Mounting the radar

The CIR can be mounted on a dedicated post or various other structures (e.g. walls, roofs, gantries, machinery) by use of brackets. For correct operation of the radar, Navtech Radar recommend that any bracket should not move more than half degree in any direction whilst carrying the 6kg load of the radar under the required operating conditions (customer site specific). Ensure that the radar line of sight is not obscured by any existing infrastructure.

To allow the radar to be installed in the optimum position relative to the object to be monitored, the CIR sensor should be fitted to a mounting plate which allows the tilt to be adjusted. The CIR sensor is fitted to the mounting plate using 4x M8 bolts in a 4” PCD pattern (standard CCTV mounting). 

The mounting plate provides a simple method to fine tune the incline of the radar. For each of the mounting holes, the bolt is fed from underneath and locked onto the mounting plate with a nut. Two more nuts are used below the radar base plate and another is used above so that the sensor can be positioned anywhere up or down the bolt thread, as necessary. An extra nut should then be added once the radar is levelled to lock off the position.

Mounting bracket drawings

Mounting bracket and radar sensor layout

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Adjusting a radar on its bracket

If the tilt of the radar needs to adjusted in order to achieve optimum scanning, the bolts can be adjusting on the bracket in order to reach the desired level. The best way of understanding whether or not your sensor needs its alignment justified is by using radar targets to establish whether or not the object or area that you wish to detect or monitor is in the radar's line of site. For more detail on how to achieve the best alignment, see Radar View .

Note: The maximum angle the radar can be tilted on M10 bolts is 7 degrees, relative to the bracket.

Swapping/removing and replacing a radar on a tilted bracket

Mounting plate MBP-0426 dimensions

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