VehicleType Value Retrieval

Command 0xa5: Get Vehicle Type Variable#

ubyte string
Variable Vehicle Type ID

Asks for the value of a certain variable of the named vehicle type.

The following variable values can be retrieved, the type of the return value is also shown in the table.

Variable ValueType Description Python Method
id list (0x00) stringList Returns a list of ids of currently loaded vehicle types (the given vehicle type ID is ignored) getIDList
count (0x01) int Returns the number of currently loaded vehicle types (the given vehicle type ID is ignored) getIDCount
length (0x44) double Returns the length of the vehicles of this type [m] getLength
vmax (0x41) double Returns the maximum speed of vehicles of this type [m/s] getMaxSpeed
accel (0x46) double Returns the maximum acceleration possibility of vehicles of this type [m/s^2] getAccel
decel (0x47) double Returns the maximum deceleration possibility of vehicles of this type [m/s^2] getDecel
tau (0x48) double Returns the driver's desired time headway for vehicles of this type [s] getTau
sigma(0x5d) double Returns the driver's imperfection (dawdling) [0,1] getImperfection
speedFactor(0x5e) double Returns the road speed multiplier for drivers of this type [double] getSpeedFactor
speedDev(0x5f) double Returns the deviation of speedFactor for drivers of this type [double] getSpeedDeviation
vclass (0x49) string Returns the class of vehicles of this type getVehicleClass
emission_class (0x4a) string Returns the emission class of vehicles of this type getEmissionClass
shape (0x4b) string Returns the shape of vehicles of this type getShapeClass
minGap (0x4c) double Returns the offset (gap to front vehicle if halting) of vehicles of this type [m] getMinGap
width (0x4d) double Returns the width of vehicles of this type [m] getWidth
height (0xbc) double Returns the height of vehicles of this type [m] getHeight
color (0x45) byte,byte,byte,byte Returns the color of this type getColor
max lateral speed (0xba) double Returns the maximum lateral speed in m/s of this type. getMaxSpeedLat
lateral gap (0xbb) double Returns the desired lateral gap of this type at 50km/h in m. getMinGapLat
lateral alignment (0xb9) string Returns the preferred lateral alignment of the type. getLateralAlignment
action step length (0x7d) double Returns the action step length for the vehicle type in s. getActionStepLength
person capacity (0x38) int Returns the total number of persons that can ride in a vehicle of this type. getPersonCapacity
scale (0x8e) double Returns the traffic scaling factor for vehicles of this type getScale
boarding duration (0x2f) double Returns the boarding duration for passengers entering/leaving this vehicle. setBoardingDuration
impatience (0x26) string Returns the current base impatience of this vehicle. setImpatience

Overview Retrievable Vehicle Type Variables

Response 0xb5: Vehicle Type Variable#

ubyte string ubyte <return_type>
Variable Vehicle Type ID Return type of the variable <VARIABLE_VALUE>

The respond to a "Command Get Vehicle Type Variable".