View Live Radar Data
- John Marshall
The Windows application SPxRadarViewLite can be used to view and explore live raw radar data.
Download the application from the link below and unzip the contents in to a single folder.
Contact industrial.automation@navtechradar.com for the password to extract the files.
It is important to launch the viewer application with the correct configuration according to the radar model/variant.
Included within the zip file, the windows command-line tool spx_configuration_generator.exe can be used to interrogate a connected radar for its' configuration, and it will launch the raw radar data viewing software with the appropriate settings.
Example syntax to use the configuration generator tool is:
As shown within the syntax example above, the IP address of the connected radar should be provided to allow the tool to connect the radar and retrieve its' settings.
For any assistance, please contact industrial.automation@navtechradar.com.
If the spx_configuration_generator tool is executed by double-clicking (rather than calling it from the command-line), it will attempt to read the configuration from a radar at the default address of 192.168.0.1, and to launch the raw data viewer to that device.
Once the IP address and port are correctly set and the application establishes connection with the radar, the “Video” and “Turn” indicators will turn green. Shortly afterwards, the main part of the application window will present a live display of raw radar data.
The main part of the application window can be scaled/zoomed using the mouse wheel or by clicking the magnifying glass icons. Clicking with the left mouse/touchpad button and dragging over the raw radar data allows the view to be panned.
The image displayed presents the intensity of radar energy reflected from each point within the radar’s field of view by the image brightness at the corresponding location.
This page has described the simplest use of the software SPxRadarView-Lite. Within the zip file above, there is a PDF instruction manual included.
If it is required to connect to a local source of replayed radar data, using the spx_configuration_generator tool with the argument radar --ipaddress 127.0.0.1 will ensure that the viewer tool is configured and launched according to the data being replayed