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News and Announcements
Tom Der, Director of Sales
 Welcome to another issue of IRD's ITS News and Product Update.
This month we're featuring some of IRD's vehicle data collection products and solutions.
The New Jersey project shows how existing IRD customers can build out their data collection systems into a complete Virtual Weigh Station for enforcement. Increasingly, we are seeing that customers want a flexible system that can develop as they need additional capabilities. Our iSINC controller is a modular design that is meant to be expandable, durable and resistant to obsolescence. It means if you need a data collection system today, you can still have a Virtual Weigh Station, or a real-time traffic data system, at that location tomorrow -- without the expense of starting over with new electronics.
IRD has been involved with the FHWA's LTPP program for years, and we were pleased to once again be contracted to perform installation, maintenance and data verification for this project. LTPP is another application where the iSINC will play a critical roll.
Also, we've recently added a new video to our YouTube channel that gives a basic overview of our Virtual Weigh Station.
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please email me at tom.der@irdinc.com.
Featured Project
New Jersey DOT - Virtual Weigh Station Upgrades
IRD will be deploying and integrating our Virtual Weigh Station technology into New Jersey DOT’s Data Collection Systems.
The upgraded Virtual Weigh Station systems will be used by the New Jersey State Police and New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) to automatically screen commercial vehicle traffic based on gross vehicle weights, axle weights, and dimensions throughout the State.
In total 20 Virtual Weigh Station upgrades consisting of hardware, software, camera, and communications equipment will be supplied under this contact. All of the equipment will be interfaced with IRD’s state-of-the-art iSINC Controller Electronics. IRD will also provide real time access for New Jersey State Police as well as historical data for research and planning purposes.
If you would like more information please contact Tom Der at tom.der@irdinc.com or +1 306-653-6600.
Featured Product
iAnalyze® Vehicle and WIM Analysis Software
iAnalyze®5
IRD iANALYZE®5 is a software program that facilitates management, analysis and report generation of traffic data collected by Traffic Counters, Classifiers, IRD Virtual Weigh Station Systems, and WIM (Weigh-In-Motion) systems. iANALYZE®5 is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. iAnalyze ®5 provides an improved user interface, and processes more data, more quickly than the previous version.
iAnalyze®5 features an improved interface and faster reporting.
iANALYZE®5 Features
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Enhanced vehicle data and record processing with the ability to process more than 1 year’s data
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Comprehensive set of reports including FHWA Traffic Management Guide (TMG) standard reports
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Automatic export of ASCII reports (including all FHWA TMG reports) to a file
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Simple data export to Adobe and Microsoft applications including Excel, Access, and Word
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Logical user-friendly interface with built-in guides for standard tasks
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Multi-language capability
Equipment and Formats Supported
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iSINC Electronics
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1060 Series Electronics
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DAW 100
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TRS WIM Classifiers
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TC/C 540 WIM Classifiers
iANALYZE®5 software can process traffic data files from the following IRD systems: 1060 series Weigh-In-Motion System Rev 8, Rev 9, Rev 10 and Rev 11 formats, iSINC data gathering system, TC/C-540 data gathering system and TRS WIM.
The iAnalyze®5 "View Vehicles" screen displays vehicle photographs
If you would like further information or have any questions, please contact IRD Product Sales at +1 (306) 653-6600.
Real-time Volume, Occupancy and Speed (VOS)
The traffic information that DOTs and municipalities receive from their data collection sites has to be current to be useful – not data from a week ago or even an hour ago. Their systems require traffic information that is continuously updated.
IRD has two products that provide real-time volume, occupancy and speed data:
IRD’s TRS traffic classifiers continuously calculate and make available VOS. The user can set intervals from 5 seconds up to 15 minutes. On a per lane basis, volume is the count of vehicles and the average speed is based on the speeds of all vehicles passing during the interval. Occupancy for each loop is the percentage of time a loop sensor is active during the interval. Data for the last complete interval is made available until the next interval is complete.
IRD’s iSINC™ ITS system electronics can also be configured to provide VOS data in real-time. The iSINC uses a user defined “moving window” interval to calculate the VOS. The VOS values are then transmitted at a rate set by the user. The VOS values are always for the interval immediately prior to the transmission. For example, VOS could be calculated over the last 5 minutes and transmitted every 5 seconds.
In addition to the occupancy and average speed over the interval, the iSINC VOS data can contain multiple volume statistics. The user can select any combination from counts of total vehicles, vehicles by class, well detected vehicles and error vehicles either for the interval or since midnight.
Both IRD’s TRS and iSINC can provide volume, average speed, and occupancy information in real time while continuing to provide normal data collection operation.
For more information on IRD Traffic Data Collection Systems, please contact info@irdinc.com or call +1 (306) 653-6600.
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