VMS
has been developing innovative display technology solutions since 1989 and is
now
into advanced fifth generation LED systems, processes and quality products.
Key
points in company and product developments,
1989 to present day:
1989 Flip Dot and Fibre Optic Display systems
introduced
to the UK market
1990 UK's first integrated traffic control
system installed
on the Forth
Road Bridge
1993 TRAMS software introduced
1994 First LED display installed on the A66
1995 Rigel LED display system introduced
1999 Full
Matrix Display systems introduced for the
Sydney Olympics
2001 First demonstration of LED technology to Network Rail
2002 Pictogram based display system demonstrated at TRL
2004 Optical Feedback system developed
for enforcement
applications
2007 First Network Rail Signal approval
2010 Lightweight Rail Signals on trial
2011 Tunnel Signal range introduced
VMS's Rigel LED technology is the first display system designed to meet and exceed the stringent optical performance standards demanded by European Standard EN 12966 and UK Highways Agency TR2516B.
The benefits of Rigel are offered in a variety of highway, urban transport, and rail applications providing fixed and mobile messaging products and complete system solutions.
VMS has its own in-house UKAS accredited optical
laboratory
- the
only manufacturer to have such a facility - which supports continuous
development projects at the cutting edge of LED technology.
VMS products share more than a technology platform - they all benefit from a philosophy of 'design for maintenance.'
Our in-house teams use state-of-the-art CAD systems for product design and development, and from the outset they adopt ease of maintenance as a key element of all product features. Combined with proven and reliable LED technology, design for maintenance delivers both efficiency and value for money.
Our 3D CAD system is not only key to our rapid product development programmes, but is also used to support our customers in helping them to visualise there ideas. We can very quickly render high resolution images of concepts for new products and even show them in there planned locations.
Software engineering is a vital part of our business and, in most cases, we will engineer circuit design and custom program software to fit the application. All products are rigorously tested before release.
Our own System Integration software is TRAMS, a Windows® based software package that works with standard desktop PCs and enables us to easily configure and tune bespoke solutions to meet specific traffic management needs. It provides clear and concise information to aid network capacity optimisation and is suitable for use in an extensive range of systems for both strategic and urban applications, including UTMC.
VMS employ a wide range of communication protocols to meet the requirements of the installation.
These include:
• NMCS2
• NTCIP
• UTMC
• GPRS
• TCP / IP
• Paknet
• RS485
All in-sign communications use the industry standard CAN-bus protocol.
VMS has invested significant energy and cost in ensuring that all of its products comply fully with standards and norms required by the markets it serves.
Detailed information is available on request.
