References

Check and virtual toll: tunnel of Cointe and A8

SOFICO has made for the Walloon region the link E40-E42 with the E25 (called tunnel of Cointe) and the last section of the A8.

Virtual toll at the tunnel Liefkenshoek in Antwerp

Seeing that the tunnel Liefkenshoek is toll-free, but that it is run by a private company, the managing company gets compensation from the Flemish regional council.

Tunnels of Brussels

Each tunnel is equipped with one or several programmable PLC's providing the local management of the automatic functionings in an autonomous way.

Remote management of the structures

Remote management of the crossroads

Tunnels of Liège

One of the first achievements of remote management was installed in 1984 for the tunnels of Liège.

Crossroads coordination in Namur

The MET of Mons (D452) has completed the Prodyn system of the city of Namur in 2003 with a system of remote alarm on the isolated crossroads (which are not put in the coordination of Namur and thus at the police dispatching).

Crossroads coordination in Antwerp

In the city of Antwerp and on its access roads, the 250 main crossroads are equipped with traffic regulators (command stations). They are coordinated with each other for the creation of green waves.

Automatic system for detecting the incidents and system of traffic monitoring on the ring road of Antwerp and the access roads

On the ring road of Antwerp and its access roads, a clever system has been installed which enables to detect, in a completely automated way and via cameras, the traffic jams and the possible incidents and to manage adaptable textboards and signs on the traffic lanes.

Works for the hydrotechnique regulation of the basins of the lower course of the Scheldt, the Nethe, the Dyle and the Senne

At request of the Ministry of the Flemish Region Water Department, Macq électronique has taken car of the whole running of those watercourses.

Management of the Walloon road network in winter

Assistance system to the decision-making for the management of the winter

Tunnel under the Hong-Kong bay

Centralized check of the traffic and supervision of the technical installations of "Eastern Harbour Crossing" under the Hong-Kong bay.

City of Namur

The city of Namur has acquired a system for the functioning optimization of the crossroads with traffic lights.

Counting management for the Ministry of the Flemisch Regional Council

80 counting installations have been built on the motorways of the Flemisch Area.

Counting management on the motorways of the Walloon regional council

9 counting installations have been built on the roads of the Walloon region.

Counting management for the City of Paris

At the time of the overhaul of the journey time system on the ring road of Paris in 2002, Macq Electronique provided two frontals (normal-help), each of them getting, every 10 ms, the contacts with ± 1.000 loops spread out on this ring road.

Remote management and modulation of the street lighting of the motorway E411

This creation aims at the complete management of all the lighting poles through the control of the engaging and the activating of the lamps (totally or partially).

Remote management of Paris lighting

A system of urban lighting management (prototype), which lists in real time the technical information of 10 technical sites of the City of Paris, enables the remote maintenance and the remote check of a part of Paris lighting.

Control of the access road to the Tarentaise

The Tarentaise valley (access to the winter sports resorts of the Upper Savoy) is a road which is regularly congested and dangerous because of the collapsing risks on its route.

Locks of the St-Denis canal

Two redundant servers, installed in the two dispatching centres, connected to a PLC PIP4000 installed in each lock, enable the City of Paris to steer by remote control the first seven locks of the St-Denis canal.

Remote management of the dams of the Plate Taille and the Eau d'Heure

This application consists of 4 PLC's of type PIP4000 linked to a central computer M4000. A first PLC searches 1.000 inputs in 20 msec.

Remote management of the dams of Eupen, La Gileppe and Pepinster

Locks of Péronnes

The locks of Péronnes are managed by two PLC's PIP4000 which steer respectively the upstream and the downstream lock.

Lock for the reversal of the flow in Beernem

The lock for the reversal of the flow in Beernem must protect the city of Bruges from the floodscaused by the water of the Lys which flows out to Bruges via the canal Ghent-Bruges.

Bridges and locks of the Dammepoort in Bruges

The network of bridges and locks on the canal Ghent-Bruges-Ostende, which constitutes an important river junction in the link between the ports of Zeebruges and Ostende and the hinterland, is composed of 3 bridges and 1 lock with 3 "heads" (doors).