NTCIP 1204 v03, Environmental Sensor Station

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NTCIP 1204 version v03

National Transportation
Communications for ITS Protocol
Environmental Sensor Station (ESS)
Interface Protocol

published in October 2009

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A Joint Errata of AASHTO, ITE, and NEMA

NTCIP 1204 version v03 Errata

National Transportation
Communications for ITS Protocol
Environmental Sensor Station (ESS)
Interface Protocol—Errata

An Errata for NTCIP 1204 v03 (errata published in September 2014)

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FOREWORD

This errata is associated with NTCIP 1204 v03, an NTCIP standards publication, which identifies and
defines how a management station may wish to interface with a field device to control and monitor
pavement sensors, weather stations, air quality monitors, and other equipment related to the monitoring
of and response to environmental conditions in an NTCIP-conformant fashion.

This errata corrects Step numbering errors identified in Annex C, Test Procedures [Normative],
specifically, within in the following test cases, in the Step range identified::

a) C.2.3.2.6 Configure Pavement Sensor (Steps 14-15) (Page 183-184)
b) C.2.3.2.7 Configure Subsurface Sensor (Steps 12-14) (Page 185-186)
c) C.2.3.3.7 Retrieve Precipitation Presence (Steps 1-9.1, corrected to Steps 1-9) (Page 208-209)
d) C.2.3.3.10 Retrieve Solar Radiation (Steps 1-6; Steps 6.1-7.1) (Page 214-215)
e) C.2.3.4.1 Retrieve Pavement Surface Condition (Steps 4-18; Steps 18.1-19.1) (Page 226-227)
f) C.2.3.4.2 Retrieve Icing Conditions—Active (Steps 2-20.1) (Page 228-229)
g) C.2.3.4.3 Retrieve Icing Conditions—Passive (Steps 2-3226.10; corrected to Steps 2-26.10) (Page
230-232)
h) C.2.3.7.2 Retrieve Snapshot (Steps 7.1-8; Steps 13-210 (corrected to Steps 13-21)) (Page 259-260
i) C.2.3.10.1 Explore Data (Steps 2.4.1-2) (Page 288)

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within your copy of NTCIP 1204 v03 with the following pages, which reflect the corrections identified in a)-
i) preceding.

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C.2.3.2.6 Configure Pavement Sensor (Page 183-184)
Test Title: Configure Pavement Sensor
Case: This test case verifies that the ESS allows a management station to store
2.6 Description: configuration information for a specified pavement sensor.
Variables: Required_Pavement_Sensors PRL 3.6.8

Pass/Fail The device under test (DUT) shall pass every verification step included within the
Criteria: Test Case to pass the Test Case.
Step Test Procedure Device
1 CONFIGURE: Determine the number of pavement sensors required by the specification
(PRL 3.6.8). RECORD this information as:
»Required_Pavement_Sensors
2 Determine a random value between 1 and Required_Pavement_Senosrs. RECORD this
information as:
»Subject_Pavement_Sensor
3 Determine a random DisplayString with a length between 1 and 255 characters.
RECORD this information as:
»Pavement_Sensor_Location
4 Determine a random number between 1 and 9. RECORD this information as:
»Pavement_Type
5 Determine a random numbber between 0 and 101. RECORD this information as:
»Pavement_Exposure
6 GET the following object(s): Pass / Fail
»essPavementSensorLocation.Subject_Pavement_Sensor (RFC 1157)
»essPavementType.Subject_Pavement_Sensor
»essPavementExposure.Subject_Pavement_Sensor
7 Determine the RESPONSE VALUE for
essPavementSensorLocation.Subject_Pavement_Sensor. RECORD this information as:
»Orig_Pavement_Sensor_Location
8 Determine the RESPONSE VALUE for essPavementType.Subject_Pavement_Sensor.
RECORD this information as:
»Orig_Pavement_Type
9 Determine the RESPONSE VALUE for
essPavementExposure.Subject_Pavement_Sensor. RECORD this information as:
»Orig_Pavement_Exposure
10 SET the following object(s) to the value(s) shown: Pass / Fail
»essPavementSensorLocation.Subject_Pavement_Sensor = (Sec. 3.5.2.1.6)
Pavement_Sensor_Location
»essPavementType.Subject_Pavement_Sensor = Pavement_Type
»essPavementExposure.Subject_Pavement_Sensor = Pavement_Exposure
11 GET the following object(s): Pass / Fail
»essPavementSensorLocation.Subject_Pavement_Sensor (RFC 1157)
»essPavementType.Subject_Pavement_Sensor
»essPavementExposure.Subject_Pavement_Sensor
12 VERIFY that the RESPONSE VALUE for Pass / Fail
essPavementSensorLocation.Subject_Pavement_Sensor is equal to (Sec. 5.11.3.2)
Pavement_Sensor_Location.
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13 VERIFY that the RESPONSE VALUE for essPavementType.Subject_Pavement_Sensor Pass / Fail
is equal to Pavement_Type. (Sec. 5.11.3.3)
14 VERIFY that the RESPONSE VALUE for Pass / Fail
essPavementExposure.Subject_Pavement_Sensor is equal to Pavement_Exposure. (Sec. 5.11.3.5)
15 SET the following object(s) to the value(s) shown: Pass / Fail
»essPavementSensorLocation.Subject_Pavement_Sensor = (Sec. 3.5.2.1.6)
Orig_Pavement_Sensor_Location
»essPavementType.Subject_Pavement_Sensor = Orig_Pavement_Type
»essPavementExposure.Subject_Pavement_Sensor = Orig_Pavement_Exposure
16 GET the following object(s): Pass / Fail
»essPavementSensorLocation.Subject_Pavement_Sensor (RFC 1157)
»essPavementType.Subject_Pavement_Sensor
»essPavementExposure.Subject_Pavement_Sensor
17 VERIFY that the RESPONSE VALUE for Pass / Fail
essPavementSensorLocation.Subject_Pavement_Sensor is equal to (Sec. 5.11.3.2)
Orig_Pavement_Sensor_Location.
18 VERIFY that the RESPONSE VALUE for essPavementType.Subject_Pavement_Sensor Pass / Fail
is equal to Orig_Pavement_Type. (Sec. 5.11.3.3)
19 VERIFY that the RESPONSE VALUE for Pass / Fail
essPavementExposure.Subject_Pavement_Sensor is equal to (Sec. 5.11.3.5)
Orig_Pavement_Exposure.

Test Case Results
Tested By: Date Tested: Pass / Fail
Test Case Notes:

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C.2.3.2.7 Configure Subsurface Sensor (Page 185-186)
Test Title: Configure Subsurface Sensor
Case: This test case verifies that the ESS allows a management station to store
2.7 Description: configuration information for a specified subsurface sensor.
Variables: Required_Subsurface_Sensors PRL 3.6.11

Pass/Fail The device under test (DUT) shall pass every verification step included within the
Criteria: Test Case to pass the Test Case.
Step Test Procedure Device
1 CONFIGURE: Determine the number of subsurface sensors as required by the
specification (PRL 3.6.11). RECORD this information as:
»Required_Subsurface_Sensors
2 Determine a random value between 1 and Required_Subsurface_Sensors. RECORD
this information as:
»Subject_Subsurface_Sensor
3 Determine a random DisplayString with a length between 1 and 255 characters.
RECORD this information as:
»Subsurface_Sensor_Location
4 Determine a random number between 1 and 12. RECORD this information as:
»Subsurface_Type
5 Determine a random value between 0 and 1001. RECORD this information as:
»Subsurface_Depth
6 GET the following object(s): Pass / Fail
»essSubSurfaceSensorLocation.Subject_Subsurface_Sensor (RFC 1157)
»essSubSurfaceType.Subject_Subsurface_Sensor
»essSubSurfaceSensorDepth.Subject_Subsurface_Sensor
7 Determine the retrieved information. RECORD this information as:
»Orig_Subsurface_Sensor_Location (the original value of the subsurface sensor
location object)
»Orig_Subsurface_Type (the original value of the subsurface type object)
»Orig_Subsurface_Depth (the original value of the subsurface depth object)
8 SET the following object(s) to the value(s) shown: Pass / Fail
»essSubSurfaceSensorLocation.Subject_Subsurface_Sensor = (Sec. 3.5.2.1.7)
Subsurface_Sensor_Location
»essSubSurfaceType.Subject_Subsurface_Sensor = Subsurface_Type
»essSubSurfaceSensorDepth.Subject_Subsurface_Sensor = Subsurface_Depth
9 GET the following object(s): Pass / Fail
»essSubSurfaceSensorLocation.Subject_Subsurface_Sensor (RFC 1157)
»essSubSurfaceType.Subject_Subsurface_Sensor
»essSubSurfaceSensorDepth.Subject_Subsurface_Sensor
10 VERIFY that the RESPONSE VALUE for Pass / Fail
essSubSurfaceSensorLocation.Subject_Subsurface_Sensor is equal to (Sec. 5.11.6.2)
Subsurface_Sensor_Location.
11 VERIFY that the RESPONSE VALUE for Pass / Fail
essSubSurfaceType.Subject_Subsurface_Sensor is equal to Subsurface_Type. (Sec. 5.11.6.3)
12 VERIFY that the RESPONSE VALUE for Pass / Fail
essSubSurfaceSensorDepth.Subject_Subsurface_Sensor is equal to Subsurface_Depth. (Sec. 5.11.6.4)
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