User's Manual

SBS
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900 Shore
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Radar Systems
Chapter
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Service display/ RadarView control
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8.10.3
Transceiver status
Transceiver warm up:
At switch ON, the transceiver enters a
short initialisation period
where the
transceiver(s) will show as
Not Ready
and the TX status indicator in the RadarView software will show
as Red.
After the
initialisation period
, the TX status indicator changes to Green signifying that the transceiver
is ready for use.
Magnetron heater
turn
down
The system is shipped with the magnetron heaters configured to be
The system is shipped with the magnetron heaters configured to be
always ON, i.e. when the system is
swi
tched ON
and in
Standby
the transceiver remains in a
Ready
Ready
state indefinitely.
During commissioning it is possible to set the magnetron heaters to switch OFF when set to Standby
after a pre
determined time. When the heaters are OFF, the transceiver is Not
Ready and the 90
second delay would be required before the unit becomes available for use.
Heater
turn
-
down/ Standby OFF delay may be a site requirement to preserve the life of the
magnetron.
Caution:
The RadarView software DOES NOT report when the heaters have switched
OFF and will continue to show the transceiver as Ready (green).
If the
system is swapped to a transceiver that has been switched OFF, there will be a 90 second
delay whilst the transceiver warms up.
View heater time:
To view the heater turn
-
down time, select the following menus on the LCD display
of the transceiver(s):
-
Defaults / Heater / SBY OFF delay:
Available values are 0 (disabled) to 60 minutes.
Ready
No
No
t Re
ady