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 Stalker Speed Sensor II
User’s Manual
011-0131-01 rev. A
Applied Concepts, Inc.
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www.stalkerradar.com 2 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual TableofContents
1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 4 2 Connecting the Speed Sensor to the PC ............................................................................................... 4 3 PC Application ....................................................................................................................................... 5 4 3.1 LoadingtheDeveloper’sKitCD .................................................................................................. 5 3.2 PollingforSpeedSensorID ........................................................................................................ 5 3.3 TroubleshootingCommunicationIssues ................................................................................... 6 Configuring the Speed Sensor ............................................................................................................... 7 4.1 ReadingtheCurrentConfiguration ............................................................................................ 9 4.2 ChangingandSavingtheConfiguration ................................................................................... 10 4.3 ConfigurationSettings............................................................................................................... 12 4.4 ChangingtheBaudRate ............................................................................................................ 12 4.5 DefaultSettings .......................................................................................................................... 12 4.5.1 FactoryDefaults ................................................................................................................. 12 4.5.2 ConfigurationFileDefaults ............................................................................................... 13 4.6 PrintingSettingValues .............................................................................................................. 14 4.7 DemoApplicationSoftKeys ..................................................................................................... 14 4.8 Fork Test ...................................................................................................................................... 15 4.9 MonitoringSpeedData ............................................................................................................. 16 4.10 LoggingSpeedData ................................................................................................................... 18 5 6 Configuring the Stalker Dashboard Application .................................................................................. 19 5.1 ApplicationControlFile ............................................................................................................ 20 5.2 Speed Sensor Configuration File ................................................................................................. 21 5.3 Softwareupdates ....................................................................................................................... 24 FCC Requirements ............................................................................................................................... 26 3 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual 1 Introduction
AppliedConceptsprovidesaSensorstartupkitthatincludescablesandPCsoftwarethatcanbe
usedtoquicklyconnectasensoruptoaPCfortestingandconfiguringthesensor.Thesenorhas
manyconfigurationsettingthatcanbealteredbytheusertooptimizethesensorperformancefor
theirparticularapplication.Forthedetailsontheconfigurationregisters,thereuseandtheir
settingrefertotheSpeedSensorIITechnicalGuide.
2 ConnectingtheSpeedSensortothePC
BeforeconnectingthesensortothePCbesuretocheckwhichtypeofconnectionyouwanttomake.
ThesensorscanbeconnectedusingeitheraRS‐232portorRS‐485port.Thedeveloper’skitwill
shipwithacableforoneortheotherdependingonwhichkittheuserordered.
IfthekitbeingusedistheRS‐232versionitcanbeconnecteddirectlytoaPC.IfthePCdoesnot
havea9pinserialportconnectortheyyouwillneedtouseaUSBtoserialconvertorwhichare
availableatmoststoressellingcomputersupplies.
Steps:
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ConnectthePower/DatacabletotheSpeedSensor.
ConnecttheRS‐485toRS‐232convertertotheDB9connectorifitisaRS‐485cable.
ConnecttothePCusingtheprovidedserialcable.Thisisa“straight‐through”serial
cable.(Donotreplaceitwitha“nullmodem”cablewhichwillswapthetransmitand
receivewires).
ConnecttopowerbypluggingthepoweradapterintotheAClineandthenplugthe
powerconnectorintothePower/Datacable.IfusingtheDCpowercable,thenplugthe
cigaretteplugintoa12VDC(nominal)powersupply.
4 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual 3 PCApplication
3.1 LoadingtheDeveloper’sKitCD
InserttheDeveloper’sKitCDinyourPC,andtheautomaticinstallershouldbeginwithinafew
seconds.Allowtheinstalltocompletenormallybyclickingonthepromptsfordefault
installation.TheprocessinstallsthefollowingitemsonyourPCunderC:\Program
Files\Stalkerandincludes:
 StalkerDashboardapplicationthatcanbeusedtoconfigure,monitorandcontrolSpeed
Sensors.
 A.pdfversionofthismanual.
 SpecificationsforeachoftheSpeedSensormodels.
 Configurationfilesforeachofthemodels.
 Cabledrawingsforreference.
TheinstallationprocessalsocreatesashortcuticononthedesktopfortheDashboard
application.SeveralshortcutstotheinstalleditemsarecreatedundertheStalkertabinthe
WindowsStartMenu.
3.2 PollingforSpeedSensorID
OncethesensorisconnectedtothePCandpowerisconnected,double‐clicktheStalker
Dashboarddesktopicontostartthedemoapplication.Themainscreenbelowappears.
PlacethemousepointerovertheSlogoandarolloverpopupmessagedisplaystheversionof
codeloadedintheSpeedSensor(e.g.Stationary232Ver:2.0.0).Thedisplayofthisversionis
assurancethattheunitispoweredandcommunicatingsincetheapplicationmustpollittofind
outthisinformation
5 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual 3.3 TroubleshootingCommunicationIssues
IftheversionisblankwhentheSpeedSensorispolledasabove,theunitisnotcommunicating
withthePC.TheproblemcouldbeapowerproblemwiththeSpeedSensororacommunication
linkproblembetweenthePCandSpeedSensor.
Forsuspectedcommunicationlinkproblemsortochangetheserialportorthebaudrate,click
on“Options”inthemainscreenandselect“ChangeSerialPortSettings”fromthepull‐down
menu.
ChangethePortsettingtomatchthePC’sserialportbeingusedbytheDashboardapplication
andtheBaudratetomatchthebaudratesettingintheSensor.
6 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual 4 ConfiguringtheSpeedSensor
Whenviewingthemainscreenofthedemoapplication,thenameofaconfigurationfileis
displayedinthetitlebar(e.g.[ConfigureStationary2322.0.0.cfg]).Thisfiledefinesallofthe
configurablesettingsthatareavailableonaparticularmodelofSpeedSensor.Sincefeatures
andsettingsareaddedandchangedindifferentversionsofsoftware,thefilenamealsoincludes
theversion(2.0.0)thatthefile’ssettingsapplyto.
Theexamplesinthismanualareforagenericversionofthespeedsenor.Ifyouaretestinga
specificversionofthesensoryoumayneedtochangetoaconfigurationfilesentwiththat
speedsensorforthesystemtoworkproperly.Ifyouareusingadifferentversionofthespeed
sensor,withadifferentconfigurationfile,notalloftheoptionsshownheremaybeavailable.
Refertothatsensor’sspecificmanualforitsuniqueconfigurationcontrols.
Ifthefilenameisforadifferentunit,openalistofotheravailableconfigurationfilesbyselecting
“SelectNewStartupConfigFile”fromtheConfigpull‐downmenu.
Thedialogboxonthenextpagewillopenandallowforaselectiontobemade.Itisimportant
thatthemodelandsoftwareversionintheconfigurationfilenamematchthemodeland
versionintheProductID.ThedialogboxwillcontaintheSensormodelandcurrentsoftware
revisioninthebluetitlebar.
7 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual Ifthereareno.cfgfilesinthelist,makesurethe“Lookin”windowissetfortheConfiguration
UtilitiesfolderunderC:\ProgramFiles\Stalker–thestandardinstallationlocationforthese
files,orC:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Stalkerfora64bitOS.Ifthecorrectfileisstillunavailable,a
lowerversionnumberforthatmodelwillwork,butitmaynotprovideaccesstonewer
features.ThematchingconfigurationfileisalwaysavailablefromStalker.Contactussowecan
sendittoyou.
8 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual 4.1 ReadingtheCurrentConfiguration
FromtheConfigpull‐downmenu,select“EditFirmwareValues”.Theapplicationwillpollthe
SpeedSensortoreadallthesettingsdefinedintheconfigurationfileandthendisplaythe
Configurationwindowbelow.
Thesettingsaregroupedbytypeandthedifferenttypescanbeselectedbyclickingonthe
appropriatetab.Moretabscanbemadevisiblebyclickingontheleftandrightarrowsnextto
thelasttabontheright.
9 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual 4.2 ChangingandSavingtheConfiguration
ThesettingsintheSpeedSensorcanbechangedbyselectingothervaluesfromthesettings’
pull‐downmenusasshownbelow,forexample,changingtheunitsfromMPHtokm/H
(KilometersperHour).ClicktheOptionsMenuandselecttheUploadProposedValuestoSensor
tosavethesettingschangestotheSpeedSensor.Thechangescanbeconfirmedbyobserving
thattheSensorValuesarenowequaltotheProposedValues.
WhenUploadProposedValuestoSensorbuttonisclicked,theStalkerDashboardapplication
sendsseparatecommandstotheSpeedSensortoseteachvalue.TheSpeedSensorrespondsto
eachcommandwithitsneworcurrentsettingvalue.ThenewsettingsarestoredintheSpeed
Sensor’sinternalmemoryandarerememberedevenwhentheunitisturnedoffandbackon.
IftheSpeedSensorrespondstotheapplicationwithavaluedifferentfromthedesiredvalue,an
errormaybeseenasshownbelow.
10 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual Thiswarningcanbecausedbythesereasons:
 Iftheapplicationtriestochangeasettingthatisnotdefinedforaparticularmodelor
version,theSpeedSensorreturnsthevalue“255”meaningthatitdoesnotunderstand
therequest.Makesuretheapplicationisusingthecorrectconfigurationfileandthatall
settingsintheconfigurationfileareapplicabletothatSpeedSensormodel.
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IfanillegalvalueissenttotheSpeedSensor,itignoresitandrespondswithalegal
value.SomesettingsrequiretheinternalstatemachineoftheSpeedSensortorun
beforethesettingisactuallychanged.TheSpeedSensorcanrespondtothe
application’scommandmessagebeforethestatemachinehasrun,sotheinitial
responsemaynotbethedesiredsetting.Re‐opentheConfigurationswindowafterthe
warningtoverifythatthesettingdidactuallychange.ThesesettingsareMode,Zone,
TransmitterControl,StrongLock,FastLock,TestandForkEnable.
Somesettingsareread‐onlysettings,andtheSpeedSensorwillrespondwithits
internalvalueregardlessofwhatvaluewasrequested.ThesesettingsareGetProduct
IDandGetCurrentAGCGain.RefertotheendoftheSpeedSensorConfigurationFile
sectionfordetailsoncontrollingwarningscausedbythesesettings.
11 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual 4.3 ConfigurationSettings
TherearemanySpeedSensorconfigurationsettings.SomeapplytoallSpeedSensorsbut
othersarespecifictocertainmodels.Allsettingsforallmodelsaredescribedindetailin
 BasicConfiguration
 SerialPortConfiguration
 TargetRecognition
 TargetFiltering
 SpeedPresentation
 LockingTargets
 SpeedAlarm
 Audio
 TXPowerSave
 Testing
 System
4.4 ChangingtheBaudRate
SincethebaudrateoftheSpeedSensorandthebaudrateoftheDashboardapplicationmustbe
thesameforcommunicationstowork,usethefollowingstepstochangethebaudrate.
 OpentheConfigSettingsgridasdescribedaboveandclickontheSerialPort
Configurationtabtoseetheserialportsettings.
 Changethebaudratetothenewdesiredvalueandsavethesetting.Atthispointthe
SpeedSensorandtheDashboardapplicationarestillcommunicatingwiththeprevious
baudrate;thebaudrateoftheSpeedSensorhasnotchangedyet.
 TurntheSpeedSensoroffandbackontocompletethebaudratechangeintheunit.
 ConfiguretheScoreboardapplication’sbaudratetothenewdesiredvalueasdescribed
inSection3.3above.Youmayneedtocloseandreopentheapplicationtocompletethe
process.
4.5 DefaultSettings
TherearetwotypesofdefaultvaluesfortheSpeedSensors.Factorydefaultsarehard‐coded
intotheunitandcannotbemodified.ConfigurationFiledefaultsaresavedintheconfiguration
filesdiscussedabove.Theycanbechangedinthefileandsavedforcustomuserdefaultvalues.
4.5.1 FactoryDefaults
ThefactorydefaultsforeachsettingandeachproductarelistedinAppendixD.Toreturnall
valuestotheirfactorydefaults,performthefollowingsequence:
TurntheSpeedSensoroffusingtheswitchontheProgrammingBox.
PressandholdtheredResetbuttononthebox(orgroundtheAUXpin)whileturningtheunit
backon.
Releasetheredbuttonafter2or3seconds.
Turntheunitoffbrieflyandthenbackonagain.
BecarefulusingthismethodbecausealloftheSpeedSensor’ssettingsarechangedbackto
factorydefaults.Ifothersettingshadbeenconfiguredforacustomapplication,theywillneed
tobesetagain.
12 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual 4.5.2 ConfigurationFileDefaults
ToconfiguretheSpeedSensorwiththedefaultvaluesinthecurrentlyselectedconfiguration
file,selectthe“InitializeRadarWithConfigFileDefaults”fromtheConfigpulldownmenu.
Makesurethatthedesiredconfigurationfileisselected(asdescribedinthebeginningof
Section5)beforeinitializingwithdefaults.
ThedefaultvaluesinthestandardconfigurationfilesavailablefromStalkerRadarareequalto
thefactorydefaultslistedinAppendixD.Ifchangesaremadetovaluesforacustom
configuration,theymaybesavedasdefaultvaluesinanewconfigurationfileforlateruse.Once
allchangesaremade,select“SaveSensorValuesToNewFileAsDefaults”fromtheOptionspull‐
downmenu.
Savethenewconfigurationfilewithanamedescribingthecustomapplication.Thenexttime
“SelectNewStartupConfigFile”isselectedfromtheOptionspull‐down,thenewfilewillbe
availablealso.Iftheboxaboveischeckedfor“SaveAsStartupConfigFile”,thenewlycreated
filenamewillappearinthetitlebarandthatfileisthenusedfortheconfigurationtasks.
13 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual 4.6 PrintingSettingValues
ThecurrentconfigurationsettingsinaSpeedSensorcaneasilybeprintedforarecordofvalues.
Apreviewofthepagestobeprintedcanbeselectedbyclickingon“PrintPreview”.Toprintthe
pages,select“Print”fromtheOptionspull‐downmenu.AWindowsPrintscreenwillappearfor
youtoselectaprintertoprintthefileto.Selectthedesiredprinterorusethedefaultprinter.
Thetableofconfigurationvalueswillprintwithaheaderatthetopofeachpagethatshowsthe
date,Sensortype,andsoftwareversion.
4.7 DemoApplicationSoftKeys
WhenusingtheStalkerDashboardapplicationtocommunicatewiththeunit,severalsoftkeys
areavailableforconfigurationandcontroloftheunit:
14 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual ForkOn/OFF–Togglestheforkmodeonandoff.Usedwhentestingwithatuningfork.
Mode–clickingthisbuttonalternatesthemodeoftheunitbetweenStationaryandMoving.
ThiscapabilityisonlyavailableintheTrafficSpeedSensorwhichhasbothmodesofoperation.
Units–SelectsthetypeofunitsthattheSensorwilloutputandbedisplayedinthespeed
windows.
Transmit/Hold–clickingthisbuttonturnsonandofftheradartransmitter.Thestatus
displaysasTransmitorHold.
Zone–WheninStationarymode,clickingthisbuttoncyclesthroughtheAway,Closingand
Bothzones.WheninMovingmode,italternatesthezonebetweenSamelaneandOpposite
lane.
LockingSpeeds–Thoughnotshownasasoftkey,aStrongtargetorFasttargetspeedcanbe
lockedbyclickingthewindowshowingthedesiredspeedtobelocked.Thelockedspeedwillbe
shownintheLockwindow.Toclearthelockedspeed,clicktheLockspeedwindow.
4.8 ForkTest
AForkTestcanberuntoensureproperoperationofaSpeedSensorradar.Tuningforksare
calibratedtoringatacertainfrequencythatsimulatesaDopplerreturnfromamovingobject.
Sincetheyarenottrulydirectionalsignalsandsincetheradarnormallyfiltersoutnon‐
directionalsignals,a“forkmode”isprovidedtoeasilyreadtuningforks.
WhentheForkModestatusonthedemoapplication’smainscreenisOn,strikeaforkandhold
itinfrontoftheradar’slenstoseeitscalibratedspeedreadoutinthetargetwindow.Ifthe
speedstampedonthetuningforkmatchesthespeeddisplayed,theradarisseeingtargetsand
reportingthemproperly.
15 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual ForkModeisautomaticallyturnedonforoneminutewhentheSpeedSensorispoweredup.
Thisallowsaquickforktestbeforethemodeisautomaticallyturnedoffandtheradaragain
processesonlydirectionaltargets.Ifalongerforkperiodisdesired,turnonforkmodeusing
theForkEnableconfigurationsetting(setting47).Whenenabledinthismanner,forkmode
staysonfor10minutesbeforeitautomaticallyturnsoffagain.
4.9 MonitoringSpeedData
TheradartransmittermustbeonfortheSpeedSensortoregisterspeeds.
ThedemoPCapplicationcanbeusedtomonitorspeedsthattheSpeedSensordetects.Other
equipmentorapplicationscanalsomonitorthespeeddatafromtheunitbydecodingthe
messagesittransmitsovertheseriallink.
Severalmessageformatsareavailableandcanbeselected.RefertotheSpeedSensortechnical
manualforthecontentandorganizationofthefieldsforthedifferentformats.Theyvaryfrom
simpleASCIIcharacterstringstolongerformatsreportingmultiplespeedsandstatus
information.Therearealsostreamingformatsandpollingformats.
TheRS‐232modelscanstreamdatainanyformatexceptEEwhichisreservedasapolling‐only
format.Whenevertheradartransmitterison,theSpeedSensorstreamsoutspeedmessagesin
theselectedmessageformatatafixednumberofmessageseachsecond.
TheRS‐232modelscanalsocommunicateusingtheFormatEEhandshaking(orpolling)
method.Insteadofautomaticallystreamingdataout,itsendsasingleFormatEEspeed
messagepacketonlywhenthecontrollerasksforone.TheStationarySpeedSensorreportsthe
strongtargetspeedvalue,andtheSpeedometerandTrafficSpeedSensorsreportthevehicle
speedvalue.
ToenableFormatEEpolling,makesuretheradartransmitterisonandthattheMessage
FormatisconfiguredforEE.Thenselect“StartEEPolling”fromtheOptionspull‐downmenuon
themainscreenasshownbelow.TheDashboardapplicationwillthenbeginsendingEEFormat
RequestsanddisplayingthevaluesreturnedfromtheSpeedSensor.Tostopthepollingfrom
theapplication,select“StopPolling”fromthesamemenu.
16 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual TheRS‐485modelscanonlyusehandshakingmethodssincetheyarealwaysaslaveonthelink.
Theyneversenddataunlessthecontrollerasksforit.TheycancommunicateusingFormatEE
pollingasdescribedabove,butonlyiftheunit’saddressis2,thefactorydefault.
TheStationaryRS‐485modelcanalsousethemoreflexibleEApolling.Withthismethod,the
controllersendsanEArequestasdescribedinAppendixB,andtheSpeedSensorreturnsa
singlemessageofwhateverSerialPortOutputFormatisselected.SincetheEArequesthas
addressfields,thecontrollercanpollanyindividualunitonapoint‐to‐multipointlinkandget
backaspeedreportfromonlythatunit.TheDashboardapplicationdoesnotsupportEA
polling.
TheStalkerDashboardapplicationdisplaysthespeedsitreceivesintheappropriatespeed
windows.ForaStationarySpeedSensor,thestrongesttargettheradarseesshowsinthe
STRONGwindow.Ifafaster,weakersignalisdetected,itshowsintheFASTwindow.Andif
eitherastrongorfasttargetislocked,thatspeedshowsintheLOCKwindow.ATrafficSpeed
SensordisplaysallofthesespeedsplusthevehiclespeedintheVEHICLESPEEDwindow.The
SpeedometerSpeedSensoronlyreportsvehiclespeedwhichdisplaysintheVEHICLESPEED
window.
Intheexamplebelow,aStationarySpeedSensorisreportingastrongtargetspeedof25MPH
andafastertargetspeed(whichhasbeenlocked)of40MPH.Notethearrowsabovethespeed
windows.Thedownarrowssignifythatthetargetsareapproachingtheradar(closingspeeds).
Uparrowssignifytargetsmovingaway(awayspeeds).
17 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual 4.10 LoggingSpeedData
WhentheSpeedSensorissendingspeeddataintheEEFormat(thehandshakeprotocol),the
Dashboardapplicationcanlogthedatatoafileforlaterreview.Thiscomma‐delimitedfilelists
eachspeedentrywithatimestampandcaneasilybeimportedtoaspreadsheetortexteditor.
Loggingisnotenabledbydefault,soafewsettingsintheapplication’scontrolfilearenecessary
togetitstarted.Followthestepsbelowtoenablelogging:
 LocatethefilenamedDashboard.iniinthe“C:\Program
Files\Stalker\Dashboard\Application”folder.
 Ifthefileisnotinthatlocation,rightclickonthedemoapplicationdesktopiconand
select“Properties”toopenthepropertieswindowfortheicon.ClickontheShortcuttab
andlookinthe“Startin:”fieldforthelocationoftheapplicationexecutablefileandthe
Dashboard.inifile.
 OpentheDashboard.inifileinanytexteditorsuchasWordPadorNotepad.
 FindtheENABLE_SPEED_LOGGINGlineandensuretheparameterisset=1.
 Ifloggingofzerospeedsisdesired,settheLOG_ALL_SPEED_DATAparameter=1.Ifonly
non‐zerospeedsaredesired,setit=0.
 TypeinthedesirednameofthelogfileaftertheDATA_LOG_FILEparameter.The
defaultisSpeedLog.csv.Thelogfilewillbecreatedinthesamefolderastheapplication
executableandDashboard.inifiles.
 SetthepollingintervalwiththeEE_FORMAT_INTERVALparameter.Thenumber
representsmillisecondsbetweenpolls,andthedefaultvalueis100ms(tentimesper
second).
Toinitiatelogging,makesuretheradartransmitterisonandthattheSerialPortOutputFormat
isconfiguredforEE.Thenselect“StartEEPolling”intheActionspull‐downmenu.Tostop
logging,select“StopEEPolling”.Thedemoapplicationappendsnewdatatothelogeachtime
theEEFormatisstarted.
18 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual ThefilecreatedisacommadelimitedfileandcanbeopenedwithaTXTprogramofExcel.The
datawillconsistofdate,time,speedanddirectionandlooklikethis:
2012/09/24 12:35:39:131,32,1
2012/09/24 12:35:39:241,33,1
2012/09/24 12:35:39:381,33,1
2012/09/24 12:35:39:475,33,1
2012/09/24 12:35:39:569,9,-1
2012/09/24 12:35:39:709,10,-1
2012/09/24 12:35:39:803,11,-1
2012/09/24 12:35:39:897,11,-1
2012/09/24 12:35:40:006,12,-1
5 ConfiguringtheStalkerDashboardApplication
TheStalkerDashboardapplicationforcommunicatingwithandconfiguringSpeedSensors
consistsofasetoffileswhichresideonthePC.TheDeveloper’sKitCDprovidedwiththeSpeed
SensorProgrammingBoxKitsinstallsallofthefileslistedbelow(initalics)ontheuser’sPC
undertheC:\ProgramFiles\Stalkerfolder.
StalkerDashboard.exeisthePCdemoapplicationexecutablefileusedtocontroland
communicatewiththeSpeedSensors.
Dashboard.iniisthecontrolfileforthedemoapplication.
ThesetwofilesareinstalledintheC:\ProgramFiles\Stalker\Dashboard\Applicationfolder.
TheexecutablefileandtheDashboard.inicontrolfileareusedasapairwhentheapplicationis
running.Theexecutablefilereadsparametersfromthecontrolfileduringinitialization.And
theexecutablefilealsoupdatesthecontrolfileduringoperation.Forthisreason,onlyone
executablefileinafoldershouldberunatatime.Ifmorethanoneexecutableisrunningand
tryingtousethesameDashboard.inifile,theexecutableswillinterferewitheachother.
ItispossibletorunmorethanoneapplicationatatimeononePCif,forexample,thereis
anotherSpeedSensorconnectedtodifferentserialport.Simplycopytheexecutablefileandthe
Dashboard.inifiletoadifferentfolderwheretheycanrunwithoutinterference.
Therearealsouniquestandardconfigurationfilesforeachmodelandsoftwareversionof
SpeedSensor:
ConfigureTraffic232x.x.x.cfgisforaTrafficSpeedSensorversionx.x.x.
ConfigureStationary232x.x.x.cfgisforanRS‐232StationarySpeedSensor.
ConfigureStationary485x.x.x.cfgisforanRS‐485StationarySpeedSensor.
ConfigureSpeedometer232x.x.x.cfgisforanRS‐232SpeedometerSpeedSensor.
ConfigureSpeedometer485x.x.x.cfgisforanRS‐485SpeedometerSpeedSensor.
ThesefilesareinstalledintheC:\ProgramFiles\Stalker\ConfigurationUtilitiesfolder.
19 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual 5.1 ApplicationControlFile
Thecontrolfile,Dashboard.ini,isanASCIItextfilethatmaybeeditedwithanytexteditorsuch
asWordPadorNotepad.Ithasseveralcontrolparametersthatcanbechangedtoaffectthe
operationoftheSpeedSensorapplication.Seeacopyofthefilebelowwithexplanationsofthe
parametersfollowing.
[Stalker]
PORT=COM1
BAUD=9600
SOURCE_ID=1
DESTINATION_ID=2
CONFIG_FILE=C:\ProgramFiles\Stalker\ConfigurationUtilities\ConfigureStationary2322.0.0.cfg
CONFIG_FILE_LOCATION=C:\ProgramFiles\Stalker\ConfigurationUtilities
GET_CFG_INTERVAL=5000
RESPONSE_TIMEOUT=500
RETRY=2
EE_FORMAT_INTERVAL=100
ENABLE_SPEED_LOGGING=1
LOG_ALL_SPEED_DATA=0
DATA_LOG_FILE=SpeedLog.csv
PORTdefinesthePCserialportusedforcommunicationwiththeSpeedSensor.Whenthe
serialportischangedusingtheOptionspull‐down“ChangeSerialPortSettings”function,this
parameterintheDashboard.inifileisautomaticallychanged.Itcanalsobechangedbyediting
thefile.AftertheCOMportischanged,theapplicationneedstobeclosedandre‐openedforthe
newlyselectedporttobeused.
BAUDdefinesthebaudratetobeusedforcommunicationwiththeSpeedSensor.Aswith
PORTabove,thisparametercanalsobechangedviatheOptionspull‐down“ChangeSerialPort
Settings”functionorbyeditingthefile.Andafterchangingthebaudrate,theapplicationneeds
tobeclosedandre‐openedforthesettingtotakeeffect.
SOURCE_IDisalwayssetto1andDESTINATION_IDisalwayssetto2.Whencommunicating
withaSpeedSensor,theapplicationisalwaysthemasterofthelink(ID1)andtheSpeed
Sensorisalwaystheslave(ID2).Donotchangethesevalues.
CONFIG_FILEdefinestheSpeedSensorconfigurationfileusedduringasession,and
CONFIG_FILE_LOCATIONdefinesthepathtothatfile.Theseparametersareupdatedbythe
applicationwhen“SelectNewStartupConfigFile”isselectedfromtheConfigpull‐downmenu.
Thecontentofconfigurationfilesisdiscussedindetailinthenextsection.
GET_CFG_INTERVALdefineshowoften(inmilliseconds)theapplicationpollstheSpeedSensor
toupdatethestatusfieldsinthemainwindow.Thisparameterappliestothestatusfieldsonly
(Units,Mode,Zone…)–notthespeedwindows.Thedefaultis5000ms(5seconds).This
parametervaluecanbeincreasedtoreducethemessagetrafficonthelink.
RESPONSE_TIMEOUTisthetimeinmillisecondsthattheapplicationwillwaitforaresponse
fromtheSpeedSensorbeforearetryorfailure.Thedefaultis500ms(½second).
RETRYdefinesthenumberoftimestheapplicationwillresendaconfigurationsettingtothe
SpeedSensorifitdoesn’tgetaresponse.
20 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual EE_FORMAT_INTERVALdefineshowoften(inmilliseconds)theapplicationpollstheSpeed
SensorforaspeedreportinEEFormat.Pollingbeginsafterselecting“StartEEPolling”from
theActionspull‐downmenu,andpollingstopsafterselecting“StopEEPolling”.Thedefault
valueis100ms(1/10secondor10timespersecond).Thevaluecanbeincreasedordecreased
tospeeduporslowdowntherateofEEFormatpolling.
ENABLE_SPEED_LOGGINGdefineswhetheraspeedlogfileisgeneratedforthecurrentsession.
Loggingisenabledwhentheparameterisset=1anddisabledwhenset=0.Loggingonlytakes
placeiftheSpeedSensor’sSerialPortDataFormatissetforEEFormat.
LOG_ALL_SPEED_DATAisusedtoinhibitlogging0speeds.Whenset=1allspeedsarelogged
including0speeds.Whenset=0onlyspeedsabove0arelogged,andthelengthofthelogfileis
reduced.
DATA_LOG_FILEdefinesthefilenameforthespeedlog.Thisfilewillbesavedinthedirectory
wheretheapplicationfileandtheDashboard.inifilereside.
5.2 SpeedSensorConfigurationFile
1. TheSpeedSensorconfigurationfilesarealsoASCIIfileswhichcanbeeditedwithatexteditor.
StalkerRadarprovidesadifferentfileforeachdifferentmodelofSpeedSensorandforeach
differentsoftwareversionforeachmodel.Thesestandardconfigurationfilesdefinethesettings
fromAppendixDthattheapplicationcancontrolinaunit.Ashortportionofaconfiguration
fileisshownbelow.Notethatthefileisorganizedinaseriesoftextblocks:threeblocksinthe
examplebelow.
21 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual Theorderoftheblocksinthe.cfgfiledeterminestheorderinwhichthesettingsandtheir
valueswillbedisplayedintheConfigurationwindow.Aslongastheblocksaremovedasunits,
theycanbearrangedinanyorder.
Blocksforthesettingsusedmostoftencouldbeplacedatthetopofthesectionsotheirvalues
appearatthetopoftheConfigurationswindow.Blocksforsettingsthatareneverusedcould
evenbedeletedfromthefiletospeedupthe“EditFirmwareValues”process.Werecommend
copyingthestandardfileprovidedbyStalkerRadartoafilewithanewnamebeforemaking
changes.Inthatway,manycustomconfigurationfilescanbecreatedfordifferentuses,andthe
standardfileisalwaysavailabletofallbackonforcompletecontrol.
Eachblockrepresentsadifferentconfigurationsettingandhasthefollowingformat:
[TransmitterControl]
PACKET_TYPE=1
COMMAND_ID=42
ANTENNA_NUMBER=1
VALUE_BYTES=1
DATA_TYPE=1
VALUE_MIN=
VALUE_MAX=
VALUE_ITEMS_DISPLAY=Hold,Transmit
VALUE_ITEMS_FIRMWARE=0,1
DEFAULT_VALUE=1
DISPLAY=1
Thefirstlineintheblockdefinesthenameofthesettinginbrackets.Thisisthesetting
descriptionthatdisplaysintheleftcolumnoftheConfigurationsscreen,anditcanbechanged
toanynamedesired.
PACKET_TYPEshouldbeset=1.Donotchangethisvalue.ItisusedinthePacketTypefieldof
theConfigurationProtocoldescribedinAppendixEwhentheapplicationisbuildingcommands
tosendtotheSpeedSensor.
COMMAND_IDistheSettingID(indecimalformat)fromAppendixDthatcorrespondstothe
settingdescription.
ANTENNA_NUMBERshouldbeset=1.Donotchangethisvalue.ItisusedintheAntenna
NumberfieldoftheConfigurationProtocoldescribedinAppendixEwhentheapplicationis
buildingcommandstosendtotheSpeedSensor.
VALUE_BYTESisthenumberofbytesthatthesettingvalueuses.Donotchangethisvaluefrom
thevalueprovidedinthestandardconfigurationfilesfromStalkerRadar.
DATA_TYPEcontrolsthebehaviorofthevaluefields.Whenset=1(listtype),onlythevalues
listedinVALUE_ITEMS_DISPLAYarevalid.Whenset=2(free‐formnumerictype),inaddition
tothevaluesinthelist(ifany),theusercanalsoenteranynumericvalueintherangefrom
VALUE_MINthroughVALUE_MAX.
VALUE_MINdefinestheminimumacceptablevaluewhenDATA_TYPE=2.
VALUE_MAXdefinesthemaximumacceptablevaluewhenDATA_TYPE=2.
VALUE_ITEMS_DISPLAYdefinesthetextthatwillappearaspull‐downselectionsintherowfor
agivensettingintheConfigurationswindow.Thevaluesareseparatedbycommaswithno
spacesandmaybesettoanydesiredtext.
VALUE_ITEMS_FIRMWAREdefinestheactualvaluestheapplicationusestocommunicatewith
theSpeedSensor.Thesevaluesarealsoseparatedbycommas,andtheordercorrelatesona
22 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual onetoonebasiswiththeorderofthelistforVALUE_ITEMS_DISPLAY.Theavailablevaluesfor
eachsettingaredefinedinAppendicesCandD.
DEFAULT_VALUEisthedefaultvaluedescribedintheConfigurationFileDefaultssection.It
maybesettoanylegalvalueforthesetting–eitherfromtheVALUE_ITEMS_FIRMWARElistor
betweenVALUE_MINandVALUE_MAX.
DISPLAYdefineswhetherthesettingisdisplayedintheConfigurationsscreen.Whenset=1,
thesettingisdisplayed.Whenset=0,thesettingisnotdisplayed.Thismethodcanbeusedto
skipdisplayingsettingsofnointerestwithouthavingtodeletethewholeblockfromthefile.
Formostcommands,theSpeedSensorisabletochangethesettingandreportthenew,desired
value.However,somesettingsareonlyusedforpollingormonitoringthestatusoftheunitand
cannotactuallychangethesettingintheunit.Fortheseread‐onlysettings,theSpeedSensor
stillsendsaresponse,butitrespondswiththeinternalsettingvalueandmayresultinthe
applicationprogramdisplayingthefollowingscreen.
Thesesettingsare#37GetProductIDand#50GetCurrentAGCGain.EnsurethattheDISPLAY
parameterforthesesettings=0sothattheapplicationwillnottrytochangethemandgenerate
awarning.ChooseContinuetofinishtheoperationbutmakethenecessarychangetothe
configurationfiletopreventthewarningfromappearingagain.
23 5.3 Softwareupdates
Speed Sensor II User’s Manual TheDashboardprogramhastheuniqueabilityofuploadingnewsoftwaretoSpeedSensorswith
version2.0.0orlatercodealreadyinstalled.IfyourSpeedSensorhassoftwarethatisearlierthan
2.0.0,otherPCApplicationslocatedontheProgramCDcanbeusedforcommunicatingtotheSpeed
Sensor.Checkwiththefactorytodetermineifversion2.0.0isavailableforyourtypeofSpeed
Sensor.Ifsoftwareversion2.0.0isavailable,theSensorcanalsobesenttothefactoryforupgrading
tothelatestprogram.Thissectiondetailstheprocessofuploadinganewsoftwareprogramtoyour
SpeedSensor.
Checkingforanewversionofsoftware:
ContacttheCustomerServiceDepartmentatStalkerRadarandinquireaboutanewversionof
software.Pleasehaveyourcurrentversionavailablewhenaskedsoitcanbedeterminedif
thereisanewloadforyourSensor.Anewversioncanbesentbyemailandwillinstallonyour
harddriveunderC:\ProgramFiles\Stalker\....inasubfolderthatgroupsthedifferentversions
together.ThedashboardversionnumbercanbefoundbyclickingonAboutinthemainmenu
bar.
DashboardSetup
Oncethenewcodehasbeensavedtoyourharddisk,opentheDashboardprogram.Clickonthe
“Options”menuandthenclickon“ReprogramRadar”.Anewwindowwillappearasseen
below.FollowtheinstructionstodeterminewhichtypeofSensoryouhave.Clickonthe
appropriateselectionboxforyourradarintheupperrightcornerofthescreen.Clickon“OK”to
proceed.
Anotherwindowwillopentoshowtheavailablefilesthatcanbeuploadedtothesensor.Select
theprogramthatistobeuploadedtotheunit,inthiscase“s3_sta_200.p”locatedunderthe
StalkerS3Stationarysection,seepicturebelow.Inthisexample,thisprogramisthelatest
versionavailablefortheStationarytypeofSensor.Thefolderstructuremayvarybysystem.
Doubleclickontheiconofthedesiredversionandclickon“Ok”onthepopupwindow.The
programwillstarttouploadthecodeandaprogressmeterwillshowatthebottomofthe
window.ProgramsfortheRS485versionsoftheSpeedSensorwillhavethenumber“4”inthe
filenamejustbeforetherevisionnumber,e.g.“s3_sta4_200.p”.
24 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual Whentheuploadiscomplete,anotherpopupwindowwillappeartoannounceasuccessful
upload.
OneoftheothertypesofSensors,SpeedometerorTraffic,maybeinstalledintheSensoraswell
buttheproperconfigurationfilewillneedtobeappliedforproperoperation.Ifthe
configurationisincorrectfortheprogramjustuploaded,awarningscreenwillappearand
allowyoutobrowseforanappropriateconfiguration.
25 Speed Sensor II User’s Manual 6 FCCRequirements
This device is approved as an intentional radiator under FCC Part 15 with FCC identifier
IBQACMI007. No additional licensing is required to operate this device. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.
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