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1 Safety Notes
General
The LPR®-1DHP-200 product family is a radar distance measurement sensor that may be
used to measure distances between a radar unit and a reflector or between two radar units.
LPR®-1DHP-200 radars are purely tracking and assistance systems.
They do not satisfy special requirements for personal or functional
safety or explosion protection.
All personnel that commission or operate an LPR®-1DHP-200 radar
have to be instructed that it does not satisfy norms and requirements for
functional safety (e.g. IEC 61058, EN ISO 13849, EN 62061).
Read the documentation before operation of the radar and follow the
included safety notes.
Take note of the safety and operating instructions of the system in
which you want to install the device.
Follow national safety norms and regulations.
Installation
Installation must be carried out by qualified and trained technicians.
When the system is mounted on fixed tubes, the necessary measures to
prevent slippage of the system must be taken.
Only screwed connections with safety against loosening may be used
for mounting the radar.
Adhere to the specified tightening torques for all screws and connectors.
Screwed connections must be examined at regular intervals, especially
if the radar is mounted exposed.
Repairs and Modifications
Repairs or modifications may only be performed by the manufacturer.
Opening of the device is prohibited.
Any change or modification not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the
equipment.
The warranty shall be voided if you cause defects to the device by
installing or exchanging system extensions.
Do not drop the device and do not expose it to strong vibrations.
Power Supply
While installing or using it in open-air, transient overvoltage cannot be
excluded. Overvoltage protection is to be used for low voltage in
accordance to DIN EN 61643-21 and IEC 61643-21.
Be careful that the device can be damaged by reverse polarity despite
implementation of polarity reversal protection.
Setup and Operation
Protect the contacts of all of the device's sockets and plugs from static
electricity.
Proper operation (in accordance with IEC60950/EN60950) of the device
is only assured if the housing and integral covers for mounting slots are
fully installed (electric shock, cooling, fire protection, noise suppression).
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In case of intense, direct solar radiation or other radiant heat, it may be
necessary to provide a sun or heat shield.
Be aware, that misuse, modification or damage of the sensor can lead
to erroneous distance measurements.
After mounting and commissioning, compare the actual distance to the
distance measured by the radar sensor with respect to your needed
accuracy. This step must be repeated after major changes to your
measurement setup.
System Extensions and Accessories
For LAN cabling, the requirements in accordance with EN 50173 and
EN 50174-1/2 apply. Use of either a Category 5 shielded cable for
10/100 Ethernet or Category 5e shielded cable for gigabit Ethernet is a
minimum requirement. The specifications of standard ISO/IEC 11801
must be complied with.
General Requirements for Compliance of Radio Apparatus
The operation of this device requires compliance with regional radio
regulations.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules and with Industry
Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s).
Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d'Industrie Canada applicables aux
appareils radio exempts de licence. L'exploitation est autorisée aux deux
conditions suivantes : (1) l'appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage, et (2)
l'utilisateur de l'appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi, même
si le brouillage est susceptible d'en compromettre le fonctionnement.
To satisfy FCC exposure requirements a separation distance of 20 cm
or more should be maintained between the antenna of this device
and persons during operation.
To ensure compliance, operations at closer distances than this are not
recommended.
To satisfy ISED exposure requirements a separation distance of 20 cm
or more should be maintained between the antenna of this device
and persons during operation.
To ensure compliance, operations at closer distances than this are not
recommended.
Pour satisfaire aux exigences d'exposition ISED, une distance de sépa
ration de 20 cm ou plus doit être maintenue entre l'antenne de cet
appareil et les personnes pendant le fonctionnement.
Pour assurer la conformité, les opérations à plus courte distance ne
sont pas recommandées.
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2 The LPR®-1DHP-200 Product Family
The LPR®-1DHP-200 is a radar distance measurement sensor product family. The product
family consists of different product types, which are based on the same hardware platform.
Depending on your purchased product type, your radar provides one or more of three
different radar modes, namely a primary radar mode, a secondary radar mode and a
diversity radar mode. Table 2.1 shows the different product types and their supported radar
modes.
LPR®-1DHP- 220-R 260 281 290
Table 2.1: Supported radar modes for different LPR®-1DHP-200 product types.
Typical applications of the LPR®-1DHP-200 are:
Positioning of cranes, crane trolleys, hoists and other railbound transport systems
Process automation, monitoring and control
Collision avoidance
While reading this document keep in mind which radar modes are
supported by your device.
All LPR®-1DHP-200 product types can be configured with the help of a
Web User Interface (WebUI), which is described in chapter 8.
3 Radar Basics
3.1 Radar Distance Measurement Principle
The LPR®-1DHP-200 radar distance sensors use electromagnetic waves to measure the
distance and speed between two radars (secondary radar mode) or a single radar and a
reflector (primary radar mode).
The underlying measuring principle is based on the Round-Trip Time-Of-Flight (RTOF)
measurement between a transmitted radar signal and a received signal. The radar estimates
the time τ the radar signal needs to travel the unknown distance d from one radar to the other
(or to a reflector) and back. The distance is then calculated with the formula
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3.2 Radar Beam and Opening Angle
The LPR®-1DHP-200 emits a high frequency electromagnetic radio signal with its integrated
antenna. The EM-wave is focused by a dielectric lens and creates a radar beam with an
opening angle (half power beam width, HPBW) of +/-2,5°.
Distance d in m
Radar beam 3dB
diameter in m
1 3 10 30 50 70 100 200 300 400 600
0.1 0.3 0.9 2.6 4.4 6.1 8.7 17.5 26.2 34.9 52.4
Table 3.1: Radar beam 3dB diameter vs. distance
Figure 3.1: Radar beam and opening angle.
3.3 Fresnel Zone
The area for radio transmission between two antennas is called Fresnel zone. The main part
of energy is concentrated in the first Fresnel zone.
The Fresnel zone has to be free of any obstacles to ensure that the
signal is not attenuated or interrupted.
The maximum radius of the first Fresnel zone (in the middle between two antennas) can be
calculated as follows:
= 0.5 ∙√ ∙
is the wave length and the distance between the two radar devices or a radar device and
a reflective target For a frequency of 61 GHz a wave length of approx. 0.005 m is
calculated. The maximum radius of the first Fresnel Zone is indicated by . The maximum
radius for different distances is given in Table 3.2.
In primary radar mode, a single radar measures the distance and speed to a reflective object
/ target, typically a metal corner reflector. The following features differentiate the primary
radar mode from the other radar modes:
Suitable for ranges up to 50 m
Range depends on target radar cross section (RCS)
Very high update rate (up to 350 Hz)
Cost effective installation with a single radar
Distance measurements to passive objects enable additional applications for primary radar
mode,:
Presence / absence check (e.g. in a radar barrier)
Profile / measurement (e.g. of bulk material)
Detection of arbitrary objects (e.g. of personell or vehicles)
Figure 3.3 shows the typical setup of a LPR®-1DHP-220-R radar and a corner reflector for a
primary radar distance measurement.
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Figure 3.3: Primary radar mode measurement setup
3.4.2 Secondary Radar Mode
In secondary radar mode two radars measure the distance and speed between each other.
The following features differentiate the secondary radar mode from the other radar modes:
Suitable for ranges up to 300 m
Distance is always measured to the partner unit and not to passive objects
Figure 3.4 shows the typical setup of two LPR®-1DHP-260 radars for a secondary radar
range measurement.
In diversity radar mode four radar units are grouped into two pairs, which are mounted in a
way that two secondary range measurements are performed side by side separated by a
defined distance. The following features differentiate the diversity radar mode from the other
radar modes:
Suitable for ranges up to 500 m
Distance is always measured to the partner unit and not to passive objects
No clearance to reflective surfaces / objects required (see chapter 5.1; Fresnel zone still
needs to be free of obstacles)
If one of the two measurement paths fails, the system falls back to operation in
secondary radar mode and is therefore still available (error is indicated in diversity status
byte)
Figure 3.5 shows the typical setup of four LPR®-1DHP-281 radars for a diversity radar range
measurement.
The LPR®-1DHP-200 is able to operate in the 57 - 64 GHz band. Depending on your used
region and regulatory authority setting, a limited number of bandwidth modes are available
for selection in the WebUI.
The selected bandwidth modes have impact on the accuracy, resolution and range of the
radar. The dependency of performance and bandwidth mode with respect to regional
restrictions is depicted in chapter 10. It is recommended to use the 0.5 GHz or 2 GHz
bandwidth mode for standard applications.
Within a single bandwidth mode, multiple sync channels are available. For each channel
block, the effective bandwidth of a sync channel reduces with increasing sync channel
number.
3.6 Accuracy
To maximize the accuracy of a LPR®-1DHP-200 measurement setup, different error sources
which influence the accuracy need to be taken into account:
Mounting position
o
Adhere to the mounting instructions (see chapter 5) to minimize systematic errors
(e.g. horizontal or vertical offset and alignment).
Reflective surfaces and objects
o
Reflections of the radar signal, e.g. from walls, can cause distance errors in primary
and secondary radar mode which vary with the measured distance. Ensure the
recommended clearance to surfaces and objects described in chapter 5.1 or use
diversity radar mode to minimize errors caused by reflections.
Measurement noise
o
Measurement noise caused by the radar itself is the lower limit to the overall
accuracy. The noise will decrease with increasing bandwidth. For primary radar
mode, noise will increase with range and decrease with target radar cross section
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(dependent on target size, shape and material). In secondary radar mode noise is
constant within the specified range and will increase for ranges above.
Temperature drift
o
Changes in device and air temperature can lead to measurement offsets of approx.
+/-10mm. These errors vary slowly with time and can be countered by ensuring
constant environmental conditions, running a warm up phase of 30 minutes before
operation or by using a calibration reference.
3.7 Range
To maximize the range of a LPR®-1DHP-200 measurement setup the following aspects have
to be taken into account:
Mounting position
o
Adhere to the mounting instructions (see chapter 5). Ensure minimum alignment error
and vertical / horizontal offset and equal orientation (for secondary and diversity radar
mode)
Fresnel zone
o
Ensure the Fresnel zone is free of absorbing or reflecting objects
Reflective surfaces and objects
o
Reflections of the radar signal, e.g. from walls, can lead to a reduction of the received
signal strength and hence maximum range. Ensure the recommended clearance to
surfaces and objects described in chapter 5.1 or use diversity radar mode to counter
the effects caused by reflections
Target RCS (only primary radar mode)
o
In primary radar mode the maximum range depends on the target RCS (radar cross
section) which is a function of target size, material and shape. If the maximum range
is required use targets with a high RCS (e.g. the corner reflector MTE000958)
VGA value
o
For maximum range set the “VGA value” to the highest possible value that is allowed
in you regulatory domain. The WebUI will use your region settings to limit the “VGA
value” and hence range is reduced in certain regions (see chapter 10).
The minimum range of the sensors can be reduced to values below the specified minimum
distance by adapting the “VGA value”, the “RX attenuator” and the threshold settings (for
primary radar). This however affects the maximum range and the accuracy of the radar and
shall therefore only be applied by trained personell.
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4.3 Connectors
The housing of the LPR®-1DHP-200 provides the following M12 connectors (see Figure 4.1
and Figure 4.2):
Power supply input (C1)
Ethernet connector (C2) for network connection
The necessary connectors for manufacturing cables that fit your installation and cable length
are available from symeo and are described in the following chapters.
4.3.1 Power Supply
The LPR®-1DHP-200 is powered by a 4-pin M12-Connector.
Plugs
Recommended connector:
SACC-M12FST-4PECON-PG 9-M – 1418052 (obsolete)
SACC-M12FST-4CON-PG 9-M - 1418052
o Cable diameter: 6 - 8 mm
Tightening torque: 0.4 Nm
oSymeo order number: MTE101761
The connector is also part of the following M12 connector set:
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5 Mounting
5.1 General Mounting Instructions
Site-specific mounting instructions must be followed if available.
The more accurately the radar units and reflectors are aligned to each other, the better
the performance of the measurement setup will be in terms of accuracy and range.
The radar units and/or corner reflectors must move parallel to the radar beam in the
installation.
Ensure that the Fresnel Zone is free of obstacles.
Ensure that your measured distances lie in the specified measuring range (see chapter
10)
For primary and secondary radar mode (not for diversity radar mode) ensure that
reflective surfaces (e.g. walls, the roof, the floor, crane tracks) and other reflective objects
(e.g. poles, tubes, bridges, vehicles) have the recommended clearance to the center of
the radar beam that is in accordance with
Figure 3.3 and Figure 3.4).
Measuring
distance d in m
Recommended
clearance in m
Table 5.1: Recommended clearance to reflective surfaces and objects.
10 20 30 50 70 100 150 200 250 300
0.2 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.6 2.2 3.3 4.4 5.5 6.6
Table 5.1 (see also
5.2 Mounting for Primary Radar Mode
The Primary Radar Mode is available for Product Types LPR®-1DHP220-R and LPR®-1DHP-290.
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For a primary radar distance measurement, typically a single radar unit and a recommended
corner reflector are mounted facing each other.
For operation in the primary radar mode the following issues must be considered:
The radar and the corner reflector must be installed in a way that the center of the corner
reflector is aligned with the center of the radar beam.
The reflector has to be either the nearest (first) target or the strongest target to be
detected properly.
Radar and radar reflector must be aligned to each other with maximum accuracy (at least
+/- 2,5°).
Minimum horizontal and vertical offset between radar and reflector must be ensured.
Follow the subsequent steps for proper installation of radar unit and reflector:
Mount a standard mounting bracket on one side of your measurement setup.
Mount the radar into the mounting bracket.
Mount a corner reflector to the other side of your measurement setup.
Mount the corner reflector in a way, that the opening faces the radar. The 3 corners of the
corner reflector opening must have equal distance to the radar.
Carefully align the radar to the corner cube reflector. To do so, it is recommended to use
a laser level fitted into the alignment aid, which should point at the reflector.
Fix the system by tightening the screws of the mounting bracket and the pipe clamp with
the correct tightening torques.
Connect the power supply and Ethernet cable with M12 connectors as specified in
chapter 4.3.1 and 4.3.2.
5.3 Mounting for Secondary Radar Mode
The Secondary Radar Mode is available for Product Types LPR®1DHP-260 and LPR®-1DHP-290.
For a secondary radar distance measurement, two radar units, one configured as a “master”
and one as a “slave” are mounted facing each other in a way, that the center of the emitted
radar beam of each unit hits the other unit. The master unit initiates the measurement while
the slave unit replies.
For operation in the secondary radar mode the following issues must be considered:
The two radar units must be installed in a way, that the center of the emitted radar beam
of each unit hits the other unit.
The two radar units must be oriented exactly equally or turned by 180° along the radar
beam axis (e.g. connectors of both devices facing downwards).
Minimum horizontal and vertical offset between both radar units must be ensured.
Both radar units must be aligned to each other with maximum accuracy (at least +/- 2,5°).
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Follow the subsequent steps for proper installation of the radar units:
Mount a standard mounting bracket to one side of the measurement setup.
Mount the radar unit into the mounting bracket.
Repeat the first two steps on the other side of the measurement setup.
Carefully align both radar units to each other. To do so, it is recommended to use a laser
level fitted into the alignment aids. The laser dot should point to the other sensor for both
directions (Master -> Slave, Slave -> Master).
Fix the systems by tightening the screws of the mounting brackets and the pipe clamps
with the correct tightening torques.
Connect the power supply and Ethernet cable with the M12 connectors as specified in
chapter 4.3.1 and 4.3.2 to both stations. The Ethernet connection at the Slave unit is only
required for configuration and can be removed during operation. If removed install the
protective cap of the connector.
6 Quick Setup
This chapter gives a short introduction for the setup of the radar sensors with the help of the
WebUI. For detailed information on all possible settings, please refer to chapter 8.
6.1 Initial Setup
The following steps must be followed for the initial setup of all radar units:
Mount and align the radar units as outlined in chapter 5.
Connect the radar units to a power source (11 – 36V) and wait until booting is finished
(blue LED switches to red or green).
Connect the radar unit to a PC via Ethernet and open the Webinterface (WebUI) in a
Webbrowser (http://192.168.1.99). See chapter 7 for a detailed description.
Sign in to the WebUI (see chapter 8.2).
Choose country and regulatory authority.
6.2 Quick Setup for Primary Radar Mode
The following settings must be set in the WebUI for operation in primary radar mode:
Device -> Settings -> Measurement basics
o
Station mode = Primary
o
Bandwidth mode = Choose a bandwidth that fits your required range and accuracy
o
Channel block = Use recommended selection
o
Sync channel = different than any other LPR®-1DHP-200 sensor in range; for
neighboring measurement paths use only every fourth sync channel.
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Device -> Settings -> Measurement details
o
Target search mode = “First” if the reflector is the first target in range, “Strongest” if
the reflector is the strongest target in range.
The setting “Target search mode” highly impacts the behavior of the radar,
especially in multi target environments (see Figure 8.16). “First target” may
lead to distance measurements to unintended targets in the vicinity of the
radar (e.g. a person passing the radar beam). “Strongest target” may lead
to distance measurements to unintended targets present in the
background of your intended target (e.g. a wall behind a corner reflector).
Perform therefore always a test as described in chapter 6.4 to verify this
setting.
Review and Calibrate your measurement as stated in chapter 6.4.
6.3 Quick Setup for Secondary Radar Mode
The following settings must be set in the WebUI of the master and slave sensor for operation
in secondary radar mode.
Only the Master unit outputs range data.
Master
Device -> Settings -> Measurement basics
o
Station mode = Master
o
Bandwidth mode = Choose a bandwidth that fits your required range and accuracy
o
Channel block = Use recommended selection
o
Sync channel = different than any other LPR®-1DHP-200 sensor in range (except the
related Slave); for neighboring measurement paths use only every fourth sync
channel.
Slave
Device -> Settings -> Measurement basics
o
Station mode = Slave
o
Bandwidth mode = same as Master
o
Channel block = same as Master
o
Sync channel = same as Master
Review and Calibrate your measurement as stated in chapter 6.4.
6.4 Review and Calibration of the Measurement Setup
Diagnostics -> Range measurement statistics -> Live range measurement
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o
Run a warm up phase of 30 minutes before calibration.
o
Compare the “current distance” to the actual distance in your measurement setup for
all ranges.
o
The mean value of the difference between the actual distance and the measured
distance is the reference-offset value, which needs to be added to the current
distance to match the radar’s and installation’s coordinate systems. The radar
therefore offers the setting “Measurements Details -> Customer specific offset”.
o
Make sure that the maximum and standard deviation of the difference between the
offset corrected measured and actual distance meets your accuracy requirements for
all possible distances in your measurement setup.
The LPR®-1DHP-200 are delivered with the fixed TCP/IP IP-Address
192.168.1.99.
7 Establishing a TCP/IP Connection
For configuration of the radar units, a TCP/IP connection has to be set up. Make sure that:
The unit is running.
The radar unit is connected with an appropriate Ethernet cable to a PC or a similar
device, which has a web browser installed.
The radar and the PC are located in the same subnet of the TCP/IP network. That means
that the first three numbers of the radar’s and PC’s IP-addresses must be equal.
No firewall is blocking the communication between PC and radar.
If PC and radar are not located in the same subnet open the TCP/IP network settings of your
network adapter in your operating system. Enter a fixed IP-Address e.g. 192.168.1.1 and the
subnet mask 255.255.255.0.
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Figure 7.1: Network Settings under Microsoft Windows
The LPR®-unit should be available via your PC now. You can check the connection with a
ping to the LPR®-1DHP-200 unit:
1. Push the Windows Start Button
2. Choose Run (Skip under Windows 10)
3. Enter cmd and confirm
4. Enter: ping 192.168.1.99 or the IP-address of the LPR®-1DHP-200 unit in the cmd.exe
window and confirm
The LPR®-1DHP-200 should answer with a Reply.
Figure 7.2: Ping LPR®-1DHP-200 Unit
For detection of all Symeo devices located in your network (useful if the IP-Address of a
radar unit is unknown), you can download the tool Symeo IP Discover in the Partner Login
under www.symeo.com.
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8.2 Sign In
In order to be able to change settings a sign in to the WebUI is necessary. Press therefore
“Sign In” in the upper right corner of the WebUI. You will be prompted to enter your
information for authentication. The dialog box with the username and password field will
appear (see Figure 8.2).
Figure 8.2: WebUI Login
Enter the user name "symeo" and the password "54all2u" and press "Login". Now your
status is displayed as "Logged in".
8.3 Initial Operation
When the WebUI is opened for the first time or after a software reset, the note “Environment
uninitialized” will appear (seeFigure 8.1).
During the initial operation, you need to configure the operating country, in
which you want to use this unit. This is necessary to abide to the radio
signal restrictions enforced by the local authorities. Your selection will
have impact on the selectable Bandwidth Modes as well as on the
maximum transmit power and hence range of the radar unit.
Since this is a mandatory setting, all functionality of this device will remain
disabled, until the country setting has been successfully configured.
Click the “Configure environment” button to configure the working environment.
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Figure 8.5: Initial setup of environment - Amend invalid settings
In the top left corner, a red frame appears which indicates that for a functioning measuring
distance, the measurement values, which have not yet been set or which are invalid, are still
to be processed.
Click the “Amend invalid settings” button.
Figure 8.6: Settings window for mandatory values
You will be automatically guided to the settings menu sub-item “Measurement basics”, where
strictly necessary parameters must be set. For further information about these mandatory
settings please refer to the chapter “Device - Settings – Measurement Basics
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If you have entered all these settings, click the “Submit Changes” button.
Figure 8.7: Change of mandatory values
8.4 Change Settings, Review and Save Changes
Upon pressing the “Submit Changes” button in any settings sub item, the WebUI is updated
and the choice of valid settings is adapted to your made changes. The settings will however
not be applied to the radar until you “Save all changes” in the the “Review changes” page or
in the top left corner of this page.
You can review your changes by clicking the “Review changes” button in the top left
corner of the homepage or at the bottom of the screen (see Figure 8.8).
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Figure 8.8: Save or discard all changes
Confirm the changes by clicking the “Save all changes” button. The dialog box “Changes
have been applied” will appear (see
Figure 8.9
).
If you would like to discard all changes made after the last save, press “Discard all changes”.
After saving, it takes several seconds until the measurement is restartet with the new
settings. Some settings additionally require a reboot of the radar.
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Device - Settings – Customer Protocol
In this menu, the following settings are available:
Mode of customer protocol
o
Interface to customer - either TCP or UDP
Port
o
Port of customer protocol binary XP (Integer number in range 1100..65535)
Protocol frame length
o
Frame length of customer protocol binary XP (Default value 47 bytes). Each data
packet is zero-padded to the selected protocol frame length before the data packet is
sent. (Integer number in range 47..100 byte)
Enable custom output interval
o
Enable a custom output interval of own distance. If disabled, the own measured
distance is output with the internal measurement rate.
Output interval of own distance
o
Output interval of own measured distance in milliseconds (Integer number in range
10..60000 ms)
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Device - Settings – Forwarding
In this menu, the following settings are available:
LAN forwarder (must be first activated by the user)
o
Forward packages via LAN to connected LPR®-1D24 unit
The following extra options will be available after enabling LAN forwarding:
Destination IP address
o
Destination IP address of connected LPR®-1D24 unit
Enable custom forward interval
o
Enable a custom forward interval of own distance. If disabled, the own measured
distance is forwarded with measurement rate
Device - Settings – LAN
In this menu, the following settings are available:
Link type
Address Mode
IP-Address
Netmask
Gateway
Hostname
o
Local hostname, this name will also be offered to the DHCP server in DHCP mode
DNS
o
IP of name server (domain name system)
Syslog
o
IP of server for syslog messages
NTP Server
o
IP or hostname of time server (network time protocol)
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Device - Settings – Logging
In this menu, the following settings are available:
Logging mode
o
Defines whether unit logs system events and measurements to a storage device.
Stock units do not have a storage device installed and are therefore not
ready for logging.
The following settings are available:
Disabled
Log to SD card if available
Log to USB stick if available (recommended)
Log to USB stick if available, use SD card as fallback
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Device - Settings – Measurement Basics
In this menu, the following settings are available:
Station mode
o
Depending on the configuration the unit can either be run in secondary radar mode
(master measures the distance to slave) or in primary radar mode (radar measures
the distance to a reflective target)
Bandwidth mode
o
The LPR®-1DHP-200 supports different bandwidth modes, which impact the sensors
performance. For best accuracy, choose a large bandwidth. For maximum range and
update rate, choose a small bandwidth.
Channel block
o
The RF frequency range is grouped into several blocks. Each channel block defines a
set of available sync channels. It is recommended to keep the default value for
optimum performance
Sync channel
o
The sync channel determines the actual center frequency and bandwidth of the radar
signals and differentiates the LPR®-1DHP-200 links. The sync channel has to be the
same for a pair of master and slave but different than that of any other LPR®-1DHP200 device in range. The sync channel with the lowest number provides the highest
bandwidth in each channel block.
Changing bandwidth mode, channel block or sync channel influences the
sensors performance and reference plane. A recalibration and test of the
installation (see chapter 6.4), is therefore necessary after changing these
settings.
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Device - Settings – Measurement Details
The available measurement details settings depend on your selected radar mode:
Measurement Details for Primary Radar Mode
In this menu, the following settings are available:
Customer specific offset
o
The offset can be used to calibrate the reference plane for the distance
measurements according to the customer’s setup. The value is added to the
measured distance.
Average spectra
o
Spectra can be averaged before applying the peak search algorithm. Averaging more
spectra will reduce the noise but it will also reduce the measurement rate.
Peak search mode
o
The radar will either detect the first or the strongest target above the thresholds
defined below.
Start target range
o
This parameter defines the start of the target search area. Targets below this distance
will be ignored.
Minimum level short range
o
This parameter defines the required minimum level for valid targets in the short range
area. Targets with a lower signal level will be ignored.
End short range
o
This parameter defines the end of the short range area where the respective
minimum level is required for valid targets.
Minimum level mid range
o
This parameter defines the required minimum level for valid targets in the long range
area. Targets with a lower signal level will be ignored.
End mid range
o
This parameter defines the end of the mid range area where the respective minimum
level is required for valid targets.
Minimum level long range
o
This parameter defines the required minimum level for valid targets in the long range
area. Targets with a lower signal level will be ignored.
End long range
o
This parameter defines the end of the long range area where the respective minimum
level is required for valid targets.
FFT size
o
The maximum range and update rate of the sensor is limited internally by the FFT
size. For maximum range, choose the large FFT. For maximum update rate, choose
the small FFT.
Maximum occurring speed
o
The maximum occurring speed is used internally to validate the measurement results.
The Kalman filter reduces the noise of the distance measurement output for standard
measurement setups with linear motion. For non-standard applications in primary
radar mode it may be advantageous to disable the filter.
Raw data output
o
Raw data can be provided by the unit for further analysis.
Raw data mode
o
Depending on the configuration the unit can provide raw ADC data, FFT spectra
and/or the configured threshold values.
Raw data rate
o
The raw data rate can be used the scale the amount of data which has to be
recorded. Data is sent every n measurements.
RX attenuator mode
o
The RX attenuator can be enabled when the received signal is too strong.
VGA value
o
The VGA value determines the power of the transmitted signal.
SYMEO Local Positioning Radar System
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The LPR®-1DHP-200 in primary radar mode can either output the distance to the first or the
strongest valid target. A target is valid, if its signal level is higher than a set signal level
threshold level profile, which is segmented into 3 range zones (short range, mid range, long
range). The start and end positions of the 3 range zones and their corresponding signal
threshold levels can be configured individually with the settings described above. An
example of the radar target spectrum (target signal strength vs. distance) recorded in a multi
target environment is shown in where the window for valid targets defined by the range
zones and their threshold levels is marked green.Targets outside of this window will be
ignored.
A change of the range zones and their threshold level settings is only necessary in a multi
target environment and should only be conducted by trained personal.
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Figure 8.16: Radar target spectrum in a multiple target environment
Measurement Details for Secondary Radar Mode
In this menu, the following settings are available:
Customer specific offset (only Master mode)
o
This offset can be used to calibrate individual LPR® links to account for tolerances. It
is added to the measured distance
Minimum level
o
This parameter defines the required minimum level for valid measurements in
secondary radar mode. Measurements with a lower signal level will be discarded
Maximum occurring speed (only Master mode)
o
The maximum occurring speed is used internally to validate the measurement results
Diversity mode (only Master mode)
o
In diversity mode the measurement results of two LPR®-1DHP-200 units are
combined for optimum performance
Raw data output
o
Raw data can be provided by the unit for further analysis
RX attenuator mode
o
The RX attenuator can be enabled when the received signal is too strong.
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Measurement Details for Diversity Radar Mode
For diversity radar mode, you must enable the “Diversity mode” setting under the Settings ->
Measurement details. The following settings will additionally appear:
Diversity partner IP address
o
In diversity mode the unit will connect to the diversity partner at the specified IP
address.
Diversity partner sync channel
o
The sync channel of the diversity partner unit must also be specified. It is used
internally to verify data from the correct partner unit is received.
Device - Settings – Modem
In this menu, the following settings are available:
PPP Point to Point protocol connection
APN address
APN username
APN password
Device - Settings – Network Routes
In this menu, you can adapt the network routes.
Click the “+ add route” button.
The dialog box “add route” will appear.
Press the „addroute” button.
Device - Settings – Relay
In this menu, the following setting are available:
Relay data output
o
Relay switch commands can be used to control relays at other LPR® units, e.g. at
LPR®-1D24 devices
If the “Relay data output” is enabled, the following settings will additionally appear:
Relay destination address
o
LPR®-B address of destination device where the relays are switched (hex value)
Zone 1 distance
o
Relays assigned to zone 1 will open when measured distance is below this value
Zone 2 distance
o
Relays assigned to zone 2 will open when measured distance is below this value
The virtual relays 1-4 can be assigned to switch according to system health, Zone 1 state or
Zone 2 state.
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In this menu (see
Figure 8.22
), the following subpages are available:
Operating System Status
Hardware Status
Storage device
Range measurement statistics
Record measurement data
Packet inspector
Station scan
Figure 8.22: Diagnostics Menu
8.2.1 Diagnostics – Operating System Status
Under this menu (see Figure 8.23), following information is available:
Device information
Uptime, Memory
Networking information
Filesystem
Software version
In case of problems, this information may be requested by Symeo support.
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Live Range Measurement
In this menu (see Figure 8.27), the current distance and the current RSSI value (Signal
strength) will be displayed, furthermore, the distance over time graph.
Figure 8.27: Diagnostics - Distance over time graph
By pointing the mouse in the graph and using the scroll wheel, you can downsize or enlarge
the timeline.
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Figure 8.28: Diagnostics - RSSI over distance diagram
This diagram shows the recorded distance-signal strength pairs since the last power-on. You
can use it to detect abnormal signal propagation routes at certain constellations of the two
LPR® stations, as the signal strength should decrease with increasing distance.
The diagram is automatically refreshed every 10 seconds.
The distance axis displays the distance between the two LPR® stations, and the RSSI axis
the received signal strength in dB. As the signal strength at specific distances may vary, the
statistical distribution of the signal strength is also recorded. Displayed are the mean
received signal strength, the 10 % quantile and the 90 % quantile. The quantiles give you
information about how many recorded signal strength values were lower than the
corresponding line. 10 % of the recorded signal strengths were lower than the 10 % quantile
line and 90 % were lower than the 90 % quantile line, leaving 80 % in between those two
lines. This way you get an idea of the signal strength distribution per distance without
including extreme outliers. This helps identifying distances with increased signal distortions
(e.g. due to multipath signal propagation), as the variance of the signal strength there usually
increases.
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Figure 8.29: Diagnostics - Measurement rate over distance diagram
This diagram shows the recorded distance-measurement rate pairs since the last power-on.
You can use it to detect systematical measurement errors at certain constellations of the two
LPR® stations, as the measurement rate decreases in this case.
The diagram is automatically refreshed every 10 seconds.
The distance axis displays the distance between the two LPR® stations, and the
measurement rate axis the current rate of range measurements in Hertz. As the
measurement rate at specific distances may vary, the statistical distribution of the
measurement rate is also recorded. Displayed are the mean measurement rate, the 10 %
quantile and the 90 % quantile. The quantiles give you information about how many recorded
measurement rate values were lower than the corresponding line. 10 % of the recorded
measurement rates were lower than the 10 % quantile line and 90 % were lower than the 90
% quantile line, leaving 80 % in between those two lines. This way you get an idea of the
measurement rate distribution per distance without including extreme outliers. This helps
identifying distances with increased errors in range measurement (e.g. due to multipath
signal propagation), as the measurement rate decreases as errors are encountered.
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8.2.5 Diagnostics – Record Measurement Data
In this menu, you can
Change logging mode
View recorded measurements
Click the drop-down menu window “Change logging mode” to choose the logging mode.
The following options are available:
Disabled
Log to SD card if available
Log to USB stick if available, use SD card as fallback
Log to USB stick if available (recommended
Choose one of the settings (recommended log to USB stick if available) and refresh the
page using the F5 key.
8.2.6 Diagnostics – Packet Inspector
In this menu (see Figure 8.30), you can see the output of the binary port.
For it, you must press the "Get new data" button to get at first the last 10 records. Then you
must select one record by driving over with the mouse and pressing the left mouse button.
By expanding of “Hexadecimal view” and/or “Detailed view”, you can view this data in the
appropriate format.
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9 The Customer Protocol
The customer protocol (Binary Protocol XP) is the standard data protocol between LPR®1DHP-200 units and users for exchanging measurement and relay data with the help of
different data types in binary data format. The transfer of a data packet of a certain data type
is done in single data frames. The data can be transferred either via TCP/IP or UDP protocol.
All settings related to the customer protocol can be found in the WebUI
under Device -> Settings -> Customer protocol
The default TCP/IP and UDP port of the customer protocol interface is
3046.
The customer protocol is not output on slave units.
9.1 General Description
9.1.1 Structure of a Data Type
Each data type has a fixed structure and length.
data type.
Each data packet begins with the START symbol (0x7e). TYPE indicates the type of the data
packet. The DATA field contains the relevant data. The CRC-field contains the check sum.
The data type ends with the END symbol (0x7f).
All multi byte integers (e.g. CRC field) are encoded in Network-Byte-Order (Big-Endian). All
signed integers are represented in two's complement.
A custom protocol length which is bigger than the standard protocol
length can be set. The data packet is then zero-padded (after the END
symbol) to the selected protocol frame length before the data packet is
sent.
Figure 9.1:Structure of a data type
Figure 9.1
shows the general structure of a
9.1.2 CRC
The CRC-16-IBM with polynomial x16+x15+x2+1 is used for the CRC. The CRC is calculated
over the TYPE and DATA field.
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9.2 Data Types
9.2.1 Type 0x16 – Distance Data
Direction: LPR®-1DHP-200 Unit → User
The data type 0x16 is the standard output data type. It contains measurement data, system
status information and settings. The default protocol frame length is 47 bytes.
Table 9.1 shows the structure of a 0x16 data packet.
The standard customer protocol length of the LPR®-1DHP(-R) sensor
(predecessor) was 50 bytes which has to be taken into account if a
LPR®-1DHP-200 is used to replace it.
The data packets are output with the internal update rate or the chosen update rate.
The internal measurement rate depends on the used radar mode, FFT
size and averaging setting. The output rate of the interface equals the
internal measurement rate if no custom output interval is set.
(byte)
START 1 0x7E unsigned integer
TYPE 1 0x16 unsigned integer
Sync Channel 2 0x#### unsigned integer
Distance [mm] 4 0x#### #### signed integer
Velocity [mm/s] 4 0x#### #### signed integer
Signal Level [dB/10] 2 0x#### signed integer
Temperature [°C/100] 2 0x#### signed integer
Counter 4 0x#### #### unsigned integer
Age 2 0x#### unsigned integer
Error 2 0x#### unsigned integer
System Mode 2 0x#### unsigned integer (Bit mask)
Diversity Status 2 0x#### unsigned integer
Internal service information 16
CRC 2 0x#### unsigned integer
END 1 0x7F unsigned integer
Table 9.1: Data Type 0x16 - Distance Data Output for Group Master (47 bytes)
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The data type 0x03 is typically used for sending relay switching commands to a LPR®-1D24
radar unit (with installed relays) or to a PLC. The default protocol frame length is 9 bytes.
Table 9.3 shows the structure of a 0x03 data packet.
START 1 0x7E unsigned integer
TYPE 1 0x03 unsigned integer
Destination (LPR®-1D24 address)
Relay Selection (Bitmask) (Bit
2 0x####
See chapter 9.2.3
1 0x## unsigned integer
1..4 Relay 1..4)
Bit significance 0-7 starting with 0
as the lowest (set) Bit value.
Relay Switch (Bitmask) 1 0x## unsigned integer
CRC 2 0x#### unsigned integer
END 1 0x7F unsigned integer
Table 9.3: Data Type 0x03 - Relays Switching Command (9 bytes)
With the relay selection (bitmask) the relays which shall be controlled are selected. The
relays that are chosen within the relay selection bitmask will be switched according to the
relay switch bitmask.
Example: A relay selection value = 0x14
11111111
bin
will switch relays 2 and 4 ON - the state of the other relays remains unchanged.