The lack of an adequate testing system has hampered the efforts of key personnel at the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to conduct comprehensive testing of Actuated Signal Controllers (ASC) submitted by various manufacturers/vendors for certification. The objective of the project is to design and implement an automated testing system for efficient, thorough, and accurate testing of ASCs. Through a coordinated effort among the electrical engineering research team of the Florida State University (FSU) and key Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) personnel, an automated testing system for National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) TS2 Type-1 Actuated Signal Controller (ASC) has been developed and constructed. The system developed consists of the following: - A laptop with proper ports and software, - A Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) card by Quatech, - A device for the interface between an ASC and the Quatech card, - A total of 20 automated testing programs covering all the functionalities of an ASC, - An executable C# Windows Console application to execute all the automated testing programs: ASCAutoTester.exe, - A user manual for the automated ASC testing system, and -A compact disk (CD) containing all program codes and documents of the project. The automated testing system is somewhat manufacturer dependent due to the discrepancies among the manufacturers in their interpretations of many of the ASC specifications. The development and the eventual adoption of National Transportation Communications for ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) Protocol (NTCIP) have demonstrated the possibility of an NTCIP based autonomous testing system that is manufacturer independent. Additional work is needed to develop a manufacturer independent autonomous testing system that combines the Automated Testing System developed in this project and previous NTCIP test procedures developed at FDOT Traffic Engineering Research Lab (TERL). This report contains an evaluation of the McCain-NIATT Controller Interface Device (CID II) Hardware in the Loop research project final report and the Automated ASC Testing Device User Manual developed during the current research project. Other material developed during the current research project such as project administration files and ASC automated software can be found on the accompanying CD (in HTML web format) or via the projects web site at: http://eng.fsu.edu/~tung/terl/index.htm (Author/publisher)
Samenvatting