Introduction
EUROCONTROL is a pan-European, civil-military organisation established to support European aviation operations to improve safety, security, efficiency and effectiveness.
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For customers and integrators intending to use ASTERIX CAT-240, the documents assume a reasonable working knowledge of UDP network communication. They are targeted at technical teams, typically with software development skills, who are integrating the output from a radar into external systems. |
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Overview
Navtech radars now have the capability to produce FFT (video) output in one of two formats:
Navtech proprietary format (Colossus).
ASTERIX Category 240 (CAT-240).
Navtech Specification for ASTERIX CAT-240
The CAT-240 standard allows some level of flexibility, to allow the data format to be adapted to meet the requirements of a particular application.
The Navtech-specific implementation, including specific configuration and extensions, is documented here: Asterix CAT-240 Radar Video Protocol.
Network Configuration for Output Formats
The default Navtech (Colossus) data output format is a TCP-based protocol, and each azimuth is sent as a single message. Client applications are required to connect to the radar’s IP address and Data Distribution port.
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It is the client application’s responsibility to re-combine messages into a single azimuth. |
Changing the Radar Output Format
The radar output can be switched between the Navtech (Colossus) format and CAT-240 format via the Vertex user interface. Please refer to /wiki/spaces/PROD/pages/2269741293 for further information.
CAT-240 Output Example
Below is an example of the CAT-240 output:
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Please note that CAT-240 FFT (video) data is not contoured.
ASTERIX CAT-240 radar video viewers
Data viewing software “RadarView-240” from the company Cambridge Pixel can be downloaded here: RadarView-240 (ASTERIX CAT-240 Viewer) | Cambridge Pixel
Data viewing software “ScanView Asterix Client” from the company dspnor can be downloaded here: https://dspnor.com/products/scanview-framework/scanview-asterix-client-free/