IDS GeoRadar s r l SRS-FW400 Ground Penetrating Radar User Manual MN 2009 030 12 SRSPLUS ENG VALTER france finale
IDS Ingegneria dei Sistemi SpA Ground Penetrating Radar MN 2009 030 12 SRSPLUS ENG VALTER france finale
SRS-FW400 user manual
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INGEGNERIA DEI SISTEMI S.p.A. Rev. 1.2 Protocol: MN/2009/030 Safe Rail System User Guide Signature Date Compiled by Valter Baroncini Controlled by Stefania Bracciali Approved by Laura Della Maggiore Authorised by Guido Manacorda August 2009 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Document Evolution Revision Date Reason for modification Rev. 1.0 M arch 2009 First edition Rev. 1.1 July 2009 Add of M echanical kit Rev 1.2 August 2009 FCC information added SW Versions covered by this document 01.03.001, 01.06.001, 01.07.006, 01.07.007. OUR CONTACTS IDS Ingegneria dei Sistemi S .p.A. – GeoRadar Division Via Sterpulino, 20 56121 Ospedaletto (PISA) - ITALIA Tel: +39.050.967111 Fax: +39.050.967121 inforis@ids-spa.it Customer Care department: customercare.gpr@ids-spa.it Tel.: +39.050.967122 S ales & Marketing department: sales.gpr@ids-spa.it Tel.: +39.050.967123/24/43 2 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 DISCLAIMER IDS WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF AN IMPROPER USE OF THE EQUIPM ENT AND/OR THE SOFTWARE. THIS SOFTWARE MAY INCLUDE AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS TOOLS. WHILE EVERY EFFORT IS M ADE TO ENSURE THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THOSE TOOLS, THEY M UST NOT BE INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT ANALYSIS; RATHER, THEY HAVE TO BE INTENDED AS AN ADVISOR AND THE USER MUST NOT COM PLETELY RELY ON THE RESULTS PROVIDED BY THEM TO GIVE THE COM PLETE ANSWER. IDS INGEGNERIA DEI SISTEM I SPA ASSUM ES NO LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR INJURIES CAUSED BY SUCH RELIANCE ON THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR TIM ELESS OF THE INFORM ATION PROVIDED BY THOSE TOOLS. ANY PERSON OR ENTITY WHO RELIES ON INFORM ATION OBTAINED FROM THE AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING/ANALYSIS TOOLS ONLY, DOES SO AT HIS OR HER OWN RISK 3 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 SAFETY INFORMATION The equipment conforms to the following requirements set by EC regulations, including subsequent modifications, and to the legis lation set by the member states that implement these regulations: 1999/05/EEC Radio Directive Warning: this equipment is destined for use in industrial environments (Class A apparatus). In residential, commercial and light industry environments, this apparatus may generate radio interference: in this case, the user may be required to operate while taking appropriate countermeasures. The apparatus is sensitive to the presence of external electromagnetic fields, which may reduce its performance. 4 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 IMPORTANT NOTE FOR THE US CUSTOMERS FCC ID: UFW-S RS -FW400 This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules: Operation is subject to the following 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 Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Operation of this device is restricted to law enforcement, fire and rescue officials, scientific research institutes, commercial mining companies, and construction companies. Operation by any other party is a violation of 47 U.S.C. § 301 and could subject the operator to serious legal penalties. Coordination Requirements (a) UWB imaging systems require coordination through the FCC before the equipment may be used. The operator shall comply with any constraints on equipment usage resulting from this coordination. (b) The users of UWB imaging devices shall supply detailed operational areas to the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology who shall coordinate this information with the Federal Government through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The information provided by the UWB operator shall include the name, address and other pertinent contact information of the user, the desired geographical area of operation, and the FCC ID number and other nomenclature of the UWB device. This material shall be submitted to the following address: Frequency Coordination Branch., OET Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington, D.C. 20554 ATTN: UWB Coordination (d) Users of authorized, coordinated UWB systems may transfer them to other qualified users and to different locations upon coordination of change of ownership or location to the FCC and coordination with existing authorized operations. (e) The NTIA/FCC coordination report shall include any needed constraints that apply to day-to-day operations. Such constraints could specify prohibited areas of operations or areas located near authorized radio stations for which additional coordination is required before operation of the UWB equipment. If additional local coordination is required, a local coordination contact will be provided. (f) The coordination of routine UWB operations shall not take longer than 15 business days from the receipt of the coordination request by NTIA. Special temporary operations may be handled with an expedited turn-around time when circumstances warrant. The operation of UWB systems in emergency situations involving the safety of life or property may occur without coordination provided a notification procedure, similar to that contained in CFR47 Section 2.405(a)(e), is followed by the UWB equipment user. Notice: Use of this device as a wall imaging system is prohibited by FCC regulations. In this manual, instructions that specifically apply to the version of the system dedicated to the US market, are identified by the following label 5 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 CLEANING INFORMATION WARNING Before cleaning any external parts of the apparatus, make sure that all cables have been disconnected, including the power supply cable. If a damp cloth is used, make sure it is not too wet, to avoid any damage to the electrical components of the equipment. Wait until the equipment is totally dry before reconnecting the cables. The Detector Duo should be cleaned periodically using a damp cloth. Do not use solvents or abrasive detergents. Do not apply liquid directly to the electrical contacts of the various connectors. If a specific spray is used to clean the PC TFT monitor, make sure it is not flammable; ion any case, do not spray it directly on the screen, instead, spray it onto the cleaning cloth. 6 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 BATTERIES REMOVAL INFORMATION Laptop Batteries: Manufacturer: PANASONIC Type: Li-ion Ni Characteristics: 10.65V 5.7Ah Removal instructions: 1. turn off the laptop; 2. open the drawer with the symbol of the batteries; 3. extract the battery pack pulling the tab. Radar batteries: Manufacturer: FIAMM FG21202 / SAFT MP176065 Type: rechargeable lead acid / rechargeable lithium-ion Characteristics: 12V & 12Ah / 15V & 6.8Ah Removal instructions: 1. disconnect the battery from the instrument: a. pull the connector wings; b. separate the connectors; 2. remove the battery from the cover (optional) opening the strap. 7 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 RECICLYING The crossed out wheeled bin symbol shown on the equipment indicates that the product must be recycled separately from other waste at the end of its useful life. Separate waste disposal of this product at the end of its useful life will be organised and managed by IDS. When you decide to dispose of the equipment, contact IDS and follow the system that IDS has set up to permit the separate collection of the apparatus at its life end. Adequate separate collection for its subsequent recycling, treatment and environmental friendly disposal contribute towards avoiding any unnecessary effects on the environment and to health and favour the reuse or recycling of the materials that make up the equipment. Unauthorised disposal of this product as unsorted waste by its possessor will lead to an administrative penalty foreseen by national regulations. 8 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 WARRANTY CERTIFICATE CONDITIONS 1) IDS Ingegn eria dei Sistemi S.p.A, hereinaft er referred to as IDS, warrants hardware/so ftware products fo r a period of 12 months from the delivery date to the original customer; 2) The delivery date is certified by the “ Warranty Registration Form”; 3) IDS’s hardware produ cts will be free from defects in materials workmanship under normal use and service; 4) IDS’s obligation is limited to repairing or replacing parts or equipment which are return ed to IDS, without alteration or further damage, and which in IDS s judgment, were defective or became defective during normal use; 5) IDS’ software will have to be installed on a PC according to the requirem ent o f the IDS hardware ( see IDS User’s Guide the Software Data Acquisition); 6) IDS’ s software produ cts designed by IDS for use for IDS hardware products are warranted not to fail to ex ecute their programming instructions due to d efects du ring the warranty p eriod, provided they are prop erly installed on IDS hardware products. IDS does not warrant i f the IDS so ftware will be used and operated in hardware and so ftware combinations not selected by IDS; 7) IDS does not assumes any liability for any direct, indirect, speci al, incidental or consequential damages o r injuries caus ed by p roper or improp er op eration o f its equipment whether defective or not defective; 8) This software may include automated data p rocessing and analysis tools. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy o f th e in formation p rovided by those tools, they must not be intended as a substitute for intelligent analysis; rather, they have to be intended as an advisor and the user must not completely rely on the results provided by them to give the complete answer. IDS assumes no liability for any direct, indirect special, incidental or consequential damages or injuries caus ed by such relian ce on the accuracy, reliability, or timeliness of the in fo rmation provided by those tools. Any person or entity who relies on in formation obtained from the automat ed data processing/analysis tools only, does so at his or her own risk; 9) IDS’s warranty does not extend and shall not apply to: a) Products which have been repai red or altered by other than IDS personnel; b) Products which have been subjected to misuse, neglect, accident or improper installation; c) Products in which have been installed Hardware/Software accessories not supplied by IDS and/or without any approval by IDS; d) Products which have been connected to equipment di fferent from th e ones supplied by IDS (except the PC data Logger which must conform to IDS specifications; e) Products which have been damaged by natural disaster or cal amities. 10) Befo re returning any equipment to IDS , you have to cont act the IDS Customer Care Offi ce that will authorize you to return the material to be repaired; 11) Once the parts/equipment to be rep aired arrive to IDS, IDS may inspect the defective p roducts to veri fy they are eligible for repair o r replacem ent. All packing must be saved fo r inspection purpose in order to assist IDS to und erstand th e cause o f the defects. IDS, will not be obliged to repair, or replace for produ cts returned as defective but damaged from abuse, misuse, neglicence , accident loss or damage in transit; 12) The final clients, is responsible fo r ensuring the d efective p roducts retu rned to be p roperly packag ed; 13) The above warranty are sole and exclusive, and no other warranty, whether written o r oral, is expressed or implied. 9 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 INDEX 1. Overview.....................................................................................................................14 1.1 How to use this manual.......................................................................................14 2. The S RS S ystem Hardware configuration ..............................................................15 2.1 The SRS_PLUS Control Unit..............................................................................15 2.2 The SRS-FW400 Control Unit ............................................................................16 2.3 The Notebook Computer .....................................................................................18 2.4 Connecting the Control Unit - Notebook Computer ...........................................19 2.5 Position radar sensor .........................................................................................22 2.6 Antennas .............................................................................................................24 2.7 Mechanical kit ....................................................................................................25 3. S oftware configuration of the S RS system..............................................................28 3.1 Software Installation and configuration .............................................................28 4. S RS acquisition software...........................................................................................33 4.1 Starting the SRS_PLUS acquisition software .....................................................33 4.2 Choosing the configuration ................................................................................34 4.3 Setting up the Calibration...................................................................................35 4.3.1 Advanced Settings Menu ...........................................................................42 4.4 Choosing a survey...............................................................................................44 4.5 Setting the acquisition parameters .....................................................................46 4.6 Data acquisition..................................................................................................51 4.7 Operating in review mode ..................................................................................55 5. Error messages and alarms.......................................................................................58 5.1 Error messages...................................................................................................58 6. On line assistance.......................................................................................................59 6.1 Remote assistance using Webex Support Center ................................................59 6.1.1 How to use the Webex service....................................................................59 Appendix A - Mechanical Requirements for the installation of S RS S YS TEMS on board a train..........................................................................................62 A.1 - Introduction......................................................................................................62 A.2 - Mechanical requirements.................................................................................62 A.3 - Specifications for the fixing frame ...................................................................64 Appendix B - S RS S ystem technical specifications....................................................66 B.1 - SRS_PLUS System Technical Specifications ...................................................66 10 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 B.1.1 SRS_PLUS Control Unit specifications......................................................66 B.2 - SRS-FW400 System Technical Specifications ..................................................67 B.2.1 Control Unit specifications........................................................................67 Appendix C - Using GPS with the S RS system...........................................................68 Appendix D - Using camera with the S RS system......................................................72 FIGURES INDEX FIG. 2-1 – VIEW OF CONT ROL UNIT , ST ART UP SIDE............................................15 FIG. 2-2 – VIEW OF CONT ROL UNIT , ANT ENNA CONNECT ORS SIDE................16 FIG. 2-3 – SRS-FW400 CONT ROL UNIT FRONT PANEL WIT H BAT T ERY PORT , LAN PORT AND WIRELESS CONNECT OR ........................................................17 FIG. 2-4-SRS-FW400 CONT ROL UNIT REAR PANEL WIT H CONNECT IONS T O POSIT ION SENSOR AND ANT ENNAS.................................................................17 FIG. 2-5 – SRS ANT ENNA WIT H A 19 POLE CONNECT OR AND POSSIBILIT Y OF A CASCADE CONNECT ION..................................................................................18 FIG. 2-6 – PANASONIC T OUGHBOOK CF-30.............................................................18 FIG. 2-7 – LAN CABLE ...................................................................................................19 FIG. 2-8 – LAN CABLE CONNECT ION BET WEEN T HE NOT EBOOK COM PUT ER AND T HE CONT ROL UNIT (SRS_PLUS) .............................................................20 FIG. 2-9 – LAN CABLE CONNECT ION BET WEEN T HE NOT EBOOK COM PUT ER AND T HE CONT ROL UNIT (SRS-FW400 ONLY) ...............................................20 FIG. 2-10 – BAT T ERY CABLE .......................................................................................21 FIG. 2-11 – CONNECT ING THE CONT ROL UNIT T O T HE BAT T ERY (SRS_PLUS) ...................................................................................................................................21 FIG. 2-12 – BAT T ERY CABLE .......................................................................................21 FIG. 2-13 – CONNECT ING THE CONT ROL UNIT T O T HE BAT T ERY (SRS-FW400 ONLY) .......................................................................................................................21 FIG. 2-14 – POWER SUPPLY CABLE AND CONNECT ION TO THE CONT ROL UNIT..........................................................................................................................22 FIG. 2-15 – POSIT ION SENSOR .....................................................................................22 FIG. 2-16 – WHEEL PORT ON THE SRS_PLUS CONT ROL UNIT ............................23 FIG. 2-17 – WHEEL PORT ON THE SRS-FW400 CONT ROL UNIT ...........................23 FIG. 2-18 – 400M HZ SRS_PLUS ANT ENNA (T OP), SKET CH OF DRAG DIRECT ION (M IDDLE) AND PVC “H” PLAT E (BOT TOM )...............................24 FIG. 2-19 –ANT ENNA FOR T HE SRS-FW400 SYST EM (RED ARROWS SHOW DRAGGING DIRECT ION)......................................................................................25 FIG. 2-20 – ANT ENNA “L” SUPPORT S AND BAR......................................................26 FIG. 2-21 – DOPPLER SUPPORT S.................................................................................26 FIG. 2-22 – SKET CH OF SRS LAYOUT ........................................................................27 FIG. 3-1 – SW SR S_PLUS INST ALLAT ION KIT ..........................................................28 11 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 FIG. 3-2 – INST ALLAT ION KIT , NEXT BUTT ON.......................................................28 FIG. 3-3 – INST ALLAT ION KIT , T YPICAL BUT TON.................................................29 FIG. 3-4 - INST ALLAT ION KIT , INST ALL BUTT ON..................................................29 FIG. 3-5 – INST ALLAT ION KIT , FINISH BUT TON.....................................................30 FIG. 3-6 – SELECT ING T HE INT ERNET PROT OCOL (T CP/IP).................................32 FIG. 3-7 – M ODIFYING T HE IP CODE .........................................................................32 FIG. 4-1 – ACQUISIT ION SOFT WARE ICON ..............................................................33 FIG. 4-2 – SRS_PLUS ACQUISIT ION SOFT WARE ST ART UP WINDOW................33 FIG. 4-3 – RADAR SELECT ION WINDOW ..................................................................34 FIG. 4-4 – RANGE FIELD ...............................................................................................34 FIG. 4-5 – SAM PLES PER SCAN....................................................................................35 FIG. 4-6 – PROPAGAT ION SPEED FIELD....................................................................35 FIG. 4-7 – GAIN CALIBRAT ION UNDERWAY...........................................................36 FIG. 4-8 – CONT ROLLING T HE PRESENCE OF RADAR SIGNAL ON T HE ANT ENNA/S.............................................................................................................36 FIG. 4-9 –CALIBRAT ION FILE SEL ECT ION WINDOW.............................................37 FIG. 4-10 – GAIN WINDOW...........................................................................................37 FIG. 4-11 – GAIN PARAM ET ER SET T INGS WINDOW..............................................38 FIG. 4-12 – GRAPHICAL CONST RUCT ION OF T HE GAIN CURVE ........................39 FIG. 4-13 – M ANUAL CONST RUCT ION OF T HE GAIN CURVE..............................39 FIG. 4-14 – THE SYST EM FUNCT ION SPY LIGHT S..................................................40 FIG. 4-15 – INFO BUT TON.............................................................................................40 FIG. 4-16 – INFO WINDOW............................................................................................41 FIG. 4-17 – COLOUR PALETT ES AVAILABLE ...........................................................41 FIG. 4-18 – PROGRAM SHUT -DOWN WINDOW........................................................42 FIG. 4-19 – ACT IVAT ING THE ADVANCED SET T INGS M ENU..............................42 FIG. 4-20 –ADVANCED SETT INGS WINDOW............................................................43 FIG. 4-21 – ACQUISIT ION SELECT ION WINDOW ....................................................44 FIG. 4-22 – NEW SURVE Y WINDOW ...........................................................................45 FIG. 4-23 – THE *.M IS FOLDER DIRECT ORY............................................................45 FIG. 4-24 – NEW ACQUISIT ION T EXT BOX...............................................................45 FIG. 4-25 – SET T ING UP A NEW ACQUISIT ION........................................................46 FIG. 4-26 – THE CAST LE.M IS FOLDER DIRECT ORY...............................................46 FIG. 4-27 – NEW ACQUISIT ION WINDOW .................................................................47 FIG. 4-28 – ACQUISIT ION PARAM ET ERS WINDOW................................................48 FIG. 4-29 – POS. M ARKER BUTT ON............................................................................48 FIG. 4-30 – DIAGRAM SHOWING AN EXAM PLE OF HOW TO USE T HE FUNCT ION “WITH 1ST M ARKER 1 ST EP”.........................................................51 FIG. 4-31 – RADAR SECT ION DURING ACQUISIT ION ............................................52 FIG. 4-32 – DAT A SAVING WINDOW..........................................................................53 12 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 FIG. 4-33 – ACQUISIT ION WINDOW ACT IVAT ED FOR PERFORM ING OPERAT IONS IN REVIEW M ODE........................................................................54 FIG. 4-34 – ACQUISIT ION EDIT ING WINDOW..........................................................56 FIG. 4-35 – WINDOW FOR EDIT ING PARAM ET ERS AFT ER ACQUISIT ION T RANSVERSAL .......................................................................................................56 FIG. 4-36 – SCANS FROM T HE SAM E ACQUISIT ION...............................................56 FIG. 4-37 – RENAM E ACQUISIT ION WINDOW .........................................................57 FIG. 4-38 – DELET E ACQUISIT ION WINDOW ...........................................................57 FIG. 6-1 – M AIL SENT BY IDS T O T HE CLIENT ........................................................59 FIG. 6-2 – CLIENT DATA INSERT ION FORM .............................................................60 FIG. 6-3 – WEBEX SET UP WINDOW...........................................................................60 FIG. 6-4 – WELCOM E T O WEBEX SUPPORT CENT ER WINDOW ..........................61 FIG. 6-5 – COM M AND ACCEPT ANCE WINDOW ......................................................61 FIG. A. 1 - NO OBST ACLE M UST BE PRESENT BET WEEN BUFFERS ..................63 FIG. A. 2 - EXAM PLE OF A T YPICAL INST ALLAT ION OF T HE SYST EM ............63 FIG. A. 3 - OVERVIEW OF T HE FIXING FRAM E.......................................................64 FIG. A. 4 - SPECIFICAT IONS FOR T HE CROSS-BARS AND THE BRACKET S......65 FIG. A. 5 - SPECIFICAT IONS FOR T HE VERT ICAL-BARS.......................................65 FIG. B. 1 – SRS_PLUS CONT ROL UNIT AND CF-30 NOT EBOOK...........................66 FIG. C. 1 - CONNECT ING THE GPS T O T HE NOT EBOOK COM PUT ER.................68 FIG. C. 2 - EXT ERNAL DEVICE SET T INGS COM M AND..........................................68 FIG. C. 3 - EXT ERNAL DEVICE SET T INGS WINDOW..............................................69 FIG. C. 4 - EXT ERNAL DEVICE SET T INGS FIELD....................................................69 FIG. C. 5 - COM SETT INGS WINDOW .........................................................................70 FIG. C. 6 - GPS SPY .........................................................................................................70 FIG. C. 7 - EXAM PLE OF A GPS FILE ..........................................................................71 FIG. D. 1 – VIDEOCAM ERA “LUM ENERA LM 135C”................................................72 FIG. D. 2 - EXT ERNAL DEVICE SET T INGS COM M AND..........................................73 FIG. D. 3 - EXT ERNAL DEVICE SET T INGS WINDOW .............................................73 FIG. D. 4 – CAM ERA PROPERT IES ..............................................................................74 FIG. D. 5 – CAM ERA VIEW WINDOW .........................................................................75 FIG. D. 6 – FOLDER “CAM ERA”...................................................................................75 13 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 1. OVERVIEW 1.1 How to use this manual T his SRS_PLUS software user manual is subdivided as follows: • Chap . 1: Overview. • Chap . 2: Hardware configuration of the SR S_PLUS and of the SRSFW400 systems • Chap . 3: SRS_PLUS/SR S-FW400 p rocedures. • Chap . 4: Setup of the SRS_PLUS/SR S-FW400 acquisition software • Chap . 5: Error messages and warnin gs • Chap . 6: On Line Assistance 14 / 76 acquisition software op erating IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 2. THE SRS SYSTEM HARDWARE CONFIGURAT ION T he SRS sy stem consists of the following p arts: • SRS_PLUS or SRS-FW400 Control Unit • Notebook Computer • Lan Cable • Battery Cable • Battery Pack • Power supply cable • Position sensor • From one to fou r 400MHz antennas 2.1 The SRS_PLUS Control Unit T he SRS_PLUS Control Unit is the control unit resp onsible for directing the antennas and digitalisin g the acquired r adar data and it has the following p orts: • Lan Port for a network connection to the Notebook Comp uter • Battery Port to connect the battery • Wheel Port to connect the p osition sensor wheel • Ant. 1 - Ant. 2 – Ant. 3 – Ant. 4 for the connections to the radar antennas • Start up button and indicator light • Voltmeter • Notebook connection port Start up button Switched on indicator light Battery Voltmeter Note book connection port Battery Port LAN port Fig. 2-1 – View of Control Unit, start up side 15 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Antenna 1, 2, 3, 4 Connectors Wheel Port Fig. 2-2 – View of Control Unit, antenna connectors side 2.2 The SRS-FW400 Control Unit T he SRS-FW400 Control Unit has the following p orts • Lan Port for a network connection to the Notebook Comp uter • Battery Port to connect the battery • Wheel Port to connect the p osition sensor wheel • Ant.1/CHAIN - Ant.2 for radar antenna conn ection • Power switch with pilot light • Wireless antenna connector 16 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Wireless antenna connector Start up button - LAN port Battery Port Wireless plug Fig. 2-3 – SRS-FW400 Control unit front p anel with Battery Port, Lan Port and wireless connector Ant1 and Ant 2 Wheel Port Connectors Fig. 2-4- SRS-FW400 Control unit rear p anel with connections to p osition sensor and antennas T he SRS-FW400 uses the Ant.1 connector only (19 p ins connector) to connect the SRS antennas with a cascade connection. 17 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 To connect the other antenna For DAD connection or toward another antenna Fig. 2-5 – SRS antenna with a 19 p ole connector and p ossibility of a cascade connection T he Ant.2 connector (11 p ins) is not used by the SRS-FW400 sy stem. 2.3 The Notebook Computer T he S RS _PLUS acquisition SW is installed on a Notebook Computer. T his SW is dedicated to the sp ecific p hases of setting up , acquirin g and savin g r adar data. Fig. 2-6 – Panasonic Toughbook CF-30 18 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 IDS recom mends the use of the Panasonic model CF-30 Notebook Computer, (see Fig. 2-6 ) which has the following characteristics: • • • • • • • • Intel Duo Processor L2400 • • T ouch screen. Processor sp eed: 1.66 GHz. Ethernet 100 M bit/sec card. M inimum 512 M byte RAM M onitor resolution (colour) 1024X768 (13.3”). Op erative sy stem: Windows XP Professional. HDD > 80 Gby te, shock-mounted. No communication software of the typ e Firewall, WiFi or Antivirus p rotection may be installed on the comp uter; these typ es of SW enter into conflict with the SRS_PLUS acquisition SW Water-p roof (>= IP54). NOTE IDS takes no resp onsibility for any functional conflicts that may occur between their own software and any other software installed by the user onto the Notebook Comp uter. IDS doesn’t guarantee that equip ment p erformance will be maintain ed usin g configurations different to those recommended. 2.4 Connecting the Control Unit - Notebook Computer T he followin g d escribes how to cable the Control Unit to the Notebook Comp uter • Use the Lan Cable (Fig. 2-7) to connect the Control Unit and the Notebook Computer as shown in (Fig. 2-8) Fig. 2-7 – Lan Cable 19 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Lan port Fig. 2-8 – Lan Cable connection between the Notebook Computer and the Control Unit (S RS _PLUS ) Fig. 2-9 – Lan Cable connection between the Notebook Computer and the Control Unit (S RS -FW400 only) • Connect the Control Unit to the Battery usin g the Battery Cable (Fig. 2-10) as shown in (Fig. 2-11). T hen connect the black and the red clamp s resp ectively to the negative and to the p ositive electrode of a Car B attery (12V). T he Voltmeter will automatically measure the battery voltage. 20 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Re d and black clamps Connect the batte ry cable to corresponding Control Unit port Fig. 2-10 – Battery Cable Fig. 2-11 – Connecting the Control Unit to the battery (S RS _PLUS ) Re d and black clamps Fig. 2-12 – Battery Cable Connect the batte ry cable to corresponding Control Unit port Fig. 2-13 – Connecting the Control Unit to the battery (S RS -FW400 only) 21 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software • Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 SRS_PLUS only: T hen connect the power supply cable to the PC POWER SUPPLY port on the Control Unit and to the Notebook PC (see Fig. 2-14). PC Power Supply connection Fig. 2-14 – Power supply cable and connection to the Control Unit 2.5 Position radar sensor As position sensor we provide a Deuta-Werke DRS05 Doppler system (see Fig. 2-15). The Doppler system must be connected through its cable to the Doppler interface box (Doppler port). Then you have to connect the wheel cable from the Doppler interface box (wheel port) to the DAD CONT ROL UNIT wheel port. CONNECT ION CABLE DOPPLER SYST EM CONNECT ION PORT DOPPLER INT ERFACE BOX POWER PORT WHEEL PORT DOPPLER PORT Fig. 2-15 – Position sensor 22 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 WHEEL PORT ON T HE DAD CONT ROL UNIT Fig. 2-16 – Wheel port on the S RS _PLUS control unit Wheel Port Fig. 2-17 – Wheel port on the S RS -FW400 control unit 23 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 2.6 Antennas Re d arrow showing drag dire ction Fig. 2-18 – 400MHz S RS _PLUS Antenna (top), sketch of drag direction (middle) and PVC “H” plate (bottom) 24 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. 2-19 –Antenna for the SRS-FW400 system (red arrows show dragging direction) The system includes from 1 to a maximum of 4 antennas and all antennas have a frequency of 400MHz. Each antenna is marked with a different colour on the case to simplify antenna connection. So when connecting each antenna, make sure the corresponding coloured cable is connected to the control unit on ports ANT . 1, ANT . 2, ANT. 3, ANT . 4, depending on the number of antennas to be used (see an antenna in Fig. 2-18). Each antenna must be mounted with the red arrows parallel to the drag direction (or parallel to the tracks). The dedicated “ H” plate can be fixed to the top of the case so the case can be mounted onto any customized mechanical kit. 2.7 Mechanical kit IDS provides to offer a special mechanical kit, in order to mount in a correct and efficient way the antennas in front of the locomotive. In details IDS provides: • 6 supports in stainless steel with “L” shape • 3 aluminium long bars for antennas 25 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Antenna bar Antenna “ L” support Fig. 2-20 – Antenna “L” supports and bar • 4 brackets in zinc-plated steel (3 for antennas and 1 for Doppler) • 1 aluminium small bar for Doppler • 1 plate of interface in zinc-plated steel for Doppler Bracket Small bar Plate of interface Fig. 2-21 – Doppler supports 26 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. 2-22 – S ketch of S RS layout 27 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 3. SOFTWARE CONFIGURAT ION OF THE SRS SYSTEM T his chap ter describes the SW p rocedures y ou have to follow to correctly p erform a radar data acquisition . 3.1 Software Installation and configuration Install the SW SR S_PLUS Kit as follows: S TEP1 execute the S RS _PLUS .msi file in the electronic supp ort that comes alon g with the instruments (Flash memory or CD). Fig. 3-1 – S W S RS _PLUS installation Kit S TEP2 continue SW SR S_PLUS installation p ushing NEXT . Fig. 3-2 – Installation Kit, Next button 28 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 S TEP3 select T YPICAL and p ress NEXT to continue. Fig. 3-3 – Installation Kit, Typical button S TEP4 Press INST ALL to continue SW SRS_PLU S installation. Fig. 3-4 - Installation Kit, Install button 29 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 S TEP5 the installation p rocedure will termin ate p ressing FINISH, and the SW SRS_PLU S icon will ap p ear on the p ortable comp uter desktop . Fig. 3-5 – Installation Kit, Finish button NOTE NOTE NOTE T he functions of the S RS _PLUS acquisition SW are only guar anteed on comp uters op erating with Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional. Check that the S RS _PLUS directory is cop ied into the C:\ drive and is not write p rotected, otherwise the S RS _PLUS SW will not function correctly . Check that the S RS _PLUS directory is cop ied into the C:\ drive and is not write p rotected, otherwise the S RS _PLUS SW will not function correctly . In order to keep the same network settings we suggest to create a user account p rop erly dedicated for GPR software. 30 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software NOTE Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 During installation, software SRS_PLU S will install automatically international settings. T o guarantee the correct functioning of the SRS_PLU S SW, set the following conf iguration in the Numbers field of the Region al Op tions menu. T hen the user has to set manually the Notebook Computer T CP/IP address, followin g the p rocedure described b elow. • Select the my network places icon from the Notebook Computer desktop with the right mouse button; • Select the Properties button . • Select the Local Area Connection (LAN) file with the right mouse button. • Select the Properties com mand. • Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) from the list of comp onents (in the gen eral menu) with the left mouse button (see Fig. 3-6). • Select the Properties com mand 31 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. 3-6 – S electing the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) • T he window shown in Fig. 3-7 ap p ears, in which y ou have to select Use the following IP address. • Write the followin g numb er in the IP addr ess field: 192 . 168 . 200 . 199. It is necessary that the last number of the series is diff erent by 200 (in Fig. 3-7 it is 150). • Write the followin g number in the Subnet mask field: 255 . 255 . 255 . 0. • Press OK to confirm the changes • Restart the Notebook Computer if requested to do so to activate the modifications made to the internet p rotocol. Fig. 3-7 – Modifying the IP code 32 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 4. SRS ACQUISIT ION SOFTWARE T he SRS_PLU S acquisition software is used to m anage the p hases of radar acquisition and to review the data acqu ired dir ectly on site. T he op erative p hases of the SRS_PLUS acquisition software occur in the followin g sequence: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Start up the SRS_PLUS software Choose the configuration Set up the calibration Choose the survey Set the acquisition parameters Acquire the radar data Review the data 4.1 Starting the SRS_PLUS acquisition software Once the Notebook Comp uter has been switched on, and the start up button on the Control Unit has been p ressed (a blue ind icator light will be continuously lit), op en the S RS _PLUS acquisition software by clickin g on the desktop icon shown in Fig. 4-1. Fig. 4-1 – Acquisition S oftware icon Fig. 4-2 shows the SRS_PLUS acquisition software start up window. ICON INDICAT ING ACT IVAT ION OF THE CAMERA Fig. 4-2 – S RS _PLUS acquisition software startup window 33 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 4.2 Choosing the configuration T he step s to be followed for choosin g the requir ed radar configur ation for the acquisition are given below. 1. Press the button (Fig. 4-2) to op en the Radar selection window (Fig. 4-3). T his is where y ou can choose the antenna ty p e and configuration for the acquisition. In the examp le shown in Fig. 4-3, the user has choosen a configuration f ile from the list. T his file corresp onds to an array of 3X400M Hz antennas. Naturally the user can choose diff erent typ es of configuration for the SR S_PLUS sy stem, as shown in Fig. 4-3 , selectin g a conf iguration of between 1 and 3 antennas. Fig. 4-3 – Radar selection window 2. T he range can b e ch an ged with r esp ect to the p reset value by typ ing the new value in the Range field (Fig. 4-4). Fig. 4-4 – Range field 34 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 3. T he number of S amples per scan can be varied by choosing one of the p reset values available in the S ample per scan field (Fig. 4-5). However, this value can’t be lower than the one indicated in the Min req. sample/scan. Fig. 4-5 – S amples per scan 4. T he electromagnetic wave p rop agation sp eed can then be set in the Propagation speed field (see Fig. 4-6). We r ecom mend y ou accep t the default value unless y ou have sp ecific information on the typ es of ground p resent in the area to be investigated. Fig. 4-6 – Propagation speed field 4.3 Setting up the Calibration T his p aragrap h describes the p rocedure used to calibrate the p arameters used in the real-time p rocessing of r adar data. 1. Press the button shown in Fig. 4-2 to view the window shown in Fig. 4-7, then p erform the automatic calibration p rocedure by movin g the antennas across the surface to be scann ed for a d istance of at least one meter. 2. Stop the calibration p hase by p ressing the button in the window shown in Fig. 4-7. T his p ermits the system to save the filter p arameters required to view the radar map s in real tim e. 35 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. 4-7 – Gain calibration underway 3. You can check in the sweep disp lay window that each antenna disp lay s a radar signal (see Fig. 4-8); this disp lay window is found in Fig. 4-7. Fig. 4-8 – Controlling the presence of radar signal on the antenna/s A lack of sign al in the window shown in Fig. 4-8 should warn y ou that the sy stem is not op erating NOTE 4. You can skip this p hase by p ressing the button shown in Fig. 4-7, but this means that y ou can only review p re-existing radar d ata, and not acquire new data. 5. Pressing the button op ens the window shown in Fig. 4-9, from where y ou can edit, delete or cr eate a new gain calibration file. 36 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. 4-9 –Calibration file selection window Pressing the New button from the window of Fig. 4-9 op ens the window shown in Fig. 4-10 from where y ou can edit the calibr ation filename. Now p ress the OK button to op en the window shown in Fig. 4-11, from where y ou can set the gain v alues to ap p ly on the radar map . Fig. 4-10 – Gain window T he following p aram eters can be set in the window shown in Fig. 4-11 • • the time in nsec in the Time column, the value of gain to app ly on the radar map based on the values set in the Gain column. T hen p ressing the Apply button, y ou can draw the gain curv e based on these values. As an alternative to the above p rocedure, y ou can use the grap hics mod e, which consists of manually inserting the ind ividual p oints of the gain curv e. T o activate this p rocedure: o p oint with the mouse on the red square on the right edge of the window, corresp onding to the value 0dB (Fig. 4-12 and Fig. 4-13) 37 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 o the square has been successfully selected when it beco mes bigger o now click with the right mouse button, the cursor will become a cross that can move across the entire window o click with the right mouse button to p osition a p oint on the gain curve on the grap h; a text box linked to the cursor will indicate the value in ns and dB of the p oint y ou intend to fix. A gain curv e can only be reap p lied to configurations with the same starting conditions NOTE You can ap p ly the gain curve y ou desire to each sin gle channel simp ly by selectin g the desired ch annel nu mber befor ehand. You can choose from the followin g op tions shown in Fig. 4-11: • Processed S weep activating this function, y ou can visualize how to modify the sweep as a function of the chosen gain curve. • Filter cut: here y ou can select the cut frequ ency to app ly to the sweep . You can either choose the p reset value of 100M Hz or set a different value in the dedicated textbo x; we do howev er su ggest y ou select the p reset cut frequency value of 100M Hz. • Contrast: y ou can select the contrast value h ere to b e ap p lied to the radar map . • Note: y ou can write any comments here about the calibration file just created. Channel activated which the gain curve will be applied to Gain curve Fig. 4-11 – Gain parameter settings window 38 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. 4-12 – Graphical construction of the gain curve Cursor for manually positioning points Range value Fig. 4-13 – Manual construction of the gain curve NOTE T he gain values set in the window shown in Fig. 4-11 are only ap p lied to the radar m ap during the visualisation p hase, they are not ap p lied to the *.DT raw data file 39 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 6. T he spy lights rep resenting the radar (RADAR), battery (BATT), acquisition sp eed (S PEED ) and acquir ed sweep s (S WEEP), shown in Fig. 4-7, indicate the functional status of the sy stem (see Fig. 4-14). When the spy lights are coloured • White: this means the system is not active • Green: this means the sy stem is functioning corr ectly • Red: this means the system is not functioning corr ectly T he GPS spy light shows the connection with a GPS system connected to the Notebook Computer. App endix H describes the p rocedure for connectin g the GPS sy stem to the radar. T he battery spy light chan ges co lour from green throu gh y ellow to red, rep resenting the decreasin g level of char ge rem ainin g. Fig. 4-14 – The system function spy lights 7. T here is an info button next to the RADAR spy light (Fig. 4-15 ). Pressing this button automatically op ens the window shown in Fig. 4-16 , which shows all the p arameters set for the current configur ation. Fig. 4-15 – Info button 40 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. 4-16 – Info window 8. Pressing the colour scale button shown in the window in Fig. 4-7, y ou can choose one of the 10 typ es of colour p alettes availab le fo r disp lay ing the radar map s (see Fig. 4-17 ). Fig. 4-17 – Colour palettes available 9. You can zoom in on the map s up to a magnif ication of four tim es by p ressing the 4-7. buttons in the window shown in Fig. 10. Pressing the button in the window shown in Fig. 4-7 closes the software. Before shutting down, the software disp lay s a message window rem indin g y ou to switch off the Radar Control Unit (see Fig. 4-18). 41 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. 4-18 – Program shut-down window 4.3.1 Advanced Settings Menu T he Advanced Settings menu (Fig. 4-20 ) can be selected by clicking on the SRS_PLU S icon in the top left corner of the main window of the SW (Fig. 4-19), or by mouse clickin g twice on the grey bar at the top of the window. Fig. 4-19 – Activating the Advanced settings menu T his menu allows y ou to set the following p aram eters: • Wheel setting here y ou can set the acquisition mode of the system, which can be either o Wheel driven field selected, in this mode, the rad ar acqu isition is set using the p osition sensor. o If the wheel is not used, y ou can set the radar acquisition to be p erformed under a constant time regim e; the v alue inserted in the Auto S tacking field indicates the number of sweeps averaged during the acquisition p hase. o T he User Stackin g function on the other hand allows y ou to control the number of sweep s averaged. T he acquisition is still controlled in this configuration by the p osition sensor (wheel, hip -chain encoder or manual trigger). Once the signal from the p osition sensor has been receiv ed, the system p erforms an average of the number of sweep s selected by the user and emits an acoustic signal to confirm that the data has been saved. 42 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. 4-20 –Advanced S ettings window • T he Ground type field en ables y ou to activate the Rough terrain option if necessary . When this option is activated, the radar data are temp orarily saved on the selected Device during the acquisition p hase. You can even select an external Device such as a flash memory to temp orarily save the data during the acquisition p hases. T his option is recommend ed when the ground conditions are p articularly rough, and when y ou may find that saving the data durin g the acquisition p hase becomes cr itical du e to the high nu mber of vibr ations in the system. • In the Measure unit field, y ou can choose the measurement units to be app lied to the radar map visualized in real tim e. T he alternatives are m/cm and foot/inch • In the Wiggle sweep field, y ou can select the p arameters for visualisin g the acquired d ata in real time in Wiggle mode; o S cale rep resents the signal amp lification (intended as the number o f p ixels into which the -10V a +10 V vector scale is map p ed), o N. trace rep resents the “x” interval of the viewed traces (i.e. that one sweep is viewed every “x” traces), o Trace offset is on the other hand the r ep resentation interval between adjoinin g traces (i.e. also in this case the number of p ixels) o Default Buttons saves the p reset settings as the default configuration. • In the S wap axis field, y ou have the choice of modify in g the vertical scale of the radar map by setting the value in m or nsec • In the Gain application field, y ou can choose to view the radar map acquired in real time with or without gain ap p lied • In the Background removal field y ou can set the Clear_x ap p lication for the acquired rad ar map s. • In the Display enable y ou can activate the disp lay mode of the radar section during acquisition p hase. 43 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software • Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 In the Contrast field, y ou can choose the contrast level to be ap p lied to the radar map viewed in r eal tim e. Activating the Virtual Keyboard and Windows S tart and Close commands (Fig. 4-19) op ens the virtual key board, the windows start menu and closes the SRS_PLU S SW resp ectively . T he Move co mmand is not y et active. For details on the External device setting command, see Ap p endix E, p age 52. 4.4 Choosing a survey After the calibration p hase, the acquisition p rocedure continues with the app earance of the followin g window shown in Fig. 4-21. Fig. 4-21 – Acquisition Selection window 1. Pressing the button in Fig. 4-21 op ens the window shown in Fig. 4-22, in which y ou have to typ e the name of the survey in the top text box; any notes relating to the survey can be inserted in the lower text box. 2. Comp lete the survey selection p hase by click in g the button in the window shown in Fig. 4-22; this will return y ou to the window shown in Fig. 4-21. T he chosen name and date of cr eation are automatically inserted into the current survey box 4-21. 44 / 76 shown in Fig. IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. 4-22 – New S urvey window NOTE Once a new survey name h as been chosen, a new fo lder is automatically created with this name and the .mis extension in the C:\SR S_PLUS\M ission\*.mis directory , as shown below. Fig. 4-23 – The *.mis folder directory 4. At this p oint, typ e in the name of the new acquisition in the text box shown in Fig. 4-24, which is p art of the window shown in Fig. 4-21. T he nam e inserted in the examp le given in Fig. 4-24 is S can-01. Fig. 4-24 – NEW ACQUIS ITION text box 5. You can then mov e on to the acquisition p hase by p ressing the New acquisition button shown in Fig. 4-24, which is p art of the window shown in Fig. 4-25. 45 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. 4-25 – S etting up a New Acquisition NOTE Once y ou have defined the name of the new acquisition, a new folder is automatically created with this name and the .zon extension in the C:\SR S_PLUS\M ission\*.mis\*.zon directory , as shown in Fig. 4-26: the examp le shows the C:\SRS_PLU S\M ission\Castle.mis\*.zon directory . Fig. 4-26 – The Castle.mis folder directory 6. Pressing the window shown in Fig. 4-7. button returns to the calibr ation p hase 7. Pressing the button in the window shown in Fig. 4-7 closes the software; before shutting down the software, the message window shown in Fig. 4-18 reminds y ou to disconnect the Control Unit. 4.5 Setting the acquisition parameters Once the names of the survey and acquisition have been chosen, y ou can p ass straight on to the data acquisition p hase. 46 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 1. Pressing the button on the window shown in Fig. 4-25 automatically p roduces the NEW ACQUIS ITION window shown in Fig. 4-27. Fig. 4-27 – NEW ACQUIS ITION Window 2. T o set the starting p oint coordinates, p ress the button from the window shown in Fig. 4-27; this op ens the window shown in Fig. 4-28. 3. T he followin g acquisition p arameters can b e selected from the window shown in Fig. 4-28: i. File prefix: this consists of two fields which y ou can fill as y ou wish. T hese fields for m p art of the scan identification (for examp le y ou could use the initials of the street name). T hese two characters, p ositioned after the first character which is either L or T deriv in g from the next cho ice (see the fo llowin g p oint), mak e up the second and third of the 8 characters that identify the name of each sin gle section. ii. T he button allows y ou to op en a virtual key board y ou can use to edit the scan coordinate values. 47 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. 4-28 – Acquisition Parameters Window iii. Marker 1 step: this field rep resents the distance between two reference lines mark ed on the site. T he default value is 10 m. T his function allows y ou to realign the radar sections to comp ensate for any distance variations with resp ect to the data acquired with the p osition sensor wheel. T his realign ment is p erformed accordin g to the value set in the Marker 1 step box. T his setting is typ ically used for realign in g lon gitudinal scans. If y ou set the marker with a sp ecific p osition and then p ress the button shown in Fig. 4-29, contained in the window shown in Fig. 4-31 at a distance of ± 20% either before or after this assign ed p oint, the Pos. Marker will be transformed into a User Marker when the file is saved (see Fig. 4-31 and p oint 3 of Par. 4.6). Fig. 4-29 – Pos. marker button iv. Longitudinal/Transversal – Inverse direction: this field allows y ou to select the scanning dir ection of the r adar section about to be acquired. When fillin g in this field, rememb er that Longitudinal ( L) means the scans is p erformed p arallel to the zero r eferen ce line (T axis), while a scan p erp endicular to this line is called a Transversal scan (T) (see App endix A). T he Inverse direction field allows y ou to p erform a T /L scan in the op p osite direction, i.e., movin g in a 48 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 decreasin g coord inate direction. In any case, y ou must return back to the same starting axis used for the forward scan. v. Coordinate (m): T his field allows y ou to insert the values of the set T or L co-ordinate. R emember to ind icate if a coordin ate is negative. Check the curr ent T or L coord inate on the site and insert it into the relative field. Rememb er that, desp ite the actual dimensions of the antenna trolley , it is rep resented in the Cartesian reference sy stem by a single p oint that corresp onds to its centerp oint. T he p osition of this p oint varies dep ending on the array configur ation that has been set. When mov in g the antenna trolley , make sure the centerp oint is on the scan line, at the defin ed coordinate. Coord. Coord. S tep: this field contains the step value that is added value : insert the value of the coordinate to be maintained constant during the scan in this field. automatically to the current value when a scan is finished , leavin g the sy stem ready to start the next scan. T he p reset valu e = 2 m between scans. For examp le, if a longitudinal scan has been chosen and it starts from a p oint with coordinates T, L = 0;+2 m, the followin g valu es must be set: • Longitudinal; • 2 in the Coord value field; • 2 in the Coord. Step field. Once the scan is finished, the coordinate of the L v alue is automatically p ositioned on the value 4. BE CAREFUL T he Antenna array may only be moved in one dir ection. It may only be p ulled or p ushed in the direction of incr easin g scannin g coordinates, the only excep tion bein g when the In verse Direction field is activated . vi. S can Offset (m): each radar scan is characterised by an initial L and/or T co-ord inate T herefore, once y ou have inserted the starting p oint co-ordinate for the investigation (“ coord. value” in Fig. 6-9) as a function of the typ e of scan, the other reference co-ordinate must be defined in the “ Scan Offset (m)” field. T here ar e two alternatives for this op eration: Select “ With 1st Marker 1 step”: this selection automates the insertion of the second L or T co-ordinate when the antenna array crosses the zero line starting from a negative co-ordinate. T his p rocedure is normally used when there are many irregu larities on the site such as p arked cars, ind ents 49 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 in the p avement, etc. In these cases, it can be very time consumin g to calculate the distances each time as describ ed above and is mor e convenient to select the With 1st Marker 1 box after havin g just set the initial L or T coordinate. T he system automatically reco gnises the p ath p erformed in the negative p ortion and automatically associates the negative starting co-ordin ate to the last L or T co-ordinate. For examp le, for the case of the T ransversal scans shown in Fig. 4-30, first we select the scan typ e (in this case T ransversal) in the “ Scan Settings ” window (Fig. 4-28). T hen we set the current value of the T co-ordinate (2m in this case) in the “ Coordinate (m)” field; finally , we activate st the “ With 1 Marker” op tion in the “ Scan Offset (m)” field. In this way , the acquisition starts in the negative L p ortion, and when the centerp oint of the antenna trolley p asses across the zero line, the M arker 1 button has to be p ressed. T he trolley is then p ushed to the end of the scan. When the stop acquisition button is p ressed, the sy stem automatically associates a negative co-ordin ate to the initial p ortion of the file of the scan that has been p erformed “ On L/T coordinate ” selection In this case, y ou have to manually measure the value of the co-ordinate corresp onding to the centerp oint of the antenna array with resp ect to the reference sy stem selected p reviously , and insert it into the active field. For examp le, if y ou have to p erform a transversal scan starting from the co-ord inate T =2 and L=2, y ou must set the typ e of scan to T ransversal and then set the actual value of the T co-ordinate (e.g. 2 m) in the “ Coordinate (m) ” field. Next, activate the “ L coordinate” in the “ Scan Offset (m)” area, setting it to 2 in this case. T he scan can now be p erformed. st BE CAREFUL In “ With 1 marker 1 step” mode, the antenna system must be moved at least 20 cm after havin g p ressed the Pos. Marker button shown in Fig. 4-29 before p ressing the stop button; otherwise the section cannot be viewed by the elaboration SW. 50 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Scann ing Direction MARKER 1 MARKER1 MARKER 1 START 10 START 12 -2 START -4 START START START Fig. 4-30 – Diagram showing an example of how to use the function “with 1st Marker 1 step” 4.6 Data acquisition Once y ou are sure all the scan p arameters have been correctly defined, y ou are ready to start. 1. Press the button in the window shown in Fig. 4-27 and start to move the trolley alon g the desired p ath (alway s in the same direction). The results of the single sections will start to app ear in real time on the monitor in a window dedicated to channel 1 (see Fig. 4-31). The active ch annel is indicated with a red bo x in the sweep window. When a window is comp letely filled, the d ata will be written over from left to right and y ou will notice that the content of the radar section changes line by line. Wh en the sy stem p asses across a p ossible utility or a radar target of any typ e, typ ical hy p erbola shap ed figures will ap p ear with variable contrast in the dep th direction corresp onding to the imp ulses received. The p resence of targets can be detected by comp arin g these figures, window by window, however, it is easier to p erform this op eration during the p rocessing p hase. The distance travelled by the trolley (Distance:….m) is shown above the radar map in real time, the dep th is exp ressed in meters (m) on the left y axis while the time delay exp ressed in nanoseconds (ns) is giv en on the right y axis as indicated in Fig. 4-31. To visualize another acquired chann el in real time, y ou can click on the small window of the signal corresp onding to the desired ch annel. 51 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 2. When y ou p ress the button on the window shown in Fig. 4-31, a green lin e automatically app ears on the section at the abscissa. 3. When y ou come across objects of p articular interest such as manholes o r macroscop ic discontinuities, y ou can p ress the button shown in window Fig. 4-31; this will p roduce a red line at the abscissa. DISTANCE TRAVELLED DEP TH HYPERBO LA TIME DELAY CHANNEL 1 Fig. 4-31 – Radar section during acquisition 4. If y ou move the trolley too quickly , an alarm sounds to warn y ou that y ou are loosin g data; if this p roblem continues, it is best to stop the scan with the button shown in Fig. 4-31 and avo id savin g the d ata by p ressing the NO button in the window shown in Fig. 4-32. No modifications need to be mad e before rep eatin g the scan ap art from returning the trolley back to the starting p osition. 52 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. 4-32 – Data saving window 5. When y ou want to save the acquired data on the d isk, y ou can choose to p ress the button shown in the window in Fig. 4-31, then create the temp orary file by p ressing the YES button in the window in Fig. 4-32. 6. But y ou can also choose to temp orarily save the data acqu ired up to that p oint by p ressing the button shown in Fig. 4-31, and continue to p ush the trolley in the same direction to the end of the scan , then definitively save it usin g the abov e p rocedure. This save scan p rocedure is p articularly recommended for longer scans that may reach up to a few hundred meters in len gth. 7. By p ressing the button, y ou cancel the last radar scan p erformed. Once the radar map has been comp letely deleted, the coordinates are up dated to those of the p recedin g scan. 8. Pressing the button terminates the acquisition p hase, then the software will save definitely all data storage of the same mission by p ressing the OK button in the window app earing (see up p er Fig. 4-33 ); then y ou move on to the window shown in Fig. 4-33 which has all the review functions activated. 53 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. 4-33 – Acquisition window activated for performing operations in review mode 54 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software NOTE Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Rememb er that data is group ed by scans, i.e. a group of radar sections relatin g to a single p assage of the radar trolley . Any group of radar sections can be visualised from a given scan. You have a list of names of saved scans available. The followin g nomenclature rules ap p ly for the scans: 1. the scan file names have 8 characters and have the *.dt extension before the data are p rocessed; 2. the filename is deriv ed as follows: • 1 character L or T dep ending whether the scan is longitudinal or transversal, • 2 –3 • • 5 –8 characters mak e up the p rogressive number of the scan within the survey . st nd th rd character can b e chosen by the user, character * = channel nu mber used th th The first acquired file h as the p rogressive nu mber 0001, so for examp le, the name LM A*0012.DT is the name of the twelfth scan, p erformed in the longitudinal direction and contains unp rocessed data. Each ch annel h as its own corresp onding data file. 4.7 Operating in review mode You can p erform v arious op erations on the acquired data. Once the acquisition has been selected fro m the window shown in Fig. 4-33 (in the examp le shown here in Fig. 4-33, the Acq acquisition is chosen) y ou can: 1. Press the selected acqu isition. button shown in Fig. 4-33 to view the The first radar section of the selected scan will app ear (Fig. 4-34). From this section, once the Edit parameters button has been p ressed, it is then p ossible to modify the File prefix field and the Longitudinal/Transversal field shown in Fig. 4-35. You can select another scan belongin g to the same acquisition directly from the window shown in Fig. 4-34, choosing the one y ou want from the text box shown in Fig. 4-36 or by p ressing the buttons to view the next or p revious scans resp ectively . 55 / 76 and IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Distance and depth indications Fig. 4-34 – Acquisition Editing window Fig. 4-35 – Window for Editing parameters after acquisition transversal Fig. 4-36 – S cans from the same acquisition 56 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 2. The name of the selected acquisition can be chan ged usin g the button in the window shown in Fig. 4-33. Write the new name of the selected acquisition in the window shown in the window in Fig. 4-37; once the new name has been set, p ress the OK button to confirm. Fig. 4-37 – Rename Acquisition Window 3. Any p reviously saved acquisition can be deleted by p ressing the button in the window shown in Fig. 4-33 using the window shown in Fig. 4-38; the delete op eration has to be confirmed by p ressing the YES button in this window. Fig. 4-38 – Delete acquisition window 4. Pressing the button from the window shown in Fig. 4-33 reloads the last acquisition, enab lin g y ou to continue p erforming other scans in the same acqu isition area, fo llowin g the p rocedure described in Par.4.6. 5. Pressing the button shown in Fig. 4-7 closes down the software. Before closing it down, the sy stem reminds y ou to disconnect the Radar Control Unit with the message window shown in Fig. 4-18. 57 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 5. ERROR MESSAGES AND ALARMS 5.1 Error messages Error messages found in the p rogram are listed below ( in italics) fo llowed by their solutions: Network error. Retry or check hardware! Check that the network cable is connected p rop erly to the PC and the SRS_PLUS Control Unit. Try restarting the p rogram. Warning. Unable to print on the selected printer Check that the p rinter is switched on and connected to the comp uter. Unable to review: calibration file has been lost. Gain calibration has been skipped (or lost). Calibrate gain to proceed.. Unavailable: gain calibration has been skipped (or lost). Unavailable: gain calibration has changed. A calibration has to be p erformed to be ab le to acquire d ata. See Paragrap h 4.3 for calibration instructions. Unavailable: directory has been lost. The last acquisition cannot be recovered, select a new acquisition. 58 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 6. ON LINE ASSISTANCE 6.1 Remote assistance using Webex Support Center Webex Sup p ort Center is a service that allows the activation of a two host session, makin g an ap p lication, or the desktop available to the other user or letting y ou cap ture another remote desktop . It can be used to p erform web conferences and p resentations. It is easy to use thanks to its simp le and intuitive interface. Since there are no firewalls or other typ es of network configurations, it is a fast and secure means of reachin g any client host in any p art of the world. In fact, the client only has to accep t to download a small p lu g used to p ermit the service authentication and functionin g. 6.1.1 How to use the Webex service You will receiv e an email from ID S Customer Care containin g a link to the supp ort session (see Fig. 6-1). Fig. 6-1 – Mail sent by IDS to the client 59 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Once y ou have clicked on the link sent by email, the following window will app ear. Insert y our data into the form (see Fig. 6-2). Fig. 6-2 – Client data insertion form Once y ou have click ed S ubmit, the following p age will ap p ear showing a downloadin g bar. The session starts as soon as the download is comp lete. (see Fig. 6-3). Fig. 6-3 – Webex Set up window 60 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 As y ou can see fro m the followin g screen, (Fig. 6-4) y ou are giv en a console, just containin g the Chat, Video and Leave S ession commands. Fig. 6-4 – Welcome to Webex S upport Center window At this p oint, IDS Customer Care can p erform a ran ge of op erations on y our desktop : • Request control of the desktop using the Request Control command. • Give y ou control of the IDS desktop using the Share Control command. • Request to disp lay the remote desktop using Request View. • Share the visualisation of the IDS desktop using Share View. Before each command is activated, y ou are asked for confirmation through the followin g window (Fig. 6-5). Fig. 6-5 – Command acceptance window 61 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 APPENDIX A - MECHANICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SRS SYSTEMS ON BOARD A TRAIN A.1 - Introduction This section deals with the installation requirements for the use of a georadar (GPR) sy stem on-board a train. The sy stem consists of: • a notebook comp uter • a battery • a GPR control unit • a GPR multip lexer unit • up to 4 GPR antennas • an odometer • and relev ant connection cab les. Items 1-4 will be mounted inside the locomotive and don’t need any sp ecific installation; on the contrary , items 5 and 6 shall be mounted in the front of the train and require some mechanical arran gements. For p ractical reasons (mainly logistical), some of the devices needed to assure the p rop er mounting of the sy stem should be p rovided by SNCF; basically , these consist of a metallic frame used to house the antennas and the brackets for fixin g this frame to the front of the locomotive. A.2 - Mechanical requirements M echanical installation of the antennas and the odometer requires brackets to be fixed to the buffers of the train. Therefore, it is imp ortant that the train used for the test has buffers. M oreover, it is also imp ortant that there are no obstacles between the buffers as measurements would be affected by them (see Fig. A. 1 ). 62 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. A. 1 - No obstacle must be present between buffers A typical installation of the system (3 antenna configuration) is shown in the following picture (Fig. A. 2). Fig. A. 2 - Example of a typical installation of the system 63 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 A.3 - Specifications for the fixing frame SNCF is kindly required to p rovide the fixin g frame; this frame consists of 2 cross-bars and 2 vertical-bars, as shown in the p icture Fig. A. 3 ). M aterial to be used for the frame could b e either alumin ium or iron. Fig. A. 3 - Overview of the fixing frame Sp ecifications for the brackets, the cross and the vertical bars are given in the followin g p ictures Fig. A. 4 and Fig. A. 5. All the bars have a square shape section, 80 mm x 80 mm. 64 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. A. 4 - S pecifications for the cross-bars and the brackets Fig. A. 5 - S pecifications for the vertical-bars 65 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 APPENDIX B - SRS SYSTEM TECHNICAL SPECIFICAT IONS B.1 - SRS_PLUS System Technical Specifications The SRS_PLUS sy stem is only comp atible with SRS_PLUS 400M Hz Hardware SRS_PLU S Control Unit M aster Unit: IDS recommends the use of the Panasonic CF30 notebook comp uteras shown in p icture Fig. B. 1 . S oftware S RS data acquisition software B.1.1 SRS_PLUS Control Unit specifications The technical sp ecifications of the SRS_PLUS Control Unit are giv en below Maximum number of acquisition channels: 4 Pulse Repetition Frequency: 400KHz Range: 0-9999nsec. (recommended 90ns) Number of Stacks: 1–32 768 Max number of scan s/second: >1000 Number of samples per scan:128-8192(reco mmend ed 384/512) Trigger options: manual or timed Communication interface with the Master Unit: Ethernet Data transmission speed: 100 M bit/sec Maximum dimensions of a single radar profile: dep ends on the Hard Disk cap acity GPS: supp orted Power supply: 12 Volt Power consumption: 18 Watt Water Proof: IP65 Fig. B. 1 – S RS _PLUS Control Unit and CF-30 Notebook 66 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 B.2 - SRS-FW400 System Technical Specifications The SRS-FW400 sy stem is only comp atible with SRS-FW400 antennas. Hardware DAD FastWave Control Unit M aster Unit: IDS recommends the use of the Panasonic CF30 notebook comp uter as shown in p icture Fig. B. 1 . S oftware S RS data acquisition software B.2.1 Control Unit specifications The technical sp ecifications of the SRS-FW400 Control Unit are given b elow Maximum number of acquisition channels: 4 Pulse Repetition Frequency:100KHz Range: 0-9999nsec. (recommended 90ns) Number of Stacks: 1–32 768 Max number of scan s/second: >1000 Number of samples per scan:128-8192(reco mmend ed 384/512) Trigger options: manual or timed Communication interface with the Master Unit: Ethernet Data transmission speed: 100 M bit/sec Maximum dimensions of a single radar profile: dep ends on the Hard Disk cap acity GPS: supp orted Power supply: 12 Volt Power consumption: 18 Watt Water Proof: IP65 67 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 APPENDIX C - USING GPS WITH THE SRS SYSTEM The SRS sy stem can acquire GP S data in NM EA$GGA format. You therefore have to set the GPS receiver so that the data outp ut through the serial p ort or Ethernet p ort is in NM EA$GGA format. The serial or ethernet co mmunication between the GPS and the Panasonic CF-30 notebook comp uter must be set up for GPS as follows: • Baud rate: 9800; • Byte size: 8; • Parity : No; • Stop bits: 1. GPS data acquisition procedure with the SRS_PLUS system: S tep 1 Connect the GPS receiv er to the Panasonic notebook comp uter using the serial cable shown in p ictures Fig. C. 1. Fig. C. 1 - Connecting the GPS to the notebook computer S tep 2 Op en the External device settings after having click ed on the SR S software icon at the top left of the main window (see p ictures Fig. C. 2 and Fig. C. 3). Fig. C. 2 - External device settings command 68 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. C. 3 - External device settings window S tep 3 In the External device settings window, select the External device type (p icture Fig. C. 4) field then select the typ e of GPS connection as RS-232 GPS (serial port). Fig. C. 4 - External device settings field S tep 4 Click the COM S etting button; this op ens the window shown in p icture Fig. C. 5, from where y ou can set the p arameters shown accordin g to the characteristics of the GPS bein g used. 69 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. C. 5 - Com settings window For examp le, selectin g External device typ e RS-232 GPS : Select 1 in the Com menu (or set the number of the COM p ort number the GPS is connected to) and the other p arameters accordin g to the GPS characteristics; Use the Refresh rate field in Fig. C. 3 to select the numb er of sweep s interval the GPS data will be acquired with; for examp le, if y ou have set the Acquisition S tep to 2.4cm and the Refresh rate field to 20, the sy stem will acquire GPS data every 48cm (2.4cm *20=48cm); if the Refresh rate = 1, the SRS_PLUS sy stem will uptake all the information p roduced by the GPS accordin g to the time p arameters set on GPS equip ment. S tep 5 Accep t the p arameters set in the COM settings field by click in g the OK button, as shown Fig. C. 5. S tep 6 Correct functioning of the GPS and its communication with the SRS_PLU S sy stem is indicated by the GPS spy light in the acquisition window; when the light is green, the GPS is correctly connected and functioning; when the GPS is red, either the connection between the GPS and SRS_PLU S sy stems has not been correctly made or the GPS is switched off (see p icture Fig. C. 6). GPS spy light Fig. C. 6 - GPS spy 70 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software WARNING Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Rememb er that the GPS spy light only indicates the correct functioning of the GPS, not the accuracy of the GPS readin gs; to evaluate p recision, use the tools supp lied with the GPS sy stem S tep 6 The GPS data in NM EA$GGA format are saved as an ASCII file in the same directory as the radar data; the GPS files h ave the same nu mberin g as the radar files, but have a *.GPS extension (see the examp le shown in the p icture Fig. C. 7). During the radar d ata acquisition p hase, y ou can check the GPS acqu isition data usin g white M arkers p laced at the bottom of the radar map . GPS file format GPS file Radar file Fig. C. 7 - Example of a GPS file 71 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 APPENDIX D - USING CAMERA WITH THE SRS SYSTEM The SRS sy stem with Lumenera camera op tion, p rovided by IDS, has to be used as followin g: S tep 1 Install the drivers of the camera in the acquisition PC laun chin g the dedicated CD-ROM for Lumenera camera, LM 135C model, having a resolution of 800x600 p ixels (see Fig. D. 1) p ressing in sequence Next/Continue Anyway buttons. As y ou finish with success the installation, reboot the PC. To install correctly the drivers, user has to be connected as Sy stem Administrator. Fig. D. 1 – Videocamera “Lumenera LM135C” S tep 2 Connect the camera to the PC through USB p ort and activate it. After launchin g the SW SRS_PLU S, y ou will see the icon besides the sp ies in the op ening window, as shown in p icture on the label of the manual (see icon here b elow). S tep 3 Select External device settings after having clicked on the SR S software icon at the top left of the main window (see Fig. D. 2 and Fig. D. 3). 72 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. D. 2 - External device settings command Fig. D. 3 - External device settings window S tep 4 In Fig. D. 3 y ou can see the field U SB Dev ice, where y ou have to activate the textbox On board camera. S tep 5 Here the user has to set the values of the following p arameters related to the camera images acquisition: • S tart/S top big preview: here the user can start/stop a zoom of the camera p review. • Display camera properties: clickin g this button before starting the acquisition, the user can edit and set all the p arameters of the camera in the followin g window (Fig. D. 4 ). Here the user can set manually o Exposure: op ening time of the camera shutter (also automatically by click in g Auto op tion); o Gain: signal’s gain of the camera sensor (also automatically by click in g Auto op tion); 73 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 o Red gain: signal’s red colour gain of the camera sensor (also automatically by clickin g Auto op tion); o Green 1 gain: signal’s green 1 colour gain of the camera sensor (also automatically by clickin g Auto white balance op tion); o Green 2 gain: signal’s green 2 colour gain of the camera sensor (also automatically by clickin g Auto white balance op tion); o Blue gain: signal’s b lue colour gain of the camera sensor (also automatically by clickin g Auto white balance op tion). Fig. D. 4 – Camera properties • Video Frame Rate : it’s the sp eed with which the camera sends data to the PC; it’s a p arameter dep ending on the PC’s cap ability and it’s automatically set during the acquisition. • Meter to acquire : it’s the distance (chosen by the user) between each saved image. Ste p 6 Then p ress OK button in Fig. D. 3. Ste p 7 As the user will start acquisition, the Camera View window (shown in Fig. D. 5) will app ear on the screen, besides the radar section in p rogress with the movement of the Safe R ail Sy stem. 74 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 Fig. D. 5 – Camera View window NOTE If the user starts acquisition while the camera is activated by software (On board camera op tion is activated), but the camera is p hy sically unp lugged, SR S software informs the user with a p rop er message that the camera is not working, and then Camera View window will be closed automatically , without closing the whole software. S tep 8 After y ou finish the scan and p ress End acquisition button, the software will create automatically a folder n amed “Camera” in the directory of the mission just acquired (see Fig. D. 6). This fold er contains “n” files .jp g for “n” p ictures acquired by the videocamera durin g the scan. Fig. D. 6 – Folder “Camera” 75 / 76 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. Safe Rail System Data Acquisition Software NOTE Protocol: MN/2009/030 - Rev. 1.2 1. M ake sure there is sufficient light into the camera (eg. ap erture is op en as ap erture controls the amount of light entering camera) and exp osure time in not set to 0 (y ou can’t take a p icture/video if exp osure time is set to zero) 2. When up gradin g Lumen era software, ensure the follow step s are followed: a. Unp lug camera from USB b. Uninstall the Lucam software c. Reboot windows d. Download the latest Lucam software: http ://www.lumenera.com/sup p ort/download.p hp e. Install new Lucam software f. Reboot windows g. Plug camera back into the same USB p ort h. Try acquirin g p ictures/video from a bright source (eg bright room) i. If there is no video, may be it’s too dark due to wrong software and hardware settings. Check 1. Ensure software setting is correct to allow enou gh light into the lens j. If camera still doesn’t work, try up gradin g drivers from ‘Device manager’ 76 / 76
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