Traffic Controller Assemblies with NTCIP Requirements

1 NEMA Standards Publication TS 2-2003. Traffic Controller Assemblies with NTCIP Requirements Published by National Electrical Manufacturers Association 1300 N. 17th Street Rosslyn, Virginia 22209. Copyright 2003 by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association. All rights including translation into other languages, reserved under the Universal Copyright Convention, the Berne Convention or the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, and the International and Pan American Copyright Conventions. TS 2-2003.

2 Page i CONTENTS Page Foreword .. xviii Scope ..xix HISTORY .. xxii TS 2-1998 xxiv TS 2-2003 SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS .. 1-1. CONTROL 1-1. AUXILIARY BARRIER .. 1-1. 1-1. CALL .. 1-1. SERVICEABLE CONFLICTING CALL ..1-1. CHECK .. 1-1. 1-1. NOT USED CONNECTIONS .. 1-1. RESERVED CONNECTIONS ..1-2. SPARE CONNECTIONS .. 1-2. Controller 1-2. FLASHER Controller ASSEMBLY ..1-2. FULL- Traffic -ACTUATED Controller ASSEMBLY .. 1-2. ISOLATED Controller ASSEMBLY ..1-2. MASTER Controller ASSEMBLY ..1-2. MASTER-SECONDARY Controller 1-2.

3 OCCUPANCY Controller ASSEMBLY (LANE-OCCUPANCY Controller OR. DEMAND Controller AND PRESENCE Controller ).. 1-2. PEDESTRIAN-ACTUATED Controller 1-2. PRETIMED Controller SECONDARY Controller ASSEMBLY (SLAVE).. 1-2. SEMI- Traffic -ACTUATED Controller 1-3. Traffic -ACTUATED Controller 1-3. Controller UNIT .. 1-3. DIGITAL Controller 1-3. MULTI-RING Controller 1-3. SINGLE-RING Controller UNIT ..1-3. 1-3. 1-3. 1-3. CYCLE LENGTH .. 1-3. DENSITY .. 1-3. DETECTOR .. 1-3. DEVICE .. 1-3. ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE ..1-3.

4 ELECTRONIC 1-3. SOLID-STATE DEVICE .. 1-4. DIAL .. 1-4. NEMA. TS 2-2003. Page ii DWELL .. 1-4. EXTENSION, 1-4. 1-4. DUAL ENTRY .. 1-4. SINGLE 1-4. 1-4. FORCE OFF .. 1-4. GAP 1-4. 1-4. INTERCONNECT .. 1-4. 1-4. MINIMUM GREEN INTERVAL ..1-4. PEDESTRIAN CLEARANCE INTERVAL .. 1-4. RED CLEARANCE INTERVAL .. 1-4. SEQUENCE, INTERVAL .. 1-5. YELLOW CHANGE INTERVAL .. 1-5. MANUAL .. 1-5. MANUAL OPERATION .. 1-5. MANUAL 1-5. MAXIMUM GREEN .. 1-5. 1-5. DETECTOR MEMORY .. 1-5. NONLOCKING 1-5. NON-VOLATILE MEMORY.

5 1-5. VOLATILE MEMORY .. 1-5. RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RAM) .. 1-5. READ ONLY MEMORY (ROM) .. 1-5. PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY (PROM) .. 1-5. PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY (EPROM).. 1-5. MALFUNCTION MANAGEMENT MODULAR 1-5. 1-6. OMIT, PHASE (SPECIAL SKIP, FORCE SKIP).. 1-6. OVERLAP .. 1-6. PASSAGE 1-6. 1-6. PHASE .. 1-6. Traffic CONFLICTING PHASES .. 1-6. NONCONFLICTING PHASE .. 1-6. PEDESTRIAN 1-6. PHASE 1-6. PARENT PHASE .. 1-6. VEHICULAR PHASE .. 1-6. PORTION .. 1-6. EXTENSIBLE PORTION .. 1-6. INITIAL PORTION.

6 1-6. INTERVAL PORTION .. 1-7. PREEMPTION .. 1-7. PREEMPTOR, Traffic Controller ..1-7. PREFERRED SEQUENCE .. 1-7. PROGRESSION .. 1-7. RED INDICATION, MINIMUM (RED REVERT) .. 1-7. REST .. 1-7. 1-7. NEMA. TS 2-2003. Page iii 1-7. SUPPRESSORS .. 1-7. SUPPRESSOR, RADIO SUPPRESSOR, 1-7. 1-8. AUTO/MANUAL SWITCH .. 1-8. FLASH CONTROL SWITCH .. 1-8. POWER LINE SWITCH (DISCONNECT SWITCH).. 1-8. RECALL 1-8. SIGNAL LOAD SWITCH .. 1-8. SIGNAL SHUT-DOWN SWITCH .. 1-8. TIME BASE CONTROL ..1-8. TERMINALS, FIELD .. 1-8.

7 TIMING .. 1-8. ANALOG TIMING .. 1-8. CONCURRENT TIMING .. 1-8. DIGITAL 1-8. TIMING PLAN .. 1-8. YIELD .. 1-8. 1-8. 1-8. ANTENNA .. 1-8. CALL .. 1-9. DETECTION .. 1-9. ADVISORY 1-9. PASSAGE DETECTION .. 1-9. PRESENCE 1-9. DETECTOR .. 1-9. BIDIRECTIONAL DETECTOR .. 1-9. CALLING 1-9. CLASSIFICATION DETECTOR .. 1-9. DIRECTIONAL DETECTOR .. 1-9. EXTENSION 1-9. INFRARED DETECTOR .. 1-9. LIGHT-SENSITIVE 1-9. LOOP DETECTOR .. 1-9. MAGNETIC DETECTOR .. 1-9. MAGNETOMETER NONDIRECTIONAL DETECTOR ..1-10. PEDESTRIAN DETECTOR.

8 1-10. PNEUMATIC DETECTOR ..1-10. PRESSURE-SENSITIVE RADAR SYSTEM SIDE-FIRE SOUND-SENSITIVE VEHICLE ULTRASONIC DETECTOR ..1-10. DETECTOR MODE ..1-10. INDUCTIVE LOOP DETECTOR SYSTEM ..1-10. INDUCTIVE LOOP DETECTOR LEAD-IN OUTPUT ..1-11. EXTENSION DELAYED OUTPUT ..1-11. PROBE ..1-11. NEMA. TS 2-2003. Page iv VEHICLE DETECTOR SYSTEM ..1-11. ZONE OF DETECTION (SENSING ZONE) ..1-11. SIGNAL ..1-11. CROSS-REFERENCE SECTION 2 ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPERATING STANDARDS .. 2-1. DEFINITIONS OF MAJOR UNITS OF THE Controller ASSEMBLY.

9 2-1. OPERATING OPERATING 2-1. POWER INTERRUPTION .. 2-1. FIELD TERMINAL OUTPUTS .. 2-1. TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY .. 2-2. AMBIENT 2-2. HUMIDITY .. 2-2. TRANSIENTS, POWER SERVICE ..2-2. HIGH-REPETITION NOISE TRANSIENTS .. 2-2. LOW-REPETITION HIGH-ENERGY 2-3. TRANSIENTS, INPUT-OUTPUT 2-3. NONDESTRUCT TRANSIENT IMMUNITY ..2-3. VIBRATION .. 2-3. 2-3. Controller UNIT 2-3. TIMING 2-4. DEVIATION .. 2-4. SETABILITY AND REPEATABILITY .. 2-4. TIMING .. 2-4. VIBRATION .. 2-4. 2-4. TEST FACILITIES .. 2-4. TEST UNIT.

10 2-4. TEST PROCEDURE: TRANSIENTS, TEMPERATURE, VOLTAGE, AND 2-4. TEST A: PLACEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBER AND CHECK-OUT OF. 2-4. TEST B: TRANSIENT TESTS (POWER SERVICE) .. 2-5. TEST C LOW-TEMPERATURE LOW-VOLTAGE TESTS .. 2-7. TEST D LOW-TEMPERATURE HIGH-VOLTAGE TESTS .. 2-8. TEST E HIGH-TEMPERATURE HIGH-VOLTAGE TESTS .. 2-8. TEST F HIGH-TEMPERATURE LOW-VOLTAGE TESTS .. 2-9. TEST G TEST 2-9. TEST H APPRAISAL OF EQUIPMENT UNDER TEST .. 2-9. VIBRATION PURPOSE OF TEST EQUIPMENT RESONANT SEARCH ..2-10. ENDURANCE TEST.