A vital part of the radar chain is the data processing unit, with at its output a data stream containing radar plots or tracks under a specific format. The IE Radar Data Recorders are designed to record this data which can be displayed and analysed by dedicated RASS® software tools after conversion into a uniform format.
The radar data recording functionality of the RIM782 is similar to the USB Data Recorder (UDR765). The RIM782 has 2 serial data inputs (RS232 or RS422) which support different kinds of radar protocols. Tools are provided to analyse the recorded data for protocol errors or convert the data directly into a display format. The additional inputs azimuth and time make it a real radar evaluation tool. This allows for example evaluating the extraction delay. Furthermore, since the full communication protocol is recorded together with the radar data, an analysis of the line quality and communication protocol syntax is possible.
Supported protocols:
The RIM782 can input the following passive protocols (up to 128 Kb/s) in RASS:
U-HDLC: passive recording of HDLC based protocols, including LAP-B and X25.3 passive monitoring. (eg. ASTERIX, RDIF)
SYNC 13: Passive recording of most bit protocols as implemented on US radars (CD1, CD2, ASR9, etc …)
LINK 1: Passive recording of military LINK 1 protocol
AIRCAT500 – EV760 – TVT 2 – EADS – RSRP – TPS 77 – RAT31
The RIM782 can output the following passive protocols: U-HDLC – TVT 2 – AIRCAT500
The following protocols can be recorded, replayed or converted:
AUSTRO – BMIL – CD – ERICSSON 200/SRT – EUROCONTROL – FPS 117 – HUGHES – RAT31S – SVE – TOSHIBA – TRS 22xx