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TrafficXRoads: Guide 

 

TrafficXRoads: 

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A  step-by-step  guide  to  help  you  get  started  with  your 
TrafficXRoads unit. 

Summary of Contents for TrafficXRoads

Page 1: ...page 0 TrafficXRoads Guide TrafficXRoads How to start A step by step guide to help you get started with your TrafficXRoads unit ...

Page 2: ...ds and joining the FLOW family of next gen traffic analytic intelligence You have purchased the most powerful and versatile traffic AI available it is waiting in the box to be unleashed by your creativity We wish you an exciting journey towards a smoother and safer traffic of tomorrow Let the traffic FLOW On behalf of the whole DataFromSky team David Herman CEO ...

Page 3: ...panel 5 Rear panel 6 Carrier Board 7 Mounting 8 System web interface and network settings 10 FLOW connect and define traffic analytics 14 Detection of traffic events 18 Reducing latency 31 More about FLOW framework 35 Conclusion 37 Technical specification 38 Document version 20221103 ...

Page 4: ...d detection and tracking algorithm which turns any video stream into high quality trajectory data about each road user The system is powerful enough to analyse data from up to 6 connected cameras in real time with an operating range of more than 80 meters The highly optimized and fully configurable trajectory processing engine is able to evaluate dozens of detection tasks in each camera view in pa...

Page 5: ...0 10 o In case of DHCP server you can search IP via MAC address that is on the top side of device Login to web admin console on the device on https deviceIP 8000 https 192 168 50 10 8000 and configure as needed Default login is admin and password is admin01 Start your FLOW and click on Traffic survey or FLOW device live stream tile on the launch screen Connect via IP address o Default login is adm...

Page 6: ...t Insert a SIM card to the card slot 4 LAN WAN One 10 100 1000 Base Tx Ethernet ports for connecting to the network 5 IR This function is currently reserved 6 LED Indicator HDD HDD LED indicator Fail System Fail LED indicator 7 PoE Ports PoE ports 10 100 MbE total 75W for connecting to the IP cameras or other PoE devices 8 USB2 0 USB2 0 port USB2 0 port 9 Power Indicator Power LED indicator ...

Page 7: ...bile NVR for 3G 4G WiFi GPS functions 3 VGA Port This port is currently reserved 4 Audio Output Connects to an audio output device such as speakers Note that the speakers with a built in amplifier and external power supply are required 5 USB3 0 USB3 0 port 6 HDMI Port HDMI display output 7 RS 232 Port COM port for RS 232 8 RS 485 Port COM port for RS 485 9 Alarm IO Provides 4 alarm inputs and 4 al...

Page 8: ... RS232 5 HDD Power 16 RS485 6 Video In Camera Power 17 Alarm IO 4 input 4 output 7 SATA Port x 2 18 Power In 8 10 100 Ethernet PoE Port x 8 19 SIM Card slot 9 USB Port 20 SD Card slot 10 OTG 21 3G 4G 11 Audio Out 22 GPS Dimensions W x D x H Main Board 170 x 179 3 x 35 mm 6 7 x 7 1 x 1 38 Power Board 30 1 x 98 x 25 mm 1 19 x 3 85 x 0 98 IO Board 45 x 98 3 x 18 mm 1 77 x 3 87 x 0 71 ...

Page 9: ...page 8 TrafficXRoads Guide Mounting TrafficXRoad is possible to screw it via L bar or attach on DIN rails Conection via screw Conection via DIN rails ...

Page 10: ...mend you 100W power source Device is powered by 3 wires Red positive DC pole Black negative DC pole Yellow for turning on off Yellow cable must be connected with red cable The easiest way to do it is by WAGO clamp or double bootlace ferrule Connection Connect TrafficXRoads to your computer or modem via LAN WLAN Connect up to 6 IP cameras via PoE ports 1 8 Beware of limiting the maximum power to 75...

Page 11: ...ration interface can be accessed using the URL https 192 168 50 10 8000 To sign in use the following default login credentials login admin password admin01 To be able to access to the web administration interface your computer must be in the same network Setup the appropriate IP address and subnet mask at your computer for example 192 168 50 2 24 i e mask is 255 255 255 0 All the configurations re...

Page 12: ...et up of the Ethernet interfaces is done in the Network tab The unit has two physical Ethernet interfaces but both of them are under the same address address bonding In the web interface the Ethernet interface is under the name bond0 In the top part of the tab you can see the chosen interface and its current state whether the interface is enabled in the system and whether it is connected For the E...

Page 13: ...service VPN to work this VPN must be active the unit must be connected to the internet and port 31228 UDP must be enabled VPN connection to DataFromSky service VPN on 172 105 65 31 The unit also has a Wireguad or OpenVPN client VPN network These VPN networks can be configured by the user as needed The configuration for both VPN networks is done by uploading a text configuration file according to t...

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Page 15: ...latest FLOW Insights version here http www datafromsky com download flow demokit FLOW_Demokit exe How to connect to the unit with FLOW Insights First download the FLOW Insights desktop application and install it on your computer It needs to be a 64 bit Windows operating system or Linux system contact us for the Linux version The device must be network accessible from your PC and you need to know i...

Page 16: ...admin Password admin Note that you should change this password when you log into FLOW insights in the user settings section How to add the camera streams analytics We are now communicating with the TrafficXRoads unit and you can start configuring it First we need to add a source camera stream ...

Page 17: ...e unit will then keep trying to establish connection with the camera If the stream is opened you will see a live preview image in the status panel of the camera and the status will change to Running If the stream does not open the status panel will signal an error in connection with the camera Unable to establish connection with the camera Check whether the camera is network accessible from the un...

Page 18: ...amera streams Type of monitored environment and recommended minimum detection FPS Pedestrian movements sidewalk town square bus stop up to 7 km h 5 FPS Pedestrian and cyclist movements bicycle path up to 50 km h 10 FPS Traffic junction city traffic up to 75 km h 15 FPS Monitoring of district level road up to 150 km h 20 FPS Highway motorway monitoring up to 200 km h 25 FPS PTZ cameras with the ONV...

Page 19: ...ming trajectories Detection of traffic events The FLOW framework enables you to define detections of very complex traffic events including interactions between objects The generic FLOW description can be found here https intercom help datafromsky en collections 2019942 flow real time monitoring including different tutorials In this document we will focus only on the selected basic tasks that can b...

Page 20: ... The number of detectors is not limited in the system On the left side pick the Create zones gates tool and draw a zone in the area where we want to detect the vehicle presence The system will automatically recognize whether it is a gate or a zone based on the drawn shape Next we move the zone with the drag and drop technique into the right side panel also referred to as workspace which will insta...

Page 21: ...o so by double clicking the zone in the right panel which will open a dialog window where we can activate the NOW mode After activating the NOW mode you will see a number on the output of the zone that represents the current number of vehicles present in the zone In this configuration the zone reacts to all objects that the system is able to detect ...

Page 22: ...Again using the drag and drop technique we instantiate the filter and then we connect its output with the zone input This way we have create a so called sequence filter By double clicking on the Category filter we can select what object types we want the filter to allow to pass You can create any number of detection zones you like based on the needs of dynamic traffic control All the zones can be ...

Page 23: ...ue with our model example from the previous chapter and do so by creating basic object presence detectors The data interfaces can be only used for controllers that have implemented the specific interface Whether or not the data interface is supported should be verified with the traffic controller manufacturer Alternatively you can contact us at support datafromsky com The FLOW data interfaces are ...

Page 24: ...side the traffic controller we identify the sink based on its name and we use it as an input signal for traffic control Continuing the Object presence example from the previous chapter we would add UDP ZONE sink with a unique name in our case we did this systematically CAM X ZONE Y to each of the final ZONE operators in NOW mode This way we have created 3 detectors of presence in the image CAM1 ZO...

Page 25: ...LOW device Currently the only supported I O modules are the Quido modules in different variantion in terms of the number of input and output ports The registration of I O module is done in the Block Interfaces tab with the Add an interface button in the IO interfaces section A pop up window will show up with a list of supported I O modules where you need to select the correct type of I O module an...

Page 26: ...selves in the settings of the specific I O interface where we can configure IP address of the I O module and a name By clicking on the Save settings we confirm the configuration and the FLOW device will attempt to communicate with the I O module This action will return us to the Interfaces section where under the Status field you can tell whether the communication with the I O module has been esta...

Page 27: ...e rules for the individual output relays New output relays can be defined in the the I O moduel settings by clicking on the Add an output button After you click on this button the output will be registered and and can be further configured in detail by clicking on the pencil button By configuring the output we mean the Naming under Name field assigning physical relay Output ID field and the defini...

Page 28: ... the Dashboard for example by using Simple value widget and then you will be able to use the widget value as a variable in the expression for controlling the relay The interface for difining the expression can be accessed by clicking on the Define an Expression button next to the Output definition In the expression definition the widgets from individual defined analytics will be atomatically made ...

Page 29: ...the relay is then turned ON or OFF SDLC data interface FLOW also supports communication with the controller using the full duplex Synchronous Data Link Control SDLC protocol for short This is realized using the SDLC convertor The currently supported convertor is the Luxcom EM HDLC In is necessary to register the convertor as an interface in the Block Interfaces tab It has an SDLC connector and fun...

Page 30: ...en set up the corresponding IP addresses and ports Serial forward IP address The IP address of the embedded unit Serial forward UDP port The port where you want the embedded unit to receive SDLC communication Syslog IP address The IP address of the device that system log will be sent to probably the embedded unit Syslog port The port where the log messages will be sent to Command IP address The IP...

Page 31: ...t tells you how many valid commands have been received from the embedded unit Correct set up of the network communication can be verified on the Interfaces page in the SDLC interfaces section where you should see Online under the Status field If not the FLOW device has not established data connection with the convertor After the correct set up of the communication interface with the SDLC unit the ...

Page 32: ...vidual encoding process adding load to the camera processor causing delay Frame rate Higher frame rate will reduce delays caused by buffers For a stream with 30 FPS each frame will take 1 30 of second to capture The expected latency is 33 ms in buffers Audio Audio causes appreciable amount of latency Remove the audio Bitrate Reduce the amount of data being generated and transferred Find the lowest...

Page 33: ...continuous trajectories are not necessary 200 ms For systems with 10 detection FPS where it is important to have both continuous trajectories and fast system response 2000 ms For application where the speed of response is not crucial but continuity of trajectories is for example for collecting traffic statistics Computation tick interval parameter This parameter defines how often the FLOW engine e...

Page 34: ...ideo analytical part the FLOW NODE line Total and also the latency of trajectory evaluation FLOW BLOCK line Processing It concerns only the time it takes to process the image evaluate the trajectories including the tracker buffer The value in the Insights Block section are not important for the communication with the controller they only relate to the data transfer into the FLOW Insights configura...

Page 35: ...ors and last the I O module relay interface namely UDP sinks 1 ms SDLC including the convertor 1 ms based on the convertor IO module relay interface 11 ms For maximum reduction of the latency between the unit and the traffic controller we suggest using UDP interface if the traffic controller is data compatible with the FLOW device Conclusion The latency is worsened by both image grabbing communica...

Page 36: ...ter the hardware requirements or use case you are able to work in the same system The complete and up to date manual about all aspects of FLOW framework is available online at https intercom help datafromsky en collections 2019942 flow and flow insights where you can find a plethora of articles about the framework how it works or how to set up the analytics for a variety of use cases You can use t...

Page 37: ...and data visualization please read this article https intercom help datafromsky en articles 3666528 using widgets to view data on the dashboard in flow insights Tutorials how to create The best way to learn FLOW is by applying it to a specific use case making it easily understandable Choose a specific use case guide that you like and follow along https intercom help datafromsky en collections 2019...

Page 38: ...ith new functions performance improvements and bug fixes Inside FLOW Insights you will be notified when new FLOW version is available however please do not update FLOW Insights without updating the TrafficXRoads unit first If you would like to update the version of FLOW on your TrafficXRoads unit please get in touch with us at support datafromsky com We hope you will enjoy TrafficXRoads unit If yo...

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