Wavetronix VDR24 Radar - Manual (Page 56)

Setting Up Lanes, Zones, and Channels
56 VDR24 Radar Detection System, Rev 1.0
+2dB. After establishing this sensitivity setting, close out the attenuation box and click the lane
Display icon (which has the appearance of several black lanes on a yellow detection footprint) to
return to the normal Tab 1 configuration display.
8.4. SSM-Rail Tab 2 - Establish detection zones
Now that lanes have been established, Tab 2 of the SSM-Rail configuration application is used
to establish detection zone boundaries. The actual area where detection zones will be placed
should be positioned within the quarter-circle shaped detection footprint as much as possible for
optimum radar response.
For crossing applications, it is
important to establish and
verify zone boundaries so
that moving objects and
features just outside the
crossing detection zones do
not trigger inadvertent
detection. For instance, if
moving gates swaying back
and forth in the wind are
within the detection
boundaries, they could be
interpreted as vehicles by the
radar system.
The Clear Storage Distance
is the 6-foot minimum space between the crossing gates and the rails as shown in the adjacent
figure. Tests have shown that the ideal location for the outside detection zone boundaries is at
the halfway point of this space as shown in the figure below.
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FFiigguurree 3388 -- C Clleeaarr SSttoorraaggee D Diissttaannccee
Set attenuation using the
up/down arrows or the left-
right slider
Click on the Lane Display
icon to return to the normal
configuration screen for
Tab 1