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Overview What is RBC? What features does RBC include? Other topics Interface New control features Other topics Overview What is RBC? What features? Other Topics

What is RBC? Ring Barrier Controller D4 Controller Overview What is RBC? What features? Why RBC? - the features that were asked for most with NEMA (more rings & barriers) would have required a completer rewrite of the controller logic Other Topics

Interface Help Menu Tree View File Settings Print & Print Preview Allows the user to decide what is shown on screen File Settings Print & Print Preview Print all or only what’s shown on screen Timing Diagram Errors, Warnings, & Messages Release Notes Updates Overview What is RBC? What features? Other Topics

New Controller Features 16 vehicle phases 16 overlaps More rings and Barriers 4 rings 8 barriers 8 patterns in any order (including repeats) Detector Options Call Phases / Extend Phases Delay / Extend / Carry Over Timing Added Initial / Maximum Initial Reduce After / Time to Reduce Added Initial Mode If Enabled, this detector will count the number of actuations received when ALL Call signal groups are yellow or red. When the next Call signal group changes to green, a variable initial interval will time based on the total number of actuations on all detectors enabled for the Added Initial Mode and the Added initial time defined for the signal group. The actuation count will then be reset to zero. Delay The amount of time a detector input must have continuous presence before placing a call to the Call signal groups. Extend The amount of time that Extend SGs will be extended after the detector input is off. See Detector Mode for alternate uses of the Extend time for different modes. Carry Over When the Detector Mode is Disconnect, this is the amount of time allowed between vehicle actuations during the Extend signal group green interval before the detector will be disconnected for the remainder of the green interval and cease to extend the signal group. Overview What is RBC? What features? Other Topics

More new features Comprehensive Transit Signal Priority Travel Time Slack Check out Limit Conditional Phase Selectable Priority modes None, Early/Extend, Extend Only Extend Limit Priority Min Greens Recovery Min Greens for Coordination. Omit SGs for early green Call Modes Recall, Soft Recall, Lock, Non-Locked Relative priority No Call SGs Normally when there is a call for a transit priority, all Parent SGs will be called since the transit priority must time with its Parent SGs. Any signal groups flagged for this parameter will not be called when the associated transit priority has a call. Priority SGs These are the signal groups that the controller will choose as the priority movements that will serve concurrently with the Transit SG. If this parameter is left undefined, the controller will choose the Parent SGs as the priority movements. Overview What is RBC? What features? Other Topics

More new features Pedestrian Options Comprehensive Preemption Pedestrian Recycle Walk Expand / Walk Rest CNA Ped Scramble Comprehensive Preemption 2 Preempts with up to 10 inputs Start timing / Zero timing 2 Track Clearances Exit Mode / Exit Signal Groups Reservice Options And more... Start timing – when preempt first goes active, this is the time that the controller will allow sg’s and overlaps to remain green, in walk, in ped clr. Zero timing – during an active preempt, sg’s can be terminated immediately out of green, walk, ped clr. Overview What is RBC? What features? Other Topics

Other Topics VISSIM E-Learning VISSIM Tutorial Start timing – when preempt first goes active, this is the time that the controller will allow sg’s and overlaps to remain green, in walk, in ped clr. Zero timing – during an active preempt, sg’s can be terminated immediately out of green, walk, ped clr. Overview What is RBC? What features? Other Topics

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