2006 Thomas - What are these?

[Mikey_HD]

A church where I help with the vehicles recently acquired a 2006 Thomas Freightliner C2 ex school bus. I am trying to eliminate some of the clutter. Can anyone tell me what these switches do? Are they needed?
One is a little silver push button with a green ring light flashing on/off. Pushing it does nothing.
The other is the red round button with the little red button.
The bus gad one of those precheck/post check systems with all those little discs located throughout the bus. A Zonar system. Not sure if it had anything to do with those unknown buttons.

Any help?

[brokedown]

A photo might help... But if it was originally a school bus there could be 2 switches that operated the flashers and stop sign.

[Mikey_HD]

My bad on the photo

[Danjo]

That little white one is the rocket launcher

[Mikey_HD]

I need to find out the launch code or stop in for a reload. Must be for the people that blow past the blinking stop signs.

[brokedown]

I don't recognize these buttons but hopefully someone who is familiar with the Freightliner models will chiume in.

[FAC]

Mine had an identical button ring light thingy that was hooked to the zonar when I got it, I don’t have a clue about the other one.

[Mikey_HD]

Thanks, that's half the battle

[banman]

Damn, saw this thread and was hoping for an answer -- oh well...

I too have the zonar and the round, white/silver button with the green illumination ring around it. I don't have the red button...

The green ring continues to flash for a while after shutting off the engine.
But nothings killed my batteries yet...

[Mikey_HD]

That’s good to know. Thanks. I’ll eventually be tracing it out when I look at removing things that have no purpose.

[banman]

Originally Posted by Mikey_HD

That’s good to know. Thanks. I’ll eventually be tracing it out when I look at removing things that have no purpose.

Please post what you find...

And what is this zonar anyway...?
(I know it's a tracker but what are the individual discs and can I just rip them off the bus or...?)

[Mikey_HD]

From what I understand they are part of the precheck and postcheck for driving. I could be wrong but the driver would go around the bus to the various discs with a hand held device forcing them to go to each location to verify all is well and the bus is ready to drive.

[banman]

Originally Posted by Mikey_HD

From what I understand they are part of the precheck and postcheck for driving. I could be wrong but the driver would go around the bus to the various discs with a hand held device forcing them to go to each location to verify all is well and the bus is ready to drive.

Crazy! Like the night watchman's clock/punch at all the doors on the route?!

Mine must already be bypassed 'cause the bus can move...

[PNW_Steve]

Originally Posted by banman

Crazy! Like the night watchman's clock/punch at all the doors on the route?!

Mine must already be bypassed 'cause the bus can move...

The Zonar equipped buses that I have worked on have not had an ignition interlock. The gizmo that the drivers carried stored time, date and which thingy that was scanned.

Forgive the technical jargon.

At the end of the day they would put the Zonar scanner into the cradle in the office recharge and download the data.

Not to say that they all work that way. Just the ones I have tinkered with.

[banman]

Originally Posted by PNW_Steve

The Zonar equipped buses that I have worked on have not had an ignition interlock. The gizmo that the drivers carried stored time, date and which thingy that was scanned.

Forgive the technical jargon.

At the end of the day they would put the Zonar scanner into the cradle in the office recharge and download the data.

Not to say that they all work that way. Just the ones I have tinkered with.

Thanks PNW!

Mikey_HD -- sorry to have hijacked the thread a bit...