base set of runs. Based on your site requirements and data, this important choice depends on:

When you runcut in FX, rostering only works with the exception runs based on the exception combination set as the default. Rostering recognizes only one exception combination.

Comments ancillary data properties allow you to filter and view all existing comments.

Use the Comments ancillary data to view, and edit all existing comments at once. Comments are not created here but in other task screens.

Create types of comments for your site in order to further refine the application of comments and comment search functionality.

You can edit the content and appearance of comments in your Trapeze Workstation.

In the Route Definition screen, comments can be added to patterns on the Patterns tab directly in the Comments column of the Patterns grid, or Using the Turn List feature.

Using the Turn List feature, you can apply comments to patterns and stop patterns.

Previously written comments can be applied to trips through the Trip Building Edit dialog.

Using the comments tab, you can apply previously defined comments to new trips.

In the Blocking screen, comments can be created and added to designated blocks, and users.

In the Blocking screen comments can be created and added to garages associated with a block.

FX Copy is a utility that enables you to copy a whole or partial sign-up period of existing schedule data to a new sign-up period.

FX Clone is a utility that allows you to select data from one sign-up period and copy the data into a blank or empty data source.

FX Delete is used to delete specific services and lines, service groups and line groups, and/or division-related data for the active sign-up period.

FX Tools helps automate the scheduling processes

The Stop To Node tool enables you to replace a stop associated with a node on a given route with another stop.

The Transfer Tool identifies trips containing transfer points where routes intersect. The tool helps determine if the trip times give passengers enough time to transfer the trips to which they want to connect.

The Single Track Tool dialog allows you to view rail trips on a single track over a specific time period in a histogram.

The Interlining tool is useful when you want to interline a specific trip which may constitute of a small block or a line with another line. Interlining is used if it is allowed by your transit site policy and the union agreement.

The Run Times tool is used for comparing run times between selected nodes in the lines to which they belong and making sure that their run times are consistent throughout the system.

The Trips/Blocks Graph tool provides you the graphical representation that you see when you select Profile in the Trip Building and Blocking screen menus.

The Single Track Graph tool is used in rail transit.

The Blocking tool enables to check and assign or reassign garage pull-out or pull-ins to your Blocked data. This is useful with exception data.

The Graphical Runcutting tool allows you to perform runcutting with the use of graphical representation of the blocks.

Use the Run Cutting Tool to view the various types of runs according to service group and division and to force a run into a particular run type.

The table lists the checkboxes in each of the panes in the FX Data Integrity Check dialog.

The Total Statistics tool shows you the summary of statistics of the trips in your current context.

The Spatial Data Export tool is used to export spatial (map-related) fixed route data to a specified format.

The Yard Balancing Tool allows you to determine the number of cars and trains that pull out and pull in from a yard or garage for a service group and line group during a specific sign-up period.

Setting up the Extended FX Data Tools is a required step that determines how you use the tool through customization.

In the FX Data tool you can automatically create pattern and line traces for selected services and lines.

The Delete Unused Line Traces tool is used to remove trace segments that are not used by the pattern traces of the selected lines.

The Calculating Patter Distances tool is used to calculate the pattern distances of selected lines.

The Extract Stop Patterns tool is used to extract node patterns from the services and lines that you want and apply them to stop patterns.

The Calculate Stop Pattern Distances option is used calculate the stop pattern distances of the lines and services you want.

The Extract and Calculate Stop Trips tool is used to create stop trips and calculate their time for the lines and services you want.

The Compute Stop Trips tool is used to compute Stop trips for traveler information products that have a real-time component.

The Build Clock Layover tool is used to determine if there are mid-trip layovers and for the schedule adherence to be updated accordingly for Traveler Information products that have a real-time component.

The Set Destination Sign Tool is used to create the initial destination signs that indicate a vehicle's line and points of destination associated with a pattern.

The Polygon Buffering option allows you to create buffers around lines or patterns. A buffer is an area of specified distance around a point or a line.

The Updated Trace map tool converts XY coordinates to match longitudes and latitudes.

The Extract Run Times tool can be used on multiple services and lines to create blocks between sign-up periods, in a similar manner as the Extract tab on the Run Times Edit dialog in Trip Building.

The In Service Stop feature is used to filter the stops that are in use or not by sign-up period.

The In Service Nodes feature is used to determine which nodes are in use and those which are not by sign-up period.

The Replace Garage Deadheads with Trips tool is used to change garage (pull-out/pull-in) deadheads into trips before runcutting.

The Create Pattern Turn Lists tool creates pattern turn lists and saves them as pattern comments for all or selected lines.

The Polygon Buffering tool allows you to create buffers around lines or patterns.

QR (Quick Response) Codes are used with bus stops data that is provided to passengers for real-time schedule information.

The Link Line to Previous Signup option updates the transfer values of the selected lines with those of the lines that have the same stop abbreviations in a previous sign-up period.

You can add supplementary fields to most of the main screens using the Supplementary Data Manager.

You can modify supplementary fields using the options provided you have Write access.

Editing the values of the supplementary data in the various screens is performed in various ways. The fields may be edited using an editing tool, in the dialoges where they were first created using the Edit feature, or changed directly on the screen.

Supplementary data that you have defined can be shown on the right section of the grid.

You can view log reports of the different FX activities.