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This page covers the installation and configuration of the Echodyne plugin which enables Witness AdvanceGuard® to be uniquely combined with Echodyne's EchoGuard Metamaterials Electronic Scanned Array (MESA) flat panel radar to deliver a high performance and reliable drone detection solution that will operate in all weather conditions and can be configured to meet the requirements of the most complex sites.

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Here is a link to the EchoGuard Technical Specification: https://navtechradar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Echoguard-Technical-Specification_final.pdf .

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Configuring the Echodyne Plugin

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When installing Witness, in the Choose Components page of the Witness Setup wizard, open Integration Plugin options and select Echodyne:

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Configuring the Echodyne Plugin in Witness

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in AdvanceGuard®

The Echodyne Plugin will appear as a node under the Integration Configurations folder within the Configuration Tree. The settings can be viewed and edited by enabling the Config Function, then selecting the plugin in Integration Configurations, within the Configuration Tree. Configuration settings will then be available in the Configuration Panel. 

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Plugin Enabled: Select to enable the Echodyne pluginPlugin.

Name: The Echodyne plugin Plugin name.

Required Confidence (%): This is the minimum level of confidence required before the track is considered to have been successfully classified as a drone.

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User ID: This number uniquely links the Echodyne radar to WitnessAdvanceGuard®.

Address: The IP Address of the selected radar.

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Connection Timeout (s): This setting defines a time period before the connection between the radar and Witness AdvanceGuard® times out.

Retry Delay (s): This defines a time period for when Witness AdvanceGuard® tries to reconnect with the Echodyne radar.

Sender Id: Numeric Id used to identify this plugin for incoming tracks. This allows track detections passed into Witness AdvanceGuard® via the Echodyne plugin to be identified as having come from this plugin.

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Shows the area(s) that have been selected to be covered by the Echodyne radar(s). Only targets which are reported in these areas will be displayed in the UI and considered for alarms.

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Here is an example of the alarmson the Live page showing a thumbnail:

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When selected the thumbnail can be expanded:

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The Alarm Details can be accessed from the Playback tab:

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