Dashboard
The Dashboard is your central hub for monitoring real-time traffic data. From here, you can view all your sensors, links, routes, and signs at a glance, whether you're tracking congestion levels, reviewing live alerts, or replaying historical data. This page walks you through each tab and feature available on the Dashboard so you can get the most out of your iNode experience.
Map Tab
The Map tab displays all of your sensors, links, routes, and signs on an interactive Google Map. At a glance, you can also see the number of collecting links, scheduled links, and active alerts.
Important Note
Sensors are only visible if you are a Sensor User.
Each sensor appears as a colour-coded marker: green if the sensor is online, or red if it is offline. If you have created any signs, they will appear as blue markers on the map.
Links and routes are colour-coded on a spectrum from dark red (most congested) to green (normal traffic flow). These colours reflect each link or route's average travel speed compared to its Free Flow Speed. If a link appears blue, it has been disabled.
Clicking on any link or route opens a pop-up window with detailed information, including its name, Free Flow Speed, distance, last recorded speed and travel time, last updated time, data source, sample size (count) for the last interval, and a speed chart for the last 24 hours.
To switch between standard and satellite views, use the Map / Satellite toggle in the upper-left corner of the map.
From the Map tab, you also have access to two additional tools, Map Settings and Map Data Animation, which are covered in detail in the sections below.
List Tab
The List tab provides a tabular view of real-time data across your sensors, links, and routes. There are three separate tables, one for each, giving you a structured way to compare and monitor traffic conditions at a specific moment in time.
Important Note
Sensors are only visible if you are a Sensor User.
Each table includes the following columns:
Average Speed: The total average travel speed between the origin and destination points of a link or route.
Wait Time (sensors only): The average length of time that MAC addresses remain within range of a sensor.
Travel Time: The total average travel time between the origin and destination points of a link or route.
Congestion: A colour-coded indicator of congestion level based on the average speed in the last reporting interval compared to the Free Flow Speed. Colours range from green (normal) through yellow and red to dark red (most congested).
Count: The total number of MAC addresses (sample size) used for the reporting interval.
Last Updated Time: The last time at least one sample was available and traffic data was refreshed.
Data Source: Indicates where the data originates: either SMATS sensors or third-party systems, including crowd-sourced data.
Grid: The name of the grid that the sensor, link, or route has been assigned to.
Alerts Tab
The Alerts tab gives you a live overview of all alerts assigned to your links and routes, organised into two separate tables. This is where you can quickly check which alerts are active, review recent alert history, and confirm that your alert schedules are running as expected.
Each table includes the following columns:
History: Click the clock icon to view a chart of the alert's status over the last 7 days.
Current Status: Shows the alert's status right now. Possible values are: Normal, Triggered, Active, Resolved, or No Data.
Last Evaluation Period: Indicates the status of the most recent evaluation period. For more on how evaluation periods work, see the Create an Alert page.
Assigned To: The name of the link or route this alert is assigned to.
Alert Template: The name of the alert template applied to the link or route.
Alert Check: Indicates whether the alert is currently running or out of schedule.
Last Check: The date and time the alert was last evaluated.
Map Settings
Map Settings lets you customise what appears on your Dashboard map. You can show or hide specific components, including grids, sensors, links, routes, and signs, and toggle additional map features like the Google Traffic Layer and directional indicators.
Important Note
- Sensors are only visible if you are a Sensor User.
- Any changes made in Map Settings will reset to the default view when you refresh the Map tab.
Grids
Use the Grids dropdown to select which grid(s) to show or hide on the map. This is useful when you want to focus on a specific project area without visual clutter from other grids.
Layers
Select or deselect the components you want to display on the map. Available layers include sensors, links, routes, and signs.
Links or Routes
Use the Links or Routes dropdown menus to show or hide specific links or routes from the map view.
Google Traffic Layer
Enabling the Google Traffic Layer overlays real-time crowd-sourced traffic data on the map, highlighting roadways where travel time information is available.
Display Directions
Enabling this option adds directional arrows to your links and routes on the map, making it easier to understand traffic flow orientation.
Map Data Animation
Map Data Animation lets you replay historical congestion data for a specific date and time range, animating how conditions changed over a defined period. This is useful for reviewing past traffic patterns or investigating specific incidents.
To run an animation, configure the following:
Date
Select the date you want to replay data for.
Time Range
Choose the start and end times for the animation window on the selected date.
Time Interval
Set the time interval between each animation step. The interval you choose must be greater than or equal to the maximum update interval across all your links.