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1. directional traffic When you import data that has bi directional information present epee pe ee ee ne LS you will be presented with an import M eee eee dialog that allows you to input location or S direction name and comment for the ra outgoing direction as shown The data is imported separately for both directions You can select the OM So Outgoing Direction analysis for the appropriate direction by Mea first selecting the desired direction tab as Outgoing Dir shown below and then clicking on the Optional Data Comment Description relavent to outgoing direction Analyze button Alternatively select the Bidirectional Data Analysis tab to run both analysis in one go Separate windows will be generated for each direction Incoming Direction C Cree Incoming Dir Outgoing Dir Bidirectional Data Analysis sociated Radar Advanced Info Rows In File Data Start Time 1133 2 21 2013 3 ESI oO Direction etal cm OUTGOING DIRECTION DATA Me The traffic direction is always listed V Generate Analysis Report Export Summary Data To Excel View Last File View Raw Data Generate Interactive Charts at the bottom as shown Page 25 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Viewing Raw Individual Logged Vehicles You may view and filter raw individually logged bidirectional data Select2. 13 Option 1 Run report over one complete data set import 13 Option 2 Run report over a specified period of time including multiple data sets 14 INTERPRETING THE ANALYSIS REPORT cccsccccrsssssssscsscccccceceessscscees 15 Intrepreting the Monthly Counts Speed AV QS tab ana I3 Interpreting the Weekly Counts Speed Averages tab 16 Intrepreting the Charts Average Weekly Speeds tab s 17 Compar n2 THUNIDIC CATI S ss T E A DJ 18 Printing and exporting tables or charts 18 EXPORTING SUMMARY REPORT DATA TO EXCEL dddsssssas a 19 GENERATING INTERACTIVE CHARTS sssssssssscsssssssscccccccccsssscsseseescsees 21 Average speed ANICTACLIVE C Mss ok S SS 21 Total Counts Volume Interactive Chart ss 23 LTS TORT CI CHOTI oncesi S ri si 23 Percentile Vs Speed Interactive Chatt saok s isuad saakaas sea 24 HOUSTON RADAR ARMADILLO SPECIFIC FUNCTIONALITY 25 BIDIRECTIONAL ANALY SUS OR DATA siens i a meta os 25 VIEWING RAW INDIVIDUAL LOGGED VEHICLES ddd aa 26 ANALYZING VEHICLE CLASSE S riunn naid gas asie 21 PLOTTING BATTERY STATUS AND AMBIENT TEMPERATURE ssssssesesenceeeeeeeeeeeeeees 28 DOWNLOADING DATA FROM ARMADILLO WITH GPS OPTION 29 SETTING UP REMOTE TCP IP RADAR CONNECTIONS cccccccsssssssssceees 30 ASSOCIATING A RADAR WITH A PROJECT FOR AUTOMATED DATA IMPOR EL gsus gde OO 32 Page 3 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced T
3. ax x 0 a 4 x To Vehicles Hour 0 4 00 PM 6 00 PM 8 00 PM 11 00 PM 2 00 AM 4 00 AM 6 00 AM 8 00 AM 11 00 AM Thursday T Saturday 5 Monday 5 Wednesday 7 Friday 9 Friday2 Sunday4 Tuesday6 Thursday 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 _J June 27 July 04 ___________ Hour Houston Radar LLC 12818 Century Drive Stafford TX 77477 Http www Houston Radar com Email sales O Houston Radar com Contact 1 888 602 3111 Rev 4 March 2014 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Note Specifications may change without notice Note Not liable for typographical errors or omissions Page 2 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Table of Contents I ERODUCLIO Nissan gazes opis 5 CONNECTING TO A LOCAL RADAR TO RETRIEVE DATA cccssceees 6 SLEPI COnnecl 10 Ne kadar Windowsin E E 6 SLEP Select the COM PDOffiesssesdanduss E di 6 SLEP LS Ure radar SIONA veids is sis in das m DOWNLOADING DATA FROM THE RADAR eeeeeeeecsssssceccccccsssscececccsssssccecocssssssseee 8 STEP 1 Create or Open a project to import your data into s S STEP 2 Name your project or Open Existing Project isii s 9 Step 3 Import Data From Your Connected Radar 10 ANALYZING DATA AND GENERATING REPORTS 2 sserrsccsccsscsssssscees 13 GENERATING MONTHLY WEEKLY AND DAILY COUNTS AND SPEED REPORTS
4. C Houston Advanced Stats Analyzer User Manual lec M Houston Radar Stats Analyzer Pro File Data Edit Window Help ad Demo Project main and dartmouth NB Percentile Counts Vs Speed o El 2s Average Vehicle Speed mph vs Time Demo Project main and Percentile Counts Vs Speed for Demo Project main and dartmouth NB 4Hr ROM 85th Pct Speed 28 1 mph M Lat Average Vehicle Speed Vehicles in data 58012 2Hr Total Vehicles Displayed 1446 6 23 2010 3 25 00 PM to 11 23 2010 3 00 00 M Vehicles Detected 60 min PTT size of bubble vehicle density pre 7 82010 7 25 00 AM through 7 11 2010 1 25 00 PM 85pct 8 30min 8 O 15min O 5min Percentile Counts 8 0 8 00 AM 5 00 PM 2 00 AM 12 00 PM 10 00 PM 8 00 AM 5 00 PM 2 00 AM 12 00 PM Thursday 8 Hi Friday 9 Saturday 10 A Sunday 11 gt ae yu p ly W Demo Project main and dartmouth NB Vehicle Counts vs Time o amp Data interval Weekly Counts Speed Averages Charts Average Weekly Speeds Charts Average Weekly Volumes Charts 4Hr Project Demo Project Select Week Starting Mor Y Enable Comparisons Location main and dartmouth NB 6 28 2010 2Hr main and dartmouth NB Average Hourly Volume for Week of 7 12 2010 Average Counts By Hour 7 5 2010 lt D Average Counts By Hour 7 5 2010 Average Counts By Hour 7 12 2010 Average Counts By Hour 7 12 2010 K
5. MOVE ZOOM WINDOW LEFT or RIGHT Arrow Move Zoom Window Left or Right 10 Mouse wheel also moves zoom window left right You can click on the X Axis to directly set start end date time for the plot data Or you can click on the graph directly to set the left right zoom edges Graph will zoom on the 2nd click ESC Key restores graph to original Page 22 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Total Counts Volume Interactive Chart Check the Generate Vehicle Volume Chart checkbox to get an interactive chart of vehicle counts volumes vs time An example is shown below M Demo Project main and dartmouth NB Vehicle Counts vs Time EE ECE Data Interval Zoom p l in Vehicle Counts vs Time Demo Project main and dartmouth NB 4Hr e Vehicle Counts vs Time nTotal Vehicles Displayed 22843 2Hr 300 8 60 min C 30 min 250 bs 5 C 15min O L 200 5min z E i 5 Auto Zoom o O 150 2 D 7 100 bi m ra fe a vars Egi eta PASES Thursday 15 Thursday 22 Thursday 29 5 Thureday 12 Thursday 19 26 July 18 i July 25 a August 01 H August 08 H August 15 7 August 22 July 2010 Pt August 2079 A Selecting the 60 minute aggregation option 1s a great way to get a bird s eye view of the hourly volume of traffic throughout the dataset Just as with the average speed chart this chart is completely interact
6. You will see the download progress in the following box Pi Import Stats Data Directly From Radar Into Demo Project olles Advanced km h Connection Radar Setup Connection Connected Radar Info Connect To Radar On Connection Status COM10 115200 8 None COM10 Radar Software Ver 438 Radar Tag 2510 Connect To Decomect n Radar Type HW Ver DR1500B1 Radar Stats Package Enabled Serial ID 0000146229ce Radar Clock 1 30 2013 3 22 59 PM Site Rader Cock lo Computer Data Start Time 10 30 2012 3 48 00 PM Erase Radar Data Data End Time 1 30 2013 3 22 00 PM Current Record Time 1 30 2013 3 19 00 PM Read Traffic Stats From Radar Daad Read Stats Data Info Radar Output Data read progress is shown Importing Into Project Dir Datay inthis box Reading is Demo Project stopped when no more data importing Into Open Project is present Not all pages may Demo Project A be read if memory is not full Connected Via Serial on COM10 Page 11 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Once all data has been read from the radar and stored into the dat file you will be presented with Import Comment box This is the opportunity to label this data import The label will show up in the project data window and will be printed on all reports and graphs If you are organizing the data into projects created by year month we suggest that you label your import by location
7. gt Connect To Radar to bring up the radar connection screen just like with the local radar connection Select the desired connection and click on Connect button The Auto Detect Port option only searches for the radar on the local serial ports That includes Bluetooth and USB to serial adapters The program does not search on remote TCP IP radar connections You must manually select the radar you wish to connect to if it is on a remote TCP IP link Advanced Connection Radar Setup Connection Connected Radar Into Connect To Radar On Connection Status COI l Radar Software Ver K Auto Detect Port Radar Tag ope Radar Iype HW Ver COME Stats Package COM Serial ID Radar Clock Traffic Stats Collection Info Data Start Time Data End Time REMOTE gbsvr edit 1927 168 44 7 REMO TE dumbar dumbar dhs org Curent Record Time REMOTE vermac DEBUGI6U asi REMOTE WiSnap 132 168 1 113 Page Read diah Wisnap work 192 168 0 1 REM MOTE TAR a irr Radar Output Data Transferred kB I sirga Page 31 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Associating a Radar with a Project for Automated Data Import You may associate a radar with a project and import data synchronize radar clock and erase radar data automatically after successful import by just one click of the mouse This is very convenient option when importing from remote radars especially wh
8. is the average of the 85 percentile speeds from the midnight hour to lam on all Mondays in June where there 1s data And so on and so forth for all the cells Page 15 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual The Week Day 85 Avg Speed last column contains the average of that row excluding the weekends So the 1 cell in the last column is the average 85 percentile speed during the weekday in June for the midnight to lam time slot Similarly the average speed and counts selector on this tab shows the average of the average speeds and average counts for the specified hour for the specified day of the week in June If data for more than 1 month 1s available you can select it on the top right Interpreting the Weekly Counts Speed Averages tab Click on the Weekly Counts Speed Averages tab to show the data by actual week When viewing counts the cells in this tab contain actual count data for the selected week by hour of the day When viewing average or so percentile speeds the cells contain the average or 85 percentile speed data for the selected week by hour of day If the analysis has more than one week of data available you may select it on the top right as shown below M Demo Project main and dartmouth NB Traffic Repart Stats e a Analysis Report Monthly Counts Speed Avgs i Weekly Counts Speed Averages Charts Average Weekly Speeds Charts Average Weekly Volur Lha
9. of October through the 7 of November There are a few ways to navigate around this data To examine a smaller time period click the left mount button at the start date you want to examine and then click the left mouse button again at the end date The graph will automatically zoom to this range Once you zoom in you can easily click another aggregation period on the left pane and the data will redraw with higher resolution e g 30 minute or 15 minute as you choose If you want the software to automatically pick the best resolution automatically select Auto Zoom on the left pane Now the software will automatically determine the optimal aggregation period based on how much data can be displayed on the screen without too much clutter As you zoom around in the data the total number of vehicles in the view is automatically recalculated and displayed on the top in the legend area This is a great way to get vehicle totals across different or non standard time periods You can also use the arrow keys and mouse wheel to zoom in out and scroll the chart left or right Click on the Zoom Help button in the chart area to get a help screen on the keys supported This window is reproduced below EE S You can interact with this graph as follows Zoom window UP Arrow Zoom in by 20 DOWN Arrow Zoom Out by 20 Ctrl LEFT or RIGHT Arrow Shift LEFT edge of zoom window Alt LEFT or RIGHT Arrow Shift RIGHT edge of zoom window
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11. data import into projects and ability to analyze data across multiple data sets 7 Generate interactive charts of speed vs time counts vs time speed vs percentile number of vehicle vs speed for investigating traffic patterns 8 Generate hourly weekly and daily reports of counts average and 85 percentile speeds and pace 9 Compare traffic pattern changes over days weeks or months by generating comparative charts 10 Export raw data or hourly daily and weekly summary data to Excel 11 Copy and paste or print all charts and reports 12 Auto connect to multiple radars periodically and automatically import data into pre assigned projects in batch mode 13 View data location visually on satellite maps and import via drag and drop into different proj ects Ata 2 ci External Bluetooth module required on radar RS232 port to allow wireless Bluetooth connection except for Houston Radar Armadillo that has built in Bluetooth modem External cellular modem with TCP IP functionality required on radar RS232 port to allow remote Internet connection GPS option required in Armadillo traffic collectors Not available in OEM radars Internet connection required to retrieved Google or Bing satellite maps Page 5 of 35 va d d D Ifthe radar is not being detected it is sometimes Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Connecting To a Local Radar to Retrieve Data To connect to
12. name and traffic direction e g main and dartmouth NB If you are organizing your projects by location name we suggest you simply use the traffic direction as the import label e g incoming or north bound or NB etc You may also insert a comment to be attached to this import Both the label and comment are easily editable later via the project data window incoming Direction J label is telling you that data was for incoming direction Incoming Direction You may click here and edit the default text in the box This is the label for the data set Use either location direction or just location name Optional Data omm nt Description ok Click on OK button when you are done with your label and comment At this point you will see a progress bar as the data is being imported into the SQL server Once the import is complete a new entry summary will be shown in the project window as shown below main and dartmouth NB User Defined Date Analysis Associated Radar Seru a Data File Name Import Time Rows In File Data Start Time NB C Documents a 1 30 2013 2 39 PM 30 Pe Your location or direction label from the previous window will show here Your comment from previous window will show here Double click either of the two fields to edit the text in them The other fields are for information only and cannot be edited directly All changes are automatically saved back to the database You ha
13. the Bidirectional Data Analysis tab and then click on the View Radar Data button You will be presented with the raw data window You may also select to filter this data by date range and speed threshold After making your selection click the Apply button and the data window will update after applying your filter settings E Filter Data By Date Range E Fiter Data By Speed Range Start A 24 Now 2012 11 55 AM Show Speeds Above All Imported Data Thursday Jan 01 1870 12 Thursday Dec 31 2099 12 All data in project re Bsr il ee 8 gt V Generate Analysis Report Export Summary Data To Excel C Die Raw Date Generate Interactive Charts E Generate Avg Speed Chart Raw Data Graphing Options E Generate Vehicle Volumes Chart E Show Min Max Speed Markers On Speed Chart E Generate Volume By Speed Histogram Chart E Generate 3 D Charts Page 26 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Analyzing Vehicle Classes Click on the Analyze button In Addition to the analysis result a Filter Data window pops up You may click the Generate Excel Tally Report button to get a detailed Excel output of raw data including vehicle sizes and where you may filter the results by speed limit and vehicle class oJ test gpsimport Filter Data LE a x E Fiter Data By Custom Settings a Vehicdes Con endih M less ae Generate 125 Vehicles Report 17
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15. 85 percentile speed is also automatically marked by the red crosshairs For example in this data set the 85 percentile speed is 28mph You may also click anywhere on the chart and obtain the percentile value and speed at that point 2 Demo Project main and dartmouth NB Percentile Counts Vs Speed lo Percentile Counts Vs Speed for Demo Project main and dartmouth NB 85th Pct Speed 28 1 mph Vehides in data 58012 6 23 2010 3 25 00 PM to 11 23 2010 19 di ki Percentile Counts al a da ir abe a t speed mph o a4 2 Page 24 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Houston Radar Armadillo Specific Functionality The Houston Radar Armadillo Tracker traffic collector has certain additional features not found in our OEM based Advanced In Radar traffic statistics These are Simultaneous bi directional data logging Individual vehicle logging with 1 mph or 1 Km h speed resolution Vehicle Classification into 3 vehicle size bins Hourly logging of a Battery charge status mAh of battery capacity remaining b Battery voltage c Ambient Temperature 5 GPS option to automatically tag data location and allow splitting of data into location chunks during importing into the Stats Analyzer The Houston Radar Stats Analyzer supports these features as described below oo Bidirectional Analysis of Data The Houston Radar Armadillo can log bi y import Data Comment Lo e
16. DE ATA ATAPI controllers IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers i Imaging devices Keyboards F Mice and other pointing devices ul Modems Monitors F Network adapters Expand the Ports Section C477 Ports COM amp LPT gt r Communications Port COM1 ECP Printer Port LPT1 17 Standard Serial over Bluetooth link COM6 T7 Standard Serial over Bluetooth link COM7 5 JS Standard Serial over Bluetooth link COM8 LT USB Serial Port COMB gt 1 Processors Look for a USB Serial Port UP Security Devices entry Your COM may be different Sound video and game controllers 2 Suctem devices Page 35 of 35
17. Jun 2013 02 42 PM iE Stop After 2 00 This filter applies to all open graphs when you click Recalculate A B C D E F G H i J K L 1 Speed Limit lt Change this value for your road then RIGHT click in both tables below and select Refresh data 2 Date All x INCOMING HOURLY SUMMARY Date All x OUTGOING HOURLY SUMMARY 3 Class All 7 4 5 O Dat 6 Starting Hour iT Count_Average Speed of all Traffic___ Violator Counts Average Speed of Violators 7 12 00 00 AM i 8 1 00 00 AM 9 2 00 00 AM 10 3 00 00 AM 11 4 00 00 AM 12 5 00 00 AM 13 6 00 00 AM 14 7 00 00 AM 15 8 00 00 AM 16 9 00 00 AM 20 1 00 00 PM 21 2 00 00 PM 22 3 00 00 PM 23 4 00 00 PM 24 5 00 00 PM 25 6 00 00 PM 26 7 00 00 PM 27 8 00 00 PM 28 9 00 00 PM 31 Grand Total i Grand Total 22966 37 M 4 H Tally Results Hourly Summary of Violators Raw Data Sheet2 Sheet3 3 EI Excel report allowing filtering by vehicle class size and violator speed Complete raw data is also available in the Raw Data tab User provided Excel installation is required and not provided with the Stats Analyzer Page 27 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Plotting Battery Status and Ambient Temperature The Armadillo logs the remaining battery capacity battery voltage and ambient temperature hourly If these records are detected during data import they are placed in a tab called Advanced Info Y
18. The project window must remain open for this feature to work Multiple project windows may be open simultaneously which will allow you to import data from multiple radars Page 33 of 35 va F J p Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Accessing a Common Database File from Multiple Computers by Different Users The Houston Radar Stats Analyzer program keeps all imported data and settings in a database file on the computer By default this database file is kept on the same computer running the stats analyzer program For multi user situations requiring multiple users to access the same data or to put data in a common location it is possible to install a common database file on a shared drive and then access it simultaneously from multiple computers running the Stats Analyzer program You may do this as follows 1 Install the Houston Radar Stats Analyzer program version 8 01 0009 or later on all computers requiring access to the data It is advisable to install the same version on all computers and keep the versions up to date You may request the latest version from us 1f you have an older version Upgrades are offered for no extra charge 2 From one computer preferably the computer with the most data on it relocate its database file from the local drive to the designated shared drive on the network as follows a Click on File gt Database Location menu b Click on Se
19. a Houston Radar Armadillo traffic collector simply plug it into your PC s USB port and turn it on To connect to any other local radar you must have an RS232 COM port installed on your computer If your computer does not have a built in COM port you may purchase an external USB to RS232 adapter Such adapters are commonly available in the market at a nominal price or may be purchased from Houston Radar Our USB RS P1 adapter is also capable of providing power to the radar Once you plug an adapter or the Armadillo into your computer s USB port Windows will add a COM port to your computer Please see Appendix A for more details on debugging COM port problems STEP Connect to the RadarWindow Click on File gt f Connect To Radar F Houston Radar Stats Analyzer Pre Data Edit Window Help New Open Stats Project Close Stats Project Database Location Print Preview Setup Remote Radar Conn ions Exit M Connect to Radar rece Advanced STEP2 Select the COM port eigen Radar Setup Then click on Connect To Radar If you selected Auto Detect Port the program will search all ports in parallel so there is no penalty for selecting Auto Detect Port Select Auto Detect Port or R 4 X the COM port if you know it Otherwise it will only search on the port you and then click on Connect To Radar selected Sync Radar Clock To Computer Erase Radar Data Read Tr
20. adar Connections lo Location Name Paddr Part Timeout A MadisonCounty SB 24 1 mem 68 dyndns ong 2161 S000 MadisonCountry SB 22 m m 063 dymdns org 2161 8000 Houston Radar IF 968 129 164 245 5010 5000 6521 166 142 121 13 2161 5000 Craig 41 192 7 242 5000 5000 foltan pi 225 103 209 169 1734 5000 GNR test PNL10 ay a oom ke Type TCP IP port the How long should the DUE gt ITS B U timeout be Set a Double Click or Ff a Cell to Edit lue i Address can be ei her IP address in nmn nnn nnn nnn netation or resolvable name Valve IM msec Timeout value is ir milli seconds try 5000 or greater for cellular connections secondsX1000 that Give the radar a name Type IP address or URL is 2x the max ping You will select it by this name in this box OK Note that the IP address or the host name should be reachable from the computer In most cases you need an external world routable IP address with the address preferably being static in nature If you get a dynamic IP address your modem should support dyndns so Page 30 of 35 Y va d Jd g e J J e _ Now your remote radar connections is listed along with your local COM ports Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual that you may address the remote modem by name In this case dyndns will do the mapping between host name and current dynamic IP address of the modem Once you have setup the remote radar connection click OK Then go to File
21. affic Stats From Radar advantageous to select the actual port the radar is connected on as this is the only case where Windows connection errors are shown to the user These errors are helpful to deduce the reason for Connected Via Disconnected Close Page 6 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual the connection problems e g if the port is already open or inaccessible STEP3 Ensure radar is found Two windows are popped up when the radar is found The first indicates which COM port the radar is attached to and what baud rate 1s used The second indicates some details about the connected radar At this time you should click OK on both windows to proceed Af Connect to Radar 28 Advanced Connection Radar Setup Connection Connect To Radar On Connection Status ying Auto Detect Port Radar Software Ver Connect To Radar Type HW Ver i Stats Package Syne Radar Clock To Computer Erase Radar Data Read Traffic Stats From Radar A i Radar System Information i REV 143 ID 00001549a8a3 OPT 0 TIME Thu Jan 1 00 27 56 1970 TYPE 55300B02 MOD 4 BRD 5 CAP 0x73df STK 680 ENW 35 Same information from the radar ERRNO 0 Connected Via Disconnected Adjust the radar clock if it pf connect to Radar is off from your computer ar k T ASCII Commands Connection Connected Radar Info Connect To Radar On Connection Statu
22. analysis Using this option automatically includes all data in all import sets in this project that are within the specified timeframe You may not want to use this option if you have data from different locations in this project This is a great way to run a complete analysis that gets filled out as more and more data 1s available In this case import all available data as and when available into the same project and run a user defined date range study across the entire time frame as shown below Ensure the User Defined Date Analysis tab is selected before you proceed Demo Projec Sea ae main and datmouh NB User Defined Date Analysis J _ gt Ensure User Defined Date Analysis tab is selected Name Start Late Fl 4 gt All Imported Data Thursday Jan 01 1570 12 Thursday Dec 31 2099 12 All data in project T J T 1 7 Generate Analysis Report E Export Summary Data To Excel viewLast Fie FF Auto import Every hrs 1 Generate Interactive Charts re arti Raw Data Graphing Options C Generate Vehicle Volumes Chart E Show Min Max Speed Markers On Speed Chart Analyze User Range IL Generate Volume By Speed Histogram Chart E Generate 3 D Charts Generate Percentile Vs Speed Chart After you have selected the filter you want default or created your own click the Analyze User Range button and the reports window will pop up We will next discuss the report and the type of analysis
23. d Averages Charts Average Weekly Speeds Charts Average Weekly Volumes Charts Daily Volumes Project Demo Project io Compaieona 60 epee Location main and dartmouth NB 7 19 2010 Plot 85th Pctle Speeds ta 7 26 2010 5 2010 8 2 2010 7 12 2010 main and dartmouth NB Average Hourly WEEKDAY Speeds for Week of 8 2 2010 Average Hourly WEEKDAY Speeds By Hour 7 5 2010 lt D Average Hourly WEEKDAY Speeds By Hour 7 5 2010 Average Hourly WEEKDAY Speeds By Hour 7 12 2010 Average Hourly WEEKDAY Speeds By Hour 7 12 2010 Average Hourly WEEKDAY Speeds By Hour 7 19 2010 lt gt Average Hourly WEEKDAY Speeds By Hour 7 19 2010 Average Hourly WEEKDAY Speeds By Hour 7 26 2010 Average Hourly WEEKDAY Speeds By Hour 7 26 2010 Average Hourly WEEKDAY Speeds By Hour 8 2 2010 HE Average Hourly WEEKDAY Speeds By Hour 8 2 2010 You may also plot the 85 percentile speeds by checking the Plot 85 Percentile Speeds checkbox found next to the week selector box as shown by the red circle in the image above Printing and exporting tables or charts All tables or charts may be printed or copied to the Windows Clipboard for pasting into another document Select the tab page you wish to print or copy To print it click File gt Print and to copy click Edit gt Copy Graph Spreadsheet to Clipboard Once you copy a graph or a spreadsheet to the Windows clipboard you may then open a
24. e amount of data being plotted in the selected dataset the data is automatically aggregated in optimal time bins Average Vehicle Speed mph vs Time Demo Project main and dartmouth NB Average Vehicle Speed Total Vehicles Displayed 58012 Vehicles Detected size of bubble vehicle density a 6 29 2010 7 25 00 PM through 11 23 2010 3 25 00 PM MTG PE BaP RE PIAA 1 mite aa P C ar ocak Date at Sor i 2 La Os an thd ki lets heel Seon 1 63 C J ike RA lca i tt Tt kt tt TLE ELL A A Ok gh ah AaB a eo F eo et a eo K a 5 Py a K ii aS ast gph bP gh gt POP LS oF oF FoF oP D g g a g dv gs gg g g C July 2010 August 2010 H September 2010 HH October 2010 a ke 5 o E D g 0 bie 4 E 7 i a Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual For example in the chart shown above the entire data contains over four months of data for 58012 vehicles This is so much data that the software has automatically re aggregated it in 4 hour intervals Aggregation level is shown on the left side via selected 4 Hr radio box as well as printed on the y axis The above selection means that the count values shown as gold circles and the average speeds shown as blue circles are count totals and average speeds over 4 hours Also from the bird s eye view it becomes apparent that there is a large gap in the data from around the 16
25. en multiple remote radars exist where there is a chance that a user may select wrong remote radar accidently thus importing data from wrong remote radar To use this feature associate the correct remote radar connection at time of initial setup For subsequent imports the user simply goes to the project and imports the data from the pre associated remote radar Setup the remote radar connection first then create a project or open an existing project and then click on the Associated Radar tab as highlighted below Then enable this functionality by marking the Associate a radar with this project checkbox Select a radar connection from the dropbox and if this radar is currently online you can test communication via the Test Connection button Select the additional functionality you require from the After Successful Import group of checkboxes Be sure to click on the Save Settings button once you are done Whenever you are ready to import the data click on the Connect And Read Stats Now button and the data will be imported into the project A Demo Project lo A main and dartmouth NB User Defined Date Anais Associated Radar K V Associated a radar with this project Click on Associated Radar tab and enable functionality via checkbox on left Associated Radar Details Connection Status Messages Connect To Radar V
26. file We suggest that you accept the default path and file name and simply click on Save button All imported data is saved in the dat file on your computer in addition to being imported into the project database This file may then be emailed to a colleague and or imported into a project We suggest that you simply accept the suggested filename and click Save The dat file will be placed in a folder with the same name as the project in the My Documents My Radar Stats directory This allows you to find dat files later MW Save As mn l m e a J Local Disk C Documents and Settings Vipin My Documents My Radar Stats Demo Project y 4 Search Demo Project Po Organize v New folder vw e JB Downloads Name gt Date modified Type Size Recent Places x Rd dace No items match your search The program automatically saves file in a folder a Libraries it creates with the same name as the project 5 Documents M name This allows you to find all imported data a Music associated with a project at a later date ft Pictures f Videos a The program automatically creates a filename containing a unique 4 digit radar ID and current date time stamp a Homegroup ny We suggest simply accepting this name and clicking Save o_o V S S File name GEES cic e USC BT eee PAR K Re F V Save as type zj Once you click Save the program will download the data from the radar
27. h iat hOuntaingate Drese R GREENBRIAR gi ae l Greenbnar Dre rs arm vai top varam f ani no U WEST TD oan Qs i aoe z Q ge C F5 75 i TXDOT1882 R TAPCO Wrong way Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Setting Up Remote TCP IP Radar Connections The advanced stats analyzer software can communicate directly over TCP IP Internet and Intranets to a radar at a remote location connected to a cellular modem or a TCP IP to serial server A cellular connection option will be available in the Armadillo in the future Please contact us if you have this requirement An example of an Ethernet TCP IP to Serial port server that will allow remote connection to a radar over an Ethernet network is the Lantronix x Direct An example of a GPRS modem that will allow remote cellular access to the radar 1s Teltonika G10 Both these methods provide an IP address or host name of the modem with TCP IP port number and allow you to forward connections from this TCP IP port to the local serial port of the radar To communicate with a radar in such a setup you first need to setup a Remote Radar Connection Once the connection is configured connecting to the radar and downloading data works exactly the same way as with a local serial port To setup the remote radar connection click on File and then Setup Remote Radar Connections This will bring up the window shown below A Setup Remote R
28. ia Auto Detect Port Test Connection Radar Must Match Unique ID Link This Radar Radar Output After Successful Import E Erase Stats Memory After Successful Import Syne Radar Clock Fram Computer Run Selected Analysis On New Import Save Settings Cancel W Generate Analysis Report Export Summary Data To Excel View Last File View Raw Data Auto Import Every hek 1 Generate Interactive Charts _ Generate Avg Speed Chart er Generate Vehicle Volumes Chart Show Min Max Speed Markers On Speed Chart roeg p Read ats Now C Generate Volume By Speed Histogram Chart O Generate 3D Charts Generate Percentile Vs Speed Chart Page 32 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual You may choose to have the program double check the unigue radar id before it starts to import the data This will ensure during future imports that you are not accidently importing data from a different radar To enable this feature click on the Link This Radar button after you have tested the connection to the radar This will link the unigue id of the radar to this project To automatically import the data from the associated radar on a periodic basis you may check the Auto Import Every hrs checkbox The program will automatically connect and import the data at the specified intervals
29. it performs Page 14 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Interpreting the Analysis Report Once you click the Analyze or Analyze User Range button the program selects the data you need analyzed runs an analysis and returns the results in the following window Intrepreting the Monthly Counts Speed Avgs tab NB Traffic Report Stats Charts o E E Demo Project main and dartmouth Select Display Data Show Counts Project Demo Project ocation main and dartmouth NB Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday ae nde ee a 23 8 30 EFE 29 27 8 29 23 4 242 45 i 21 29 0 6 30 30 17 0 25 Li 2 5 26 7 29 3 15 2 2 Li i 28 3 214 2 5 ka PA 23 4 25 B 26 7 28 2 0 8 22 6 27 6 29 3 4 85 274 28 2 Kk s a fou fou fou fou fou fou 2 5 29 6 28 3 29 234 29 4 2d 29 284 29 28 5 31 28 7 Totals of Total As you can see the report title bar contains the project name and location and this information is also repeated within the report window as well All analysis is done on an hourly basis and reported by the day of the week For example if you select the Monthly Counts Speed Avgs tab you are presented with an option to view the average hourly speeds by hour of day for each day of week If you selected 85 percentile speeds for the month of June on this tab the value in the 1 cell hour 0 1 Day Monday
30. ive and you can navigate around in it by mouse clicks mouse scroll wheel and arrow keys Click on the Zoom Help button in the chart area for instant help Histogram Chart Click on the Generate Volume by Speed Histogram Chart to generate the following chart This chart plots the number of vehicles in the data set vs the speed bin they were recorded in 30 000 Vehicle Counts Vs Speed Demo Project main and dartmouth NB 58 012 EM Counts 25 000 20 000 15 000 Vehicle Counts 10 000 5 000 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 Vehicle Speed mph Page 23 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Percentile Vs Speed Interactive Chart Determining the 85 percentile speed of traffic on the road is an important requirement for a speed study As is well known studies have shown that the 85 percentile speed 1s an appropriate starting point to determine the optimal speed limit The software allows you to automatically calculate the 85 percentile speed on the road Additionally it also calculates the speed associated with all percentiles of vehicles from 0 to 100 This information is plotted as a well known S chart Check the Generate Percentile Vs Speed Chart checkbox and click the Analyze button to generate the following chart This chart plots the total percentile counts of vehicles on the road traveling at every speed up to the maximum speed in the dataset The
31. lect New Database Location button c Pick a designated folder on the shared drive on the network d Select Yes if the program asks you if you want to move or copy your database to this new location 3 For all other computers users wanting access to the above common database file follow the above steps except choose No when asked if you want to overwite the existing database file Now all computers will access a common database file and all users may access projects data created by other users Note If one user has a project or data window open and a change is made to the data behind the scenes by another user the user with the open project will not be notified You may also chose to locate the program s Data Directory for all users on a common folder on the shared drive You can do that by going to File gt Settings menu and picking a common folder by clicking on the Change button in the Default Data Save File Export Directory section It is highly advisable that periodic backup s be made of the database file on the shared drive The program does not make automatic backups This will minimize the disruption in the case of data corruption or user error Page 34 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual APPENDIX A Installing a COM port to a MS Windows computer and debugging problem with USB to RS232 COM port adapters If your computer does not inc
32. lude a built in RS232 COM port you may easily add a COM port by using an external USB to RS232 COM port adapter ro S The Houston Radar Armadillo traffic collector has a USB Interface built in which shows up as a COM port on the PC when you plug it in Thus you may use this section to debug connection issues for the Armadillo as well ea gf Plug in the USB end of the dongle or Armadillo into the USB port of the computer Windows should automatically recognize the adapter and either install a driver for it or prompt you for a driver disk If Windows prompts you for a driver disk insert the driver disk that came with your adapter and follow the instructions provided The Armadillo USB drivers are provided on the supplied CD ROM Windows will also automatically find these drivers on line if your computer is connected to the Internet To ensure that the COM port was successfully installed you can check in the Device Manager by using the following procedure Click on Start button and then Run and type in devmgmt msc You should see the following window pop up Check that you have a USB Serial Port Entry under Ports COM amp LPT You are now ready to connect to the radar ay Device Manager Erpe File Action View Help ev cn H m amp s g Vipin HP gt Batteries 8 Bluetooth Radios Computer ca Disk drives amp Display adapters ci DVD CD ROM drives oS Human Interface Devices ca I
33. mouth NB Select Week Starting Monday 6 21 2010 6 28 2010 7 12 2010 main and dartmouth NB Average Hourly WEEKDAY Speeds for Week of 7 5 2010 i Average Hourly WEEKDAY Speeds By Hour 7 5 2010 lt D Average Hourly WEEKDAY Speeds By Hour 7 5 2010 25 O O O O O O O O E g the circled point is the average weekday speed during the 11 to noon hour for the week starting 5th July 2010 a O So at a glance you can see how the average weekday speed changes throughout the day for the selected week When you select a week on any of the weekly tabs the selection is maintained when you click over to another tab This way you can simply select a week say on the Weekly Counts Speed Averages tab and then click over to the Charts Average Weekly Speeds or Charts Average Weekly Volumes tab to examine the data in different views for the same week Page 17 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Comparing multiple charts The charts also allow you to compare data from multiple weeks to see if traffic patterns are changing over time Click the Enable Comparison checkbox and select more or more weeks to compare to To select more than one week hold down the CTRL key while clicking to make your selection M Demo Project main and dartmouth NB Traffic Report Stats Charts o E fe Analysis Report Monthly Counts Speed Avgs Weekly Counts Spee
34. nother application e g Word and paste it into a document Graphs are pasted as images whereas tables spreadsheets are pasted as text data in a Word document and numbers in Excel Page 18 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Exporting Summary Report Data To Excel The software also allows you to export 15 30 or 60 minute and daily summary data to Excel For this to work you must have MS Excel already installed on your computer Check the Export Summary Data To Excel checkbox select the data you want to analyze 03 00 PM Emos of data from E Generate Analysis Report 7 Export Summary Data To Excel View Last Fe E Auto Import Every hrs 1 Generate Interactive Charts Peres ee Bee lar cold either in the individual import tab or the User Defined Data Analysis tab and then click on me button You will eg Excel summary report as shown below x J3 D_0000_20100 06231525 _ 01 011231500 ds Compatibility Mode Microsoft Excel non commercial us bolt File Home Insert Page Layout Formulas Data Review View Team a r co iem ea Cut Arial 10 Au F f 9 E Wrap Text General v F i x dr EK iil Z Ms oY Bw ld a Copy 7 Fill cae B I E v BS Ese Merge4 Center 7 9 59 98 Conditional Format Cell Insert Delete Format Sort Find amp Sign and Format Painter ans a ay i Formatting 7 as Table 7 Styles v X v 2 Clear 7 Filter Selecty Encrypt Clipboard Ta Fon
35. or for some reason you do not wish to run a combined report over all this data If your dataset contains data from more than one location and you know the start end date for your data from your different locations you should import the same file multiple times and trim the data for each import to correspond to the different traffic studies Once you have selected the data set to analyze simply ensure the Generate Analysis Report checkbox 1s selected and then click on the Analyze button yw Demo Project n oe main and dartmouth NB User Defined Date Analysis Associated Radar Data End Time Import Motes 1030 2012 3 48 PM 1 30 2013 3 22 PM Select the data set you want to analyze nsure checkbox is checked Click the Analyze button INCOMING DIRECTION DATA Merge Data Trim Data Delete Row Generate Analysis Report Export Summary Data To Eecel wiew Last File View Raw Data C Auto Import Every hrs 1 Generate Interactive Charts P kas ee ee Raw Data Graphing Options Generate Vehicle Volumes Chart Show Min Max Speed Markers On Speed Chart Analyze Generate Volume By Speed Histogram Chart Generate 3 D Charts Generate Percentile Vs Speed Chart Page 13 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Option 2 Run report over a specified period of time including multiple data sets The software allows you to specify start end period to run the
36. ort Stats Data From File Import Stats Data From Radar Export Raw Data To Excel Step 3 Select Radar or File to import data typically Radar if you need to import data from the radar you just connected to Simply accept the suggested file name and the data will be first read into a dat file on your computer This file may also be emailed to a colleague who can then import from a file into his program Step 4 You will see all the different locations your data was collected in Clicking on the rows will place a pin on the map You may zoom in or out by using the scroll bar on the right To import into an existing project simply select the data chunk and drag it to one of the existing projects on the left You may create a new project by right clicking on the left pane To finish the export you must click the Import button at the bottom MW Project Import My Radar Stat Projects o B R Traffic Data From Different Locations Found During Import ver mac remote ag Demo Project N Westheimer Testing kg RMS Start Length 6 17 2013 2 42 12 PM 6 17 2013 3 05 27 PM 6 17 2013 3 17 43 PM minutes and 35 seconds 4 minutes and 48 seconds 3 minutes and 32 seconds Location 29 632691 95 575465 29 635253 95 5677814 29 6357083 95 5763404 s A will Centin Dri i i M r ar C Areya D id as A Aisa wn Bluebonnet Dr 5 Fis Ea i l caig
37. ou can then plot all three in the Stats Analyzer to get graphical view of these values This can be of a great benefit to validate a solar powered installation you would ensure that the solar panel can keep the battery capacity above 0 Amp Hours Remaining over time Alternatively you may want to simply view the ambient temperature changes during the time the data was being collected To select data over multiple imports select multiple entries by pressing the CTRL ke and then click the desired rows Then click the Plot Vin And Ambient Temperature button to plot them all together in one graph An example plot 1s shown below ad Chart tatusRecords E ES jas VCC Ambinent Temperature amp Battery Charge Ah T 100 on d o Amp Hrs Remaining Cad Es i Deg F al Volts Pa ad fr am i 4 00 PM 1 00 PM 12 00 PM 12 00 PM 12 00 PM 12 00 PM 12 00 PM 12 00 PM 12 00 FM 12 00 PM 11 Las HH 14 HH 15 HH 16 H tz is ie 20 Hap lL 12 L May 2013 _ Lo fay 2073 Pe Time Click on two chart paints to zoom between them ESC key to restore Page 28 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Downloading Data from Armadillo With GPS Option Step1 Connect to the radar Please refer to the section Connecting To a Local Radar to Retrieve Data Step 2 Click on Data gt Data Import Wizard as shown Houston Radar Stats Anal Edit Window Help Data Import Wizard Imp
38. raffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual ACCESSING A COMMON DATABASE FILE FROM MULTIPLE COMPUTERS BY DIFFERENT USERSS sii ar abunas ska asums a eee 34 S did ed VI I DI D VE VR KS PS AES SA ARAA 35 INSTALLING A COM PORT TO A MS WINDOWS COMPUTER AND DEBUGGING PROBLEM WITH USB TO RS232 COM PORT ADAPTERS arg saadi es 35 Page 4 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Introduction Many of the Houston Radar traffic sensors offer our Advanced In Radar traffic statistics collection option When this feature is enabled the radar collects vehicular traffic data and saves it to internal memory A user may then download this data at a later convenient time and generate traffic statistics reports from it The Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Stats Analyzer Windows software is a full featured data retrieval and analysis tool used to connect to the radar configure it retrieve collected data organize this data into user projects and generate comprehensive reports Some of the features of this software are 1 One common data retrieval and analysis tool for Houston Radar Armadillo and other Houston Radar OEM products Access the radar via local Windows COM ports including Bluetooth Access the radar via TCP IP Internet connection Automatically search for a connected radar on all local ports at all baud rates Create unlimited projects to organize data from multiple sites signs or traffic studies Unlimited
39. rts Laily Volumes Project Demo Project Jeg Di Dat elect Week of 6 21 2010 2 Location main and dartmouth NB pajuka Starting Monday 6 28 2010 Weekly vehicle counts forthe week of 7 12 2010 D Show Counts Show Avg Speeds Show 85pct Speeds 7 5 2010 Total Vehicles this week 2467 Vehicles Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 7 5 2010 7 6 2010 7 7 2010 7 8 2010 7 9 2010 7 10 2010 7 11 2010 35 40 27 5 28 3 30 28 3 30 20 0 25 28 3 25 0 0 25 10 0 25 35 0 30 35 25 25 30 30 0 0 10 0 20 28 3 27 5 30 32 5 29 28 3 275 27 25 27 5 28 3 28 3 27 5 28 3 27 5 25 24 3 27 9 27 28 3 27 5 28 28 3 26 3 26 3 ZS 28 8 24 2 28 3 28 28 3 29 28 3 24 2 27 9 26 7 28 3 25 30 29 27 9 29 26 7 26 3 30 28 8 28 6 29 30 28 6 27 5 28 3 28 28 6 23 4 26 9 30 28 3 28 28 8 25 6 27 28 30 244 25 244 246 25 25 23 9 25 25 28 3 25 26 7 20 7 30 30 30 30 25 g to oo J o Oo SO NM OG Kk K 6 K V Ft M BV KS Ue CU CD Wl oo J Di on AE S ND SINS NNS Page 16 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Intrepreting the Charts Average Weekly Speeds tab Click the Charts Average Weekly Speeds tab to show a hourly graph of the average weekday speeds by hour for the week selected as shown below M Demo Project main and dartmouth NB Traffic Report Stats Charts Analysis Report Monthly Counts Speed Avgs Weekly Counts Speed Averag Project Demo Project Location main and dart
40. s COM 115200 8 None COMS Radar Software Ver 438 Radar Tag H 510 Connect To Disconnect Radar Type HW Ver DR1500B1 sies Stats Package Enabled Seral ID LE i Radar Clock lf the radar clock is more than 5 minute off from your computer the radar time syne Radar Clock To Computer will be shown in red Click The button on left to sync radar clock with computer Page 7 of 35 G amp G Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Downloading Data From The Radar All data that needs to be analyzed must be first downloaded into a project A project is simply a place to organize different sets of data together The user 1s the best judge of how they want to organize their data Some possibilities are 1 Fixed location sign or data taken at various times from the same location If the sign is in a fixed location or you return to the same location over different periods of time of the month or year you may create a project for that location Then you can import data at different times from the same location into the same project This will allow you to analyze different sets of data from that location together and even run comparison over time to see how traffic patterns are changing 2 Speed studies at various locations In this case you may want to create a project per speed study or by date There are pros and cons to each approach Project Per Speed Study In this case you may end
41. s Project e x M ama 178 12 18 2012 8 52 AM Demo SE Page 9 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Step 3 Import Data From Your Connected Radar Ensure the project you wish to import is selected Data will be imported into this project imported Data Incoming DataFleName ImpotTime Rowslnfle DataStatTime DataEndTime ImportNotes 7 Generate Analysis Report E Export Summary Data To Excel ViewLast Fie Pl Auto import Every fee 1 C Generate Vehicle Volumes Chart E Show Min Max Speed Markers On Speed Chart O Generate Percentile Vs Speed Chart If this is an existing project previously imported data will be shown here and the new data will be imported separately and a summary shown as another line in the table as shown below Data File Name Import Time Rows n File Data Start Time Data End Time ImportNotes West Jordan DR1500 CDocuments a 12 3 20108 36AM 16241 6 23 2010 3 25 PM 11 23 2010 3 00 PM 6 mos of data from WeetJoren __ CADocumeris a 12372011 844aM 4582 ZIM201OZODAM VZOZ01 IZOOPM asam 453PM aramas Export Raw Data To Excel TTT Lidlid iE i Page 10 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual If you connected to the radar in the section Connecting to a local radar to retrieve data or Connecting to a remote radar to retrieve data you will now be prompted to save a dat
42. t Ta Alignment Ta Number Ta Styles Cells Editing Privacy Al v fe Date e x e e e e e e e e e e je Speed bins are on the top Each number is the number of vehicles in that bin for that hour After listing the total number of vehicles in each bin for each hour of the day a 24Hour summary is printed before the next day is summarized x e e e e e e e e e e e e e je K K A K HH JEE JEE A K HH A A A HH HH A amp x x e e e e e j e e je was recorded during that and hence no summary can penetrated for that hour amp e e e e e e e e e e e e j j j A j FH H ej E E E E E E E E E kt E K E T j K A x gt _ A K A K A K M gt gt j tk 0 1 0000000000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3000000000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2000000000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i 2 7 1000000000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1000000000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0000000000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0000000000000 0 0 0 0 0 0
43. up with a lot of projects There is no inherent limitation to the number of projects allowed but projects are created and displayed in a single level view and a lot of projects may get difficult to navigate after many studies Project per date You may create a project date named by year month This will allow easy navigation if you track your speed studies by date F p The software allows you to label each individual import of data from the radar w The project name and import label is printed on each report and chart Thus even if you collect your data by Year Month format you can easily have multiple speed studies in the same project even if they are from different sites Note If you have the Armadillo with the GPS option please refer to the section Downloading Data From Armadillo With GPS to take advantage of the GPS Data Edit Window Help location information New Open Stats Project At Houston Radar Stats Analyzer Pro Close Stats Project STEP 1 Create or Open a project to import your data Database Location Into Print Preview Print Connect To Radar Setup Remote Radar Connections Exit Page 8 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual STEP 2 Name your project or Open Existing Project AA Open Existing Stats Project E Mw Parkway Project Example 1 2 21 2006 Gestner Drive Example 2 12 5 2005 5 36 PM A Open Existing Stat
44. ve now successfully imported data from the radar into the database project Page 12 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Analyzing Data and Generating Reports The Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Stats Analyzer program is a powerful tool to analyze the traffic data and generate reports Generating Monthly Weekly and Daily Counts and Speed Reports STEP 1 Open the project and select the data set you want to analyze Refer to the section Step 3 Import Data From Your Connected Radar to create and import data into a project Once your project is open you have two choices to select your data set Option 1 Run report over one complete data set import You would choose this option if this 1s the only data set you have from this one study or the time period of your interest lies completely within this data set and the dataset is from the same location The start end times of records in a dataset are listed in the summary window as shown below A Demo Project main and dartmouth NB User Defined Date Analysis Associated Radar pas DataFile Name Import Time RowslnFile Data Start Time Pean ImportNotes F main and dartmouth NB C Documents a 1 30 2013 2 39 PM 374 10 30 2012 3 48 PM 1 30 2013 3 22 PM ee SE i Data start and end times are listed here You should not proceed with this option if this data set contains data from different locations
45. y to Amiadillo Traffic Data Speed Bin Width Mph or Km h 5 Min Speed Bin Mph or Km h 15 Max Speed Bin Mph or Km h 100 Pace Speed Interval Mph or Km h 10 Export Interval C 15 Minutes 30 Minutes C 60 Minutes Default Data ave Export File Directory CADocuments and Settings Vipin My Documents My Radar Stats Change Cancel Page 20 of 35 Houston Radar Advanced Traffic Statistics Analyzer User Manual Generating Interactive Charts The stats analyzer software has a powerful feature where the user may generate interactive charts of raw data and navigate through the entire dataset easily and quickly This feature provides a bird s eye graphical view of the entire data set You may generate interactive graphs via the individual checkboxes circled below DataFileName Import Time Data Start Time DataEndTime Import Notes main and dartmouth NB C Documents a 12 3 2010 8 36 AM 16241 6 23 2010 3 25PM 11 23 2010 3 00 PM 6 mos of data from Summary Data To Excel View LastFie View Raw Data F Automport Every rs 1 Raw Data Graphing Options Show Min Max Speed Markers On Speed Chart E Generate 3 D Charts Generate Analysis Report Expe E Generate Avg Speed Chart Generate Vehicle Volumes Chart Generate Volume By Speed Histogram Cha Average Speed Interactive Chart The average speed interactive chart plots all the vehicle speeds vs time Depending on th
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