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  • Page 1 EXHIBIT H – User Manual (DRAFT COPY) FCC ID O7O-UPP...
  • Page 2 Phoe nix Coun ter/Clas si fier Field Unit In struc tion Man ual Di a mond Traf fic Prod ucts P.O. Box 1455 76433 Al der Street Oakridge, OR 97463 Ver sion: 2.12 & 2.21 Re vised: 12/22/95...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Ta ble of Con tents I. In tro duc tion ......1 I.a.
  • Page 4 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual IV.c. Start Col lecting ......25 IV.c.1.
  • Page 5 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual V.h. File De le tion ....... 55 V.i.
  • Page 6 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Changes to the Phoe nix Firm ware: This sec tion doc u ments the dif fer ences be tween the var i ous ver sions of the Phoe nix Coun t er/Clas si fiers. If you have used a pre vi ous ver sion, you can sim ply re fer to the list of changes be low to de ter mine what has changed.
  • Page 7 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Fixed mo dem com mu ni ca tion bugs in clud ing fail ure to rec og nize smart mo dems, fail ure to leave the “Set ting Mo dem” screen, and fail ure to re set the mo dem prop erly. VER SION 1.63 Same as ver sion 1.62 ex cept the let ter of the ver sion is now re ported by TrafMan (in stead of just the ver - sion num ber).
  • Page 8 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Cold Re starting coun ter will now also re set the Which Loop Boards In stalled value. This al lows the user to re motely re-en able loop boards that have shut down. VER SION 2.08 Changed coun ter so that while load ing new TAM or RAM code all ex ter nal in ter rupts are dis abled.

  • Page 9: In Tro Duc Tion

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual I. In tro duc tion Thank you for pur chas ing Di a mond Traf fic Prod ucts Phoe nix Traf fic Clas si fier Field Unit. You have pur - chased one of the fin est traf fic clas si fi ca tion coun ter avail able to day. This man ual de scribes the op er a tion and pro gram ming of the Phoe nix Field Unit.

  • Page 10: How To Use This Man Ual

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual I.a. How To Use This Man ual This man ual com pletely de scribes the use of the Phoe nix. The only thing not cov ered in this man ual is pro - gram ming & re triev ing data from the se rial port with a PC Com puter. This is cov ered in the TrafMan Soft ware In struc tion Man ual.

  • Page 11: Sys Tem Com Po Nents

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual I.c. Sys tem Com po nents To op er ate your Phoe nix coun ter/clas si fier you will need the fol low ing: n Phoe nix Field Unit In struc tion Man ual. n TrafMan Soft ware Disk &...

  • Page 12: Fea Tures Not Avail Able From The Key Pad

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual I.d. Fea tures not avail able from the key pad The Phoe nix has sev eral fea tures which are not avail able di rectly from the coun ter key pad. Some of these fea tures only re late to se rial port use and there fore are not needed from the key pad.

  • Page 13: Loop Board Mon I Toring

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual I.e. Loop Board Mon i toring The coun ter has a built in func tion to in sure that your loop boards do not fail. Ba sically, when you use loops for data col lec tion, the coun ter checks ev ery five min utes to see if any loop ac ti va tions h ave oc curred. If they have not, then the coun ter goes to a spe cial func tion which sends a com mand to the loop board to see if it is re spond ing.
  • Page 14 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual is not, then TrafMan au to mat i cally up grades your Phoe nix to the lat est ver sion. This is much eas ier than chang ing EPROMS be cause it is all done au to mat i cally for you with out any dis as sem bly. The third and fi nal pro gram in side your coun ter is called the TAM Code .

  • Page 15: Modes, Sen Sors, And How To Use Them

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual II. Modes, Sen sors, And How To Use Them This sec tion of the man ual dis cusses the var i ous ways the Phoe nix can col lect data, and what type of sen - sors are re quired to col lect each type of data.
  • Page 16 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual sis tive. These the user must tune dur ing setup us ing the Phoe nix Key pad or a PC Com puter and the TrafMan soft ware. See sec tion III.d.3. for more in for ma tion. When in Raw stor age or Binned stor age modes, four types of sen sor ar range ments (sen sor modes) may be se lected: Axle-Axle...
  • Page 17 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Raw and Binned modes are the clas si fi ca tion modes, so they can also take ad van tage of two slightly more com pli cated sen sor modes, “Axle-Pres-Axle” and “Pres-Axle-Pres”. The first and last sen sors, ei ther the two Axle or the two Pres, are AL WAYS the same as shown in Ta ble 1.

  • Page 18: Ii.c. Raw Stor Age And Spe Cific Func Tions

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Now, for fur ther ex am ple, sup pose you chose Axle-Pres-Axle for lane #1 and Pres-Pres for lane #2, ac cord - ing to the same ta bles. Ta ble 4 - Ex am ple 2 Mode Lane 1 Lane 2...
  • Page 19 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Four sep a rate modes of Raw stor age are avail able. Lanes are not in di vid u ally set, all lanes will be in the same mode. Nor mal - This is a straight raw ve hi cle mode which will store lane num ber, time,speed, num - ber of ax les, and spac ing be tween each axle.

  • Page 20: Ii.d. Binned Stor Age And Spe Cific Func Tions

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual II.d. Binned Stor age and Spe cific Func tions Binned stor age is very sim i lar to Raw stor age in that you can have any com bi na tion of lanes and each lane can be en abled for di rec tional op er a tion giv ing ad di tional lanes of di rec tional traf fic.

  • Page 21: Ii.e. Count Stor Age And Spe Cific Func Tions

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual II.e. Count Stor age and Spe cific Func tions In Count stor age mode, the only in for ma tion stored is the num ber of ve hi cles that have been de tected in each lane.

  • Page 22: Ii.f. Sen Sor Stor Age And Spe Cific Func Tions

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual II.f. Sen sor Stor age and Spe cific Func tions Sen sor Data Stor age is a new, ex tremely flex i ble mode of stor ing traf fic data. Data is stored se quen tially when a sen sor is ac ti vated, al low ing cus tom soft ware to or ga nize the data in a way tai lor made for the user.

  • Page 23: Hard Ware

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual III. Hard ware This sec tion de scribes the hard ware com po nents as so ci ated with the Phoe nix sys tem. III.a. Key pad The Phoe nix con tains a built in 16-key key pad. With this key pad and the built in LCD dis play (sec tion III.b.) you can com pletely pro gram and op er ate the Phoe nix.

  • Page 24: Iii.b. Lcd Dis Play

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual III.b. LCD Dis play The Phoe nix is equipped with a two-line LCD dis play (Liq uid Crys tal Dis play). Each line dis plays up to 16 let - ters or num bers. This dis play is used in con junc tion with the key pad to pro gram and op er ate the Phoe nix. You will see var i ous ques tions and in for ma tion dis played at dif fer ent times.

  • Page 25: Iii.c.1. Using The Phoe Nix With A Mo Dem

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual III.c.1. Using the Phoe nix With a Mo dem All Phoe nix coun ters come fully op er a ble with a mo dem. You will also need some kind of tele p hone com mu - ni ca tion pack age to ac cess the coun ter through the mo dem.
  • Page 26 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual 6) If a non-pro gram ma ble (i.e. “Dumb”) mo dem has been con nected, your smart mo dem is not func tion - ing, or you have in cor rectly con nected the ca bles, the screen will in stead show: If the coun ter is con nected to a dumb mo dem, it is now ready to ac cept Phoe nix Vx.xx...

  • Page 27: Iii.d. Sen Sors

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual III.d. Sen sors A Phoe nix can not do any thing for you un less it can re ceive sig nals from traf fic. Some form o f sen sor must be used to trans fer a ve hi cle pass ing by to a form of data the Phoe nix can use. Vari a tions in c lude Road Tubes, In duc tive Loops, Piezo Elec tric, Tape Switches, In fra-Red, etc..

  • Page 28: Iii.d.2. In Duc Tive Loops

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual How to con nect Tubes to a Phoe nix when col lect ing Count Data: n In stall a road tube per pen dic u lar to on com ing traf fic across a sin gle or dual (or more) lane of traf fic. n Con nect the road tube to the Noz zle on the Phoe nix for the lane you are us ing.

  • Page 29: Iii.d.3. Piezo Elec Tric & Re Sis Tive Sen Sors

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual III.d.3. Piezo Elec tric & Re sis tive Sen sors Piezo Axle Sen sors com bines the per ma nent ad van tages of Loops with the in di vid ual axle de tec tion abil i ties of Tubes.
  • Page 30 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual << This page in ten tion ally left blank >> Hard ware Copy right © 1992-1995 High Leah Elec tron ics,Inc. ALL RIGHTS RE SERVED...

  • Page 31: Key Pad Op Er A Tion

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual IV. Key pad Op er a tion This sec tion de scribes the full op er a tion of the Phoe nix Field Unit us ing the built in key p ad. For in for ma tion on op er a tions us ing the Se rial Port, please re fer to the TrafMan Soft ware In struc tion Man ual.

  • Page 32: Iv.b.1. Not Col Lecting Data Menu

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual The Phoe nix has two ba sic main menus that ap pear de pend ing on whether you are col lect ing data or not. IV.b.1. Not Col lecting Data Menu This menu ap pears when you turn on the coun ter and are ready to col lect data. It has the fol low ing op tions: Start Col lecting - The main op tion.

  • Page 33: Iv.c.1. Ques Tions Asked With Any Stor Age Mode

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual The Start Col lecting op tion asks many ques tions, many de pend ing on what type of hard ware you have in - side your Phoe nix as well as what type of Stor age Mode you plan on us ing. Press the “1" key from the menu and the dis play will show: Press ENTER to be gin the start col lect ing op tion.

  • Page 34: Iv.c.2. Lane Grouping Ques Tions

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual En ter the cor rect day of the week by press ing the ar row keys and tog - Set The Cur rent gling through the stan dard week days. Choices are Sun, Mon, Tue, Day Of Week? DAY Wed, Thu, Fri, or Sat.

  • Page 35: Iv.c.3. Ques Tions Asked With Raw Stor Age Mode

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual IV.c.3. Ques tions Asked With Raw Stor age Mode The fol low ing ques tions are asked for each lane you have en abled. En ter the ap pro pri ate in for ma tion for this lane, up to 15 char ac ters. This Info For Lane #n Info is nor mally used to in di cate lane di rec tion.

  • Page 36: Iv.c.4. Ques Tions Asked With Binned Stor Age Mode

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual IV.c.4. Ques tions Asked With Binned Stor age Mode The pro gram asks the fol low ing ques tions for each lane you have en abled. En ter the ap pro pri ate in for ma tion for this lane, up to 15 char ac ters. This Info For Lane #n Info is nor mally used to in di cate lane di rec tion.
  • Page 37 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Col lect Speed By Axle Bins? No Se lect Yes or No for each of these op tions to turn on or off the type of Col lect Speed By data col lec tion.. Length Bins? No Se lect how many dif fer ent in ter val lengths (1-5) dur ing the day the No.

  • Page 38: Iv.c.5. Ques Tions Asked With Count Stor Age Mode

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual IV.c.5. Ques tions Asked With Count Stor age Mode The fol low ing ques tions are asked for each lane you have en abled. En ter the ap pro pri ate in for ma tion for this lane, up to 15 char ac ters. This Info For Lane #n Info is nor mally used to in di cate lane di rec tion.

  • Page 39: Iv.c.7. Fi Nal Start Ques Tions

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual The fol low ing ques tions are asked for each lane en abled: En ter the ap pro pri ate in for ma tion for this lane, up to 15 char ac ters. This Info For Lane #n Info is nor mally used to in di cate lane di rec tion.

  • Page 40: Iv.e. Show Sta Tus

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Press ENTER to be gin de let ing files. SE LECT OP TION: De lete Files If there have been no files cre ated in mem ory, the coun ter shows: No Files In Mem ory.
  • Page 41 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Press ENTER to show sys tem sta tus. SE LECT OP TION: Show Sta tus First, the coun ter dis plays the amount of mem ory in the sys tem Dis plays the to tal amount of mem ory in your coun ter, and how much is To tal Mem:mmmmmm left for use.

  • Page 42: Iv.f. Test Sen Sors

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual This screen shows the cur rent volt age on the bat tery, to the near est Cur rent Bat tery tenth of a volt. Volt age = xx.x IV.f. Test Sen sors The Test Sen sors op tion is for test ing sen sors and sys tem re sponse. Press “4" from the menu a nd the dis play will show: Press ENTER to be gin test ing sen sors SE LECT OP TION:...
  • Page 43 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual To set a par tic u lar Piezo Sen si tiv ity level, hold down the ALT key and press a num ber key from 1 to 8 cor re - spond ing to the Piezo Level you want to set. An other screen will ap pear as be low: “x”...

  • Page 44: Iv.g. Time Of Shut Down

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual IV.g. Time of Shut down Time of shut down will give the last shut down time of the sys tem. Press the num ber “5" from the menu and the dis play will show: Press ENTER to see the time of shut down.
  • Page 45 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Daily means the coun ter will cre ate a new file each day at mid night. Weekly means the coun ter will cre ate a new file once per week. If you se lect Weekly files, you will be asked: Se lect the day of the week that should be come the FIRST day of your Starting Day Of weekly file.

  • Page 46: View Lane To Tals

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Se lect at what volt age you want the coun ter to warn you about the bat - Bat tery Warn ing tery be ing low. Use the left ar row key to de crease the volt age or the right Volt age: x.x ar row key to in crease the volt age.

  • Page 47: Iv.l. Mon I Tor Lanes

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Press ENTER to se lect the op tion. SE LECT OP TION: Stop Col lec tion Use the ar row keys to tog gle to Yes. Pressing ENTER will close the cur - Sure You Want To rent file.

  • Page 48: Iv.l.2. Mon I Toring Count Data Col Lec Tion

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual If an as ter isk char ac ter ap pears be fore the lane num ber, this in di cates that col lec tion has not ac tu ally started yet, and the ve hi cles shown are not be ing stored in mem ory. IV.l.2.

  • Page 49: Key Pad Op Er A Tion Ex Am Ples

    The fol low ing di a gram gives you an ex am ple site setup. It will be used as ref er ence in the ex am ples that fol - low. 12 Feet 1 Foot Phoenix Phoenix Raw & Binned Example Setup Count & Sensor Example Setup Sce nario: Two Road Tubes are in stalled in State High way 58.

  • Page 50: Con Fig Uring The Sys Tem

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual V.a. Con fig uring the Sys tem This sec tion is an ex am ple of con fig ur ing the sys tem. Once the sys tem is con fig ured, it does not need to be done again un less a cold re start is done or the mode of col lec tion (Raw, Binned, Count, or Sen sor) needs to be changed.

  • Page 51: Col Lecting Raw Data

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Press ENTER to keep the de fault value. Max i mum Axle Spacing: 35.0’ Press ENTER to keep the de fault value. Bat tery Warn ing Volt age: 5.8v SE LECT OP TION: Con fig ure Sys tem The menu has ro tated through the Con fig ure Sys tem Op tion and re turned to the Starting Col lec tion Menu.
  • Page 52 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Note once again the po si tion of the cur sor & that the date is in the for mat Set The Cur rent set in Con fig ure Sys tem. En ter the date, and press ENTER. Date: 01/01/91 Use the ar row keys to tog gle to the cor rect day.

  • Page 53: Col Lecting Binned Data

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Since we are run ning a test file, Press ENTER. Se lect Mode To Stop? Never Press the ENTER key. The coun ter is now col lect ing data as ve hi cles -SETUP COM PLETE- pass.
  • Page 54 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Press the num ber on the key pad which cor re sponds to the lanes you Se lect 1 2 3 4 want to en able. For this ex am ple, press 1. Lanes: n n n n Press ENTER.

  • Page 55: Col Lecting Count Data

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Leave this at no by press ing ENTER. Col lect Speed By Length? No For this ex am ple, two in ter vals will be set: The first from mid night to No. of Dif fer ent 05:00 to early morn ing traf fic, and the sec ond from 05:00 up to mid night In ter vals: 1 for day time traf fic.
  • Page 56 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Note the blink ing cur sor on the char ac ter line. Use the key pad (Sec tion Site (15 chars): III.a) to en ter in a site ID, for ex am ple: HWY 58 _______________ Press ENTER when done.

  • Page 57: Col Lecting Sen Sor Data

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Press ENTER when done. Info For Lane #2 East bound______ For this ex am ple, one in ter val length will be set. Press “1", then press No. of Dif fer ent ENTER. In ter vals: 1 Change this in ter val length to 1 hour by press ing 0,1,0,0.
  • Page 58 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Op tionally en ter a line of in for ma tion, for ex am ple: Sys tem Test Info: (1st Line) _______________ Press ENTER when done. Info: (1st Line) Sys tem Test____ Op tionally en ter a sec ond line of in for ma tion. Press ENTER when done. Info: (2nd Line) _______________ Note the po si tion of the cur sor in the first digit of the time.

  • Page 59: Mon I Toring Traf Fic & Viewing Sta Tus

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Since we want to start col lec tion right now, Press ENTER. Se lect Mode To Start? Now Since we are run ning a test file, Press ENTER. Se lect Mode To Stop? Never Press the ENTER key.
  • Page 60 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual When the next sen sor is ac ti vated, the dis play will show the sen sor on Waiting For Any the screen. Sen sor..When fin ished mon i tor ing, press the ENTER or CLEAR key to re turn to the menu. Use the ar row keys (or press “3") to scroll to the ”Show Sta tus"...

  • Page 61: Stopping Col Lec Tion

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual V.g. Stopping Col lec tion This sec tion gives an ex am ple of Stopping data col lec tion. For in for ma tion on file re trieval, please read the TrafMan Soft ware Man ual. Note that the coun ter must be setup to start data col lec tion be fore you can stop col lect ing.

  • Page 62: File De Le Tion

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual V.h. File De le tion If all the ex am ples have been fol lowed, sev eral files will have been cre ated in mem ory. To re move un wanted files, use the De lete File Op tion, avail able from ei ther while col lect ing or when not col lect ing. If the sys tem is in sleep mode, press ENTER to wake the coun ter up.

  • Page 63: Col Lecting Data Using Lane Grouping

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual V.i. Col lecting Data Using Lane Grouping This sec tion will show you how to en able the Lane Grouping func tion to col lect Grouped Count Data on four lanes. To col lect grouped binned data, sim ply change the stor age mode. First, fol low ex am ple V.a to con fig - ure the sys tem to col lect count data.

  • Page 64: Tam In Ter Face

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual VI. TAM In ter face The Uni corn/Phoe nix/Peg a sus se ries of traf fic coun ters all sup port an op tional TAM (Take Away Mem ory) In - ter face Board. This “in ter face” con sists of a plug in slot on the face panel of the coun ter and one or more TAM Cards.

  • Page 65: Vi.b. Trans Ferring Tam Data To Your Pc

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual VI.b. Trans ferring TAM Data to your PC The next two sec tions, VI.c. and VI.d, cover how to put data col lected by a traf fic coun ter onto a TAM card. This sec tion cov ers how to get this data off of the TAM and into your PC. To do this you will need to use your coun ter as a TAM Mem ory Card Reader.

  • Page 66: Vi.c. Tam As Ex Tended Mem Ory For Your Coun Ter

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual VI.c. TAM as ex tended mem ory for your coun ter The coun ter co mes de fault with 68K of data stor age. If you plan on col lect ing a lot of traf f ic data be tween re - triev als, your coun ter may run out of mem ory and stop col lect ing.

  • Page 67: Vi.d. Re Trieving Data From A Coun Ter With Your Tam

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual VI.d. Re trieving data from a coun ter with your TAM As de scribed in the pre vi ous sec tion, you plug a TAM card into your coun ter and have the coun ter trans fer data to the TAM as each file is cre ated.

  • Page 68: Vi.d.1. Copy File To Tam

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual If the TAM Card does not have enough mem ory left to hold the file, then the fol low ing mes sage w ill ap pear: TAM Card Is Out Of Mem ory! Af ter all of the unretrieved files have been cop ied (if any), the coun ter will pres ent you with the TAM Func tions Menu.

  • Page 69: Vi.d.2. Erase Tam Card

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual VI.d.2. Erase TAM Card This func tion will erase a TAM Card thereby re mov ing all files stored on the card. Normally, us ers will use the TrafMan Soft ware to do this func tion but it might be nec es sary for a user in the field to need to erase a TAM. The TAM card will also main tain a flag on each file it con tains as to whether or not the data has ever been re - trieved from the TAM Card and into your PC.

  • Page 70: In-Day Times

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual VII. In-Day Times The Phoe nix has a spe cial func tion called In-Day Times. In-Day Times are time pe ri ods in the day that you wish to Start and Stop col lect ing data. This is sim i lar to the Daily Files func tion ex cept you can Start and Stop col lec tion sev eral dif fer ent times dur ing a 24 hour pe riod.
  • Page 71 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual To use a TAM card in con junc tion with the In-Day Times: Be cause the In-Day Times func tion op er ates just like the Daily Files Func tion, each time a file is closed and a TAM card has been in serted at the be gin ning of data col lec tion, then the newly closed file will be cop ied out onto the TAM card.

  • Page 72: Call-Back Sys Tem

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual VIII. Call-Back Sys tem The Phoe nix has a func tion which al lows the coun ter to ac tu ally call up a re mote com puter with a mo dem and make a re port if a par tic u lar lane goes down. This could hap pen if a sen sor fails (such as a loop) or there is some sort of other prob lem which causes the sys tem to stop col lect ing data prop erly.
  • Page 73 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Fol low the be low steps to setup your com puter to re ceive Call-Backs: 1) Con nect your com puter to a smart mo dem that is con nected to an out side line. 2) Run the TT-Link Soft ware.
  • Page 74 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual IX. Ap pen dix Ap pen dix Copy right © 1992-1995 High Leah Elec tron ics,Inc. ALL RIGHTS RE SERVED...
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  • Page 76: Appendix A.trou Ble Shoot Ing

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Appendix A.Trou ble shoot ing This Sec tion is in tended as a guide to wards in stal la tion trou ble shoot ing. It is in no way in tended for the ser - vice or re pair of any type of Phoe nix sys tem.

  • Page 77: Appendix B.mem Ory Us Age

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Appendix B.Mem ory Us age Each mode uses a dif fer ent amount of mem ory for stor ing traf fic data. This ap pen dix is in tended to give the user an ap prox i ma tion of how long a Phoe nix Field Unit may col lect data be fore re trieval must be per formed. Note that this is only a guide - it is rec om mended to re trieve data as of ten as is prac ti cal from the units, and de let ing re trieved files from the mem ory (un less Erase First File When No Mem is en abled).

  • Page 78: Appendix B.2. Binned Data Col Lec Tion

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Appendix B.2. Binned Data Col lec tion Binned data stores data as the to tal num ber of ve hi cles in each bin cat e gory ev ery re cord i n ter val. The three most im por tant fac tors are: Which bin cat e go ries are en abled, What are the re cord in ter val lengths, and How many lanes are en abled.

  • Page 79: Appendix B.3. Count Data Col Lec Tion

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Appendix B.3. Count Data Col lec tion Count data stores the to tal num ber of ve hi cles (if us ing a pres ence sen sor) or the to tal num ber of ax les that crossed the sen sors for a given time pe riod.

  • Page 80: Appendix C.plugs & Con Nec Tors

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Appendix C.Plugs & Con nec tors This sec tion de scribes the phys i cal hard ware con nec tions for con nec tors on the Phoe nix. N ote that the Uni - corn, Phoe nix, &...
  • Page 81 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual NOTE: On the Phoe nix/Uni corn/Peg a sus 9 Pin Con nec tor, pin #7 is not used, pin #3 gets two wires, and pins #5 and #6 are shorted to gether. Phoe nix/Uni corn/Peg a sus 25 Pin Male Mo dem In ter face Con nec tor Phoe nix/Uni corn/Peg a sus 9 Pin Con nec tor 25 Pin Male Sub-D Con nec tor #1 - Re ceive Data (RXD)
  • Page 82 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Red/Black Blue/Black Phoe nix/Uni corn/Peg a sus Re mote Airswitch Har ness Ca ble Name Wire Color Pin Num ber In put #1 White In put #2 Green In put #3 Black In put #4 Yel low In put #5 In put #6...
  • Page 83 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Ap pen dix Copy right © 1992-1995 High Leah Elec tron ics,Inc. ALL RIGHTS RE SERVED...
  • Page 84 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Phoe nix 8 In put Piezo Elec tric Har ness Ca ble Name Wire Color Pin Num ber In put #1 White In put #2 Green In put #3 Yel low In put #4 Or ange In put #5 Brown...
  • Page 85 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Phoe nix/Uni corn/Peg a sus 7 Pin Power Con nec tor Pin Num ber In ter nal Wire Color (see di a gram be low) (ex ter nal color may dif fer) Func tion None None AC In put #1...

  • Page 86: Appendix D.de Fault Bin Ta Bles

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Appendix D.De fault Bin Ta bles This ap pen dix de scribes the de fault bins cat e go ries that are used with the Phoe nix. These “Bins” are used to to tal up all ve hi cles meet ing a pre de ter mined set of cri te ria. Note that this in for ma tion is ONLY used if you con fig ure the Phoe nix to col lect data in its Binned Mode.
  • Page 87 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual De fault Speed & Length Bin Clas si fi ca tion Ta ble Bin Num ber Speed Range Length Range 0.0 - 19.9 mph 0.0 - 5.9 feet 20.0 - 24.9 mph 6.0 - 10.0 feet 25.0 - 29.9 mph 10.1 - 14.9 feet 30.0 - 34.0 mph...

  • Page 88: Appendix E.road Tubes Prob Lems & So Lu Tions

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Appendix E.Road Tubes Prob lems & So lu tions This ap pen dix dis cusses the var i ous prob lems that road tubes can cause. Road tubes pres ent their own unique set of prob lems for au to matic ve hi cle clas si fi ers & coun ters. Be ing aware of these po ten tial prob lems be fore in stall ing your road tubes can greatly re duce the fre quency of these prob lems.
  • Page 89 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual n Sound Wave In ter fer ence. To un der stand why this is a prob lem, you should un der stand that the Phoe nix airswitch (like all airswitches) uses a “sound wave” to de tect an axle hit. This wave is very sim i lar to a wa ter wave, in that it starts at a point and moves down the road tube to the round piezo disk sen sor in the airswitch.

  • Page 90: Appendix E.2. Ex Tra Axles

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual The ques tion then be comes, if this is caus ing missed ax les, why does a shorter road tube work b etter? If you take a 30’ road tube, stretch it 50". Sound Wave “D” will start at about the 24’ mark, and there fore will take only 21ms to reach the airswitch.

  • Page 91: Appendix E.3. Bad Speed And/Or Length

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Appendix E.3. Bad Speed and/or Length This prob lem is in fre quent, but can oc cur some times when the coun ter misses ax les. For ex am ple, as sume a 2 axle, 8 foot axle spac ing, ve hi cle trav el ing 60 mph crosses two road tubes spaced 8 feet apart. The spac - ings and tim ings oc curred as be low: 1) Road Tube #1 hit by first axle at 10:00:00.00000.

  • Page 92: Appendix E.6. Two Ve Hi Cles Shown As One

    Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual Appendix E.6. Two ve hi cles shown as one This er ror, sim i lar to the pre vi ous er ror, is caused by two ve hi cles trav el ing close enough to gether to be counted as one.
  • Page 93 Phoe nix Field Unit Man ual In dex Com puter, 3 Coun ter Com mu ni cate To, 2 How To Op er ate, 2 Sys tem Com po nents, 3 Firm ware Changes To, iv-vi Mo dem, 3 In ter face Ca ble, 3 Sen sors, 3 Ta ble Of Con tents, i-iii Tips To Pro long Life, 1...

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