011-0131-01 rev a speed sensor ii users manual

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Stalker Speed Sensor II User’s Manual 011-0131-01 rev. A

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TableofContents1  Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 4 

2  Connecting the Speed Sensor to the PC ............................................................................................... 4 

3  PC Application ....................................................................................................................................... 5 

3.1  LoadingtheDeveloper’sKitCD .................................................................................................. 5 

3.2  PollingforSpeedSensorID ........................................................................................................ 5 

3.3  TroubleshootingCommunicationIssues ................................................................................... 6 

4  Configuring the Speed Sensor ............................................................................................................... 7 

4.1  ReadingtheCurrentConfiguration ............................................................................................ 9 

4.2  ChangingandSavingtheConfiguration ................................................................................... 10 

4.3  ConfigurationSettings............................................................................................................... 12 

4.4  ChangingtheBaudRate ............................................................................................................ 12 

4.5  DefaultSettings .......................................................................................................................... 12 

4.5.1  FactoryDefaults ................................................................................................................. 12 

4.5.2  ConfigurationFileDefaults ............................................................................................... 13 

4.6  PrintingSettingValues .............................................................................................................. 14 

4.7  DemoApplicationSoftKeys ..................................................................................................... 14 

4.8  Fork Test ...................................................................................................................................... 15 

4.9  MonitoringSpeedData ............................................................................................................. 16 

4.10  LoggingSpeedData ................................................................................................................... 18 

5  Configuring the Stalker Dashboard Application .................................................................................. 19 

5.1  ApplicationControlFile ............................................................................................................ 20 

5.2  Speed Sensor Configuration File ................................................................................................. 21 

5.3  Softwareupdates ....................................................................................................................... 24 

6  FCC Requirements ............................................................................................................................... 26 

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1 IntroductionAppliedConceptsprovidesaSensorstartupkitthatincludescablesandPCsoftwarethatcanbeusedtoquicklyconnectasensoruptoaPCfortestingandconfiguringthesensor.Thesenorhasmanyconfigurationsettingthatcanbealteredbytheusertooptimizethesensorperformancefortheirparticularapplication.Forthedetailsontheconfigurationregisters,thereuseandtheirsettingrefertotheSpeedSensorIITechnicalGuide.

2 ConnectingtheSpeedSensortothePCBeforeconnectingthesensortothePCbesuretocheckwhichtypeofconnectionyouwanttomake.ThesensorscanbeconnectedusingeitheraRS‐232portorRS‐485port.Thedeveloper’skitwillshipwithacableforoneortheotherdependingonwhichkittheuserordered.IfthekitbeingusedistheRS‐232versionitcanbeconnecteddirectlytoaPC.IfthePCdoesnothavea9pinserialportconnectortheyyouwillneedtouseaUSBtoserialconvertorwhichareavailableatmoststoressellingcomputersupplies.Steps:

ConnectthePower/DatacabletotheSpeedSensor. ConnecttheRS‐485toRS‐232convertertotheDB9connectorifitisaRS‐485cable. ConnecttothePCusingtheprovidedserialcable.Thisisa“straight‐through”serial

cable.(Donotreplaceitwitha“nullmodem”cablewhichwillswapthetransmitandreceivewires).

ConnecttopowerbypluggingthepoweradapterintotheAClineandthenplugthepowerconnectorintothePower/Datacable.IfusingtheDCpowercable,thenplugthecigaretteplugintoa12VDC(nominal)powersupply.

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3 PCApplication

3.1 LoadingtheDeveloper’sKitCDInserttheDeveloper’sKitCDinyourPC,andtheautomaticinstallershouldbeginwithinafewseconds.Allowtheinstalltocompletenormallybyclickingonthepromptsfordefaultinstallation.TheprocessinstallsthefollowingitemsonyourPCunderC:\ProgramFiles\Stalkerandincludes:

StalkerDashboardapplicationthatcanbeusedtoconfigure,monitorandcontrolSpeedSensors.

A.pdfversionofthismanual. SpecificationsforeachoftheSpeedSensormodels. Configurationfilesforeachofthemodels. Cabledrawingsforreference.

TheinstallationprocessalsocreatesashortcuticononthedesktopfortheDashboardapplication.SeveralshortcutstotheinstalleditemsarecreatedundertheStalkertabintheWindowsStartMenu.

3.2 PollingforSpeedSensorIDOncethesensorisconnectedtothePCandpowerisconnected,double‐clicktheStalkerDashboarddesktopicontostartthedemoapplication.Themainscreenbelowappears.

PlacethemousepointerovertheSlogoandarolloverpopupmessagedisplaystheversionofcodeloadedintheSpeedSensor(e.g.Stationary232Ver:2.0.0).Thedisplayofthisversionisassurancethattheunitispoweredandcommunicatingsincetheapplicationmustpollittofindoutthisinformation

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3.3 TroubleshootingCommunicationIssuesIftheversionisblankwhentheSpeedSensorispolledasabove,theunitisnotcommunicatingwiththePC.TheproblemcouldbeapowerproblemwiththeSpeedSensororacommunicationlinkproblembetweenthePCandSpeedSensor.

Forsuspectedcommunicationlinkproblemsortochangetheserialportorthebaudrate,clickon“Options”inthemainscreenandselect“ChangeSerialPortSettings”fromthepull‐downmenu.

ChangethePortsettingtomatchthePC’sserialportbeingusedbytheDashboardapplicationandtheBaudratetomatchthebaudratesettingintheSensor.

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4 ConfiguringtheSpeedSensor

Whenviewingthemainscreenofthedemoapplication,thenameofaconfigurationfileisdisplayedinthetitlebar(e.g.[ConfigureStationary2322.0.0.cfg]).ThisfiledefinesalloftheconfigurablesettingsthatareavailableonaparticularmodelofSpeedSensor.Sincefeaturesandsettingsareaddedandchangedindifferentversionsofsoftware,thefilenamealsoincludestheversion(2.0.0)thatthefile’ssettingsapplyto.Theexamplesinthismanualareforagenericversionofthespeedsenor.Ifyouaretestingaspecificversionofthesensoryoumayneedtochangetoaconfigurationfilesentwiththatspeedsensorforthesystemtoworkproperly.Ifyouareusingadifferentversionofthespeedsensor,withadifferentconfigurationfile,notalloftheoptionsshownheremaybeavailable.Refertothatsensor’sspecificmanualforitsuniqueconfigurationcontrols.

Ifthefilenameisforadifferentunit,openalistofotheravailableconfigurationfilesbyselecting“SelectNewStartupConfigFile”fromtheConfigpull‐downmenu.

Thedialogboxonthenextpagewillopenandallowforaselectiontobemade.ItisimportantthatthemodelandsoftwareversionintheconfigurationfilenamematchthemodelandversionintheProductID.ThedialogboxwillcontaintheSensormodelandcurrentsoftwarerevisioninthebluetitlebar.

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Ifthereareno.cfgfilesinthelist,makesurethe“Lookin”windowissetfortheConfigurationUtilitiesfolderunderC:\ProgramFiles\Stalker–thestandardinstallationlocationforthesefiles,orC:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Stalkerfora64bitOS.Ifthecorrectfileisstillunavailable,alowerversionnumberforthatmodelwillwork,butitmaynotprovideaccesstonewerfeatures.ThematchingconfigurationfileisalwaysavailablefromStalker.Contactussowecansendittoyou.

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4.1 ReadingtheCurrentConfigurationFromtheConfigpull‐downmenu,select“EditFirmwareValues”.TheapplicationwillpolltheSpeedSensortoreadallthesettingsdefinedintheconfigurationfileandthendisplaytheConfigurationwindowbelow.

Thesettingsaregroupedbytypeandthedifferenttypescanbeselectedbyclickingontheappropriatetab.Moretabscanbemadevisiblebyclickingontheleftandrightarrowsnexttothelasttabontheright.

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4.2 ChangingandSavingtheConfigurationThesettingsintheSpeedSensorcanbechangedbyselectingothervaluesfromthesettings’pull‐downmenusasshownbelow,forexample,changingtheunitsfromMPHtokm/H(KilometersperHour).ClicktheOptionsMenuandselecttheUploadProposedValuestoSensortosavethesettingschangestotheSpeedSensor.ThechangescanbeconfirmedbyobservingthattheSensorValuesarenowequaltotheProposedValues.

WhenUploadProposedValuestoSensorbuttonisclicked,theStalkerDashboardapplicationsendsseparatecommandstotheSpeedSensortoseteachvalue.TheSpeedSensorrespondstoeachcommandwithitsneworcurrentsettingvalue.ThenewsettingsarestoredintheSpeedSensor’sinternalmemoryandarerememberedevenwhentheunitisturnedoffandbackon.

IftheSpeedSensorrespondstotheapplicationwithavaluedifferentfromthedesiredvalue,anerrormaybeseenasshownbelow.

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Thiswarningcanbecausedbythesereasons:

Iftheapplicationtriestochangeasettingthatisnotdefinedforaparticularmodelorversion,theSpeedSensorreturnsthevalue“255”meaningthatitdoesnotunderstandtherequest.MakesuretheapplicationisusingthecorrectconfigurationfileandthatallsettingsintheconfigurationfileareapplicabletothatSpeedSensormodel.

IfanillegalvalueissenttotheSpeedSensor,itignoresitandrespondswithalegal

value.SomesettingsrequiretheinternalstatemachineoftheSpeedSensortorunbeforethesettingisactuallychanged.TheSpeedSensorcanrespondtotheapplication’scommandmessagebeforethestatemachinehasrun,sotheinitialresponsemaynotbethedesiredsetting.Re‐opentheConfigurationswindowafterthewarningtoverifythatthesettingdidactuallychange.ThesesettingsareMode,Zone,TransmitterControl,StrongLock,FastLock,TestandForkEnable.

Somesettingsareread‐onlysettings,andtheSpeedSensorwillrespondwithits

internalvalueregardlessofwhatvaluewasrequested.ThesesettingsareGetProductIDandGetCurrentAGCGain.RefertotheendoftheSpeedSensorConfigurationFilesectionfordetailsoncontrollingwarningscausedbythesesettings.

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4.3 ConfigurationSettingsTherearemanySpeedSensorconfigurationsettings.SomeapplytoallSpeedSensorsbutothersarespecifictocertainmodels.Allsettingsforallmodelsaredescribedindetailin

BasicConfiguration SerialPortConfiguration TargetRecognition TargetFiltering SpeedPresentation LockingTargets SpeedAlarm Audio TXPowerSave Testing System

4.4 ChangingtheBaudRateSincethebaudrateoftheSpeedSensorandthebaudrateoftheDashboardapplicationmustbethesameforcommunicationstowork,usethefollowingstepstochangethebaudrate.

OpentheConfigSettingsgridasdescribedaboveandclickontheSerialPortConfigurationtabtoseetheserialportsettings.

Changethebaudratetothenewdesiredvalueandsavethesetting.AtthispointtheSpeedSensorandtheDashboardapplicationarestillcommunicatingwiththepreviousbaudrate;thebaudrateoftheSpeedSensorhasnotchangedyet.

TurntheSpeedSensoroffandbackontocompletethebaudratechangeintheunit. ConfiguretheScoreboardapplication’sbaudratetothenewdesiredvalueasdescribed

inSection3.3above.Youmayneedtocloseandreopentheapplicationtocompletetheprocess.

4.5 DefaultSettingsTherearetwotypesofdefaultvaluesfortheSpeedSensors.Factorydefaultsarehard‐codedintotheunitandcannotbemodified.ConfigurationFiledefaultsaresavedintheconfigurationfilesdiscussedabove.Theycanbechangedinthefileandsavedforcustomuserdefaultvalues.

4.5.1 FactoryDefaultsThefactorydefaultsforeachsettingandeachproductarelistedinAppendixD.Toreturnallvaluestotheirfactorydefaults,performthefollowingsequence:TurntheSpeedSensoroffusingtheswitchontheProgrammingBox.PressandholdtheredResetbuttononthebox(orgroundtheAUXpin)whileturningtheunitbackon.Releasetheredbuttonafter2or3seconds.Turntheunitoffbrieflyandthenbackonagain.BecarefulusingthismethodbecausealloftheSpeedSensor’ssettingsarechangedbacktofactorydefaults.Ifothersettingshadbeenconfiguredforacustomapplication,theywillneedtobesetagain.

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4.5.2 ConfigurationFileDefaultsToconfiguretheSpeedSensorwiththedefaultvaluesinthecurrentlyselectedconfigurationfile,selectthe“InitializeRadarWithConfigFileDefaults”fromtheConfigpulldownmenu.Makesurethatthedesiredconfigurationfileisselected(asdescribedinthebeginningofSection5)beforeinitializingwithdefaults.

ThedefaultvaluesinthestandardconfigurationfilesavailablefromStalkerRadarareequaltothefactorydefaultslistedinAppendixD.Ifchangesaremadetovaluesforacustomconfiguration,theymaybesavedasdefaultvaluesinanewconfigurationfileforlateruse.Onceallchangesaremade,select“SaveSensorValuesToNewFileAsDefaults”fromtheOptionspull‐downmenu.

Savethenewconfigurationfilewithanamedescribingthecustomapplication.Thenexttime“SelectNewStartupConfigFile”isselectedfromtheOptionspull‐down,thenewfilewillbeavailablealso.Iftheboxaboveischeckedfor“SaveAsStartupConfigFile”,thenewlycreatedfilenamewillappearinthetitlebarandthatfileisthenusedfortheconfigurationtasks.

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4.6 PrintingSettingValuesThecurrentconfigurationsettingsinaSpeedSensorcaneasilybeprintedforarecordofvalues.Apreviewofthepagestobeprintedcanbeselectedbyclickingon“PrintPreview”.Toprintthepages,select“Print”fromtheOptionspull‐downmenu.AWindowsPrintscreenwillappearforyoutoselectaprintertoprintthefileto.Selectthedesiredprinterorusethedefaultprinter.Thetableofconfigurationvalueswillprintwithaheaderatthetopofeachpagethatshowsthedate,Sensortype,andsoftwareversion.

4.7 DemoApplicationSoftKeysWhenusingtheStalkerDashboardapplicationtocommunicatewiththeunit,severalsoftkeysareavailableforconfigurationandcontroloftheunit:

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ForkOn/OFF–Togglestheforkmodeonandoff.Usedwhentestingwithatuningfork.Mode–clickingthisbuttonalternatesthemodeoftheunitbetweenStationaryandMoving.ThiscapabilityisonlyavailableintheTrafficSpeedSensorwhichhasbothmodesofoperation.Units–SelectsthetypeofunitsthattheSensorwilloutputandbedisplayedinthespeedwindows.Transmit/Hold–clickingthisbuttonturnsonandofftheradartransmitter.ThestatusdisplaysasTransmitorHold.Zone–WheninStationarymode,clickingthisbuttoncyclesthroughtheAway,ClosingandBothzones.WheninMovingmode,italternatesthezonebetweenSamelaneandOppositelane.LockingSpeeds–Thoughnotshownasasoftkey,aStrongtargetorFasttargetspeedcanbelockedbyclickingthewindowshowingthedesiredspeedtobelocked.ThelockedspeedwillbeshownintheLockwindow.Toclearthelockedspeed,clicktheLockspeedwindow.

4.8 ForkTestAForkTestcanberuntoensureproperoperationofaSpeedSensorradar.TuningforksarecalibratedtoringatacertainfrequencythatsimulatesaDopplerreturnfromamovingobject.Sincetheyarenottrulydirectionalsignalsandsincetheradarnormallyfiltersoutnon‐directionalsignals,a“forkmode”isprovidedtoeasilyreadtuningforks.

WhentheForkModestatusonthedemoapplication’smainscreenisOn,strikeaforkandholditinfrontoftheradar’slenstoseeitscalibratedspeedreadoutinthetargetwindow.Ifthespeedstampedonthetuningforkmatchesthespeeddisplayed,theradarisseeingtargetsandreportingthemproperly.

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ForkModeisautomaticallyturnedonforoneminutewhentheSpeedSensorispoweredup.Thisallowsaquickforktestbeforethemodeisautomaticallyturnedoffandtheradaragainprocessesonlydirectionaltargets.Ifalongerforkperiodisdesired,turnonforkmodeusingtheForkEnableconfigurationsetting(setting47).Whenenabledinthismanner,forkmodestaysonfor10minutesbeforeitautomaticallyturnsoffagain.

4.9 MonitoringSpeedDataTheradartransmittermustbeonfortheSpeedSensortoregisterspeeds.ThedemoPCapplicationcanbeusedtomonitorspeedsthattheSpeedSensordetects.Otherequipmentorapplicationscanalsomonitorthespeeddatafromtheunitbydecodingthemessagesittransmitsovertheseriallink.

Severalmessageformatsareavailableandcanbeselected.RefertotheSpeedSensortechnicalmanualforthecontentandorganizationofthefieldsforthedifferentformats.TheyvaryfromsimpleASCIIcharacterstringstolongerformatsreportingmultiplespeedsandstatusinformation.Therearealsostreamingformatsandpollingformats.

TheRS‐232modelscanstreamdatainanyformatexceptEEwhichisreservedasapolling‐onlyformat.Whenevertheradartransmitterison,theSpeedSensorstreamsoutspeedmessagesintheselectedmessageformatatafixednumberofmessageseachsecond.

TheRS‐232modelscanalsocommunicateusingtheFormatEEhandshaking(orpolling)method.Insteadofautomaticallystreamingdataout,itsendsasingleFormatEEspeedmessagepacketonlywhenthecontrollerasksforone.TheStationarySpeedSensorreportsthestrongtargetspeedvalue,andtheSpeedometerandTrafficSpeedSensorsreportthevehiclespeedvalue.

ToenableFormatEEpolling,makesuretheradartransmitterisonandthattheMessageFormatisconfiguredforEE.Thenselect“StartEEPolling”fromtheOptionspull‐downmenuonthemainscreenasshownbelow.TheDashboardapplicationwillthenbeginsendingEEFormatRequestsanddisplayingthevaluesreturnedfromtheSpeedSensor.Tostopthepollingfromtheapplication,select“StopPolling”fromthesamemenu.

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TheRS‐485modelscanonlyusehandshakingmethodssincetheyarealwaysaslaveonthelink.Theyneversenddataunlessthecontrollerasksforit.TheycancommunicateusingFormatEEpollingasdescribedabove,butonlyiftheunit’saddressis2,thefactorydefault.

TheStationaryRS‐485modelcanalsousethemoreflexibleEApolling.Withthismethod,thecontrollersendsanEArequestasdescribedinAppendixB,andtheSpeedSensorreturnsasinglemessageofwhateverSerialPortOutputFormatisselected.SincetheEArequesthasaddressfields,thecontrollercanpollanyindividualunitonapoint‐to‐multipointlinkandgetbackaspeedreportfromonlythatunit.TheDashboardapplicationdoesnotsupportEApolling.

TheStalkerDashboardapplicationdisplaysthespeedsitreceivesintheappropriatespeedwindows.ForaStationarySpeedSensor,thestrongesttargettheradarseesshowsintheSTRONGwindow.Ifafaster,weakersignalisdetected,itshowsintheFASTwindow.Andifeitherastrongorfasttargetislocked,thatspeedshowsintheLOCKwindow.ATrafficSpeedSensordisplaysallofthesespeedsplusthevehiclespeedintheVEHICLESPEEDwindow.TheSpeedometerSpeedSensoronlyreportsvehiclespeedwhichdisplaysintheVEHICLESPEEDwindow.

Intheexamplebelow,aStationarySpeedSensorisreportingastrongtargetspeedof25MPHandafastertargetspeed(whichhasbeenlocked)of40MPH.Notethearrowsabovethespeedwindows.Thedownarrowssignifythatthetargetsareapproachingtheradar(closingspeeds).Uparrowssignifytargetsmovingaway(awayspeeds).

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4.10 LoggingSpeedDataWhentheSpeedSensorissendingspeeddataintheEEFormat(thehandshakeprotocol),theDashboardapplicationcanlogthedatatoafileforlaterreview.Thiscomma‐delimitedfilelistseachspeedentrywithatimestampandcaneasilybeimportedtoaspreadsheetortexteditor.Loggingisnotenabledbydefault,soafewsettingsintheapplication’scontrolfilearenecessarytogetitstarted.Followthestepsbelowtoenablelogging:

LocatethefilenamedDashboard.iniinthe“C:\ProgramFiles\Stalker\Dashboard\Application”folder.

Ifthefileisnotinthatlocation,rightclickonthedemoapplicationdesktopiconandselect“Properties”toopenthepropertieswindowfortheicon.ClickontheShortcuttabandlookinthe“Startin:”fieldforthelocationoftheapplicationexecutablefileandtheDashboard.inifile.

OpentheDashboard.inifileinanytexteditorsuchasWordPadorNotepad. FindtheENABLE_SPEED_LOGGINGlineandensuretheparameterisset=1. Ifloggingofzerospeedsisdesired,settheLOG_ALL_SPEED_DATAparameter=1.Ifonly

non‐zerospeedsaredesired,setit=0. TypeinthedesirednameofthelogfileaftertheDATA_LOG_FILEparameter.The

defaultisSpeedLog.csv.ThelogfilewillbecreatedinthesamefolderastheapplicationexecutableandDashboard.inifiles.

SetthepollingintervalwiththeEE_FORMAT_INTERVALparameter.Thenumberrepresentsmillisecondsbetweenpolls,andthedefaultvalueis100ms(tentimespersecond).

Toinitiatelogging,makesuretheradartransmitterisonandthattheSerialPortOutputFormatisconfiguredforEE.Thenselect“StartEEPolling”intheActionspull‐downmenu.Tostoplogging,select“StopEEPolling”.ThedemoapplicationappendsnewdatatothelogeachtimetheEEFormatisstarted.

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ThefilecreatedisacommadelimitedfileandcanbeopenedwithaTXTprogramofExcel.Thedatawillconsistofdate,time,speedanddirectionandlooklikethis:

2012/09/24 12:35:39:131,32,1 2012/09/24 12:35:39:241,33,1 2012/09/24 12:35:39:381,33,1 2012/09/24 12:35:39:475,33,1 2012/09/24 12:35:39:569,9,-1 2012/09/24 12:35:39:709,10,-1 2012/09/24 12:35:39:803,11,-1 2012/09/24 12:35:39:897,11,-1 2012/09/24 12:35:40:006,12,-1

5 ConfiguringtheStalkerDashboardApplication

TheStalkerDashboardapplicationforcommunicatingwithandconfiguringSpeedSensorsconsistsofasetoffileswhichresideonthePC.TheDeveloper’sKitCDprovidedwiththeSpeedSensorProgrammingBoxKitsinstallsallofthefileslistedbelow(initalics)ontheuser’sPCundertheC:\ProgramFiles\Stalkerfolder.

StalkerDashboard.exeisthePCdemoapplicationexecutablefileusedtocontrolandcommunicatewiththeSpeedSensors.Dashboard.iniisthecontrolfileforthedemoapplication.ThesetwofilesareinstalledintheC:\ProgramFiles\Stalker\Dashboard\Applicationfolder.

TheexecutablefileandtheDashboard.inicontrolfileareusedasapairwhentheapplicationisrunning.Theexecutablefilereadsparametersfromthecontrolfileduringinitialization.Andtheexecutablefilealsoupdatesthecontrolfileduringoperation.Forthisreason,onlyoneexecutablefileinafoldershouldberunatatime.IfmorethanoneexecutableisrunningandtryingtousethesameDashboard.inifile,theexecutableswillinterferewitheachother.

ItispossibletorunmorethanoneapplicationatatimeononePCif,forexample,thereisanotherSpeedSensorconnectedtodifferentserialport.SimplycopytheexecutablefileandtheDashboard.inifiletoadifferentfolderwheretheycanrunwithoutinterference.

TherearealsouniquestandardconfigurationfilesforeachmodelandsoftwareversionofSpeedSensor:ConfigureTraffic232x.x.x.cfgisforaTrafficSpeedSensorversionx.x.x.ConfigureStationary232x.x.x.cfgisforanRS‐232StationarySpeedSensor.ConfigureStationary485x.x.x.cfgisforanRS‐485StationarySpeedSensor.ConfigureSpeedometer232x.x.x.cfgisforanRS‐232SpeedometerSpeedSensor.ConfigureSpeedometer485x.x.x.cfgisforanRS‐485SpeedometerSpeedSensor.ThesefilesareinstalledintheC:\ProgramFiles\Stalker\ConfigurationUtilitiesfolder.

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5.1 ApplicationControlFileThecontrolfile,Dashboard.ini,isanASCIItextfilethatmaybeeditedwithanytexteditorsuchasWordPadorNotepad.IthasseveralcontrolparametersthatcanbechangedtoaffecttheoperationoftheSpeedSensorapplication.Seeacopyofthefilebelowwithexplanationsoftheparametersfollowing.

[Stalker]PORT=COM1BAUD=9600

SOURCE_ID=1DESTINATION_ID=2

CONFIG_FILE=C:\ProgramFiles\Stalker\ConfigurationUtilities\ConfigureStationary2322.0.0.cfgCONFIG_FILE_LOCATION=C:\ProgramFiles\Stalker\ConfigurationUtilities

GET_CFG_INTERVAL=5000RESPONSE_TIMEOUT=500RETRY=2

EE_FORMAT_INTERVAL=100

ENABLE_SPEED_LOGGING=1LOG_ALL_SPEED_DATA=0DATA_LOG_FILE=SpeedLog.csv

PORTdefinesthePCserialportusedforcommunicationwiththeSpeedSensor.WhentheserialportischangedusingtheOptionspull‐down“ChangeSerialPortSettings”function,thisparameterintheDashboard.inifileisautomaticallychanged.Itcanalsobechangedbyeditingthefile.AftertheCOMportischanged,theapplicationneedstobeclosedandre‐openedforthenewlyselectedporttobeused.BAUDdefinesthebaudratetobeusedforcommunicationwiththeSpeedSensor.AswithPORTabove,thisparametercanalsobechangedviatheOptionspull‐down“ChangeSerialPortSettings”functionorbyeditingthefile.Andafterchangingthebaudrate,theapplicationneedstobeclosedandre‐openedforthesettingtotakeeffect.

SOURCE_IDisalwayssetto1andDESTINATION_IDisalwayssetto2.WhencommunicatingwithaSpeedSensor,theapplicationisalwaysthemasterofthelink(ID1)andtheSpeedSensorisalwaystheslave(ID2).Donotchangethesevalues.

CONFIG_FILEdefinestheSpeedSensorconfigurationfileusedduringasession,andCONFIG_FILE_LOCATIONdefinesthepathtothatfile.Theseparametersareupdatedbytheapplicationwhen“SelectNewStartupConfigFile”isselectedfromtheConfigpull‐downmenu.Thecontentofconfigurationfilesisdiscussedindetailinthenextsection.

GET_CFG_INTERVALdefineshowoften(inmilliseconds)theapplicationpollstheSpeedSensortoupdatethestatusfieldsinthemainwindow.Thisparameterappliestothestatusfieldsonly(Units,Mode,Zone…)–notthespeedwindows.Thedefaultis5000ms(5seconds).Thisparametervaluecanbeincreasedtoreducethemessagetrafficonthelink.RESPONSE_TIMEOUTisthetimeinmillisecondsthattheapplicationwillwaitforaresponsefromtheSpeedSensorbeforearetryorfailure.Thedefaultis500ms(½second).RETRYdefinesthenumberoftimestheapplicationwillresendaconfigurationsettingtotheSpeedSensorifitdoesn’tgetaresponse.

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EE_FORMAT_INTERVALdefineshowoften(inmilliseconds)theapplicationpollstheSpeedSensorforaspeedreportinEEFormat.Pollingbeginsafterselecting“StartEEPolling”fromtheActionspull‐downmenu,andpollingstopsafterselecting“StopEEPolling”.Thedefaultvalueis100ms(1/10secondor10timespersecond).ThevaluecanbeincreasedordecreasedtospeeduporslowdowntherateofEEFormatpolling.

ENABLE_SPEED_LOGGINGdefineswhetheraspeedlogfileisgeneratedforthecurrentsession.Loggingisenabledwhentheparameterisset=1anddisabledwhenset=0.LoggingonlytakesplaceiftheSpeedSensor’sSerialPortDataFormatissetforEEFormat.LOG_ALL_SPEED_DATAisusedtoinhibitlogging0speeds.Whenset=1allspeedsareloggedincluding0speeds.Whenset=0onlyspeedsabove0arelogged,andthelengthofthelogfileisreduced.DATA_LOG_FILEdefinesthefilenameforthespeedlog.ThisfilewillbesavedinthedirectorywheretheapplicationfileandtheDashboard.inifilereside.

5.2 SpeedSensorConfigurationFile1. TheSpeedSensorconfigurationfilesarealsoASCIIfileswhichcanbeeditedwithatexteditor.

StalkerRadarprovidesadifferentfileforeachdifferentmodelofSpeedSensorandforeachdifferentsoftwareversionforeachmodel.ThesestandardconfigurationfilesdefinethesettingsfromAppendixDthattheapplicationcancontrolinaunit.Ashortportionofaconfigurationfileisshownbelow.Notethatthefileisorganizedinaseriesoftextblocks:threeblocksintheexamplebelow.

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Theorderoftheblocksinthe.cfgfiledeterminestheorderinwhichthesettingsandtheirvalueswillbedisplayedintheConfigurationwindow.Aslongastheblocksaremovedasunits,theycanbearrangedinanyorder.

BlocksforthesettingsusedmostoftencouldbeplacedatthetopofthesectionsotheirvaluesappearatthetopoftheConfigurationswindow.Blocksforsettingsthatareneverusedcouldevenbedeletedfromthefiletospeedupthe“EditFirmwareValues”process.WerecommendcopyingthestandardfileprovidedbyStalkerRadartoafilewithanewnamebeforemakingchanges.Inthatway,manycustomconfigurationfilescanbecreatedfordifferentuses,andthestandardfileisalwaysavailabletofallbackonforcompletecontrol.

Eachblockrepresentsadifferentconfigurationsettingandhasthefollowingformat:

[TransmitterControl]PACKET_TYPE=1COMMAND_ID=42ANTENNA_NUMBER=1VALUE_BYTES=1DATA_TYPE=1VALUE_MIN=VALUE_MAX=VALUE_ITEMS_DISPLAY=Hold,TransmitVALUE_ITEMS_FIRMWARE=0,1DEFAULT_VALUE=1DISPLAY=1

Thefirstlineintheblockdefinesthenameofthesettinginbrackets.ThisisthesettingdescriptionthatdisplaysintheleftcolumnoftheConfigurationsscreen,anditcanbechangedtoanynamedesired.

PACKET_TYPEshouldbeset=1.Donotchangethisvalue.ItisusedinthePacketTypefieldoftheConfigurationProtocoldescribedinAppendixEwhentheapplicationisbuildingcommandstosendtotheSpeedSensor.COMMAND_IDistheSettingID(indecimalformat)fromAppendixDthatcorrespondstothesettingdescription.ANTENNA_NUMBERshouldbeset=1.Donotchangethisvalue.ItisusedintheAntennaNumberfieldoftheConfigurationProtocoldescribedinAppendixEwhentheapplicationisbuildingcommandstosendtotheSpeedSensor.VALUE_BYTESisthenumberofbytesthatthesettingvalueuses.DonotchangethisvaluefromthevalueprovidedinthestandardconfigurationfilesfromStalkerRadar.DATA_TYPEcontrolsthebehaviorofthevaluefields.Whenset=1(listtype),onlythevalueslistedinVALUE_ITEMS_DISPLAYarevalid.Whenset=2(free‐formnumerictype),inadditiontothevaluesinthelist(ifany),theusercanalsoenteranynumericvalueintherangefromVALUE_MINthroughVALUE_MAX.VALUE_MINdefinestheminimumacceptablevaluewhenDATA_TYPE=2.VALUE_MAXdefinesthemaximumacceptablevaluewhenDATA_TYPE=2.VALUE_ITEMS_DISPLAYdefinesthetextthatwillappearaspull‐downselectionsintherowforagivensettingintheConfigurationswindow.Thevaluesareseparatedbycommaswithnospacesandmaybesettoanydesiredtext.VALUE_ITEMS_FIRMWAREdefinestheactualvaluestheapplicationusestocommunicatewiththeSpeedSensor.Thesevaluesarealsoseparatedbycommas,andtheordercorrelatesona

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onetoonebasiswiththeorderofthelistforVALUE_ITEMS_DISPLAY.TheavailablevaluesforeachsettingaredefinedinAppendicesCandD.DEFAULT_VALUEisthedefaultvaluedescribedintheConfigurationFileDefaultssection.Itmaybesettoanylegalvalueforthesetting–eitherfromtheVALUE_ITEMS_FIRMWARElistorbetweenVALUE_MINandVALUE_MAX.DISPLAYdefineswhetherthesettingisdisplayedintheConfigurationsscreen.Whenset=1,thesettingisdisplayed.Whenset=0,thesettingisnotdisplayed.Thismethodcanbeusedtoskipdisplayingsettingsofnointerestwithouthavingtodeletethewholeblockfromthefile.

Formostcommands,theSpeedSensorisabletochangethesettingandreportthenew,desiredvalue.However,somesettingsareonlyusedforpollingormonitoringthestatusoftheunitandcannotactuallychangethesettingintheunit.Fortheseread‐onlysettings,theSpeedSensorstillsendsaresponse,butitrespondswiththeinternalsettingvalueandmayresultintheapplicationprogramdisplayingthefollowingscreen.

Thesesettingsare#37GetProductIDand#50GetCurrentAGCGain.EnsurethattheDISPLAYparameterforthesesettings=0sothattheapplicationwillnottrytochangethemandgenerateawarning.ChooseContinuetofinishtheoperationbutmakethenecessarychangetotheconfigurationfiletopreventthewarningfromappearingagain.

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5.3 SoftwareupdatesTheDashboardprogramhastheuniqueabilityofuploadingnewsoftwaretoSpeedSensorswithversion2.0.0orlatercodealreadyinstalled.IfyourSpeedSensorhassoftwarethatisearlierthan2.0.0,otherPCApplicationslocatedontheProgramCDcanbeusedforcommunicatingtotheSpeedSensor.Checkwiththefactorytodetermineifversion2.0.0isavailableforyourtypeofSpeedSensor.Ifsoftwareversion2.0.0isavailable,theSensorcanalsobesenttothefactoryforupgradingtothelatestprogram.ThissectiondetailstheprocessofuploadinganewsoftwareprogramtoyourSpeedSensor.Checkingforanewversionofsoftware:

ContacttheCustomerServiceDepartmentatStalkerRadarandinquireaboutanewversionofsoftware.PleasehaveyourcurrentversionavailablewhenaskedsoitcanbedeterminedifthereisanewloadforyourSensor.AnewversioncanbesentbyemailandwillinstallonyourharddriveunderC:\ProgramFiles\Stalker\....inasubfolderthatgroupsthedifferentversionstogether.ThedashboardversionnumbercanbefoundbyclickingonAboutinthemainmenubar.

DashboardSetupOncethenewcodehasbeensavedtoyourharddisk,opentheDashboardprogram.Clickonthe“Options”menuandthenclickon“ReprogramRadar”.Anewwindowwillappearasseenbelow.FollowtheinstructionstodeterminewhichtypeofSensoryouhave.Clickontheappropriateselectionboxforyourradarintheupperrightcornerofthescreen.Clickon“OK”toproceed.

Anotherwindowwillopentoshowtheavailablefilesthatcanbeuploadedtothesensor.Selecttheprogramthatistobeuploadedtotheunit,inthiscase“s3_sta_200.p”locatedundertheStalkerS3Stationarysection,seepicturebelow.Inthisexample,thisprogramisthelatestversionavailablefortheStationarytypeofSensor.Thefolderstructuremayvarybysystem.Doubleclickontheiconofthedesiredversionandclickon“Ok”onthepopupwindow.Theprogramwillstarttouploadthecodeandaprogressmeterwillshowatthebottomofthewindow.ProgramsfortheRS485versionsoftheSpeedSensorwillhavethenumber“4”inthefilenamejustbeforetherevisionnumber,e.g.“s3_sta4_200.p”.

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Whentheuploadiscomplete,anotherpopupwindowwillappeartoannounceasuccessfulupload.

OneoftheothertypesofSensors,SpeedometerorTraffic,maybeinstalledintheSensoraswellbuttheproperconfigurationfilewillneedtobeappliedforproperoperation.Iftheconfigurationisincorrectfortheprogramjustuploaded,awarningscreenwillappearandallowyoutobrowseforanappropriateconfiguration.

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6 FCCRequirementsThis device is approved as an intentional radiator under FCC Part 15 with FCC identifier IBQACMI007. 

No additional licensing is required to operate this device. 

Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and

(2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.