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Pelco’s New Helping Hand

November 26th, 2008

nws_pelco2Pelco’s new “Helping Hand” will save time and provide added security during the installation of your Signal Head.  Simply thumb screw the device around the Gusseted Tube and hang the Signal Head vertically from your Astro-Brac, then attach the necessary hardware to secure the Signal Head.  It makes this a “one-man” operation!

We have them in stock along with nearly every other Astro-Brac combination.  All available for immediate shipping or just stop by and pick one up!  Northwest Signal Supply is the largest signal warehouse in the Pacific Northwest and the only Pelco distributor in Oregon.

Stop by or give us a call for help finding Pelco equipment or any other traffic related product.  Chances are we have it in stock!

Pelco Products, Inc. “Helping Hand”   P/N:  AB-0504 www.pelcoinc.com

http://www.pelcoinc.com/Portals/0/docs/pdfs/HelpingHand.pdf

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NWS Hosts 2-Day Training for ODOT Personnel

November 21st, 2008

NWS held a two day training course on November 18th and 19th at their Tualatin, OR facility. Approximately 50 ODOT personnel from all over the state took advantage of this opportunity.  The agenda covered the range of hardware, deployment, support and programming issues:

Day 1 (Focus on Maintenance and General Knowledge)

Session 1
·         Quick overview of the morning (Ryan)
·         Controller Hardware Overview (Mark Rodgers)

Session 2: Hands on with Controllers
·         Using the Datakey (Dan)
·         Utilities, restart to incorporate changes, default data load (Dan)
·         Procedure review for controller swap out (Ryan)
·         Swap out a 170 and replace with a 2070 (Ryan)
·         Set up communications (Dan)
·         Interconnect details between cabinets (Dan)

Session 3: Hands on with Cabinets
·         Break up into teams, give out worksheet and have teams work together
·         Quick overview of Mark’s Introduction to Voyage document ( Mark)

Day 2 (Focus on Operations)

Session 4: Advanced Features (Jon)

Session 5: Wapiti Conversions (Ryan)

Session 6: Load converted Wapiti to Voyage database in controller (Ryan)

Quiz: Based on training content, get the right answers and win a prize (Dan)

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