icoms TMS-SA, User Manual

Page 1: ...TMS SA above ground and portable traffic counter User guide Version 2 7 TMS SA USER GUIDE ...

Page 2: ... radar or read an existing file 10 4 4 Bluetooth connection with the PC 12 5 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION 13 5 1 Physical installation of the radar 14 5 1 1 Choose the direction according to the detection direction 14 5 1 2 Positioning the mounting bracket 14 5 1 2 1 Change the radar mounting bracket 14 5 1 2 2 Installing the pole support Standard 45 mounting bracket 15 5 1 2 3 Installing the po...

Page 3: ...liminary 34 7 8 2 2 Vehicle categories based on vehicle lengths 34 7 8 2 3 How to change the time interval aggregation in the Excel report 35 7 8 2 4 How to change the vehicle length categories in the Excel report 36 7 8 2 5 How to load a customized report template in the IcomSoft 38 7 9 General settings 39 8 RADAR CHARACTERISTICS 40 8 1 Physical description 40 8 2 Technical characteristics 40 8 2...

Page 4: ...Pairing a new unit 46 11 3 2 Connecting an already paired radar 48 11 4 Radar configuration 49 11 5 Measure mode 50 11 6 Download the data 51 11 7 Share the files 52 11 8 Erase the measurements 53 11 8 1 Erase the data from the radar 53 11 8 2 Erase the files from the device 53 12 ANNEX 3 3G MODEM COMMUNICATION 54 1 2 LISTOF FIGURES Screenshot 1 welcome 11 Screenshot 2 connection 11 Screenshot 3 c...

Page 5: ... 18 Figure 22 clamping screw with TMS SA at a different angle 19 Figure 23 insertion space for anti theft padlock 19 Screenshot 4 invitation to clear the memory 20 Screenshot 5 radar parameters basic parameters 20 Screenshot 6 radar location 21 Screenshot 7 installation mode 21 Screenshot 8 slope 22 Screenshot 9 installation parameters 23 Screenshot 10 setup summary 24 Screenshot 11 live speed dis...

Page 6: ...data based on vehicle lengths 36 Screenshot 31 new values for the length categories 37 Screenshot 32 excel alert to refresh the pivot table data and graphs 37 Screenshot 33 new vehicle length categories 37 Screenshot 34 changing the category title 38 Screenshot 35 example of new vehicle length categories and values 38 Screenshot 36 export screen 38 Screenshot 37 report settings 39 Screenshot 38 se...

Page 7: ... in this manual The manual must be available at all times Ensure that no liquid enters the equipment If you notice any deterioration of any kind damaged or stripped cable damaged connector disconnect the equipment and contact your supplier Any malfunction of the equipment that reduces the safety of the users or third parties must be rectified immediately Ensure that the identification labels and o...

Page 8: ...s without charging Do not store the TMS SA with discharged batteries A defective battery may emit gas that is potentially explosive o Charge you battery in an open environment If your radar has an external connector on the housing remove the safety screws and open the top while charging the batteries If your radar hasn t any external connector on the housing remove the safety screws You can then o...

Page 9: ...rasitic measurements in the receding direction measurement of vehicles moving away The Icoms Software automatically detects the false detections due to rain It is then up to the user to decide to filter out the data to erase the undesirable measures The function of this filter is explained further in this document p 29 3 2 FUNCTIONS The equipment enables the counting of vehicles speed measurement ...

Page 10: ...quency range such as internet routers or other Wi Fi devices or GSM Bluetooth version 1 1 manages the frequency plans very badly Class 2 is equally strongly advised against various pre installed internal Bluetooth in areas with interference see also below Bluetooth connection with the PC Notes 4 2 INSTALLATIONOF THE ICOMSOFTTMS SA 1 Close any running applications 2 Place the USB key in the USB slo...

Page 11: ...reenshot 2 connection o Choose Connect to a device to connect to the device and configure it using RS 232 or Bluetooth and follow the steps on the screen For Bluetooth connection details please refer to section 4 4 o Choose Visualize data to download the data from the device and visualize the statistics ...

Page 12: ...uctions 2 Launch IcomSoft TMS SA and choose Connect followed by Connect to a device and then Connect via Bluetooth The software will search for Bluetooth devices and display the available Bluetooth devices on the screen Choose the device to connect to and click Connect as shown in Screenshot 3 3 If a pairing password is requested please get the pairing password from your distributor 4 Follow the i...

Page 13: ...eate false detections parasitic measurements in the receding direction measurement of vehicles moving away mounting pole perpendicular to the road a deviation in the post of 6 degrees can create a speed measurement error of 5 The software allows the road gradient or slope to be corrected for see p 21 measure outside braking acceleration and congestion zones The green areas in the following diagram...

Page 14: ...between the lanes for bidirectional measurements see Figure 2 and the height of the radar installation In general the distance cannot be changed it depends on the post or mast which are often fixed Figure 2 distance to the axis unidirectional bidirectional The height is measured between the roadway and the base of the radar bottom edge of the housing It is chosen as a function of the distance as i...

Page 15: ... on Figure 5 Please make sure the marks coincide Figure 5 steerable bracket The nuts tightening torque must be 22 Nm 5 1 2 2 Installing the pole support Standard 45 mounting bracket Ensure that the support plate is well parallel to the road thanks to the alignment tool integrated in the equipment for easily aligning the bracket The spirit level enables you to check that post is vertical parallel t...

Page 16: ... moved while it was being secured Figure 7 mounting bracket Once the movable bracket has been mounted the radar can be installed as shown in Figure 8 and Figure 9 Figure 8 pole bracket rear bracket Figure 9 radar installed on the pole bracket 5 1 2 3 Installing the pole support Optional steerable bracket An optional support has been developed for the TMS SA in order to offer a wider range of posit...

Page 17: ...he two holes on the right using the orange arrow When the two holes are aligned the TMS SA is aligned at 45 to the bracket on the pole If the road is parallel to the support the TMS SA is aligned for use Figure 12 TMS SA with bracket Figure 13 45 mark Slide a screw through the two aligned holes to secure the TMS SA orientation as shown in Figure 13 Then use the clamping screw and tighten the screw...

Page 18: ... the TMS SA is aligned for use and you can proceed with the orientation screw and the clamping screw as shown in Figure 20 and Figure 21 Figure 18 clamping screw Figure 19 45 mark Figure 20 45 orientation screw Figure 21 orientation at 45 with clamping screw and optional padlock 5 1 2 3 3 Random angle mounting When the pole is not parallel to the road and the TMS SA must be aligned at another angl...

Page 19: ...termine the installation and accuracy of the measurements Horizontal with reference to the vehicle movement axis ALWAYS 45 where the base of the radar is aligned with a point situated halfway between the parallel and perpendicular axis of the road Position the mounting foot in parallel with the vehicle movement as indicated above When you position the radar on the bracket it will be automatically ...

Page 20: ...e already written in the memory of the radar the software will suggest erasing it Before confirming please check the data are saved Screenshot 4 invitation to clear the memory These indications appear in the upper part of screen Screenshot 5 radar parameters basic parameters Radar date and time Serial number battery charge level measurements are impossible below 5 5 V also see page 40 percentage m...

Page 21: ...hot 7 installation mode When measuring on a narrow road where traffic moves in alternate directions on one and the same traffic lane roadworks with temporary traffic lights residential area with a chicane single lane bridge use the indicated checkbox detection direction detection of vehicles that are moving towards and or moving away from the radar in 1 or 2 directions see p 14 as well as the note...

Page 22: ...easurement of one of the two vehicles none of the measurements a measurement whose length is the sum of the two lengths measured It is impossible to predict the behaviour of the radar Please be reminded that very heavy rainfall sudden shower or flurry combined with gusts of wind during a storm for example can create false detections parasitic measurements in the receding direction measurement of v...

Page 23: ...road If the post is leaning or the road is inclined use the road inclination function as shown in the Step 3 5 slope section see p 22 if despite the accuracy of the given parameters the lengths are not correct in one or both directions you can use these two fields to apply a constant correction The values entered are added x x m or subtracted x x m from the lengths sent by the radar LENGTH MEASURE...

Page 24: ...actory without correction on at least one of the two lanes Then apply the necessary correction to the other direction 5 2 6 STEP 5 5 SUMMARY Screenshot 10 setup summary Review the radar configuration parameters and click on Send to radar to configure the radar ...

Page 25: ... the installation mast is not vertical It is possible to adjust the inclination of the antenna to the installation conditions by clicking on Modify radar parameters NOTE In order to verify the accuracy of the length measurement we recommend you to carry out the configuration and commissioning on site with a laptop computer or a smartphone However if you do not have the required equipment the confi...

Page 26: ...e sets up the communication with the radar and downloads the data once the user confirms to download the data 2 This window appears Screenshot 13 downloading the data The download time depends on the performance of your PC the quality of the Bluetooth connection and the size of the file to be downloaded The downloading of a full memory can take up to 20 minutes 3 When the download is complete the ...

Page 27: ...reenshot 15 and described in details in chapter 7 1 Rain and or parasitic measures filter Screenshot 15 rain filter option 5 The software then asks if you want to process the data 6 If more than one measurement campaign with different radar location names is detected the radar will ask the user to choose which radar location name to use Screenshot 16 choose the campaign name if more than one ...

Page 28: ...o transfer the statistics immediately The data will remain in memory until you explicitly delete it even if the power is switched off or the battery is discharged In order not to extend the download time unnecessarily you are however advised to clear the memory between two measurement ranges ...

Page 29: ...le length As a rule of thumb for a particular time slot one should record three 3 dry days of measurements for every rainy day 7 2 DATADISPLAY Once the data loaded into the software the data can be loaded from a data file or downloaded from the radar the software displays the data as shown in Screenshot 17 Screenshot 17 data display 7 3 DATAFILTERS If you want to work with a time period or speed c...

Page 30: ... To go back to the summary with all the graphs click again on the maximized graph Screenshot 18 graphs tab 7 4 1 SPEED CATEGORIES This graph shows the measured data classified according to the speed bins as defined in the Speed Categories tab see section 7 5 Screenshot 19 speed categories graph 7 4 2 LENGTH CATEGORIES The graph shows the measured data classified according to the vehicle lengths de...

Page 31: ...the vehicle categories according to date time 1 column 1 day By checking the boxes under the graph it is possible to make the graph parts appear or disappear Screenshot 21 global chart 7 4 4 HOURLY FLOW The graph combines the volumes per period into an average hourly volume Screenshot 22 hourly flow ...

Page 32: ...lows the user as well to define the over speeding threshold in the Speed Limit field Screenshot 23 speed categories 7 6 LENGTH CATEGORIES The Length categories tab allows the user to define how to classify the vehicles according to vehicle length with an example shown in Screenshot 24 Screenshot 24 length categories ...

Page 33: ...defined speed limit Screenshot 25 statistics tab 7 8 EXPORT 7 8 1 FORMATS isf internal format used by the IcomSoft software with all or part of the data in the original file csv text format that can be used in Windows Notepad or any other text editor Please note that when exporting in CSV format there will be one CSV file per campaign One campaign is defined as the period between two different rad...

Page 34: ...nerate reports based on your custom template 7 8 2 1 Preliminary The Excel model contains a small Excel macro to refresh the graphics automatically after creating the tab with the data The file extension is therefore xlsm 7 8 2 2 Vehicle categories based on vehicle lengths Vehicle categories in the Excel pivot table are based on default length categories These categories in the Excel report are no...

Page 35: ...n in the Excel report By default data is grouped by day To change the data aggregation intervals right click on one of the date boxes and choose Group as shown in Screenshot 28 Screenshot 28 Time interval aggregation in the Excel Report Then choose to group by the interval of your choice as shown in Screenshot 29 ...

Page 36: ...How to change the vehicle length categories in the Excel report To change the vehicle categories in the Excel report right click on the 2wheeler cell and then choose Group as shown in Screenshot 30 Screenshot 30 group the data based on vehicle lengths ...

Page 37: ...ow an alert as shown in Screenshot 32 Click Yes to refresh the data and graphs the result is shown in Screenshot 33 Screenshot 32 excel alert to refresh the pivot table data and graphs Screenshot 33 new vehicle length categories The categories show the vehicle lengths for each category In order to give a different name to each category click on the cell with the category name and change the text t...

Page 38: ...ues 7 8 2 5 How to load a customized report template in the IcomSoft You now have a template fitted to your needs You can load this template in the IcomSoft in order to generate reports according to this template Click on Export and then on Click here to modify the export settings Screenshot 36 export screen ...

Page 39: ...will use this data tab to insert data No customized data formula or graphic may be included in this tab Once the new template loaded in the IcomSoft the new reports will be generated according to your personal needs Screenshot 37 report settings 7 9 GENERAL SETTINGS To access the general software settings click on upper left in the main window The user can choose the language units time format dri...

Page 40: ...nication module Accessories Case Tape measure 8 m Post mount External charger Viewfinder Software for processing the data and configuring the radar User manual Dimensions of the box Width 245 mm Height 300 mm Thickness 281 mm Total weight with lead acid battery and bracket approx 8 kg 8 2 TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS 8 2 1 POWER SUPPLY The equipment is supplied by an internal battery with a nominal c...

Page 41: ...ctive battery may emit gas that is potentially explosive o Charge you battery in an open environment If your radar has an external connector on the housing remove the safety screws and open the top while charging the batteries If your radar hasn t any external connector on the housing remove the safety screws You can then open the top and connect the charger to the battery pack Let the top open wh...

Page 42: ...following two conditions 1 This device may not cause interference 2 This device must accept any interference including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device L émetteur récepteur exempt de licence contenu dans le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d Innovation Sciences et Développement économique Canada applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence L exploitation est...

Page 43: ...nce with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the foll...

Page 44: ...rror on speed as a function of a change in inclination angle Graphic 4 error in speed as a function of a change in transmission angle 0 5 10 15 20 25 10 8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10 Error Tilt angle errors in degree Error percentage on the measured speed due to a wrong tilt angle Angle 50 Angle 30 Angle 10 Tilt angle α 6 5 0 5 10 15 20 25 10 8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10 Error Horizontal angle erros in degree Erro...

Page 45: ...ch allows you to install the app on your Android smartphone or tablet 11 1 3 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS Android smartphone or tablet 4 3 or higher with Bluetooth 11 2INSTALLATION Copy the apk file on your device email or USB Make sure the apk file is on the root of your smartphone Run the apk file from your device It cannot be run from a folder like Documents or Downloads it must be run from root of yo...

Page 46: ...RING A NEW UNIT To connect to a new radar you must first to pair it This operation must be made only once for each radar Tap the serial number you want to connect to the device will then begin the pairing process You ll then be asked for the pairing code Check the box PIN containing letters or symbols to get the complete keyboard The required PIN is icoms ...

Page 47: ...47 From the main screen tap the to search for new radars and process as explained above ...

Page 48: ...nnect it with your device From the main screen tap the to search for already paired radars The available serial numbers in a reachable distance from your device will appear in the box above the screen Choose the radar in the list and tap then on the red button to connect the radar 1 ...

Page 49: ...e TMS SA radar user s guide for more information about the different parameters Once your setting is done send it to the radar Click on the icon next to the field Radar place to automatically insert the geographical coordinates of the site where you are located Click on Show advanced parameters to access the length correction see section Erreur Source du renvoi introuvable ...

Page 50: ...gs to the radar will toggle it to measure mode The measurements appear on the screen in real time Speed length and direction are given for each detected vehicle Do you want to change the configuration tap CONFIG To come back to the settings ...

Page 51: ... generates one csv file for each header Please note the TMS SA writes a new header each time it goes to the measure mode To avoid a too large number of csv files we strongly advise to erase the radar memory after you successfully downloaded your measurements campaign the section 11 8 p 53 explains how to erase the radar memory All the files are stored in a folder named according to the radar seria...

Page 52: ...THE FILES The different folders are shown in the lower part of the DOWNLOAD screen You can access it directly from the main screen Tap the share icon to send the folder through Bluetooth email or other sharing tool ...

Page 53: ...You must tap Clean memory in the DOWNLOAD screen to erase the measurements data from the radar 11 8 2 ERASE THE FILES FROM THE DEVICE The data folders are stored on your device in the folder Documents sub folder ICOMS_TMSSA_FILES You access the maps and folders with the app My files The folder Documents is a sub folder of All files not the main Documents folder You can then choose the folders you ...

Page 54: ...ATION An additional housing containing a 3G modem is available as an option It allows to send the radar data to an FTP server at regular intervals Please refer to the related documentation for more information regarding this feature ...