Library: 1203 - NTCIP Object Definitions for Dynamic Message Signs (DMS)

Document Number: Document Type: Former Doc. Number: Document Status: Published:
1203 Device Data Dictionary TS3.6-1997 Jointly Approved
Developed By: Dynamic Message Signs Working Group
Point of Contact: Mark Morse, Washington State Department of Transportation
MIB Available: Management Information Base is available
Published: Published and available for free download. Click to shopping cart above to register and download the document.
Description of Document:
This standard defines data that is specific to dynamic message signs. A dynamic message sign is a superset of all types of signs that can change state, including blank-out signs, changeable signs, and variable signs.

Document Status:

Date submitted: 9/26/2007

TAKE NOTE OF MULTIPLE VERSIONS -- The "shopping cart" above initiates the downloading of 1203 v01 for a limited time. The PDF for the 1203 v02 Recommended Standard is posted below.

VERSION v01 HISTORY -- In 1997 and 1998, AASHTO, ITE, and NEMA balloted and approved the Recommended Standard TS_3.6 v01.14. In March 2000, the printed version of the Joint Standards Publication NTCIP 1203:1997 was available for order. NTCIP 1203:1997 is version v01.15, December 1, 1999 edition. The 1203 v01.15 included the October 1998 Recommended Technical Revisions for TS_3.6, filename err36v1a.doc, which started as the "Proposed Draft Errata #1," May 1997.

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AMENDMENT 1 HISTORY -- In 2000 thru 2001, the DMS WG developed 1203 Amendment 1 to respond to user comments from deployment and testing. In March 2001, the Joint Committee accepted 1203 Amendment 1 as a Recommended Amendment for ballot and approval. A copy of Amendment 1 v07 is posted below. In November 2001, NTCIP Standards Bulletin B0064 sent 1203 Amendment 1 to AASHTO, ITE, and NEMA for balloting and approval. The 1203 Amendment 1 was approved by NEMA in April 2002, by AASHTO in May 2002, and by ITE in December 2002. NTCIP 1203 Amendment 1 is Jointly Approved.

VERSION v02 HISTORY -- In January 2003, the Joint Committee accepted 1203 v02.20 as a User Comment Draft. Standards Bulletin B0083 sent 1203 v02.20c for comment. In February 2004, the Joint Committee accepted 1203 v02.26 as a second-round User Comment Draft. Standards Bulletin B0089 sent 1203 v02.27 for comment. In March 2007, the Joint Committee accepted 1203 v02.35 as a Recommended Standard.

FORECAST:

Fall 2007 -- the 1203 v02 Recommended Standard will be balloted by AASHTO, ITE, and NEMA after three of the normative references in 1203 v02 (to NTCIP 1103, NTCIP 1201, and NTCIP 8004) are revised and those referenced standards each achieve "Recommended Standard" stage. The forecast for Joint Approval in 2008 will be made when the schedule for the normative references is more accurately known.

The 1203 v02 PRL and RTM excerpts will be posted when the normative references reach Recommended Standard, and the referenced versions in 1203 v02 are updated.

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What's Available:

    Bulletin(s):

      Five Year Review and Action on NTCIP Standards: 1101, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, and 2001,
      Date Posted: 12/23/2003 3:11:20 PM
      Document Description: Request for Action for Extension or Reaffirmation.
      Recommended Amendment 1 to NTCIP 1203:1997, Object Definitions for Dynamic Message Signs (DMS), part of the NTCIP,
      Date Posted: 11/2/2001
      Document Description: Request for Ballot to Approve.

    Standard(s):

      NTCIP 1203 v02, DMS - version v02,
      Date Posted: 3/29/2007 4:23:53 PM
      Document Description: Recommended Standard of the NTCIP Joint Committee.
      NTCIP 1203 Amendment 1,
      Date Posted: 6/3/2001 4:45:23 PM
      Document Description: This document is NTCIP 1203 Amendment 1. This document, when approved by AASHTO, ITE, and NEMA, will revise NTCIP Standards Publication NTCIP 1203:1997, version 01.15, December 1999.

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