Lightweight. Portable. Installs in Minutes!
Your Rapid Response Traffic Calming Solution
The TC-400 is a portable, battery powered radar speed sign that can be used in multiple locations, making it a valuable investment for any community, police department, school, or business. Using multiple back brackets on existing poles allows a regular rotation of the radar speed sign for ongoing traffic calming. Additionally, it allows same day response to speeding complaints. Just unlock the sign from the pole and move it to another location. It’s that quick and easy.
The TC-400 speed display is easily readable up to 450 feet away, and is ideal for roads with traffic speeds of 5-55 mph.
Advantages of a Portable Radar Speed Sign vs. Speed Trailers
Flexibility: A portable radar speed sign can be used in many places a speed trailer simply will not fit and can be securely mounted to any existing pole in just 2-3 minutes
Portability: Allows same day response to speeding complaints
Value: You can get 2 or 3 portable radar speed signs for the price of one speed trailer
Intelligent: Allows you to confirm speeding times and rates
Design: Radar range up to 1200 feet away; radar housing weighs only 26 lbs.; rugged design defeats most vandalism; and the TC-400 includes a two year warranty.
TC-400 Portable Radar Speed Sign Specifications
Display and Radar Specifications
YOUR SPEED Faceplate
24″W x 21″H YOUR SPEED faceplate with 3″ high lettering
Manufactured with highest grade reflectivity backing
Ideal for roads with traffic speeds of 5-55 mph
Available in white, fluorescent yellow/green, safety orange, and yellow
Speed Violator Alert
2 speeds of flashing LEDs to notify drivers that are exceeding the speed limit
Slow flash of actual speed
Fast flash of actual speed
Radar
Type: K Band, single direction Doppler radar, FCC part 15 compliant; no license required
Directional beam technology: Individual holes for each LED focus and reflect light toward the road, providing the highest quality viewable display with minimum energy usage
LEDs
2 digits, 11″ high super bright amber LEDs (life up to 100,000 hours)
Easily readable up to 450 feet.
Display brightness control: Automatic intensity adjustment to ambient light conditions for maximum visibility
Polycarbonate Display Cover
.25” thick protective sheet covers entire display area
Abrasion, graffiti and shatter resistant; UV protection
Battery Housing
12.5″H x 17″W x 2.75″D
.1875″ thick powder-coated aluminum
Holds up to two 12 volt, Ni-MH battery packs (field exchangeable)
Stainless Steel Universal Go Bracket
12.75″H x 4.5″W x 2.9”D
Universal design allows strapping, banding, pipe clamps, or bolting to almost any size/style of pole
Go Bracket allows for easy mounting of battery housing and radar speed sign in about a minute
Standard Features
Standard Programming
Setup Functions: Easy to follow menu – software managed, no mechanical switches to operate
Daily timers: Allow 4 on/off timer settings per day, also by day of week. Settings allow lower speed limits for school zone times and for late night display shutoff. (Optional Advanced Scheduler available with all models)
Stealth mode: Display on-off feature allows traffic data collection to continue even when the display is off
“Possum Switch” activation feature allows the sign to “play dead” for 30 minutes if attacked with force
Maximum speed cutoff: Prevents unwanted high speed displays; up to 99 mph; discourages “racing” of sign. Choice of flashing matrix, or LED display cutoff
Wi-Fi Enabled
Allows for quick and easy sign operation/data download from most web enabled devices
WPA2 encrypted security
Password protection
Connection range up to 300 feet from sign
Wi-Fi capabilities and benefits over Bluetooth
10x faster, two weeks of download data takes less than 10 seconds
10x range, typical Bluetooth range is 10 to 30 feet. Wi-Fi is operational up to 300 feet away, allowing the user to remain in their vehicle, whether across the street, down the block, or behind the sign
BYOD (bring your own device): use any smart phone, tablet, or laptop that has Wi-Fi and a web browser
Easy interface for anyone familiar with going to a website
No more custom software required, just go to the radar sign’s web address, and a web page for operation pops up
OTA software updates (over the air): Allows the wireless delivery of software updates and upgrades directly to the radar speed sign. This is not possible with Bluetooth.
No more Bluetooth issues with pairing codes and Com Port numbers
Traffic Data Reporting
StreetSmart Traffic Data Reporting (optional)
The radar speed sign records traffic data that can be used to confirm date, time, and severity of speeding problem. Reporting requires optional StreetSmart to generate charts and graphs.
Use StreetSmart traffic data reporting software to report, organize, and analyze speed and traffic data
The information collected by the radar sign is loaded into Excel™ready .csv files, and can generate 35 charts and graphs.
Radar Speed Sign Data Storage:
System Storage Capacity: Stores data on up to 5 million vehicles
Retains data for retrieval for 12 months
Warranty
2 year warranty on parts and labor; 1 year on battery packs
Exceptions: Does not cover malicious abuse, theft, or damage due to unauthorized modification
