This Function shall be capable of providing the following facilities:<br/><br/>(1) The ability to collect data from sensors and other functionality on-board the PT Vehicle, including Vehicle parameters, numbers of PT Passengers currently on-board, PT Vehicle alarms, notification of unusual passenger activity and notification of an incident from Passengers on-board the PT Vehicle. <br/>(2) The ability to forward the PT Vehicle alarms and incidents to the Provide Safety and Emergency Facilities functionality and send the response to other functionality.<br/>(3) Send the collected PT Vehicle data to other functionality for processing.<br/>(4) Send PT Vehicle data plus details of alarms and their responses to the PT Driver interface functionality.<br/>(5) Also send alarms raised by PT Passengers to the Emergency Operator as these may be indication of some form of civil disturbance on-board a PT Vehicle.<br/>(6) Support for data and interchange with the PT Vehicle.<br/>
(a) continuously monitor for the arrival of input data flows from the PT Vehicle consisting of equipment messages and alarms and internal images of the PT Vehicle, plus data from which the PT Vehicle can determine its location;<br/>(b) if necessary notify alarm occurrences provided by the data flows in (a) to the PT Driver, and to other functionality within the Manage Public Transport Operations and Emergency Services Functional Areas, including the PT vehicle location where necessary;<br/>(c) also send any alarms raised by PT Passengers in the PT Vehicle to the Emergency Operator in case this is a sign of some form of civil disturbance;<br/>(d) send real-time data about the PT Vehicle to the Collect PT Vehicle Data function in the PT vehicle real-time data flow(s) as a result of (b) await arrival of data flows containing details about emergency interventions;<br/>(e) when the data flow in (e) arrives send it to the Provide PT Passenger Vehicle Alarm Facility function in the passenger alarm acknowledgement data flow and to the PT Driver in the vehicle data and alarms for driver data flow.<br/>