NETWORKEDIO FIRMWARE CONFIGURATION AND SETUP V4.0
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2D Rotating Radar System Limitations
Exporting Restrictions
The United States government has in place current exporting restrictions on all 3D Rotating Radar Systems. This
restriction is due to the system’s ability to determine an aerial target’s altitude in the sky. In compliance with this
restriction, SpotterRF has provided international partners the 2D Rotating Radar System. With proper authorization from
the US government, an international partner can be granted a waiver that allows the 2D radar system to be upgraded into a
functioning 3D radar system. In order to upgrade from a 2D system to a 3D system, navigate to the radar’s interface, drag
and drop the upgrade package (provided by SpotterRF) to the “Drop or Click to Upgrade” link at the bottom of the page.
Radar with then be upgraded to 3D system capabilities.
Software Configurations
The current limitation of the 2D Rotating Radar System is the inability to measure the altitude of aerial
targets. With this limitation comes the inability to filter out ground noise and in some instances to cue a camera on target
with enhanced zoom settings. To minimize the ground noise and prevent false alarms, there is a programmed software
system tracking limiter. This means that at heights up to 25 meters from the horizontal installation plane of the radar, no
targets will be displayed onto the NetworkedIO interface to trigger alarms within zones. All targets found by the radar
above the 25 meter height will be displayed onto the NIO interface. See image below for example. All altitude readings
from aerial targets detected by the radar above 25 meters will be displayed as being 90 meters in order to allow most
camera calibrations to cue to an ambiguous aerial target location until camera presets with zoom settings can be managed
by the user during testing.
