VISSIM 5.30-05 User Manual

6 The Traffic Network
6.7.2.2 Properties & Options
[LOCATION]
● No.: The physical channel
number that the signal control
program uses. Multiple
detectors of the same
controller can have the same
channel number, causing the
controller to treat them as one
detector. This allows VISSIM
to model detectors reaching
over multiple lanes by defining
one detector per lane coded
with the same number.
● Name: Label or comment.
● SC (signal controller):
Associates the detector to the
controller.
● Length defines the length of the detector. A value of 0 is permitted (e.g.
for push buttons). The detector is then displayed as a thin line.
● Type: Choose the appropriate detector type:
- Standard detectors register PT vehicles like any detector.
- Pulse detectors do not pass any presence/occupancy information to
the signal controller.
- Presence detectors do not pass any pulse information (vehicle front
ends or rear ends) to the signal controller.
- Public transport calling points only detect PT vehicles that send out
PT telegrams, cf. section 6.5.2 for details.
● At contains the detector’s link coordinate.
● Lane: Defines the lane number where the detector is placed.
● Before stop: The detector’s distance to the next signal stop line (available
only if the stop line is located on the same link).
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