Collect XP - CA Traffic
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1. you can collect the data currently being stored on the recorder by pressing the Collect button change the configuration via the Setup screen or view what is happening on the road via the LiveView LiveView is only available on certain types of recorders Collect To pull data off of a recorder is a very simple process By pressing the Collect button all of the data currently on the recorder is Dumped onto the computers hard drive COLLECT XP Setup The Setup screen is where you will spend most of your time while using Collect XP To use the Setup screen you must first collect the data from your recorder if you do not press the Collect button before trying the Setup button you will be reminded of this and asked to collect your data CollectXP 2 There is data in the recorder Do you want to m collect data and setup recorder Setup Clear Recorder From the Setup menu you can clear any data off of the recorder This is useful if your recorder has been sat recording nothing for a long time and you want to start a new sutvey The password to do this is 911 Setup Clear Data after Dump This setting is on by default and will clear any data from the recorder after it successfully downloads onto the PC Untick if you wish to turn this off and want to clear the recorder manually using the option above COLLECT XP Chapter Two The Setup Screen Depending on the type of recorder you are currently using man2. COUNTERS amp ACCESSORIES LTD USER MANUAL Collect XP COUNTERS amp ACCESSORIES LTD Collect XP O Counters amp Accessories Ltd Lodge Farm Business Centre Castlethorpe Milton Keynes Phone 01908 511122 Fax 01908 511505 Web www c a co uk 0 Y NN NO Oo O o O O O O 11 11 11 12 Chapter Three Configuration Settings Volume Configurations Example 1 Example 2 Classification Configurations Example 1 Example 2 Per Vehicle Data Chapter Four Survey Settings Speed Use Profiles Configurations Length Profile Speed Chapter Five Sensor Settings Sensor Separation Loop Length Appendix A Profile Classification Schemes COLLECT XP Table of Contents h A A O OA Y Y N NM NM M N NM a a aa aq a Chapter One Setting Up Installing The Application Initial Setup File Dump File Directory Setup Surveys Setup Preferences Setup Log File Comms Help Recover Reset Recorder Main Screen Collect Setup Setup Clear Recorder Setup Clear Data after Dump Chapter Two The Setup Screen Recorder Settings Config Site Period Survey and Sensor Settings COLLECT XP Chapter One Setting Up E CollectxP File Setup Comms Help A Counters 8 Accessories Ltd Collect XP Version 3 0 2 3 Installing The Application Insert the CD into a CD drive and follow the on screen prompts The Set Up will install both Collect XP and if necessary the
3. NET framework required to run it Initial Setup Before you plug in your recorder it is a good idea to initially run Collect XP and change any necessary settings The following section details all of these options Please Connect a Recorder The UK s Leading supplier of traffic counting and classifying equipment File Dump File Directory When collecting data it is automatically saved onto the Y cete computers hard drive The directory files are saved to can Y Collect xP be changed via the Dump File Directory CTRL D button on the File menu Speed MPH Configurations 20 MPH 5 10 15 20 25 30 3 3 Speed 30mph 30 40 z 3 Speed 40mph 40 50 3 Speed 50mph 50 60 30 MPH 15 20 25 30 35 40 The surveys button allows you to add edit Of delete any of dde a the survey classification settings This is useful if you want 4 Speed 40mph 40 50 60 x to specify exactly what speed bins the recorder should use Okmh Class and not use one of the defaults O Profile O Length Axle Setup Preferences The UK s Leading supplier of traffic counting From this screen it 18 possible to change the measurement defaults to use the American standards as well as set the computer to synchronise the recordets time to its own Setup Log File From here you can view or clear the software s log file A log file is a record of everything Collect XP does Port No 1 High Speed Download T
4. d below 5 2 metres Likewise the Short Med Long Artic brackets vehicles at less than 52 metres between 5 2m and 6 5m between 6 5m and 11 5m and above 11 5m Profiles are more accurate in their definitions of vehicle types and as such need mote bins to work A breakdown of the profiles offered can be found in the appendix of this manual Short Long 52 v C amp A Basic 10 10 2 v Short Long 52 70 DOE Northern Ireland 5 5 0 Short Med Long Artic 52 65 115 C amp A Basic 10 10 2 Short Medium Long 52 65 Euro 6 6 1 Speed As with the Length Profile settings your data can also be classified by Speed with the first and last speed boundaries being anything less than and anything more than respectively e g 3 Speed 30mph 30 40 would have bins of less than 30mph 30 40mph and over 40mph 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 gt 30 MPH 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 5 3 Speed 5 mph 50 60 3 Speed 3 0mph 30 40 4 Speed 50mph 50 60 70 60 MPH 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 81 90 MPH 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 A 4 Speed 30mph 30 40 50 20 MPH 5 10 15 20 25 30 355 40 10 COLLECT XP Chapter Five Sensor Settings Sensor Separation To measure speed and to correctly classify vehicles it is necessary to have two sensors in a single lane The recorder can then make the necessary speed and class calculations As a result knowing the exact distance between the two sensors 8 vital to ensure accurate data Loop Length Like the Sensor Separation be
5. figurations of the other data types it is effectively A gt B C gt D E gt F G gt H and the loops should be configured as such COLLECT XP Chapter Four Survey Settings Depending on the type of recorder being used and the configuration chosen on the previous screen the options within the survey settings screen can vary greatly Here you will find a explanation of each One important thing of note here is the number of bins your configuration will need A bin is the number of different brackets the data is divided into The type of recorder being used will put restraints on the number of bins available bins Speed A simple choice of Miles Per Hour or Kilometres Per Hour depending on personal preference This setting will affect the speed bins if a speed configuration is chosen below which makes manually changing from Mph to km h after recording the data problematic opeed Mph km h Use Profiles The Use Profiles tick box toggles between using length or profile which will be explained below Use Profiles Configurations Confiqurations A number of possible combinations are Profile Profile Speed available on this section of the menu 0 Speed Profile x Speed depending on the options before it They will be explained below COLLECT XP Length Profile When set to length or profile the vehicles will be categorised by the type of vehicle they are A Short Long setup splits vehicles between being above an
6. fore it it 1s vital that the physical length of the loop is recorded correctly to ensure accurate data Sensor Separation 4 e m 50 y cm Loop Length The UK s Leading supplier of traffic counting and classifying equipment 11 COLLECT XP Appendix A Profile Classification Schemes EURO 6 Motorcycle 1 Motorcycle Car Light Van 2 Car Light Van Car or Light Van Trailer 3 Car Trailer Heavy Van 4 Rigid Heavy Van Minibus Light Goods Vehicle 5 Articulated HGVs Rigid 6 Bus Coach Rigid Trailer Articulated HGVs Minibus 1 Car Car Trailer Light Vans Cod 2 Heavy Van Minibus 3 Rigid Lorries 4 Rigid Lorries Trailer Articulated HGVs 5 Bus Coach 12 CA 10 10
7. he UK s Leading supplier of traffic counting and classifying equipment COLLECT XP Comms Depending on your hardware setup you may have to change the communication port that CollectXP will look for your recorder on This is performed in the Comms Menu Within this screen you can also turn off high speed downloading If you are having problems getting data from a recorder with it losing its connection turning this off may solve the problem Help Recover Reset Recorder In the unlikely event that the recorder encounters any issues and becomes unresponsive these two buttons will be able to fix it The recover button will attempt to fix whatever is wrong with it and hopefully continue what it should be doing while the reset button should be used if the CollectXP File Setup EVR Recorder 00000002 EVR Mk2 format Site No Config Start Date 12 3 08 02 16 10 PM End Date 14 3 08 02 13 26 PM Period 60 minutes Firmware 0 Battery 6 1v 6 1v The UK s Leading supplier of traffic counting and classifying equipment CollectXP Collecting Data HLLLLELEELLELLELLLLL 2 kB read Cancel The UK s Leading supplier of traffic counting and classifying equipment recover option doesn t work and the recorder will be reset Main Screen The main screen is a summary of the current configuration of the recorder and will automatically appear when the software detects a recorder From here
8. hicle detected travelling from B gt A would be ignored as erroneous The 3 Chan and 4 Chan classification configurations bin each pair of loops into a separate channel The A gt B B gt A configuration combines classification data for both directions into one channel Any vehicles travelling on CD will be binned in channel 1 while any data from GH will be binned 1n channel 2 COLLECT XP Per Vehicle Data Per Vehicle is the most comprehensive of all the possible recording methods recording information for every vehicle detected individually It is to be noted that the file size for busy per vehicle sites is often considerably higher than either volume or classified data This is due to the fact that vehicles are not put into time groups as they are for volume and classified data as well as the fact that there is an increased amount of data stored on each vehicle It should be noted this is only the case on very busy sites For quiet sites it 8 actually possible for per vehicle data to produce less data than classity data If a site is setup with a large number of bins and a short period time it will create a lot of blank data when no cats ate passing in the middle of the night for example Per Vehicle data also gives the advantage that as all data 1s recorded you can change the petiod and speed bins as you wish after the data has been collected Although when using Per Vehicle data although you don t have access to the con
9. mines every other option available in the Setup screen This section will cover the common choices for the Config and when each should be used Volume Configurations A volume configuration is used when only the number of vehicles passing over a sensor is to be recorded no information on what these vehicles are will be stored Fout points can mostly explain the various Volume Count configurations e Each letter from A H represents a loop e A lower case letter denotes a central loop in an N 1 array e Acomma is used to divide the channels e Assigning an unused loop to a channel has no effect on the count The only exception is for single lane roads where two loops are installed in a single lane Assuming the loops are AB the configuration is A gt B B gt A With this configuration vehicles travelling from A gt B are put into Channel 1 and those travelling from B gt A are binned in Channel 2 Example 1 Directional Volume Count Dual Carriageway AB 1 Selecting this configuration would mean counts on loops A and B would be counted in Channel 1 and counts on loops C and D would be counted in Channel 2 If loops were connected to EFGH these would also be counted in Channel 2 COLLECT XP If overtaking was common on the site then an N 1 loop array may be installed The configuration would then become AbC DeFGH where Pb and e are the central loops that straddle the two lanes Example 2 Lane Specific Volume Co
10. unt 8 lane motorway A B C D E F G H This configuration means that the count from each loop A B C D E F G and H will each be assigned to a separate channel Classification Configurations The Classify Class configurations follow the same rules as Volume configurations for loop naming and dividing channels An arrow gt is also used to indicate the expected direction of traffic flow as classification requires two loops per lane The UD or U D suffix indicates that the lanes should be unidirectional Any vehicles detected against the flow of traffic as indicated by the arrow gt are dismissed as erroneous readings It should be noted that even if loops aren t referred to in the scheme they are still included in their respective channel should they trigger see examples Example 1 Classification on a two lane road Classify A gt B C gt D This configuration classifies vehicles travelling in each direction on a two lane road Vehicles detected travelling against the expected flow are grouped into the other channel A vehicle detected travelling from B gt A would be added to Channel 2 It is also to be noted that any vehicle data recetved from loops EF or GH will also be added to channel 2 Example 2 Classification on a Dual Carriageway Classify A gt B E gt F UD The UD suffix is added because any counts contrary to the expected flow of traffic would typically be incorrect on a dual carriageway A ve
11. y different options could potentially be available to you on this screen all of which will be covered in Recorder Settings Config CLASSIFY A gt B B gt A v Site 00000001 Period 60 mins Survey Settings Length x Speed Sensor Settings Separation 4 50m Loop Length 2 00m The UK s Leading supplier of traffic counting and classifying equipment Cancel this section of the manual Recorder Settings Config The configuration dropdown menu on the main setup screen is the most important option on any of the screens From here you choose how the recorder will interpret the data it recetves from its sensors What these settings mean will be explained in more detail on the following pages Site The Site Number is the unique identifier used to distinguish between sites when in a database As a result ensuring each site has a different Site Number 18 vital Period The period is the interval in which the recorder groups its data It is noted that having a smaller period allows for more precise counts but as there will be more data the recorders memory will fill up faster Survey and Sensor Settings Depending on the configuration setting chosen a number of settings will be available with these two sections These will be explained in detail on the following pages COLLECT XP Chapter Three Configuration Settings As mentioned previously the configuration setting is the most important setting as it deter
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