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Equipment required when using the Phoenix II Counter:

You must have the following equipment in order to use the Phoenix II. All of this equipment can be purchased from

Diamond Traffic Products as well as from several other sources.

 Sensors: You must have the appropriate type and quality of sensors (Loop, Piezo, Contact Closure, Road

Tube, etc…) if using tubes, you will need nails and road tube grips to install road tubes.

 Computer: Ideally a PC computer with Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/Win7 installed.

 Modem: This is required if you plan to install the Phoenix II in a permanent station where communication over a

phone line or cellular service is required. There are several modems available, each with their own advantages

and disadvantages. You must purchase a Hayes Compatible Modem if you are planning on using a dial-up

connection. The Phoenix II will work with most M2M (machine to machine) devices such as serial servers or

cellular IP modems as well. See section 3.c.1 for more information.

1.d. Features NOT available from the keypad

The Phoenix II has several features which are not available directly from the counter keypad. Some of these features

only relate to serial port use and therefore are not needed from the keypad. Other features would require too much

internal firmware to access and use from the keypad and therefore are only accessible through the communication port.

The following features are available in the Phoenix II but can only be set and/or used from the serial port using the

Centurion Software Package.

Data retrieval:

The most important serial counter function, the retrieval of collected data. This

is normally done using the Centurion and/or Remote Software programs. See

the appropriate manual for more information.

Passwords:

The counter allows you to enable/disable password access and to set your

own password (the default is “PASS”).

Modem Initialization:

You can customize the initialization string that is sent to the modem. See

Centurion Software for more information on modem initialization lines and refer

to your modem manufacturer for specifics.

Daylight Savings Time

Adjust:

You can either manually, or automatically have Centurion set the Phoenix II to

handle daylight savings time changes. The Phoenix II will change the time and

adjust data appropriately.

Real Time Polling:

This function allows a central office computer to poll counters located on an

evacuation route and update the counter file to the minute on traffic volumes &

flow.

Battery Offset Voltage, SnMis

#3 to Vehicle, No Modem

Initialization:

These specialized functions, not commonly used, are all accessible from a

special Centurion hidden menu which is under Set System Configuration from

the main counter link screen, then Set Hidden Options. The counter must not

be collecting data to set these functions.

XON/XOFF and Pacing Delay:

These two specialized modems functions can be set from Centurion using the

serial port. See the Centurion Help Menu for more information.

In-Day Times:

In-Day times are specific time periods inside of a 24 hour period in which you

want to collect data, and all other times will be excluded. What this basically

does is make the counter create a new file several times during the day. For

example, if you selected two In-Day times of 0600-1200 and 1600-1800, then

the counter would create two files per day, each containing data for the

appropriate time period. See section 6 for more information on In-Day Times.