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RASS-R - Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual

1. Figure 5 74 Map Editor waypoints To select a specific waypoint file click on the browse button in the Waypoints File section a standard file dialog box will appear Navigate to the c Nprogram files intersoft electronics rass maps airroutes gt directory and select the file you would like to use The files are organized per country in upper and lower waypoints After you have selected an waypoint file you can select the waypoints which you would like to display First enter a range calculated from the map centre in the Waypoints Attributes section and then select deselect the waypoints of interest in the Waypoints Selection section K INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 85 5 4 Record and playback The MRD3 has a recording and playback function to make recordings of all data sources that can be displayed in the MRD3 A recording is made in a db3 file and not in a separate D6 file So a db3 file recorded with the MRD3 can only be replayed in the MRD3 Before we can start making a recording you have to make sure that you selected a correct path for recording and period and archive option for the files See paragraph 5 1 1 When opening the recorder window by clicking see paragraph 4 1 and 4 2 for different options to open the following dialog appears Figure 5 75 Recorder This window gives the possibility to start Bor stop Ba recording The time will show
2. 0 00 deg IL TRH Finland EG OH LEE A 3 2 i amp F IH880 37000 12 14 54 4 Do AOS FINS8 Q 0007 Figure 5 33 Select a target to Display Info The data of this target can also be viewed in the Display Info window that can be opened by clicking on the Selection Info dl button In this window you will see the data in text or HEX format The origin of data will depend on the data type E Display Info ADSB RADAR 1 1 target s e TRN S 461F6C Rec Time amp Date 14 03 52 733 11 12 09 CatOZl Length 0044 0lO Data Source Identifier SAC 0x000 SIC 000 040 Target Report Descriptor IDCR GBS SIM TST RAB SAA SPI 101 0 110101010 ATP ARC IW 030 Time of Day UTC Time 12 02 47 3125 130 Position in WGS 84 Coordinates LATITUDE WGS 84 51 396469 deg LONGITUDE WGS 84 3 979583 deg 080 Aircraft address 461F6C 140 Geometric Altitude Height 37031 25 ft O90 Figure of Merrit JAC IHE IDC PA Vo lG IS D 1 7 210 Link Technology Indicator Figure 5 34 Example of ADS B data ASTERIX Cat021 When multiple targets maximum 50 for every layer where selected use the drop down list Display Info RADAR20N_MODE S 16 target s A 5455 A 3423 A 5567 A 1155 A 2116 A 4050 A 4124 A 0041 A 3544 A 7246 A 5622 A 6033 A 1013 A 7545 A 2137 FF FF 02 E9 10 15 7 50 84 06 05 54 B8 36 C4 A8 20 EO 00 32 92 TR
3. E EDR EDR V2 Ethernet Event F FIFO Flow control H Hex I LO IP M MB Memory buffer P Path R Record RS323 RS422 TCP User Manual 90 GLOSSARY Azimuth Count Pulse Azimuth Reference or Reset Pulse Temporary storage for acquired or generated data Intersoft Electronics internal data Radar data format plot or track based Intersoft Electronics internal data format for record based data Also stands for Extended Data Recorder a device for generating and capturing serial data Second version of the EDR format A network specification developed by DEC Intel and Xerox which provides anywhere from 10 megabits to 1000 megabits per second transmission speeds Event signals occurrences between event source and receiving software module Events include North Time ACP ARP A first in first out memory buffer In a FIFO the first data stored is the first data sent to the acceptor A method of controlling when information is sent Hexadecimal 16 based numbering system ranging from 0 to F Input Output The transfer of data to or from a computer system involving communications channels operator interface devices and or data acquisition and control interfaces An abbreviation for Internet Protocol the basic network transmission protocol of the Internet Megabytes of memory See buffer A path can be described as a file s address on your file system describing where the file lives
4. Mila 77 out progressively until maximum viewing area is visible MEN eee ILU is reached button 4 2 3 Setup toolbar The Setup toolbar allows the user to reach the setup window of a display s current data source quickly The Setup toolbar can be displayed in Open view or Dock view upon selection in the Menu bar Setup Data 1 ADEE Figure 4 4 Setup toolbar Open vs Dock view Select a Display via the pop down menu and then press the Setup button to open the Display s data source configuration window The configuration window is specific per Data Type and is discussed in section 5 2 1 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 21 4 3 Display area 4 3 1 Main display The display area is the main area of interest this is where the radar data 1s graphically represented Figure 4 5 Main display Use the Zoom Select toolbar to switch the display in a specific mode and then manipulate the display by using the mouse Instead of using the Zoom Select toolbar you can also right click on the display then the following menu appears CL Pan LA Select e RBL LA Zoom Visible w Toolbar yw Menu Toggle Full Screen Status X Map Compass Figure 4 6 Display right click INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 22 This menu gives extra possibilities as well Make the Toolbar Menu bar Status bar Map Compass visible or not To
5. e Off Filtered is turned off e Flag data that meets the filter condition s 1s greyed out e Skip data that meets the filter condition s 1s not displayed 5 2 1 1 5 S filter tab Display Setup RADAR1ON MODE S File Operate General Focus General Symbal Focus Symbol Special G Filter 5 Filter O70 Mode 3 A Code Filter Action Filter Type OFF O Fag OSkp AsterixCat048Convert Figure 5 29 S Filter tab The S filter or Specialized filter can be used to filter on every data item according to the ASTERIX UAP At this moment the S filter 1s only available selectable for ASTERIX CATO001 and CAT048 The difference with the G filter 1s that you can filter on more fields than there are available in the D6 data for example Show only targets that have Enhanced Surveillance Function enabled or only targets that contain BDS40 information The S filter is the same as the filter in the AsterixCat001 Convert and AsterixCat046 Convert in the DHM Therefore it is important that on the pc where you run the MRD3 on you also need to install the DHM because the MRD3 takes the filter engine from the DHM First of all select on which ASTERIX data stream you want to create a filter on by using the Filter Type dropdown list AsterixCato48Convert When you then click in the filter field or on the pencil button 2 the filter editor opens Cat034 not implemented E Filter Editor 250 BDS Reai
6. ADS B OUTPUT the source will be selected and its name will be put in the Display Set Up Name field However you will have the possibility to type your own name Be aware that all spaces must be replaced by an underscore otherwise an error dialog will prompt ADS B OUTPUT it is MRD Datasource name Invalid datasource name Only alfanumeric characters are allowed Figure 5 11 Underscores instead of spaces Finally press 9 to confirm your selection Now repeat these steps for every data source you want to select INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 37 Another example select a video source on a DHM server that is running on another pe with IP address 192 168 0 106 on port 5570 ff MRD data source dialog Data Source Selection DHM IP xxx xxx xxx xxx pppp 192 168 0 106 5570 v DHM data sources video Out Video Out 2 Display Set up Name Video Output Remote DHM Figure 5 12 Video source selection Finally the Data Sources dialog can be as follows f Options X Rs General Configured Sources Display Set Up Name DHM IP DHM Output Name Type ADSB localhost 5570 ADSB D RADAR 10M MODE 5 localhost 5570 RADAR ION MODE 5 D RADAR 1 OFF localhost 5570 RADAR 1 OFF D RADAR ZON MODE S localhost 5570 RADAR 2O0N MODE S D RADAR 2 OFF localhost 5570 RADAR OFF D6 RADARS localhost 5570 RADARS D RADARS localhost 5570 RADARS D i
7. INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 63 5 2 4 1 Display setup The display setup window for status data 1s similar to digital data f Display Setup STATUS Special Data Integrity 5 Timeout 5 Figure 5 55 Status display setup e Data Integrity s specifies a timeout in seconds Upon expiration a service message is displayed if no data was received for a particular status source Status Display Status Status Data Source TimeOut at 26 11 09 on 15 05 41 Figure 5 56 Status data timeout INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 64 5 3 Map Editor The map editor allows the user to define a custom map to his preference A map 1s constructed out of different layers and each layer can be customized The defined layers can then easily be switched on and off by the user in the MRD3 main window Open the Map Editor by clicking 9 in the toolbar or by selecting configuration gt coastline map editor from the menu bar m Map Editor Fw Items Airport AirRoutes Cities Coastline d Coastline_1 Y Coastline 2 DTED Screening Y Graticule NavAids Obstacles Open Air Runways SCF Waypoints Item Configuration Map Selection Austria Belgium Denmark Y France Y Germany Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Y Netherlands Switzerland United Kingdom Map Attributes Color Filter Selection List Range NM M
8. T transparent from the colour selection box and by defining a centreline length INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 81 How to find your runway description A runway description consists of 2 strings e The ICAO airport identification name for example EBBE e and the runway identification for example 24 6 The ICAO airport identification can be found in the following file C Program Files Intersoft Electronics RASS Maps arpts rwys ARPT txt use Microsoft Excel to open the file You can also find it back in the runway file C Program Files Intersoft Electronics RASS Maps arpts rwys RUNWAY txt use Microsoft Excel to open the file If there are wrong settings for a runway or a new runway is implemented you can easily change it in these txt files ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 82 5 3 15 SCF The SCF map displays surveillance maps By default there are 6 SCF Map layers defined in the map editor This value may be edited in the scf ini file located in the c program fileslintersoft electronics rass rass r MRD3 map plugins directory Change the value for repeat under the section Object Config to the desired number of layers The figure below shows the map editor with surveillance maps for Dusseldorf Gatwick and Orly map Editor y xi Ej AirRoutes Coastline X Coastline 1 Y Coastline 2 DTED Screening Graticule NavAids Obstacle
9. 1s replayed the original TOR from the recording will be used to calculate TOD TOR Delay In case the data is output and input again for example on UDP or with a UDR600 the TOR is time stamped according to the current pc time which will correspond to the actual delay of the replay It is important to have the RASS R pc where the recordings are made time synchronized with the radar For example by NTP In this case the delay will show the accurate value In case of a discrepancy between the pc time and UTC time high or even negative delays can be displayed o Mode5 PIN NO Mode5 PIN Mode5 NO from ASTERIX CAT48 SP data field Military M5 custom content is manufacturer dependent and set by the SP type field in DHM CAT34 48 Convert module See DHM UM for further details e Trailing set the size of the trailing history dots e Colour Mode not yet implemented Whether the settings from General Focus or General are applied only depends on the Focus checkbox ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 46 5 2 1 1 2 Symbol tab The target types are determined by the DHM during the radar data conversion The list is thus dependent on the type of the originating data and 1s dynamically fetched from the DHM Use the Symbol box to select a symbol for the accompanying target type The S colour determines the symbol colour and the D colour determines the colour of the labels Display Setup RADARTON MODE S File O
10. Appearances Ww DU Discover Figure 5 13 Options dialog with 3 digital sources configured Y ou may sort the data sources list by clicking in the column headers The list used to assign data sources in the MRD3 setup and analysis window is ordered in the same way as selected here INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 38 5 1 3 Appearances options fit 1 To enter the Appearances dialog press the Appearances J button on the left side of the dialog window Here we can configure the appearances of the Compass Information windows and the Screen Those adjustments are described below a General Compass ring Information Windows On Screen Messages r LI Ring Color Grid Color Background _ Text Color E n Wie exi fis op sze 9 Grid Lines z ni A Grid Data Sources Offset 254 amp opacity Y Position A Screen REL Override Full Screen Show Logo Elon 1 4 Show Long at Appearances ler Width Miro 2 Wing 3 0 amp Top 1024 Hei 5 alre Ion sje E BB Background Color Mijrel 5 Changes to marked options will take effect the next time you start MRD Figure 5 14 Options dialog Appearances section Compass Ring has the following settings e Ring Colour to define the colour of the compass e Grid Colour to define the colour of the grid Grid can be enabled by pressing F6 as explained above e Size this defines how
11. amp Weather Data Figure 5 43 Assigning a vector data source INTERSOFT qu ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 56 5 2 2 1 Display setup The display setup window for vector data 1s similar to digital data 5 2 2 1 1 General tab The general tab has several configurable items for the vector data source e Colour palette assign different colours to the different intensity levels that are available in the data For example if an ASTERIX CATO008 data stream contains 8 intensity levels they can be configured according the settings below Maximum 256 levels can be configured e Visible make weather data visible or not e Fill fill the contours in case contour weather data is displayed Display Setup Weather_Data Fie Operate General focus General Special Color Palette oH JERE EEE EEE Bee eee S 32 BRR REE Eee eee eee oa TC III hE oo Tle TT TTT TT TT fT Rn ico BRR Eee eee BRR RR i22 BREE Pee eee BRR IER 224 BRR REE BR eee eee ss Visible Fill OFF ON OFF ON Ltt ERN 123 IK Pee Lp PL Illi p EL EN Figure 5 44 General tab vector Whether the settings from General Focus or General are applied only depends on the Focus checkbox 33 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 57 5 2 2 1 2 Special tab The special tab has several configurable items for the vector data source Display Setup Vector File
12. on the condition that the digital label is Mode C in ft or 100ft as in Figure 5 23 The QNH is expressed in millibar where every 1mbar increases decreases the Mode C with 30ft for all targets with an altitude below the transition level TL The minimum TL is 1000ft Setting the QNH to 0 mbar disables the QNH correction again a Figure 4 20 QNH window INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 28 4 3 8 Map layers window To display the Map layers window click Window in the Menu then select Map layers or just press Ctrl Shift L or press the appropriate icon in the toolbar View Extra Help TargetInfo Ctrl Shift 1 ShortCutBar Ctrl 5hift B MapLayers Ctrl 5hift L J MAD 3v3 7 0 Main Toolbar Setup Zoom Select Figure 4 21 Select Map layers window The Map layers window shows all layers that are enabled in the coastline map editor see 5 3 You can simply turn each layer on or off separately by clicking the tick box BrusselsAirport Central Europe Belgium Luxembourg Grid Navaids Runways 1 Runwa ys 2 Figure 4 22 Maplayers window 4 3 9 Shortcut bar To display the Shortcut bar click Window in the Menu then select Shortcut Bar or just press Ctrl Shift B or press the appropriate icon in the toolbar Tienes View Extra Help TargetInfo CEria 5hiFE I SharkCutBar CtrH Shift B MapLayers Ctri4 ShiFt L Display Setup 405 BOUTPLT d
13. shortcuts and registry entries Remove Removes Intersoft Electronics RASS R DHM from your computer Figure 6 1 Repairing the MRD3 Problem The default ini file is messed up after changing something Solution First delete the default ini configuration file from disk in the following path C Program Files Intersoft Electronics RASS RASS R MRD UserPrefs default ini When choosing repair the MRD3 by means of the installer it will restore the default ini file ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 88 Problem I cannot see my ADS B targets Solution Since the ADS B targets do not contain sector messages the MRD3 has to generate its sector timing as explained in paragraph 5 2 1 1 3 Special tab For example fill in a 4 or 10 seconds as revolution time It is also not necessary to fill in the centre position of the ADS B targets since the MRD3 uses the long lat position of the targets to display In other words the MRD3 cannot change the position of the ADS B targets Problem I do an ADS B extraction with a RIM782 but I cannot see the ADS B messages as text in the Selection Info Window Solution This 1s because you send the ADS B messages to the MRD3 without converting them to AsterixCATO021 first Put an AsterixCat02 1 Convert in between Question Do my own created preference files 1 e MRD3 configuration remain on disk after an uninstall of the MRD3 Answer Yes an un
14. you see 6 at 2500ft 8 just below 5000ft and 7 just above 5000ft In the middle window you see that the first bar at 2500ft corresponds to 6 the second bar just below 5000ft corresponds 14 cumulative 6 8 the third bar corresponds just above 5000ft corresponds to 21 cumulative 14 7 and so on In the right window we can interpret the graph 50 of the planes fly below 25000ft Display Histogram Digital 1 Display Histogram Digital 1 Display Histogram Digital 1 Altitude w Data Sou Altitude v Data Sot Altitude v Data Source GH S 5 1681E Sum 25332 2 RMS 20 BinSiz 1024 History Le 20 S BinSize 1024 ZS HistoryL 20 BnSze 1024 History Length 7 m E C sde E T Scal n 21898 7 Mean 40000 Max O absulute relative Cummulative O absulute relative v Cummulative absulute relative v Cummulative 12761 5 STD 1100 Mm i2 110 110 100 90 80 10 m 60 6 50 4 Ti 30 2 20 10 07 1 l I l l 0 5000 10000 1500C 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 1 0 5000 10000 15000 Figure 5 40 Cumulative Relative 5 2 1 5 Display List When you open the Display list by clicking the button a window listing all targets currently displayed filtering conditions excluded see 5 2 1 1 4 will pop up Display List RADAR 1 OM TOD UI 109 677 12 28 47 219 290
15. 46 56 59 62 65 72 87 19 44 45 27 28 38 42 47 56 58 65 88 ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION c r 12 1 1 BENEFITS AND POSSIBILITIES OF THE SYSTEM sssesssseersseesssecrssetrssrcreserrssetrsserrssetrsserrsseersseresseresserresee 13 2 GENERAL OVERVIEW soma aiii aa 14 24 MRD ASPARTOFRASO R EE 14 2 MRD AGENERA O EE 14 2 9 NETWORK OPERATION ee 14 3 RASSRTOOLEBUOUN ura D V os 15 4 TIRES BIN E Maa 17 LS MEE S INC err O A 18 422 TOOPPAD deiade eR ME MEM E MM ee ee AM M ICE MEME 19 22 4 MOI EE 19 BADD EE 20 AAN A 20 ho DETTES AREA nado init 21 A AS An o A 21 A Ca S A aa O E E E E 24 20 5 EE 25 ie cs ERU T apu OO e ee Ee Or eee ee ROR een ea ETE Or eee eee ee ere 26 E GET 26 LR EE eege eege ee ee ARA 26 GE e EE 27 E TACT WNC OW NER 26 EE 28 4 3 10 MRD3 About window licenses ccccccccsscccssscccusscccessscccesuscccuscccessscecussccssuscccueuscecassseeueaceens 30 5 MRDSCONIEGURALTIION aii ai 31 A o OY E O eer Ren oe Ee eer ee 3l NN MEM C UU EDI TCR A A ee eee 32 Ds DIME SOUL CS OD HONS iii 34 N NG WEE 38 e DEE E e E EE 4 DP NCU IMO IS m 42 DAs AUS ONY SOUND MR 43 5 2 1 1 1 E ENTRO TNR RD 44 5 2 1 1 2 o MEE n 46 5 2 1 1 3 So ege 47 5 2 1 1 4 E DA a REN NRI 48 SALIS e EU LES CA a RR TII o E TT 49 SAN A E A E E 51 e T kc mente ene mea rem rn d eM e
16. 51 E E A LI teen MERECE 51 Figure 5 36 Display History default Screen A A de De Figure 5 37 Display History Target Reports Scan EE 52 Figure 2 20 Display Histogram default SOV CCI a A A A A A 53 Fioure 3 39 Display Histogram Velocil EE 53 Fiame 5240 Cumulate EE 54 Peur Als DISPLAY LIST WING OW siii tddi 54 Fiure 2242 Setup and Analysts e VOIOF ii iii dis 55 Peure 3 43 ASSON A Vector ddia SOUNCE susi iii tics 55 rur VOR CERE VEIT OF eeraa as 56 SURE AOS PEC E EU ate 57 V ru ou Io o WILLE 57 Pomesa Senip und Analysis VIGO ada 58 Figure 3 48 Assigning d video data SOUPE co apertos Ur ns 58 Figure 3 49 Configuring a Video Data EE 59 AD LORY AA 60 IR oU 60 E EE 61 Foure 3 3 ASSIONING EE 61 SURE DE US DO EEEE A eee ne ee eee ere ene A eT ee ee ene ere eee en ee 62 PPC RS TRU SS A 65 Fieure Ee Sn AAA uo UE e 63 Figure 5 57 Map Editor general overview nan n nn nn nn nn nnnnnnnnnnnnnnss 64 7221047 78 UR EE 65 Fiure 3 39 ARDOI E 66 Figure 5 60 Map Editor airports sse eene ee eeeeeeennn n hh hh nennen esee siis sessi i rrr r enne renes e sensns nnn ns 68 Figure 5 61 Map Editor ogiroufes ese eee ieee eee ieee cece cece ee EAA A AEE EEL DELLE EEE E EEE E EEE E AEA seien trt ener esses esas snas aas 69 Figure 5 62 Map Editor CS 70 IT EI No A e 71 Figure 3 04 Map Editor CORSA iia 72 Figure 5 65 Map Editor DIED Acreeniug sana inen erre EE tHE EES 73 Figu
17. 841 12 28 53 180 0 478 12 28 45 617 e se sets 020058 Ramzes 7175 66 762 240 068 12 26 51 789 Ls ss sse soosse emos 54050 49 770 304 277 12 28 53 609 aen 12 28 44 867 Cu se 2141 acaoe wen 3050 6107 0 192 Ise 145 665 12 26 46 308 344 363 12 28154 922 291 627 12 28 53 195 21918 12 28 44 359 281 332 12 28 52 859 116 477 12 28 47 430 113 225 12 28 47 320 25 ez B226 4CAIFG RYR2436 3000 121 395 106 123 12 28 47 094 Figure 5 41 Display List window This list can be sorted on each column by clicking on its header cell INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 55 5 2 2 Setup and analysis Vector The vector section of the window allows the user to assign vector data sources to the available vector displays The number of available vector displays 1s configured in the options window Maximum 6 p Digital vector Af video On Focus Configuration Weather Data Figure 5 42 Setup and Analysis vector Table 5 4 shows an overview of the vector display options Table 5 4 Vector display options Item Usage Usage OO Bon invisible unchecked l Open the configuration window for the current data Display setup SOUS To assign a vector source to a display simply click on the Configuration dropdown menu and select the data source you want to display PuE eg Li Li i Digital Vector video Af Znone
18. An absolute path gives the complete path starting at the root directory or the very top of the file system A relative path looks for a file from the directory you are currently in down A collection of data forming a complete message The Electronics Industry Association EIA has produced standards for RS232 and RS422 that deal with data communications Transmission Control Protocol A set of rules to exchange messages with other Internet points at the information packet level INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 Timeout TTL TMD U UDP UTC User Manual 91 A timeout occurs when a device has waited too long for another device to send or receive a transmission Time To Live An internet header field which indicates the upper bound on how long this internet datagram may exist Technical Maintenance Display User Datagram Protocol A connectionless unreliable Internet protocol Coordinated Universal Time INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS
19. But as soon as you point over a target with the mouse while pressing the Shift key a modified sign will appear This means that the RBL can be locked on a target now on the condition that the target has a track number When locked the RBL will follow the target and update its information automatically as long as the target exists A RBL can also be locked between 2 targets again on the condition that both targets have a track number Using the scroll wheel of the mouse can change the rotation of the RBL labels To turn off the RBL you simply click the mouse to use another mode for example Pan gt INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 23 Select or Zoom Zooming or panning by means of the keyboard will not turn off the RBL The example below will explain the displayed information of the RBL Stop position 10 3NM range of the line 328deg bearing of the end point 148deg bearing of the start point n DELENE 093993 Start position Stop position 4 6NM range of the line 089deg bearing of the end point 269deg bearing of the start point Figure 4 8 Range Bearing Line When you also enabled to view the Lon Lat position when being in RBL mode wherever you drag on the PPI you will see the current Longitude and Latitude of that position e Zoom When in zoom mode the mouse cursor shows a magnifying glass Bil icon Click and drag to zoom in on the selected rectangle Usi
20. DTED item allows the user to select screening files containing the line of sight for different altitudes for specific radar The DTED screening files can be obtained from Intersoft Electronics or generated with the RASS R Coverage Map Calculator The screening files take into account the antenna elevation radio wave bending and earth radius 4 3 model They however don t take into account the power budget of the radar and the actual atmospheric conditions Figure 5 65 shows the map editor with a screening up to FL250 for the Saint Hubert radar Belgium x Airport AirRoutes Coastline X Coastline 1 Y Coastline 2 DTED Screening DTED Screening 2 DTED Screening 3 DTED Screening 4 DTED Screening 5 DTED Screening 6 Y Graticule NavAids Obstacles Open Air Item Configuration r DTED Screening Attributes File Path D ACAMPAIGN S6Gener all mw RC screening SHUB m 50 FL Je 100 FL E Fill al 150 OR m 200 tro BN Ora al 250 TO Ori Of zou tru nri O sse F KE Fil O 400 Fu m Fill O 450 FL a Fill O se mu Fill r Map Center r Map Layer Label JLomgitude deg DTED Screening 1 52 JLatitude deg 3X Cancel Apply o Figure 5 65 Map Editor DTED Screening Select the screening file directory with the screening files of interest by pressing the browse button in the DTED Screening Attributes section After the directory has been selected click on the butt
21. ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 60 5 2 3 1 2 Special tab The special tab has several configurable items for the video data source Display Setup Video File Operate General Focus General Special Location 41 54 33 515 Longitude 51 09 04 875 Latitude Elevation m Data Integrity B rimeout s Figure 5 50 Video special tab e Location specifies the geographic coordinates of the radar centre WGS 84 and 1mdeg resolution When coordinates are typed as decimal degrees they will automatically be converted into degrees minutes and seconds e Data Integrity s specifies a timeout in seconds Upon expiration a service message is displayed if no data was received for a particular video source EA HH Figure 5 51 Video data timeout ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 61 5 2 4 Setup and analysis Status The Status section of the window allows the user to assign Status data sources to the available status displays The number of available status displays is configured in the options window Maximum 6 Digital Af vector X video 4 Status On Focus Configuration Figure 5 52 Setup and Analysis status Table 5 6 shows an overview of the status display options Table 5 6 Status display options Item Usage Usage OO Bon invisible unchecked BERTEM Y l Open the configuration window for the current data Display setup source To assign a statu
22. Figure 3 1 RASS R toolbox The menu bar contains the following items Table 3 1 RASS R menu bar When this button is clicked the Help window will appear and show help Help window information whenever you point over a button Campaign change Click this to make an appropriate campaign structure see further Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 16 When you click the button it will ask you where you want to create your RASS R campaign folder Select the correct path Upon completion you should have the following directory structure created as in the figure below E uh RASS D Ear CAMPAIGN RASS R E OO M SsR E Ey DATA cy DCP FILTERS cy GPs E CH MAPS OO RASDATA CO RAW RDA Ey SITES Ej TEMPLATES Gomm CO EXPORTS ICH INTERROGATIONS CO LINKED DATA El E NETWORK CH PREFS El E PSR C RECORDINGS CO REPORT E CO RESULTS CO SCENARIO El OO VIDEO Figure 3 2 Campaign directory structure When you make a campaign folder with the RASS R toolbox it is preferred to make it on a separate drive then the drive where your operation system is on For example as in the figure above a structure named CAMPAIGN RASS R is created on the D drive INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 17 After starting the MRD3 software the main MRD3 window appears Figure 4 1 With a new installation the factory default configuration is loaded Later you may select another configuration to be loaded at
23. Label 4 Lomgitude deg Grid Si Latitude deg O ot Figure 5 67 Map Editor Graticule Select the desired range in nautical miles by entering the range in the Range field in the Graticule attributes section Select the colour for the graticule with the colour select box K INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 76 5 3 11 Navaids ltem The Navaids item allows the user to select navigation aids such as NDB VOR DME etc to be drawn in the map with their specific symbol By default there 1s only one Navaids map layer defined this value may be edited in the navaids ini file located in the c program files intersoft electronics rass rass r MRD3 map plugins directory Add a Object Config section and add a field repeat N where N is the desired number of layers This feature can be useful 1f you wish to depict different navaids in different colours Or if you want to have two layers one with labels and one without so that you can easily switch labels on and of in the MRD3 main window The figure below shows the map editor most navigation aids of Belgium selected Map Editor Airport AirRoutes Coastline Y Coastline 1 Y Coastline 2 DTED Screening d Graticule V NavAids Obstacles Open Air Runways SCF Waypoints Item Configuration NavAid Selection Y BEAUVECHAIN BBE Y BRUSSELS NATL BUB Y CHIEVRES CIV COSTA C
24. MI E iE 52 SOLES STAG UE IN E 53 SN ASA EE mmc 54 Jda Pep ONG E ias 55 IN DISA SOUR RR RP m 56 392 2 lal OeBSra e o POCA oa sec vss eo sere acces gen ete vn nomen E E o O 56 S222 PE esheets MOREM MODEM ME OMA MM M OMA E MEME MM MEM LEM M CMM UPS 57 E SPONA Oy ED NR m 38 A S RR 59 5 2 3 1 1 EE A NR Ee 59 5 2 3 1 2 SE A lt P e A 60 32A CIMT GHAI S18 Ee 61 A SOU RR t 63 SES GE A ER P n 64 Be ke ey FTO o ITE 65 Da E dd 65 Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 7 e e ee OE nn AS 66 E Liem Con 018471 22 ON PRESENTO acts assests Sathana nd anaes aid otha ed eee 67 LLS EE 68 E NE A a ee EAEE EA 69 I A e e E OI A 70 JO COSINA ida 12 UR DLE T niebla 73 5 3 10 27 7197120027 E CE N 75 5 3 11 EE 76 5 3 12 QUIT MET EEEE EAE I I NETE A O NE 77 5 3 13 QUITE en ee NSO ee SA HN 79 5 3 14 EE 80 5 3 15 A o S E SE E ino e 82 5 3 15 1 A A cee eee cee ee eee ee eee 83 5 3 15 2 SCF Map a dead otto eee ere eee eee 83 5 3 15 3 ecol 83 5 3 16 VE OOS TAC m 4 34 RECORD AND PLA 0 7 9 todo dra cuicos 85 6 IROUBLESHOOTLTING O NA aimara don 87 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 8 TABLE OF FIGURES More dal Muli Radar DOPIN irran cian dos 12 Figure 2 1 MRD3 as part of the RASS R struetre 14 TUO E 15 Fiure OZ Campa en I
25. MRD 3 v3 6 0 best Main Toolbar Setup Zoom Select Figure 4 23 Select Shortcut Bar Figure 4 24 Shortcut bar The shortcut bar contains the different shortcuts as displayed above The left block red are zoom options and configurable in the MRD 1n1 file The other buttons are not configurable In this shortcut bar Grid enables or disables the grid of the compass view as explained in paragraph 4 3 2 c INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 29 In Figure 4 24 Shortcut bar 6 zoom positions are default configured e Centre S E South East N E North East Zoom 4 Zoom 5 Zoom 6 These zoom positions can be configured in the following way Right click on a zoom button and you will have the following possibility to Rename and to Link to current zoom Link to current zoom Figure 4 25 Change zoom settings When rename is chosen you simply can type a new name for that button limited to 7 characters Rename ShortCut B gt New Name SoutH Figure 4 26 Rename the zoom button When you then click to link to current zoom the current position and zoom settings of the display will be saved to that zoom button resulting in the following shortcut bar Center South M E Zoom 4 Zoom 5 Zoom 6 Figure 4 27 Zoom button South ay INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 30 4 3 10 MRD3 About window license
26. Override Full Screen check the button to enable this feature Left is the left position of the MRD3 Right is the right position of the MRD3 Width the MRD3 s width Height the MRD3 s preferred height When you first use the mouse to resize and replace the MRD3 window you can read out that actual position by clicking Probe Then the Left Right Width Height values will correspond to the actual window setting e Background colour change the background colour of the PPI e Show logo show or hide the logo in the PPI see also explanation below The screen settings will only take effect when the MRD3 is restarted RBL Range Bearing Line Enable or disable one out of 5 possible Range Bearing Lines Assign an appropriate colour to it Enable or disable the Show Long Lat position when the cursor is in RBL mode How to show a logo in the MRD3 Configuring a logo is an expert setting The logo must be a jpg file in the C Program Files Intersoft Electronics RASS RASS R MRD Logos directory and the MDR ini file needs following code Logo List size s 1 List U sName JPG List UxXPos U List 0 YPos 99 List 0 Anchor leftbottom ay INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 40 List 0 Oppacity 20 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 41 5 2 Setup and analysis The Setup and Analysis window allows the user to assign the configured data sources t
27. Window in the Menu then select Date amp Time or just press Ctrl Shift D or press the appropriate icon in the toolbar UE View Extra Help TargetInfa Ctrl Shift 1 SharkCutBar Ctrl Shift B MapLayers Cri4 5hiFt L Date amp Time Ctrl ShiFk D BiFi Date and Time Display History RADAR ON MRD 3 v3 7 1 RAS5 R DEMO MRD3 Figure 4 13 Select Date amp Time Current UTC time based on the system time of the display computer and Date is displayed in the Date and Time window duce 237 l1 20u03 Figure 4 14 Date amp Time window 4 3 5 Filter To display the Filter click Extra in the Menu then select Filter or just press Ctrl F9 Filter ilter trl F MicroTable tri Fa trl F7 T NH Ctrl F amp Figure 4 15 Select Filter The filter can be used to filter targets between a lower and upper flight level Unit is FL maximum 1000 The filter can be turned on or off by clicking the Active button Act If you select the Visible button Vis then all targets between the lower and upper flight level will be coloured according the colour set in the Col field Upper Lower 300 100 Figure 4 16 Filter window 4 3 6 Micro Table To display the Micro Table click Extra in the Menu then select Micro Table or just press Ctrl F7 Figure 4 17 Select Micro Table One can use the Micro Table to manually assign a Call Sign to a specific target You simply ty
28. band of 200ft The user can set the altitude for the displayed maps in the Altitude field SCF maps also differ per SCF state the state 1s the binary number representing a particular station s participation in the cluster Either selects the sysmap number or the state number by selecting Sysmap or State from the dropdown menu Map State and then enter a number next to the field indicating either the sysmap number or the state 5 3 15 3 SCF Setup To configure the SCF maps to be displayed and to set the display colours open the SCF setup window by pressing the setup Bi button next to the Type selector The figure below shows the SCF setup colour dialog window x SCF Colour Scheme Grid only bj Sole Surv Station Label 4 2 Surv 3a Sur Gabwick aue Datalink a Dusseldorf S SUEY Lockout E 5 Surv ng I Lockout a x Cancel e OK Figure 5 73 Map Editor SCF SCF Setup Colour The Grid Only checkbox switches between solid coloured SCF map and a SCF grid map Select the nodes to be displayed by shift clicking their names in the Node selection list This controls the topology of the map that is drawn Only the nodes that are selected are included in the map Typically the SCF map provides information about which station has coverage for a specific cell one element of the SCF grid A cell can have multiple station coverage up to 6 The cell colour depends on the level of
29. layers to 6 in Object Config Then save the file and reload the Airport tree in map editor Do a similar action for the other map editor items E Airport ini Notepad File Edit Format View Help dig AbstractMapp lugrn PUP W apPlugIn Create vi stract Concrete Pairs 0 Concr A Abstract Concrete Pairs l Abstract VI iim AbstractMapPlugin Public Abstract apPlugIn Destroy vi Abstract Concrete Pairs 1 Concrete VI Path Airport Public Airport Destroy vi Map Editor Items Es Airport_1 Airport_2 Airport_3 Airport 4 Nik 5 Abstract Concrete Pairs 2 Abstract VI Path AbstractMapPlugIn Public AbstractM abstract Open UI vi stract Concrete Pairs 2 Concrete VI Path Airport Public Airport open UI vi Abstract Concrete Pairs 3 Abstract VI Path AbstractMapP lugIn Public AbstractM RE Save Settings vi stract Concrete Pairs 3 Concrete VI Path Airport Public Airport Save Figure 5 59 Airport ini file and result INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 67 5 3 4 Item Configuration When you select an item the item s configuration window will be shown Here you can configure that specific Item To enable a map layer for the specific item double click it so that the v icon appears in front of it The enabled map layers can then later be switched on off in the main MRD3 window You may choose to give the map layer a custom name by editing
30. start up File Configuration Rec Window View Extra Help Menu bar Ja a KI Y Digital 1 RAPAR_1_ONIT OO bar ala lx SR z mi et o BE e BWS 5C70 ID UAL91 633 TRN 1466 4 ooo ENS SERE s 0000 h 3 F7 0000 0 3 s 10 o000 J 41 0000 A J NI 12 0000 J 13 0000 ETER EE an cm Figure 4 1 MRD3 main window The main MRD3 window consists of 3 main parts e Menu bar used to operate and configure the software e Toolbar for quick access to the MRD3s main features e Display Area graphical representation of the radar data in PPI style with different windows in overlay Target Info Micro Table QNH window Filter Shortcut Bar Map layers Setup amp Analysis all configurable in transparency Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 18 4 1 Menu bar The menu bar allows the user to access configuration dialogs to save and load configurations An overview of all the available menu items 1s given in table 4 1 Table 4 1 Menu bar overview Menu shortcuts bold Usage File Main menu to access application related functions Exit Ctrl Q To quit the application Configuration Options gt Setup and Analysis Opens the Setup and Analysis window 5 Coastline Map Editor Opens the Map editor Save Configuration Submenu to access other save options gt As Current Will save t
31. the Map Layer Label field in the bottom of the item configuration area After making changes to the different items the buttons Apply and OK become high lighted Pressing the Apply button will transfer the map settings to the main MRD3 window and leave the map editor open Pressing the OK button will transfer the map settings to the main MRD3 window and close the map editor Pressing the Cancel button will close the map editor without transferring the changes After map changes are transferred to the main MRD3 window you will have to save the current configuration in order to make them permanent In the next paragraphs the different map layer items are explained INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 68 5 3 5 X Airports Item The airports item allows the user to show detailed drawings of airfields and their surroundings Custom airport drawings can be distilled from airport CAD drawings please contact Intersoft Electronics for details about this procedure By default there are 3 airport layers defined in the map editor This value may be edited in the airport ini file located in the c program files Intersoft Electronics rass rass r MRD3 map plugins directory Change the value for repeat under the section Object Config to the desired number of layers The figure below shows the map editor with a detailed map of Zaventem Brussels Airport Belgium in this e
32. which alerts you to important information Caution This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a caution which alerts you to the possibility of data loss or a system crash AJ Warning This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a warning which alerts you to the possibility of damage to you or your equipment ay INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 12 The MRD3 is to be used as a dedicated display to enable maintenance and commissioning engineers to assesss the operational performance and serviceability of ATC Radar systems The MRD3 is designed to take the maximum advantage of the latest technologies it uses the PC graphics card extensively and can be displayed on any screen resolution supported by the graphics card The MRD3 is used in combination with the RASS R Data Handling Module DHM where the DHM is used to pre process the radar data and make it available to the MRD3 for displaying This setup allows for virtually any configuration of radar data sources with different capturing hardware and protocols to be serviced fd MRD 3 v3 12 0 SMS DEMO 002 File KOC UNE Rec Window View Extra Help Digital 1 RAD1 Figure 1 1 Multi Radar Display The MRD3 can represent multiple and different types of data The figure above shows a few of the different data types supported All layers can be shown Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 13 simultaneously in overlay Tab
33. 2 different ways click the select button or do a right click and choose select as in Figure 4 6 Upon selection the Target Info window is updated with information belonging to the selected target As you can see in the figure below the selected target is highlighted white and the Target Info window contains the following information fields Mode S address 48415E Aircraft ID KLM44M Mode 3 A code 3443 TRN track number 0070 ALT altitude 20350ft R Range 120 23NM Az Azimuth 331 30deg Country and flag Netherlands REG Registration number PH BXE Selected target TYP Airplane type 737 800 e1ected targe UVES a 20350 48415E ID ELMHA4A4MH SAA 3443 TRH 0070 II ft 120 23 NH z 331 30 dea Netherland PH EXE e e Ka Arr r e A A T Figure 4 12 Target info window The last 3 lines are look up based on the mode S address Airplanes registered after the release of the MRD3 will not have a reference in the internal Database The first time that you start up it can be that the colour opacity settings of the Target Info window have default values that make it invisible for you In the Appearances setup you can change this See paragraph 5 1 3 The info will only be updated according to the target when the target contains a d track number fay INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 26 4 3 4 Date amp Time To display the Date amp Time click
34. 22 General tab The general tab has several configurable items for the digital data source e Rings amp Spokes Determine the size and look of the range rings within a certain Range Limit e Visible turn on or off the Digital Data Rings amp Spokes Sector Line Data Block or Filter tab The sector line 1s automatically clipped after some zooming factor e Label data block Each target report has 3 labels that may be assigned to it determine here which data items you wish to see out of the following list None Range Mm Azimuth deg Mode 4 Code act Mode 1 Code act Mode 48 1 Code Oct Mode 2 Code oct Mode S Address hex Mode C Flight Level FL Mode C Altitude ft Mode c Altitude 1001t 3D Height ft Aircraft ID abc Transponder Level Flight Status Power der Heading deg Ground Speed kt UTC h m s Delay 5 Track Number 3 Modes PIN NO Modes PIN Modes NO Figure 5 23 Label information o Mode C Flight Level FL from data field ASTERIX 1001 090 1048 090 I011 093 o Mode C Altitude ft or 100ft from data field ASTERIX 1001 090 1048 090 I011 093 o 3D Height 3D PSR height from ASTERIX 1048 110 or Geometric altitude from ASTERIX 1021 140 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 45 o UTC h m s is the Time Of Detection TOD from the data o Delay s is the difference between TOD and Time Of Recording TOR In case a file edr D6 S4
35. N 1475 TRN 1417 TRN 0150 TRN 1201 TRN 1410 TRN 1082 TRN 1973 TRN 0573 TRN 1106 TRN 0055 TRN 1581 TRN 1011 TRN 1984 TRN 0166 TRN 1152 Figure 5 35 Selected targets Y A 1356 TRN 1327 S 4492E9 S 44F676 5 40083B 3422D9 S 400BD9 5 4841D9 S 393EE0 5 400965 3D0622 5 400966 440224 S 461F6C S 44D1AC 5 341649 5 4CA303 5 4840E2 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 52 5 2 1 3 History Info Open the Display History window by clicking the SS button The window in the figure below will be shown The following parameters can be set e History length the number of scan to represent the history for default 20 e Type of history select what history you want to see based per scan e The graph type history window per scan histogram window or both Display History Digital 1 X Target Reports scan History Length cere Histe Sector reports Scan Mode S Only Scan All Call Only Scan Roll Call Only Scan SSR Only scan PSR Only scan History Mode S PSR Scan Histogram a History Histogram Sa ae o Invalid Mode C scan Garbled Mode A scan Garbled Mode C scan pese pn SS SSS Ss pen geen SPI scan 8 9 10 D 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Mode A 7500 scan Mode A 7600 scan Mode A 7700 scan Reflection scan Filtered scan Figure 5 36 Display History default screen Suppose we want to see the Display History for Target Rep
36. OA GILZE RIJEN GZR Y HAAMSTEDE HSD Y HULDENBERG HUL LESQUIN LEQ Y NICKY NIK Y CHARLEROI ONC Y OOSTENDE ONO d WOENSDRECHT WDT Label Attributes C Color 45 Position Filter Selection List Range NM All Type Map Center Map Layer Label JLongitude deg Navas Ei Jste ea Figure 5 66 Map Editor Navaids First enter an appropriate range in the Range field in the Filter Selection List section to show only those navigation aids within a certain range from the map centre You may also wish to filter the list on a certain navigation aid type do this by selecting the desired type in the Type field in the Filter Selection List section Now select the navigation aids of interest select drawing colour and a label position The label shown 1s the international abbreviation of the selected navigation aid INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 77 5 3 12 Obstacles The Obstacles item allows the user to select obstacles to be displayed such as Pylon Chimney and Windmill By default there is only one Obstacles map layer defined this value may be edited in the obstacles ini file located in the lt c program files intersoft electronics rass rass r MRD3 map plugins gt directory Add a Object Config section and add a field repeat N where N is the desired number of layers This feature can be useful if you wish to depict different obstacles in different colour
37. Operate General Focus General Special Location 4 54 33 516 Longitude 51 09 04 878 Latitude o Elevation m Data Integrity Timeout s Figure 5 45 Special tab vector e Location specifies the geographic coordinates of the radar centre WGS 84 and 1mdeg resolution When coordinates are typed as decimal degrees they will automatically be converted into degrees minutes and seconds Data Integrity s specifies a timeout in seconds Upon expiration a service message 1s displayed if no data was received for a particular vector source JE Figure 5 46 Vector data timeout ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 58 5 2 3 Setup and analysis Video The video section of the window allows the user to assign video data sources to the available vector displays The number of available video displays is configured in the options window Maximum 6 Digital VI Vecto On Focus Configuration Figure 5 47 Setup and Analysis video Table 5 5 shows an overview of the vector display options Table 5 5 Video display options O The video display is On visible checked or Off invisible unchecked Focus Select between the Focus settings and normal settings Video Replay V Select the data source to display or select none l Open the configuration window for the current data Display setup source To assign a video source to a display simply click on the Configuration dropdown menu and
38. SS R MRD Map Plugins gt directory Change the value for repeat under the section Object Config to the desired number of layers Figure 5 64 shows the map editor with the country borders of Belgium and surrounding countries The borders from Belgium and Luxembourg are highlighted This 1s established by defining Map layer coastline 2 to show only Belgium and Luxembourg in a brighter colour than the settings in Map layer coastline_1 where the surrounding countries are selected E Map Editor Items Airport AirRoutes Coastline v Y Coastline 1 Po Coastline 2 DTED Screening Y Graticule MNavAids Obstacles Open Air Runways SCF Waypoints Item Configuration Map Selection Austria Belgium Denmark Y France Y Germany Y Guernsey Italy Jersey Liechtenstein Luxembourg Y Netherlands Switzerland United Kingdom Map Attributes Color Filter Selection List Range NM Map Center Map Layer Label 4 JLongitude deg Central Europe E Juatitude deg O sont Figure 5 64 Map Editor Coastline First enter an appropriate range in the Range field in the Filter Selection List section to show the names of the countries in a range from the map centre Then select the countries from the Map Selection section and define the colour for the borders INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 73 5 3 9 DTED Screening The Digital Terrain Elevation Data
39. T E ios 16 iure E E VT STO ee 17 Figure 4 2 Main toolbar Open vs Dock View Lu eiesiqeexiessususeesevedX ies euedives adas 19 Figure 4 3 Zoom Select toolbar Open vs Dock view 20 Figure 4 4 Setup toolbar Open vs Dock weu 20 Dru c SX TI RC AY An e K EE DIS A io 21 Igouned 7 MUI pie EE EES 22 EE Denarno LNE Tc ii 23 Pure 4 0 Select COMPAS EE 24 PSU NU Roo TRUTH 24 puoi E RIA oe ane ee en Ne Ore Hee nT Cea em mene Ie TL Trae eM d Ede one MEER 25 T oire dero TUe eebe 23 FONETIS Sel LME sde 26 P ouire 4 14 Date Time WA O 26 KE TD O TE 26 Foure E ITE ETE RTT ToO ANNI NE II AI 26 Auro SANTI THE SEU O A aio peca 26 P7 ATOTO eee eebe eebe Eeer Ee 27 Figure 4 19 Select ONH Nm 27 TIueure 420 ONE WOW iia 27 Figure 4 21 Select Map layers window eese ehh hh nnn nenne eese EEE E EE EEA i rrt r nnne nennen sess nsns nina 26 Figure 4 22 DD ART Ow E 26 Figure 4 23 Select Shortent Bar sacs dssnesesisctes susto seus asdu aan 26 Fieure 4 24 EH AERE 26 Figure 4 25 Change zoom geiitnge 29 Figure 4 26 Rename the zoom button 29 Figure 4 27 Zoom Dutton South A iia 29 Figure 4 28 MRD3 v3 7 2 registered to name radar and customer Intersoft Electronics e 30 Figure 4 29 Software not registered megegdge eee eeeeeeenenenenere sene neneses esse sesssiis 30 Figure 5 1 Select the options MEU eege dd eege 31 EE 31 LLORO E A A ere ore NE 31 Figure 5 4 Opt
40. XX 5005 where xxx xxx xxx xxx is the IP address of the remote DHM server Clicking the dropdown list on the DHM IP field will show the following list or similar 192 166 0 142 5570 192 166 0 106 550 192 166 0 61 5570 192 158 0 113 5570 192 1568 0 74 55 70 localhost 5570 192 166 0 60 550 192 166 0 70 550 192 160 0 00 550 192 168 0 103 5670 192 168 0 108 5570 192 160 0 92 550 192 1568 0 90 7777 192 166 0 90 5570 192 160 0 0 560 192 158 0 78 557 Figure 5 9 DHM server selection There are 2 sections e Above the horizontal line The list represents all active DHM servers on the network As a result of the DHM Discover function e Below the horizontal line This list represents all DHM servers that were active in the past So not a result of the DHM Discover function INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 36 Then select the appropriate DHM server where to take data from Once the selection of the DHM server is made the dialog will show all available digital data sources of the selected type digital MED Digital source dialog Data Source Selection DHM IP xxx soe xxx xxx pppp lacalhost 5570 DHM data sources RADAR 2 OM RADAR 2 OFF RADAR 3 RADAR 4 ADSB RADAR 1 Display Set up Mame ADS B OUTPUT Figure 5 10 Available digital data source selection In the figure above on the local DHM server an ADS B OUTPUT is available By double clicking
41. a Sources o 4 Discover Figure 5 6 Options dialog Data Sources section Once we have created a number of layers per data type in the Data Sources dialog see previous paragraph we now have to configure the data sources themselves Connecting to a DHM server that is outputting data in D6 format will do this Usage of the Discover button 2s J The Discover function is exactly the same as the DHM Discover function in the DHM Available from DHM v 2 8 0 see user manual IE DHM UM v15 doc or higher paragraph 4 2 8 3 DHM Discover The MRD3 requires discover settings to determine on which Ethernet ports 1t must scan for available DHM Background Servers with output modules for a MRD3 First we click the Add button Lt We have to select the type of data source we want to configure Suppose we select Digital Video Vector Status Figure 5 7 Selecting to Add a digital data source Now we get a dialog to connect to a DHM server INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 35 MRD data source dialog Data Source Selection DHM IP xxx xxx xxx xxx pppp localhost 5570 v DHM data sources ADS B OUTPUT Display Set up Name Figure 5 8 MRD data source dialog When you are connecting to a remote DHM server type the IP address instead of localhost When you are making a connection by using XMLRPC protocol type xmlrpeo XXX XXX XXX X
42. and to revert the settings back to factory defaults see figure below These settings are similar for the vector video and status window setup Display Setup RADAR10 aen Figure 5 21 Factory Defaults Further on there are 5 different tabs Table 5 2 Digital data source configuration overview General Focus Specify digital data source items their visibility and dimension specify the data labels per target report These settings are active when the Focus checkbox S is checked on the Setup and Analysis window General Same functionality as General but these settings are used when the Focus checkbox O is unchecked Symbol Focus Determine the symbol and colour per target type These settings are active when the Focus checkbox S is checked on the Setup and Analysis window Same functionality as Symbol but these settings are used when the Focus checkbox is unchecked a INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 44 5 2 1 1 1 General tab Display Setup RADARTON MODE S Fie Operate General Focus General Symbol Focus Symbol Special G Filter 5 Filter Rings amp Spokes Visible Color Mode 150 Range Limit Digital Data Brightness 36 F O UM Rings amp Spokes 50 1 Ring Spacing Sector Line 1 ESCH ME Enos A D K data lock Cun O 10m Aircraft ID abc v la Mode C Flight Level FL w E goo Wiel me w Figure 5
43. ap Center Map Layer Label 5 002129 Longitude deg Central Europe 50 543455 Latitude deg Figure 5 57 Map Editor general overview 3 Main fields are visible to use for editing the map Marked red on the figure above INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 65 5 3 1 Zoom toolbar The Zoom toolbar contains functions to manipulate the display area Figure 5 58 Zoom toolbar The table below shows an overview of the Zoom Select toolbar s functionality Table 5 7 Zoom toolbar overview Switch the display to pan mode use the cursor to move the display area around Switch the display to Zoom mode use the cursor to zoom into areas of interest B Zoom out Zoom out progressively until maximum viewing area is visible amp Z Zoom in progressively until maximum zoom highest level of DUM detail 1s reached Home Switch back to default zoom 500 and centre 5 3 2 Map Centre First set the map centre this will affect all other configuration items which all refer to the map centre There are two fields to configure the map centre position 1 e Longitude and Latitude The MRD3 accepts 2 WGS 84 coordinate formats with resolution of 1mdeg decimal degrees and degrees minutes and seconds values In order to minimize the distortion of radar map circles due to the projection method used take the map center as much as possible in the center of the complete map This becomes important when yo
44. coverage If the station has no coverage the cell is black not visible If a cell has single coverage the colour of the Sole Surv colour box is used for 2 radar coverage the 2 Surv colour box is used etc 21 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 84 5 3 16 Waypoints Item The waypoints item allows the user to show upper and lower waypoints The waypoint files are divided per country If your country is not listed in the file selection list please contact Intersoft Electronics By default there are 6 waypoint layers defined in the map editor this value may be edited in the waypoint ini file located in the lt c program files Intersoft Electronics rass rass r MRD3 map plugins directory Change the value for repeat under the section Object Config to the desired number of layers The figure below shows the map editor with a map of Belgium and all lower waypoint for Belgium and their label m Map Editor Items Airport AirRoutes Coastline DTED Screening Graticule NavAids Obstacles Open Air Runways SCF Waypoints y Waypoints 1 Wavpoints 2 Waypoints 3 Wavpoints 4 Waypoints 5 Item Configuration Waypoints File C Program Files Intersoft ElectronicsRASSYMaps Waypoints Upper Waypoints Waypoints Selection Waypoinys Attributes Range NM Color m Label Map Center Map Layer Label i JLongitude deg Waypoints 1 Latitude deg O apply
45. ction First enter an appropriate range in the Range field in the Filter Selection List section to show only those obstacles within a certain range from the map centre You may also wish to filter the list on a certain obstacle type do this by selecting the desired type in the Type filed in the Filter Selection List section Now select the obstacle of interest select a drawing colour and a label position The label shown is the height information above mean sea level from the obstacle INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 79 5 3 13 Open Air Item The Open Air item allows the user to select different airspaces to be displayed You may also depict custom polygons and labels in a variety of colours By default there are 3 open Air layers defined in the map editor this value may be edited in the OpenAir ini file located in the c program files intersoft electronics rass rass r MRD3 map plugins directory Change the value of repeat under the section Object Config to the desired number of layers The figure below shows the map editor with detail airspace of the Belgian coast m Map Editor Items Airport AirRoutes Coastline DTED Screening Graticule NavAids Obstacles Open Air NEUES CE L Open Air 2 Open Air 3 Runways SCF Waypoints Item Configuration Open Air Attributes File Path C Program Files Intersoft Electronics RASSIRASS Rj MRD Database Map
46. display the Selection Info actual data message belonging to a target AA I Opens a history window for analysis Opens a histogram window for analysis Opens a list of all current targets displayed for this data source To assign a data source to a display simply click on the Configuration dropdown menu and select the data source you want to display RADAR 1 ON ADSE RADAR 1 RADAR 4 RADAR 3 RADAR 2 OFF RADAR 2 ON RADAR 1 OFF RADAR 1 ON Figure 5 19 Assigning a digital data source ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 43 5 2 1 1 Display setup There are 2 ways to open the Display setup window e By clicking the Display setup button lll or e By clicking the 2 button for the layer of interest in the setup toolbar Digital 1 LAS_AMERICAS_CH1 v e The result 1s both the same Display Setup RADARTON MODE S File Operate General Focus General Symbol Focus Symbol Special G Filter 5 Filter Rings amp Spokes Visible Color Mode eR 5 300 00 150 d baren Digital Data Brightness Ol Rings 4 Spokes 50 1 Fina Spacing Sector Line 1 E Data Block 16 Bpokes Filter DOW Label data block Trailing 0 100 Aircraft ID abc Length Mode C Flight Level FL 10 sigs oes Boo Wel nme Figure 5 20 Display setup window The digital Data Setup window has a menu bar which allows the user to save and load digital data source configurations
47. e Ir E Moons Department INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 4 DOCUMENT CHANGE RECORD The following table records the complete history of the successive editions of the present document SECTIONS REASON FOR CHANGE PAGES EDITION DATE AFFECTED m 30 04 08 Updated to MRD3 version 3 6 1 No No No N N l l l l l l i ON LA N N Eh A A NO Un All All 11 11 11 11 01 09 08 Updated to MRD3 version 3 7 0 A several print screens updated Multiple RBL section 4 3 1 and 5 1 3 Map layers window section 4 3 8 User interface added to change zoom buttons section 4 3 9 DHM Discover function added Data Sources Options 5 1 2 G and S filter tab section 5 2 3 1 1 2 ICAO runway ID used section 5 3 14 MRD3 is available in 2 versions depending on license key MRD3 with 6 layers and MRD3 Lite with 1 layer Recording Playback described section 5 4 Updated to MRD3 version 3 7 1 All City Map Plugin section 5 3 7 Date and Time feature section 4 3 4 Target List section 5 2 1 5 3D Height Label section 5 2 1 1 Long Lat is format independent Updated to MRD3 version 3 7 2 All Paragraph 4 3 1 RBL locking only works on targets with a track number rotation of labels of RBL and selected target can be changed by the scroll wheel of the mouse target with SPI bit and RA field Paragraph 4 3 10 MRD3 About window licens
48. ed as target data weather data or status messages 2 2 MRD3 General Overview The MRD3 must be run on a standard Windows XP PC with a decent graphics card see system requirements for detail The MRD3 can display different types of data 1 e Digital data plot or track Video Vector data mostly used for weather and Status information The MRD3 can display multiple data types of the same or different kind for example 4 radar data streams with digital data and 2 weather outputs Each of these data types 1s fully configurable to the user s demand 2 3 Network operation The MRD3 uses several TCP and UDP ports for different purposes it 1s important that these ports are free for use on the target system Table 2 1 shows an overview of the ports used by the MRD3 Table 2 1 MRD3 network ports Used by 5770 RASS R applications Inter application communication with other RASS R applications 5773 Administrator commands API for 3rd party programs Es INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 15 The RASS R toolbox is installed on your pc and has a shortcut on the desktop It can also be accessed using the Windows Start menu The toolbox 1s displayed in the figure below The current version of the RASS R toolbox is displayed in the right upper corner The MRD3 is part of this RASS R toolbox and can be opened using the appropriate icon ES Current Configuration DEMO CAMPAIGN RASS R Dios
49. es added Paragraph 5 2 1 1 1 updated with more information about labels 28 JUN 11 Logo updated All 19 11 09 m e 04 11 10 m 33 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 16 MAY 12 10 SEP 12 24 MAY 13 User Manual Updated to MRD3 version 3 8 0 Typing errors corrected on several pages Figure 3 1 updated XMLRPC connection information added Figure 5 24 updated with extra explanation on page 45 rephrasing of data integrity on page 46 56 59 62 Figure 5 59 updated and consistent explanation ISA removed from the explanation on the DTED Screening 5 3 9 solution of problem with ADS B targets updated in section 6 Edited by BSA JDV Updated to MRD3 version 3 11 0 Included custom plug ins under extra menu M5 data labels Updated to MRD3 version 3 13 0 QNH correction explanation changed and disable function added in paragraph 4 3 7 Paragraph 4 3 9 grid button explanation updated and maximum characters of zoom button name Information about logo added in paragraph 5 1 3 Center point of digital layer locked to CAT034 120 3D Position of Source Data in paragraph 5 2 1 1 3 Clipping of sector line and video explained in paragraph 5 2 2 1 1 and 5 2 3 Extra information about map center in paragraph 5 3 2 Q amp A added in chapter 6 how to avoid wrong double coastlines in the MRD3 map editor and what to do in case of a LabVIEW error when switching configuration in the MRD3 14 35 45
50. esired number of layers The figure below shows the map editor zoomed in on the military field of Beauvechain Belgium 2 runways are depicted and the main runway has a runway centreline This 1s established by defining runway layer runways 2 to show only the main runway with runway centreline and defining runway layer runways 1 to show both runways without a centreline This allows the user to easily switch the extended runway centreline on off in the MRD3 main window Map Editor Items Airport Y Airport 1 Airport 2 Airport 3 AirRoutes Coastline DTED Screening Y Graticule Y NavAids Obstades Open Air Runways X Runways 2 SCF Waypoints Item Configuration Runway Selection EBBX 24 6 EBKT 25 7 EBUL 25 7 EBZR 23 5 EBWE 25 7 EBSL 24 6 EBLG 23L 05R EBLG 23R 05L d EBBE 22L 04R Y EBBE 22R 04L EBOS 26 8 EBOS 32 14 EBCV 26 8 EBFN 29 11 Runway Attributes s MM Border Jr EI 20 C Line Filter Selection List Range NM Map Center Map Layer Label 4 616653 Longitude deg Runways 1 50 873864 Latitude deg O Apply Figure 5 71 Map Editor Runways First enter an appropriate range in the Range field in the Filter Selection List section to show the runways in a range from the map centre Then select the runways from the Runway Selection section and define the colour for the runway borders and fill You may select to draw runway centrelines by selecting a colour other than
51. for repeat under the section Object Config to the desired number of layers The figure below shows the map editor with a map of Belgium and all upper air routes for Belgium and their label m Map Editor Items Airport AirRoutes 07 4 AirRoutes 1 AirRoutes 2 AirRoutes 3 AirRoutes 4 AirRoutes 5 AirRoutes 6 Coastline Y Coastline 1 Y Coastline 2 DTED Screening Y Graticule NavAids Obstacles Open Air Item Configuration AirRoutes File C Program Files Intersoft Electronics RASS Maps AirRoutes Upper Airroutes AirRoutes Selection Y UL179 10 Y UL608 250 Y UL608 260 Y UL608 270 Y UL608 280 Y UL608 290 Y UL608 300 Y UL608 310 Y UL607 80 Y UM617 40 Y UZ210 110 AirRoutes Attributes Range NM E Color m Label Map Center Map Layer Label e JLongitude deg ArRoutes_1 Statue deg O too Figure 5 61 Map Editor airroutes To select a specific air route file click on the browse button in the AirRoute File section a standard file dialog box will appear Navigate to the c program files intersoft electronics rass maps airroutes gt directory and select the file you would like to use The files are organized per country in upper and lower air routes After you have selected an air route file you can select the air routes that you would like to display First enter a range calculated from the map centre in the Air routes Attributes
52. ggle to Full Screen mode The following actions can be performed on the display Pan When in pan mode the mouse cursor shows a Hand amp icon Click and drag the screen content to re centre the display Panning the window may also be done by using the cursor keys up down left right regardless of which mode the display is in Select When in select mode the mouse cursor shows a Crosshair icon Click individual targets or click and drag the mouse to select a rectangle of targets Selected targets will colour white Once selected using the scroll wheel of the mouse can change the rotation of the target labels Targets that have the Special Purpose Indicator SPR bit 1001 020 or I048 020 or the Resolution Advisory RA field 1048 260 on colour red and start blinking Figure 4 7 Multiple target selection RBL Range Bearing Line When you are in RBL mode you can draw a RBL line In the Appearances option paragraph 5 1 3 you can enable 1 till 5 different RBL lines with each an appropriate colour Before you start drawing the RBL line first pick out the number of line you want to draw by clicking the bottom arrow in the RBL icon Ej The next dropdown list appears Using the left mouse button you can change the start position of the RBL Using the left mouse button while pressing the Shift key you can determine the end position of the RBL The end position can be chosen anywhere in the display area
53. gl MRD 3 v3 12 0 SMS DEMO 002 File Configuration Rec Window View Extra Help IO ala 2 Digital 1 RAD1 Edition 14 Edition Date 10 JUN 13 Status Released Issue DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SHEET DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Document Title Multi Radar Display 3 Document Reference Number EDITION 14 EDITION DATE 10 JUN 13 Abstract The MRD3 is a Multi Radar Display a technical radar display that can overlay multiple radar outputs on a single display The MRD3 is to be used as a dedicated local display to enable maintenance and commissioning engineers to assess the operational performance and serviceability of ATC Radar systems The mode operation of the MRD3 is explained in this document Keywords MRD3 Display RASS R CONTACT PERSON BERT SAUVILLER TEL 32 14 231811 I DOCUMENT STATUS AND TYPE STATUS CATEGORY Working Draft O Executive Task Draft Specialist Task Proposed Issue Lower Layer Task Released Issue DN ELECTRONIC BACKUP HOST SYSTEM P Media Identifications ay INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 3 DOCUMENT APPROVAL The following table identifies all authorities that have successively approved the present issue of this document AUTHORITY NAME AND SIGNATURE DATE Johan Vansant Bert Sauviller 27 04 07 Editor Glenn Bosmans 10 06 13 Bert Sauviller 31 05 13 Jeroen Janssens 10 09 12 Director ATC Ing M Vanuytven Oo Director Softwar
54. he configuration under the currently loaded configuration name gt As Custom Ctrl S Opens a dialog which allows you to choose a configuration name for saving Load Configuration Opens a dialog which allows you to choose a configuration for loading Rec Main menu to access recorder related functions Recorder Opens the recorder dialog Playback Opens the playback dialog Window To access all open window gt TargetInfo Ctrl Shift I Prompts the target info table 4 ShortCutBar Ctrl Shift B Prompts the shortcut bar on the display 4MapLayers Ctrl Shift L Prompts the Map layers shortcut bar on the display Date amp Time Ctrl Shift D Prompts the Date amp Time bar on the display MRD3 vx x x If this window is hidden click this to let it popup Main Toolbar If this window is hidden click this to let it popup gt Setup If this window is hidden click this to let it popup L Zoom Select If this window is hidden click this to let it popup Note every time a window is opened e g Target Info or Micro table this list will be filled up with these windows Main view menu to access viewing options Will resize the main window to occupy the full screen how the data in PPI mode currently disabled how the data in vertical mode not yet implemented ubmenu to access visibility options Toggle the visibility of the toolbar Toggle the visibility of the menu bar Toggle the visibility of the status bar Toggle the visibility of the background map Displa
55. ial Filter 5 Filter Sector timing Location Sector messages 41 36 59 951 Longitude O ones 50 52 25 910 Latitude Lard s Rev time Elevation m n smoothing Label ara JFontname Data Integrity North Alignment z Font size Timeout s o North deg o Rotation CO Slave to Sector 0 O Slave bo SSR Targets Figure 5 25 Digital data source special items The special tab contains the following items e Sector timing determines the display s update rate Either the display is updated via sector messages received in the radar data stream or internally generated then the radar rotation is simulated and dummy sector messages are generated which cause the display to refresh its screen and draw the targets There are 2 more options slave to which are currently under development and not yet functional e Location specifies the geographic coordinates of the radar centre WGS 84 and 1mdeg resolution When coordinates are typed as decimal degrees they will automatically be converted into degrees minutes and seconds e Lock when Lock is checked and on the condition that the ASTERIX CAT034 120 3D Position of Source Data 1s available the digital layer center point can be locked to the coordinates provided in CAT034 120 e Label allows the user to change the look and rotation of the target labels for example Arial Helvetica The rotation of a label can be individually changed by selecting a target and
56. ignments will then also be put in the setup and analysis window Look at the example below During the recording there were 6 digital layers enabled but only video en vector layer Assign RADAR3 to Digital layer 5 and RADAR4 to Digital layer 6 Figure 5 79 Configuration of the replay Layer 5 and 6 will respectively display RADAR3 and RADAR 4 while layer 4 is left empty as in the dialog above Figure 5 80 Replayed layers To go back to LIVE mode simply click the upper leftmost button again m c INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 87 6 Troubleshooting Q amp A Problem I cannot see my digital targets on the display Solution Is the map centre setup correctly See 5 3 Map Editor Does the data source setup have the correct coordinates See 5 2 1 1 3 Special tab Make sure the data is sent to the MRD3 using a proper DHM configuration You can always use a sniffer to verify e g Wireshark download free on http www wireshark org Problem The MRD 1in1 file is messed up after changing something Solution You can repair the MRD ini file using the repair option of the MRD3 installer i Intersoft Electronics RASS R DHM Setup Modify Repair or Remove installation Select the operation you wish to perform Modify Allows users to change the way features are installed Repair Repairs errors in the most recent installation state fixes missing or corrupt files
57. install of the MRD3 deletes the MRD ini file and the default ini file in the folder C Program Files Intersoft Electronics RASS RASS R MRD UserPrefs Your own UserPrefs files remain in this folder Question I created a map using the Map Editor but I still see contours of Central Europe and Belgium on the MRD3 Answer As work around load the default coordinates in the MRD3 Map Editor again For example 4 degrees longitude and 52 degrees latitude Now disable all maps selected under item Coastline 1 amd Coastline 2 Press Apply Then reload the center point of the map again to the desired coordinates Configure the proper coastlines again and press Aplly After leaving the Map Editor the map should be compiled with the proper contours now Problem Loading another configuration in the MRD3 results in a LabVIEW error Answer This 1s a known issue Use the following work around e Goto Options gt General e Inthe General tab select the configuration you want to load as Default Configuration and press Apply e Close the dialog and shut down the MRD3 e Restart the MRD3 It will now restart with the desired configuration INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 89 APPENDIX SHORTCUTS Shortcut Save configuration oS Mi os Note The left and right keys are different when the compass grid is enabled using F6 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 A ACP ARP B Buffer D D6
58. ions dialog EE 32 Fiore 3 A Conleure ISLA LAS Sa A A A DILE MESI er 33 Figure 5 6 Options dialog Data E as 34 Figur 3 7 Selecting t Add a digital data SOUL CO ier is 34 EE EE 35 Piare E E 35 Figure 35 10 Available digital data source EE 36 Ficure c r Underscores instead Of PUCES tada 36 V run SUPE EE 37 Figure 5 13 Options dialog with 3 digital sources configured oooooononnnnnnnnononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnninininos 37 Figure 5 14 Options dialog Appearances sechion rrr nnn n enne eese sss nnns nnns 38 A A o E 39 Figure 5 16 Selecting the Setup and Analysis menu oooooononnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnininininess 41 iure EE EE PIoUPE 3 19 EE EE Figure 35 19 Assigning d digital EE EE EE EE AOE S A A POE DIES EE Fiia c C General TaD eee E E E EE MM IMMEMEUEIMNUE MEUM tet ee aa EE ARO 3 24 Diela daia SURCOS EEN Figure 5 25 Digital data source special items 33 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 9 Erureo 0 Data source UMEO aisi tp ean mM ER MEE p iita RUM EE E MM MEE UR P AER DEUS MER EMITE 47 IU uM AGT TaD ICE AP O 46 PO 3 28 Ger AS 48 Foure 3 29 SP Ir laD A a 49 Fioure 3 30 E 49 Figure 5 31 S filter condition and result 50 Figure 5 32 S filter condition and result Lidia 50 Figure 5 33 Select a target to Display IO uc dd ata Cla d boda Che das acu bep eda 51 Figure 5 34 Example of ADS B data ASTERIX Col2i
59. ith another name the following window will prompt E Save Configuration as default ini Figure 5 2 Save configuration as To load a configuration click the Load configuration option The following window will prompt Load Configuration Cancel Figure 5 3 Load configuration INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 32 5 1 1 General options Y To enter the general section of the Options dialog press the General button on the top left side of the dialog window Options General Default Configuration Configured Displays RASS R DEMO MRD3 ini Data Sources Recording Path C Program Files Intersoft Electronics RASS Appearances RASS R MRD Database RASS RMRD Database 15 min wv Period Last 30 days v Archive Figure 5 4 Options dialog General section In the General section the following items are available for configuration Default Configuration This is the configuration that is loaded at start up a list is shown with all available configurations You may select a configuration simply by clicking the desired configuration s name in the selection list The configuration files are located in C Program Files Intersoft Electronics RASS RASS R MRD UserPrefs INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 33 e Configured Displays The MRD3 is a multi radar display This means it can display diffe
60. le 1 1 supported data types Data type Available Layers Digital Plot Track C Video Vector Weather SS Status Radar service Messages 1 1 Benefits and possibilities of the system e Verify and validate quickly compare a radar data source against other data sources Examine detailed target reports for the same target from different radars e Interface via DHM allows for expansion to user specific data types MRD3 and DHM can be run on separate computers allowing the display system to run remote from the actual radar data source Represent the same data simultaneously with different display and or filter settings Scalable main window allows best representation on any available monitor Client specific demands are easily integrated Even digitized video data can be sent over LAN ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 14 2 General overview 2 1 MRD3 as part of RASS R The MRD3 software has to be run in combination with the DHM for live capturing or replaying of DHM recorded data Figure 2 1 is a schematic representation of a generic MRD3 setup The MRD3 software is either run on the same computer as the DHM or the MRD3 is connected to the DHM one or more via LAN Data Handling Server s conversion correction modification Figure 2 1 MRD3 as part of the RASS R structure The data that 1s converted corrected modified by the Data Handler Module is redirected to the MRD3 application where it 1s display
61. much percent beginning from the centre of the display area the compass will cover Min value is 50 e Grid Lines here one can set the number of grid lines that will be shown when F6 is pressed e Offset Degrees determines the zero degree position of the compass An offset of 10 means that the compass Odeg point is at 10 deg Information window those settings apply on the different information windows that can be put on top of the PPI You can choose the following settings Background colour Text colour Grid colour Opacity this determines the general level of opacity By setting this to for example 100 you can easily lay the Target Info Table or Micro Table over the current radar display The maximum value is 254 For every information window on the PPI screen you can also change the opacity by pressing the keys INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 39 S 400966 ID EHMA9 28 TEN cso a 00 00 ANH Sg z 0 00 deg ele Figure 5 15 Opacity of 150 On screen messages to be applied on the text messages that appear on the screen for example Radar Data Source time out Digital 5 e Text Colour e X position e Y position Screen When Toggle Full Screen is pressed you can choose whether to expand the display to the full resolution of the screen or just to expand it to a predefined full screen resolution This 1s to fit easily all different kind of monitors
62. ng the keys Page up Page down Home regardless of which mode the display 1s in may also zoom the display INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 24 4 3 2 Compass view The compass view can be opened in the following way Extra Help Full Screen Ctrl Shift F j BV_Aircat_Replay J PPI Vertical y ToolBar Ctrl Shift T Toolbars b Menu Ctrl Shift M Status Ctrl Shift S Y Map Figure 4 9 Select compass view The compass view puts a compass layer on the screen It can be helpful for when determining the correct heading of a target The middle line of the grid also displays two bearings where the grid 1s pointing When you press F6 the compass grids are enabled By pressing the left or right key you can turn the grid in order to project the targets on the compass degrees Compass Grid Figure 4 10 Compass view INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 25 4 3 3 Target info window To display the Target Info click Window in the Menu then select Target Info or just press Ctrl Shift I or press the appropriate icon in the toolbar E View Extra Help TargetInfo CEri4 ShifE4 I ShortCutBar Ckri ShifE E MapLavers CEri 5hiFE4 L DateTime Ckri 5hifE D BiFi Date and Time Display History RADAR ON e MRD 3 v3 7 1 R455 A DEMO MRD3 Figure 4 11 Select Target Info The Target Info window will appear Now you can select a target in
63. o the available displays and to configure the specific data sources parameters The Setup and Analysis window also provides analysis windows to inspect the data from the specific data sources To open the Setup and Analysis window select Setup and Analysis from the Configuration menu or press the Setup and Analysis 9 button from the application toolbar Mara Window W Setup and Analysis Coastline Map Editor The Setup and Analysis window has 4 tabs each representing a display type 1 e Digital Vector Video and Status When no layers are configured the following window will appear Figure 5 17 Setup and analysis window INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 42 5 2 1 Setup and analysis digital The digital section of the window allows the user to assign digital data sources to the available digital displays The number of available digital displays 1s configured in the options window Maximum 6 RADAR 1 ON Figure 5 18 Setup and Analysis digital Table 5 1 shows an overview of the digital display options Table 5 1 Digital display options The digital display is On visible checked or Off invisible unchecked Select between the Focus settings and normal settings RADAR 1_0N Select the data source to display or select none Open the configuration window for the current data Display setup source D l Open a selection information window to
64. ons next to the Flight Levels in the same section to draw the line of sight for this specific Flight Level Select a custom colour if necessary aa INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 74 Remark the following When you want to select a screening file it is necessary to select the directory that contains both hrscr and par files instead of selecting an individual file The reason is that the MRD3 Coastline Map Editor needs to read the par file to know the correct position of the screening file Second remark is that this directory should have the same name as the files in it Please select an Open Air file Look in e Intersoft Electronics 4 4 E Intersoft Electronics par E Intersoft Electronics rlf My Recent Documents My Documents KE File name c Files of type Al Files e EN Figure 5 66 Folder selection DTED INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 75 5 3 10 Graticule Item The graticule item allows the user to draw a longitude and latitude grid on the current map The figure below shows the map editor with a map of central Europe and a graticule grid with a range of 250NM from the map centre m Map Editor Airport AirRoutes Coastline DTED Screening NavAids Obstacles Open Air Runways SCF Waypoints Item Configuration Graticule Attributes Range NM C Color Map Center Map Layer
65. orts scan in a combined window then the next graph will be displayed as soon as the MRD3 displays targets Display History Digital 1 20 Y History Length Target Reports scan History 60 Select Histogram Type History window X scan number Histogram window Figure 5 37 Display History Target Reports Scan The following number of bars in the History Window corresponds to the bars in the Histogram Window Table 5 3 History Histogram explanation History Window Histogram Window 15 scan 20 targets Around 20 targets were measured a first time 16 scan 50 targets Around 50 targets were measured a first time 17 scan 55 targets Around 55 targets were measured a first time 18 scan 20 targets Around 20 targets were measured a second time 19 scan 41 targets Around 41 targets were measured a first time INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 53 5 2 1 4 Histogram info Open the Display History window by clicking the IM button The following parameters can be set e Data Source different data sources are possible e Bin size number of bars on the X axis in which the information 1s divided between 5 100 e History Length number of scans e Scale o Absolute measured against the Y axis scale in number of scans o Relative measured against the Y axis scale in percentage of scans see further for example o Cumulative ne
66. pe in the SSR code the Call Sign and the appropriate Track number TRN of the target Of course the Target Info window can help you to obtain those values Once this is filled in it automatically gets an appropriate status in the St column Status This status is updated automatically at each scan aay INTERSOFT qM ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 27 Different status values are possible A Active when the target is still in the range of the Radar L Lost when the target is out of range or when the target is missing M Multiple when there are multiple targets having the same SSR code Empty field when you made an entry in the table with an unknown SSR code then the status will be empty When the target appears at a next scan it will get the status Active Suppose it disappears again it will get the status Lost and not empty anymore As you can see in the picture below the table has 16 rows By setting the correct opacity see further you can simply drag it and put it on top of your radar display Call sign assigned to SSR code Figure 4 18 Micro Table 4 3 7 QNH correction To display the QNH window click Extra in the Menu then select QNH or just press Ctrl F8 Filter Ctrl Fo iugis G Figure 4 19 Select QNH Atmospheric Pressure Q at Nautical Height correction can be set in the QNH window The corrected height of a target will be displayed with a
67. perate General Focus General Symbol Focus Symbol Special G Filter 5 4 on monoonoo History System 2400000084000 Rm Name symbol 5 Color D Color BEBE O e PSR Only m E SSR Onlly El Mode 5 Only All Call EI Mode 5 Only Roll Call EI Combined PSR SSR o fl Figure 5 24 Digital data source symbols A complete list of targets can be found below PSR Only SSR Only Mode S Only All Call Mode S Only Roll Call Combined PSR SSR Combined PSR Mode S AII Call Combined PSR Mode S Roll Call PSR Only Test Target SSR Only Test Target Mode S Only All Call Test Target Mode S Only Roll Call Test Target Combined PSR SSR Test Target Combined PSR Mode S All Call Test Target Combined PSR Mode S Roll Call Test Target SSR Only SPI Mode S Only All Call SPI Mode S Only Roll Call SPI Combined PSR SSR SPI Combined PSR Mode S All Call SPI Combined PSR Mode S Roll Call SPI SSR Only Emergency Mode S Only All Call Emergency Mode S Only Roll Call Emergency Combined PSR SSR Emergency Combined PSR Mode S All Call Emergency Combined PSR Mode S Roll Call Emergency Coasts PSR Only Reflection SSR Only Reflection Sa INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 47 Whether the settings from Symbol Focus or Symbol are applied only depends on the Focus checkbox 2 1 1 3 Special tab Display Setup RADAR_1_ON File Operate General Focus General Symbol Focus Symbol Spec
68. re 3 00 Folder Seleettond RE 74 IO TUI 307 Map Lair ECIAM 75 F rE OS MADE OLOR IN AVIS 76 iure 09 MODUS HOP ODSTOT OG iaa neces acess G Fires 0 Map E E D LOM rascisti E talc saa bei unes dest E EAE EIERE 79 E EE SU A RIA I1 MT 19 e C Em 82 Figure 3 73 Map Editor E E 83 Pair 14 Map Editor WayDOUS ic 4 P EE 5 D Iu REP IMEEM 85 PPC EPI d Ue ceat A 85 Pound ss5 Seco DFOBOP Ee 6 HIRO 95 Concur on EE 86 POUT DO E E AAA EEN OE E E A 86 LOWE CL PP Ine e MEI iio 87 5 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 10 Table 1 1 Table 2 1 Table 3 1 Table 4 1 Table 4 2 Table 4 3 Table 5 1 Table 5 2 Table 5 3 Table 5 4 Table 5 5 Table 5 6 Table 5 7 Table 5 8 Table 5 9 TABLE OF TABLES SIDO CE CAI IIS ee 13 IVETE YS MODOS DOS a a ea Ga sade Sass Rac ka gc eh Mae orita reis cti 14 D AE qn AAA o En E A E E 15 MDT IS 18 q LO ELOTE O A A 19 Zoomi SCICCL EE 20 Dorad EE 42 Digital data source configuration OVerVfew erene eere ee nees eseseseerenesnesnnrnnresesesesneen 43 PUESTO OSCURO TRITT E 32 EE 55 PILES ODIO ties MMC UEM a Tp dS 58 USAS PLN OP OMS A did 61 SE EE 65 MODO LIS EE 66 Obstacles de miton e SAUCE ito 78 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 11 CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL The following conventions are used in this manual Note This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a note
69. rent data sources from different data types There are 4 different data types O O O O Digital stands for Target data Track data or Plot data Video is digitized video data from radar Vector is used for all kinds of vector drawing this is mainly used for displaying weather data Status is used for radar service messages These messages are displayed in a separate window To each data type Digital Video Vector Status you can assign a number of layers Though the MRD3 can only display 6 data sources per data type simultaneously In the example below 6 digital layers are created for the data source Digital 5 layers for a Video type and 2 layers for Vector type Configured Displays Display Type Number Digital Video 5 Vector q Status 0 Figure 5 5 Configure display layers It is recommended not to create more layers than necessary because of memory and performance considerations e Recordings Path This is a directory path where the MRD3 s recordings are saved You may choose a different location for your convenience Select an appropriate file length in period and the time that the files must be archived INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 34 5 1 2 Data Sources options To enter the data sources section of the Options dialog press the Data Sources button on the left side of the dialog window m Options Configured Sources Display Set Up Name Dat
70. rotate it using the scroll wheel of your mouse e North Alignment changes the north alignment of the targets This is only possible for X Y data and not for longitude latitude data for example MODE S or ADS B Resolution is 1mdeg e Data Integrity s specifies a timeout in seconds Upon expiration a service message 1s displayed 1f no data was received for a particular digital source ect FOISIGIORESEIE Figure 5 26 Data source timeout ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 48 5 2 1 1 4 G Filter tab fad Display Setup RADAR10N_MODE 5 File Operate A General Focus General Symbol Focus Symbol Special G Filter 5 Filter Mode A Code Filter Action OFF Hag Skip Figure 5 27 G Filter tab The G filter or General filter can be used to filter on the D6 data fields It is only possible of course to filter on an item that is available in the D6 data When you click the pencil button E the filter editor opens Filter Editor Mode A Code Mode 1 Code Mode 2 Code Flight Level FL Altitude ft Azimuth deg inge Nm Wale pO Figure 5 28 G Filter editor The filter editor is self explanatory select a type to filter on a proper condition and a logical relation between types Finally after pressing OK you will see the result appearing in the filter pane INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 49 Different filter actions can be chosen
71. s Open Air Runways p SCF Y SCF_1 Item Configuration File Path D YCAMPAIGN S6 Gener all Gar a T e oy a DATAYMAPsYIPOEMS 200 newl EL NT H Bi d SCF Map Attributes ks Ke Orly Her Type ne RARA IH HH gt n Surveillance Pt TT SHE ap HEN Map State Sysmap 7 wA Cluster Main V 1 Sub V 1 Sysmap007 Main V 1 Sub V 1 Altitude 35000 ft Map Center r Map Layer Label Lomgitude deg Jar K JLatitude deg 3X cancel apply o Figure 5 72 Map Editor SCF First select a SCF map directory by clicking on the Browse button in the SCF Map Attributes section The SCF maps must be on in a directory accessible by the computer running the MRD3 They are NOT automatically retrieved from the radar The SCF Map file type is described in detail in the POEMS ICD for SCF maps the SCF map directory must contain the original cluster dat and sysmatpxxx dat files The version and subversion of the sysmapxxx dat file are displayed after selection Ks n INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 83 5 3 15 1 SCF Map Type The SCF map can be one of the four predefined SCF map types Surveillance Maps Data Link Maps Lockout Maps or Intermittent Lockout Maps Select the map type by clicking the Type drop down box 5 3 15 2 SCF Map altitude and type SCF maps can be different for every altitude
72. s Or if you want to have two layers one with height labels and one without this way you can easily switch height labels on and of in the MRD3 main window The figure below shows the map editor with a map of Belgium and some fictional obstacles Map Editor AirRoutes Coastline Y Coastline 1 Y Coastline 2 DTED Screening Y Graticule NavAids i Open Air Runways SCF Waypoints Item Configuration Obstades Selection Y test 1 1096 test 2a 948 Y test2b 648 Y test 3 293 Label Attributes E Color 45 Position Filter Selection List Range NM Al v Type Map Center Map Layer Label JLongitude deg Figure 5 69 Map Editor Obstacles aa INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 78 The obstacles definition file OBSTACLES TXT is located in the c program files intersoft electronics rass maps arpts rwys gt directory This 1s a tab delimited file with the following structure Table 5 9 Obstacles definition file structure Altitude msl TYPE WGS DLAT WGS DLONG NAME 1096 50 45 9488 A 2 4 503 45 testa 648 1 2 EEN 2933 3 506 X nm ei For each obstacle enter an altitude in feet above mean sea level the type 1 pylon 2 windmill and 3 chimney followed by the latitude and longitude in decimal degrees and finally a name for the obstacle The obstacles be selected in the Obstacles Selection se
73. s To display the MRD3 About window click Help in the Menu then select MRD About A dialog as in Figure 4 28 will open The MRD3 can be licensed in 2 ways e MRD3 Lite only 1 digital 1 video 1 vector and 1 status layer can be displayed As soon as a second layer is created See 5 1 1 a message as in Figure 4 29 will be displayed e MRD3 the full 6 layers can be used for each data type digital video vector status Figure 4 28 MRD3 v3 7 2 registered to name radar and customer Intersoft Electronics Figure 4 29 Software not registered message INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 31 5 MRD3 Configuration 5 1 Options To configure the MRD3 software select Options from the Configuration menu or press the Options I button from the application toolbar Rec Window View Extra Help Options Setup and Analysis Digital Coastline Map Editor Save Configuration p As Current Load Configuration As Custom Ctrl4 5 Figure 5 1 Select the options menu The options dialog appears It has 3 sections General Data Sources and Appearances All settings made can be saved in a configuration file There are 2 possibilities to save e Save Configuration as current to save as the current active configuration file e Save Configuration as custom Ctrl S to save as another configuration file When you save the configuration w
74. s OpendirIE_Belgium txt I 7 6 Mimic O o CE MF Mc Bi Alert ME Danger OE moa v Prohibited v Restricted Bl Temporary CIN Warning Bi Other Map Center Map Layer Label JLongitude deg Open Air 1 Ei Juatitude deg O sony Figure 5 70 Map Editor Open Air Item Open Air is a terrain and airspace description language the user can add or modify the data themselves therefore having full control over what is being displayed A description can be found on the Internet http www winpilot com UsersGuide UserAtrspace asp First you have to choose the appropriate file path and select the correct Open Air map browse to the directory c program files intersoft electronics rass maps openair gt and select the desired file for example IE Belgium txt Select the airspaces to be displayed and their colour Take care that the colours selected here are not overridden by the SB set brush definition in the airspace definition file aa INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 80 5 3 14 Runways Item The Runways item allows the user to show runway drawings and runway centrelines on the map By default there are 2 runway layers defined in the map editor this value may be edited in the runway ini file located in the lt c program files Intersoft Electronics rass rass r MRD3 map plugins directory Change the value for repeat under the section Object Config to the d
75. s source to a display simply click on the Configuration dropdown menu and select the data source you want to display bg eg Li I Li Digital AF vector 4 Video Af Status On Focus lt none gt Selen Figure 5 53 Assigning a status data source ay INTERSOFT TS ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 62 Status data will be visible in the MRD3 in the following window ff Status Display BERTEM STATUS OUTPUT Time amp Date 11 00 32 905 25 01 08 Cat034 Length 0020 010 Data Source Identifier SAC 0x006 SIC 003 000 Message Type Type 2 Sector crossing message 030 Time of Day Time 12 00 32 5312 020 Sector Number Nb 072 9 050 System Configuration and Status Primary Subfield COM O O PSRISSRIMDS O FX 1121010013101 310 01 COM Subfield NOGO RDPC RDPR OVL RDP OVL XMT MSC TSV O 19121901091091091 091 01 PSR subfield ANT CH A B OVL MSC 0 0 O 1912210901091 91 0910 Mode S subfield ANT CH A B OVL SUR MS i185 1 10 8 0 2 JOVL DLF 0 0 O 191919109101 060 System Processing Mod Primary Subfield COM O O PSR SSR MDS WEE COM Subfield O RED RDP RED XMT O 101000100010 PSR subfield I POL RED RAD STC O O 1010900 100 OF O Mode 5 subfield RED RAD CLU O 10001010 o O Figure 5 54 Status data Different status messages for example from an ASTERIX CATO002 or 034 data stream will be displayed in a text window
76. section and then select deselect the air routes of interest in the Air routes Selection section INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 70 5 3 7 Cities The Cities item allows the user to show city centres on the display By default there are 3 city layers defined in the map editor This value may be edited in the Cities in1 file located in the c Program Files Intersoft Electronics RASS RASS R MRD Map PlugIns gt directory Change the value for repeat under the section Object Config to the desired number of layers Figure Figure 5 62 shows the map editor with all cities in a range of 250NM around the map centre displayed in red Map Editor Items Airport AirRoutes Cities i Pf Cities 1 Cities 2 Cities 3 A Coastline DTED Screening Y Graticule NavAids Obstacles Open Air Runways SCF Waypoints Item Configuration Cities Selection Y Amsterdam Label Attributes M Color ON Label Filter Selection List 250 Range NM All v Type Map Center Map Layer Label 5 002129 Longitude deg Cities 1 50 543455 Latitude deg Figure 5 62 Map Editor Cities First enter the desired range and type of cities to select from The Cities Selection list 1s loaded based on these settings By default all cities within range will be selected Deselect the cities that you don t want to display by double clicking them Finally choose a color and whether you want to show
77. select the data source you want to display ng Figure 5 48 Assigning a video data source Video ts automatically clipped i e not displayed anymore after a certain zooming factor ay INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 59 5 2 3 1 Display setup The display setup window for video data 1s similar to digital data 5 2 3 1 General tab Most of the settings are similar to the tabs discussed for the Digital Data Source Only the differences are described in this section e Fading means how many percent of the previous drawn line must fade out when a new line will be drawn A low percentage will have a kind of eraser effect on the screen A high value will have a kind of after glowing effect e Range NM define the range of video data to be displayed e Colour o Brightness defines the brightness of the video data o Interpolate must be turned on o Colour setting upper actual video data o Colour setting lower reference colour Display Setup PSR video File Operate Era General background Special Obscure Rings amp 5pokes Color 60 Range NM Brightness 55 ES Ed 50 C S N G Visible Video Data Rings amp Spokes Sector Line Video Interpolate SFading ES 60 sg Je Range MM Figure 5 49 Configuring a Video Data Source Whether the settings from General Focus or General are applied only depends on the Focus checkbox INTERSOFT
78. ster Except Cea Jo Figure 5 30 S Filter editor INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 50 The filter editor 1s self explanatory select a type to filter on a proper condition and a logical relation between types Finally after pressing OK you will see the result appearing in the filter pane Some useful examples in the MRD3 Display only targets with an Azimuth gt 180 MRD 3 v3 7 0 RASS R DEMO MRD3 File Configuration Rec Window View Extra Help Display Setup RADAR1ON MODE S File Operate General Focus General Symbol Focus Symbol Special G Fiter s riter 040 THETA deal gt 180 000000 Filter Action Filter Type O OFF 5 Flag Skip AsterixCat048Convert Figure 5 31 S filter condition and result 1 Search for Aircraft ID that contains EXS m MRD 3 v3 7 0 RASS R DEMO MRD3 File Configuration Rec Window View Extra Help Digital 1 ADSB m Display Setup RADAR1ON MODE S File Operate General Focus General Symbol Focus Symbol Special G Filter S Filter 240 Aircraft Identification Filter Action Filter Type O OFF Flag Skip AsterixCat048Convert Figure 5 32 S filter condition and result 2 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 5 2 1 2 Selection Info 51 Suppose we use the selection tool to select the following ADS B target 461F6C gogog 37000 ft 0 00 H
79. the duration of the recording When opening the Playback window by clicking see paragraph 4 1 and 4 2 for different options to open the following dialogs appears depending whether you are in Live mode or in Replay mode Figure 5 76 LIVE mode Figure 5 77 REPLAY mode When you switch from LIVE mode to REPLAY mode by clicking the upper leftmost button Ez you first have to select a path to the correct db3 file for replay When clicking El using a standard Windows dialog you can browse to the correct path INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 86 Please select a MRD recording for playback Look in 080902 ES E MRDRec080902_1155 db3 MRDRec080902_1329 db3 My Recent Documents My Documents My Computer File name IMRDRec080902_1329 db3 AC Fllesoftype Custom Pattem db EI Figure 5 78 Select a proper db3 file When the file is a valid recording file the PLAYBACK window will now load all layers that were active during the recording You have the possibilities to start n Stop E and pause W W the Replay after which you can replay stepwise forward or backward by clicking on the next buttons E Stepwise according to sector information The Playback window gives a scrollable list of all digital video vector status layers that were enabled during the recording You can assign again a data source to every layer for replay These ass
80. the city name MRD3 comes installed with a predefined list You can update this list by editing Cities txt in the C Program Files Intersoft Electronics RASS Maps arpts rwys gt folder aa INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 71 E Cities txt Notepad File Edit Format wiew Help Adelaide l 34 917 138 6 lers 1 36 833 3 225 25 57 067 Athens 1 37 967 23 717 4uUck land 1 36 867 174 75 Bangkok 1 13 75 100 5 Barcelona 1 41 383 2 15 Be1 d08 1 39 917 116 417 Bel m 1 1 467 48 483 Belfast 1 54 617 5 933 Belqorade 1 44 667 20 533 Ber lin 1 52 5 13 417 Birmingham 1 52 417 1 917 Bogota 1 4 533 714 25 Bombay 1 19 72 8 Bordeaux 1 44 833 0 517 Bremen 1 53 083 8 817 Brisbane 1 27 483 153 133 Br1stal 1 51 467 2 583 Brussels 1 50 867 4 367 Bucharest 1 44 417 26 117 Figure 5 63 Cities txt Each line in the file represents one city structured by label type Latitude Longitude Label for the City Name Type with 1 Capitals 2 Major Cities 3 Cities 4 Towns 5 Villages Latitude Longitude in decimal degrees INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 72 5 3 8 Coastline Item The coastline item allows the user to select country borders By default there are 2 coastline layers defined in the map editor this value may be edited in the coastline ini file located in the lt c Program Files Intersoft Electronics RASS RA
81. toolbar overview at Open the options window Options see paragraph 5 1 Open the Setup and Analysis window Setup and Analysis see paragraph 5 2 E Open the Coastline Map editor Coastline Map editor see paragraph 5 3 Open Target Info window Target Info see paragraph 4 3 3 Open Shortcut bar Shortcut bar see paragraph 4 3 9 Open the Map layers window Map layers see paragraph 4 3 8 a Open the Date amp Time window Date amp Time see paragraph 4 3 4 Open the Recorder Recorder see paragraph 5 4 Open the Record and Replay control window Record amp Replay see paragraph 5 4 x Quit the application Exit 33 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 20 4 2 2 Zoomy Select toolbar The Zoom Select toolbar contains functions to manipulate the display area The Zoom Select toolbar can be displayed in Open view or Dock view upon selection in the Menu bar Zoom Select 3 Le ses Figure 4 3 Zoom Select toolbar Open vs Dock view Table 4 3 shows an overview of the Zoom Select toolbar s functionality Detailed explanation can be found in paragraph 4 3 1 Table 4 3 Zoom Select toolbar overview Switch the display to pan mode use the cursor to move the display Pan area around Switch the display to select mode use the cursor to select targets Enables the Range Bearing Line on the display and select one out of 5 Range Bearing Lines if enabled
82. u are displaying for example large areas gt 1000NM INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 66 5 3 3 Items This tree view shows a number of configurable map layers use this field to enable or disable map layers Only map layers that have been enabled here can later be switched on off in the main window If an item shows a sign click on it to extend the list this means you can configure more than one layer with this specific item A map can be constructed out of the following items Table 5 8 Map Editor Items Layers default buildings Air routes 6 j Upperandlowerairroutes DTED screening 6 Digital Terrain ElevationData Navaids LL Navigation Aids VOR DME NDB Opnar 3 3 Aispaedesrptonfles Runways Runway and runway centrelines SCE 6 Surveillance coordination function Waypoints 6 j Upperandlowerairway waypoints To enable a map layer item in the Item window double click it so that the v icon appears in front of it The number of layers that are available for a single item 1s configurable in the ini file of the specific map item These can be found in the following directory C Program Files Intersoft Electronics RASS RASS R MRD Map PlugIns To change for example the number of Airport layers from 3 to 6 open the Airport ini file in Notepad and change the number of
83. w measurements are added to the previous value see further for example Cumulative is only meaningful when relative 1s selected e X axis scale depends on the Data Source selected E Display Histogram Digital 1 Data Source Statistics 10 Bin Size 1024 History Length lo Sum RMS Scale Cl NaN Mean o Max absulute O relative Cummulative NN STD o Min Range Azimuth Altitude Flight Level Velocity Heading Power Processing Delay l 150 200 Figure 5 38 Display Histogram default screen Suppose we want to see a histogram of the velocity As soon as the MRD3 displays targets the graph will be filled up Note that the X axis scale changed to 700knots maximum since we selected Velocity as the data source Display Histogram Digital 1 Velocity v Data Source Statistics A A 244783 Sum 316 551 RMS 10 Bin Size 1024 v History Length m J EE CR 239 046 Mean 696 Max absulute relative Cummulative 207 614 STD D Min 300 PF 250 MU 200 175 150 IL 100 MEE 50 25 0 Figure 5 39 Display Histogram Velocity INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 54 What is the relation between the relative view and the relative cumulative view Consider the figure below Let us compare both views but only the first 3 bars figures are approximations In the left window
84. xample 3 airport layers are used each with a different colour for each sub map of the airport m Map Editor Airport Airport 1 Y Airport 2 Y Airport 3 d Airport 3 Airport 5 Airport 6 AirRoutes Coastline Y Coastline 1 Y Coastline 2 DTED Screening Y Graticule NavAids Obstacles Open Air Item Configuration Airport Selection Larnaca Building Larnaca Road Larnaca Runway Larnaca Runway Marking Larmaca Salt Lake Schiphol_Building Schiphol_Lead_In Schiphol_Red_Lines Schiphol_Run_Taxiway Zaventem Building Zaventem_Perimeter Zaventem_Runway Y Zaventem Surface Airport Attributes L Color Map Center Map Layer Label kb Jtongitude deg Airport 4 ET attude deg O row Figure 5 60 Map Editor airports To select an airport detail map simply double click on the map name in the Airport Selection list the v icon indicates a selected sub map INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 69 5 3 6 X Airroutes Item The Air routes item allows the user to show upper and lower air routes The air route files are divided per country If your country is not listed in the file selection list please contact Intersoft Electronics By default there are 6 air route layers defined in the map editor this value may be edited in the airroutes ini file located in the c Nprogram files Intersoft Electronics rass rass r MRD3 map plugins directory Change the value
85. ys the compass Submenu to access toolbar options Submenu to access main toolbar options Open the main toolbar in a separate window Dock the main toolbar in the toolbar Submenu to access Zoom Select toolbar options Open the Zoom Select toolbar in a separate window Dock the Zoom Select toolbar in the toolbar Submenu to access Setup toolbar options Open the Setup toolbar in a separate window Dock the Setup toolbar in the toolbar View L Full Screen Ctrl Shift F L PPI L Vertical L Visible L gt Toolbar Ctrl Shift T L gt Menu Ctrl Shift M 5 Status Ctrl Shift S L Map L Compass L gt Toolbars 5 Main Toolbar L gt Open 5 Dock 5 Zoom Select Open 5 Dock gt Setup Open 5 Dock UN UN INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Multi Radar Display 3 User Manual 19 EPA O Custom Optional tools might be listed here Separate manuals are provided for these custom plug ins Hein Main help menu to access all help items 5 About MRD3 Application Summary dialog 4 2 Toolbar The toolbar allows the user to quickly access functionalities that are often used 4 2 1 Main toolbar The main toolbar contains functions to configure the MRD3 The Main toolbar can be displayed in Open view or Dock view upon selection in the Menu bar Main Toolbar a m o gt a 9 6 Figure 4 2 Main toolbar Open vs Dock view Table 4 2 shows an overview of the Main toolbar s functionality Table 4 2 Main

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