Operating Manual

Installation Quick Start

After radar is placed on a suitable tower do the following:

1) Connect AC power

2) Connect Ethernet

3) Turn on power switch. Wait a few minutes for computers to boot and initiate

communications.

4) Connect to the radar

a) If connected directly via monitor/keyboard to the radar expect to login

directly

password: *******

b) If connecting to the radar remotely (across an ethernet connection using a

laptop) in a terminal.

$ ssh sq@<sq-radar-ip-address>

5) Reloading XDMA driver

a) Unload the driver

$ sudo rmmod xdma

b) Load the driver

$ sudo modprobe xdma

6) Change directories to the pdrs build directory

$ cd ~/sq/stormquant-beta/cmake-build/pdrs/

7) Reset the radar to ensure the radar is clear and initialized

$ sudo ./pdrs -r

8) Starting the radar

The software comes with a script to turn the radar on. This radaron script

contains the preset pdrs parameters (4 uSec pulse width and 1000 Hz PRF)).

$ sudo ./radaron

9) Radar is currently operating

10) Shutting down the radar

a) Stop the running pdrs program (if it’s running)

Note: ctrl-c is the control and c keys pressed simultaneously.

$ ctrl-c

b) Turn off radar

// Turn off the transmitter by reinitializing/resetting the FPGA configuration: