PTV VISSIM - MODULES

Common Add-ons
Dynamic assignment TheDynamicassignmentmoduleisusedtoautomaticallydistributevehiclesamongtheroutes available.Usersonlyneedtospecifyanorigindestinationmatrixandtheparkinglotsassignedtothe correspondingzones.Theyarenotrequiredtoenterstaticroutesmanually. Inaseriesofsimulationruns,vehiclestravelonanincreasingnumberofpossibleroutesandtheaverage traveltimesarecalculated.Usingthisinformation,theprogramcontinuouslyadaptsthedistributionof vehiclesamongtheroutes,usingvehiclespecificweightfactorsfortraveltime,routedistanceandcosts (e.g.toll). Variousparametersareavailableforselectionofthedestinationparkinglots,routesanditeration processing.Navigationdevicesandparkingmanagementsystemscanalsobemodeled. EnViVerProisatoolusedtocalculateemissionsbasedonvehiclerecorddata.Itisbasedonthe microscopicexhaustgas/emissionmodelVERSIT+byTNO.Thismodelisbasedondatacollectedfrom approx.2,800vehicles,whoseemissionsweremeasuredunderseveraldrivingconditions.EnViVerPro importsthePTVVissimvehiclerecordfilesandcalculatestheCO2,NOxandPM10emissionsinthe studyareaatspatialdetail.Theresultscanbeoutputinatableorgraph. InadditiontothefunctionsofEnViVerPro,EnViVerEnterpriseallowsthemodelingofadditionalvehicle classes,individualtimeperiodsaswellasautomaticprocessingofseveralinputfiles. 3ds max Export NetworkdataandvehiclepositionsareexportedfromPTVVissimasatextfileandcanbeimportedinto Autodesks3dsMaxsoftware.The3DpackagecontainsascriptinAutodesk'smacrolanguageaswellas numerousvehiclemodels. V3DM V3DMallowsuserstoconvert3DmodelsoftheformatsDWF,3DS(bothbyAutodesk)andSKP(Google Sketchup)intoV3D,thePTVVissim3Dformat.Thisworksforbothvehiclesandstaticmodels.Besides basicscalingandpositioningfunctions,V3DMallowstodefineadditionalvehicleattributes(color,axles, indicators,doors,etc.). Moreover,V3DMcanalsobeusedtocreatesimple3Dmodels(e.g.buildings)withtexturizedsurfaces thatmakethemlookmorerealistic.InV3DM,userscandefineupto30statesfordynamic3Dobjects (e.g.variablemessagesignscontrolledviaCOM)andexportthemtoaV3Dfile.

enViVer Pro

enViVer Enterprise 3D packages (3DS max export and V3DM)

Common Add-ons
SYNCHRO Import Usingthismodule,userscangeneratePTVVissimmodelsfromSYNCHRO.Thenetworkgeometry, volumes,turns,vehiclecompositionsandsignalizationareimported. Themodulesupportsadaptiveimport,i.e.changesmadeinPTVVissimarenotlostwhenmorecurrent versionsoftheSYNCHROmodelareimported. PTVViswalkprovidescompletesimulationofpedestriansandisseamlesslyintegratedwithPTVVissim. Thedynamicmodelisbasedonthesocialforcemodel,developedin1995byProf.DirkHelbing.Itallows forfreemovementofthepedestrianswithinspecificlevels.Pedestriansfindthewaytotheirdestination withoutusershavingtocreateanetworkthatspecifiestrajectories. Apedestriansimulationbasedondirectedlinks(incontrasttoareas)isincludedinPTVVissimright away.LikethesimulationofvehiclesitisbasedonthecarfollowingmodelofWiedemann.PTVViswalk isnotrequiredforthistypeofpedestriansimulation.

PTV Viswalk

Signal Controllers
Econolite ASC/3 ThismoduleenablesuserstosimulatesignalizedintersectionsthatrunonASC/3NorthAmerican controllerdevicesbyEconolite.Itprovidesadedicateduserinterfaceforitscontrolparameters. ThismoduleenablesPTVVissimtosimulatesignalisedintersectionscontrolledaccordingtotheNorth Americanstandardprocedure"ringbarriercontroller".ItprovidesadedicateduserinterfacefortheRBC parameters. VAP(vehicleactuatedprogramming)enablesPTVVissimtosimulateprogrammabletrafficactuated signalcontrols,bothphaseorstagebased.DuringPTVVissimsimulationrunsorinthetestmode,VAP interpretsthecontrollogiccommandsandcreatesthesignalcontrolcommandsforthePTVVissim network.Atthesametime,actualdetectorvariablesareretrievedfromthesimulationandprocessedin thelogic. TheVAPcontrollogicisdescribedinatextfile(*.VAP)usingasimpleprogramminglanguage.Itcanalso beexportedfromVisVAP.TheVAPsignaldataset(*.PUA)caneitherbecomfortablyexportedfrom Vissigorgeneratedmanuallyinatexteditor. Therangeofapplicationstretchesfromsinglejunctioncontrolsoverpublictransportpreemptionto networkorcorridorcontrolsandevenVMSapplicationssuchasvariablespeedcontrolortemporaryuse ofshouldlanes. VisVAP(shortfor"VisualVAP")isaneasytousetoolfordefiningtheprogramlogicofVAPsignal controllersasaflowchart.AllVAPcommandsarelistedinafunctionlibrary.Theexportfunctionallows userstogenerateVAPfiles.ThissavesadditionalchangestotheVAPfile. Moreover,VisVAPprovidesadebugfunctionalitythatduringarunningsimulationallowsuserstogo throughthecontrollogicstepbystep.Italsoshowsthecurrentvaluesofallparametersusedinthe logic. Vissigcomplementsthephasebasedfixedtimecontrol(whichisincludedinanyPTVVissimversionand inthePTVVisummodule"Nodeeditor/control")byadditionallyprovidingstagebasedfixedtimesignal control.Vissigcontainsagraphicaleditorfordefiningstagesandinterstages.Interstagescanalsobe automaticallygeneratedbyVissig.Besidesprovidingtheusualfunctionality,thesignalprogrameditor allowsuserstoeasilyextendorshortenstagesandinterstages.Inaddition,Vissigoffersaninterfacefor signaldataexportinthePUAformatforusewithVAPcontrollersHenceavehicleactuatedsignal controlbasedonstagesandinterstagescaneasilybegenerated.Allsignalplaninformationcanbe exportedtoMicrosoftExcelandeasilyaddedtoreports.
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RBC (Ring Barrier Controller)

VAP Controller

VisVAP: Flow Chart Editor for VAP Vissig

Signal Control interfaces

External Signal Control Thismoduleallowsuserstosimulatesignalcontrollersthatareavailableasaseparateapplication (*.exe)oraprogramlibrary(*.dll).ThesecaneitherbestandardcontrollerssuppliedbyPTVAGorother providersorcontrolproceduresthatusershavedevelopedthemselves(usingtheAPIaddon). ThisaddonisusedtosimulatesignalcontrollersspecifiedwiththeLISA+procedurebySchlothauer. TheactualcontrolDLLandtheGUIforthecontrollerparameterscanbeobtainedfromSchlothauer. ThismoduleisusedtosimulatesignalcontrollersspecifiedaccordingtotheAustralianSCATS procedure.TheactualcontrolDLLandtheGUIforthecontrolparameters(SCATS.DLL, SCATS_GUI.DLL,WinTraff,ScatSimcanbeobtainedfromRoadsandMaritimeServices,Australia) TheSCOOTinterfaceisusedtosimulatesignalcontrollersthatarespecifiedaccordingtotheEnglish SCOOTprocedure.TheactualcontrolDLLandtheGUIforthecontrolparameters(SCOOT.DLL, SCOOT_GUI.DLL,PCScoot)canbeobtainedfromSiemensUK.

LISA + OMTC

SCATS interface

SCOOT interface

Programming interfaces
API package (Application Programmers Interface): PTVVissimAPIpackageenablesuserstointegratetheirownorexternalapplicationsinordertotake influenceonaPTVVissimsimulation. TheSignalControl.DLLandSignalGUI.DLLallowfortheintegrationofuserdefinedsignalcontrollers asDLLs.Functionalityisprovidedtoreadrelevantinformation(detectorinformation,currentsignal states)andwritesignalstates. TheDriverModel.DLLallowsfortheimplementationofcarfollowingandlanechangemodels.These areassignedtospecificvehicletypesinPTVVissimandcanoverwritethestandarddrivingbehavior. TheEmissionsModel.DLLisusedtoadduserdefinedemissionmodelstoPTVVissim.Relevant vehicleattributesanddynamicparametersareavailableviatheinterface.Theemissionscalculated canbeoutputinPTVVissimevaluations.