Properties and options of signal controllers

Unique number of the signal controller

The signal controllers are numbered consecutively. The preset number can be overwritten by a number that has not yet been assigned in the network.

Code of the signal controller

Note

The option is not provided if you have selected the signal control type RBC.

Name of the signal controller

Note

The option is not provided if you have selected the signal control type RBC.

Cycle time duration

Note

The option is not provided if you have selected the signal control type RBC.

Use the drop-down list to specify the control type of the signal controller.

• Vissig - signal group-based

The control of the signal controller is based on signal groups.

• Vissig - stage-based

The control of the signal controller is based on stages to which signal groups are allocated.

• RBC

The control of the signal controller is edited with the RBC editor (Editing signal controllers of the type RBC).

Note

This type is only available with the RBC controllers add-on.

• Epics/Balance local

The control of the signal controller is edited with the external Epics/Balance program.

Note

This type is only available with the PTV Epics/Balance data provision add-on.

Allocate the desired signal program to the signal controller (Managing signal programs).

You cannot select a signal program for RBC type signal controllers.

For signal controllers of the Vissig - stage-based type, you can enter the desired number of stages when inserting the signal controller.

The list displays all nodes that are allocated to the signal controller.

The list displays all nodes that are not allocated to the signal controller.

Note

You can only allocate nodes to a signal controller that are not yet allocated to a signal controller. To remove an allocation, you have to access and edit the signal controller of the desired node in the Junction editor (Editing a signal controller in the junction editor).

Use the button to allocate the nodes selected on the right to the signal controller.

Use the drop-down list to specify whether and how you want to execute a signal cycle and split optimization the signal controller (Fundamentals: Signal time optimization).

• None

No optimization method is used.

• Green time

Only the green time (signal split) is optimized.

• Cycle time and green time

The signal cycle and split (green time) are optimized.

Note

The option is not provided if you have selected the signal control type RBC.

Minimum cycle time in seconds

Note

The option is not provided if you have selected the signal control type RBC.

Maximum cycle time of the control

Note

The option is not provided if you have selected the signal control type RBC.

Use the drop-down list to specify the desired intergreen method for the optimization.

• Intergreen matrix

If this option has been selected, the intergreen matrix will be used for optimization (Intergreens button).

• Amber and allred

If this option has been selected, the amber and allred time will be used for optimization.

Note

The option is only provided if you have selected the signal control type RBC.

The button opens a window with a matrix in which you can specify the intergreens of the signal groups (Managing intergreen matrices).

Notes

The option is only provided if you have selected the signal control type RBC.

An empty entry in the split time matrix means "without conflict", an entry 0 means conflict with split time 0.

Intergreen in seconds which is used for optimization if the intergreen matrix is empty (Optimizing signal cycle and split times)

Note

The option is only provided if you have selected the signal control type RBC.

Level of Service of the signal controller

Note

This value is calculated during the optimization (Signal timing optimization and coordination).

Number of the coordination group the signal controller is allocated to (Managing signal coordination groups).

If this option is selected, the signal controller is the reference signal controller for the optimization of the offset of a signal coordination group. After the offset optimization, this signal controller has the offset 0. If there are several reference signal controllers in a signal coordination group, the signal controller with the smallest number is the reference signal controller.

Enter the desired name for the file or generate a generic name using the Generate file name button.

Use the button to create an automatically generated name for the file.

Tip

Alternatively, you can generate file names for all marked Signal controllers in the signal controllers list using the shortcut menu item Create file names.

The display on this tab depends on your calendar settings (Selecting a calendar ).

Use the drop-down list to set the desired daily signal program list for the signal controller for each calendar day or weekday.

Note

You create daily signal program lists in the signal controller editor Vissig. The window opens via the Edit signal program data button on the Basis tab.