Technical Manual

Technical Manual
ARGUS AM Floor System
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Synchronization AM
When multiple AM systems are installed in relative close vicinity of each other, it is of
extreme high importance that the transmission bursts of all transceivers occur at the same
moment. To be able to view and change the position of these transmission bursts, the
Synchronization screen is available.
When the Synchronization screen is open, the transmission burst of this
system is disabled. As a result of this, the system will not detect any tags!
Make sure to leave this screen to enable detection of tags again.
When the transmission bursts of any surrounding AM systems are not synchronized
properly, false alarms and reduced sensitivity will be the result. The Synchronization screen
will show exactly if and where other system transmission bursts are detected.
Figure 46 shows an example of faulty synchronization. Our system’s transmission burst
(Burst window 1, indicated as a vertical orange bar) is at a different moment in time than
the other system’s transmission burst, which is on its turn causing interference in our
system’s detection window.
Figure 46: AM synchronization – wrong adjustment
The transmission burst must be synchronized manually by dragging and moving the burst
throughout the complete 20ms (@50 Hz) time base.
Our system’s
transmission burst
window (orange bar)
Our system’s
detection window
(red bar)
Other system’s
transmission bursts
(blue curve)