SmarTek Systems HiWayVU Startup Operation - Manual (Page 3)

HiWayVU Significant Features
1) HiWayVU can collect and display data from up to 250 remote traffic monitoring stations. Each station is comprised of
one or two SAS-1 sensors covering up to 10 traffic lanes and one Cabinet Watchdog (CWD) monitoring up to 4 voltages.
While the “designed in” maximum number of station is 250, the actual maximum number with acceptable performance
is dependent on the host computer capability (CPU speed and Memory).
2) HiWayVU communicates with each remote traffic station via TCP/IP network protocol using sockets. Each remote
station has a specified IP address and port number.
3) HiWayVU can be set to monitor and log performance statistics around the clock. The two main measures of
performance are 1) Connectivity measured as Percentage of Time Connected (i.e. Online % reported each hour) and 2)
SAS-1 Poll Response Performance measured as Percentage of Responses compared to total number of times polled.
4) HiWayVU can be set to monitor and log around the clock all network socket events for all remote traffic station socket
connections.
5) HiWayVU automatically trys to maintain socket connections for each remote traffic station. That is, if a socket
connection breaks (common with wireless internet links using CDMA modems), HiWayVU detects the break and
automatically tries to reconnect. Status of each network socket connection and data transfer is shown in a dedicated
Network Connections Display using a “Green Board” approach to the display (i.e connected sockets status shows green,
while disconnects and reconnect tries show yellow).
6) HiWayVU can be setup to operate using multiple instances (data collectors and data displays) sharing data on a
commom computer or across a local area network.
7) HiWayVU can be set to display jpg camera images that may be available from sources other than through the socket
connection to the remote cabinet. Images to be displayed must conform to size requirements (320 x 240 pixels, jpg).
This document is one of several that describe the setup and operation of SmarTek Systems’ HiWayVU Version 10.1.1 software.
HiWayVU runs on Windows XP and Windows 7 (32 bit) and is used to collect and display highway traffic information from
SmarTek Systems’ SAS-1 multi-lane traffic sensor. The following major features are included in HiWayVU Version 10.1.1.
This descriptions of setup and operation assume that HiWayVU starts with a minimal parameter
file template (at least one site) and a minimal set of area maps (at least one). These are supplied by
SmarTek Systems. HiWayVU allows for easy addition of sites (up to 250) and maps (up to 20). The
procedure for adding sites and maps is described in Section B.