Thursday, July 20, 2023

TSAMS Update 7-20-23

PennDOT's Traffic Signal Asset Management System (TSAMS) has been updated on July 20, 2023 with the following features:

  • New features/enhamcenents:
    • The signal device screen has been rearranged to provide navigation tabs for different sections on the left side of the screen, instead of the expanding accordian view. Informaiton was rearranged to consolidate the number of tabs.
    • New "None" option for master controller location with signal systems to accommodate systems with GPS or time-based coordination and systems connected to PennDOT's Unified Command and Control platform.
    • Change the "PennDOT owned" yes/no field to "Ownership" with options for PennDOT, County, Municipality, and Other. 
    • New ITS device type added for "Dynamic Curve Warning" (DCW).
    • Signal system search screen details for included signals now display more relevant columns, including permit number and street location.
    • Email notifications can be sent directly to the assigned maintenance contractor when a work authorization is set up for ITS device down time.
    • PennDOT approval of guest user component edits can now occur for all components with a signal device at the same time, rather than needed to open each component individually.
  • Bug fixes:
    • The signal owner module no longer requires entering a contractor name and phone number if the signal owner performs maintenance with municipal personnel.
    • Multiple projects can use the same engineering agreement, since designs may occur using different work orders or parts of the same agreement.
    • Project search results corrected to show all results instead of a subset of results where the number of associated devices was limited to 500.
    • Corrected missing display of manufacturer name on the signal device screen for housing and indication components.
    • Corrected errors which occurred when trying to delete projects with multiple funding sources or signals/non-signals with comments.
As always, please share your feedback with us at signals@pa.gov. We are especially interested in feedback on the new left-hand navigation design on the signal screen as we seek to implement this change on other screens through TSAMS. Most of the feature enhancements are directly from user feedback.