FTMS

FTMS™
At ISS Canada, we know how easily headaches can build up over freeway traffic monitoring. Our low-cost, quick deployment FTMS (Freeway Traffic Monitoring System) delivers monitoring and automatic incident detection. Reaction is accurate and speedy - usually within 90 seconds - in all weather conditions. Installation is safe and fast using existing roadside poles. That means no lane closures.

Based on RTMS radars, FTMS vehicle detection stations are spaced every 500m and installed on roadside poles in the side-fired configuration. They deliver data to a PC at the Traffic Operations Center (TOC) every 30 seconds via RF, ethernet or land-line modems. Incident management by TOC personnel is automated by fast reaction, processing and integration with the CCTV system. FTMS alerts separately for incident and for recurrent congestion.

 

Applications

  • Freeway traffic management and incident detection systems
  • Traveler information and travel time prediction

Features

  • Accurate, all-weather per-lane measurement: volume, occupancy, speed and classification
  • Relocateable, programmable and scalable
  • Fits all communications channels: RF, TCP/IP, cluster, fiber or phone line
  • Full featured, integrated, user-friendly PC-based TOC software
  • AC, battery or solar power options
  • Fits all road types and configurations up to 12 lanes
  • Fast reaction: detects most incidents within 90 seconds
  • High probability of detection; low false alarm rate
  • Visual and audio incident alarms and automatic CCTV cueing
  • Ready forms pop up for operator action

Benefits

  • Alarms on actionable incidents, not recurring congestion
  • Quick deployment on existing structures with no traffic disruptions
  • Low life-cycle cost
  • Reliable and maintenance-free
  • MS-Windows based GUI software for point-and-click attended or unattended operation
  • Logging of all events: incidents, congestion and faults
  • Password-protected operator log-on and log-off
  • Fast operator response speeds up dispatch
  • Built-in redundancy and self test
  • Easy to expand/configure and calibrate


Specifications

 

  • System
    • Number of vehicle detection stations: up to 255/communications port
    • Point-to-point or multi-drop communications
    • TCP/IP and Serial/Radio Clusters
  • Detection Station
    • Pole-mounted. Includes side-fired RTMS and internal modem
    • Power: 4 Watt surge-protected AC or DC
    • Installation time: typically 1 hour
    • Measurement on up to 12 lanes
    • Flexible and programmable
  • Traffic Operations Center
    • MS-Windows based software, collecting real-time data from thousands of stations - using McMaster algorithm
    • Raw data archiving in SQL database
    • Two modes of operation: attended and non-attended
    • Allows quick response by operator through ready reporting forms
    • Easy testing of the entire system from the TOC computer
    • Screens for map, system, station and status view
    • Operator-reconfigurable system size, screens
    • Easy interface with other systems (CCTV, VMS, etc.)
    • Multiple network capability
    • Allows extension of network or road changes without monitoring disruption

 
 

FTMS Quick Stats

  • Automatic incident detection
  • Fast Deployment with wireless communications
  • Real-time monitoring and mapping

 

 
 
 
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