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Strategic Telemetry Streetlight Technology - National Seminar – 2008Strategic Telemetry Streetlight Technology - National Seminar – 20081

Welcome

Saving Time, Energy & LivesControlling & Monitoring

Your Electrical Infrastructure with ITS NTCIP1213

Strategic Telemetry Streetlight Technology - National Seminar – 2008Strategic Telemetry Streetlight Technology - National Seminar – 2008

with ITS NTCIP1213“ELMS”

Agenda

1. Introduction2. Pole Counts, Energy, Lighting Efficiency & Flatter

Degradation Curves3. Energy Savings & Management through Dimming4. Adaptive Lighting Example5 Asset Management & Resource Optimization

Strategic Telemetry Streetlight Technology - National Seminar – 2008

5. Asset Management & Resource Optimization6. Safety Enhancement, Ground Faults, Pole

Knockdowns…7. NTCIP 1213 – The ITS ELMS Standard8. ELMS Components Software & Hardware9. Federal Funding10. Summing Up

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Introduction


Introduction – Federal Highway Goals

• Make roads more efficient• More throughput of vehicles• Minimize disruptions in traffic flow

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• Minimize energy usage• Maximize safety• Minimize incidents• Through technology

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Federal Highway Initiatives

• Introduce Technology to the Roadway– System incompatibility

• “Plug & Play” was needed– Thus ITS standards


Thus ITS standards

• Ease of installation– Competition =

• More product choices• Better applications

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The NTCIP 1213 Standard


Pole Counts, Energy, Lighting Efficiency &

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Flatter Degradation Curves

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US Department of Energy

• Street & Roadway Lighting• 60 Million Fixtures• 15% of US Energy Usage

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• > 99% Unmetered• Great Opportunity for Technological

Enhancement– Saving Energy– Transit & Power Infrastructure Protection

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Energy Savings & Management

• Metering – 99% of Lights are Unmetered

• Over Counted Poles• Lighting Only to Required Levels


• Lighting Only to Required Levels– Don’t Over Light – EVER!

• Products Available Today

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The City of Pompano Beach, Florida

• Mike Danvers was hired to count FPL power poles with lights for the city of Pompano Beach.

• He could not find 453 of them.• This despite the fact FPL has charged the city for

the cost to operate and the cost to maintain these non existent poles.


p• Mike Danvers: "Looking back at the bills that I've

seen, that I've audited - we're talking about years.“• In Pompano Beach - it appears the city has been

over-paying close to fifty thousand dollars a year.• Mike: "I figure what FPL needs is better monitoring

of their poles and inventory.“

A Large City in The Midwest

• 28000 Streetlights• $4 Million Electric Bill• Spot Check of Meter Readings suggests

significant errors


significant errors• Wary of near-term deregulation price

increases• Desires to save $1M per year by turning

off 50% of their lights for 50% of the night

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Ramp Up Dimming to Address Lumen Degradation


Ramp Up Dimming to Address Lumen Degradation

– Configure Dim Level to Dynamically Provide Minimum Light Level

– Ramp Up power as Lumen Output Degrades


Communicating Dimmable Fixtures

• Two of Many– XUS Corporation

• LED Roadway Fixtures• www.xuscorp.com


– ROMLight• Communicating Dimmable Ballasts• www.romlightintl.com

• Many Others Dimmable with aftermarket communications

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XUS Roadway Fixtures

• Powerline Communications• Dimmable• Reports Junction Temperature for Life

Reporting


Reporting• Allows Direct Calculation of Current

Lumen Output / Point on the Life Curve

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XUS Roadway Fixtures

XUS President Bob Gray: “Support of the multitude of data points within the Federal Highway Administration’s ITS NTCIP 1213 standard allows XUS to offer control,


1213 standard allows XUS to offer control, monitoring and diagnostics previously unimaginable to the street and roadway lighting marketplace”

Adaptive Lighting -A Step Beyond Dimming


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Dimming of Lighting creates even greater savings

• Peaks in traffic volume occur – early mornings from approximately 7AM to 9 AM

and – again in the evening from 4 PM to 6 PM. – Traffic dips to very low levels typically from

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midnight to about 5AM, – with absolute minimums in the 3AM to 4 AM

timeframe. – These levels correspond to the three levels of user

activity as defined by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.

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• Peaks in traffic volume occur – early mornings from approximately 7AM to 9 AM

and – again in the evening from 4 PM to 6 PM. – Traffic dips to very low levels typically from

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midnight to about 5AM, – with absolute minimums in the 3AM to 4 AM

timeframe. – These levels correspond to the three levels of user

activity as defined by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.

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• Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) standards define minimum required lighting levels for various sites, types of users, and aggregated user traffic counts.

• IES guidelines describe three levels of user activity


• IES guidelines describe three levels of user activity for each site type, with their own respective minimum lighting level.

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Dimming of lighting creates even greater savings

• With new control and monitoring technologies, – dimming can be implemented, and – lighting levels can be dynamically adapted as the user

activities change.

• When encountering a change from a high to a low


When encountering a change from a high to a low user activity, – IES suggests a 50% light level reduction. – Similarly, an activity change from a medium to a low IES

activity state allows dimming of up to 40%.

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Dimming of lighting creates even greater savings

• Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) standards define minimum required lighting levels for various sites, types of users, and aggregated user traffic counts.

• IES guidelines describe three levels of user activity


• IES guidelines describe three levels of user activity for each site type, with their own respective minimum lighting level.

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Lighting Levels Based on Traffic Counts

As Sean Fraser of Image Sensing Systems / AutoScope states, “The non intrusive, radar-based RTMS® (Remote Traffic Microwave Sensor) G4™ is an advanced sensor for the detection and measurement of traffic on roadways. It is all-weather accurate and virtually maintenance-free. Best of all, RTMS is renowned for long-term worry-free reliability. The G4 is a small roadside pole-mounted radar, operating in the microwave band


operating in the microwave band.

Simultaneously, the sensor provides per-lane presence as well as volume, occupancy, speed and classification information in up to 12 user-defined detection zones.” Sean continues, “Output information is provided to existing controllers via contact closure and to other computing systems by serial or IP communication port, by an optional radio modem, or by a native standardized NTCIP interface.

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The multilane traffic counter of Image Sensing Systems / AutoScope, provides extremely detailed traffic information – much more than is required in order to identify the status of a roadway as one of the three IES-defined user activity levels of low, medium or high.


The logic and integration of the traffic counter and the ELMS NTCIP compliant dimming system can be accomplished within the ELMS middleware, such as the SmartLights® software suite by Strategic Telemetry, Inc., or through generic SNMP network management software packages such as Hewlett-Packard’s OpenView™.

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• The standard NTCIP 1206 - Object Definitions for Data Collection and Monitoring (DCM) Devices, provides the vocabulary - commands, responses and information - necessary for traffic management and operations personnel to control, manage, and monitor data collection and monitoring devices such as loop detectors, radar detectors and other sensors. Object definitions included in NTCIP 1206 include vehicular traffic counts by day by hour and even by type of vehicle


vehicular traffic counts, by day, by hour, and even by type of vehicle.

• The standard NTCIP 1213- NTCIP Object Definitions for Electrical Lighting and Management Systems, is more commonly known as “ELMS”. ELMS equipment is a telemetry-based remote monitoring and control system for highway lighting. Object definitions included in NTCIP 1213 include individual streetlight dim levels and performance characteristics.

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Once you have deployed systems compliant with NTCIP1206 and NTCIP1213, commonly available SNMP network management software packages such as the Hewlett Packards’ popular OpenView software suite allow you to quickly configure the system logic to

“GET” TRAFFIC LEVEL;


upon finding a traffic volume level below that required for full lighting, you can generate a

“SET” DIM LEVEL to 50%

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The multilane traffic counter of Image Sensing Systems / AutoScope, provides extremely detailed traffic information – much more than is required in order to identify the status of a roadway as one of the three IES-defined user activity levels of low, medium or high. The logic and integration of the traffic counter and the ELMS NTCIP compliant dimming system can be accomplished within the ELMS middleware, such as the SmartLights® software suite by Strategic Telemetry Inc


such as the SmartLights® software suite by Strategic Telemetry, Inc., or through generic SNMP network management software packages such as Hewlett-Packard’s OpenView™.

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• More Examples– Fog, rain, smoke, and snow each have unique

reflectivity characteristics that can cause a road to be over lit. Integration with weather sensors can increase safety and save energy


increase safety and save energy.– Department of Homeland Security (DHS) event

notification and messaging. Sequencing of roadway lighting, strobe flashing, or unique colors can indicate a safe evacuation path.

– Vehicle speed can be one input used to determine the minimum distance of lighted roadway in advance of the vehicle path

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Adaptive Dimming of LED lighting creates even greater savings

• LED fixtures are – Instantly and infinitely dimmable– LED overall life and light output are dependent on

junction temperature– Thus tracking the time spent at various

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temperatures gives an extremely accurate estimation of current lumen output per watt applied.

– To maximize life and minimize energy costs, fixtures can be dimmed when traffic and pedestrian use is at a minimum.

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Asset Management & Resource Optimization


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Asset Management

• So far we’ve focused primarily on energy management by discussions of applications of efficient fixtures and lighting to the minimum levels. g g

• Next, we’d like to discuss the resource management requirements and costs of personnel, tools, spare parts, and service vehicles.

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Asset Management

• In many instances a phone rings at a public works office, and a citizen reports that a light is out.

• Often the site description is poor, and a worker or two, must survey the site to find the broken fixture.

• It may be cycling so that at first glance, all the lights appear to be working.

• Once the problem is identified, the spare parts, tools or trained personnel may not be located in the on-site truck.

• Application of new technologies can make many of these delays, ambiguities and inefficiencies simply disappear.

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Asset Management• ELMS compliant infrastructure is required to

possess GPS location attributes for each component in the field, including service cabinets, streetlights, power meters and ground fault detectors. Increasingly public works radio vendors are• Increasingly, public works radio vendors are also offering GPS functions and data interface as integral parts of their radios. Integration with these GPS-enabled radio systems can yield dramatic benefits.

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Asset ManagementAs Pablo Tirado-Vales, Motorola Business Development Manager -Professional and Commercial Radios, states, “Thanks to digital technology, MOTOTRBO™ Professional Digital Two-Way Radio System delivers integrated data applications and GPS functionality, doubles the capacity, improves audio clarity, and provides 40% longer battery life.

MOTOTRBO is ideal for organizations that require customizable, dependable communications, like those in “Smart Grid”, “ITS ELMS” and other electrical infrastructure management applications. With a versatile portfolio of portable and mobile two-way radios, as well as accessories, MOTOTRBO offers a private, standards-based solution that is both cost effective and easily tailored – a complete package for unique communication needs.”

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Asset Management – Where is the Part?

• GPS location enablement allows dispatchers to view – on one user interface map,

• both the location and severity of the electrical infrastructure fault, • as well as the location of the nearest personnel.

• GPS also allows creation of “no-fly” or “no-go” zones, so y g ,that two work crews do not inadvertently begin work on the same electrical sub-system.

• Audit trails can quickly be created to track and confirm the utmost productivity and site visits from the field staff

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Asset Management – Query the Installed Unit• Two-way radio text messaging is frequently used with

ELMS technology for a quick overview of system status.

• Each radio text message queries the ELMS database and generates a response within seconds. Through visual inspection and the operational attributesvisual inspection and the operational attributes delivered by both diagnostic and repair texts, time can be greatly reduced.

• Virtually, any operational or configuration parameter for lights, meters or ground fault sensors can be read and sent via a simple radio message.

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Asset Management – Bar Code Scanning

Motorola’s MOTOTRBO products and other digital radio vendors support real-time asset management through barcode scanning. By scanning parts and tools as they travel through the organization users can maintainthrough the organization, users can maintain a documented “chain of custody” of assets.Losses can be greatly reduced while confirming that the correct amount of parts is in stock, both at the parts depot and on each service truck.

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Asset Management – Tell me the History & What we do next!

• At each scan, the GPS location data is recorded so managers know exactly where and when each component was physically deployeddeployed.

• Effective application of radio-based asset tracking allows each truck to arrive at the correct jobsite faster than before, with advance detailed knowledge of the situation, along with the exact toolset and repair components needed to complete the job.

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Asset Management

• Components can be tracked from the storeroom, to the truck and on to the installation site, with appended locations and dates

• This data can be used for more effective ordering and inventory control of spare and replacement parts inventories – both in the warehouse, in the truck and in the “back pocket”

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Safety Enhancement –Ground Faults, Pole

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Knockdowns & More…

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Electrical Infrastructure System Status

• History• Past & Present• Impacts


Present History

• Infrastructure now 20 to 60 years old!

• Inner city infrastructure even older

• Age + Wear = System Failures– Mechanical


Mechanical • Minneapolis Collapse

– Electrical • Lights Out!• Electrical Leakage• Energy Waste• Other Impacts

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Current Evidence Around the US

• 3 Examples– New York City, NY

• Horse• Jodie lane

– Miami-Dade County, FL


Miami Dade County, FL• Jorge Cabrera• Hose

– Las Vegas, NV• Becky Longhoffer

• Many Other Sites have injured and killed animals and people

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The City of New York

• Carriage Horse Is Electrocuted on Street

• A carriage horse that charmed tourists and lend a touch of history and romance to the bustling Manhattan streetscape was electrocuted when it stepped on a steel Con Edison service box cover on East 59th Street between Park and Madison Avenues.


• The 7-year-old horse, Jackie, kicked her driver in the head after stepping on the cover, then collapsed and died.

• Con Edison: the horse came into contact with an underground electric service box that had been energized by a short circuit. The wet weather, combined with the spreading of salt, which can corrode wires, appeared to contribute to the short circuit, he said, adding that the investigation was continuing.

• The service box cover, had been removed by Con Ed workers last night, revealing a wet, smoldering tangle of cables, some patched with frayed insulation.

The City of New York • Jodie Lane, a Ph.D. student was walking

her dogs in the East Village. • When her dogs suddenly began acting

strangely, fighting with each other and howling inexplicably, Lane called for help and bent over the dogs to try to calm them.


• As she approached the dogs, she apparently realized that they were receiving an electric shock from a metal plate on the street.

• Lane also received the shock from the plate, and apparently was electrocuted when she also came into contact with a metal curb at the same time.


Although no lawsuit was filed, Con Ed and Lane’s family reached a $7.2 million settlement. Also, two experts —one picked by Roger Lane, one by Con Ed — will regularly review theutility’s progress in increasing


safety of its street fixtures and report back to the Jodie Lane Safety Foundation

Thanks to Lopez, who pushed for new legislation, Con Ed must inspectall its street structures annually, fixing stray voltage wherever it is found. Nevertheless, in Roger Lane’s view, nothing’s really changed interms of safety on the streets.

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The County of Miami Dade


The County of Miami-Dade• $65 million for

sixth-grader electrocuted at bus stop

• A civil jury hit the outdoor advertiser with a $65 million verdict for the electrocution of Jorge Cabrera.


of Jorge Cabrera.• The 12-year-old sought shelter

at a Miami bus stop during a thunderstorm

• The bus stop was powered by the county’s streetlight system.• The youngster was on his way to his father's house when he was

caught in a downpour. He slipped into a lighted bus shelter and was found dead after the storm face down on the ground, burnt and covered with ants

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The City of Las Vegas

• Frayed underground wiring, an ill-timed summer thunderstorm and open-toed shoes might have combined to electrocute Becky Longhoffer a mother of four Saturday while she crossed the Strip, authorities said.


• The Louisville, Ky., resident, who was visiting Las Vegas with her fiance, died when she stepped on a cast iron plate covering the electrical wiring, authorities said. The plate had been soaked by a heavy downpour and was covered by a puddle several inches deep when Longhoffer stepped on it.

Spring Mountain Road & Las Vegas Blvd

The City of Las Vegas


The Status of The Electrical Infrastructure

• Failures occur throughout the US• Incidents are severe and often fatal• Energy use increases as hardware ages

Utiliti t l & bill!


• Utilities over count poles & overbill!

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Addressing these Issues Using

NTCIP 1213


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Standards Initiatives

• US Federal Highway Administration– Intelligent Transportation System Standard

• Approved by– AASHTO– NEMA– ITE


• FHWA– NTCIP 1213

• Caltrans Draft Standard– Roadway Lighting Dimming Interfaces– Support Current & Future (LED) Lighting Technologies

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IESNA Initiatives• Adaptive Lighting Technical Memorandum

– Being developed by IESNA Energy Management group– Likely issued as addition to RP8 Roadway Lighting Design

Guide

• References European standards of road reflectivity influence on ambient light levels


influence on ambient light levels– Example

• Night reflectivity of wet roadway greatly increases light level• EU installations reduce lighting when roads are wet

• Implementation will require an ELMS system

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The Federal Standard

• US FHWA ITS Standard NTCIP 1213• Electrical Lighting & Management

Systems or “ELMS”• Supports all electrical devices on the


• Supports all electrical devices on the roadway– Not just lighting– Electric metering– Safety monitoring– Supports DMS, call boxes, tool booths etc.

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NTCIP 1213 Major Features

• Real time status of system assets (monitor & control)– Lighting

• Roadway luminaires


• Pedestrian luminaires• Bicycle path luminaires

– Switching / Control & Monitor Other Loads– Power Metering

• Unknown until now• DMS, cameras, call boxes, toll booths, • Of any roadside electrical asset

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• Safety Sensors– Pole Knockdown– Ground Fault Detection

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– Arc Fault– Many more

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• Logging– Allows recording of system variable data– Every ELMS attribute can be logged

• Zoning


• Zoning– Allows Logical Grouping

• For Logging• For Scheduling• For Overrides

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NTCIP 1213 Major Feature

• Scheduling– Allows a time / light level association for

each lighting fixture based on• Time


• Ambient light level• External inputs

– Vehicular Traffic levels– Pedestrian & Bicycle Traffic Levels– Weather dependencies

– Contactors for electrical services and circuits can also be scheduled

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The NTCIP 1213 Standard


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Open Protocol – It’s Important

• From data logger to sensor– Like from your PC to a USB device– Allows mixing and selecting “best of breed”

for your particular application


y p pp– Greater Market Competition

• Lower costing• Greater reliability• Enhanced features• Greater availability

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ELMS Terminology• Management Station

– the host computing platform that controls the field Devices. Each station may be installed

– in a local Transportation Management Center (TMC), – or can be field based.

• ELMS Device– A device, module, or piece of equipment which– contains an SNMP Agent,


– and is the interface between a component of an illumination system and the NTCIP communication system.

– The device may be integral to a component of the illumination system.

• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Agent – A logical entity that is hosted on an ELMS device (ex: a Data Logger) that

manages the communications between the management station and other ELMS devices in the system.

• Data Logger– Unit that collects and stores information on the state and operation of ELMS

Devices.

ELMS Terminology• Electric Service

– The conductors and equipment for delivering electric energy from the serving utility to the wiring system of the premises served.

• Branch Circuit – Local electrical circuit that provides power to the Luminaires.

• Pole Roadside light pole Poles may be categorized by


– Roadside light pole. Poles may be categorized by• their constituent material types • and/or design configurations.

• Luminaire – The light fixture and possibly associated sensors– Luminaires may be organized into control zones– Management functions can be performed on individual

Luminaires or on zones of Luminaires (ex: Scheduling, Dimming)

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ELMS Terminology

• MIB – Management Information Base– A hierarchical data table of system variables

• SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol – Networking language for computers– The “language” of MIBs

• NTCIP


• NTCIP – National Transportation Communication for ITS

Protocol – Supported by NEMA, AASHTO and ITE

• Management Station – Management Center– Operator’s User Interface– Data archiving capabilities– Possible data mining capabilities

ELMS System Architecture

Supervisory StationSupervisory StationManagement CenterManagement Center

NTCIPNTCIPLocalLocal

Data LoggerData Logger

Remote Communications Remote Communications Dedicated, DialDedicated, Dial--up, up, Wireless, BPL, Wireless, BPL, Fiber, Fiber, MicrowaveMicrowave, etc., etc.

Ambient Light Ambient Light


PowerPower MeterMeter Electrical ServiceElectrical ServiceControllerController

Ground FaultGround FaultDetectorDetector

Electrical Service Electrical Service ControllerController

Branch CircuitBranch CircuitControllerController

Streetlight Streetlight ControllerController

Branch CircuitBranch CircuitControllerController

StreetlightStreetlightControllerController

Local Local CommunicationsCommunicationsSensorSensor

Management Stations & SNMP Agents


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Traffic Management

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Finance Maintenance Emergency Operations

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Operations EMS

Electric Usage

TCP/IP

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TMC 3UDP for Management Station to SNMP Agent Communications

Pole Knockdown

Homeland Security Event


SNMPStandardDynamic Message

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SNMPStandardCamera

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SensorsMIB

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Management Systems

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StandardMIBs

Hurricane Evacuation Routing

System Components

• Windows™ Software for Management Station• NTCIP 1213 Compliant Data Logger• Ground Fault Detector• Streetlight Controller• Ambient Light Sensor


• Ambient Light Sensor• Power Meter• Pole Knockdown

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SmartLights ELMS Software– Other Features

• Mapping Lat/Lon or GPS– Supporting Motorola MOTOTRBO Radios

• Asset Tracking• DataMining


• DataMining– When will the fixture fail?– What combination of components offers

the best performance?– Which offers the best payback?– Which lasts the longest?

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How do these components work together?

DOTPLUG Breakaway with GFI

Power Utility

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Features & Benefits of ELMS NTCIP1213

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Features & Benefits• Low operating costs:

– No continuing subscription fees from telecommunications providers. • Energy Savings

– Through intelligent scheduling of, lighting and elimination of wasteful “dayburners”.

• Control any light, any meter, any ground fault sensor, and circuit: – Any terminal device can be controlled individually and in seconds

from an Internet browser, mobile phone or Motorola radio• Modularity & Flexibility:


• Modularity & Flexibility: – An ELMS system can at any time be expanded to new areas or

cities, using existing servers, i.e. with only incremental costs. As the system is based on open standards it can easily be interfaced with other systems, for example GIS and management information systems

• Reports: – The user interface offers fast and easy access to a number of 24-

hour reports including actual switch on/off times, burn-hours, and other events

Features & Benefits• Minimizes errors and the costs of correcting them:

– An efficient replacement program for maximum use of each luminare can be based on precise burn-hour data.

– Faults in cabinets, luminaires or electrical circuits are reported automatically, eliminating the need of costly visual inspections

• Complete reporting of system parameters:


• Complete reporting of system parameters: – STI generates all the reports needed in control and

management, including reports on streetlight, branch circuit and electrical service settings, including event and fault reports.

• Monitors & control power consumption: – Power meters and ground fault detectors can be deployed

anywhere on the network

Features & Benefits

• Blackout / Brownout protection– Dimming or switching of individual streetlights can minimize the

need for more intrusive actions, such as rolling brownouts • Compatible with ITS NTCIP 1213

– Grants for ITS NTCIP Applications• Safety


Safety– Reporting of dangerous ground fault conditions– Saving of LIVES

• Real-time monitoring and logging: – Switch on/off, re-programming, electricity consumption and

faults. All events are reported and logged.

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Project Funding


US Federal Assistance• US Energy Bill

– Smart Grid Funding• R&D• Pilots• More

• US Transportation Bill– ITS Funding Component

• Safe Route to School• Specific Terminology related to funding of ELMS projects

is in the 2009 Bill

• American Recovery & Reinvestment Act

Funding Through ARRA


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Funding Through DOE – Smart Grid


Funding Through Transportation Bill


Summing Up


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Summing Up1. Introduction2. Energy, Lighting Efficiency & Flatter Degradation

Curves3. Energy Savings & Management4. Adaptive Lighting Example


5. Asset Management & Resource Optimization6. Safety Enhancement, Ground Faults, Pole

Knockdowns…7. NTCIP 1213 – The ITS ELMS Standard8. ELMS Components Software & Hardware9. Federal Funding10. Summing Up

Learn More: The IMSA Journal

• Articles in each issue of the IMSA JOURNAL

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Learn More: The Fall 09 Seminar Series

• More Dates & Locations Coming Soon• Visit www.strategictelemetry.net• Call 954 281 8927

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• Call 954 281 8927• [email protected]

– For dates– To reserve a space– To schedule a seminar at your location

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For More InformationAPWA Booth 208

Jim FrazerStrategic Telemetry, Inc.

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