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MRTS229 Electronic Traffic Control Signs – Technical Specification
Department of Transport and Main Roads · July 2023
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42
Sections
88
Searchable sentences
516
Status
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Contents
Copyright
p. 2
Licence
p. 2
CC BY licence summary statement
p. 2
Translating and interpreting assistance
p. 2
Disclaimer
p. 2
Feedback
p. 2
1
Introduction
p. 5
2
Definition of terms
p. 5
3
Reference documents
p. 6
4
Quality system requirements
p. 7
4.1
Hold Points, Witness Points and Milestones
p. 7
4.2
Sample eTCS
p. 7
4.3
Warranty
p. 8
5
Functional and operational requirements
p. 8
5.1
Functional requirements
p. 8
5.2
Operational requirements
p. 8
5.2.1
eTCS Master / Slave pairing
p. 8
6
Environmental requirements
p. 9
6.1
General
p. 9
6.1.1
Weather resistance
p. 9
6.1.2
Humidity control
p. 9
6.1.3
Temperature control
p. 9
7
Mechanical and physical requirements
p. 9
7.1
Design life
p. 9
7.2
Mounting structure
p. 10
7.2.1
General mounting requirements
p. 10
7.2.2
Fix-mount eTCS
p. 10
7.2.3
Portable eTCS
p. 10
7.2.3.1
Vehicle mounted eTCS
p. 10
7.2.3.2
Trailer mounts
p. 10
7.2.4
Mounting structure design documentation
p. 11
7.3
Display enclosure physical requirements
p. 11
7.3.1
Layout and dimensions
p. 11
7.3.2
Exterior finish and surfaces
p. 11
7.3.3
Front cover material
p. 12
7.3.4
Front cover retention method
p. 12
7.4
Field cabinets
p. 12
8
eTCS Display requirements
p. 12
8.1
General
p. 12
8.2
Failures
p. 12
8.3
LED output
p. 13
8.4
Character and graphical display unit
p. 13
8.4.1
Display unit format and placement
p. 13
8.4.2
Display unit colour
p. 13
8.4.3
Colour mixing
p. 13
8.5
Display Changes
p. 14
8.6
Fallback displays
p. 14
8.7
Optical performance
p. 15
8.7.1
Luminance
p. 15
8.7.2
LED dimming
p. 15
8.7.3
Luminance intensity half angle
p. 15
8.7.4
Luminous intensity uniformity
p. 15
8.7.5
Sun phantom
p. 15
9
Control System
p. 15
9.1
General function
p. 15
9.2
Local Facility Switch (LFS)
p. 16
9.2.1
BLANK / Maintenance Mode
p. 16
9.2.2
TEST mode
p. 16
9.2.3
NORMAL mode
p. 17
9.3
Controller operation / interrogation
p. 17
9.3.1
Maintenance communications port
p. 17
9.3.2
Control communications port
p. 17
9.4
Communications timeout
p. 18
9.5
Configuration management
p. 18
9.6
Monitoring and logging
p. 18
9.6.1
Sign fault management
p. 18
9.6.2
Local event logging
p. 18
9.6.3
Watchdog
p. 18
9.7
Time synchronisation
p. 19
9.8
Control / diagnostics software
p. 19
9.9
LED intensity control
p. 19
9.10
Bus arbitration
p. 19
9.11
Hand-Held Communication Device (HHD)
p. 19
10
Electrical
p. 20
10.1
Portable signs
p. 20
10.2
Fixed signs
p. 20
11
Installation requirements
p. 20
12
Telecommunications requirements
p. 20
13
Testing and commissioning
p. 21
13.1
General
p. 21
13.2
Factory acceptance tests
p. 21
14
Documentation
p. 21
14.1
Asset data
p. 21
15
Training
p. 21
16
Maintenance
p. 21
17
Handover
p. 21
18
Product approval checklist
p. 21
Appendix A
Product approval compliance checklist
p. 22