Using SC type Railway Crossing

You can allocate the type Railway Crossing to a signal controller. This allows you to create a simple traffic-actuated control for aRailway Crossing without having to program the necessary run control yourself. Vissim allocates two signal groups of the type Standard and a defined signal sequence (Modeling signal controllers) to the signal control of the type Railway Crossing.

1.  On the Signal Control menu, click > Signal Controllers.

The Signal Controllers list opens.

The attribute and attribute values of this network object type are shown in the list on the left, which consists of two coupled lists.

2.  In the list, on the toolbar, click the Add button .

A new row with default data is inserted.

The Signal Controller window opens.

3.  In the Type field, select Railway Crossing .

4.  In the upper section, enter the desired basic attributes (Attributes of SC).

5.  Confirm with OK.

6.  Save the network file *.inpx.

You can edit the attributes in the attributes list (Attributes of SC).

7.  Insert a new signal head at the desired position at the railway crossing (Defining signal heads).

8.  In the attributes of this signal head or the SC Signal Group, select the signal controller of the type Railway Crossing you defined.

9.  Insert a new detector at the desired position of the railway crossing (Defining detectors).

10.  In the attributes of this detector for the SC, select the signal controller of the type Railway Crossing you defined.