McCain ATC eX Controllers Unique features of McCain ATC eX Controllers By Donald M. Maas, Jr. Director of Business Development

McCain’s Tributes Multiple hardware configurations, one software ATC eX 2070 ATC eX NEMA Omni eX®

Hardware Light and Compact Smallest framework size among NEMA designs Combines unique TS2-1/TS2- 2 combination package Bottom TS2-2 I/O assembly includes ‘D’ module support

Hardware 3-Port Ethernet Switch Provides simple method to connect multiple devices on same switch without an external device

Hardware Use of 9-pin serial port for NEMA port 2 Uses smaller 9-pin footprint NEMA standard 25 pin connector for Port 2 does not take advantage of secondary port so there is no loss of functionality (see NEMA TS2 section 3.3.2)

Hardware 4x USB(1.y) ports Provides enough ports to manage databases, and.. Your phone Your Kindle Your camera All at the same time!

Omni eX Software Split Main Screen Separates status screen and data entry operations Prevents user from missing critical events while fumbling with the keyboard Always shows current status, so that database changes are shown to the user in real time

Omni eX Software Dual Protocol support Provides ITS/ATC SIU and CMU protocols. In addition, the same firmware supports the 2070 FIO (Field I/O) Provides both the NEMA TS2 protocol (MMU/BIU) on the single SDLC bus

Omni eX Software Built in Ping utility Allows controller to test its network path to the central system by sending ping message Can be programmed with up to 4x IP addresses to test multiple routes

Omni eX Software Multiple Time Sync options Configured to set ‘Start Time’ and Interval GPS/WWV operation NTP Client/Server operation Prepared to provide both IPv4 and IPv6 (future)

Omni eX Software Volume/Occupancy collection Since NTCIP limits the volume/occupancy collection period to 255 seconds, allows user to ‘combine’ periods Since NTCIP limits the volume/occupancy collection period to 255 seconds, it allows user to combine periods Only affects local logging, not AB3418/NTCIP real time reporting