Opening and using the signal controller editor

You configure and edit signal controllers of the fixed time type in the SC editor.

To do so, you can make the following settings:

If you have added a signal controller, you must save the network file *.inpx to open the signal controller editor.

Notes:  

  • When in Vissim you edit data that is saved to external files, Vissim does not provide the  Undo function for any previously selected commands.
  • If you use the SC editor to make changes during a simulation run, you cannot close it and save the changes.

Opening the signal controller editor

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

The Signal Controllers list opens. The defined signal controllers are displayed (Defining signal controllers and signal control procedures).

2.  Right-click the entry of your choice.

3.  From the shortcut menu, choose Edit controller data.

The Signal controller editor opens.

User interface of the signal controller editor

The user interface of the signal controller editor is divided into the following areas:

Element Description

Title bar

Program name, number of the selected signal controller

Menu bar

It is operated using the mouse or hotkeys. Menu entries contain graphic notes on submenus or windows:

  • ►  The symbol indicates a subordinate submenu.

" ..." Three points stand for a subordinate window.

Toolbar

Control elements for control and editing

Scroll bars

Scroll window content horizontally or vertically

Navigator in section on the left

List of available parameter pages for the currently selected signal controller. With the Vissig add-on module, you can also edit stages and daily signal program lists.

  • Button < above the Navigator: Closes the pane with the view of the tree structure. A vertical label opens which specifies the parameter page on which the cursor was when it was closed.
  • Button >: Opens the Navigator again on the specified parameter page.

Parameters in section on the right

Parameters for defining and editing the signal controller (Defining a signal controller with frequency)

Menus in the signal controller editor

File menu

Element / Hotkey Description

Import

Select configuration file *.sig, import supply data into the attribute internal supply data and save it when the *.inpx network file is saved

Export

  • to an Excel workbook
  • to a *.pua file with interstages in text format for VAP
  • to a *.sig file for import into Vissim version prior to 2022

Check

Check for inconsistent planning (Detecting inconsistent planning)

Exit

Alt+X

Close the signal controller editor

Edit menu

Element / Hotkey Description

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Cancels the last action. Each executed step can be undone.

Redo

Ctrl+Y

Redoes the last undone action. Each step can be restored.

Options…

General Settings (Common, Optimizations, View and Export) (Making global settings in the signal controller editor)

Toolbar in the signal controller editor

Depending on the entry in the Navigator and the selected editing view, you can execute functions with the following icons:

Icon Description Hotkeys

Back to the Signal Controller window

 

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Redo

Ctrl+Y

Back in View

 

Forward in View

 

New

 

Duplicate

 

Edit

 

Delete

 

Signal states for default sequence

State

Signal state

Red

Red-amber

Green

Amber

Flashing Green

Flashing Amber

Off

Signal state sequences

The signal state sequence defines the following for each signal state:

  • Permitted state or blocked state
  • Fixed or variable duration
  • Time horizon
  • Minimum duration of the signal state in the default sequence. The minimum duration is predefined and can be changed for each signal group.

State

Signal state sequence

Green

Fixed Duration

Minimum Duration

Permanent Red

 

 

 

Permanent Green

x

 

 

Red-Red/Amber-Green-Amber

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

x

 

5

 

 

3

 

Red-Green

 

 

1

 

x

 

5

Red-Red/Amber-Green-Flashing Green-Amber

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

x

 

5

 

x

4

 

 

 

3

 

Red-Green-Flashing Green

 

 

1

 

x

 

5

 

x

4

 

Red-Green-Amber

 

 

1

 

x

 

5

 

 

3

 

Off (Flashing Amber)

 

 

 

Off (Off)

 

 

 

Changes are saved when you exit the SC editor.

If you use the SC editor to make changes, they are automatically cached and applied when you exit the SC editor.