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Operator's Manual

Road Reporter

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INTERNATIONAL ROAD DYNAMICS INC.

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Operator's Manual

Road Reporter

Part No. 69046201

Revision C

Date: 11/21/2014

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1-1

2.0 MAIN WINDOW ................................................................................................................ 2-1

2.1 TITLE BAR ...................................................................................................................... 2-1

2.2 MENU BAR ...................................................................................................................... 2-2

2.3 TOOL BAR ...................................................................................................................... 2-2

2.4 DATA AREA..................................................................................................................... 2-2

2.5 STATUS BAR ................................................................................................................... 2-3

3.0 FILE MENU ...................................................................................................................... 3-4

3.1 NEW ............................................................................................................................... 3-4

3.2 LOAD .............................................................................................................................. 3-6

3.3 DELETE .......................................................................................................................... 3-7

3.4 SAVE .............................................................................................................................. 3-7

3.5 SAVE AS ......................................................................................................................... 3-8

3.6 EXTRACT ........................................................................................................................ 3-8

3.6.1 PV Data................................................................................................................. 3-8

3.6.2 Monthly ................................................................................................................. 3-9

3.7 SETUP .......................................................................................................................... 3-11

3.7.1 General Tab ........................................................................................................ 3-11

3.7.2 Directories Tab ................................................................................................... 3-14

3.7.3 Communications Tab .......................................................................................... 3-15

3.7.4 Recorder Options Tab ........................................................................................ 3-18

3.7.5 Printer/Screen Options Tab ................................................................................ 3-20

3.7.6 Data Options Tab ................................................................................................ 3-20

3.7.7 WIM Attributes Tab ............................................................................................. 3-23

3.8 CLOSE .......................................................................................................................... 3-24

3.9 EXIT ............................................................................................................................. 3-24

4.0 INTERFACE MENU .......................................................................................................... 4-1

4.1 TRAFFIC A.C.E. .............................................................................................................. 4-1

4.2 T.R.S. ............................................................................................................................ 4-2

4.2.1 Data Source .......................................................................................................... 4-2

4.2.2 Command Buttons ................................................................................................ 4-4

4.3 AUTO POLL ................................................................................................................... 4-12

4.3.1 Start Period 1 ...................................................................................................... 4-13

4.3.2 Start Period 2 ...................................................................................................... 4-13

4.3.3 General ............................................................................................................... 4-13

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4.3.4 Print Log ............................................................................................................. 4-13

4.3.5 Date Range ......................................................................................................... 4-14

4.3.6 Command Buttons .............................................................................................. 4-14

4.4 ANDROID / PDA ............................................................................................................ 4-14

4.5 MODULE ....................................................................................................................... 4-16

4.6 TRACKER ...................................................................................................................... 4-17

4.6.1 All Data ............................................................................................................... 4-17

4.6.2 Select Data ......................................................................................................... 4-18

4.6.3 Program .............................................................................................................. 4-19

4.6.4 Erase Memory .................................................................................................... 4-19

4.6.5 Close/Stop .......................................................................................................... 4-20

4.7 241/ADR TRAFFIC COUNTER ........................................................................................ 4-20

4.7.1 Command Buttons .............................................................................................. 4-21

4.8 GK 5000 ...................................................................................................................... 4-22

4.9 GK DATA PORT ............................................................................................................ 4-23

4.10 DB-TDC-IMC .............................................................................................................. 4-24

4.11 IDC AUTO COUNT ......................................................................................................... 4-24

5.0 EDIT MENU ...................................................................................................................... 5-1

5.1 HEADER ......................................................................................................................... 5-1

5.1.1 Post Processing .................................................................................................... 5-2

5.1.2 Data Button ........................................................................................................... 5-3

5.2 SITE ............................................................................................................................... 5-4

5.2.1 Change All ............................................................................................................ 5-5

5.2.2 Print ....................................................................................................................... 5-5

5.2.3 Delete.................................................................................................................... 5-5

5.2.4 New / Edit ............................................................................................................. 5-6

5.3 ADD LANE ..................................................................................................................... 5-10

5.4 DELETE LANES ............................................................................................................. 5-11

5.5 APPEND FILE ................................................................................................................ 5-12

5.6 COPY SELECTED DATA .................................................................................................. 5-13

5.7 MERGE SITE DATA ........................................................................................................ 5-13

5.7.1 Delete.................................................................................................................. 5-13

5.7.2 New or Edit ......................................................................................................... 5-14

5.7.3 Merge Selected ................................................................................................... 5-14

5.7.4 Operation ............................................................................................................ 5-14

5.7.5 Log File ............................................................................................................... 5-15

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5.7.6 Merging More Sites ............................................................................................. 5-15

6.0 REPORT MENU ............................................................................................................... 6-1

6.1 REPORTS ....................................................................................................................... 6-1

6.1.1 File ........................................................................................................................ 6-1

6.1.2 Site ........................................................................................................................ 6-1

6.1.3 Multiple.................................................................................................................. 6-2

6.1.4 Data Types ........................................................................................................... 6-2

6.1.5 Time and Date ...................................................................................................... 6-2

6.1.6 Factors .................................................................................................................. 6-2

6.1.7 Save To CSV File ................................................................................................. 6-3

6.1.8 Report Interval ...................................................................................................... 6-3

6.1.9 Show On Screen ................................................................................................... 6-4

6.1.10 Customize ............................................................................................................. 6-5

6.2 GRAPHS ....................................................................................................................... 6-10

6.2.1 Data .................................................................................................................... 6-11

6.2.2 Interval ................................................................................................................ 6-11

6.2.3 Type .................................................................................................................... 6-11

6.2.4 Speed Stats ........................................................................................................ 6-11

6.2.5 Color Printing ...................................................................................................... 6-12

6.2.6 Send To Printer ................................................................................................... 6-12

6.2.7 Time and Date .................................................................................................... 6-12

6.2.8 Report File .......................................................................................................... 6-12

6.2.9 Data Types ......................................................................................................... 6-12

6.2.10 Customize ........................................................................................................... 6-12

7.0 OPTIONS MENU .............................................................................................................. 7-1

7.1 EXPORT .......................................................................................................................... 7-1

7.1.1 File ........................................................................................................................ 7-2

7.1.2 Site ........................................................................................................................ 7-2

7.1.3 Select Files ........................................................................................................... 7-2

7.1.4 Time and Date ...................................................................................................... 7-2

7.1.5 Format................................................................................................................... 7-2

7.1.6 Exporting ............................................................................................................... 7-4

7.2 VERIFICATION RULES ...................................................................................................... 7-5

7.2.1 Volume .................................................................................................................. 7-5

7.2.2 Classification ......................................................................................................... 7-6

7.2.3 Speed.................................................................................................................... 7-6

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7.2.4 Save ...................................................................................................................... 7-6

7.2.5 Manual Verify / Verify On Load ............................................................................. 7-6

7.2.6 Cancel ................................................................................................................... 7-6

7.3 DATA VERIFICATION ........................................................................................................ 7-7

7.3.1 File ........................................................................................................................ 7-7

7.3.2 Site ........................................................................................................................ 7-7

7.3.3 Select Files ........................................................................................................... 7-7

7.3.4 Set Rules .............................................................................................................. 7-8

7.3.5 Time and Date ...................................................................................................... 7-8

7.3.6 Running Manual Data Verification ........................................................................ 7-8

7.4 CLASS DISTRIBUTION ...................................................................................................... 7-9

7.5 ROTATE MATRIX ............................................................................................................. 7-9

8.0 HELP MENU ..................................................................................................................... 8-1

8.1 CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................... 8-1

8.2 SEARCH ......................................................................................................................... 8-1

8.3 CHECK FOR UPDATE ....................................................................................................... 8-2

8.4 ABOUT ........................................................................................................................... 8-2

9.0 COMMON OPERATIONS ................................................................................................ 9-1

9.1 FILE EXPLORER .............................................................................................................. 9-1

9.2 EDITING THE DATA TABLE ................................................................................................ 9-2

9.2.1 Changing Values .................................................................................................. 9-2

9.2.2 Selecting Multiple rows ......................................................................................... 9-3

9.2.3 Copying Data ........................................................................................................ 9-4

9.2.4 Deleting Rows ....................................................................................................... 9-4

9.3 DATA DOWNLOADING ...................................................................................................... 9-4

9.4 PROGRAM DEVICE .......................................................................................................... 9-5

9.4.1 General Tab .......................................................................................................... 9-6

9.4.2 Data Type Tab ...................................................................................................... 9-9

9.4.3 Layout Tab .......................................................................................................... 9-11

9.4.4 Weigh Tab .......................................................................................................... 9-14

9.4.5 Time Tab ............................................................................................................. 9-17

9.4.6 Sensors Tab ....................................................................................................... 9-18

9.4.7 Classification Tab ............................................................................................... 9-19

9.4.8 Peaks Tab ........................................................................................................... 9-20

9.5 TRS DIAGNOSTICS WINDOW ......................................................................................... 9-21

9.5.1 Sensors Tab ....................................................................................................... 9-22

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9.5.2 Communications Tab .......................................................................................... 9-25

9.5.3 Programming Tab ............................................................................................... 9-28

9.5.4 Dump Memory Tab ............................................................................................. 9-31

9.6 CLASSIFICATION EDITOR ............................................................................................... 9-32

A.0 HOW TO... ............................................................................................................................. A-1

B.0 SAMPLE REPORTS .............................................................................................................. B-1

C.0 ROAD REPORTER DEFAULT DATA FORMAT .................................................................. C-1

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

Road Reporter is a software package for configuring, polling, monitoring, and converting and reporting on data from various traffic data recording devices. While specifically targeted to IRD’s TRS, MiniTRS, Traffic ACE, Tracker and associated traffic data collection equipment, Road Reporter is designed to work with the standard PRN file format (see Appendix C – Road Reporter Default Data Format for more information).

While this manual has been prepared in a way that allows a user to get the software operating in a minimal capacity (refer to Appendix A - HOW TO...), it is highly recommended that the entire manual be reviewed before using the Road Reporter software, so if technical support is needed, you will be familiar with the operation of the whole program.

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2.0 MAIN WINDOW

When Road Reporter is started, a splash screen is displayed showing who the software is licensed to along with the Road Reporter version.

Wait 5 seconds for the splash screen to close automatically or click anywhere on the splash screen to close it immediately. The main window is displayed:

The main window has the following parts:

Title bar

Menu bar

Tool bar

Data area

Status Bar

2.1 TITLE BAR

The title bar shows the current software license:

The license is generally provided on a customer wide basis and is displayed in the main window title as well as on the top of each report.



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Note that various functionality is enabled and disabled based on the license provided.

2.2 MENU BAR

The menu bar provides access to all Road Reporter functions:

This manual is organized into sections describing the operations of the options in the menu bar:

Section 3.0 File Menu

Section 4.0 Interface Menu

Section 5.0 Edit Menu

Section 6.0 Report Menu

Section 7.0 Options Menu

Section 8.0 Help Menu

2.3 TOOL BAR

The tool bar contains icons for short cuts to commonly used functions:

The three traffic light icons are currently set to ACE, Module and TRS; these can be reconfigured in the Setup menu (refer to the General Tab under Setup, section 9.4.1) to allow access to other common devices.

2.4 DATA AREA

When a binned data file is loaded (refer to section 3.2), the data and some basic information appears in the data area as shown below:



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The data grid displays all the data from the loaded file. Several functions can be performed on the data in this area (refer to section 9.2 Editing the Data for more information).

2.5 STATUS BAR

The status bar at the bottom of the main window displays information about ongoing operations, such as the name of the currently loaded file:

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3.0 FILE MENU

The options under the File toolbar menu perform operations on traffic data files:

3.1 NEW

This menu option creates a new traffic data file and allows manual input of traffic count data into that file. This provides a method to manually enter data rather than downloading it from a traffic counter or importing an existing file. Select New from the File menu or use the toolbar icon:

and the File Limits dialog box will be displayed:

Enter the time range for the data to be created:.

Begin: Select the desired start month and day. Enter the start time.

End: Select the desired finish month and day. Enter the finish time. Note that the finish time can be set to 24:00 as the end of the day.

The values in the illustration above create a time range of 24 hours or 1 day, the 22nd of August (08/22).

The Begin date/time must be before the End value.

Cancel: cancels the manual creation of the new file and discards any entered values.

OK: stores the selected time range the created data will cover and opens the Data Layout window shown below:



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Currently, only volume, vehicle classification and turning direction files can be manually created.

Select the type of data by clicking the radio button under the Column Data header (no selections are available under Row Data or Selection Data).

Enter the number of lanes to be created at the site in the LANES field

If Volume type data selected, each bin will correspond to a lane and will contain the count for that lane.

If Class type data is selected, each bin corresponds to a vehicle class in a given lane and a bin contains the count of vehicles in that class for a select lane. 15 classes are assumed.

If Turning Direction is selected, then each bin corresponds to an intersection leg and a movement. The movements are Pedestrian or Right on Red, Right Turn, Thru, and Left Turn. Up to 4 intersection legs can be entered for a total of 16 bins. Each bin contains the count for a leg and movement.

Enter the length of the sampling intervals (in minutes) in the INTV LEN field.

The bin information in the bottom of the dialog is ignored.

Class Table – if a user defined vehicle classification table is to be used, click this button to open the dialog for setting the vehicle classes (refer to section 9.4.7.4 Edit User Class).

OK – saves the entered information and opens the File Header Edit dialog, which will appear with the title Create New File; see section 5.1 Header for more information.

Cancel – discards any information entered and exits the manual file creation process back to the main screen.



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3.2 LOAD

This menu option loads an existing file from the hard disk for viewing, editing and reporting.

Select Load from the File menu or use the toolbar icon:

and the Open File dialog box will be displayed:

On the left of the window are 3 boxes:

Directories (top): selects and displays the directory where the files are located. Double click on a directory to display its contents. If the selected director contains files of the type selected for display (see File Types below), the files will be listed in the table to the right. The selected directory is highlighted.

Drives (middle): displays and selects the storage drive where files are located.

File types (bottom): only files with the selected extension are displayed (select *.* to display all files).

To change to a new directory, first select the appropriate drive, then the appropriate directory. If the data is of a type different from the default, change the file extension to the desired type.

The file table on the right side of the window lists the files available in the selected directory. The following information is displayed for each file: File name, Date, Site Id, Site Ref, Data\Lane, Interval and Location. By clicking any of the column headers, the File table will be sorted by that column. Each time a header is clicked, the order will alternate between ascending and descending.

When the desired file has been selected, click Open or (double clicking on the file name to load the selected file . Click Cancel to return to the main window. While the file is loading, you will see the record numbers loading on the main screen. Should an error occur during the load of a file, a message box will be displayed describing the problem.



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The Details button refreshes the file information in the file grid. If Auto Refresh is not selected in the Setup dialog (see section 3.7.1 General Tab), then the Details button must be selected each time a new directory is selected.

3.3 DELETE

This menu option deletes one or more files.

Warning: Files deleted with this function are permanently deleted. They are not

moved to the Windows Recycle Bin. Use this utility carefully or use Windows

Explorer for deleting files.

Select Delete from the file menu; and the Delete Files dialog box will be displayed:

Select the files to be deleted, and then click Delete to remove the selected file(s) or Cancel to return to the main window. Should an error occur during the deletion of a file, a message box will display more information about the problem.

See section 9.1 File Explorer for more information on using the Delete Files dialog.

3.4 SAVE

This menu option saves a loaded file, including all data and header information after any header or data editing.

If Auto Backup is selected in the Setup dialog, a backup copy of the file will automatically be created with a “.bak” file extension; see section 3.7.1 General Tab for more information.

The Save function can also be accessed through the toolbar:

Warning: when the Save menu item is selected, the loaded file is immediately

saved. There are no user prompts or warnings.



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3.5 SAVE AS

This menu option saves a loaded file to the entered filename and selected directory.

Select Save As… from the file menu and the Save As dialog box will be displayed:

When the desired filename is entered and the drive and directory selected, select SAVE to store the loaded file or CANCEL to return to the main window.

If you plan to overwrite a file, it is strongly suggested to review the information in the Preview area of the window.

If the file already exists, the following dialog box will be displayed:

Select “Yes” to overwrite the existing file or “No” to cancel the operation.

Similar to the Save function, a backup copy of the file to be overwritten will automatically be created with a “.bak” file extension if Auto Backup is selected in the Setup dialog. See 3.7.1 General Tab for more information.

See section 9.1 File Explorer for more information on using the Save As dialog.

3.6 EXTRACT

There are two sub-options under the Extract option:

3.6.1 PV DATA

This menu option creates binned data files from Per Vehicle or WIM files containing individual vehicle records. The type of binned data and the interval length can be selected and the bins customized.



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From the File menu, select Extract –PV Data and the Data Layout dialog box will be displayed:

ReClassify – The vehicle classification scheme used to classify each vehicle in a PV or WIM file can be changed and the vehicles in the file reclassified using the new scheme. Use the Class Table button (described below) to open the classification table editor to modify the tables; once the new classification scheme has been completed, select this button to reclassify the current file.

Warning: Running ReClassify will permanently change the PV or WIM file.

Class Table – select this button to open the Classification Editor window to modify the vehicle classification table; the Classification Editor is described in detail in section 9.6.

OK – after entering the required parameters, select this button to create the new binned data file.

Cancel – terminates the process without creating a file and returns to the main window.

3.6.2 MONTHLY

This menu item converts data from daily PRN files of any data type (except PV or WIM) into a custom monthly volume file. The converted file(s) will be created in the Export directory defined in the Setup dialog on the Directories Tab (see section 3.7.2).

From the File menu, select Extract – Monthly and the Monthly File Conversion dialog box will be displayed:



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The selection table displays a list of all configured sites. Click the appropriate row in the Select column to deselect/select a site. By default all sites are selected.

In the area labeled Select Month, select the month and enter the Year for the data to be converted.

Press the CREATE button to create the custom monthly file.

If there are a large number of sites, the CREATE process may take a while. Progress will be indicated in the title bar as each site is processed. Upon completion of processing the data for each site, the site will be deselected.

To exit out of the window when complete or without doing anything (prior to processing), press Close.



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3.7 SETUP

This menu option customizes certain Road Reporter features. There are seven tabs under setup: General, Directories, Communications, Recorder Options, Printer/Screen Options, Data Options and WIM Attributes. The options available under each tab are described in the subsections below. Click on a tab to display the panel of options available for that tab.

Click the File menu and select the Setup option or the click the Setup icon in the tool bar:

to open the System Setup dialog box shown below.

Note: all changes (with one exception) become active immediately in the software

when OK is pressed. Background Off requires a restart of the software.

OK activates all changes made in any panel and returns to the main window.

Cancel discards all changes and returns to the main window.

3.7.1 GENERAL TAB

The General tab covers a number of general options.



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3.7.1.1 System File Format

Use the radio buttons in the System File Format to set the file format: PRN File Format, New Mexico File Format, Virginia File Format, Texas File Format and Indiana File Format. Whichever item is selected becomes the format in which the system will save and load data files.

By default, the PRN File Format is selected. It is recommended that this format be used unless one of the other formats is specifically required. A description of this data file format can be found in Appendix C.0 Road Reporter Default File Format.

3.7.1.2 Customize Toolbar

These items set the interface options displayed on the “traffic lights” shortcut icons of the main toolbar in Road Reporter:

The following types of traffic data recorders are available: ACE, TRS, AutoPoll, Android, Module, and Tracker.

3.7.1.3 General settings

The checkboxes in the center of the panel configure the settings for a number of general program parameters:

Auto Backup – if this option is selected, the system will automatically create a copy of the currently loaded file with a “.BAK” extension before the loaded file is saved.

Background Off – if this option is selected, the system will not display the background image in the main window. (The file with the background image is found in the Road Reporter installation directory in the file 244095.jpg which is 745 pixels wide and 495 pixels high. It can be replaced with any other jpeg file. If the file does not have these dimensions it will be stretched or cropped as necessary to fill the main window.)

Preview On – if this option is selected, the system will automatically display on the main screen a copy of the traffic data in the file whenever files are loaded or deleted.

System Metric – if this option is selected, the system will automatically display and report all data in metric format. If the option is not selected, all data is displayed and reported in US/Imperial Units.

Note: selecting metric here will affect only the displays and reports in Road Reporter;

the units in which data is recorded must be programmed into the recording

device, either directly at the device or through the Interface option in the Road

Reporter menus.



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Warning: the units displayed for real time data is controlled by a checkbox on the

Data Option tab and not by this System Metric setting; see section 3.7.6.1

Real Time Viewing.

Auto Refresh/Details – if this option is selected, the Load File dialog (section 3.2) will automatically refresh the files displayed in the file table anytime there is a directory change. If this item is not selected, the user must click the Details button on the Load File dialog box every time the directory changes and when the window first opens. If not selected, only filenames are displayed and no other details.

Report Header – if this option is selected, the system will store the extra report headers entered under the Customize dialog of Reports and Graphs; see section 6.1.10

Customize for more information

Store TRS Config – if this option is selected, the software will prompt the user for a filename each time a TRS is programmed from Road Reporter and then store the current programming parameters. This file can be loaded for re-use at a later time.

Interval Start Time On – if this option is selected, the software will display the start times for each interval in the main window data table rather than the end times. If changed, the currently loaded file must be reloaded for the start times to be displayed rather than the end times.

3.7.1.4 Polling

Three options are configurable to control actions during polling of data from sites:

TRS Erase/Continue – if this option is selected, during an AutoPoll session, the software will erase the TRS, then automatically restart the unit recording. If not selected, after issuing the Erase command, the TRS will stop recording data.

Merge Site Data – if this option is selected, following an AutoPoll session, the software will automatically perform merge site data according to the configuration of this function. See section 5.7 Merge Site Data for more information.

Zero Lane Counts – if this option is selected, following an AutoPoll session, the software will automatically zero lane counts in selected lanes according to the per site configuration. See section 5.2.4.1.3 Set Lanes To Zero Button for more information.

3.7.1.5 Labels And Descriptions

In several places throughout the software, some key fields exist. Use the fields in this area to change the labels on these fields. Up to 12 alphanumeric characters may be entered for each one.

Note: while the user can customize labels and descriptions, throughout this manual

they will be referred to by the default setting, in which the name is the same as

the title; e.g. the Site ID Label will be Site ID.

Site ID Label – this entry is directly associated with one of two description fields in a traffic recorder. Typically, this is the main identifier in the recorder and in the Road



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Reporter software; the Site ID must be unique except for Illinois (where Station Number must be unique).

Station # Label – this entry is directly associated with the other of the two description fields in a traffic recorder. Typically, this is the secondary identifier in the recorder and in the Road Reporter software; it may also be referred to as the Site Reference.

City Description – this entry is directly associated with the City field in the PRN file. Typically this is used to store the city in which the traffic count was collected. The label for this field can be customized for the reports and screen by entering a new label in the area provided.

County Description – this entry is directly associated with the County field in the PRN file. Typically, this is used to store the county in which the traffic count was collected. The label for this field can be customized for the reports and screen by entering a new label in the area provided.

Loc Description – this entry is directly associated with the Location field in the PRN file. Typically this is used to store the location in which the traffic count was collected. The label for this field can be customized for the reports and screen by entering a new label in the area provided.

3.7.2 DIRECTORIES TAB

The Directories tab configures a number of default directory and drive information parameters. Use the Browse buttons to select a new directory or enter the information directly in the fields.

Default Data Directory – the default folder for data files used in various locations throughout the software.



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Export Directory – unless otherwise mentioned, all data exports are written to this directory. See section 7.1 Export for more information.

Android/PDA Directory – the directory for the data files synchronized with ActiveSync from and Android device or a PDA.

Flash Drive Path – the drive or a directory containing data from a USB flash drive. This can point to either the directory containing the IRD_DATA folder or to the IRD_DATA folder itself. See section 4.2.1.2 Flash Drive for more information.

Reader Drive – identifies the drive assigned by Windows to a Data Card (also known as a PCMCIA Flash Drive or PCCard Flash Drive). Enter the drive letter which Windows has assigned to the drive. The best method to determine the drive letter is to insert the Data Card, and then use Windows Explorer to find the drive letter. Note that a colon “:” is not required, just the letter of the drive.

Default File Type – select the default file extension to be used in various locations when opening files.

3.7.3 COMMUNICATIONS TAB

This Communications tab changes the communications parameters for communicating with the MiniTRS, Tracker, TRS, ADR, GK 5000, DB Turning Movement Counters and 241 recorders. Parameters for direct connections, modem connections and network connections can be configured.

Note: the DIRECT CONNECTION Comm Port is the only setting required for the

Traffic ACE recorder and Data Module. All other communication parameters for

the Traffic ACE recorder and Data Module are automatic.



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3.7.3.1 Direct Connection

There are a number of common parameters for configuring a direct serial connection or a modem connection. They are described in this section.

Comm Port – select the serial com port for the device. If the serial port which should be selected is unknown, this is best determined by examining the Properties of the devices in the Windows Device Manager under Ports (COM & LPT). COM ports 1-16 are supported.

Note 1: USB to Serial Converters frequently change port numbers when inserted into a different USB connector.

Note 2: when using a direct USB connection to a MiniTRS Plus or TRS Plus, the connection will appear as a COM port similar to a USB to Serial Converter.

Baud Rate – this is the data transfer rate from the counter to the software for a direct connection. Rates between 300 and 115200 are available.

Parity – data integrity check bit. If unknown, select None.

Data Bits – the number of data bits used in coding the data stream. If unknown, select 8.

Stop Bits – the number of bits used to determine the end of a transfer stream. If unknown, select 1.

Time Out:



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Error Retrys – controls how many attempts the software will make on a single command to connect to a device.

Seconds – controls the timeout when waiting for a response from a device. Enter a value between 1 and 99 representing the number of seconds before a timeout will occur. A timeout of at least 8 seconds is recommended for ADR and 241 communications.

AutoWake – select this option to automatically wake up a TRS or MiniTRS when communicating with the device directly. The CDPD option must be enabled in the device for this functionality to operate correctly. See section 9.4.1.7 for more information on CDPD mode.

3.7.3.2 Modem Connection

Comm Port – select the serial com port for the modem. If the serial port which should be selected is unknown, this is best determined by examining the Properties of the devices in the Windows Device Manager under Ports (COM & LPT) or Modem. COM ports 1-16 are supported.

Note: USB to Serial Converters frequently change port numbers when inserted into a

different USB connector.

Baud Rate – this is the transfer rate between the software and the modem for a modem connection. Rates between 300 and 115200 are available.

Parity – data integrity check bit. If unknown, select None.

Data Bits – the number of data bits used in coding the data stream. If unknown, select 8.

Time Out

Error Retrys – controls how many attempts the software will make on a single command to connect to device.

Hangup Delay controls how long Road Reporter will wait after it ends communications with one site before auto polling the next site. This parameter is in seconds; default value is 5 seconds.

Recorder Delay – similar to the Seconds value described above, this controls the timeout when waiting for a response from a device over the modem. If numerous timeout errors are being reported when communicating with a device over a modem, increase this value. This parameter is in seconds; default value is 7 seconds.

Initialize

Two modem configuration strings are sent out to the local modem one following the other before dialing. Up to 30 characters can be entered for each string:

String 1 – enter a setup string which configures the modem to use no echo; verbose result codes including Busy and Dial tone; tracks the carrier detect (CD) signal; and uses a data terminal ready (DTR) transition to hang up and return to command mode. The following command string is recommended for most Hayes compatible modems:



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&FE0N0Q0X4&C1&D2.

Modem String 2 – supplemental space for entering a second modem configuration string.

3.7.3.3 Network Connection

Time Out – controls the timeout when waiting for a response from a device over a network connection. Enter a value between 1 and 99 representing the number of seconds before a timeout will occur. Depending on the network connection, a higher value may be required.

Error Retrys – controls how many attempts the software will make on a single command to establish a communications link with a device.

Default Port – enter the default network port to be used in various windows. The user is always given the option of changing the value when establishing a network connection.

3.7.4 RECORDER OPTIONS TAB

The Recorder Options tab configures various options related to data collection devices.

Use Single File – if this option is selected, the system will automatically default to creating a single file (instead of daily files) every time a file is downloaded if data is sequential in time, for the same site and of the same type, number of lanes and interval.

Omit First Intv – if this option is selected, each time a Traffic ACE count is dumped to the software the first interval is deleted from the data.



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TRS DST Off – if this option is selected, automatic daylight savings time adjustment will be turned off when programming a TRS or MiniTRS using Road Reporter. The device clock will not move ahead an hour in the Spring nor fall back an hour in the Fall.

TRS Id Swap – if this option is selected, each time a TRS or MiniTRS data file is read, the Site Id and Station # are swapped.

Allow Air Switch Config – select this option to allow configuration of air switch sensitivity in a TRS or MiniTRS during programming from Road Reporter. See section 9.4.6 Sensors Tab for more information.

ACE Date/Time – if this option is selected, each time a Traffic ACE counter is downloaded to Road Reporter, the start time and date are extracted from the Site ID which has been entered into the Traffic ACE. This start time and date are automatically used in the downloaded data file.

The Site ID should be programmed into the Traffic ACE as follows:

Month digits 1-2

Day digits 3-4

Hour digits 5-6

Minute digits 7-8

Site Id digits 9+

Use Tracker For Class – if this option is selected, each time a Tracker data file is read, the Road Reporter software will automatically convert the file to a Classification file with 15 classes.

TRS Unit ID – this entry is directly associated with the communications between Road Reporter and the MiniTRS and TRS recorders. The default is ‘1’ and should seldom be changed from this value. The purpose of this value is to assist with certain multiplexed communication connections. It can be modified to any number between 1 to 255. Contact IRD for more information on using multiplexed communications.

Warning: If communications are not operating properly, please check to make sure

this field is correct.

Edit User Class Editor – opens the Edit Classification window to edit the existing vehicle classification scheme or enter a custom classification scheme. Refer to section 9.6 for a detailed description of the Classification Editor.

Ask To Send User Class – if enabled, when user class is selected in the Program interface, the user will be asked if they want to send the user class scheme whenever a TRS or MiniTRS is programmed. Refer to section 9.4.2.3 Axle Class for enabling the user class scheme. Refer to section 9.4.7 Classification Tab for manually programming a user class scheme into a TRS or MiniTRS.



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3.7.5 PRINTER/SCREEN OPTIONS TAB

The Printer/Screen tab contains options for configuring the default destination for reports and graphs, as well as some printer options used when printing reports and graphs.

3.7.5.1 Default Destinations

Sets the default destination for both Reports and Graphs:

Show on Screen – the report or graph is displayed on the screen.

Sent to Printer – the report or graph is sent directly to the default printer.

3.7.5.2 Printer

Font Size – controls the size of the font (in points, 1 point = 1/72 inch) used to print the reports. The larger the value, the larger the print, the smaller the value, the smaller the print.

Margin Adjust – this value controls the left margin width for binding purposes. ‘0’ means no margin adjustment, and as the value increases up to 120, the left margin increases.

Alternate Font – if selected, the program will use the ‘Courier New’ font, if not selected the program will use ‘Courier’ font. Courier has slightly heavier character strokes and has slightly closer line spacing than Courier New

3.7.6 DATA OPTIONS TAB

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Direction ‘n’ – configures the direction codes which Road Reporter uses for reporting purposes and data conversion.

Warning: Since only the code numbers are stored in the data file, customizing the

directions should only be done if it applies to all data collected and used by Road

Reporter.

Use FHWA Data – if this option is selected, the software will display the FHWA TMG configuration window associated with each site when editing the site details. See section 5.2.4.2 FHWA Header Tab for more information

NY Data – if selected, customizations for New York type data are enabled.

Auto Load – if selected, the system will automatically load the last Traffic ACE file dumped from a counter or module.

User Filename – if selected, the system will automatically prompt the user to enter a filename each time a counter, module or data card is dumped. If not selected, the system will assign the file a unique filename based on date.

Hourly Data – if selected, the system will automatically default to converting all data to hourly data when the Edit Header Screen is used. This includes post processing existing files. See section 5.1 Header for more information.

File Limits – if selected, the system will automatically default to setting the file limits option on for dumping Traffic ACE counts. This allows the user to choose a specified portion of the data dumped from the counter. See section 5.1 Header for more information.



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User Class Labels – if selected, the system will automatically use the user defined classification labels for Class or Length files when creating reports. See section 6.1.10

Customize for more information.

UK Data – if selected, the system will adjust its measurements to the following configuration: Speed=Imperial and Distance=Metric. System Metric must also be set when using this function (see section 3.7.1 General Tab).

PRN Index Off – if selected, the system will not create the PRN Index file. This file is not needed or used in Road Reporter, it is only for compatibility with older DOS systems.

Filter Tailgate Vehicles – if selected, Road Reporter will separate tailgate vehicles when reporting on or exporting PV or WIM data (similar to built-in functionality of TRS and MiniTRS).

Filter Short Spacings – select this option to clean up vehicle records having an axle

spacing was less than a predefined minimum distance. This results in vehicle processing similar to the built-in functionality of the TRS and MiniTRS.

State Code – enter the state abbreviation to control the state code used when exporting FHWA TMG data.

AutoPoll Partial Day – controls what the software will do when a partial day’s data (less than 24 hours) is encountered. The user can choose to either: Keep days which are only a partial day (< 24 hours); Discard files which are only a partial day; or Overwrite a partial day every time the data is collected.

3.7.6.1 Real Time Viewing

These options only apply when Road Reporter is used to view data in real time while connected to TRS or Mini TRS units.

For weigh-in-motion data, select the default view for weight data: Sensor 1, Sensor 2, Both Sensors or the Average of the sensors. If only 1 sensor is present in a lane, then only the one set of weights are displayed regardless of which of these options is selected. Note that the user can change this value while viewing. See section 4.2.2.7

View On for more information.

Tandem Max Distance – enter the maximum distance allowed between 2 adjacent axles for the two axles to be considered a tandem axle group for display purposes.

Show Tandems – if selected, an extra line will be displayed on the real time display showing any detected tandem axle group weights where a tandem axle group is defined by the value of Tandem Max Distance.

Metric – if selected, the system will display real time data in metric units.

Warning: Displaying real time data in metric units is controlled by this checkbox and

NOT by the System Metric setting on the General Tab.

Line Separation – if selected, a blank line will be displayed on the real time display between each vehicle.



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3.7.6.2 Site Indexing

Site Indexing controls the use of the site information when reading data files from a counter, module, flash drive or data card. Site information is configured using the Site Editor (see section 9.4.7.4).

The following options are available.

AUTOMATIC – overwrite downloaded site information with site information configured in Road Reporter and write data files to site directory if the site is found. If the site directory does not exist and is not null, create the directory. If the site directory is null, write to the default data directory.

PROMPTED – each time a file is read from a counter or module, ask the user which site information from Road Reporter to use to overwrite the downloaded site information and write data files to the site directory of that site.

OFF – all files which are read are written to the default data directory and, if the Use site info checkbox is checked, the downloaded site information is overwritten with the site information configured in Road Reporter.

3.7.7 WIM ATTRIBUTES TAB

This tab is for mainly for future use in Road Reporter. The panel displays options to post calibrate WIM data in much greater detail than the traffic data recorder can.

WIM ASCII Output – enables the ASCII PVR export. See section 7.1 Export for more information.

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in two vehicle records being stored in the data file. Enabling this option will cause the program to compare a vehicle record to the previous vehicle record and remove it from the data file if it has the same timestamp, number of axles and axle spacings and is in an adjacent lane.

3.8 CLOSE

This menu item closes the currently loaded data file; this function can also be performed with the toolbar icon:

If the file has been edited, the user will be warned the changes haven’t been saved and be prompted to save the file.

If Yes is chosen, the user is asked to enter a filename and select a directory to save the edited file to:

3.9 EXIT

Closes and exits the Road Reporter program.

OPERATOR'S MANUAL INTERFACE MENU


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4.0 INTERFACE MENU

The Interface menu accesses device windows for retrieving data, configuring and monitoring various devices (depending on the capabilities of the device).

At a minimum, the windows provide access for retrieving or downloading data from a device. Refer to section 9.3 Data Downloading for a quick list of options which affect data downloading.

The Traffic Lights on the tool bar can be customized as short cuts to any 3 of the Interface menu items. See section 3.7.1.2 Customize Toolbar for more information.

4.1 TRAFFIC A.C.E.

Inputs data from a Traffic ACE counter directly into Road Reporter for viewing, editing and reporting.

Note: The Traffic ACE should be connected to the serial port configured as the

Direct Connection in the Setup dialog on the Communications tab. Refer to

section 3.7.3.1 Direct Connection for selecting the port.

Select Traffic A.C.E. from the Interface menu (or press F2) and the dialog box below will be displayed:

Follow the instructions in the window, pressing the View button on the Traffic ACE to wake the device up, and then press the READ button to start the download of data. Pressing the CANCEL button will quit the data download.

During the data download, an counter will appear on the screen while the Traffic ACE is dumping.

When downloading is complete, the File Header Edit dialog box will appear; see section 5.1 Header for more information.

Use the Header Editor to enter any missing information or correct any errors. Press OK to save the new file.



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4.2 T.R.S.

This menu item allows the user to configure, monitor and retrieve data from a TRS and MiniTRS traffic counter.

Select T.R.S. from the Interface menu and the following dialog box will be displayed:

The TRS Interface dialog box has 4 areas: Status, Display, Data Source and a set of command buttons.

The Status area primarily provides information about the status of communications link between Road Reporter and the TRS or MiniTRS.

The Display area displays various types of information retrieved from a device.

4.2.1 DATA SOURCE

This selects the type of data storage device being accessed: Field Unit, Flash Drive, Data Card Interface or Data Module.

Warning: the software will remember the last mode used. If Autopolling is being run,

ensure that the Data Source is set back to Field Unit before closing this window.

The available command buttons will change depending on the Data Source selected.

4.2.1.1 Field Unit

Select this option to communicate with a TRS or MiniTRS via any type of connection. If no modem or network connection is established, the software will assume a direct serial connection to the device.



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4.2.1.2 Flash Drive

Select this option to retrieve data from a USB flash drive (or a copy of the IRD_DATA folder from the flash drive). A USB flash drive can be used to retrieve data from a TRS Plus or MiniTRS Plus. Data downloaded using the flash drive must be converted to PRN files using this option.

Note: the data files retrieved with a flash drive do not have to actually be on a flash

drive to use this option. The folder they are contained in, IRD_DATA, may be

copied to any drive or folder location. The data files must be in a folder called

IRD_DATA.

The currently selected folder is shown below the radio button. The default drive or folder is configured in the Directories Tab of the Setup dialog. See section 3.7.2 Directories Tab.

A different drive or folder can be entered if required or click the Browse button to select a different drive or location for the flash drive folder contents.

Select a new folder and click OK to update the flash drive path. Click Cancel to keep the current flash drive path.

4.2.1.3 Data Card Interface

Select this option to retrieve data from a Data Card (PC Card or PCMCIA flash drive). Data cards can be used to capture data from older TRS recorders, either as a retrieval device or as extended memory.

Select the Windows drive the data card is defined as in the Directories Tab of the Setup dialog. See section 3.7.2 Directories Tab.

4.2.1.4 Data Module

Select this option to retrieve data from a Data Module. This option operates similar to the functionality found in the Module interface description but is intended primarily for retrieval of TRS files from the Data Module. See section 4.5



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Module for more information on the Module interface.

4.2.2 COMMAND BUTTONS

4.2.2.1 Status

The Status button retrieves the current configuration information from the TRS or MiniTRS and displays it in the Display Area. The information includes, but is not limited to: Site ID, Station #, battery voltage, time, date, and firmware revision. Additional information may be displayed with newer versions of firmware.

4.2.2.2 Diagnostics

The Diagnostics button opens the TRS Diagnostics window. This window provides access to various diagnostic functions. See section 9.5 TRS Diagnostics Window for details.

4.2.2.3 All Data

The All Data button will download all the data files in the TRS, whether or not they have been downloaded before. Be sure the TRS is connected correctly to the computer and select this option.

Progress will be indicated in the Status area with messages indicating the number of files downloaded as data is retrieved from the unit.



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All other buttons will be disabled except the Stop button. When complete, the buttons will be re-enabled.

If the All Data button was clicked by mistake, click the STOP button to cancel the download.

If communication errors occur, they will also be reported in the Status area.

4.2.2.4 New Data

The New Data button will download only the data files in the TRS which have never been read before. Be sure the TRS is connected correctly to the computer and select this option.



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If this button was clicked by mistake, click the STOP button to cancel the download.


4.2.2.5 Select Data

The Select Data button will retrieve a selected list of files from the TRS or MiniTRS. The user can tag the files in the list which they wish to download. During the building of the file list, click the Stop button to cancel.

If the Not Tagged field in the list is clicked one time, it will change to Tagged marking the file to be retrieved; click again to change the selection back to Tagged. Use the scrollbar to move through the entire list of files.

Select the Cancel button to the cancel the file selection, close the list of files and re-enable the regular buttons.

Select the Get Files button to retrieve all the files which have been Tagged. The list of files will be closed and only the Stop button will be left enabled.



Click the STOP button to cancel the download.




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4.2.2.6 Delete Data

Note: the Delete Data function is only available when connected to the MiniTRS

Plus or TRS Plus.

The Delete Data button will delete a list of selected files from the TRS or MiniTRS. The user can tag the files in the list which they wish to delete. During the building of the file list, click the Stop button to cancel.

If the Not Tagged field in the list is clicked one time, it will change to Tagged marking the file to be deleted; click again to change the selection back to Tagged. Use the scrollbar to move through the entire list of files. The RTRVD column will indicate whether the file has been deleted or not.

Select the Cancel button to the cancel the file selection, close the list of files and re-enable the regular buttons.

Select the Delete Files button to permanently delete all the files which have been Tagged. The list of files will be closed and only the Stop button will be left enabled.

Progress will be indicated in the Status area with messages indicating the number of files deleted.


Click the Stop button to cancel the file deletion. Any files which are deleted prior to the Stop being clicked, will remain deleted.

If communication errors occur, they will be reported in the Status area.



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4.2.2.7 View On

Click the View On button to display real time information from the TRS or Mini TRS recorder showing each vehicle class, speed, lane and axle spacings. This data will appear in the Display area with the data scrolling downwards (most recent vehicle at the top). Several configuration options are available for this display. See section 3.7.6.1 Real Time Viewing for more information.

To capture real time vehicle view information to a text file, press the <Page Down> key to select a file to which the displayed information is to be captured. Capture will start at the point the Page Down key is pressed. Press the Page Down key a second time to stop the capture.

Below is a screenshot of real time per vehicle data:

Several functions are available through certain keys to control this display:

View specific lanes – press the numeric key on the keyboard corresponding to the lane number; to return to all lanes, press <0>

Freeze the screen – press the <S> key to pause the display; press the <S> key again to release the display. Vehicles which pass while paused will not be displayed.

Show trucks only – press the <T> key to view vehicles in class 4 and above. Press ‘A’ to return to showing all vehicles.

Store to a file – press the <Page Down> key to save the information to a file. The user will be prompted to enter a filename which will default to RRVehicleView_YYYYMMDDhhmm.txt where YYYY is the 4 digit year, MM is the month, DD is the day, hh is the hour and mm is the minutes.

Maximize the window to increase the number of visible vehicles.

When the TRS interface is connected to a TRS WIM and two piezo sensors exist in each lane, the four buttons across the bottom change names to: Sensor 1, Sensor 2, Both and Average. This allows the user to select from four different weight display formats.

Below is a screenshot of WIM data with Both sensors weight display format selected:



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4.2.2.8 Monitor

The Monitor button continuously retrieves the counts for the current interval and displays the information in a table. The counts are updated with each retrieval. At the end of the current interval the field unit will reset the counts to 0 for the next interval which will be reflected in the table.

Resize the window and use the scrollbars to view data in different lanes and the Total for all lanes.

Press the Stop button to close the Monitor display.

4.2.2.9 Program

The Program button opens the Program T.R.S. dialog for configuring the TRS or Mini TRS. This dialog box is described in section 9.4 Program Device.

4.2.2.10 Erase Memory

Click the Erase Memory button to erase all data in the TRS Or Mini TRS Unit. The user will be prompted one time as shown below to confirm the action.



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Warning: This is a non-recoverable action, once the selection is confirmed, all data

in the TRS or MiniTRS will be erased.

4.2.2.11 Connect / Disconnect

Makes or breaks a communications connection between the program and device. When the Connect / Disconnect button is labeled Disconnect, click the button to disconnect the current connection.

When the Connect / Disconnect button is labeled Connect, click the button to display the Connection Information dialog. The contents of the dialog will change based on the Connection Type (see below).

Click the Cancel button to close the dialog without establishing a connection.

4.2.2.11.1 Modem

Enter the appropriate phone number. You can also change the serial port the modem is connected to if necessary. The Port will default to the value set in the Setup dialog on the Communications tab. See section 3.7.3 Communications Tab.

Click the Connect button to close the dialog and dial the entered phone number.

Note that the Modem Initialization strings will be sent to the modem prior to dialing

the phone number. See section 3.7.3 Communications Tab.

Warning: No validation or format check of the Phone Number is performed.



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4.2.2.11.2 Network

Enter the network IP Address or URL and Port number. The Port will default to the value set on the Communications tab of the Setup dialog. See section 3.7.3 Communications Tab.

Click the Connect button to close the dialog and attempt to establish the network connection.

Warning: No validation or format check of the IP Address or URL is performed.

4.2.2.11.3 Direct Serial

The Direct Serial Connection Type can be used to quickly change the baud rate and serial port used for direct serial connections.

Click Connect to change the settings. Note that these will become the new default values for direct serial connections.

See section 3.7.3 Communications Tab for more information.

4.2.2.12 Close/Stop

During certain operations, the Close/Stop button will be labeled Stop. When the button is labeled Stop, click the button to cancel the current operation.

When the button is labeled Close, click the button to close the TRS Interface window and return to the main window. If a network or modem connection is currently established (Connect/Disconnect button is labeled Disconnect), the following confirmation message will be displayed:



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Click the Yes button to disconnect the network or modem connection and close the TRS Interface window.

Click the No button to return to the TRS Interface window without disconnecting.

4.3 AUTO POLL

This menu configures the Automatic Polling software routines in Road Reporter to connect to and do manual or scheduled polling of data collection sites via telemetry. The software can poll two different times a day.

Select Auto Poll from the Interface menu and the Dialing Interface dialog box will be displayed:

This window shows a table of all sites which have been configured in Road Reporter. Use the scrollbars to view more sites or more connection information about each site.

The Collection column has a special function. Click a field in the column to scroll through the various collection options: OFF, STATUS, ALL DATA, ALL-ERASE, NEW DATA, NEW-ERASE, DATE RNG. These changes are temporary and do not affect the



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stored site configuration. See section 5.2.4.1 General for more information on Collection options.

4.3.1 START PERIOD 1

Start: – tells the software when to start the polling process. Enter the time in 24 hour HH:MM format or use NOW to start immediately.

End: – terminates the process. Enter STOP to end after one polling cycle or 99:99 to poll indefinitely. Enter any other value between 00:00 and 24:00 to mark the end time of start period 1 before start period 2 can begin.

Period: – configures the software to execute the polling list every ‘x’ minutes. If polling indefinitely (End: is set to 99:99), this value is added to the start time at the completion of a polling cycle to determine when the software should poll next. Values should be large enough to let the software completely poll all sites (including retries) before the start of the next period. Enter 1440 for 1 day. Use NONE to disable this function.

4.3.2 START PERIOD 2

This feature is used when polling sites where the modems are only on at certain times, usually to save power.

The software can be configured to poll at two different times using Start Period 1 and Start Period 2 if desired. For example, Start Period 1 could be configured to run a polling cycle at 1AM and Start Period 2 could be configured to run at 7AM. The software will once poll at 1AM and then a second time at 7AM.

Start: – tells the software when to start the polling process a second time during the day. Enter the time in 24 hour HH:MM format or use OFF to disable the second poll.

End: – configures when to terminate the second poll. Enter STOP to end after one polling cycle or 99:99 to repeat daily. Enter any other value between 00:00 and 24:00 to mark the end time of start period 2 before start period 1 can begin.

Period: – configures the software to execute the polling list every ‘x’ minutes. If polling indefinitely (End: is set to 99:99), this value is added to the start time at the completion of a polling cycle to determine when the software should poll next. Values should be large enough to let the software completely poll all sites (including retries). Enter 1440 for 1 day. Use NONE to disable this function.

4.3.3 GENERAL

Retrys – configures how many attempts are made to connect and successfully perform the Collection function identified for a site .

4.3.4 PRINT LOG

If one of the options in this frame is checked, after autopolling, the software will automatically print a polling report to the default printer. If Error is checked, the report will contain only sites where a communication error or other issue was detected (such as low battery or low memory). If Status is checked, the report will print information for all sites.

Note that the polling reports can be found as text files located in the Logs folder under the directory Road Reporter is installed in. The log filenames have the following format:



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<Poll | Poll_Error>_<YYMMDD>.log

Where:

The full Poll report is found in files starting with Poll; the Error report is found in files starting with Poll_Error.

YY is the two digit year when the poll was performed.

MM is the two digit month when the poll was performed.

DD is the two digit day when the poll was performed.

4.3.5 DATE RANGE

If the Collection field for any site is set to DATE RNG, the fields labeled Date Range will be enabled. Autopoll will attempt to download files in the date range defined by Start and End from sites with Collection set to DATE RNG. The default Start and End dates are the current date.


The command buttons at the lower right of the window

Start Auto Poll starts a scheduled autopolling session using the dates and times defined in Start Period 1 and Start Period 2. If the Start isn’t NOW for Start Period 1, then the software will display the current date and time as well as the date and time it is waiting for. See the example below:

Cancel Auto Poll – click this button to cancel the poll when the software is waiting for a scheduled poll to start or during a polling session.

Call Selected Site – manually performs a site poll. Select a site from the list and then click this button to attempt to connect to the site with the appropriate interface.

Close – close the Dialing Interface window and return to the main window.

4.4 ANDROID / PDA

This menu item retrieves data from an Android or PDA device directly into Road Reporter for viewing, editing and reporting. An Android or PDA device can be used to retrieve data from TRS, MiniTRS or Traffic ACE devices.

The Android / PDA menu item allows retrieval directly from an Android or PDA device or by reading files transferred onto the computer from the device.

Select Android / PDA from the Interface menu and the following dialog will appear:



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Click Cancel to close the dialog without reading any data.

Select Use Android or ActiveSync File and click OK to read data from the file(s) transferred from the Android or PDA device to the computer.

Select PDA Transfer from Serial Port and click OK to read data directly from the PDA. The following dialog box will appear:

Click the Cancel button close the box and to return to the main window without reading any data.

Click the Read PDA button and then, on the PDA, select the Send to PC menu item from the PDA menu.

Warning: Be sure the baud rate is correct and all cables are connected before

starting this operation.

Whether the file is being read from the computer or the data is read directly from the device, during the read, a counter will appear on the screen while the data is being read. TRS data will be written directly to file following the normal TRS download process.

For each Traffic ACE file in the device data, the File Header Edit dialog window will appear. See section 5.1 Header for more information.

Use the Header Editor to enter any missing or correct any desired information. Press OK to save the new file and proceed to the next file (if another file exists).



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4.5 MODULE

This menu option retrieves data from a Data Module directly into Road Reporter for viewing, editing and reporting.

Select Module from the Interface menu and the following window will appear:

Click the Cancel button close the dialog and to return to the main window without reading any data.

Select the Clear Module button to erase the module.

Note: this only sets a flag in the module. The data module can still be read, until it is

plugged back into a traffic counter, at which time all data is erased.

Check that the data module is properly connected to the serial port, and then select the Read Module button to begin downloading data from the module.

During the download, a counter will appear on the screen while the module is dumping. TRS data on the module will be written directly to file following the normal TRS download process.

For each Traffic ACE file on the module, the File Header Edit dialog window will appear. See section 5.1 Header for more information.

Use the Header Editor to enter any missing or correct any desired information. Press OK to save the new file and proceed to the next file (if another file exists).



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4.6 TRACKER

This menu item retrieves data from a Tracker Intersection Counter connected to the computer using a direct serial connection into Road Reporter for viewing, editing and reporting.

Select Tracker from the Interface menu and the Tracker Interface dialog box will be displayed:

Similar to the TRS Interface, the Tracker Interface dialog has 4 areas: Status, Display, Data Source and a command button area. However, only 5 of the 12 command buttons are enabled. The disabled button functions are not available with the Tracker Intersection Counter.

The Status area primarily provides information about the status of communications or processes.

The Display area is not used when communicating with a Tracker.

The Data Source will be set to Field Unit (the default setting) when connecting to a Tracker; the other options will be disabled.

4.6.1 ALL DATA

The All Data button will dump all the data files in the Tracker, whether or not they have been dumped before. Be sure the Tracker is connected correctly to the computer and select this option.

Progress will be indicated in the Status area with messages indicating the number of files downloaded as data is retrieved from the unit:



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If the All Data button was clicked by mistake, click the STOP button to cancel the download:

If communication errors occur, they will be reported in the Status area.

4.6.2 SELECT DATA

The Select Data button will retrieve a list of files from the Tracker. Tag the files in the list which to be downloaded.



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This operation is the same as the TRS Select Data function but for the Tracker. See section 4.2.2.5 Select Data for more information.

4.6.3 PROGRAM

The Program button opens the Program Tracker. dialog for configuring the Tracker. This dialog is described in section 9.4 Program Device.

When programming a Tracker, several portions of the Program Tracker dialog are disabled. Only fields on the General and Time tabs are used; changes to the settings on any other tabs will be ignored. Please review the Tracker manual for details on configuring each of the fields displayed.

4.6.3.1 General

Only 3 fields under this tab are used when programming a Tracker. The Station # and Site Id are identification fields in the Tracker. The Interval is the time over which counts are accumulated. Values in any other fields are ignored.

4.6.3.2 Time

Use the controls in the SET RECORDING TIME frame to set the start and stop times & dates for the Tracker.

Use the controls in the SET RECORDER TIME AND DATE frame to set the current time and date in the Tracker.

4.6.4 ERASE MEMORY

Click the Erase Memory button to erase all data in the Tracker. The user will be prompted to confirm the action:



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Warning: This is a non-recoverable action, once the selection is confirmed, all data

in the Tracker will be erased.

4.6.5 CLOSE/STOP


When the button is labeled Close, click the button to close the Tracker Interface window and return to the main window.

4.7 241/ADR TRAFFIC COUNTER

This menu item allows the user to monitor and retrieve data from a Peek Model 241 and ADR traffic counters.

Select 241/ADR from the Interface menu and the 241 – ADR Interface dialog box will be displayed:

Similar to the TRS Interface, the 241-ADR Interface dialog has 4 areas: Status, Display, Data Source and a command button area. 3 of the 12 command buttons are disabled. Their functionality is not available when communicating with a 241 Counter.



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The Status area primarily provides information about the status of communications or processes.

The Data Source should always be set to Field Unit when connecting to a 241 Counter.


4.7.1.1 Status

The Status button retrieves the current configuration information from the 241 or ADR traffic counters and displays it in the Display Area The information includes, but not limited to: battery voltage, time, date, boards installed and firmware revisions.

4.7.1.2 All Data

The All Data button will download all the data files in the 241 or ADR unit, whether or not they have been downloaded before. Be sure the 241/ADR is connected correctly to the computer and select this option.

This operation is the same as the TRS All Data function but for the 241/ADR. See section 4.2.2.3 All Data for more information.

4.7.1.3 New Data

The New Data button will download only the data files in the 241 or ADR unit which have never been read before. Be sure the 241 or ADR is connected correctly to the computer and select this option.

This operation is the same as the TRS New Data function but for the 241/ADR. See section 4.2.2.4 New Data for more information.

4.7.1.4 Select Data

The Select Data button will retrieve a list of files from the 241 or ADR unit. The user can tag the files in the list which they wish to download.

This operation is the same as the TRS Select Data function but for the 241/ADR. See section 4.2.2.5 Select Data for more information.

4.7.1.5 View On

Click the View On button to display real time information from the 241 or ADR unit.

This operation is the same as the TRS View On function but for the 241/ADR. See section 0 View On for more information

4.7.1.6 Program

The Program button opens the Program 241-ADR dialog for configuring a 241 or ADR traffic counter. This dialog is described in section 9.4 Program Device.

When programming a 241, several portions of the Program 241-ADR dialog are disabled. Please review the 241 & ADR manual for detailed information on configuring each of the fields displayed.



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4.7.1.6.1 General Tab

Only the following fields are used: Site ID & Station #, Lanes, Interval, Unit Id, and Metric. All other fields are ignored

4.7.1.6.2 Data Type Tab

Only the following fields are used: Data Type 1, Data Type 2, Speed Bins, and the bin definition grid at the bottom. All other functions including Weigh-In-Motion, User Axle Class and “AND” Or “BY” are not available for a 241 or ADR unit.

4.7.1.6.3 Other Available Tabs

All functions are available on the Layout, Time, and Sensor tabs.

4.7.1.6.4 Other Unavailable Tabs

No functions from the Weigh, Classification, and Peaks tabs are available for 241 or ADR units. If configured, they will be ignored.

4.7.1.7 Module

When this option is selected, the software will collect all data from the module which is inserted in the 241.

4.7.1.8 Connect/Disconnect

When the Connect / Disconnect button is labeled Disconnect, click the button to disconnect the current connection.

When the Connect / Disconnect button is labeled Connect, click the button to display the Connection Information dialog.

The operation of the Connection Information dialog is found in section 4.2.2.11

Connect / Disconnect.

4.7.1.9 Close/Stop


When the button is labeled Close, click the button to close the 241-ADR Interface window and return to the main window. If a network or modem connection is currently established (Connect/Disconnect button is labeled Disconnect), a confirmation message will be displayed to ask if the user wants to disconnect or return to the interface window.

4.8 GK 5000

This menu item allows the user to input data from a GK 5000 counter directly into Road Reporter for viewing, editing and reporting.

Select GK 5000 from the Interface menu and the following window will appear:



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Click the Read Counter button and then, on the counter, select Dump Data to send the data to Road Reporter.

Note: be sure the baud rate is correct and all cables are connected before starting

this operation.

During the data download, an counter will appear on the screen while the GK 5000 is dumping.

When downloading is complete, the File Header Edit dialog window will appear (see section 5.1 Header for more information); use the Header Editor to enter any missing or correct any desired information. Press OK to save the new file.

4.9 GK DATA PORT

This menu item allows the user to input data from a GK Serial Data Port directly into Road Reporter for viewing, editing and reporting.

Select GK DATA PORT from the Interface menu and the following window will appear:


Select the Clear Module button to erase the serial data port.

Note: be sure the reset button has been pressed before using a serial data port and

all cables are connected before dumping data.



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Click the Read Module button to begin dumping data from the serial data port.

During the data download, an counter will appear on the screen while the serial data port is dumping.

When downloading is complete, the File Header Edit dialog window will appear. See section 5.1 Header for more information.

Use the Header Editor to enter any missing or correct any desired information. Press OK to save the new file.

4.10 DB-TDC-IMC

This menu item allows the user to input data from a DB 100 Turning Movement Counter or related turning movement counters directly into Road Reporter for viewing, editing and reporting.

Select DB-TDC-IMC from the Interface menu and the following windows will appear:


Note: be sure the baud rate is correct and all cables are connected before collecting

data.

Click the Read Module button, then press Dump, Local, Begin on the turning movement counter to begin dumping data.

During the data download, an counter will appear on the screen while the serial data port is dumping.

When downloading is complete, the File Header Edit dialog window will appear (see section 5.1 Header for more information); use the Header editor to enter any missing or correct any desired information.

Press OK to save the new file.

4.11 IDC AUTO COUNT

This menu item allows the user to input data from an IDC Auto Count directly into Road Reporter for viewing, editing and reporting.

Select IDC Auto Count from the Interface menu and the following window will appear:



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Follow the instructions in the window, pressing the View button on the IDC Auto Count to wake the device up. Then press the READ button to start the download of data. Pressing the CANCEL button will quit the data download.

During the data download, an counter will appear on the screen while the IDC Auto Count is dumping.

When downloading is complete, the File Header Edit dialog window will appear (see section 5.1 Header for more information) : use the Header Editor to enter any missing or correct any desired information.

Press OK to save the new file.

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5.0 EDIT MENU

The Edit menu provides options for altering traffic counter sites and data files:

5.1 HEADER

This menu item allows the user to manually edit a header of an existing file which has been loaded into Road Reporter.

Note: the Header edit dialog is used in several places including when creating a new

file (see section 3.1 New) and when data is initially downloaded from various

devices: 4.1 Traffic A.C.E., 4.4 Android / PDA,

GK 5000,

GK Data Port,,

DB-TDC-IMC, and

IDC Auto Count.

With a file loaded (see section 3.2 Load for more information), select ‘Header’ from the Edit menu or from the short cut icon on the tool bar:

and the File Information dialog box will be displayed:



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Any of the header information on this screen can be edited. Select OK to accept the new information or Cancel to return to the main window.

Note: after editing a header, the file must be saved to perform further analysis on it

with the updated information. See section 3.4 Save or 3.5 Save As for

information on saving a loaded file.

There are many parameters that can be edited on an existing file: Site ID, Station #, City, County, Location, Start Date and Time, and Lane Direction Codes. If a file contains more than 4 lanes, click the Next Lanes button to cycle through the lanes.in groups of 4.

5.1.1 POST PROCESSING

Under certain conditions, post processing of the data will take place when the OK button is clicked. The options in the sub-sections below control the post processing. Defaults for these options can be set in various places in the Setup dialog; see section 3.7 Setup.

5.1.1.1 Hourly Data

Select this checkbox to convert non-hourly interval file to an hourly interval file. This applies to both newly downloaded files and loaded files.



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5.1.1.2 Single File

If this checkbox is selected, the system will automatically default to creating a single file (instead of daily files) every time a file is downloaded if data is sequential in time, for the same site and of the same type, number of lanes and interval.

5.1.1.3 File Limits

Select this checkbox to enable the Limits button. The Limits button allows the user to select the start and end time range for a newly downloaded file using the File Limits dialog.

5.1.1.4 Omit First Interval

5.1.1.5 If this checkbox is selected, the first interval of data will be deleted when a new file has just been downloaded and the Header edit window is shownVolume Frame

The radio buttons in the Volume frame indicate the type of volume file loaded:

One Channel – indicates a one channel volume file is loaded

All Channels – indicates a multi-channel volume file is loaded

Short/Long – checks to see if a subtraction has already been done on a short/long data file (up to 4 inputs). If not, the subtraction is performed; if so, a warning is displayed indication that the subtraction has already been done and requesting conformation that it is to be done again.

5.1.2 DATA BUTTON

Clicking the Data button opens the Data Layout dialog; changes in this dialog have no effect and are ignored.



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5.2 SITE

This menu item configures site information. Site information is used when downloading data (see section 3.7.6.2 Site Indexing for more information); when communicating with a site through telemetry (see section 0 Auto Poll for more information); when creating reports (see section 6.1 Reports for more information); and when exporting certain data formats (see section 7.1 Export for more information).

Click the Site menu button in the Edit menu or use the tool bar short cut:

to open the Edit Site window:

The window shows a list of sites which have already been configured in Road Reporter.



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5.2.1 CHANGE ALL

Click the Change All button to open the Change All Sites dialog box , which configures some common parameters for all sites.

Select any of the various options, set the new value and click OK to change that information for all sites. Click Cancel to exit without making any changes

Warning: changes made here will be applied to all sites; these changes are NOT

reversible except through re-editing all sites back to the original value(s) or

manually editing each site).

5.2.2 PRINT

Click the Print button to open the Print All Sites message box:

Select Yes to print the information for all sites and No to print just the information for the selected site to the default printer. Select Cancel to cancel printing.

5.2.3 DELETE

Click this button to delete the information for the currently selected site. The user is prompted to confirm the deletion:



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Click OK to delete the site; Cancel to abort the deletion.

Warning: Deleting a site is immediate and permanent. It is not reversible without re-

entering the site information.

Note: deleting a site from the list does NOT delete the data nor the data directory for

the site. It only deletes the site configuration information.

5.2.4 NEW / EDIT

The New and Edit buttons both open the Edit Site Detail dialog box. Alternately, double click on an existing site in the list to open the dialog box for editing that site:

The main difference between New and Edit is that the user is allowed to enter a value for the Site ID field when creating a new site; for an existing site, this field is already configured so editing it is disabled.



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Note: the Site ID is used as the key for the site information. It links the site

information to a field device and must match the Site ID entered in the field

device to link the information with data downloaded from the device. See section

3.7.6.2 Site Indexing for more information.

Edit any of the information on this screen and select OK to accept the new information or Cancel to ignore the changes and return to the Edit Site window.

5.2.4.1 General Tab

On the General tab, the fields listed below can be configured:

Site ID – a unique alpha numeric name which identifies a specific site. Typically a number but it this is not a requirement. Format: 12 alpha numeric characters.

Station # – a secondary reference field also known as the Site Reference. Format: 12 alpha numeric characters.

Site Directory – directory where all data for this site is stored when downloaded. This directory is located directly under the folder the Road Reporter software is installed in. Format: 11 alpha numeric characters

City – descriptive field – city near or in which site exists. Format: 20 alpha numeric characters

County – descriptive field – county in which site exists. Format: 20 alpha numeric characters

Location – descriptive field – typically describes the location of the site in more detail using mile point markers, GPS coordinates or distances from a known location. Format: 40 alpha numeric characters

Dir ‘n’ – direction codes for lane ‘n’. Format: 1 numeric digit

Unit Type – chose the equipment manufacturer for the device installed at the site. This controls the communication protocols used when communicating with the device. Choose either IRD or Peek

Unit ID – sets the unit number of the field device. This should always be set to 1 unless otherwise specified by IRD. Format:2 numeric digits

Warning: if the Unit ID does NOT match the value in the field device, Road Reporter

will be unable to communicate with the field device.

MEDC Passenger Multiplier – Custom value for MEDC export.

5.2.4.1.1 Connection Frame

The information in the Connection frame is used to define the required parameters for connecting to a device remotely. Different information is required depending on the connection type: Modem, Network or Direct Serial.



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Warning: No validation or format check of a Phone Number, Modem Port, IP

Address or URL, Network Port or Serial Port is performed.

5.2.4.1.1.1 Modem

Note: for a Modem connection, enter the Phone Number (format: 36 alpha numeric

characters), the serial Port the modem is connected to (format: 2 digits) and the

Baud rate used to communicate with the local modem.

5.2.4.1.1.2 Network

For a Network connection, enter the IP Address or URL and the Network Port.

5.2.4.1.1.3 Direct Serial

Note: for a Direct Serial connection, enter the Serial Port the device is connected to

(format: 2 digits) and select the Baud rate.

Note: this connection type is not normally used.

5.2.4.1.2 Collection Frame

The radio button selected in the Collection frame identifies what action will be taken when a site is automatically polled. (See section 4.3 Auto Poll for more information on automatic polling.)

Status – retrieve the status of the device. No data is downloaded.

New/Erase – retrieve all new files from the device which have not been retrieved before, erase all memory and, optionally, restart the device collecting data with the same configuration. See warning below.

Warning: The restart function is controlled by the TRS Erase/Continue checkbox

found in the Polling frame on the General tab of the Setup dialog. If this is NOT

selected, the data collection will NOT be restarted. See section 3.7.1.4 Polling

for more information.



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New – retrieve all new files from the device which have not been retrieved before.

Off – Do not poll this site.

All/Erase – retrieve all files from the device, erase all memory and, optionally, restart the device collecting data with the same configuration. See warning below.

Warning: The restart function is controlled by the TRS Erase/Continue checkbox

found in the Polling frame on the General tab of the Setup dialog. If this is NOT

selected, the data collection will NOT be restarted. See section 3.7.1.4 Polling

for more information.

All – retrieve all files from the device.

Date Range – retrieve all files within the data range specified in the Autopoll window. See section 4.3.5 Date Range for more information.

5.2.4.1.3 Set Lanes To Zero Button

Opens the Select Lanes To Zero dialog. Counts for checked lanes in this dialog will be set to zero when data is retrieved from the site during an Autopoll session (see section 3.7.1.4 Polling for enabling this feature).

Click Clear All to deselect all lanes.

Click OK to accept any changes.

Click Cancel to discard any changes.

5.2.4.2 FHWA Header Tab

If the Use FHWA Data checkbox on the Data Options tab of the System Setup dialog is checked (see section 3.7.6 Data Options Tab), then the FHWA Header tab will be displayed. Enter all necessary FHWA TMG station information as required. See your TMG guide for details on the FHWA data fields.



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5.3 ADD LANE

This menu item automatically adds one or more lanes from another file to the file which is currently loaded into Road Reporter and displayed in the Main Window data table.

Click the Add Lane button in the Edit menu to open the following window:

Use the Types, Drives, Directories and Files list to navigate to and select the file from which the lane data will be copied. The Preview area shows information about the currently selected file. The Select Directions area shows available lanes and their



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enabled/disabled status; by default all available lanes will be selected to be copied from the selected file to the loaded file. If less lanes are desired, deselect the lanes which are not to be copied.

Note: the selected file must be of the same type and interval as the loaded file in

order to add the lanes of data from it to the loaded file.

Click the Add button to add the selected lanes to the loaded file; Cancel to abort the process.

Note: after deleting lanes, the file must be saved to perform further analysis on it.

See section 3.4 Save or 3.5 Save As for information on saving a loaded file.

5.4 DELETE LANES

This menu item automatically deletes one or more lanes from the file which is currently loaded into Road Reporter and displayed in the Main Window data table.

Click the Delete Lane button in the Edit menu to open the following window:

In the Lanes frame, select the lanes which are to be deleted. Do not select any lanes which you want to keep. Click the Delete button to remove the lanes from the loaded file; Cancel to abort the process

Note: after deleting lanes, the file must be saved to perform further analysis on it.




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5.5 APPEND FILE

This menu item automatically adds another file to the end of the file which is currently loaded into Road Reporter and displayed in the Main Window data grid. This allows a split file (for example two 12 hour files) to be put back together.

Click the Append File button in the Edit menu to open the following window:

Use the Types, Drives, Directories and Files list to navigate to and select the file from which the lane data will be copied from. The Preview dialog shows information about the currently selected file. The Select Directions frame is not used when appending files.

Select the Ignore Days option to ignore any time difference between the end of the loaded file and the start of the selected file.

Note: the selected file must be of the same type and interval as the loaded file in

order to append the data from it to the loaded file.

Click the Append button to append the selected file to the loaded file; Cancel to abort the process.

Note: after adding lanes, the file must be saved to perform further analysis on it.




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5.6 COPY SELECTED DATA

This menu option copies the selected data on the main display to the computer clipboard; it may then be pasted in any appropriate location (another file, a text editor, spreadsheet, etc.)

5.7 MERGE SITE DATA

This menu item opens a window to configure the automatic merging of site data from two input site files into an output site file:

If Merge Site Data has been enabled under the General tab of Site Setup (see section 3.7.1.4 Polling), the merge site data function automatically performs an Add Lane operation (see section 5.3

Add Lane) for the configured sites at the completion of an Autopoll session (see section 4.3 Auto Poll).

Note: all three sites must be defined in the site editor before configuring site

merging.

Data from input site 1 will become the first lanes in the merged file; data from input site 2 will become the last lanes in the merged file.

The configuration information entered into the site editor for the output site is used in the header for the merged output file; this includes site id, station number, location, and direction codes

5.7.1 DELETE

Select Delete to remove the currently selected row. The software will ask for confirmation with the following dialog:



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Select OK to delete the row; Cancel to cancel the deletion.

5.7.2 NEW OR EDIT

Select New or Edit to open the Select Sites to Merge dialog:

Select Input Site 1, Input Site 2 and the Output Site. Each site list contain sites which have been entered into Road Reporter but are not currently configured as an Input Site for another merge. Click OK to accept the new or revised merge definition. Click Cancel to close the dialog without making any changes. The merge Site Data Configuration window displays a table of configured merges:

5.7.3 MERGE SELECTED

Select a merge definition and click the Merge Selected button to perform a manual merge of data for that definition. Note that multiple definitions can be selected.

5.7.4 OPERATION

When the Merge Selected button is pressed in the Merge Site Data Configuration dialog, or a polling session completes with the Merge Site Data checkbox checked, the software will merge the data from the two input sites into the output site.



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The software searches the site directory for all three sites and determines which files have not been merged yet that can be merged. It compares dates, times and data types to ensure that only “equivalent” files are merged.

For each file, the merge is performed by loading the file from the first input site, then performing an Add Lane using the file from the second input site. Finally, the result is written to the output site directory using the site information (site id, station number, city, county, location, and direction codes) from the output site when creating the new file.

Note: the software will NOT merge files which have different date/time ranges,

different intervals, different number of records or different data types.

5.7.5 LOG FILE

A log file containing the results of the merge can be found in the Logs subdirectory. A new log file is created each day. The log files are named MergeData_YYMMDD.log where YY is the 2 digit year, MM the 2 digit month and DD the date. If the merge data function is run multiple times on a given day, the log file is appended to each time the function is run.

5.7.6 MERGING MORE SITES

It is possible to merge more than 2 sites by merging the first two sites and then merging the results of the first two sites with the next site and so on.

The only requirement is that the order of the merges is defined by the order of the merge definitions in the list.

5.7.6.1 Multiple Merge Example

Given 4 sites called A, B, C and D which are to be merged to create a single site called G.

Use the site editor to create the site definitions for sites A, B, C, D and the final site G. Also create two interim site definitions, E and F.

Next create 3 merge definitions in the following order as follows:

Sites A and B into site E

Sites C and D into site F

Sites E and F into site G

Now when merge runs it will combine the 4 sites, A, B, C, and D into site G.

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6.0 REPORT MENU

6.1 REPORTS

This menu option produces summarized reports on multiple types of data including: volume, speed, axle classification, length, headway and gap.

Click the Reports button from the Report menu or click the toolbar report icon:

and the reports dialog box will be displayed:

Select the PRINT button to print the report using the selected options to the screen or default printer. Select the Close button to close the window.

6.1.1 FILE

If this option is selected, the currently loaded file will be used for creating reports (The file name of the currently loaded file is displayed in the box).

6.1.2 SITE

If this option is selected, one or more sites can be selected from the list of sites shown in the box. Selected reports will be generated for each site separately.



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6.1.3 MULTIPLE

Clicking this button will open a window to select one or more files for creating reports.

The selected reports will be generated for each file separately.

Click the Continue button to return to the Summaries dialog once the desired files have been selected; click Cancel to cancel file selection.

6.1.4 DATA TYPES

The types of data available in the file will be enabled in the list below the Data frame (data types not available will be grayed out). Select the checkboxes for the data types to be displayed in the report.

6.1.5 TIME AND DATE

Start Time and Date The beginning time and date for the report period within the selected file(s) or files found for a site.

End Time and Date: The end time and date for the report period within the selected file(s) or files found for a site.

When entering the time values, be sure to enter the colon.

Note: end time and date must be after the start time and date to produce a reliable

report.

6.1.6 FACTORS

The fields in this frame configure Seasonal and Axle adjustment factors that can be applied to report data. When Show factored HPMS stats is selected on the Customize dialog (see 6.1.10.11 Show factored HPMS stats), both factors will be applied to the estimated Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) on the Weekly 60 volume report and the Seasonal factor will be applied to the estimated AADT and other Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) stats on the 15 Minute or Hourly Class report.



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Note that the HPMS stats are rounded per the instructions in the HPMS Field Guide.

6.1.7 SAVE TO CSV FILE

Select this to save the created report as a comma separated value (CSV) file for loading into post processing software such as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet

When selected, a text box will appear where a filename can be entered.

Note: rather than using this function, the user is encouraged to examine the Export function for desired outputs since not all reports will export to CSV and this may be removed entirely in the future. See section 7.1 Export for more information.

6.1.8 REPORT INTERVAL

The Report Interval selection identifies the time format of the report.

xx Minute: This will generate a report in the original interval in which the data was collected. This is a summary based on times going down the page showing each interval and an accumulation each hour. In volume, lanes up to 24 are shown across the top of the page and all other data types are shown with bins across the top of the page. Percentages, AM peaks, PM peaks and speed statistics (if speed data) are printed at the end of each day.

Hourly: This will generate a report by hour. This is a summary based on times going down the page. In volume, lanes up to 24 are shown across the top of the page and all other data types are shown with bins across the top of the page. Percentages, AM peaks, PM peaks and speed statistics are printed at the end of each day.

Weekly 15: This will generate a report only for 15 minute volume data. This is a summary based on times going down the page showing each interval. The days of the week and totals are printed across the top of the page with an AM and PM column for each. Percentages, AM peaks and PM peaks are printed at the end of each day.

Weekly 60: This will generate a report only for 60 minute volume data. This is a summary based on times going down the page showing each interval. The days of the week and totals are printed across the top of the page. Percentages, AM peaks and PM peaks are printed at the end of each day.

2 Channel: This will generate a report only for 15 minute volume data. This is a summary based on times going down the page showing each interval (to the right of each even hour the hourly total is printed). The two lanes and totals are printed across the top of the page with an AM and PM column for each. Percentages, factors, AM peaks and PM peaks are printed at the end of each day.

Daily: This will generate a report in 15 minute intervals. This is a summary based on hours going down the page showing each interval and 15 minute increments going across the page. To the right of the summary, there is a graph displaying the hourly totals which is auto scaling. AM peaks and PM peaks are printed at the end of each day.



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Annual: This will generate a report in hourly intervals for volume data. This is a summary based on times going down the page showing each interval. Months (January through December) and totals are displayed across the top of the page. Percentages, AM peaks and PM peaks are printed at the end of the report.

A supplemental report is generated at the same time which shows time down the page and weekdays across the top of the page. The weekdays represent the average in a year.

Monthly: This will generate a report in hourly intervals for volume data. This is a summary based on times going down the page showing each interval. Weekdays (Monday through Sunday) and totals are displayed across the top of the page.. Percentages, AM peaks and PM peaks are printed at the end of each day.

Peaks: This report lists the top 100 Peak intervals for the given site for a given year. The peaks are listed in descending order.

6.1.9 SHOW ON SCREEN

If this checkbox is selected, the report will be shown only on the screen (there will be a Print option on the displayed report). If the report is to be printed directly, deselect this option. The default for this setting can be set on the Printer/Screen Options tab of the Setup dialog. See section 3.7.5.1 Default Destinations for more information.

When this option is selected, a text box labeled File: will be displayed below the Show on Screen option. In addition to printing to screen, the report is also saved as an ASCII Text file under the name displayed; the default file name is Report.dat. Enter a new filename if desired.

Below is a sample of the on screen report:



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Use the <<< and >>> buttons to move backwards and forwards through the pages of the report. Select Close to close this window and return to the Summaries dialog. Click the Print button to send the report to the default printer.

6.1.10 CUSTOMIZE

The Customize button opens the following dialog box to customize certain aspects of the reports:



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6.1.10.1.1 Lane Summing

This frame displays how the data will be combined for reporting purposes. Each Sum n indicates the lane or combination of lanes that will be presented separately in the report. These are controlled by the selection of the Summing Options.

6.1.10.2 Report Header 1 and Report Header 2

Adds one or two extra line(s) to the header on the top of each report (up to 80 characters maximum). If blank, the extra line(s) is not printed.

6.1.10.3 Multilane Bin Reporting

Use Multi Format – if this option is selected, the software will print all lanes on the same page when producing a binned data report other than volume.

Show Road Intervals – if this option is selected in addition to Use Multi Format, the software will print the total interval data for all lanes.

Show Lane Hours – if this option is selected in addition to Use Multi Format, the software will print the total hour data for all lanes.

6.1.10.4 WIM Report Show Weights

For weight data, select which WIM sensor data is to be used in producing the report or vehicle listing:

Sensor 1 shows weights measured by the first sensor;



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Sensor 2 shows weights measured by the second sensor;

Both Sensors shows the weights from the first and second sensor;

Average shows the average of the weights measured by the first and second sensors.

Do Not Use Weight Calibration – if this option is selected, the software uses the raw un-calibrated weight data for the Per Vehicle reports.

6.1.10.5 Turning Movement Report

Omit 4th Movement – if this option is selected, the report will only show the three major movements: right, left and through.

Total 4th Movement – if this option is selected, the report will include the 4th movement in the totals.

Landscape Format – if this option is selected, the report will be printed with the lines of text across the long axis of the page.

Label Right On Red – if this option is selected, the report will substitute PED with RtRed for header labeling.

Combine Trks & Buses – if this option is selected on a three tier study, the software will combine tiers two and three so the final report will only show two tiers.

Column Order – select the order of the columns on the Turning Movement Report (right to left lanes or left to right, as viewed in the direction of travel).

6.1.10.6 Use 24 Hour Totals

If this item is selected, the data will be accumulated in 24 hour increments beginning from the start time. When this item is not selected, all data is processed from midnight to midnight.

6.1.10.7 Grand Totals

If this item is selected, the data will be accumulated for the entire report and a report total will be generated. When this item is not selected, no grand total is printed.

6.1.10.8 Weekly 60 - Mid Peaks

If this option is selected, intervals of less than 60 minutes will calculate the peak hours to the accuracy of the interval time. If not selected, peak hours are calculated with even hours.

6.1.10.9 Summing Options

One or both of these two options must be selected:

Print Lane: if this item is selected, each lane will be printed independently.

Print Road Totals: if this item is selected, an extra set of report pages are created with the sum of all lanes represented.

6.1.10.10 Show D&K On Weekly Report

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peak hour, peak lane count to the peak hour count for all lanes expressed to the nearest 5 percent. The K factor is the ratio of the peak hour count for all lanes to the total count for the day expressed to the nearest 1 percent.

6.1.10.11 Show factored HPMS stats

Select this option to show certain factored Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) stats on the Weekly 60 volume report or on the 15 Minute or Hourly Class report.

6.1.10.12 Use First Speed Bin For Stats

If this option is selected, the software uses the first bin of speed data in its calculations for the speed statistics.

6.1.10.13 Use Last Speed Bin For Stats

If this option is selected, the software uses the last bin of speed data in its calculations for the speed statistics.

6.1.10.14 Use Bold Font For Reports

If this option is selected, the software prints the entire report in a BOLD format.

6.1.10.15 Statistics Only

If this option is selected, the software only prints the statistics from the summary and does not print the data.

6.1.10.16 Use User Bin Labels on Report

If this option is selected, the software uses the user defined classification labels for the report header instead of the Class # (see section 6.1.10.22). This is functional in Classification and Length studies.

6.1.10.17 Monthly By Day

If this option is selected, the software will print an alternate report for the monthly report which shows each day of the month.

6.1.10.18 Time Back

If this option is selected, the peak times will displayed as start time of the peak interval instead of the end time of the peak interval

6.1.10.19 Peak Graph Frequency

Not used.

6.1.10.20 Speed Threshold

The value entered for this option is used in the speed summary to report how many vehicles exceeded this speed.



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6.1.10.21 First Day Of Week

This option determines on which day a weekly report will start, allowing the data from any seven day period to be wrapped into one week.

6.1.10.22 User Bins Button

This option allows the user to customize the report header of a classification or length report. To activate this button, Use User Bin Labels on Report must be selected. Clicking the button will open the following dialog box:

Enter the desired labels and then click Save to store the values and close the dialog or click Cancel to exit the dialog without making any changes.

Note: the maximum label length is 5 characters due to column width restrictions on the reports.

6.1.10.23 Customize Bins Button

This option allows the user to specify the bins on which PV or WIM data can be reported. These must be entered before trying to produce a binned data report from PV or WIM data.

Enter the value for the top of each bin (inclusive). Each bin must be greater than the preceding bin. The highest bin should be set to higher than the greatest expected value. If in doubt, set to 999.



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Click Save to store the custom bins.

Click Clear to erase all the definitions for the currently selected type.

and then click Save to store the values followed by X to exit the dialog

Click the X to exit the dialog without making any changes.

6.2 GRAPHS

This function produces bar and line graphs on multiple types of data including: volume, speed, axle classification, length, headway and gap.

Select Graphs option from the Report menu or click the toolbar shortcut:

and the following window will appear:

Select the Cancel button to close the Graph dialog.

Select the Graph button to display the graph on the screen or send it to the printer; below is a sample graph:



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Select Next to increment through the available graph pages, Print to send the graph to the default printer and Close to remove the graphs from the screen.

6.2.1 DATA

The current active file name is displayed in the Data box. This is the only file which will be graphed.

6.2.2 INTERVAL

Select the interval for data display:

15 Minute – will generate a graph with 15 minute data points.

Hourly – will generate a graph with hourly data points.

Daily – will generate a graph representing one day; for volume data all lanes are shown on one line graph with 24 hours shown across the bottom and all other data is shown by each lane with bins shown across the bottom.

Weekly – will generate a graph with daily data points for one week.

Monthly – will generate a graph with daily data points for one month.

Annual – will generate a graph with monthly data points for one year.

6.2.3 TYPE

Select the type of graph to be displayed. The type of graph options available are defined by the interval selected and the Data Type.

6.2.4 SPEED STATS

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percentile, 15 percentile, pace and number of vehicles above a selected speed. Also, a complete cumulative analysis is displayed or printed.

6.2.5 COLOR PRINTING

If this box is selected and the default printer is capable of color printing, the graph will be printed in color; graphs are always displayed in color on the screen whether or not this option is selected.

6.2.6 SEND TO PRINTER

If this box is not selected, the graph will be shown only on the screen and not sent to the printer. If a printed graph is desired, be sure this option is selected. The default for this setting can be set on the Printer/Screen Options tab of the Setup dialog. See section 3.7.5.1 Default Destinations for more information.

6.2.7 TIME AND DATE

Start Time and Date The start time and date for the graphed report period.

End Time and Date: The end time and date for the graphed report period.


Note: End Time and Date must be after the Start Time and Date to produce a

reliable graph.

Warning: Each time a graph is produced, the times and dates return to their original

states.

6.2.8 REPORT FILE

In addition to being displayed as a graph screen, the report is also saved as an ASCII Text file under the name displayed; the default file name is Report.dat. Enter a new filename if desired.

6.2.9 DATA TYPES

The types of data available in the file will be enabled in the list below the Report File text box (data types not available will be grayed out). Select the checkboxes for the data types to be displayed in the graph.

6.2.10 CUSTOMIZE

The Customize button opens a dialog box to customize certain aspects of the reports; see section 6.1.10 Customize on page 6-5 for details.

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7.0 OPTIONS MENU

7.1 EXPORT

This menu item converts data from the standard PRN format to other formats including ASCII, Excel, FHWA TMG, and other customer specific formats.

Select Export from the Options menu or click the export toolbar icon:

and the Export Data dialog box will be displayed:



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7.1.1 FILE

If this option is selected, the currently loaded file will be used for creating reports (The file name of the currently loaded file is displayed in the box).

7.1.2 SITE

If this option is selected, the user can select one or more sites from the list of sites shown in the box. Separate export files will be generated for each selected site.

7.1.3 SELECT FILES

Clicking this button will open the following dialog box where one or more files can be selected for export to data files. Separate export files will be generated for each selected file.

Click the Continue button to return to the Export Data dialog once the desired files have been selected; click Cancel to cancel file selection.

7.1.4 TIME AND DATE

Start Time and Date The time and date at which the export will begin using the selected file(s) found for a site.

End Time and Date: The time and date at which the export will end within the selected file(s) or files found for a site.


Note: End Time and Date must be after the Start Time and Date.

7.1.5 FORMAT

One or more export formats can be selected simultaneously, however, certain formats are specific to certain data types.

The export function will convert the standard PRN files created by Road Reporter into the following formats:



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7.1.5.1 FHWA TMG

This export creates the standard US Federal Highway Authority (FHWA) Traffic Monitoring Guide (TMG) data files. Configuration of the general FHWA parameters is done via the Site Editor. See section 5.2.4.2 FHWA Header Tab.

Depending on the data type, 2 or more files will be created including a Station Description record file, Hourly Volume record file, Vehicle Classification record file and Truck Weight record file.

Select the Use PRN Directions checkbox to use the directions found in the PRN file. Select the Use PRN Time Range checkbox to restrict the outputs to just the time range found in the PRN file instead of creating full days for each day of data. Select the Class 1 to 3 in W Card checkbox to include data from these classes in the Truck Weight record file if they have been recorded in the data.

For more information, refer to the FHWA TMG web site:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/tmguide/index.htm

7.1.5.2 New York

This export produces custom files for data submittal to NYDOT. A dialog box is displayed requesting additional information specifically required for this format. Please follow New York guidelines when filling in the appropriate information. If NY master header files are available, be sure to put these files in your Road Reporter subdirectory where the program is located, and the software will auto fill most information.

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/tmguide/index.htm



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7.1.5.3 ASCII PVR Data

Creates an ASCII comma separated value (CSV) file with per vehicle (PV) axle class or per vehicle WIM data. Select the Use Calibration checkbox to use the calibration factors for weight. Select the Append Binned Data checkbox to append the binned data from a PV or PV WIM file to the end of the per vehicle record which have been written to the file.

7.1.5.4 Philippines CSV

Custom comma separated value export of volume data for the Philippines.

7.1.5.5 Maine

Custom export for Maine DOT. Select the Start At Top Of Hour checkbox to start the data at the first top of the hour rather than at an “off hour” interval.

7.1.5.6 Excel

This export creates a Microsoft Excel file of the data including the information from the file header.

Note: this does not work with PV or PV WIM data. Please use the ASCII PVR Data

export instead; refer to section 7.1.5.3.

Warning: Microsoft Excel must be installed on the computer for this function to work.

7.1.5.7 MEDC Welcome Centers

Custom export for Michigan Economic Development Center.

7.1.5.8 Saudi Arabia ASCII

Custom ASCII export for Saudi Arabia.

7.1.6 EXPORTING

From the main Export Data window, click the Export button to export the data to the selected format(s). A label indicating the type of export and the processing status will appear on the main window. When complete, a verification message similar to the following will appear:



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Click Cancel to close the Export Data window without performing any exports

7.2 VERIFICATION RULES

This option defines the rules used to verify that the data from the current data file is valid:

To activate a verification function.

7.2.1 VOLUME

The options in the Volume frame define the verification rules based on traffic volumes.

7.2.1.1 Number of consecutive intervals being zero

Enter the maximum allowed number of intervals with a zero volume count, above which the software will flag the file with an error.

7.2.1.2 Percentage change between intervals

Enter the maximum allowed percent difference between two consecutive intervals, above this percentage the software will flag the file with an error.



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7.2.1.3 Intervals greater than

Enter the maximum allowed value for an interval, above which the software will flag the file with an error.

7.2.2 CLASSIFICATION

7.2.2.1 Percentage of unclassified vehicles

Enter the maximum allowed percentage of vehicles recorded as unclassified, above this percentage the software will flag the file with an error.

7.2.2.2 Percentage of classes 4-13

Enter the maximum allowed percentage of buses and trucks, above this percentage the software will flag the file with an error.

7.2.3 SPEED

7.2.3.1 Percentage of vehicles above the maximum speed

Enter the maximum allowed percentage of vehicles which can be above the maximum speed, above this percentage the software will flag the file with an error.

7.2.3.2 Percentage of vehicles below the minimum speed

Enter the maximum allowed percentage of vehicles which can be below the minimum speed, above this percentage the software will flag the file with an error.

7.2.3.3 Max

Enter the maximum speed threshold. This will be the speed that is used in the first speed rule described above.

7.2.3.4 Min

Enter the minimum speed threshold. This will be the speed that is used in the second speed rule described above.

7.2.4 SAVE

Select this button to save the rules which will be used to evaluate the current data and close the dialog window.

7.2.5 MANUAL VERIFY / VERIFY ON LOAD

This button toggles between the Manual Verify and Verify On Load functions. If the button displays Verify On Load, then verification will be performed automatically using the current set of rules each time a file is loaded. If the button displays Manual Verify, then verification is performed on the currently loaded file only by selecting Verify Data from the Options menu (see next section 7.3) After changing this option, you must Save the rules to activate the selection.

7.2.6 CANCEL

This selection closes the dialog without saving any changes.



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7.3 DATA VERIFICATION

To run data verification manually, select Data Verification from the Options menu which will open the Verify Data dialog box:

7.3.1 FILE

If this option is selected, the currently loaded file will be verified using the defined rules (The file name of the currently loaded file is displayed in the box).

7.3.2 SITE

If this option is selected, the user can select one of more sites from the list of sites shown in the box. Files for each site will be verified separately.

7.3.3 SELECT FILES

Clicking this button will open the Select Files dialog box where one or more files can be selected for creating reports. Selected files will be verified separately.



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Click the Continue button to return to the Summaries dialog once the desired files have been selected; click Cancel to cancel file selection.

7.3.4 SET RULES

Click this button to open the Verification Rules dialog described in section 7.2 Verification Rules above.

7.3.5 TIME AND DATE

Start Time and Date The time and date at which the data verification will begin within the selected file(s) or files found for a site.

End Time and Date: The time and date at which the data verification will end within the selected file(s) found for a site.


Note: end time and date must be after the start time and date to produce a reliable

data verification.

7.3.6 RUNNING MANUAL DATA VERIFICATION

Click the Run button to verify the chosen data against the defined verification rules. Click the Close button to close the Verify Data dialog.

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7.4 CLASS DISTRIBUTION

This function allows the user to redistribute a percentage of the count from a selected axle classification class to another class.

To start the class distribution function, select Class Distribution from the Options menu to open the Distribute dialog box:

Select the from and to classes (Distribute From Class and Distribute To Class). Then set the Percentage To Distribute.

Select Distribute Now to move the percentage of the From Class count to the To Class count of the currently loaded classification count file.

Click the X to close the dialog without distributing the classification count.

Note: after re-distributing the class count, the file must be saved to perform further

analysis on it. See section 3.4 Save or 3.5 Save As for information on saving a

loaded file.

7.5 ROTATE MATRIX

If the currently loaded file contains matrix data, i.e. speed by class or speed by length, this function will rotate the matrix data. For example, if speed by class data is loaded, this function will change the file to matrix to class by speed.

Note: after rotating the matrix data, the file must be saved to perform further analysis

on it. See section 3.4 Save or 3.5 Save As for information on saving a loaded

file.

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8.0 HELP MENU

8.1 CONTENTS

Select this option to access the Road Reporter Help windows:

8.2 SEARCH

Select this option to access the Road Reporter Help Topics window and search for help on a topic:

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8.3 CHECK FOR UPDATE

Launches the default web browser and opens the IRD software update download page (you may need to scroll down the page to find the Road Reporter software).

The URL for this web page is:

http://www.irdinc.com/pcategory/software/software-download.html

Generally, a Road Reporter update is provided as a zip file. Extract the contents of the zip file into the directory where Road Reporter is installed.

Warning: You may want to extract the files to a temporary file, examine the included

readme.txt to determine if the update while provide better or increased

functionality you require. You may also want to back up your current Road

Reporter program folder or program before overwriting it with a new version.

8.4 ABOUT

This option to displays the current version of software being used. This is an important feature when technical support is required:

http://www.irdinc.com/pcategory/software/software-download.html

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9.0 COMMON OPERATIONS

This section describes a number of the commonly performed operations used in Road Reporter.

9.1 FILE EXPLORER

In several Road Reporter operations, a list of files is presented for the user to select from:

Section 3.3 Delete

Section 3.5 Save As

Section 5.3 Add Lane

Section 5.5 Append File

The file location – drive and directory – will initially be set to the default directory specified in the Setup dialog; see section 3.7.2 Directories Tab.

However, if the user changes to another directory, that directory becomes the default directory for the current session.

The following window shows an example of a file explorer:

Common fields in a file explorer are described below:

Filename: The last selected file from the Files list

Files: List of files from the selected directory which have the file extension specified in Types. In the Files list, you can use the standard Windows controls to select multiple files: <Ctrl+Click> to select multiple individual files; <Shift+Click> to select a range of files. All selected files displayed in this box will have the selected operation performed on them.

Types: This allows the user to specify only files with the selected extension to be displayed.

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Drive: The currently selected disk drive.

View Preview: If the check box is checked, the following information will be displayed for the last clicked file while the checkbox was checked: Site ID, Station #, Data Type, Interval, Number of Lanes, and Location. This information comes directly from the header of the selected file. If the information is not available, then nothing is displayed for the field.

9.2 EDITING THE DATA TABLE

When a file has been selected with the Load function (see section 3.2), the data from the file will be displayed in the main window as a data table similar to the example below:

In this data table, the user can perform several functions.

Note: after editing the data table, the data must be saved to perform further analysis

on it. See section 3.4 Save or 3.5 Save As for information on saving a loaded

file.

9.2.1 CHANGING VALUES

On most copies of Road Reporter, the user is permitted to edit the data values in the table by selecting a cell and typing in a new value. For example, to change the Lane 1 Class 2 count in the following row from 158 to 253:

Select the cell, and type in the new value. Click on another cell or press enter to update the value and row total:

Data Table



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9.2.2 SELECTING MULTIPLE ROWS

To select multiple rows, you can either:

Click and Drag: click and hold the left mouse button down while the cursor is on the leftmost cell of the first desired row, drag the mouse/cursor up or down to select the desired range of rows and then release the left mouse button.

Shift Click: click on the left hand cell of the first desired row. Move the cursor to on the left hand cell of the last desired row and then hold down the Shift key and click the left mouse button

Similarly, to select multiple cells, you can either:

Click and Drag: click and hold the left mouse button down while the cursor is on the first desired cell, drag the mouse/cursor up or down to select the desired range of cells and then release the left mouse button.

Shift Click: click on the first desired cell. Hold down the Shift key and click on the last desired cell

To select the entire data grid, click the left cell in the top header row.

To deselect any selection, simply click again.

Note 1: selection is only allowed on a contiguous group of rows or cells.

<Ctrl+Click> does not allow selection of individual separate rows or cells.

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Note 2: selection of cells is the same as selecting the complete rows. There are

currently no functions which work strictly on a group of cells.

9.2.3 COPYING DATA

Press <Ctrl+C> to copy the selected data to the Windows clipboard. This data can then be pasted directly into Excel, Word, Notepad, etc.

9.2.4 DELETING ROWS

To delete rows, select the rows to be deleted and press the Delete key.

Note: only rows at the top or bottom of the grid may be deleted.

9.3 DATA DOWNLOADING

When downloading data from any device, there are several options which control how a data file is created. The following list provides a quick reference guide to those options:

Section 3.7.1.1 System File Format – default file format

Section 3.7.2 Directories Tab – Default Data Directory

Section 3.7.4 Recorder Options Tab – use Single File, Omit First Intv, TRS ID Swap, ACE Date/Time, Use Tracker For Class

Section 3.7.6 Data Options Tab – nY Data, Auto Load, User Filename, Hourly Data, File Limits, PRN Index Off

Section 3.7.6.2 Site Indexing – controls whether site information in downloaded files is overwritten with site information configured in Road Reporter

Section 3.7.7 WIM Attributes Tab – remove straddling vehicles from PV and WIM data files.



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9.4 PROGRAM DEVICE

A number of data collection devices that can connect to Road Reporter can be remotely configured using the Program option on the Interface window for the device (programmable devices include TRS, MiniTRS, Peek 241 and ADR units). The Program button opens a new dialog window to configure and program the parameters of a device to collect data. The descriptions below refer to procedures for the TRS unit.

Road Reporter will attempt to connect to the device when the Program button is selected. If it can establish communication, it will display the Program TRS window with the current configuration from the TRS. If no TRS is connected to Road Reporter a dialog box to select the version of TRS firmware the configuration is to be programmed for will be displayed:

Click the radio button for the desired firmware and then click OK; the Program TRS window will be displayed.

The window has nine tabs including: General, Data Type, Layout, Weigh, Time, Sensors, Classification, Peaks; the operations available under each tab are described in the sections below. At the bottom left corner of the window is a Status message that displays the current state of the window. At the bottom right of the window are four command buttons:



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Load – retrieves the current configuration from a TRS or MiniTRS. Select the stored parameter file in the file browser that opens and then click Open. All fields will automatically fill with the information from the stored file.

Save – saves the current configuration from this window into a file. Use the default filename or change it to the desired filename, then click Save to write the configuration to a file. If the Data Source selected on the TRS Interface has been set to Flash Drive, then the current configuration will be saved to the flash drive in the folder IRD_CFG (you will be prompted to confirm the file name to save the file under); this can then be used to quickly upload the preset configuration to any TRS units running firmware version 4.07 or higher.

Send – sends the current configuration settings from this window to the TRS. Before sending the configuration, be sure the TRS is connected and the baud rates on the PC and the TRS are the same. Press the F1 key on the unit to turn the display on. Select the SEND button to program the TRS or Mini TRS with the configuration from the window tabs. When sending is complete, the TRS will change to “SET” mode and start recording data using the new configuration at the start of the next minute. The Status message in the bottom left of the window will change during transmission to indicate that the programming information is being sent. When complete, the message will indicate whether the send was successful or not.

Close – closes the TRS programming dialog window and return to the TRS Interface dialog.

9.4.1 GENERAL TAB

The options on the page under the General tab identify and configure

Note: the Site ID, Station # and Location labels may be different than shown here

since they are configurable by the user. See section 3.7.1.5 Labels And

Descriptions for more information.



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9.4.1.1 Site ID

A unique alpha numeric name which identifies a specific site. Typically the Site ID is a number but this is not a requirement.

Note: the Site ID is used as the key for the site information. It links the site

information to a field device and must match the Site ID entered in the Site

Editor to link the information with data downloaded from the device; (see section

5.2 Site and 3.7.6.2 Site Indexing for more information.

9.4.1.2 Station #

An optional secondary site identification field that can be used to describe the site; also known as the Site Reference.

9.4.1.3 Lanes

The number of lanes of data to be collected, this setting overrides anything entered on the layout tab.

9.4.1.4 Interval

The time frame defined in minutes which data is accumulated into. The TRS and MiniTRS support intervals of 1, 2, 5, 10, 15, 30 and 60 minutes.

9.4.1.5 Unit Id

This is for multiplexer identification (this should never be changed)

Warning: if this value is changed, Road Reporter may no longer communicate with

the TRS.

9.4.1.6 Violation

If the TRS is equipped to identify violations, this option sets speed threshold at which t the violation output is turned on.

9.4.1.7 Max Axle

If a sensor configuration does not have a loop as the farthest downstream sensor, then the TRS must use a timeout to determine when one vehicle ends and to start looking for the next. The TRS firmware must calculate the maximum time to wait for the next axle using the speed of the vehicle and a maximum axle spacing that can be expected for any vehicle. Max Axle defines the maximum spacing between two axles to calculate the timeout to determine the end of a vehicle. Examples of sensor configurations which use this are two axle sensors or axle sensor - loop - axle sensor.

This value is typically 40 to 50 ft (13 to 16 m).

9.4.1.8 CDPD Comms

If this option is selected, the software will set the TRS in CDPD mode.



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In CDPD mode, the TRS will monitor a serial control signal to wake up. When the signal activates, the TRS simply wakes up (similar to a user pressing the F1 key on the TRS when the display is off).

In non-CDPD mode, the TRS will monitor the serial control signal as a Ring Indicator signal. When signal activates, the TRS will send out commands on the serial port to direct a modem to answer the phone. See also Modem Connection, section 4.2.2.11.1 Modem.

9.4.1.9 Metric

Select this checkbox to configure the TRS to collect data in metric units. If selected, all parameters and configuration must be done in metric units.

9.4.1.10 Memory Rollover

Note: only available for TRS Plus with firmware 4.02 or higher.

Select this option to enable Memory Rollover. If enabled, when memory fills up, the TRS will erase the oldest file(s) to provide space for new files.

9.4.1.11 Cards

The radio buttons in this frame define which cards are installed in the TRS.

Note: this feature is only available with a special license.

Select 2 Loop 1 Piezo if the TRS contains 2 loop interface boards and 1 piezo interface board or a subset of 2 loop boards, 1 loop board and 1 piezo board, or 1 loop board. Select 1 Loop 2 Piezo if the TRS contains 1 loop interface board and 2 piezo interface boards or a subset of 2 piezo boards or 1 piezo board.

While other board configurations may work, the above are the typical assembly configurations provided.

Warning: setting this option incorrectly will result in missed or poor detection of

vehicles. Change with caution!

9.4.1.12 Quick Setups

The radio button options in this frame will automatically fill the other tabs with default information for the selected site layout, doing away with the need to manually select each setting value.

Note: it is still a good idea to review the configuration of a Quick Setup selection

before sending the program configuration to the TRS.



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9.4.2 DATA TYPE TAB

Use the settings on the Data Type tab to configure the type of data the TRS is to collect.

9.4.2.1 Data Type 1, Data Type 2

These two items define the type of data that the TRS will collect.

If only a single type of data is to be collected, then only a value in Data Type 1 needs to be configured.

If two types of data are to be collected simultaneously or in a matrix, then values in both Data Type 1 and Data Type 2 must be selected. Currently, the only data types that can be collected together are Speed with Class and Speed with Length. Select Speed in Data Type 1 and then either Class or Speed in Data Type 2. (To collect only speed, select Speed in Data Type 1 and None in Data Type 2).

Note: if Data Type 1 is set to Per Vehicle, the TRS will also record class and speed

binned data simultaneously.

9.4.2.2 “AND” Or “By”

If two data types have been selected, such as Speed with Class, the data can be collected as two separate studies, Type 1 & Type 2, or as a matrix, Type 1 X Type 2. This is only available in recorders with firmware versions 3.09 or higher.

9.4.2.3 Axle Class

If User is selected, the TRS will use the user-programmed vehicle classification table. If Default is selected, the pre-defined default vehicle classification table is used.

With TRS firmware version 4.07D and higher, if Default is selected, the error and undefined class can be programmed by the user. Error Class is the class in which to count all error vehicles. An error vehicle is created when the information from activated sensors cannot be combined to create a vehicle. Undefined Class is the class into which any vehicle which is properly detected but doesn’t match any template in the classification scheme is counted.



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For more information on configuring a user-defined vehicle classification table, see section 9.4.7 Classification Tab and section 9.6 Classification Editor.

9.4.2.4 Bin 1-3

When Data Type 1 is set to Per Vehicle, select this option to store only binned counts for vehicle classes 1 to 3 (defined as private passenger vehicles under most classification schemes). If per vehicle information is not desired for class 1-3, check this box and the data will only appear in the binned counts. As most vehicles at a typical data collection site will be private passenger vehicles, selecting this option will reduce the size of the data files appreciably.

9.4.2.5 Weigh-In-Motion

If this option is selected, the TRS will collect Per Vehicle Weigh In Motion (WIM) data. Notice that Data Type 1 will change to Per Vehicle if this option is selected.

9.4.2.6 Speed Bins

If collecting speed data (either by itself or with other data), either select one of the predefined speed bins (High, Low or TMG) or select User to define the bins in the User Defined Bin Table (see below).

The bin definitions for the predefined speeds are:

Bin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

High 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 >90

Low 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 >70

TMG 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 >85

Note: These bins definitions are “dimensionless”. That is, if the TRS is configured

for Imperial units, these bins are defined in mph. If the TRS is configured for

Metric units, these bins are in kph.

9.4.2.7 User Defined Bin Table

Once the data type has been selected, the bins definitions may be customized by editing the values in the table in the lower section of the screen.

Each bin value represents the upper limit for the range of values of the bin. For example, if the bins are defining the speed and bin 1 has a value of 30 and the bin 2 has a value of 35, then bin 1 will contain the count of vehicles with a speed from 0 to 30 mph and bin 2 will include the count of vehicles with a speed from 31 to 35 mph.

Note 1: user defined (changed) speed bin definitions will be used only if the Speed

Bins radio button is set to User.



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Note 2: changing class or lane bin definitions has no effect. These are discrete

values and are shown in the grid for completeness only.

9.4.3 LAYOUT TAB

The options under the Layout tab configure the sensor layout at the site and define sensor parameters. The appearance of this tab will vary depending on the version of Road Reporter, as shown below:

Road Reporter Version 3.5.3 and lower

Road Reporter Version 3.5.4 and higher

Note: only the sensor spacing and direction are unique to or each lane. All other

values are common to all lanes; it is recommended that these settings be

configured for Lane1 only. Even if one or more of these is configured for more

than one lane, only the setting from Lane 1 will be used.



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9.4.3.1 Spacing

Enter the distance from the start of the first primary sensor to the start of the second primary sensor. The entered value must be in either 1/10’s of feet or decimeters (depending upon the setting of the Metric checkbox on the General Tab), with no decimal places (i.e. a spacing of 80.6 feet would be entered as 806).

This value can be different for each lane.

9.4.3.2 Layout (Road Reporter Version 3.5.3 and lower)

9.4.3.2.1 P Sensor

Configures the primary sensor in the site layout. In a single sensor site layout, this will be the only sensor. If two types of sensors are being used, set the primary sensor to the sensor which is used to calculate the speed (must be two of the same type of sensors).

Key the first letter of the sensor type to be selected as the primary sensor type: T – tube, P-Piezo (WIM or axle), L – loop, C – contact.

Press the key a second time to select bidirectional detection as indicated by the ‘><’ appearing after the sensor type. The ‘>’ indicates the vehicles will be recorded in the lane in which the sensors are activated no matter which direction they are travelling. ‘><’ indicates vehicles travelling from the first sensor to the second sensor in a lane will be recorded in that lane. Vehicles travelling from the second sensor to the first sensor in a lane will be recorded in the next lane (that lane plus one).

The setting in the Config field will change to reflect the setting selected here (2 sensors are required for bidirectional detection).

9.4.3.2.2 S Sensor

If there is more than one sensor type being used, this defines the type of the secondary sensor. Press the first letter of sensor to be configured as the secondary sensor: P-Piezo (WIM or axle), L – loop, C – contact. The setting in the Config field will change to reflect the setting selected here.

9.4.3.2.3 Config

This field displays and provides an alternate method to configure the sensor layout at the site.

To configure the site layout, key in the number of the primary sensor(s) in the lane.

If there is one primary sensor, keying <1> will display 1 Ax or 1 Lp (depending on whether the P Sensor selected was an axle or loop sensor). Keying <1> again will toggle the display to the other type of sensor; the P Sensor display will change to reflect the Config setting.

If there are two primary sensors, keying <2> will display 2 Ax. Keying <2> again will cycle the display through all the available sensor configurations with two primary sensors; the P Sensor and S Sensor displays will change to reflect the Config setting.

9.4.3.3 Layout (Road Reporter Version 3.5.4 and higher)

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Layout Description

1 Ax > 1 axle sensor in each lane. Counts in each lane will be determined by the setting in the Factor column.

2 Ax > 2 axle sensors in each lane. Vehicles will be counted in respective lane no matter which direction they pass over the sensors.

2 Ax >< 2 axle sensors. Vehicles activating the first sensor (e.g. sensor 3 for lane 2) first will be counted in the respective lane; vehicles activating the second sensor (e.g. sensor 4 for lane 2) first will be counted in the respective lane plus the number of lanes.

Short/Long 2 axle sensors; one short across lane 1, the other, long, across lane 1 and 2. When data is downloaded, counts for lane 2 will be calculated by subtracting the short sensor counts from the long sensor counts.

1 Lp > 1 loop in each lane.

2 Lp > 2 loops in each lane. Vehicles will be counted in respective lane no matter which direction they pass over the sensors.

2 Lp >< 2 loops in each lane. Vehicles activating the first loop (e.g. loop 3 for lane 2) in the lane first will be counted in the respective lane (e.g. lane 2); vehicles activating the second loop (e.g. loop 4 for lane 2) first will be counted in the respective lane plus the number of physical lanes (lane 4 if the number of physical lanes is 2).

Ax Lp Ax > 1 axle sensor followed by 1 loop followed by 1 axle sensor. Vehicles will be counted in respective lane no matter which direction they pass over the sensors.

Lp Ax Lp > 1 loop followed by 1 axle sensor followed by 1 loop. Vehicles will be counted in respective lane no matter which direction they pass over the sensors.

Ax Lp Ax >< 1 axle sensor followed by 1 loop followed by 1 axle sensor. Vehicles activating the first sensor (e.g. sensor 3 for lane 2) first will be counted in the respective lane; vehicles activating the second sensor (e.g. sensor 4 for lane 2) first will be counted in the respective lane plus the number of lanes.

(TRS Firmware Version 4.09A or higher)

Lp Ax Lp >< 1 loop followed by 1 axle sensor followed by 1 loop. Vehicles activating the first loop (e.g. loop 3 for lane 2) in the lane first will be counted in the respective lane (e.g. lane 2); vehicles activating the second loop (e.g. loop 4 for lane 2) first will be counted in the respective lane plus the number of physical lanes (lane 4 if the number of physical lanes is 2).

(TRS Firmware version 4.09A or higher)



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9.4.3.4 Loop Length

If loops are being used, enter the length of the loop in the direction of travel. The value on the screen represents either 1/10’s of feet or decimeters depending upon the Metric configuration under the General tab.

9.4.3.5 Factor

If volume data is being collected with an axle sensor, the recorder can collect data with a factor of 100=each axle or 200=only count every other axle.

9.4.3.6 Dir

Enter a value from 1 to 8 to indicate the direction of travel for each lane: 1=N; 2 = NE, 3 = E, 4 = SE, 5 = S, 6 = SW, 7 = W and 8 = NW

9.4.4 WEIGH TAB

Note: this screen only affects TRS units which are configured for weigh-in-motion.

9.4.4.1 Auto Calibration

Autocalibration on the TRS WIM is accomplished by tracking the average front axle weights of a specified class of vehicles and comparing it to a target front axle weight. The TRS WIM will adjust the calibration factors by up to a specified maximum percentage to correct for the difference between the target and the average.

Auto Cal – to activate the automatic calibration features, select this box.

Class – select the vehicle class which the TRS WIM will use for automatic calibration calculations. Typically class 9 vehicles are used (five axle semi-trailers).

# Of Vehicles – enter the number of vehicles in the selected class to be used to determine average axle weights for auto calibration (maximum 250). The larger this number is, the more accurate the autocalibration adjustment is likely to be, but the longer the time will be between each adjustment.

Max % Change – the maximum allowed percentage change to the calibration factors for any one auto calibration adjustment; maximum of 25%.



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Target – the target front axle weight of the selected vehicle class which the system will try to calibrate to, up to a maximum value of 25000. This value is dimensionless, so if the TRS WIM is in metric units, the value is in kilograms; if not, the value is in pounds.

Defaults – sets the Auto Calibration parameters back to their default values.

9.4.4.2 Vehicle Calibration

Cal Fact – the calibration factors for each sensor used to scale the raw measured value from a sensor to match the real weight. A value of 1000 is equal to a calibration factor of 1: a factor of 2000 would double the raw measured value; a value of 500 would halve the raw measured value.

Note: if autocalibration is enabled, it will adjust these factors automatically. See

section 9.4.4.1 above.

Front Ax – the percentage factor is used to scale the front axle weight of every vehicle. It is applied after the Cal Fact. A value of 80 would scale the front axle weights down by 20%; a value of 120 would scale the weights up by 20%.

9.4.4.3 Speed Calibration

Warning: configuring speed calibration can be a difficult process and may be unnecessary. Consider carefully before changing these values.

Click the Speed Calibration button to open the following dialog:

For each lane, a speed calibration curve can be configured by entering a Speed value and percentage scaling Factor. Road Reporter will use linear interpolation to calculate the calibration factor to be applied between each speed. For speeds below the lowest speed or above the highest speed, the factor defined for that bin will be used.

For example, given bin 1 defined with a speed of 30 and a factor of 80 and bin 2 with a speed of 50 and a factor of 120, the following table shows the scaling which would occur for vehicles of different speeds.

Measured Vehicle Speed

Factor Applied



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25 80

30 80

40 100

50 120

Note: these factors are NOT applied in the TRS WIM itself. They are provided to the

TRS WIM for retrieval by Road Reporter to use during the display real-time per

vehicle WIM data and for storage in the data files for use by Road Reporter in

data analysis.

9.4.4.4 Non Linearity Calibration

Warning: configuring non linearity calibration can be a difficult process and may be

unnecessary. Consider carefully before changing these values.

Click the Non Linearity Calibration button to open the following dialog:

For each sensor, a non-linearity calibration curve can be configured by entering a Weight value and percentage scaling Factor. Road Reporter will use linear interpolation to calculate the calibration factor to be applied between each weight value. For weights below the lowest weight or above the highest weight, the factor defined for that bin will be used.

For example, given bin 1 defined with a weight of 30 and a factor of 80 and bin 2 with a weight of 50 and a factor of 120, the following table shows the scaling which would occur for axles of different weights:

Measured Axle Weight

Factor Applied

25 80



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30 80

40 100

50 120

Note 1: the non-linearity calibration is applied after applying other calibration values.

That is, it is based on calibrated weights.

Note 2: these factors are NOT applied in the TRS WIM itself. They are provided to

the TRS WIM for storage for retrieval by Road Reporter to use during the display

real-time per vehicle WIM data and for storage in the data files for use by Road

Reporter in data analysis.

9.4.4.5 Reset Calibration

Click the Reset Calibration button to reset the Cal Fact, Front Ax, Speed Calibration, and Non Linearity Calibration back to default values (scaling of 1).

9.4.5 TIME TAB

9.4.5.1 Set Recording Time

Enter the start and end times and dates to set the range of time over which the TRS should collect data.

Click the Now button to set Start Time and Start Date to the current time of the PC.

Check the Continuous checkbox to have the TRS continuously collect data. Uncheck the Continuous checkbox to set an End Time and End Date at which the TRS is to stop collecting data.

9.4.5.2 Set Recorder Time and Date

Use these controls to set the clock in the TRS.

Click the Send Current Time to immediately send the PC’s current time to the TRS or enter a different time and date and then select the Send Other Time button to set the clock in the TRS / Mini TRS.



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Note: these commands are executed immediately and are not part of the normal

programming parameters. If the counter is recording data, recording will be

stopped if the time is changed.

9.4.5.3 Stop TRS Recording

Click the Stop button to stop the current recording session in the TRS.

Note: this command is executed immediately and stops the TRS recording data.

9.4.6 SENSORS TAB

Use this screen to adjust the detection of vehicle presence (Loop Adjustments) or axles (Piezo Adjustments or Air Switch Settings.

Level or Sensitivity – this adjusts the sensitivity for each sensor type. Increase the value to make the sensor

Time or Debounce – this is an “off” delay or debounce time for each sensor type.

The above screenshot shows typical values.

Notes: Loop Adjustments are currently common to all loops. Only Sensor 1 values

need to be set. Level values can be set for each piezo sensor but the Time

value is common to all piezo sensors.



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9.4.7 CLASSIFICATION TAB

This tab performs operations on the user defined vehicle classification table.

9.4.7.1 Current User Class File

The name of the currently defined user classification file (if any) is displayed in the field to the right of this label. to search for and load a new class file, click the Browse button, navigate to the location where the file is stored, select the file and click Open to load it.

9.4.7.2 Send User Classification Table

This button transmits the Current User Class File to the TRS. First, configure the user classification table, and then click the Send User Classification Table to send the table to the TRS.

Note: this button is only used to download user classification table into the TRS.

This option does not set the TRS to use this table; that must be done on the Data

Type Tab.

9.4.7.3 Read User Class From Counter

Click this button to download the user class file that is currently stored on the TRS. After the file is retrieved from the TRS, the user will be asked to enter a filename to save the downloaded scheme to.

Note: reading the user classification scheme from the counter does NOT update the

Current User Class File automatically; use the Browse button to select the

downloaded file.

9.4.7.4 Edit User Class

Select this button to open the Edit Classification window:



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The Classification editor is described in detail in section 9.6.

9.4.7.5 Ask To Send User Class When Programming

Select this checkbox to ask the user whether the current user class file should be sent to the TRS along with a new configuration when the user clicks Send and the Axle Class is set to User on the Data Type tab. This can also be configured in the Setup dialog on the Record Options tab. See section 3.7.4 Recorder Options Tab.

9.4.8 PEAKS TAB

This function is used to program peak interval data collection into 241 and ADR traffic counters. This is currently not used in the TRS.



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9.5 TRS DIAGNOSTICS WINDOW

This section describes the functionality available in this window. It is only available when communicating with a TRS or MiniTRS.

Click the Diagnostics button on the TRS Interface window to open the TRS Diagnostics dialog window:

The Diagnostics dialog provides 4 tabs for accessing various diagnostic functions on a TRS: Sensors, Communications, Programming, and Dump Memory.

Various status messages will be displayed to the left of the Close button.



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9.5.1 SENSORS TAB

The upper portion of the tab displays the sensor diagnostics. The bottom portion shows controls for the diagnostics.

Select Diagnostic Type – Two types of diagnostic displays are currently available: Lane and Loops. (Axle Sensors will be available in a future version).

Note: Lane diagnostics are only available when connected to a TRS running

firmware version 4.08 and higher.

Start – starts the diagnostics display of the currently selected type. The display will hide all sensors which are not part of the current lane layout.

Select – select a radio button in this frame to specify the group of lanes or loops to monitor. Select All to monitor all loops (not available for lane diagnostics); 1-4 to view the first group of lanes or loops; 5-8 to view the second group of lanes or loops; 9-12 to view the third group and 13-16 to view the fourth group. For faster response, select a group other than All; for the loop diagnostic display, this speeds up the monitor cycle for the selected group of loops providing the faster response but the software then only updates the loops in the selected group and ignores all others. As mentioned All is not available for Lane diagnostics

Stop – stops the diagnostics display.

Note: sensor diagnostics must be stopped to close the diagnostics window.

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tuning is complete. Tuning may take up to 60 seconds per active loop depending on the version of loop board and the characteristics of the loops attached to the unit.

9.5.1.1 Lane Diagnostics Display

When Start is clicked with the Lane diagnostic type selected, Road Reporter checks the version of firmware for the unit it is connected to and then, if the version is 4.08 or higher, the diagnostic display is started:

The display shows the sensors as they are configured in each lane. In the screenshot above, the sensor layout is Piezo-Loop-Piezo.

A filled sensor, such as all the loop in lane 2 in the screenshot above, indicates that sensor is currently being activated either by a vehicle in the case of a loop or an axle in the case of a piezo sensor.

The numbers below each sensor indicate the number of activations of that sensor for the current or last vehicle which travelled over that sensor.



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9.5.1.2 Loop Diagnostics

A filled loop indicates a vehicle is currently being detected over the loop; an unfilled loop indicates no vehicle is being detected. The numbers below the loops indicate the frequency at which the loop is operating.



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9.5.2 COMMUNICATIONS TAB

The Communications tab is divided into 2 different functional areas: TRS Communication Settings and Real Time Traffic Statistics.

Note: the functions on the Programming tab are only available on a TRS Plus CPU

board with firmware 4.07C and higher.

9.5.2.1 TRS Communications Settings

The TRS Plus can be programmed with modem initialization strings.

Enter the modem command strings into the Modem Init 1 and Modem Init 2 text boxes.

The TRS will use these strings to initialize a connected modem. If these strings are configured in the TRS, string 1 will be transmitted to the modem. Upon receipt of an “OK” message from the modem, string 2 will be transmitted to the modem. If string 1 is empty, neither string will be transmitted. If string 2 is empty, it will not be transmitted.

Warning: Use caution when configuring these strings remotely as they can result in

a modem no longer answering. It is recommended that this command only be

used locally at the TRS when someone else is available to test the modem still

responds as expected when called.

Set the TRS Timeout value (in seconds from 5 to 30) to allow for the maximum expected network delay when attempting to establish a connection. If a connection has not been completed in this time, the connection attempt will be aborted.



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When the initialization strings and TRS Timeout have been configured, click the Send Comm Settings to transmit the configuration to the TRS.

9.5.2.2 Real Time Traffic Statistics

The TRS Plus automatically calculates and transmits volume, occupancy and speed (VOS) on a second serial port. The statistics are as follows:

Volume: count of vehicles over interval

Average speed: average speed of all vehicles during interval

Occupancy: percentage of time a loop is active during the interval

Please contact IRD for more information on the volume, occupancy and speed function including the communication protocol and how to access the second serial port.

Click the Open Traffic Statistics Window… to show the following dialog:

This dialog box is divided into 3 areas: Configuration, Monitor and a status display.

9.5.2.2.1 Configuration

Configuration of VOS operation is performed using the controls found in this area of the dialog.

The Traffic Statistics Interval is the time period over which the statistics will be calculated before they are updated. When polled, the TRS transmits data for the last complete interval. Poll times are automatically synchronized with the Road Reporter computer clock.



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The TRS transmits the VOS information on Port 2 of the TRS. The Port 2 Baud Rate can be sent to the TRS to change the baud rate if necessary.

Note: the VOS configuration can be transmitted on either the Main Connection

(TRS Prt 1) or Monitor Connection (TRS Prt 2). The Main Connection is the

connection established in the TRS Interface window (see section 4.2)

Connect / Disconnect for more information). The Monitor Connection is the connection established in the Monitor area of this dialog (see 9.5.2.2.2). Select the appropriate port for getting or sending the configuration.

Click the Get Current button to get the current configuration from the TRS. This will update the Traffic Statistics Interval, the Port 2 Baud Rate and a status field which indicates the number of lanes configured in the TRS with the current TRS settings.

New values can be sent out to the TRS by clicking the Send New button.

9.5.2.2.2 Monitor

The Monitor area of the dialog provides a simple tool for checking the transmission of VOS on the second serial port.

The Connect / Disconnect button operates in the same manner as the similar button on the main TRS interface window (see section 4.2 Connect / Disconnect) for more information.

Set the Poll Interval to determine how often Road Reporter sends out a poll command to retrieve information from the TRS.

The table displays the most recent information received from the TRS.

9.5.2.2.3 Status Display

The status display at the bottom of the dialog box shows various messages regarding actions taken by the user or by Road Reporter.



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9.5.3 PROGRAMMING TAB

The Programming tab consists of 3 functional areas: Card Configuration, Reset TRS and Upload Firmware.

Note: Reset TRS and Upload Firmware are only available on a TRS Plus CPU

board with firmware 4.07C and higher. Card Configuration is only available on

a TRS Plus CPU board with firmware 4.08G and higher.

9.5.3.1 Card Configuration

Select Loop Piezo Loop if the TRS contains one of the following card sets:

2 loop interface boards and 1 piezo interface board

2 loop boards

1 loop board and 1 piezo board

1 loop board

Select Piezo Loop Piezo if the TRS contains one of the following card sets:

1 loop interface board and 2 piezo interface boards

2 piezo boards

1 piezo board

While other board configurations may work, the above are the typical assembly configurations provided.



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If a contact closure board is installed, check the Enable checkbox for Contacts. Next select the Axle radio button if the contact closure board will detect axles like a piezo board or Vehicle if the contact closure board will detect vehicles like a loop board.

Click the Send button to send the card configuration out to the TRS.

See also section 9.4.1.11 Cards for more information.

Warning: setting this option incorrectly will result in missed or poor detection of

vehicles. Change with caution!

9.5.3.2 Reset TRS

Warning: This command should be used only in rare cases. ALL data and

configuration information will be lost.

Clicking the Reset Configuration button will open a confirmation dialog:

Selecting OK will send a command to the TRS to erase all data in the TRS and to reset all configuration parameters to factory defaults except the communications configuration.

A warning will be displayed in the status area of the TRS Diagnostics window:

The TRS will take several seconds to reset the configuration, erase memory and reboot.

Select Cancel to exit without sending the command to the TRS.

9.5.3.3 Upload Firmware

The firmware in the TRS Plus can be remotely upgraded. Click the Browse button and select the provided file for the firmware upgrade. Then click the Send New Firmware button to transmit the new firmware to the counter.



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The progress bar will increment along with a message in the status area indicating which block is being sent.

When the firmware has been transmitted, the TRS will begin to reprogram itself with the new firmware. Again the status bar will increment and the status area will indicate which block of memory is being programmed.

Once the upgrade is complete the TRS will restart as indicated by the status message. This may take 3 or 4 seconds.

It is necessary to restart data recording following the firmware upgrade but normally the configuration information will be retained. Check the configuration found in the Program Device dialog and confirm all settings before restarting recording.



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9.5.4 DUMP MEMORY TAB

Warning: Use of the functions on the Dump Memory tab should only be used at the

direction of IRD technical support. Starting a memory dump from a large

memory counter may result in the appearance of lockup on the TRS which can

only be stopped by pressing the <Del/N> key on the TRS keypad. Use with

caution when accessing remotely.

This screen allows the user to extract the contents of TRS memory.

With the TRS connected and awake, select the desired memory type to initiate a dump.

A dialog will appear asking how which portion of the desired memory type should be dumped:

Enter the desired range or number of bytes and click Start to begin or Cancel to exit at this point.

When Start is clicked, a dialog will appear requesting a filename to write the memory dump to. Click the Save button to initiate the memory dump; Cancel to exit.

Once the memory dump is initiated, it can be cancelled by clicking the Stop button.



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Warning: selecting the Stop button only stops the receipt of the data by Road

Reporter. The TRS will continue to send out the data, rendering it

unresponsive until the transmission is complete or until the <Del/N> key on the

TRS keypad is pressed.

To view the downloaded data, select the ASCII or HEX button to display the data in the desired format. The user will be prompted for the file to display.

The only difference between the ASCII and hexadecimal displays is that, where possible, ASCII characters will be displayed rather than the hexadecimal value.

Use the >>>> and <<<< buttons to scroll by blocks of 512 bytes.

9.6 CLASSIFICATION EDITOR

The Classification Editor can be used to modify the current vehicle classification scheme, save the current scheme, or to load a different classification scheme. The Classification Editor is opened from several places in the Road Reporter program:

Section 3.6.1 PV Data

Section 3.7.4 Recorder Options Tab

Section 9.4.7 Classification Tab

Below is the editor as it appears under the User Classification tab of the Program option of the TRS Interface window:



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Description – a short description (optional) to identify the classification scheme.

The information box at the top right of the window displays a reminder that when Road Reporter is configured to use Imperial/US units, the spacing values must be entered in feet with a single decimal place to a maximum value of 51.0 ft. When Road Reporter is in metric units, the spacing values must be entered in centimeters with a maximum value of 1555 cm.

Note that a TRS type counter only uses values to nearest 0.2 feet. So a value such

as 7.1 ft is rounded up to 7.2 ft when it is sent to the TRS.

Error Class – enter the class number to be assigned to vehicles that had an error when measuring the vehicle such as only 1 axle was detected or only 1 of 2 loops was activated.

Undefined Class – enter the class number to be assigned to vehicles that do not meet any of the vehicle type definitions in the classification table.

The buttons on the right side of the window provide editing function for the classification table (click anywhere in the row of a definition to select it):

Clear – deletes all entries in the classification table. A warning message will be displayed requesting confirmation to complete the deletions.

Move Up – moves the selected definition up one row in the table

Move Down – moves the selected definition down one row in the table

Note that a row cannot be moved up or down into an empty row.

Insert – inserts a blank row in the table above the selected row

Delete – deletes the selected row and moves all the rows below the deletion up one row



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The main area of the window displays the classification table ; each row in the classification table defines a vehicle classification. A definition is made up of the following information (column headers):

Class – the vehicle class number from 1 to 15, to be associated with the vehicle definition.

Note that a class can have multiple vehicle definitions.

Axles – the total number of axles for the vehicle, between 2 to 9.

Min –the lower boundary of the specified axle spacing. The number following the header ‘Min’ specifies the axle spacing (e.g. Min1 is the spacing between axles 1 and 2, Min2 is the spacing between axles 2 and 3, etc..

Max –the upper boundary for the specified axle spacing. The number following the header ‘Max’ specifies the axle spacing.

For example, consider definition #4 (the highlighted fourth row in the table illustrated above): the Class is 5; number of Axles is 3, which means there are 2 axle spacings to be configured (axle spacing 1-2 and spacing 2-3); the minimum of the first axle spacing (Min1) is 10.1 ft, the maximum of the first axle spacing (Max1) is 30.0 ft; the minimum of the second spacing (Min2) is 7.1 ft and the maximum (Max2) is 30.0 ft.

The row of buttons at the bottom of the window provide file storage options:

Load – opens a window to select a classification file to be loaded into the editor.

Save – saves the current classification table to the opened filename (displayed in the window header)

Save As – opens a window to specify a filename and directory to save the current classification table under. The default file type will be as a Classification File (.csv), but any other file extension, such as a spreadsheet format, may be specified. The file format is a list of comma separated values.

Save Readable – saves the current classification scheme as a text file in a layout approximating the displayed window. The file format and default file type will be plain ASCII text (.txt), but any other file extension may be specified.

OPERATOR'S MANUAL HOW TO...

ROAD REPORTER APPENDIX A-1

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A.0 HOW TO...

A.1 READ A COUNTER

A. Load the Road Reporter Software. B. Select Interface from the menu. C. Select the type of counter to be read, (i.e. TRS, Traffic ACE etc.)

a. For Traffic ACE counters: i. Then plug the cable into the counter and the proper serial port on

the computer. ii. Press the Display button on the counter. iii. Select the Read Counter button on the PC. iv. The software will dump the counter and then allow the user to edit

the header information. v. After editing the header information, select OK. vi. The counter has been read!

b. For TRS and 241 counters: i. Then plug the cable into the counter and the proper serial port on

the computer. ii. Press the F1 key on the counter. iii. Select the All Data button on the PC to collect all the data in the

counter or select the New Data button on the PC to collect only new files in the counter..

iv. The software will dump the counter and say ‘Complete’ when done.

v. Select Close to return to the main menu.

For more information, see sections:

4.1 Traffic A.C.E.

4.2 T.R.S.

A.2 EDIT A FILE

A. Select File from the menu. B. Select Load from the File Menu. C. Click on the desired file to be loaded, it will then appear in the Filename box,

select Open. D. After the software loads all the data and header for editing, the data matrix will

appear on the screen. Any of the data points can be edited. E. At this point, the Header Information can also be edited by:

a. Select Edit from the menu. b. Select Header from the Edit Menu.

The software now displays all header information on the screen, make any desired changes and select ‘OK’.

For any changes to be permanently made to the header or data, the file must be saved.

A) Select File from the menu.

B) Select Save or Save As from the File Menu.

C) All changes are now permanent to the file.

OPERATOR'S MANUAL HOW TO...

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3.2 Load

9.2 Editing the Data

5.1 Header

3.4 Save or 3.5 Save As

A.3 PRINT A REPORT

A. Select File from the menu. B. Select Load from the File Menu. C. Click on the desired file to be loaded, it will then appear in the Filename box,

select Load. D. After the software loads the file, reports can now be generated...

a. Select Report from the menu. b. Make any changes to the report dates and times or customization

needed.

Select Print, the file will now print


3.2 Load

6.0 Reports

Customize

OPERATOR'S MANUAL SAMPLE REPORTS

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B.0 SAMPLE REPORTS Demonstration

DAILY VOLUME SUMMARY Page: 3

WED 07/14/1999

Site Reference: Boudreau File: boudreau.prn

Site ID: 000000000000 User:

Location: West of Bellerose, St. Albert Direction: NORTH

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TIME Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL 0 125 250 375 500

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00:00 12 6 13 6 37 ***

01:00 9 9 9 3 30 ***

02:00 8 4 3 4 19 *

03:00 3 3 2 0 8

04:00 1 2 3 8 14 *

05:00 3 11 13 14 41 ****

06:00 19 45 63 76 203 *********************

07:00 98 104 91 78 371 **************************************

08:00 60 68 59 56 243 *************************

09:00 67 73 83 55 278 ****************************

10:00 64 93 63 82 302 *******************************

11:00 84 87 78 94 343 ***********************************

12:00 79 105 102 81 367 **************************************

13:00 69 78 74 78 299 *******************************

14:00 78 74 61 77 290 ******************************

15:00 90 68 70 80 308 ********************************

16:00 82 91 102 100 375 ***************************************

17:00 95 102 104 87 388 ****************************************

18:00 85 74 80 87 326 *********************************

19:00 89 63 88 80 320 *********************************

20:00 72 57 60 65 254 **************************

21:00 51 59 46 40 196 ********************

22:00 29 27 30 31 117 ************

23:00 24 18 22 26 90 *********

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TOTAL 5219

AM Times 07:15 Largest Interval: 104

AM Peaks 371 PHF: .89

PM Times 17:00 Largest Interval: 104

PM Peaks 401 PHF: .96



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VOLUME SUMMARY Page: 2

TUE 07/13/1999


Site ID: 000000000000 User:

Location: West of Bellerose, St. Albert

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TIME 1 2 Total

NORTH NORTH

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Hour Total 450 501 951

18:15 104 110 214

18:30 84 96 180

18:45 99 103 202

19:00 80 95 175

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19:15 83 83 166

19:30 88 86 174

19:45 81 74 155

20:00 96 92 188

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20:15 60 81 141

20:30 76 63 139

20:45 73 81 154

21:00 78 102 180

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21:15 79 70 149

21:30 74 60 134

21:45 61 94 155

22:00 36 99 135

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22:15 38 49 87

22:30 45 48 93

22:45 38 51 89

23:00 40 41 81

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23:15 26 32 58

23:30 30 37 67

23:45 17 25 42

24:00 13 21 34

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DAY TOTAL 4829 5127 9956

PERCENTS 48.6% 51.4% 100%

AM Times 11:15 11:15

AM Peaks 363 352

PM Times 17:00 16:30

PM Peaks 471 561



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TWO CHANNEL SUMMARY Page: 2

Starting: 07/14/1999


Site ID: 000000000000 User:

Location: West of Bellerose, St. Albert

TIME LANE 1 LANE 2 TOTAL

NORTH NORTH

am pm am pm am pm

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00:15 12 79 17 93 29 172

00:30 6 105 18 80 24 185

00:45 13 102 15 100 28 202

01:00 6 37 81 367 8 58 81 354 14 95 162 721

01:15 9 69 9 64 18 133

01:30 9 78 9 67 18 145

01:45 9 74 2 71 11 145

02:00 3 30 78 299 5 25 73 275 8 55 151 574

02:15 8 78 3 82 11 160

02:30 4 74 4 62 8 136

02:45 3 61 4 82 7 143

03:00 4 19 77 290 3 14 75 301 7 33 152 591

03:15 3 90 2 80 5 170

03:30 3 68 1 78 4 146

03:45 2 70 3 98 5 168

04:00 0 8 80 308 1 7 128 384 1 15 208 692

04:15 1 82 1 112 2 194

04:30 2 91 3 114 5 205

04:45 3 102 2 123 5 225

05:00 8 14 100 375 2 8 99 448 10 22 199 823

05:15 3 95 3 124 6 219

05:30 11 102 2 107 13 209

05:45 13 104 13 107 26 211

06:00 14 41 87 388 8 26 80 418 22 67 167 806

06:15 19 85 20 90 39 175

06:30 45 74 26 75 71 149

06:45 63 80 41 75 104 155

07:00 76 203 87 326 39 126 91 331 115 329 178 657

07:15 98 89 48 83 146 172

07:30 104 63 50 77 154 140

07:45 91 88 95 63 186 151

08:00 78 371 80 320 81 274 68 291 159 645 148 611

08:15 60 72 70 61 130 133

08:30 68 57 70 79 138 136

08:45 59 60 65 74 124 134

09:00 56 243 65 254 59 264 54 268 115 507 119 522

09:15 67 51 47 50 114 101

09:30 73 59 74 55 147 114

09:45 83 46 63 44 146 90

10:00 55 278 40 196 61 245 109 258 116 523 149 454

10:15 64 29 63 69 127 98

10:30 93 27 73 36 166 63

10:45 63 30 66 49 129 79

11:00 82 302 31 117 73 275 33 187 155 577 64 304

11:15 84 24 65 31 149 55

11:30 87 18 57 25 144 43

11:45 78 22 77 25 155 47

12:00 94 343 26 90 71 270 16 97 165 613 42 187

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TOTALS 5219 5204 10423

AM Times 07:15 07:45 07:15

AM Peaks 371 316 645

Factors PHF: .89 PHF: .83 PHF: .86

PM Times 17:00 16:00 16:45

PM Peaks 401 477 852

Factors PHF: .96 PHF: .93 PHF: .94



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TWO CHANNEL WEEKLY SUMMARY Page: 2

Starting:07/19/1999


Site ID: 000000000000 User:

Location: West of Bellerose, St. Albert Direction1: NORTH

Direction2: NORTH

TIME MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN WK TOT WK AVG

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

LN 1 LN 2 LN 1 LN 2 LN 1 LN 2 LN 1 LN 2 LN 1 LN 2 LN 1 LN 2 LN 1 LN 2 LN 1 LN 2 LN 1 LN 2

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01:00 65 56 67 56 88 44 97 58 107 76 127 83 200 116 751 489 107 69

02:00 35 21 33 28 51 40 44 25 53 40 96 77 114 77 426 308 60 44

03:00 23 15 25 11 23 26 19 15 26 21 50 49 61 56 227 193 32 27

04:00 15 9 9 3 13 9 10 10 5 17 29 18 40 46 121 112 17 16

05:00 29 12 27 14 28 7 31 19 24 18 26 14 27 12 192 96 27 13

06:00 91 44 76 36 62 36 60 36 93 33 32 18 36 25 450 228 64 32

07:00 325 126 322 141 334 141 311 135 292 117 77 55 75 24 1736 739 248 105

08:00 580 241 627 266 593 264 545 260 481 214 118 74 96 52 3040 1371 434 195

09:00 399 208 380 259 413 258 386 261 354 257 202 137 137 75 2271 1455 324 207

10:00 389 215 411 249 439 242 410 234 448 253 276 147 219 185 2592 1525 370 217

11:00 391 234 414 267 456 233 397 296 513 251 381 221 340 208 2892 1710 413 244

12:00 406 260 428 289 442 299 418 244 497 321 441 240 412 282 3044 1935 434 276

13:00 477 358 473 340 464 352 414 343 497 379 444 291 518 269 3287 2332 469 333

14:00 417 337 472 326 438 359 525 351 484 332 477 286 533 360 3346 2351 478 335

15:00 468 348 461 358 552 382 451 365 464 367 465 312 496 318 3357 2450 479 350

16:00 543 420 524 469 528 462 555 425 535 399 443 322 428 371 3556 2868 508 409

17:00 572 529 646 539 566 515 578 485 602 484 404 322 493 299 3861 3173 551 453

18:00 594 465 683 519 636 472 617 452 666 525 412 286 463 276 4071 2995 581 427

19:00 506 362 547 413 559 387 483 426 499 409 379 217 463 254 3436 2468 490 352

20:00 520 364 522 321 467 383 467 341 462 305 372 227 459 242 3269 2183 467 311

21:00 439 352 473 320 474 366 457 326 375 295 357 202 380 237 2955 2098 422 299

22:00 343 318 330 282 407 381 403 308 351 274 355 208 358 264 2547 2035 363 290

23:00 251 189 217 184 300 200 331 206 272 185 241 170 301 160 1913 1294 273 184

24:00 115 97 112 89 139 106 157 114 188 145 219 119 156 94 1086 764 155 109

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LANE 1 7993 8279 8472 8166 8288 6423 6805 54426 7766

LANE 2 5580 5779 5964 5735 5717 4095 4302 37172 5297

COMBINED 13573 14058 14436 13901 14005 10518 11107 91598 13063

Lane 1

AM Times 08:00 08:00 08:00 08:00 11:00 12:00 12:00

AM Peaks 580 627 593 545 513 441 412

Lane 2

AM Times 12:00 12:00 12:00 11:00 12:00 12:00 12:00

AM Peaks 260 289 299 296 321 240 282

Lane 1

PM Times 18:00 18:00 18:00 18:00 18:00 14:00 14:00

PM Peaks 594 683 636 617 666 477 533

Lane 2

PM Times 17:00 17:00 17:00 17:00 18:00 16:00 16:00

PM Peaks 529 539 515 485 525 322 371



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VOLUME SUMMARY Page:

2

THU 02/18/1999

Site Reference: 000000000P59 File: sample2.prn

Site ID: 00RT317 0500 User:

Location: 5th & Elm St

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TIME 1 2 Total

NORTH SOUTH

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01:00 35 119 154

02:00 62 80 142

03:00 53 73 126

04:00 33 66 99

05:00 59 64 123

06:00 81 87 168

07:00 96 126 222

08:00 173 141 314

09:00 202 192 394

10:00 221 211 432

11:00 229 227 456

12:00 204 235 439

13:00 246 250 496

14:00 225 222 447

15:00 211 217 428

16:00 219 191 410

17:00 225 209 434

18:00 231 218 449

19:00 185 179 364

20:00 189 149 338

21:00 207 108 315

22:00 128 97 225

23:00 108 86 194

24:00 64 63 127

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DAY TOTAL 3686 3610 7296

PERCENTS 50.6% 49.4% 100%

AM Times 11:00 12:00

AM Peaks 229 235

PM Times 13:00 13:00

PM Peaks 246 250



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WEEKLY SUMMARY Page: 1

Starting: 7/13/99


Site ID: 000000000000 User:

Location: West of Bellerose, St. Albert Direction: NORTH

TIME MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN WK TOT WK AVG

19 20 21 15 16 17 18

Lane 1 am pm am pm am pm am pm am pm am pm am pm am pm am pm

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00:15 23 111 23 214 33 183 11 63 0 0 76 128 55 107 233 989 31 115

00:30 8 115 10 247 36 243 12 70 0 0 44 109 46 117 162 1121 22 128

00:45 14 119 26 218 35 217 12 78 0 0 28 150 38 121 166 1110 21 129

01:00 20 132 8 214 21 188 3 81 0 0 19 131 39 148 116 1071 15 127

01:15 13 104 11 229 25 206 4 72 0 12 22 130 25 103 109 1038 14 122

01:30 7 104 10 169 22 194 3 71 0 123 16 149 24 141 91 1096 11 135

01:45 11 94 7 230 26 178 7 83 0 136 9 118 14 135 83 1159 10 139

02:00 4 115 5 221 8 159 2 73 0 120 14 160 26 135 62 1147 8 140

02:15 12 118 7 227 13 195 1 81 0 139 10 123 22 127 73 1190 9 144

02:30 0 103 10 165 5 219 1 82 0 130 11 115 16 128 47 1090 6 134

02:45 7 113 6 206 11 213 6 18 0 139 15 173 20 130 68 1135 9 141

03:00 4 134 2 204 13 215 5 0 0 140 10 131 14 130 52 1114 6 136

03:15 2 134 0 201 5 198 9 0 0 168 5 143 5 129 29 1142 3 139

03:30 2 133 3 217 8 212 4 0 0 174 10 155 14 120 44 1168 5 144

03:45 3 130 1 237 5 212 2 0 0 141 12 137 5 152 30 1182 4 144

04:00 8 146 5 229 3 214 5 0 0 149 5 103 0 118 26 1128 3 137

04:15 8 128 5 296 6 208 1 0 0 195 2 136 13 127 36 1275 5 155

04:30 3 173 0 263 3 249 5 0 0 159 10 139 4 136 27 1326 3 159

04:45 6 122 14 251 13 226 1 0 0 171 1 150 4 129 42 1254 5 149

05:00 12 149 8 275 20 258 8 0 0 151 12 127 10 106 78 1283 10 152

05:15 8 151 4 297 9 267 2 0 0 178 5 119 11 128 42 1346 5 162

05:30 12 138 17 311 28 248 6 0 0 178 7 118 8 115 89 1339 11 158

05:45 42 138 26 268 38 268 10 0 0 195 14 139 6 121 149 1347 19 161

06:00 29 167 29 257 28 241 13 0 0 203 12 127 5 90 130 1268 16 155

06:15 26 135 29 236 52 232 21 0 0 160 12 90 13 102 172 1144 21 136

06:30 74 107 62 240 106 229 37 0 0 136 30 110 18 113 372 1093 46 133

06:45 91 129 78 255 159 210 59 0 0 127 33 80 17 129 500 1109 62 132

07:00 134 135 153 183 220 214 73 0 0 128 35 93 18 107 709 1027 90 122

07:15 165 111 187 231 248 205 89 0 0 98 45 81 31 82 863 980 109 115

07:30 141 129 152 229 263 182 75 0 0 145 58 100 18 113 811 1049 101 128

07:45 141 140 156 208 237 196 74 0 0 104 40 80 10 138 749 1035 94 123

08:00 133 140 132 202 216 204 90 0 0 119 61 90 17 127 727 1058 92 126

08:15 86 136 95 173 194 175 61 0 0 103 87 61 24 116 607 896 78 109

08:30 97 98 93 218 178 172 63 0 0 143 42 81 22 112 563 957 70 117

08:45 112 122 99 167 154 182 54 0 0 98 77 86 65 107 620 895 80 108

09:00 104 83 93 202 130 199 61 0 0 96 61 61 40 117 545 901 69 108

09:15 109 109 108 180 159 167 60 0 0 96 80 108 47 118 630 908 80 111

09:30 84 65 185 158 187 162 70 0 0 94 106 99 44 115 826 826 96 99

09:45 110 86 150 140 201 143 66 0 0 72 109 70 83 107 860 725 102 88

10:00 86 83 198 102 170 131 64 0 0 84 104 81 83 89 855 646 100 81

10:15 100 78 178 106 175 105 74 0 0 98 95 88 61 66 839 608 97 77

10:30 113 56 164 104 201 107 56 0 0 63 74 103 73 63 843 568 97 70

10:45 102 67 197 90 182 114 79 0 0 87 121 62 85 71 923 559 109 70

11:00 76 50 225 78 200 91 67 0 0 71 108 65 86 64 939 490 108 59

11:15 76 36 159 48 183 78 71 0 0 74 121 85 86 28 854 399 99 49

11:30 118 20 192 53 187 49 49 0 0 71 123 71 125 42 954 354 113 43

11:45 100 28 218 48 202 51 88 0 0 62 131 37 100 32 1026 297 119 36

12:00 112 31 222 49 213 51 71 0 0 39 110 52 105 39 1034 300 119 37

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TOTALS 7993 17937 18910 2477 5369 7376 6885 66947 8084

AM Times 7:00 11:00 7:00 7:15 11:15 11:15

AM Peaks 581 794 968 328 485 416

PM Times 16:30 17:00 17:00 13:45 17:15 14:45 13:30

PM Peaks 595 1151 1041 319 754 602 538



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SPEED SUMMARY Page:

1

WED 06/16/1999

Site Reference: 250000000000 File: d0616004.prn

Site ID: 325700000000 User:

Location: Direction: NORTH

Lane: 1

TIME 15 20 25 30 40 45 50 55 60 61+ Total

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13:00 4 8 24 49 428 146 38 7 0 4 708

14:00 3 6 8 47 450 166 36 14 1 10 741

15:00 2 6 21 56 481 189 42 11 4 5 817

16:00 2 10 29 49 570 195 37 13 3 2 910

17:00 4 6 17 35 566 187 73 14 1 8 911

18:00 3 5 19 53 621 197 56 12 1 5 972

19:00 5 11 23 36 565 220 52 13 1 9 935

20:00 1 4 16 34 541 205 53 12 3 6 875

21:00 3 6 16 30 417 214 54 12 2 2 756

22:00 2 4 14 21 460 176 52 13 3 5 750

23:00 0 6 9 22 334 172 61 10 3 3 620

24:00 1 2 5 21 259 158 46 14 3 1 510

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DAY TOTAL 30 74 201 453 5692 2225 600 145 25 60 9505

PERCENTS 0.4% 0.8% 2.2% 4.8% 59.8% 23.4% 6.3% 1.5% 0.2% 0.6% 100%

Statistical Information...

15th Percentile Speed 85th Percentile Speed

31.2 Mph 43.7 Mph

Median Speed Average Speed

37.0 Mph 37.0 Mph

10 MPH Pace Speed Vehicles > 65 MPH

30MPH to 40MPH 60

6145 vehicles in pace

Representing 64.6% of the total vehicles



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GAP SUMMARY Page:

1

WED 06/16/1999

Site Reference: 250000000000 File: d0616004.prn

Site ID: 325700000000 User:

Location: Direction: NORTH

Lane: 1

TIME 50.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 65.5 Total

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13:00 350 120 94 44 100 708

14:00 387 140 64 45 105 741

15:00 447 157 72 55 86 817

16:00 550 143 66 52 99 910

17:00 531 173 76 37 94 911

18:00 575 186 87 41 83 972

19:00 542 170 94 48 81 935

20:00 469 189 88 52 77 875

21:00 417 136 61 35 107 756

22:00 423 126 53 43 105 750

23:00 285 130 53 44 108 620

24:00 222 74 57 36 121 510

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DAY TOTAL 5198 1744 865 532 1166 9505

PERCENTS 54.7% 18.4% 9.2% 5.5% 12.2% 100%



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Test Palm

MONTHLY BY HOUR Page: 1

June 2002

Site Reference: 000000680025 File:

Site ID: 000000005642 City: Forrest City

Location: I-40 Sec 51 L.M. 238.70 West of S.H. 1 County: St Francis

Lane: 1

DAY 0001 0002 0003 0004 0005 0006 0007 0008 0009 0010 0011 0012 0013 0014 0015 0016 0017 0018 0019 0020 0021 0022 0023 0024 Total

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M 17

T 18

W 19

T 20

F 21

S 22

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M 24

T 25

W 26

T 27

F 28 286 287 273 253 273 285 389 450 525 569 592 613 623 662 707 613 612 617 690 594 546 508 466 399 11832

S 29

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S 30

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TOTAL 287 253 285 450 569 613 662 613 617 594 508 399

286 273 273 389 525 592 623 707 612 690 546 466 11832

PRCNT 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.5 3.3 3.9 4.5 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.5 5.9 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.8 5.0 4.6 4.2 3.9 3.3

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SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT MONTHLY TOTALS # DAYS ADT

TOTAL VOLUME 0 0 0 0 0 11832 0 MONTH TOTAL 11832 1.0 11832

NUMBER OF DAYS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 WEEKDAY TOTAL 11832 1.0 11832

DAILY AVERAGE 11832 WEEKEND TOTAL 0 0.0 11832

OPERATOR'S MANUAL ROAD REPORTER DEFAULT DATA FORMAT

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C.0 ROAD REPORTER DEFAULT DATA FORMAT

RECORD 1 CHARACTERS

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UNIT ID 27-28

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START TIME 30-33

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START DATE 35-40

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END TIME 42-45

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END DATE 47-52

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BUFFER 61

TOTAL LANES 62

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RATIO 64-66

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FORMAT CODE 76-78

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PEAK 1 ST TIME 1-4

BUFFER 5

PEAK 1 ED TIME 6-9

BUFFER 10

PEAK 1 INTV 11-14

BUFFER 15

PEAK 2 ST TIME 16-19

BUFFER 20

PEAK 2 ED TIME 21-24

BUFFER 25

PEAK 2 INTV 26-29

BUFFER 30

PEAK 3 ST TIME 31-34

BUFFER 35

PEAK 3 ED TIME 36-39

BUFFER 40

PEAK 3 INTV 41-44

BUFFER 45

DIR CODES 46-53

BUFFER 54-88

CR/LF 89-90

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(‘) APOSTROPHE 1

CITY 2-21

(‘) APOSTROPHE 22

COUNTY 23-42

(‘) APOSTROPHE 43

LOCATION 44-83

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DATA RECORDS CHARACTERS

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NOTES:

DIRECTION CODES ARE CONTROLLED BY THE DEFINITIONS THE USER CREATES IN ROAD REPORTER

LANE LAYOUT

00 = ONE TUBE/PIEZO

01 = ONE LOOP

02 = TWO TUBE/PEIZO

03 = TWO TUBE/PIEZO WITH ONE LOOP

04 = TWO LOOPS

05 = TWO LOOPS WITH ONE TUBE/PIEZO

FORMAT CODE

DIGIT 1 = LANE CODE

DIGIT 2 = 0 FOR PIEZO, 1 FOR NO PIEZO

DIGIT 3 = 0 FOR IMPERIAL, 1 FOR METRIC

DATA TYPE

01 = LANE

02 = CLASSIFICATION

03 = SPEED

04 = HEADWAY

05 = GAP

06 = LENGTH

Operator's Manual Road Reporter€¦ · OPERATOR'S MANUAL INTRODUCTION ROAD REPORTER PAGE 1-1 DWG. # 69046201 REV C 11/21/2014 1.0 INTRODUCTION Road Reporter is a software package

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