Faster maintenance for traffic control systems
A new app from Siemens halves the time needed for technicians to service intelligent traffic management systems on highways. The automatic display panels on sign gantries are controlled by sensors, and the exchange of data among sensors, signs, and the traffic management center takes place via roadside controllers. A technician making changes to the equipment on the gantry has to climb down to the roadside controller repeatedly to confirm his or her commands. With the InterUrbanService app, all the information is now displayed right on his or her smartphone. For more complex jobs, the technician can use the app to link up to the traffic management center too. The solution reduces the time needed to put the equipment into service and maintain it, and it makes the work less strenuous.