Using HiWayVU Section A Startup and General Operation Date: 26 April 2011
HiWayVU Version 10.5.
HiWayVU Significant Features This document is one of several that describe the setup and operation of SmarTek Systems’ HiWayVU Version 10.1.1 software. HiWayVU runs on Windows XP and Windows 7 (32 bit) and is used to collect and display highway traffic information from SmarTek Systems’ SAS-1 multi-lane traffic sensor. The following major features are included in HiWayVU Version 10.1.1. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) HiWayVU can collect and display data from up to 250 remote traffic monitoring stations.
HiWayVU Startup and Parameter Selection Start HiWayVU like any other Windows application from the Start menu or the Desktop. The HiWayVU version 10.1.1 splash window appears and after a couple of seconds a windows File Open dialog window appears. Navigate to the folder which holds the HiWayVU project files and folders. Click on the parameter file (.inp) to select it and then click Open.
HiWayVU Folder Paths Setup – One Instance Default Paths After selecting HiWayVU parameters, the Paths Setup window will appear automatically the first time HiWayVU is run or if the HiWayVU_Paths.inp file is not found in the HiWayVU project folder. Use this setup window to specify the Work, Target Download, and the ThirdParty subfolders for HiWayVU operation. After setup, these paths and subfolders are kept in the HiWayVU_Paths.inp file.
HiWayVU Main Display Clickable Color Coded Site Icons JPG Image Display TCP/IP Socket Status Traffic Data File Time SAS-1 Message Times Traffic Data Readout CWD Message Time Cabinet Voltage Readout Map Selection Buttons The HiWayVU Main Display is a map based situation display with color coded icons for display and alerting of traffic and/or cabinet voltage situations. Left Clicking an icon will select the site for detailed traffic data display, cabinet voltages, and jpg camera images if available.
HiWayVU Network Connections Display Connect Disconnect Button All Sites with a valid IP Address and Set to Try to Connect are listed in the Network Connections Window. Each row (site) shows “Connect” or “Disconnect” in the Connect column. To open or close the network socket connection between HiWayVU and each site, click the Connect/Disconnect field in the Connect column or just click the Connect All or the Disconnect All button in the lower right area of the window.
HiWayVU Network Connections Display After clicking the Connect All button, it changes to the Disconnect All button. HiWayVU begins to make a network socket connection to each IP Connect enabled site. Each successful socket connection is indicated with green color and status text in the Status column. Data transfer will begin in a few seconds. Unsuccessful socket connections and disconnected sockets are indicated with yellow color and status text in the Status column.
HiWayVU Network Connections Display For successful socket connections, the data transfer activity (bytes) is shown in the Message Length Column (Mess Lgth) and the Activity Time column. The fields in these columns should show constant activity. HiWayVU automatically tries to reconnect disconnected sockets approximatly every 25 seconds. Additional connection actions and command sent information is shown in the Command Sent column.
HiWayVU Network Connections Display Logging Status Indicators – On or Off During operation of HiWayVU, SAS-1/CWD Message Logging and Errors/Actions Logging can be enabled by clicking any of the follwing menu items in the File menu: - Log All Connection Errors/Actions (Default is Disabled) - Log All SAS-1/CWD Messages (Default is Disabled) - Enable Online Percentage Stats File (Default is Enabled) - Log All SAS-1 Received Message IDs (Default is Disabled) Additional sections of this document will describe
HiWayVU Image Gallery Display Click in the image field to select site for traffic data display in HiWayVU Main Display Site alerts are shown in Image Gallery using same color coding as used for map icons. Click in upper/lower part of the site description field to move up/down through sites to set image/site for display The Image Gallery can display up to 20 selectable site images with corresponding site icon status color codes.
Setting HiWayVU to Bypass Parameter Selection Once HiWayVU has been configured for operation, startup can be set to bypass the parameter file selection and start data collection and display automatically. On the HiWayVU Main display select the File/Set Start Up Parameter Path menu item. The user will then be asked whether to use the current parameter folder path or not.
