SmartSensor HD - Interprovincial Traffic Services

CHAPTER 7 • DATA SETUP AND COLLECTION 81Figure 7.9 – Data FormatBin DefinitionsThe term “bins” refers to classifications of vehicles based on their length, speed or direction.Once bins are set, data can be collected for these groupings of vehicles; for instance, thesensor can count for you how many passing vehicles are driving between 90 and 100 mph.Adding more bins causes data records to be larger, meaning that your sensor’s onboardmemory fills up faster and must be downloaded from more often. See the Storage Statussection of this chapter for more information on how to figure out how many days’ worth ofmemory your sensor has based on its current settings.Click the Bin Definitions button in the Data Collection screen to access the Bin Definitionswindow (see Figure 7.10).Figure 7.10 – Bin DefinitionsThere are bins for class, speed and direction. There are up to 8 class bins, 15 speed binsand 2 direction bins; all or none of these bins may be simultaneously configured and thenumber of configured bins will impact the interval storage capacity, as well as interval datadownload time.The direction bins are configured as Right and Wrong. This refers to whether vehicles ina given lane are traveling in the direction the lane is configured (to change lane direction,use the lane window in the Lane Configuration screen). This is most useful in the case of