TSIS Next, a new prototype user-interface for CORSIM, can now be downloaded and used in conjunction with TSIS 6.0.  TSIS Next contains the same type of functionality that can be seen in the TShell, TRAFED, and TextEditor component programs; but with a completely different architecture, offering a unique set of advantages and limitations.  The installation program may take 30-60 seconds to find the location of TSIS 6.0 on some computers.  After TSIS Next has been installed, it can then be launched from Start > Programs > TSIS 6 > TSIS Next.

During the installation of TSIS Next, the original TSIS is not uninstalled.  Instead, TSIS Next is installed alongside the original TSIS.  After this, it becomes possible to use either version of TSIS, depending on whatever features and functionality are desired.

Click here to download the installation program for TSIS Next.

TSIS Next requires the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 to be installed on the computer.  If not already installed on your computer, you can access the Microsoft .NET Framework from the Microsoft Windows Update site (check for Optional Updates, then look under Software).

TSIS Next is a prototype application that has not been widely tested, so please send any problem reports and suggestions to McTrans.  Some advantages and limitations of TSIS Next, relative to the original TSIS, are listed below:

Advantages

• One-touch simulation and animation
• No need to create a TSIS "project file"
  
• User-friendly scaling of bitmap backgrounds
• Dot-net architecture offers improved look-and-feel
• Offers more default traffic settings than TRAFED currently does
• One-touch link to TRANSYT-7F optimization and summary reports
  
• Modify XY coordinates for all nodes in the network, simultaneously
• No need to switch back-and-forth between TNO and TRF file formats
• Modify XY coordinates for a group of selected nodes, simultaneously
• Properly handles lead-lag phasing for coordinated-actuated controllers
• Properly handles left-hand drive (TRAFVU still assumes right-hand drive)
• Output quick jump offers quick searching of the large CORSIM text report
• More keyboard support than TRAFED, in addition to the same mouse support
• Offers preset signal phasing for restricted users (TRAFED only offers this feature for power users and administrators)

Limitations

• Cannot copy-and-paste two networks into one, like TRAFED can
• Cannot edit the environmental tables for emissions modeling, like TRAFED can
• Cannot gracefully abort CORSIM in the middle of a simulation run, like TShell can
• Cannot edit freeway incident detection and point processing data, like TRAFED can
• No access to the Output Processor, Runtime Extension, or Scripting Tool, like TShell has
• Cannot automatically split one link into two by dropping a node in the middle, like TRAFED can
• Requires volume coding in units of "vehicles per hour" (TRAFED also offers "vehicle count" coding)