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:

Defining a signal controller with frequency (Defining a signal controller with frequency)
Defining signal groups of the signal controller (Defining signal groups in the signal controller editor)
Editing default signal sequences and signal states of signal groups (Editing signal groups)
Defining intergreens (Defining an intergreen matrix)
Editing intergreens (Editing intergreen matrices)
Defining and editing stages (Defining and editing stages)
Assigning stages to signal groups and selecting a default intergreen matrix (Editing stage assignment)
Creating stage sequences, interstages, and signal group-based (also known as “phase-based”) signal programs (Editing stage sequence). Using the Vissig add-on module, you may also define stage-based signal programs.
Defining signal programs (Defining signal programs)
Editing signal programs (Editing signal programs)
Editing the interstages created (Editing interstages)
Defining daily signal program lists (Defining and editing daily signal program lists)

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)

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.

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.

Superordinate topic:

Modeling signal controllers

Information on editing:

Making global settings in the signal controller editor

Defining a signal controller with frequency

Defining signal groups in the signal controller editor

Editing signal groups

Defining an intergreen matrix

Editing intergreen matrices

Importing intergreen values from Excel

Defining and editing stages

Editing stage assignment

Editing stage sequence

Defining signal programs

Editing signal programs

Editing interstages

Defining and editing daily signal program lists

Detecting inconsistent planning

Exporting data from the signal controller editor