Real-Time Data Algorithms for the ADR Product Line
It’s a fact – traffic volumes and congestion are
growing faster than roadway capacity to handle
them. Add an occasional incident, or worse an
emergency evacuation, and you have a traffic
crisis. Traffic can’t be managed if you don’t know
what it’s doing at the moment. We have the
technology – the problem is the cost to install
and maintain new sensors.
There is a way to monitor the situation in real-time,
using hardware you may already have
installed, to collect historical traffic data –
StopWatch+®.
Benefits
- One device performs the work of two, leveraging existing
investment in traffic data recorders
- Reduces maintenance by not having separate systems for
historical and real-time data needs
- Easy set up and operation
- Operates on the reliable, proven, industry standard
ADR-3000
- Real time StopWatch+ application runs simultaneously and independently
- Both the historical and StopWatch+ applications can be configured independently
- Dual communications enable simultaneous monitoring of
both historical and real-time data (dual comm card
required in ADR)
- Can be retrofitted into existing ADR Plus products
- Low power consumption for deployment at remote sites
- Can process data in both directions of a lane allowing
monitoring of lane reversals
- Proven operation in state-wide deployments
StopWatch+ is such a valuable addition to ADR
function that it is built right in to every new ADR
and requires only a site, city or state-wide license
fee for activation. Once activated, the
StopWatch+ application enhances the operation
of the ADR to also process Count, Average
Speed and Occupancy data in intervals from 10
seconds to 60 minutes. This enhanced operation
is totally independent from the ADR’s historical
data collection studies. With its dual
communications ability, data from both the
historical study and real-time intervals can be
monitored simultaneously.
StopWatch+ can be configured to process any
combination of count, average speed and
occupancy data on up to 16 lanes (or 32 overall
flows). The StopWatch+ data can be optionally
combined into individual flow totals, lane (or
sensor array) totals, directional totals or an
overall site total.
Operating StopWatch+
StopWatch+ is included in every Peek Traffic ADR-3000 Plus
with firmware version 5.4 or later; manufactured September
2004 or later. Contact Peek Traffic Sales or Customer Service
to activate StopWatch+, which can be performed remotely.
For further details on the ADR models, please see the ADR
product information sheets.
Once activated in the ADR firmware, StopWatch+ must be
configured. A setup utility called “StopWatch+ Monitor” is
provided to assist in configuration.
(Shown at right, click to enlarge) Data from StopWatch+ can be retrieved over the com port
at the user-specified time intervals. The data must be
imported into third party software systems. Data from
StopWatch+ cannot be viewed in Peek’s TOPS™ software.
Two Year Warranty
Peek Traffic warrants this product against manufacturing
defects in materials and workmanship for two years from
date of shipment or product activation.
Additional Information about StopWatch+ and the ADRs that can use it:
