Navigating the System

The primary screen of the ATMS User Interface (UI) is a map-based view that provides access to all functionality required for traffic management operations. You can access other screens using the Navigation menu on the left side of the screen.

The ATMS also provides notifications when something occurs that requires your attention.

Using the Navigation Menu

The navigation menu is located on the left side of the screen. You can expand and collapse the menu using the arrow at the bottom of the bar.

The expanded version shows both the name of the menu item and an icon representing the features you can access from it. The collapsed version shows only the icon.

You can expand the menu by hovering over an item. The item that will be selected on mouse click is highlighted in blue.

Notifications

The ATMS indicates if you have unhandled notifications with the color and the number next to the event and device notification icons at the top right of the screen. Event notifications indicate that something may require your attention, such as potential new traffic incidents or the start or end time of scheduled road closures. Device notifications indicate device issues, such as communication loss or error messages from devices. Device notifications may or may not be visible, depending on the permissions assigned to your user group.

Action Notifications

You can view your notifications by clicking on the indicator to expand the event notifications panel. Your event notifications are sorted by priority, showing highest priority on top. You can also view recently Completed notifications at the bottom of the panel, along with who completed the action that cleared the notification, and when they completed it.

Event notifications are completed when the underlying issue that required is cleared, either through action taken in the system, or changing road conditions. Some examples of this are:

• You or another user activated or deactivated a planned event
• You or another user activated or deactivated a scheduled DMS or HAR message
• A potential incident reported by an external system is no longer in the data feed from that system
• Reported weather conditions have cleared

Priority

Priority of notification in the event notification section is indicated by the icon color. Icon color and event notification priority are as follows.

ICON	DESCRIPTION
	High Priority: An event notification with red icon has high priority. Typically, this includes new external events and unowned events.
	Medium Priority: An event notification with yellow icon has medium priority. Typically, this includes response plan notifications and scheduled event reminders
	Low Priority or Completed Task: An event notification with blue icon has low priority or is a completed task.

Actions

Notifications typically cannot be acknowledged or dismissed directly. Instead, each notification provides buttons that you can use to open the screens used to complete whatever action is required. If the notification is related to an event, or device, you can center the map on that event or device using the target icon on the right side of the notification.

Device Errors

You can view a list of all devices currently detected to be in an error state by clicking on the indicator to expand the Device Errors panel. Devices are grouped by device type (Signs, Cameras, Signals, Weather Stations etc.). Each device entry in the panel includes the device name or id, description, an indication of the type of error (communication failure or other device error) and the time the error was first reported. Users can hover over the info icon next to the error type to view additional details about the reported error.

If there are no device errors in a device type, there will be a green check to the left of the device type name. Otherwise, there will be a red exclamation point. Each device type lists the total amount of errors and how many new errors there are. A device error is no longer new once it has been acknowledged in the system.

Actions

Each device error has three actions in the notification panel. You can acknowledge the device error, view it on the map, or view the device details in a pop-up window.

The check-box icon (left-most) acknowledges the device error. Acknowledging the device error indicates that someone has seen the error and updates the count of new device errors.

The target icon (center), zooms and centers the map on the device.

The view/edit icon opens the device's properties view.

Platform Status

To monitor the status of key components of the ATMS, use the Platform Status bar, accessed from the Admin menu on the left side navigation menu. The Platform Status bar displays the current status of each back-end component expected to be available within the system. The bar uses color coded status indicators to show whether services are functioning normally, unavailable, or running in simulation mode. Users can hover over each component indicator to view a descriptive name of the component it represents.

Status Color Indicators

The colors used to represent the status of each component are:

• Green – Working Normally Indicates the component is running normally. For components responsible for communicating with field devices, this indicates the service is running in live mode (connecting to field devices)

• Red – Not running / Disconnected Indicates the service is not operational or cannot be reached. New data will not be received/retrieved from this component, and it will not be possible to complete operations that involve this component.

• Yellow – Simulation Mode Indicates the service is running, but in simulation mode. For components responsible for communicating with field devices, this indicates the service will not attempt to connect to devices in the field, and that simulated data is in use. This mode is used for testing and training purposes and is not expected to be in use in a live/production system.

Platform Services Overview

The table below lists all services that may be displayed in the Platform Status bar, from left to right, along with their full names and descriptions.

Service Code	Full Name	Short Description
AVL	Automatic Vehicle Location	Tracks real-time location and movement of fleet or service vehicles.
BTRSGS	Bluetooth Reader Segments	Collects traffic data from Bluetooth readers to calculate travel time and movement patterns along roadway segments.
BTSITES	Bluetooth Sites	Represents physical locations where Bluetooth sensors are deployed and monitored.
CCTV	Closed-Circuit Television (Cameras)	Provides camera related functionality, including viewing imagery/streams from cameras, camera control, status monitoring, and configuration management of cameras.
ERM	Event & Response Management	Manages alerts, events and response plan generation and implementation.
EXT	External Events	Manages potential events reported by integrated systems such as CAD providers, Waze, and connected work zone entry tools.
IC	Inter-Process Communications	Enables communication and message exchange between internal ATMS system components and services.
ITERIS	Iteris Velocity Vantage	Retrieves data from the Iteris Velocity Vantage Bluetooth traffic data system.
MAP	Map Services	Provides base map functionality for visualization and spatial context within the platform.
MAPPING	Mapping Services	Provides routing/pathfinding services and additional linear referencing logic for use in event management, travel time route creation, etc.
PLT	PCMS Location Tracker	Responsible for retrieving and monitoring the reported location of GPS-enabled Portable Changeable Message Signs.
RWIS	Road Weather Information Stations	Collects and displays road and weather condition data from configured stations, either through direct communication with devices or interfaces with centralized systems.
SIGNALS	Traffic Signals	Provides traffic signal related functionality, including status monitoring and configuration management. Connects to central signal systems such as Centracs for data retrieval.
SIGNS	Dynamic Message Signs (DMS)	Provides Dynamic Message Sign related functionality, including posting messages, message queue management, status monitoring, diagnostics, and configuration management of signs.
TM	Timer Manager	Manages system timers and scheduled processes that trigger automated tasks and system events.
TRAF	Traffic Data Processing	Aggregates traffic speed, volume, and occupancy data from all integrated sources for use in traffic conditions layers and travel time calculations.
TTX	Travel Time	Manages configuration of travel time routes and assignment to signs, calculation of travel times, and publication of travel times to signs (via DMS process) and the ATMS API.
WED	Weather Event Detection	Integrates weather data feeds and detects weather-related events based on reported conditions.