RASS-R TRACKAN Module - Intersoft Electronics
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1. File Name None Status Ready to Start Progress Figure 3 1 TRACKAN main GUI in compact mode This is the TRACKAN processing unit and main GUI used to operate the TRACKAN tool The last used configuration is automatically loaded upon start up By clicking the button lower right corner the TRACKAN main GUI is displayed in full mode E ARTIQC Dev V1 3 0 Ez e J v JC eee Work in Progress File Name None Status Ready to Start Progress r Log Mb Thread Start End Samples Status Figure 3 2 TRACKAN main GUI in full mode 5 3 INTERSOFT IY ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 12 4 Configuration Configuration of the TRACKAN tool is done with the Configuration window which is evoked by clicking the i button in the TRACKAN main GUI The following window appears Les TRACKAN V1 3 4 Preferences Process Advanced Alarm Radar s Digest Distribution DTED y Blank Zones w Visibility Offset Angle 0 00 Longitude I CAMPAIGN S6 General RC WO WIETIE aly Latitude 50 52 25 88 H M 5 screen ing BERTEM hrscr Altitude Rev Time SALADT L Visibility Offset Angle Max Range Min Alt Max Alt Data Source D IDATA R RAS 080124 RMC DEC H J80125 BERTEM e Figure 4 1 TRACKAN configuration window Only the first time after installation no processing thread2. 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 c INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 8 1 Introduction TRACKAN 1s a 24h 7d real time radar data monitoring and analysis tool It calculates Pd and accuracy for individual trajectories It has full Mode S capabilities and therefore can perform BDS register analysis TRACKAN uses the RASS R Data Handler Module DHM as radar data I O All results are stored in format files Data Handling Server Kee Configuration amp monitor Figure 1 1 TRACKAN data flow conversion TRACKAN consists out of a central processing unit and several viewers 1 1 Benefits and possibilities of the system 24 7d radar data monitoring and analysis no snapshot analysis Real time immediate response to problems Multiple radar data streams may be processed sequentially The same input data may be processed in different ways and be presented in different views Analysis based on individual trajectories identify problematic transponders e Full Mode S capabilities includes BDS register analysis e Client specific demands are easily integrated For example Status reports and alarm signalling via e mail pager mobile phone messages or WWW e Multiple history windows for long short term trend analysis 2 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 9 2
3. D4n0917 1545 Dane o40917_1600 Done Update 040917_1615 Done Add Recalculated dr eee DU results to current 040017 1700 Done analysis history 40817 1715 Done Count 040817 1730 Done D40917 1745 Dane Total 482 4 040917 1800 Done Tobo o Ire 040917 1815 Done D40917 1830 Done Done 4 D40917 1845 Done Seected o E 040917 1900 Done SE s 040917 1915 Done o40917 1930 Done ie D40917 1945 Done Total 2445 78 Mb 040917 2000 Done 040917 2015 Done To Do Mb o40917_ 2030 Done Done 2445 78 Mb D4D817 2045 Done D40917 2100 Done Selected Mb 040917 2115 Done Figure 5 3 Recalculation window The thread selector can be used to select a specific thread for the recalculation The path to the archive and a list of the available files 1s displayed AII files that are already processed are indicated by Done Select the file of interest or shift click for selecting multiple files Alternatively use the row of select buttons to define a specific selection range Use the pee er button to change the status of the selected files from Done to To Do Use the button to change the status of the selected files from To Do to Done d Lien the Update checkbox when the results of the recalculation do not need to be added to the current analysis results history INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 26 5 2 On line help Clicking the button opens th
4. 10 0 a18 Data Source Identifier Du SIC 66 OTe Z C 0 m ion in Slant Polar Coordinates ni THETA 135 62 deg n Octal Represent at ion Bt Mode 3 A 3543 inar Representation ode C 38825 ft r cteristics b ie ba pe daga d j Number of received replies for MSSR Amplitude of MSSR reply SAM 60 dBm 220 Aircraft address 6FDA 24e Aleoratt Identification D ODDA ZD w ZWI DE Imar U r Du e zm To nc a lt m w e m data E 89 EF 31 26 64 66 om oo mM m EF DD 89 38 26 64 D9 H 38 66 31 E4 66 op vu e c oO e Ls CH tu ei t OO 0 o o HT n3 m z E z m 3 m c or m e mc 5 5 tu o E m o o ei c 382 58 kt Edition 6 Edition Date 31 MAY 13 Status Released Issue INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SHEET DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Document Title RASS R TRACKAN Module Document Reference Number EDITION 6 EDITION DATE 31 MAY 13 Abstract The RASS R TRACKAN Module User manual describes the TRACKAN module and the software components of which it is built TRACKAN interfaces with the RASS R Data Handler Module DHM and therefore you should be familiar with that material This manual supplements the RASS R Toolbox manual and assumes that you are familiar with that material You should also be familiar with the operation of your computer your computer s operating system and th
5. InCorr A i K Az STD SR deg Valid amp Corr K RasTD i7 412 Iml Valid amp Incor C 0 312 s9 Figure 6 6 Legend and statistics Explanation about the different figures e The number of reported targets is split in number of coasted not initiated and linked targets both expressed in absolute and per cent value 62742 894 804 61044 or 100 1 4 1 3 97 3 e 7134 targets or 11 4 from 62742 reported targets are linked but out of coverage e 62742 894 804 7134 53910 are used for the Pd calculation e Used missed 53910 205 gives a Pd of 99 621 from 53910 If the number of used targets is zero because for example all targets are assumed as out of coverage no Statistics will be calculated JU in Le ag SN AL cf wech Zich Lnd rT7T ks T Aly NK Zi E ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 31 Click the Home Auer to view the full scale PPI Click the button to automatically zoom to the selected trajectory 10 or all to zoom stepwise Click the button to display the selected trajectory only Click the oa ictor Click tho i button to lock the cursor onto the selected trajectory Click the button to give each trajectory a different color Click the button to display a label attached to the cursor Press the space bar to rotate the label content Click X to enable the cursor click the FE button to center the cursor and 4 to drag the PPI view Click W to enable the view select w
6. TRACKAN as part of the RASS R ettet ee 9 TRACKAN Configuration 9 TRACKAN Processing Unit9 TRACKAN Viewers 9 Glossary E 28 H P e 18 Histogram 29 lala M 23 PVG WIG m E H 22 P d Installation 6 11 Running the background RENE 1 Running TRACKAN Processing Unit 11 Introduction 8 Benefits and possibilities of the system ere ies 8 Lo LADE Doae 22 Ig ro MR RP 21 Load Configurations 16 po m 22 0 Opera apen 9 Overview See General Overview I Le a ASL waa INTERSOF1 TUO Van L1 X N X SJ E 39 P Patareters iore retos 14 possibilities ssusss 8 PP 20 Q Sm HH 18 R Recalculation eerte 17 are 17 E ae SALAD d NN 13 Save Configurations 16 varie T 11 e 22 vi 12 SMOE E 13 Software components 19 BDS Register Window 24 Configuration Window 19 Histogram Window 23 History Window 29 ER EI 19 PPI Window 20 Recalcualtion Window 19 BA C16 MT 20 SE ei TRACKAN Processing Unit 11 Z ENEE 22 ELECTRONICS
7. The visibility offset angle value is added to the SALADT screening map angle to reduce increase the SALADT screening angles Refer to 2 for further details 4 1 1 5 SMGET SMGET cluster maps can be imported in the TRACKAN tool Click the button to browse for a SMGET cluster map Use the checkbox m to enable disable the use of the SMGET cluster map in the TRACKAN tool The value of the SCF cluster state is mandatory in order to use the SMGET cluster maps Refer to the Mode S System Map Generator and Extractor Tool on EUROCONTROL website for further details 4 1 1 6 Blank Zones Blank zones are areas defined by the user to be excluded from the analysis Use the checkbox m to enable disable the use of the blank zones in the TRACKAN tool There is no limit on the number of blank zone within a processing thread A blank zone is defined as a cubical volume X min X max Y min Y max Z min and Z max within the general coverage volume 4 1 1 7 LocalScreening A local screening file 1s a tab separated file containing a table of the local screening angle versus azimuth For example if you do not have a DTED or SALADT file Finally the result can be as follows Ex TRACKAN V1 3 4 Preferences EJFSETESIBIESIESIE Set Up r Threads General Process Advanced Alarm Radar s Digest Distribution BERTEM Site DTED bd Blank Zones Visibility Offset Angle Jj 0 00 deg E SS Longitude _04 37 00 01_ H M S KM T or
8. ae kt a deal s DOW MAH COM EDME i Figure 4 9 Track Extrapolate 5 Trajectories are marked as Late Track Initiation when the number of in coverage extrapolated target reports added at the beginning of a trajectory exceeds the Late Track Initiation value Similar trajectories are marked as Early Track Termination when the number of in coverage extrapolated target reports added at the end of a trajectory exceeds the Early Track Termination value S 400AFE A 0000 m g it isi2 ft B 5 19 K 283 628 am El 1 72 dea fy e Deeg 01 At the beginning of the track 3 targets are extrapolated and judged as in coverage and therefore missed targets This number 3 is greater than the Late Track Initiation number so the track 1s displayed as Late Initiation track lt lt lt Detection Expected gt gt gt Mode S Address are Chex Mode A Code 86666 oct Altitude 1515 ft Range 5 19 CNMI Az imuth 283 62 deal Time 16 68 12 687 Elevation 1 7 dea1 Figure 4 10 Late Track initiation The Maximum Code Absence parameter is used to flag trajectories with at least the predefined number of consecutive Mode3 A code mode C code or Mode S address absences Mode S SSR Trajectories with a Pd below the Mode S SSR Pd threshold are marked below Pd mode S SSR Trajectories with a Pd above the Mode S SSR Pd threshold are marked above Pd Incorrect Mode C Threshold m the height difference between
9. m EE H BDS 50 m cas a Ho B0560 m 60540 Indicated Airspeed 515 kt M s0550 Mach 0 792 Mach Barometric Altitude Rate 32 ft min BDS Register m 60560 m 1048 230 w s 07 49 30 477 F apis sess Bt 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 07 48 06 016 07 50 00 000 07 52 00 000 07 54 00 000 07 56 00 000 07 58 00 000 08 00 56 M nn M X 519 Time of Recording 87 58 43 189550 h m s1 518 JE Ma 018 00080331 A008 00 ies E RA E s aka ogrdin 5155 1070 Mode 37A Code in ct r esentation Part Bode ik Bilay Rane to D Z H G eat Rinerg Caen ntat ton 514 07 52 11 312 ar fiera Subfi RLISSRiS 1SAM PRL PAM RPD APD FX d H Kx a 1 a D a a Bt 513 1 1 ES at Litude of MSSR reply 07 48 10 016 07 50 00 000 07 52 00 000 07 54 00 000 07 56 00 000 07 58 00 000 08 00 52 fe I vw w X 220 Brera e Figure 6 12 TRACKAN BDS Register Timeline representation Below the table a general overview of the BDS register content is displayed Each time two values are presented absolute 7 and relative Use the tabs to get more detailed information for each of the BDS registers and their content 6 4 4 1 ELS EHS This tab calculates the percentage of Elementary Surveillance ELS compliant and Enhanced Surveillance compliant EHS Mode S transponders The ELS EHS criteria are according to the latest EUROCONTROL rules on ELS EHS EHS Tra
10. sn p 7 SSS SES n mE v NM 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 8384 Figure 6 7 Detailed PPI view with label and corresponding ASTERIX data INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 32 6 4 2 TRACKAN History Viewer E Radar 1 Pd All 9 History Em Ki ee Radar 1 v Pd al Io v Sum Absolute Radar 1 v Pd Above 95 v Sum Absolute d ld Radar 1 Pd Al 95 Sum Absolute i Maru Wi TA T LES REIP ut 37 500 37 000 4 l l I I 13 45 00 18 00 00 Ze UU UU 0200 00 06 00 au 10 00 00 17 03 04 17 03 04 17 09 04 18 09 04 18 03 04 18 09 04 Figure 6 8 TRACKAN History window The top row selectors allow any parameter from any processing thread to be displayed in the history window Every set of processed files adds an entry in the histogram window One history window can display up to three different parameters from on processing thread or one parameter from three different processing threads or any combination of the above Whenever alarm levels are defined in the configuration window see paragraph 4 they will be displayed in the history window as a green target value and a red limit value line Alarm settings are only applicable for the top row selectors This means that there can only be one alarm setting active for each history window When an alarm stage is reached the history window will turn red and the
11. 00000000000000 00000000000000 SES A6C4D3 NWA6O 10 0100 80 E6 00 00 FA81C100000000 200000000000000 85 E0 00 32360000 80 30 AD 1E E0 0474 8399 BF 16 BF 2F E3 A698E0 WTA013 10 0100 80 A6 00 00 32000000000000 00000000000000 ze ZER TEE A6906E 8072 10010080E60000 FA810100000000 000000 00000000 CE 20 00 30 A8 00 00 80 3C B9 32 3F FCE0 E6 29 D7 30 FF F7 FF A62A4F N497CD 10 00 06 80 A0 00 00 02810000000000 000000 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 00 1ADD 11000000 Mi EE 7 BDS 10 BDs 17 BDS 1D BDS 40 BDS Content Error 1048 230 COM Classification ELS EHS aide il Bie ELS Transponder Classification Count s 9e EHS Transponder Classification __ Count BDS 17 650 96 87 amp Aircraft ID present 649 96 72 amp BDS 50 True Track Angle 526 78 39 o BDS 10 present 650 96 87 amp BDS 50 Ground Speed 530 78 99 BDS 1D 650 96 87 o BDS 10 ACAS RA available 491 73 17 e BDS 50 Track Angle Rate 457 68 11 Mode S ACAS RA BDS 10 SI available 634 94 49 oo BDS 60 Magnetic Heading 542 80 77 amp BDS 17 present 650 96 87 BDS 60 Indicated Airspeed 542 80 77 BDS 40 562 83 76 amp Flight Status available 671 100 00 BDS 60 Vertical Rate 542 80 77 BDS 50 548 81 67 Elementary Surveillance Compliance 473 70 49 Enhanced Surveillance Compliance 390 58 12 BDS 60 542 80 77 Figure 6 10 TRACKAN BDS register window xxx xxx xxx xxx oon
12. 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION C E 8 1 1 BENEFITS AND POSSIBILITIES OF THE SYSTEM cececcscececcccecscececcecscecececscscsceccscscscucesescscscesseecscecnseeeseecs 8 2 GENERAL OVERVIEW EE 9 ele TRA KAN AS PAR TOFRA R EEN 9 2 2 IRA FAN EE 9 2 5 RSR LE v E ON OE Sun RTT RC Ce ORE eR a Cae rr eee 9 24 RS E Qn Bun NTERML P Vr 10 2 36 Oe RI eet NEE 10 3 INSTALLATION VERIFICATION AND START UP eee eee eee een neon ente eno eee so et esses tese ee ss eteseoeeeoos 11 3 1 RUNNING THE DHMGACKOGROUNDSERVER 11 3 2 RUNNING THE TRACKAN PROCESSING UNITA 11 4 CONFIGURATION er 12 4 1 ADD EDIT PROCESSImNGTHREAIDS 13 Sr SE General tab RT 13 4 1 2 Process 0 0 eaa sese sesessise ese eria ers sers sess sa s se ssa arva essa ess sess se s se ssa s parois 16 4 1 3 Advanced Tab WEE 20 NE MEE IU EEN 22 ad 0712 CT BUS UE ME J 23 ZW EE Ee 23 4 2 sr 22948 8 PLE ONIA E EE 23 5 ed Bed DE ds HO 24 5 RH CAPCDIATION uci E 25 3 2 RER EE M 26 959 OA ING Fe AN P vauedes 26 6 SOFTWARE COMPONEIN DS EEN 27 6 1 TRAC ERC RER CGU E O OCKK 21 6 2 E RO TER M Ne CEA KEE 24 6 3 REPCALCOLATION WINDOW F 28 6 4 SENT EEN 28 DAI TR
13. C un bw Ne ka E H 0 Fa LA N 14 m un There is an entry in the table for every Mode S address encountered in the analysis INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 34 The latest reported aircraft ID BDS10 BDS17 BDSID ACAS RA BDS40 BDS50 and BDS60 are displayed in the table This information is only available when it is present in the ASTERIX cat048 radar data stream The content of the table can be customised by the user The table can be sorted in ascending descending order by mode S address or aircraft ID by clicking the corresponding column header The table can be filtered using the value of the mode S Address or the content of the aircraft ID using the Filter function Use a point as wild card for the filter value Specific set of transponders can be shown or hidden by using the two Display selectors The customised table content can be exported to a csv formatted file by clicking the button The detailed content of the BDS registers for a specific transponder Mode S address can be displayed by right clicking on the entry of interest A popup menu appears that allows the user to open a BDS register float window containing the detailed and translated BDS register content for that specific Mode S address E TRACKAN V1 3 4 BDS Register Detail 424333 Wm mmm Di E CDe rlanda Level comm A amp comm Bi EDS 10 ACAS Failed or in Standby Mode 5 subnetwork version 3 Amit
14. GUI also has this save configuration button A complete configuration can loaded from disk by clicking the button Notice that the TRACKAN main GUI also has this load configuration button INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 24 5 Running Running TRACKAN is done by pressing the button in the main GUI TRACKAN will be idle until a file becomes available from the DHM When a D6 file 1s released by the DHM processing by TRACKAN will start automatically This process is repeated every time a new file is made available by the DHM The processing status and progress can be monitored using the work in progress information Work in Progress File Name D40917 18600 D6 Status a Processing Radar 1 Progress ME Figure 5 1 Work in progress information This means that there is a processing delay on the results equal to the period of one file and that there is an update of the results every period of one file Stopping TRACKAN is done by pressing the button TRACKAN will always complete the work in progress before the processing 1s stopped TRACKAN will resume with the next available file when the button 1s pressed The combination of stop and restart will automatically clear all results from memory This means that all history is cleared Click the button to pause TRACKAN TRACKAN will always complete the work in progress before the processing 1s paused By clicking the button the next and only the next fil
15. Track 92 50 0 00 36 25 6 25 241 298 2800 Y Split Track C XXXXX Xxxx Xxxx 70 eee 10 227 0 085 194 CXOXXOXXX Xxxx Xxxx 133 8 568 0 038 44 xxx Xxxx 28 143 38 97 INSTR d kod ked bod kod kod kog Make al reme LE FH zem JL sese d cm Ml coasted Bd 268 5 Bl selected Bl Not nit A 7935 13 Linked LE Out m 13195 19 7 W Missed M ees eem L pout cov 355 Used 51697 Je Valid amp Corr A 99 602 Wen Pd Valid amp InCor A 0 000 eg AzSTD 0 049 ideg valid amp Corr c _98 621_ RaSTD 53 528 ml Valid amp Incor C 0 466 _ Time of Recording 48 66 06 358956 Ch m s SAC Citelt ine of Da ag Tim 07 59 59 4453 020 Target Report Descriptor Mode S Rol l Call PSR i TYPiSIMi ROP SPI Kei 840 teSsured Pos nS in Slan t Polar Coordinates 47 RS dw THETA 38 86 dea 1070 Mode 3 A Cod bri Represent as ign Mode 3 A 1627 158 radar ge Kee ubf ie Lis Ri SAM ira Pei REO APD FX ete at received replies for MSSR Am litude of CH SSR reply 75 dBm 220 Aircraft adden 246 Aircraft Identification 256 Mode 2 MB data HB dat E 19 2D GE 7F 4F EA us 19 91 F SF DC 4A 5 EB op 32 84 op op Wn n n n Hn n n n CO 00 COT T CO OC BDS 2 161 Irack Number Nrg 1575 842 Calculated Position in Cartesi 40 o 29 86 Nm Y 37 62 Nm zi 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 266 Calculated Track Velocity NM 140 120 E 2 Ground Speed 126 94 kt Figu
16. the predicted by the C code reconstruction and actual C code for flagging incorrect Mode C Code INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 19 Based on several parameters above the results can be filtered with the Display functionality in the Viewer See paragraph 6 4 1 Below Pd Threshold Above Pd Threshold Late Initiation Early Termination Late Initiation amp Early Termination Mode A C S Code Abscence Mode A Code Change Track Number Change Duplicate Mode 5 Duplicate Mode A Duplicate Track Number Mixed Track d Split Track Figure 4 11 Viewer display options 4 1 2 2 Exclude list Use the exclude list to exclude specific trajectories from the analysis Trajectories can be identified using a Mode S address hex or a Mode A code oct INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 20 4 1 3 Advanced Tab Ex TRACKAN V1 3 4 Preferences 2 e 8 oo Set Up r Threads General Process Advanced Alarm Radar s Digest Distribution BERTEM Object Correlator Maximum Mode AC Gap Maximum Mode SGap 2 n Origin Approach Range x Random Azimuth Error Range Offset T Azimuth Error with Range 4 Allowed Speed Jitter Factor d Split Plots Delta Aumuh d Delta Range T Delta Timestamp i Figure 4 12 Preferences Advanced tab 4 1 3 1 Object correlator The Object Correlator correlates the individual plots and tries to bui
17. viewers communicate with the TRACKAN processing unit via data containers A data container is a temporary storage place for the most recent results of the radar data analysis 2 5 Network operation TRACKAN uses several TCP IP ports for different purposes it is important that these ports are free for use on the target system The following table shows an overview of the ports used by the TRACKAN Table 1 TRACKAN TPC IP Ports Port Number Used by 5570 TRACKAN Inter application communication with DHM lt gt INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 11 3 Installation verification and startu 3 1 Running the DHM background server You might need to be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to perform some tasks In case that the TRACKAN performs analysis on real time data the Data Handling Module background server needs to be running before the TRACKAN software 1s started The Data Handling Module background server can be started using the Windows XP services management console For more details please consult the DHM user manual If the TRACKAN performs analysis on data that was already recorded it 1s not necessary to have the DHM running 3 2 Running the TRACKAN Processing unit The TRACKAN module can be started from the RASS R toolbox or the Windows Start Menu The following window or similar will appear E ARTiQC Dev V1 3 0 evo eee Work in Progress
18. 0 deg i M Longitude 04 37 00 01_ IH M S Eesen Seeche Latitude H M S screening BERTEM hrscr Altitude _ oC Im Rev Time s Min Elev deg Max Elev deg Min Range 0 2 INm Max Range Nm Min Alt f Max Alt fd Data Source DATA RASS R BERTEM 080 124 RMCDE OPS 080125 BERTEM D6 Figure 6 2 TRACKAN Configuration window The use of the TRACKAN configuration window is described in paragraph 4 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 28 6 3 Recalculation window i TRACKAN V1 3 4 Recalculation D DATA RASS R BERTEM 080124 RMCDE OD 080125 BERTEM D6 080125 0000 Done 080125 0100 Done 080125 0200 Done 080125 0300 Done 080125 0400 Done 080125 0500 ToDo 080125 0600 To Da 080125 0700 ToDo 080125 0800 To Do 080125 0900 ToDo 080125 1000 To Do 080125 1100 ToDo 080125 1200 ToDo 080125 1300 ToDo 080125 1400 To Da Count 080125 1500 To Bo 080125 1600 To Do Total zi H 080125_1700 To Do To Do s 080125 1800 ToDo 080125 1900 ToDo Done s 080125 2000 ToDo sdeded 0 080125 2100 To Do Iiis 5 080125 2200 ToDo 080125 2300 ToDo SEE Add Recalculated results to current analysis history Total Mb To Do Mb Done Mb Selected Mb Figure 6 3 TRACKAN Recalculation window The use of the TRACKAN recalculation window is described in paragraph 5 6 4 V
19. 3080125 2100 Desktop 80125 D 080125 2200 Ces 2300 My Recent Documents GUESS My Documents My Computer ir Save as type All Dest Select Cur Dir DI is important to select a folder or group of folders that contains the D6 files You cannot select an individual D6 file When the path to the Data Source is correctly filled in you should see all the files in the Recalculation Window See paragraph 5 1 4 1 1 3 DTED DTED screening maps are calculated by the RASS R Coverage Map Calculator CMC They originate from Digital Terrain Elevation Data with a resolution of 3 Arcsec For more details on how to create DTED screening maps please consult the corresponding user manual Click the button to browse for a DTED screening map DTED screening files have a hrscr extension The default path for the DTED screening maps in RASS R is C Program Files Intersoft Electronics NRASSMMaps NDTED Use the checkbox amp to enable disable the use of the DTED screening map in the TRACKAN tool The visibility offset angle value is added to the DTED screening map angle to reduce increase the DTED screening angles ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 15 4 1 1 4 SALADT SALADT screening files can be imported in the TRACKAN tool Click the button to browse for a SALADT screening map SALADT screening files have a scr extension Use the checkbox amp to enable disable the use of the SALADT screening map in the TRACKAN tool
20. 77 Level z 4 Iransponder Mode 5 Specific Sevices Available Uplink ELM Capability None Downlink ELM Capability None No Aircraft Identification Capability No Squitter Capability Surveillance Identifier Capability CICB Capability Report 0 ACAS II ACAS Generating TA only ACAS not Fitted BDS 17 40 Aircraft intention BDS 1D Uplink Ch 2 TIS EDS 40 Target Altitude Source Bits FCU HMCP Selected Altitude Figure 6 11 TRACKAN detailed BDS register window Click one of the buttons to view more details of the BDS register content or right click on the window and select open all from the popup menu From the same popup menu the detailed BDS register content of an individual transponder can be exported to a csv formatted file Use the ll button to lock the window content to a specific transponder Alternatively the window content will be updated according to the selection blue line Multiple detailed BDS content windows can be opened simultaneously By selecting the Timeline presentation an overview of all the BDS register activity for the selected Mode S address is given in a single window Use the cursor in the top left graph to select a specific BDS register activity e T gt Le a ASL IH Van UW X j x p d E ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 35 ARTiQC Dev V1 3 0 BDS RegisterTimeline mj BDS10 Hg 391541 m BD517 AF1504 m 0510 BDS 40 Barometric Pressure Setting 1025 0 mb
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22. ACKAN Main Viewer EE 29 Guo CONE GOOD as iol GAs eee eer een ee ee meen ee etu EMPIRE et ee ree 32 O45 DTRACKAN Histogram VIOWOEPE s seccscoceraaireiucuaciteaseaeatuiulotennuaiessanebcokewendvaed T AEE EREE 33 6 4 4 TRACKAN BDS Register Fiewer 33 c INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 6 TABLE OF FIGURES Figuro EEN dala TOW ee EE EE 9 Figure 3 1 TRACKAN main GUI in compact mode sse eene nenesene nn i rrr nennen eee sess essen 11 Figure 3 2 TRACKAN main GUI in full mode cccccccccccccccccc cece cece cece eee ee eee e cece ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeess 11 Figure 4 1 TRACKAN configuration window cccccccccccccsceceseeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeseeeess 12 P rE EE 13 Figure 4 3 Preferences EE ddadiedesnb iet Ga sho ie Ed aded esa bd tad ond AG a Rata c ied oda le desa dades Adda ksnas 15 Figure 4 4 Preferences Process E 16 Figure 4 5 Enabled Bertem and Disabled St Hubert bread 16 PUSS den Different Mades asma sheets te tnd Eed deed deed 16 PETS TIR EA CIT POTUIT G1 2 ERR 17 Toure g o Rae diio GE 17 Toure SR EEL A L ANAPO E 18 EE E MEUS d iu M ee ee eee eee ee ere eee ee ene eee eee ere eee 18 Piovre d i E 19 Ii0HiQ 4nd 2 Preterencese Qva E 20 Pigure 4 43 ET 21 Iuoure 4 1 4 gt Alarm configuration WIHOOW ies ecaseeriscevevessvuseo e Ee EE Seed Ete ipa niara 22 Fieure 3 1 V ork in progress MNfOVMNQUON ee ae eee ere
23. Change Track Number Change Duplicate Mode 5 Duplicate Mode A Duplicate Track Number Mixed Track d Split Track Figure 4 13 Viewer display options INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 22 4 1 4 Alarm tab The alarm tab contains settings to trigger alarms when certain predefined values are exceeded gt TRACKAN V1 3 4 Preferences HHE Set Up Threads General Process Advanced Alarm Radar s Digest Distribution BERTEM Parameter On Off Target Limit Target 96 Allowed A Pd All On 995 990 995 i 3 Pd Below Off 0 Pd Above off 0 ZE A E SSSSSPSS E E FSS SSS Reported of 0 Coasted Not Init Linked All Linked In Linked Out Missed erem 10 0 FFF SSR SSS SSS SSSSSPSS SSSR SS E FEFFFRE sssssss FFFFFFF All TRKs Pd Below Pd Above Late Init Early Term LI amp ET Code Abs Figure 4 14 Alarm configuration window Switch an individual alarm on off by typing on or off in the corresponding table entry Every parameter can have a target value and a limit value the target value being the expected or desired value the limit value being the alarm trigger value When the target value is greater than the limit value an alarm 1s triggered whenever the measured value is smaller than the limit value and this for a consecutive number of times equal to the Allowed value plus one Explanation of the theore
24. General Overview 2 1 TRACKAN as part of RASS R Data Handling Server s Display System conversion correction modification d Quality Analysis Data clients Report Generation Hardware IO lt q gt E E Figure 2 1 RASS R Structure The radar data that is converted corrected modified by the Data Handler Module is redirected to different components of the RASS R configuration One of these RASS R components is TRACKAN TRACKAN performs radar data quality analysis 2 2 TRACKAN processing unit The TRACKAN processing unit also acts as the main GUI to operate the TRACKAN software All features are accessed using this GUI TRACKAN configuration is done through one Configuration window Radar data analysis results can be presented using different viewers 2 3 TRACKAN configuration All configuration of TRACKAN is done using the Configuration window The Configuration window can be accessed through the TRACKAN GUI The configuration window allows you to create edit and enable disable processing threads in TRACKAN The last used configuration is always stored and used upon start up A configuration includes the desktop layout of the different available windows co INTERSOFT Y ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 10 2 4 TRACKAN viewers TRACKAN has several viewers to present the results of the radar data analysis to the user Each viewer can be opened multiple times to represent the results in different views TRACKAN
25. RASS R TRACKAN S TRACKAN V1 38 Viewer GCE Current File s D DEMO CAMPAIGN RASS R DATA DATASET 080125 RMCDE OPS 080125_RADAR1ON_D6 080125_1700 lt gt 080125 1700 Thread Filter Display __ Nr SAddress ACode RaSTD AzSTD Detect Used Miss Pd V CA V amp IA V amp CC V amp IC RNGIn AZMIn ATIn UTC In RNG Out AZM Out 369 300110 2562 8 001 0 060 50 42 100 00 100 00 0 00 100 00 0 00 103 42 81 156 13725 17 00 02 359 145 81 102 409 370 3C5EE2 2557 11 416 0 053 33 27 100 00 100 00 0 00 100 00 0 00 107 21 91 362 7875 17 52 44 953 142 34 95 350 371 3950D0 8 174 0 032 163 150 99 34 100 00 0 00 100 00 0 00 72 894 3200 17 03 58 953 109 39 211 690 372 3C4ES0 2552 7 452 0 037 168 100 00 100 00 0 00 100 00 0 00 71 351 3825 17 24 07 125 145 48 331 155 0 034 100 00 0 00 100 00 0 00 98 68 93 17 00 02 820 108 82 211 740 17 00 02 156 143 46 17 43 04 109 28 18 17 00 01 921 142 36 17 51 09 601 52 58 17 35 45 898 142 14 fa st bi bi D 374 39452E 375 400936 376 400FDF 377 oo OO ON OO OO Ai ki Io fo G0 3C56EF S 44 LINES S s Mf m et LEES es E Coasted W Selected Bi Not Init EH Linked Logout Ml 6905 111 Used 54157 Isi Valid amp Corr A 99 675 Je Pd Valid amp InCor A 0 000 Wey AzSTD 0 042 deg Valid amp Corr C 99 357 Weg RaSTD 14 930 Til Valid amp Incorr C 0 294 Jee Time of Recording 17 66 64 671660 h m z1 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20
26. TRACKAN tool to identify a specific processing thread It is advised to choose this name so that it can easily be interpreted Longitude and latitude are in the following format MM SS ssss east and north being positive west and south being negative The altitude is the altitude of the antenna above mean sea level in WGS 84 The revolution time is an important parameter for the trajectory reconstruction and therefore needs to be accurate Choose 1 second for ADS B data analysis Minimum elevation maximum elevation minimum range maximum range minimum altitude and maximum altitude are used to define the general coverage volume boundaries Target reports located outside this coverage volume are not taken into account during the analysis INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 14 4 1 1 2 Data source The data source defines the path where TRACKAN retrieves the radar data to be processed This path should contain an archive folder created by the DHM The format of the archive files should be the D6 format For more information on how to create a D6 format archive please consult the DHM user manual When you click the open button Eu a dialog to browse follows Browse to the folder where all the D6 files are stored Please specify the Data Source folder for BERTEM Save in 080125 BERTEM D6 O em 080125 0000 j080125 1500 9080125 1600 9080125 1700 080125_1800 080125_1900 9080125_2000
27. dh s Latitude H M S screening BERTEM hrscr itd Rev Time s Min Elev deg saLAprL Max Elev deg Visibility Offset Angle Hn Rang D MaxRange 1450 lw Evans Min Alt ft Max Alt ft Data Source DATA RASS R BERTEM 80 124 RMCDE OPS r Local Screening 80125 BERTEM D6 Figure 4 3 Preferences General tab US CATAS AL ATANA f TOHON Lnd a an e am an Lu LX d x d ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 16 4 1 2 Process tab The processing tab contains parameters that are typical for a specific way of processing the radar data parameters and exclude list gt TRACKAN V1 3 4 Preferences 2 er fd f SetUp Threads General Process Advanced Alarm Radar sDigest Distribution BERTEM Parameters i Exdude List Thr end Enabled BI S Address hex Mode A oct Timing TimeofRecordng v Mode Mode S MSSR w BDS Register Analysis Disabled CH Radar Data Format ASTERIX v Combine Files Minimum Track Length Track Extrapolate Extrapolation Window Late Track Initiation Early Track Termination Maximum Code Absence Mode S Pd Threshold Mode A C Pd Threshold j 98 0 sg Incor
28. e Intersoft Electronics specific hardware for Radar Data I O Keywords TRACKAN Pd MODE S BDS Register Analysis CONTACT PERSON Dirk De Bal TEL 32 14 231811 aS DOCUMENT STATUS AND TYPE STATUS CATEGORY CC Working Draft Executive Task E Draft Specialist Task Proposed Issue Lower Layer Task Released Issue ELECTRONIC BACKUP Windows XP SP3 Media Identification 33 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 3 DOCUMENT APPROVAL The following table identifies all authorities who have successively approved the present issue of this document AUTHORITY NAME AND SIGNATURE DATE Editor Bert Sauviller 31 05 13 Jeroen Janssens 09 07 12 Director ATC Ing M Vanuytven Director Software Ir E Moons Department INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 2d s DOCUMENT CHANGE RECORD The following table records the complete history of the successive editions of the present document SECTIONS EDITION DATE REASON FOR CHANGE PAGES AFFECTED 0 24 11 05 Update with new features 29 06 07 Layout changed from figure 3 1 2 26 06 08 Review of chapter 4 and 6 Chapter 7 Tutorial removed 3 13 10 09 Filename changed Manual up to date with TRACKAN v1 3 6 06 JAN 11 Manual up to date with TRACKAN v1 3 7 09 JUL 12 Editorial changes P13 P15 31 MAY 13 User manual up to date with TRACKAN version 1 3 8 None Logo updated com seu ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual
29. e on line user manual The on line user manual is in PDF format Clicking the button opens the context help window Position the cursor over a control to get context help for that control 5 3 Quitting TRACKAN Click the button to quit TRACKAN The current configuration will automatically be stored and re used as default configuration next time All open window will be closed automatically and their layout 1s saved as part of the configuration The layout position and settings of all the open TRACKAN windows will be stored as part of a configuration The content of the windows is NOT part of a configuration commu ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 27 6 Software components This chapter provides an overview of all the available software components in TRACKAN Some of them have already been described in the paragraphs above 6 1 TRACKAN Main GUI i gt TRACKAN V1 3 4 CKAN 1 3 4 eil Pewee Je Work in Progress Era Progress ISIN Mame Start End Samples Status 080125 0000 06 07 31 38 07 31 42 15103 Done 080125 0100 06 07 31 44 07 31 48 14608 Done 080125 0200 06 07 31 50 07 31 56 16699 080125 0300 D6 07 31 58 07 32 06 23644 Figure 6 1 TRACKAN Main GUI in action The use of the TRACKAN main GUI 1s described in paragraph 5 6 2 Configuration window Ex TRACKAN V1 3 4 Preferences 2 afe 1 Jr fs EL s Di amp BERTEM Site DTED Visibility Offset Angle 2 0 0
30. e will be processed when it becomes available Whenever a file is processed an entry is put in the log The status of the file is changed to done Log Mb Thread Mame Start End Samples Status Radar 1 040917 1500 D6 15 3708 15 37 13 13803 Done Radar 1 040917 1515 D6 15 37 14 15 37 18 14919 Done Radar 1 040917 1530 D6 15 37 19 15 37 23 129785 Done Radar 1 040917 1545 D6 15 3724 15 37 27 12445 Done Radar 1 0403917 1500 D6 15 37 28 15 37 32 15415 Done Radar 1 040917 1515 D6 15 37 33 15 37 38 16356 Done Radar 1 040917 1630 06 15 37 39 15 37 44 17461 Done Radar 1 040917 1545 D6 15 37 45 15 37 51 18198 Done Radar 1 040917 1700 D6 15 37 53 15 37 53 16054 Done ic ic cn Rc P230 Figure 5 2 Work done information At any time all results in memory can be cleared by clicking the button This has the same effect as stopping and starting the TRACKAN tool ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 25 5 1 Recalculation While TRACKAN is running any file that already has been processed can be re processed at any time Click the EJ button to open the Recalculation window The following window or similar will appear I gt ARTIOC Dev 1 1 1 Recalculation L rf Path COCAMPAIGN S SKYGUIDEVRESULTSiGv25 D4D817 1345 Done 040817 1400 Done none 0409171415 Done D40817 1430 Done E 0409171445 Done ideas Q40217 1500 Done Change to Done D4D817 1515 Done Q 40917 1530 Done Change Eo To Do
31. eee ee 24 Pewee EE 24 V Ton rcs MB KOCH CULANON SLT LE 25 Figure O21 TRACKAN Main ER 27 Figure 6 2 TRACK AN Conj puralion WIIOW sess cassie caste cask Has CER EURo FUNIS UT OR Gn ERR S YER UMFE DER AURR FUMUS DM eT D oa Rb SUM d UHPE DUAE 27 Figure 6 3 TRAGKAN Recalculat on WINDOW seereis E E E 28 Figure 6 4 Viewer selection drop down ment 26 P eure 0 3 TEE 29 TI aca im EE EE 30 Figure 6 7 Detailed PPI view with label and corresponding ASTERIX dai 3 Foure 0S LORI RTT eebe 32 P Urn T 6 9 TRACKAN Histogram WO OW T s 33 Figure 6 10 TRACKAN BDS register window eeeesssssssssssssssssssseeee e e hhhhh hene eene nesss essi EEA rrr nnn n enne e rsen sensns GEES 33 Figure 6 11 TRACKAN detailed BDS register window cccccccccccccccseseeseceeececeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeesesesesseeeeness 34 Figure 6 12 TRACKAN BDS Register Timeline representation eese hheee nennen senes 35 Fiure Os EE 35 Tan 1 TRACKAN FP l EE 10 I d x TH MEATA LAON EH mm Lat Van L1 X N da E ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 7 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 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 NI
32. es disabled Disabled trajectories are not shown in the PPI display The content of the table can be customised by the user The table can be sorted in ascending descending order by clicking on the corresponding column header in the table The table can be filtered using the Filter function A specific set of transponders can be selected by using the Display selector The customised table PPI content can be exported to a csv bmp formatted file by clicking the button and selecting the appropriate menu item Export Table to CSV Export Graph to BMP Auto Report 1 Table amp Graph Ex TRACKAN V1 3 4 Viewer Current File s D DATA RASS R BERTEM 080124 RMCDE OPS 080125_BERTEM_D6 080125_0800 lt gt 080125_0800 Thread Filter J None Jj equals Z Below Pd Threshold Pd Thr N S Address A Code RaSTD AZSTD Detect Used Miss Pd vaca vara vacc varc RNGIn AZMin snags xxx xxx xxx 147 xxx xxx xxx 2 xxx 66 07 12 634 8 a Early Termination wor IZ A ier eer 13 73 21 714 Late Initiation amp Early Termination xxx xxx xxx gt gt 4 xxx 62 36 253 779 Mode A c s Code Abscence 98 92 100 00 0 00 98 36 0 00 142 87 297 361 Mode A Code Change esse sess res rees rees 6754 245 484 Track Number Change 84 21 87 50 0 00 100 00 0 00 248 187 Duplicate Mode S eee eee eee eee xxx E 99 196 Duplicate Mode A 89 81 88 65 0 00 46 10 426 74 241 447 Duplicate Track Number 63 16 0 00 50 00 0 00 242 397 Mixed
33. ge Humber of received replies s HI SSR Hm Litude reo reply 220 Aireratt address C246 Aircraft Identification ata Bm GA ei ZE 66 DC Op Ia wn bal DZ OD DC OM Ce A D D ta OO m Wu m m m Eech 4o Hi Row OO a Dm Soe T LT m ln Bs GE BE da Be a4 DF Se m EL I 77cm Forza uo ot sto iu EHE HE HE GNE HN Dex Dig s Len Tu Tn T m Ke 42 Caley lated Position in EM cet ae Coordinates 206 Calculated Track sloe s Ground Speed 471 46 ikt adin 153 0 He a dea 178 Track Status CHF I RAD TRAD DOU MAH CON TCOMNIFR i Figure 4 8 Track Extrapolate 3 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 5 449187 A 7147 Alt 2z6975 ft Ra 145 22 NM Az 154 753 deg El1 D 82 deg OUT Cov Range 5 targets are added and judged out of coverage 95 l l 100 103 18 Time of Recording 83 46 46 646860 Chemis n Octal Representat ion iG BIL i Node 3erA 7147 690 Mode C Code in pru Representation iG Bi ft 130 Radar Plot Characteristics rine ubfield SC Lisne i SHIT PRL PAH RED APO FH umber of AR S SUB CIR hae MI SSR Bop ru e of HISSE reply TU dBm 226 Aireraft address 246 Aircraft Identification r J We DZ DD Od Ce LL m e ZI D ata BH 61 ZE 68 S ag a de Be Be Be g B4 DF BOS 2 H VEDI Ee Humber E B42Calcu lated Position in Ere HD EES n 288 Calculated Track lseltu Groun d del
34. iewers The last processed set of files for each processing thread is available for real time viewing and analysis They remain available until the next set of files 1s processed This way the latest up to date information is always ready for viewing and analysis Several viewers are at the disposal of the user to monitor and verify these analysis results in real time Each type of viewer can be opened multiple times with different settings This allows the user to represent the results in different ways All Viewers can be launched from the TRACKAN Main GUI by using the drop down menu gt TRACKAN V1 3 4 LET Mol ga TRACKAN V1 3 4 Viewer TRACKAN V1 3 4 History TRACKAN V1 3 4 Histogram TRACKAN V1 3 4 BD5 Register Figure 6 4 Viewer selection drop down menu The following paragraphs explain the use of these viewers in more detail INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 29 6 4 1 TRACKAN Main Viewer The TRACKAN Main Viewer always displays the latest processed data set for a specific processing thread Whenever a new data set 1s processed the TRACKAN Main viewer is updated automatically There is an entry in the table for every individual trajectory encountered in the analysis Individual trajectories can be enabled disabled by right clicking the trajectory of interest and selecting Enable Disable from the popup menu The symbol in front of the trajectory will change from to when it becom
35. indow Use the standard Labview menus for scaling precision color etc M pes p Dn 45 Em d Gees SE er 40 W coasted O 62271 33 13 Bi Selected 282 06 387 Reported 46588 WH Not init GT 1530 EE 2 9 36 Live 44636 95 8 34 Liou mf 111067238 ad Missed BI c6 7 Not Reported 4170 SE 30 Bl out cov A 28 Pd All 98 014 Pd Above 99 626 Pd Below 52 318 26 Time of Recordina 86 21 02 953850 Chim s KEE E GE DECEM EO C 04828 SIC 841 140 Time o of a OTE 3C6657 a 5567 1t 339 75 ft 848 Measured Position in slant Polar VEER 2 84 Nm THETA 82 79 14 Ra 72 04 NM G78 Mode 3 A Code in Octal Representation ilag H SE 090 Mode C Code in pinar Rep resentation E1 3 79 deg iU BiG oi ghia Al 3 138 Radar Plot Characteristic 10 IN Cov 2 21 rimary Subfield 1SRLTSSR Had och PAN RPD In Fx i 8 m Litude of SSR reply i 53 dBm nz 220 Bircraft address 4 24 Aircraft Identification DLH 3E derer ar upper 2 042 Calculated Position in Cartesian Coordinates Nm y 69 64 Nm o 208 Calculated Track Velocity Ground Speed aro be kt E He adin ng 728 89 deg 170 Track tatus CHE i RAD RAG DOU MAH KA GN LES m EH Capability and Flight Status 6 STAT No alert no SPI airborne Men ARC AIC int BIB BIB BiB BiB ig a lt 2 nee ein a t eee eS EL eee en Stes 10 sg
36. ion User Application Profile used in Asterix data for assigning Data Items to Data Fields User Datagram Protocol A connectionless unreliable Internet protocol Coordinated Universal Time World Geodetic System 1984 a E tw Le a ASL meen INTESOFT TUO Van L1 X N X SJ ELECTRONICS Trackan Reference 1 2 User Manual REFERENCED DOCUMENTS Document Coverage Map Interface Control Document for POEMS stations SASS C user manual commu ELECTRONICS ag Trackan S Add threads 12 Alaf suaeon 15 23 Limit NR CREER 16 23 ducum 16 23 B background server 11 BDS Register cereos 24 Benefits eee een 8 Blank Zones 13 mm 6 0 eee eee ee eee bo ene eee 22 Configuration 12 EN EE 15 Blank Zones 13 Data Source 13 Distribution 16 DI E MEME 13 Exclude List 15 Parameters 14 e EN ER NEE 13 e NER RR 12 SMOE EE 13 CSV Format8 16 21 23 24 25 D Data Source 13 Distribution 16 DIED WE 13 E Edit threads 12 ERES ENEE 26 User Manual INDEX Exclude List 15 NON General Overview 9
37. ld tracks again based on the parameters below These correlated tracks are visible as the Nr in the Trackan Viewer In this way the TRACKAN can be a reference for analysis for different radar sources which were influence of different tracker systems Maximum MODE AC Gap a parameter setting the maximum SSR trajectory gap bridged by the algorithm Maximum MODE S Gap a parameter setting the maximum MODES trajectory gap bridged by the algorithm Origin Approach Range NM the range band where the next plot can be expected to have any azimuth applicable for the vicinity of the radar origin when a fast moving target may produce azimuth change of about 180 degrees or greater The following three parameters are designed to model the random azimuth error in general using the formula OG 0 a R R Where e ROisthe Range Offset NM e C0 is the Random Azimuth Error deg e isthe Azimuth Error with Range NM Allowed Speed Jitter Factor 2 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 21 4 1 3 2 Split Tracks Three following parameters are dedicated for detection of the split plots e Delta Azimuth deg e Delta Range NM e Delta Timestamp s Tracks that are assigned the label Split Track can be displayed with the following menu See paragraph 6 4 1 Below Pd Threshold Above Pd Threshold Late Initiation Early Termination Late Initiation amp Early Termination Mode A C S Code Abscence Mode A Code
38. m 10 megabits to 1000 megabits per second transmission speeds 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 Megabytes of memory Selective addressing secondary surveillance radar technique Octal value 8 based numbering system ranging 0 to 7 A path can be described as a file s address on your file system describing where the file lives An absolute path gives the complete path starting at the root directory or the very top of the filesystem 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 e T gt Le eg ASL IH 35 1 L1 X j x UU E ELECTRONICS Trackan S SAC SALADT SASS C SIC SMGET T Timeout U UAP UDP UTC W WGS 84 User Manual 37 System Area Code used in Asterix data Used by SASS C Tool for visibility computation Surveillance Analysis Support System for ATC Centre System Identification Code used in Asterix data Mode S System Map Generator and Extractor Tool A timeout occurs when a device has waited too long for another device to send or receive a transmiss
39. nsponder Classification Count 5 eo BOS 50 True Track Angle 3 2 29 amp BOS 50 Ground Speed 3 2 29 amp i BOS 50 Track Angle Rate 3 2 29 amp ELS Transponder Classification Count 95 m Aircraft ID present 74 56 49 95 m BOS 10 present 126 96 18 BDS 10 5 available lili m Flight Status available 131 100 00 4 a BOS 60 Indicated Airspeed 11 TI 840 en BOS 60 vertical Rate 11 8 4095 Elementary Surveillance Compliance 26 19 85 Enhanced Surveillance Compliance 3 2 29 4 E Figure 6 13 ELS EHS detail These rules can be loosened or tightened by double clicking on the corresponding table entry Disabled rules are not taken into account for the calculations INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan D ACP ARP Asterix Asterix Data Block Asterix Record Baud CATOO1 CAT002 CAT034 CAT048 Cumulative Distribution D6 Data bits DCE EHS ELS DTE DTED EDR EDR V2 Ethernet Flow control Hex I O MB Mode S Oct Path Record RS323 RS422 User Manual 36 GLOSSARY Azimuth Count Pulse Azimuth Reference or Reset Pulse All Purpose Structured Eurocontrol Surveillance Information Exchange Unit of information seen by the application as a discrete entity by its contents A Data block contains one or more Record s containing data of the same category A collection of transmitted Data Fields of the same ca
40. re 6 5 TRACKAN History window um Coordinates v INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 30 The PPI display below the table show the table content in a graphical representation Only trajectories listed in the table are drawn in the PPI display The trajectory corresponding with the selected entry of interest in the table is colored blue in the PPI display The TRACKAN Main Viewer legend is as follows e Mi coasted coasted target reports miss reported by the radar e tected selected trajectory e Not init not initialized meaning assigned by TRACKAN based on minimum trajectory length not reached e Linked reported target in coverage linked to trajectory meaning assigned by TRACKAN based on object correlator parameters e CHo reported target out coverage linked to trajectory meaning assigned by TRACKAN based on coverage file e Busse Missed in coverage by the radar and added by the TRACKAN analysis e Mi cutcov Missed out coverage by the radar and added by the TRACKAN analysis Use the corresponding checkboxes bel to add deleted specific data sets from the PPI display T Ar pow ch ME coasted xd 393 15 1 4 WB Selected D ie Reported 62742 xL B Not Init L 1 3 geren 61044 61044 97 3 97 3 Boa Sl 7 34 114 lll Missed Mot Reported 2959 BI Qut Cov 2754 Used seg TI Valid amp Corr K r Valid amp
41. rect Mode C Threshold j 100 m Le J Jj x Le J gt f J gt J gt f J gt f J gt f d Figure 4 4 Preferences Process tab 4 1 2 1 Parameters A processing Thread can be enabled disabled using the processing selector A disabled processing thread 1s not executed during the processing but the processing parameters remain available for later use Threads i BERTEM ST HUBERT Figure 4 5 Enabled Bertem and Disabled St Hubert thread When available it is advised to select Time of Detection for timing purposes Time of Recording includes the processing and transmission delay and can possibly be less accurate for the analysis Use the Mode selector to excluded included specific types of detection during the analysis Parameters Thread Mode S Only MSSR Only Timing pop Only Mode SSES BDS Register Analysis Mode 5 PSR MSSR PSR Radar Data Format Mode S MSSR PSR Figure 4 6 Different modes Detection types that are excluded are not taken into account during the processing and will be categorized as Non Initiated The BDS Register Analysis can be enabled disabled individually for each processing thread Notice that enabling the BDS register analysis will increase the required processing time INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 17 The Radar Data format can be Asterix or Aircat 2 possibilities Figure 4 7 Radar da
42. s are defined All other times the current processing threads are shown in the configuration window A processing thread can be considered a set of parameters that will be applied to a radar data stream in order to perform an analysis Multiple processing threads can be defined they will be executed sequentially One radar data stream can be used in different processing threads to obtain different analysis figures INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 13 4 1 Add Edit processing threads Figure 4 2 Menu bar A new processing thread can be added by clicking the button Notice that the new thread is added to the list at the right hand side of the configuration window The settings of the last used thread or default are automatically used for the new thread When multiple threads are defined use the threads list to select the one of interest by clicking on the corresponding item Clicking the LZ Clicking the Clicking the button pastes the previously copied processing thread into the selected processing thread Clicking the I button clears all processing threads from the list Use the four tabs to navigate through the different thread configuration parameters 4 1 1 General tab The general tab contains parameters that are typical for a specific radar data stream site parameters radar data source path and coverage maps 4 1 1 1 Site The name of the site will be used throughout the
43. ta format Combine a number of files in order to have a bigger data set for the analysis The combined files will act as a sliding window each time a new file becomes available Because the analysis is trajectory based it is advised to combine a number of files for a period equal to the average time a target spends in the coverage Below the Minimum Track Length a trajectory 1s not used in the processing The individual target reports will be marked as not initialized in the TRACKAN Main Viewer The Track Extrapolate parameter defines the number of extrapolated target reports added at the beginning and the end of each trajectory for the extrapolation on the beginning of a track you need to combine files Otherwise the TRACKAN does not know whether the track really started or it 1s just present in this D6 file This extrapolation is done using the average speed and heading calculated with the last N target reports N being the Extrapolation Window parameter The extrapolated target reports are checked against the defined coverage volume and each extrapolated target report is marked as in out coverage Extrapolated target reports marked as in coverage are considered as missed by the radar and are taken into account during the analysis Red color in Viewer 5 445187 A 7147 Alt 268975 ft Ra 145 22 NM Az 154 753 deg El 0 B82 deg OUT Cow Range 3 targets are 1 rimar b added and judged SRL SSR SAM Pe PRHIRPDIREDIFE out of covera
44. tegory Unit of signal frequency in signals per second Not synonymous with bits per second since signals can represent more than one bit Baud equals bits per second only when the signal represents a single bit Monoradar Data Target Reports from a Radar Surveillance System to an SDPS plots and tracks from PSRs SSRs MSSRs excluding Mode S and ground surveillance Monoradar Service Messages status North marker sector crossing messages Monoradar Service Messages next version of CAT002 Monorader Data Target Reports next version of CAT001 The probability that a variable takes a value less than or equal to a certain value Intersoft Electronics internal data Radar data format plot or track based In data communications the number of bits used to send each character not including any added timing or error checking bits Data Communications Equipment The local and or remote modem A DCE 1s usually connected to a DTE Enhanced Surveillance Elementary Surveillance Data Terminal Equipment The computer or terminal either local yours or the remote the one you re communicating with A DTE is usually connected to a DCE Digital Terrain Elevation Data 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 fro
45. tical example as in the figure above e The target of Pd is 99 5 When the Pd drops to 99 0 or lower for 4 consecutive scans 3 1 it will trigger an alarm e The target of Missed targets is 5 When the number of missed targets increases till 10 or higher in one scan it will trigger an alarm INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 23 4 1 5 Radar s Digest tab This tab allows the user to accumulate a specific set of trajectories over a longer period Use the filter category controls to define a specific set of trajectories and check the box to enable the processing All the trajectories that comply are stored in a separate file called Digest 1 This file has can be used as a data source in an extra processing thread allowing the automatic processing of the accumulated set of trajectories just as any of the other treads 4 1 6 Distribution tab The distribution tab contains the information required to distribute the results of the radar data analysis according to the user s needs In the current version of the TRACKAN tool the results can only be saved to disk All other possibilities are for future developments Click the CH button to browse for a destination path Use the checkbox amp to enable disable the saving of the result to disk All results are stored in file format 4 2 Save Load configurations A complete configuration can be saved to disk by clicking the C button Notice that the TRACKAN main
46. title bar will flash as long as the alarm stage is maintained When the alarm stage is released the window will stay red as an indication that an alarm stage has been encountered Click the button to reset the alarm conditions The content of the history window can be logged to disk csv format by checking the Cep box Every increment in the history window is added to log file This way the log file is always updated with the latest information Switching on the log function will allow the user to browse for a destination file ELECTRONICS Trackan User Manual 33 6 4 3 TRACKAN Histogram Viewer Legend x Value Y Value Sum 18115 00 Mean 37 12 STD 40 62 RMS 54 99 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 Oo lt Azimuth STD mdeg Min Figure 6 9 TRACKAN Histogram window The top row selectors allow any parameter from any processing thread to be displayed in the histogram window On the right hand side the statistics calculated from the histogram are shown A cursor can be put on the histogram to query specific values in more detail 6 4 4 TRACKAN BDS Register Viewer Whenever Mode S data is available ASTERIX cat048 the BDS register analysis is automatically enabled Select the thread of interest with the thread selection menu Ex TRACKAN V1 3 4 BDS Register Nr S Address Aircraft ID BDS 10 BDS 17 BDS 1D ACASRA BDS 40 BDS 50 BDS 60 c00800 TSC410 10 01 00 80 E6 00 00 F
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