
T400 Controller Facilities Manual
667/EB/20200/000 Page 3-5 Issue 9
The normal functions of a switched sign phase are as follows:
3.2.5(a) Secret Regulatory Signs
Secret regulatory signs, e.g. NRT, NLT, etc. are illuminated and extinguished at a
certain time of day when a specified associated phase loses ROW.
3.2.5(b) WAIT Indicator for 3-aspect Phases (Export Only)
When a pedestrian phase has a WAIT indicator the power to it is normally supplied by
the amber drive. If a pedestrian phase has 3-aspects (i.e. Red Man-Amber Man-Green
Man), or if a traffic phase requires a WAIT indicator, then this drive is not available.
A switched sign phase is then used. It is illuminated when the phase is not active and a
demand for it is present. It is extinguished when the pedestrian phase gains ROW.
3.3 CONFLICTING PHASES
Real phases which cannot appear together for safety reasons are considered to be
conflicting and as such must have intergreen times between them.
Phases which conflict but may never make a phase to phase transition due to stage
movement restrictions must also have intergreen times between them. This is to cover
the possibility of intergreen and minimum green times of phases in intermediate stages
being set low enough on the handset to allow the phase to phase transition to take
place. If an intergreen time is not specified by the Customer then it will be set to 5
seconds.
Phases which do not conflict and never appear together are considered to be non-
conflicting phases and as such will not have an intergreen time.
Works specification form IV is used to determine conflicting phases, i.e. the ones with
times are conflicting.
3.4 OPPOSING PHASES
Demands for opposing phases are used to start phase maximum green timers.
Normally, phases which conflict also oppose. Dummy phases that would conflict if
they were real phases also oppose.
Phases which do not conflict but do not always appear together may be programmed
to oppose in order to start one or the others maximum green timers.
When a phase is active any latched demands for it are disregarded. Therefore, when
opposing phases appear at the same instant, they will not start each others maximum
green timers.
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