Optional Facilities
Adapters
Adapters provide a mechanism to integrate your Common Data Management Facility with a diverse range of new and legacy systems. The original focus on integration of ITS applications was very much Control Room Centric. But the range of data sources and information users now embraces other departments of the Local Authority outside the control room and other external organisations. Data sources can be other systems within the Authority or can come from third party systems. Information is delivered to the public, to other departments and to other government organisation and third parties.
A range of software components for the interface is available as shown below.
The following is a summary of each of these components.
- TIH Receiver – External data sources (Information Publishers) can supply data using the common practices established by the Travel Information Highway. The TIH Receiver is a multi purpose component used by the receiving organisation to receive data from Information Publishers.
- Intelligent Adapters – Where UTMC standards have not been used, an Intelligent Adapter manages the data transfer to and from applications. Applications across an organisation can be integrated.
- UTMC Adapter – UTMC standards allow general purpose “adapters” to be developed to interface to ITS applications.
- TIH Publisher – Data can be delivered to corporate systems using TIH common practices. The TIH Producer is a multi purpose component to deliver data to TIH receivers.
- Website – The Public can be informed of traffic and travel conditions in real time using a website, either special to purpose or part of the organisations corporate site. The multi tiered application with business layers, presentation layers and delivery channels provides further flexibility.
Adapters have been developed for the following systems:
- SAMS (SCOOT Activated Message System)
- Siemens UTC
- Peek UTC
- Siemens Siespace
- Siemens Remote Monitoring System
- Police Command and Control (Police Incidents)
- Link to Highways Agency’s HALOGEN Information Service
- Link to NTCC
- Train Information
- CCTV
- ACIS Real Time Bus Information
- Blick-Alfia (Car Park)
- Ascom (Car Park)
- APT-Skidata (Car Park)
- APT Controls Relay (Car Park)
- Dambach Parking VMS Control System
- Monitron (Car Park)
- MATTISSE --> LEICESTER TIS-DB Incident Data Transfer
- PIPS ANPR and Journey Time System
- Help2Travel website
- Help2parK website
- Company TravelWise websites
- Kiosks
- DEIS Congestion Evaluation system at ITS Leeds.
Reporting Facilities
Report Server
Your CDMF provides a wealth of information which can be extracted to measure performance. The Report Server component provides a means of accessing and presenting this data. The functionality provided by the Report Server can be split into two categories:
- A data Analyser function – can be used to analyse and report performance of the data e.g calculation of Performance Indicators.
- General Reporting function – can be used to generate standard and customised reports of any of the data held within the Common Database.
The Report Server provides server-side functionality for the definition and running of reports. This component will use off-the-shelf Apache Tomcat web server plus Crystal Decisions Report Application Server. This configuration allows access to the reporting facility using a Web browser as the client. The server will have access to standard reports and user generated reports.
A number of standard reports are available:
- Combination of Current/Past/Future Traffic Events.
- Traffic Events which occurred during a specified time period.
Mott MacDonald can assist with custom report generation, allowing you to develop a suite of key performance indicators you can use to montior the effectiveness of your investment in ITS systems.
Fault Management Facilities
The Fault Management (FM) sub-system is a fully integrated facility allowing the management of faults for any equipment held in the CDMF. Faults can be entered in two ways:
- Operators can enter a fault and its subsequent clearance manually for any field equipment or asset
- Faults and associated clearances can be received automatically from interfacing systems and passed to maintenance contractors without manual intervention, reducing repair times
The CDV Fault tab provides sub-tabs to hold information relating:
- Full details of all faults that exists within the system (manually created or automatically reported)
- to assignment of faults to maintenance contractors.
- management of clearance of faults.
- alerting of faults not repaired within their maintenance contractors Service Level.
Inclusion of the Fault Management facility will provide the dynamic update on the map tab of icons for equipment to be coloured red when faulty and green when operational. A number of Fault Management reports are also available.
Asset Management Facilities
This facility maintains allows operators to maintain an inventory of all equipment/street furniture and their associated maintenance requirements.
The CDV Asset Data tab provides sub-tabs to hold information relating:
- Full details of all primary and secondary equipment.
- Location information for all equipment.
- Maintenance requirements for all equipment.
- Maintenance Contractors details and Service level requirements.
- Administrative functions – fault/clearance codes, calendar and working hours etc.
An authorised administrative operator is able to enter and update the map positioning of street furniture or equipment in the database which will subsequently update the map location.
Email & Fax
An Email and Fax output for system events is available. This will allow details of traffic event or system equipment faults to be automatically sent by email or fix to identified third parties.
Remote Diagnostics
We can provide a suite of tools for monitoring and checking CDMF systems remotely. These incorporate an automatic alerting mechanism for major system failures. This allows support engineers to investigate and resolve any major issues quickly.