T3 Webinar:

Approaches for Integrating Configuration Management into Your ITS Project Development Processes

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"Approaches for Integrating Configuration Management into Your ITS Project Development Processes"

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Slide 1: Configuration Management T3 Webinar

Mark Morse
Washington State
Department of Transportation

Slide 2: Outline

[Map of Interstate and State Route network in metropolitan Seattle.]

Slide 3: CM Policy at WSDOT

• IT vs. TMS
  • No policy for CM in TMS
  • Need-driven
  • Ad hoc

Slide 4: WSDOT CM Efforts

• Software - Source, EXEs, Testing, Release
  • Client / Server
• Hardware - what it is & where it is
• Communication - how its all connected

Slide 5: Software Development

• 3 Software Developers
• 2 Testers
• 1 System Administrator

• Functional division of labor
  • Each module the responsibility of 1 person
  • Client done by 1 person

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Slide 6: Software Development

• Software developers sit side by side
• Discuss changes to common elements
• Coordinate who makes changes to the common files
• Monthly coordination meetings
• Developers are the Change Control Board

Slide 7: In House Development

• Users and developers on the same team
  • Instant access
  • More intimate knowledge of the end use
• Users involved in the process
  • Beta testing
  • Prototyping

Slide 8: CM Tools

• Individual workstations
• Compiler - Project Utilities
• Weekly Backup

Slide 9: Hardware Management

• Device definitions
• Communication infrastructure
• Circuit layout
• Field changes coordinated with DB change
• Design & planning for circuits

Slide 10: Hardware Devices

• 350 Cameras
• 380 Data Stations / Ramp Meters
• 60 VMS Signs
• 30 HAR Signs
• 6 HAR Transmitters
• 110 Serial circuits

Slide 11: Device Information

• Device ID
• Comm. Port
• Comm. Address
• Roadway Location

Slide 12: Database CM

• Definition of the device
  • System
• Common reference to device
  • Maintenance
  • Operations
• Troubleshooting

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Slide 13: Camera Information

• Pan/Tilt Type
• Switch Port

Slide 14: Data Station Information

• # of Detectors
• # Speed Traps
• Data Analysis Equations

Slide 15: VMS Information

• # of Rows & Columns
• Controller Type
• Display Type
• Message Library

Slide 16: Device CM

• Verify definition matches hardware
• Coordinate changes to hardware
• Troubleshooting

Slide 17: Device Report Example

[Example of Device Report (Ramp Meter). Image is title "TMS Ramp Meter/Data Collector List." It lists the following columns: RM/DC; VAXPort; Adr; Road; S; MPost; Location; Vrs; Lp; Mt, and; Status. ]

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Slide 18: Communication Infrastructure

• 96 Fiber Main Trunk lines
• 32,000 Fiber Optic circuits
• 20 Communication Hubs

Slide 19: Fiber Trunk Information

• Link ID
• Fiber Count & Length
  • Fiber Number
  • Purpose / Usage
  • Comments

Slide 20: Example Fiber Trunk Report

[Example of Fiber Trunk Report. Data grouped by Hub 1 and 2; Fiber Count; Length; Fiber #; Purpose, and; Comments.]

Slide 21: Fiber Channel Information

• Hub ID -Location of each end
• Channel ID
  • Circuit Type
  • Purpose / Usage

Slide 22: Example Fiber Channel Report

Slide 23: Circuit Information

• Circuit Name
• Comm. Port, & Comm. Address
• Device ID, Location
• Hub Name
• Channel & Modem ID
• Cable ID & Pair ID
• Terminal Cabinet & Lateral Pair ID

Slide 24: Example Circuit Information

[Example of Circuit Information Report. Report has the following columns: Circuit Name; Vax Port; Location; #; Chnl Modem; Cable; Main Pair; Lateral Pair; Term Cabinet. ]

Slide 25: Benefits of CM Efforts

• Troubleshooting - test points identified
• Knowledge available to all players
• Transfer of knowledge to new players
• Resource Management - can we fill requests
• Future Planning – expansion: need, capacity

Slide 26: Contact Information

Mark Morse, TMS Software Engineer
Washington State Department of Transportation
PO Box 330310
Shoreline, WA  98133

(206) 440-4479   
6:30 am - 5:00 pm,  M - Th. 
morsemh@wsdot.wa.gov

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