Editing signal times

In the signal timing view, the wide green bars indicate the green times, the thin red ones the red times. You can edit the signal times of signal group-based and stage-based controllers in the lower area of the junction editor as follows.

1. Make sure that the Signal timing view is selected in the Views window.

The lower window displays the signal times. Each row corresponds to a signal group.

2. Make the desired changes.

Element	Description
Name	Assign a name for the signal plan if required.
Intergreens	Select the desired intergreen matrix for the signal group. You create these beforehand in the signal controller editor (Creating an intergreen matrix)
Cycle time	Enter the desired cycle time in seconds.
Offset	Enter the desired offset in seconds. Note The entire signal plan will then be postponed by the entered time.
Switch point	If required, enter a time at which to switch to another signal program.

3. If necessary, make further settings via the shortcut menu or edit the controller in the signal controller editor Vissig (Editing signal controllers in the signal controller editor Vissig).

The following settings are available via the shortcut menu of the Signal timing view:

Adjusting the column display

You can edit the display of the items as follows.

1. Right-click in the lower section of the Signal timing view.

A shortcut menu opens.

2. Select the Edit columns entry.

A window opens.

3. Select the items that you want to display as columns.

4. Confirm with OK.

All selected items are displayed as columns.

Setting the signal times display

There are three display options for the signal times.

1. Right-click in the lower section of the Signal timing view.

A shortcut menu opens.

2. Under Appearance, select the desired entry.

Element	Description
Classic	The signal times are displayed classically.
3d tubes	The signal times are displayed as 3d tubes.
3d boxes	The signal times are displayed as 3d boxes.

The signal times are displayed as desired.

Resize automatically

The display of the signal groups adjusts automatically to the window size, even if it is changed.

1. Right-click in the lower section of the Signal timing view.

A shortcut menu opens.

2. Select the Resize automatically entry.

The display of the window size is adjusted automatically.

Show entire signal program

In the lower section of the Signal timing view, you can display all existing signal times of the selected node or main node and expand the display to the entire section.

1. Right-click in the lower section of the Signal timing view.

A shortcut menu opens.

2. Select the Show entire signal program entry.

All signal times are displayed and adjusted to the size of the display.

Note: You can change the height of the individual rows by dragging the borders of the row headers up or down.

Editing signal times in the graphics

You can edit the signal times of signal groups directly in the graphics.

1. Right-click in the lower section of the Signal timing view.

A shortcut menu opens.

1. Select the Edit signal states entry.

2. Click the desired row of the signal program.

3. Move the mouse over the signal states of the selected row.

Depending on the location, the mouse pointer has a different form.

Element	Description
	If a hand is displayed, you can shift the entire signal state while holding down the mouse key.
	If arrows are displayed, you can shift the start time or end time of the signal state while holding down the mouse key.

Notes: You can only shift signal states with a variable duration. You cannot shift signal states with a fixed duration (amber states) on their own.

As long as a signal state is shifted, reserve times are indicated by a green background and intergreen violations are indicated by an orange background.

4. Make the desired changes.

Notes: You can also edit the signal states individually in the table to the right of the graphics. You can also overwrite standard times.

If you move the mouse over the signal times column, you can shift the entire signal program while holding down the mouse key.

Stretching or compressing signal programs

You can stretch or compress a signal program.

1. Right-click in the lower section of the Signal timing view.

A shortcut menu opens.

2. Select Stretch/Compress entry.

3. Move the mouse over the labels of the time axis of the signal program.

The mouse pointer changes into a double arrow.

4. Stretch or compress the signal program as follows.

Element	Description
	Compressing a signal program: If you move the mouse within the axis labels to the left while holding down the left mouse key, the signal program is compressed. The section highlighted in red is cut out.
	Stretching a signal program: If you move the mouse within the axis labels to the right while holding down the left mouse key, the signal program is stretched. The duration of the section highlighted in green is inserted at the beginning of the section highlighted in green.
	Note If the marked section is gray, you cannot stretch or compress the signal program, because at least one minimum duration is violated.

Allocating lane turns

You can edit the allocation of selected signal groups as follows.

1. Right-click the row of the signal group whose lane turn you want to edit.

A shortcut menu opens.

2. Select the Edit lane turns entry.

The Lane turns window opens.

3. Select the desired lane turns.

4. Confirm with OK.

The signal group is allocated to the selected lane turns.

Allocating crosswalks

You can edit the allocation of selected crosswalks as follows.

1. Right-click the row of the signal group whose crosswalks you want to edit.

A shortcut menu opens.

2. Select the Edit crosswalks entry.

The Crosswalks window opens.

3. Select the desired crosswalks.

4. Confirm with OK.

The signal group is allocated to the selected crosswalks.

Adding a signal group

You can add further signal groups to the displayed signal program.

1. Right-click in the lower section of the Signal timing view.

A shortcut menu opens.

2. Select the Add signal group entry.

The Create signal group window opens.

3. Make the desired settings (Creating a signal group).

4. Confirm with OK.

The signal group is inserted.

Deleting a signal group

You can delete signal groups from the signal program.

1. Right-click the signal group that you want to delete.

A shortcut menu opens.

2. Select the Delete signal group entry.

The signal group is deleted.

Creating stages

You can create stages for stage-based controllers for nodes.

Tip: Alternatively, you can use stage templates (Generating stages from templates).

3. On the Junction editor toolbar, click the Create stage symbol.

The Create stage window opens.

4. Make the desired changes.

Element	Description
Number	Unique number of the stage
Name	Name of the stage
Duration	Duration of the stage

5. Confirm with OK.

The stage is inserted.

Reading stage templates

Instead of creating stages and signal groups manually, you can use predefined stage templates (Generating stages from templates). These can be read additively in *.net format.

1. From the File menu, choose Open file > > Network.

The Open network window opens.

Notes: The predefined stage templates are contained in the ...\PTV Visum 2022\Data\Signal_Templates folder of your Visum installation directory.

The names of the stage template files are Signaltemplateslefthandtraffic.net and Signaltemplatesrighthandtraffic.net.

2. Select the desired file.

3. Click the Open button.

The Read network window opens.

4. Read the network additively (Reading network data additively).

The network data is read in.

Note: You can edit the standard data under Network > Stage templates.

Click the Delete button to delete stage templates from the list.

Generating stages from templates

Instead of creating stages and signal groups manually, you can use predefined stage templates. Predefined stage templates ease the definition of a signal-controlled junction or main node (Fundamentals: Signalization).

1. From the Junction editor menu, choose Use stage template.

The Create stages from template window opens.

2. Make the desired changes.

Element	Description
Number of stages	Specify the desired number of stages Note If, for example, you enter a 4, only stages with four stages will be displayed.
Template	Select a stage template (Reading stage templates)
Reference link	Select a reference link for the template Tip Use the and buttons to switch to the previous or next link of the node.
Stage reference	Use the drop-down list to specify the order of the stages.

3. Confirm with OK.

The stages are generated based on the selected template.