
T400 Controller Facilities Manual
667/EB/20200/000 Page 1-1 Issue 9
1. INTRODUCTION
This manual refers to the facilities available in the Type 400 Controller using firmware
PB321 and PB322. For precise details of facilities supported by earlier versions of
firmware see 667/SU/20200/000. This document is included in the General Handbook.
The controller conforms to the UK Department of Transport Specification MCE 0141,
but also incorporates extra facilities.
The operation of the controller is phase oriented. Timings and demands are associated
with phases and the control philosophy is designed to give right-of-way to phases in an
optimum manner.
It is necessary to group phases into stages for Manual Control, operation in Urban
Traffic Control Schemes and in Cableless Linking Schemes.
The grouping of phases into stages is conditioned by the traffic requirements and safety
constraints.
Requests for ROW are received by the controller from:
(a) ‘On-street’ detection equipment and pedestrian pushbuttons
(b) the UTC computer
(c) the Cableless Linking Facility
(d) manual inputs
(e) special requests, e.g. hurry calls
The controller then orders the appearance of phases in accordance with the controller
strategy, the current mode operative and the demand requests for ROW. The
controller will always change stages cyclically.
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