Using Balance-Central signal control procedures

Note: You need a license for the signal control procedure.

The Balance-Central signal control procedure allows you to simulate adaptive signal control using real time traffic data and thus also enables you to simulate adaptive network control.

An example and information on Balance-Central in English can be found in the directory ..\Examples\Examples Training\Signal Control\UTC - Workflow PTV Balance PTV Epics.

1.  When you define a signal controller, in the Type list, click Balance-Central.

2.  Open the Controller configuration tab.

3.  Make the desired changes.

Element	Description
Parameters button	Showing Balance Central-parameters. You can change the parameters and save them to the Balance.ini file. After making changes, you can save the file to the default directory ..\Users\Public\Public Documents\PTV Vision\PTV Vissim 2022 or another directory of your choice.
Network data	*.anm file with abstracted network model data
Demand data	*.anmroutes file with volumes and routes
Balance Central parameters	Specify path to an *.ini file that contains Balance-Central parameters. Click the Parameters button to display the parameters in the file.