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Tolling innovation in
Argentina
projects in more than
40 countries worldwide.
This innovative product
is able to detect, classify and
charge in real time using
complex algorithms that process
the information received by
lasers installed on top and on
the side of the gantry with front
and rear HD cameras and data
collected by RFID antennas.
This allows for 100% detection
performance and 99% correct
axle classifications, consolidating
the information at the charging
point so drastically reducing the
manual review of transactions at
the supervisors central control
room, meaning customers can be
final billed in less than 48 hours.
The BO application has a
scalable architecture that can
manage more than 1 million
transactions daily. Thanks to a
modular web solution, it is fully
integrated with diverse ERPs,
customized webpages, payment
gateways and designed in a PCIDSS
compliant environment,
guaranteeing data security.
To assure the 100% uptime
KPI and availability of the
for remote diagnosis and real
time charging management.
Different road side equipment –
in a single gantry configuration
– with back to back redundancy
and equipped with off-the-shelf
hardware for electronic radio
frequency charging, detecting
and classifying of vehicles, and
automatic number plate
recognition (ANPR/ALPR).
The scope of the work was to
ensure the highest level of ETC
RFID-based tolling collection,
the highest level of vehicle
detection, axle classification
using non-intrusive optical and
laser-based technology plus the
highest level of ANPR in a MLFF
environment where traffic is
restricted to trucks and buses.
Drawing on experience
After thorough research,
Tecsidel implemented a new
version of its Toll+ product and
customized it for the specific
application, centered on a
turnkey software and hardware
solution based on the 15 years
of experience in MLFF and
electronic toll collection (ETC)
Once Tecsidel was assigned
the responsibility of
designing, installing
and maintaining a new tolling
system in Buenos Aires,
Argentina on the Paseo Del
Bajo (PDB) highway for AUSA
(Autopistas Urbanas de Buenos
Aires) the construction works
of digging out the 7.1 km lanes
below the Puerto Madero
district were ready to start. The
objective of building the major
Argentinian infrastructure
project includes the first toll
road below ground level in
Buenos Aires city centre, the
first free flow tolling facility in
the country and the first system
with non-intrusive axle
counting for classification
in a multi-lane configuration.
Understand the context
Considering that such a system
has never been built before in
the country, the AUSA
engineering and toll system
team defined the technical
specifications of the multi-lane
free-flow (MLFF) solutions for
PDB only after extensive studies
of the global tolling market. The
system has been designed to
operate on many different
levels: The back office (BO)
application covers transaction
reviews, manual image review
module, customer billing,
transaction audit, monitor
and control systems (MCS)
application, the design includes a
fully redundant architecture and
a disaster recovery platform in a
different geographical location.
Diagnostics and maintenance
of the turnkey solution is
managed by the MCS. Charging
point(s) software for supervisors
designed to remotely monitor
and control the functionalities
of all the devices installed on
top of the gantry and inside
the charging point cabinet
automatically manage most
of the alarms.
Evaluating progress
Technical features of the latest
Tecsidel Toll+ MCS include
automatic generating of monthly
reports with diagrams of several
KPIs such as: availability and
functionality of all the devices
installed, detection,
classification, TAG reading and
optical character recognition.
The option of defining
thresholds for the performance
and for hardware MTBF values
allows for a complete
monitoring of the technological
tolling assets installed.
| Need to know
Key features of
Tecsidel’s Toll+
> Detects, classifies and
charges in real time
> 100% detection rate
> Can manage 1 million
transactions a day
> Automatic monthly reports
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