For more detailed information on the TrafficControl object, refer the TrafficControl object.
Traffic Control Mode - This defines the method by which the object controls traffic. There are two options: mutual exclusion or un-timed traffic modes.
Mutual Exclusion
Mutual exclusion is used to only allow a given number of travelers into the Traffic Control's area, regardless of which paths they are on. Here you simply specify the maximum number value.
Maximum Number in Area - This value defines the maximum number of travelers that are allowed to be in the traffic control's area.
Un-timed Traffic Modes
Un-timed traffic modes are used if you want to control traffic based on each individual path in the object's traffic control area. A mode is defined by one row in the modes table. For each mode you can define a set of paths between nodes in the traffic control area. When the traffic control is in a given mode, travelers are only allowed into the traffic control area if the path they are entering on is one of the paths defined in the current mode. The traffic control will stay in the same mode until there are no travelers left in the traffic control area, after which it will take the first traveler that arrives and find a mode that contains that traveler's requested entry path. This is why it is an un-timed mode. There is no limit on the amount of time that a traffic control may stay in the same mode.
Number of Modes - This is the number of modes, or rows in the table. Enter the number of modes you want, and click the Apply button, and the appropriate number of rows will be created.
Number of Entries - This is the maximum number of From/To entries (or columns) that you will need for your modes. If some modes don't need all of the columns, just leave them blank.
Search for Best Mode - If this box is checked, then whenever the traffic control gets an entry request for an entry path that is not in its current mode, it will search through its modes to see if there are any other modes that include all paths already entered as well as the new path. If so, it will change to that new mode and allow the traveler's entry. Note that this may slow down the model, since the traffic control must search the table every time an entry request is made.
Mode Table Entries
Max_Nr - This value specifies a maximum number of travelers allowed in when the traffic control is in that given mode. It is much like the maximum number value in mutual exclusion mode.
n_a - This value is reserved for future development, when timed traffic modes are implemented.
From/To Entries - For each path of a mode, you specify the node from which the path extends, and the node to which the path extends. Enter the name of the nodes. Note that one entry describes only one direction of a node-to-node connection. Thus to specify both directions of a path, you will need to make two From/To entries, one in each direction.
