RadarOverlayGuidev4

RIB6
Thisguidecanbeusedwhenconnectingradaroverlaytoanyscannerforoptimalperformanceandstability. Beforeyoustartwithradaroverlaysetupandadjustmentbesurethat: RIB6firmwareisalreadyupgradedtoversion33:hardwarecompatiblewithallMFDsoftwareversions RIB6.1(firmwareversion37):compatiblewithMFD2.00.012b.2527andupwards

1Findingsignals.
Thereare3possibilitiestoconnectsignalsfromradartoRIB6. a. b. c. Analogueseparatevideo,trigger,headingandbearing(mostradars) Compositesignal.Alldatainonecoax(SAMAtlas,Raytheon) SperryBridgeMasterE

KeepinminditisNOTallowedtocutanycablesandsplitsignalonexistingradar.Allconnectionsmustbeon spare/slaveoutput.Ifthisisnotpossibleownerofradarmustapproveinstallationsincethismayaffectproduct certificateoforiginalradarandalsocomplicatefutureservice.

1aSeparatesignals
Firstlocateallsignaloutputfromradar.ForsomeradarwehavecompleteTransasguideswithreferenceto terminalnumberetc.Ifnotfoundyoucanuseservicemanualfromradarmanufacturer.Connectoscilloscope andcheckqualityoneachsignal.Itshouldlookasbelowpictures.Polarityandlevelmayvaryfordifferent radars.

TriggerBearing

HeadingVideo

NowconnecteachsignaltocorrectinputonRIB6.PlaceRIBclosetotheradaranduseasshortcablesas possible.BettertoextendnetworkcabletoECDISnetworkiflongdistance. OpenRIB6coverandsetSW1to:ONOFFOFFOFF SW2OFFOFFOFFONandSW5OFFOFFONOFFforhighvideoandtriggerimpedance.

InSystemConfigurationselectcorrectscanner.Ifnotfoundtrytouseanythingfromsamemanufacturer.Set polarityfortrigger,videoandheadingtomatchrealityasmeasuredbyoscilloscope. NowconnectoscilloscopetoTP18tomeasurelevelontriggerpulse.Iflowyoumaylowerinputimpedanceon SW2.Justmakesurepictureonoriginalradarisstillstable.Goodvaluefortriggerthresholdisinmiddleof cleanspan.Stayoutfromnoise.Notethistheoreticalthresholdvalue.

NowconnectoscilloscopetoTP19andmeasuretriggerthresholdlevel.Adjusttriggerthresholduntilsamelevel inoscilloscopeasyouhavedecidedasgoodfollowingaboveprocedure.Usinga2channeloscilloscopeit shouldlooklikebelowpicture.

 TP32shouldnowshowaclearandstabletriggersignallikebelow.

NowdothesameforHeadingandBearingsignal. StartwithSW3(bearing)andSW4(heading)inpositionOFFONOFFOFF(1,2kOhm).Thenconnect oscilloscopetoTP20(bearinginput)tofindagoodlevelforthreshold.IfabsentorlowchangeSW3to560 Ohm,500kOhmoralloff.Againcheckonoriginalradarandmakesureitisstillstable.Oncedoneadjust thresholdandcheckonTP21. WhencorrectlyadjustedTP33shouldindicateastablebearingpulse.

Repeatforheadingline.TestpointsareTP22(input),TP23(threshold)andTP34(headingsignaltobeused)

1bCompositesignals
Raytheon SetSW1toONONOFFOFF Measuresignalcablefromradarwithoscilloscopeandmakesureallcomponentsarepresent.Samplebelow fromRaytheonPathfinderradar.

SW2,SW3andSW4settoOFFOFFOFFONforcompositemode. Nowadjustthresholdlevelsfortrigger,bearingandheadingbysameprocedureasforseparatesignalsabove. Onlydifferenceisheading(TP34)andbearing(TP33)shouldshowcleardatasignalandnotactualpulses.See picturebelow.

SAMAtlas Set: SW1toOFFONOFFOFF SW2&SW3&SW4&SW5toOFFOFFOFFON

ConnectcoaxfromTB15orTB17inradarprocessor.

YouwillneedoneBNCTconnector.CompositejumperinRIB6isnotworkingwhendifferentpolarityon Trigger/Video.

Notethatnoperiodwillbeshownforheading/bearing.Carefullyadjustthosethresholdsbetweenvideopeak anddatasignalpeakvalue.

1cBridgeMasterE
WheninterfacedtoBMEforradaroverlayyoushouldconnecttoSperryInterswitch(partno:65842or95848) onTSDxconnector(TSDCandSKVCorTSDDandSKVDtestedon2WAYInterswitchwithfollowingjumpers settings:LK11/2,LK21/2,LK31/2). IfInterswitchisnotavailableaSperrySlaveJunctionBox(partno:65849a)isrequired.ConnecttoTSDB. WheneverythingconnectedandTriggersignalproperlydistinguished,redLEDonfrontofRIB6blinksequallyto headingpulseinformationreception.

DIPswitchsettingsinRIB6:

JumperX15inRIB6shouldbeOPEN.

Whenproperlyconnectedininterswitchunit,screenshotbelowpresentsTriggerandVideosignalsrecorded directlyonRIB6sinput:

TriggerpulsefromTP18(blue)withTriggerthresholdlevelfromTP19(red):

TriggersignalfromTP32:

Nextscreenshotshowsimportantstepswhichshouldbetaken(pointtobechecked)toobtainproperoverlay:

1. 2. AmplificationandShifttobesetupasintuningchapter. Choosingcorrectsignaledge(Leading/Falling).

3. 4. 5.

Triggerthresholdsettings. ProperandstableHeading/Bearing/Triggersignalreception. MBdistanceandleveltobesetupas0.

2Tuning
Ifprocedurein1a,1bor1cisfollowedyoushouldnowhavesomekindofpictureinRadarTest>Imagefolder.

GotoRIB6Configurationandcheckheading,bearingandtriggerperiod.Allvaluesshouldbestable(+10%is acceptable)andnoalarmstate. PressOscillographbutton.

StartwithadjustingShiftlevelandAmplification.Shiftispreferablydoneonlongrange,Amplificationon shorterrange.HoweveronceadjustedyoushouldcheckonvariousrangestoverifyOK.Itisimportantyoualso changerangeonactualradartomakesurepulselengthwillchange.Aboveoscilloscopeshowgood AmplificationandShift.

 Belowpictureisshiftvaluetoolow.

AndhereShiftistoohigh.

Amplificationistoolow.

OnlastpictureyoucanseeAmplificationistoohigh.

3Pictureorientation
StartNaviSailorandshowradaroverlay.GotoTaskList>Radarsettings. UnchecktheReadOnlyboxandtypepassword:transas Nowadjustbearinganddistancetomatchyourchart.

4DIPswitchesandportsinRIB6