sigma S6 WaMoS® II

Operators Manual

E-SP-02486, Issue 009

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Conventions Used in This Manual
The following table lists the conventions that are used throughout the sigma S6 WaMoS® II
Operators Manual.

Convention Description Example

Key name Press a keyboard key Ctrl

Italics Identifies a window, tab, menu item, or field. Sector Blanking window

Key+Key Type the appropriate consecutive keystroke CTRL+G

sequence

Key–Key Type the appropriate simultaneous keystroke CTRL–G

sequence

— An em dash in a table cell indicates there is no —

information.

 Indicates a cascading menu item WindowInfoPanel

Procedures with Options or Substeps

When there are options in a procedure, they are identified by letters. When there are substeps
in a procedure, they are identified by roman numerals.
Example of options in a procedure

At step 1, you can choose option a or b. At step 2, you must do what the step indicates.
1. This step offers two options. You must choose one of the following:
a. This is one option.
b. This is another option.
2. You must perform this step.

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Example of substeps in a procedure

At step 1, you must perform a series of sub-steps within a step. At step 2, you must do what the
step indicates.
1. This step has a series of sub-steps that you must perform to complete the step. You
must perform the following substeps:
i. This is the first substep.
ii. This is the second substep.
iii. This is the third substep.
2. You must perform this step.

Important Information
The following conventions are used to indicate important information.

Note – A note provides information that is, or may be, of special interest.

Caution – A caution indicates that the described activity or situation may, or will
cause interruptions to system functionality or equipment damage.

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Abbreviations
A Amperes

AFC Automatic Frequency Control

ALRM Alarm

ARP Azimuth Reset Pulse

BIST Built-in System Test

CFAR Constant False Alarm Rate

COG Course Over Ground

CRS Course

Dec Decimal Degrees

DM Degrees, Minutes

DMS Degrees, Minutes, Seconds

EBL Electronic Bearing Line

ESRI Environmental Systems Research Institute

GDAL Geospatial Data Abstraction Library

GIS Geospatial Information System

GML Geography Markup Language

Global Self-Consistent Hierarchical High-

GSHHG
Resolution Geography Database

GUI Graphical User Interface

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 HRC High Resolution Current

LAN Local Area Network

mil Thousandths of an inch

Mins. Minutes

Nm Nautical Mile(s)

NMEA National Marine Electronics Association

PERFMON Performance Monitor

PLEN Pulse Length

PRF Pulse Repetition Frequency

Rge/Brg Range/Bearing

RSi Radar Signal Interface

Rx Receive

S Second

SOG Speed Over Ground

SPD Speed

STAT Status

STBL Stabilized

STBYTX Standby Transmit

STC Sensitivity Time Control

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 TRIG Trigger

Tx Transmit

TXRX Transmit/Receive

UTC Coordinated Universal Time

V Volts

VRM Variable Range Marker

WaMoS Wave and Surface Monitoring System

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CONTENTS
AMENDMENT RECORD ............................................................................................................................. I
CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL ................................................................................................... III
ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................................................................... V
1 SIGMA S6 WAMOS® II SYSTEM .........................................................................................................1
1.1 OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................ 1

1.2 RADAR DISPLAY.................................................................................................................................. 2

1.3 RECORDING AND PLAYBACK .................................................................................................................. 3

1.3.1 Raw Data Recording ................................................................................................................. 3
1.3.2 Radar Data Playback ................................................................................................................ 4
1.3.3 WaMoS® II Recording .............................................................................................................. 4
1.4 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ..................................................................................................................... 4

1.5 PRODUCT MANUALS ........................................................................................................................... 4

2 SIGMA S6 SERVER.............................................................................................................................5
2.1 OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................ 5

2.2 STARTING SIGMA S6 SERVER................................................................................................................. 5

2.3 SIGMA S6 SERVER SYSTEM TRAY CONTROLS ............................................................................................ 5

2.3.1 Show Event Log Window ........................................................................................................... 6

2.3.2 Playback Options ...................................................................................................................... 7
2.3.3 Recording Options .................................................................................................................... 8
2.3.4 Shut Down sigma S6 Server Application ................................................................................. 10
3 SIGMA S6 WAMOS® II ....................................................................................................................11
3.1 STARTING SIGMA S6 WAMOS® II ....................................................................................................... 11

3.2 SIGMA S6 WAMOS® II SYSTEM TRAY CONTROLS ................................................................................... 11

3.3 CONNECTING SIGMA S6 WAMOS® II TO A SIGMA S6 SERVER ................................................................... 12

3.4 SHUT DOWN SIGMA S6 WAMOS® II ................................................................................................... 12

4 OPERATOR CONTROLS FOR SEAVIEW .............................................................................................15

4.1 SEAVIEW APPLICATION WINDOW CONTROL TERMINOLOGY...................................................................... 15

4.2 KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS ...................................................................................................................... 17

4.3 LOCATING SEAVIEW CONTROLS ........................................................................................................... 18

4.4 DISPLAY PANEL ................................................................................................................................ 19

4.5 MENU PANEL CONTROLS ................................................................................................................... 20

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 4.6 UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF SEAVIEW CONTROLS ........................................................................... 20

5 QUICK START ..................................................................................................................................23

6 DISPLAY PANEL CONTROLS .............................................................................................................25
6.1 SHUT DOWN BUTTON ....................................................................................................................... 25

6.2 CONTROL LOCK BUTTON .................................................................................................................... 25

7 VIDEO PROCESSING CONTROL SET .................................................................................................27

7.1 CONFIG .......................................................................................................................................... 27

7.2 GAIN .............................................................................................................................................. 27

7.3 THRESHOLD ..................................................................................................................................... 28

7.4 SCANS ............................................................................................................................................ 28

7.5 STC ............................................................................................................................................... 29

7.5.1 STC Settings ............................................................................................................................ 29
7.6 SEA/RAIN ....................................................................................................................................... 31

7.7 FILTER ............................................................................................................................................ 31

8 RADAR CONTROL SET .....................................................................................................................33

8.1 IMAGE ORIENTATION ........................................................................................................................ 33

8.2 IMAGE RANGE ................................................................................................................................. 33

8.3 PULSE LENGTH ................................................................................................................................. 34

8.3.1 Pulse Length with Rutter Radar-100S6 ................................................................................... 34
8.3.2 Pulse Length with SAM NACOS Radar ................................................................................... 35
8.3.3 Pulse Length with Non-Rutter Radar ...................................................................................... 35
8.4 RADAR SCANNER SELECTION ............................................................................................................... 36

8.5 TRANSMIT ....................................................................................................................................... 36

9 CAMERA, CURSOR AND POSITION CONTROL SET ...........................................................................37

9.1 MEASUREMENT SETTINGS .................................................................................................................. 38

9.2 CURSOR POSITION DISPLAY ................................................................................................................ 39

9.3 POSITION/DISTANCE DISPLAY ............................................................................................................. 39

9.4 MARKER CREATION........................................................................................................................... 39

9.5 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT ................................................................................................................. 39

9.6 CAMERA CURSOR ............................................................................................................................. 40

10 RADAR IMAGE CONTROL SET .........................................................................................................41

10.1 DISPLAY MODE ................................................................................................................................ 41

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 10.2 CENTER .......................................................................................................................................... 42

10.3 RESET............................................................................................................................................. 42

11 SCREEN OVERLAYS CONTROL SET ...................................................................................................43

11.1 CAMERA ......................................................................................................................................... 43

11.2 RINGS ............................................................................................................................................ 44

11.3 HEADING LINE ................................................................................................................................. 44

11.4 VRM ............................................................................................................................................. 44

11.5 EBL ............................................................................................................................................... 45

11.6 NOTES............................................................................................................................................ 45

12 MENU PANEL..................................................................................................................................47
13 NAVIGATIONAL DATA SECTION ......................................................................................................49
13.1 HEADING ........................................................................................................................................ 49

13.2 OWN SHIP ...................................................................................................................................... 50

13.3 COG .............................................................................................................................................. 50

13.4 SOG .............................................................................................................................................. 50

13.5 WIND SPEED ................................................................................................................................... 50

13.6 WIND DIRECTION ............................................................................................................................. 50

13.7 DEPTH ............................................................................................................................................ 50

13.8 HS ................................................................................................................................................. 51

13.9 ϴP................................................................................................................................................. 51

13.10 TP ............................................................................................................................................. 51

13.11 ΛP ............................................................................................................................................. 51

13.12 HMAX ......................................................................................................................................... 51

13.13 TIME SOURCE .............................................................................................................................. 51

13.14 TIME.......................................................................................................................................... 52

13.15 SYSTEM MASTER STATUS ............................................................................................................... 52

13.16 RADAR AND WAMOS II BUTTONS ................................................................................................... 52

14 WAMOS® II.....................................................................................................................................53
14.1 ALARMS WINDOW............................................................................................................................ 54
14.1.1 Sea State Alarms ................................................................................................................. 54
14.2 WAVE BOXES WINDOW..................................................................................................................... 55

15 SETTINGS TAB.................................................................................................................................57

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 15.1 SETTINGS OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................... 57

15.2 CONNECTIONS ................................................................................................................................. 57

15.2.1 Manual Connections Settings Window ............................................................................... 58
15.3 PLAYBACK/RECORD........................................................................................................................... 59

15.4 CONFIGURATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 61

15.5 SCREEN CAPTURE ............................................................................................................................. 63

15.5.1 Settings................................................................................................................................ 64
15.5.2 Recording Limits ................................................................................................................. 66
15.6 PREFERENCES................................................................................................................................... 67
15.6.1 NMEA Display .................................................................................................................... 69
15.6.2 Panel Order ........................................................................................................................ 70
15.6.3 Radar Color ........................................................................................................................ 71
15.7 CAMERA ......................................................................................................................................... 71
15.7.1 Movement ............................................................................................................................ 72
15.7.2 Image .................................................................................................................................. 73
15.7.3 Camera Image Capture ...................................................................................................... 73
15.7.3.1 Camera Image Capture Settings ......................................................................................... 75
15.8 ABOUT ........................................................................................................................................... 77

16 RUTTER RADAR—100S6 CONTROLS................................................................................................79

16.1 OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................................................... 79
16.1.1 Warm-Up Requirement ....................................................................................................... 79
16.1.2 Installation Parameters ...................................................................................................... 79
16.1.3 Radar Tuning ...................................................................................................................... 79
16.2 RADAR CONTROLS ON THE DISPLAY PANEL ............................................................................................ 80
16.2.1 Pulse Length ....................................................................................................................... 80
16.2.2 Transmit .............................................................................................................................. 80
16.3 RADAR CONTROL .............................................................................................................................. 81
16.3.1 TX Status ............................................................................................................................. 82
16.3.2 TX BIST............................................................................................................................... 83
16.3.3 Performance Monitor ......................................................................................................... 85
16.3.4 Sector Blanking ................................................................................................................... 87
16.4 RADAR ALARMS ............................................................................................................................... 87

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 16.4.1 BIST Alarm ......................................................................................................................... 87
16.4.2 PLEN Alarm ........................................................................................................................ 88
16.4.3 COMM Alarm ..................................................................................................................... 88
16.4.4 STBYTX Alarm .................................................................................................................... 88
17 SAM NACOS CONTROLS .................................................................................................................89
17.1 OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................................................... 89
17.1.1 Warm-Up Requirement ....................................................................................................... 89
17.1.2 Installation Parameters ...................................................................................................... 89
17.2 RADAR CONTROLS ON THE DISPLAY PANEL ............................................................................................ 89
17.2.1 Transmit .............................................................................................................................. 91
17.3 RADAR CONTROL .............................................................................................................................. 91
17.3.1 Control Status ..................................................................................................................... 93
17.3.2 Video Status ........................................................................................................................ 94
17.3.3 Tuning Indication ................................................................................................................ 95
17.3.4 Connectivity Info ................................................................................................................. 95
17.3.5 Service Info ......................................................................................................................... 96
17.3.6 Version Info ........................................................................................................................ 99
18 CAMERA ....................................................................................................................................... 101
19 SIGMA S6 WAMOS® II SEA-STATE ANALYSIS AND HIGH RESOLUTION CURRENT .......................... 103
19.1 OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................... 103
19.1.1 Temporal Averaging ......................................................................................................... 103
19.1.2 Spatial Averaging ............................................................................................................. 104
19.1.3 Wave Systems .................................................................................................................... 104
19.2 WAMOS® II DISPLAY PANEL ............................................................................................................ 105

19.3 SELECTION AND STATUS BAR ............................................................................................................ 105

19.3.1 Radar Select Button .......................................................................................................... 105
19.3.2 Wave Box Select Button .................................................................................................... 106
19.3.3 Last Update Text Field ..................................................................................................... 106
19.3.4 Dock/Undock Button ......................................................................................................... 106
19.3.5 Last HRC Update Text Field ............................................................................................. 106
19.3.6 Freq Spec/Graphs Button ................................................................................................. 106
19.4 SEA-STATE .................................................................................................................................... 107

19.5 HRC ............................................................................................................................................ 110

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 19.6 RANGE ......................................................................................................................................... 111

19.7 DIRECTIONAL FREQUENCY SPECTRUM ................................................................................................. 112

19.8 GRAPHS ........................................................................................................................................ 113

19.8.1 Frequency Spectrum E(f) .................................................................................................. 114
19.8.2 Wave History .................................................................................................................... 114
19.8.3 Current History ................................................................................................................. 115
19.8.4 Hs & Tp History ................................................................................................................ 116
19.8.5 HMAX History ..................................................................................................................... 116
20 PULSE PER SECOND ...................................................................................................................... 117
21 SEAFUSION ................................................................................................................................... 119
21.1 OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................... 119

21.2 CONNECTING THE SEAFUSION SYSTEM................................................................................................ 120

21.3 MASTER CONTROL .......................................................................................................................... 121

21.4 RADAR CONTROL—RUTTER RADAR ................................................................................................... 122

21.5 RADAR CONTROL—SAM NACOS .................................................................................................... 125

APPENDIX A— THEORY OF OPERATION .......................................................................................... 127

A.1 SCAN AVERAGING ........................................................................................................................... 127

A.2 SEA/RAIN (CFAR) FILTERING ........................................................................................................... 127

A.3 STC FILTER (SENSITIVITY TIME CONTROL) ........................................................................................... 128

A.4 PULSE FILTERING ............................................................................................................................ 128

APPENDIX B— SIGMA S6 CONNECT ................................................................................................ 129

B.1 OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................... 129

B.2 FILE FORMATS ............................................................................................................................... 129

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1 sigma S6 WaMoS® II System
The sigma S6 WaMoS® II System provides real time measurement of directional ocean wave
spectra, providing continuous availability of wave data in rough seas, under harsh weather
conditions with limited visibility, and at night.
The sigma S6 WaMoS® II System uses the unfiltered output from marine X-Band radar to
determine wave and surface current parameters in near real-time. The measurements are based
on the backscatter of radar energy from the ocean surface (sea clutter). The backscatter, which
is visible on the marine radar, shows the wave patterns. The sigma S6 WaMoS® II measures and
displays all the essential wave field parameters such as significant wave height, peak wave
period and peak wave direction.
The sigma S6 WaMoS® II System is most often interfaced to traditional analog radars
(outputting analog radar signals), requiring that a sigma S6 RSi-5000 PCI card and an RSi-5000
Interface Module be installed to the sigma S6 Server PC to allow connection to the analog radar
outputs. Alternatively, the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System may also be interfaced to specific digital
radars (outputting digitized and encoded radar signals over a LAN). When interfaced to a digital
radar, the sigma S6 RSi-5000 PCI card and the RSi-5000 Interface Module is not required, as the
sigma S6 Server PC connects directly to a LAN to obtain the already digitized radar signals.
The components of the system include:
 sigma S6 Server PC
 sigma S6 RSi-5000 PCI card and RSi-5000 Interface Module (analog radar only)
 sigma S6 SeaView GUI application (referred to as SeaView in this document)
 sigma S6 Server application
 sigma S6 WaMoS® II Sea-State Analysis application
 sigma S6 WaMoS® II High Resolution Current (HRC) application (Optional; required
when Sea-State Analysis and HRC features are purchased and installed)
The sigma S6 components listed above are developed and supplied by Rutter Inc. OceanWaveS
GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rutter Inc. The sigma S6 WaMoS® II System is designed to
operate on Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit platforms.

Note— For proper operation of the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System, the radar must
be maintained in its shortest pulse length. Moving the radar to medium or long
pulse length will return inaccurate results or no result at all.

1.1 Overview
The sigma S6 WaMoS® II System is typically interfaced to an analog output Rutter Radar-100S6
antenna and transceiver in a controlling configuration. The sigma S6 WaMoS® II System can also
be interfaced to a SAM NACOS Platinum Digital Radar in a controlling configuration.

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Alternatively, the system may be passively interfaced to one of many supported standard
commercial marine navigation radars in a slaved, non-controlling configuration. When in the
slaved configuration, the connection of the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System does not impact the
operation of the navigation radar.
The physical interface between the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System and analog radars is via the RSi-
5000 Interface Module. The RSi-5000 Interface Module is mounted directly to the top of sigma
S6 Server PC utilizing a supplied mounting bracket, or as an independent unit in a 1u rack mount
configuration. The RSi-5000 Interface Module provides:
 Connection points for termination of the ACP, ARP, Trigger and Video radar signals
 Jumpers to select the correct polarity of the terminated radar signals
 RS-422 input and output ports for Rutter Radar-100S6 control
The RSi-5000 Interface Module is connected to the RSi-5000 PCI card using a supplied mini-BNC
cable and a supplied custom cable. The RSi-5000 PCI card is always installed into the sigma S6
Server PC, and performs the capture and digitization of the raw analog radar data.
The sigma S6 Server PC runs the sigma S6 Server application which communicates directly with
the installed sigma S6 RSi-5000 PCI card. The sigma S6 Server application retrieves the digitized
radar data directly from the sigma S6 RSi-5000 PCI card, processes the retrieved data, and then
forwards the processed data to the SeaView application. SeaView displays the processed digital
radar data and is the main operator interface.
SeaView is typically installed directly onto the sigma S6 Server PC. However, SeaView may also
be installed to a remote client PC connected to the sigma S6 Server PC by a LAN or over the
internet.
Multiple networked sigma S6 Server PCs, each connected to different radars via installed RSi-
5000 PCI cards and RSi-5000 Interface Modules (or via a LAN for digital radars), can also be
commissioned. In this configuration, each sigma S6 Server PC can distribute radar data to the
remote client PC on the same network.

1.2 Radar Display

The Radar Display in the SeaView application window displays radar data in 256 intensity levels.
It can be shown with or without any or all of the following overlays:

 Range rings  Electronic bearing line

 Heading mark  Variable range marker
 Marker  Compass rose
 Cursor Annotations
The sigma S6 WaMoS® II System displays radar data in real time from a radar source. If the
optional Raw Data Recording Module is enabled, the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System can also play
back raw, previously recorded data.

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The operator can easily view the WaMoS® II data by toggling the display mode from Radar to
WaMoS® II. Alternatively, if a second display is available, the WaMoS® II display mode can be
undocked and moved to the second display, allowing simultaneous viewing of both modes of
operation.
When the optional Camera Integration Module is purchased, SeaView also allows control of FLIR
Voyager III, M400 or M-Series cameras (contact Rutter for details of supported models and
minimum hardware and software requirements).
To support GIS requirements, the sigma S6 System can be configured with an optional module
that will allow the output of georeferenced radar imagery and associated GML formatted vector
data files.

1.3 Recording and Playback

1.3.1 Raw Data Recording
An optional Raw Data Recording Module is available for the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System,
allowing you to capture live raw radar data onto any recording device to which the sigma S6
Server PC has access. All available NMEA data sources may also be simultaneously recorded.
Recording raw radar data provides the following advantages:
 Fidelity is fully retained in the recording
 The recording is independent of the display and filter settings set at the time of
recording
 During playback, different processing options and parameters can be applied to
recorded data as if it were live radar data
Note 1 — As the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System generates large amounts of data
at a high data rate, ensure the recording device has sufficient speed/capacity.
Note 2 — The sigma S6 WaMoS® II System must configured by a Rutter
technician to unlock the optional recording and playback of radar data.
Note 3 — The maximum file size for recorded raw data is limited by the quantity
of free disk space on the recording device. When the device is full, recording will
automatically stop.
Note 4— When operating in Playback mode, the system does not capture new
data from the radar. During this time, raw data recording is not possible.

The sigma S6 WaMoS® II System is installed with an external USB hard disk drive. This drive is
used by the sigma S6 WaMoS® II processing software to store long term data, which is later
retrieved for sigma S6 WaMoS® II calibration purposes. This sigma S6 WaMoS® II long-term data
recording process is separate from the optional Raw Data Recording Module that is part of the

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core sigma S6 Server application. If required, this drive may also be used for optional Raw Data
Recording Module by the sigma S6 Server.
The Raw Data Recording Module supports multiple storage locations. This allows for the system
to write to another location once a drive is full or removed.
Additionally, the Raw Data Recording Module maintains a reserved 10 GB failover location on
the operating system drive to allow recording to continue should the active recording location
become unavailable and there is no alternate recording location specified and available.

1.3.2 Radar Data Playback

Radar data playback is available to all versions of the sigma S6 system, allowing users to
playback data recorded on another sigma S6 system. When playing back data there are two
options to choose from:
 Playback from the Internal Archive. This is the dataset recorded to the storage locations
configured in the recording panel. This option is unavailable without the optional Raw
Data Recording Module.
 Playback from a selected file. This can be a dataset recorded from another PC

1.3.3 WaMoS® II Recording

The sigma S6 WaMoS® II System is installed with an external USB hard disk drive. This drive is
used by the WaMoS® II processing software to store long term data, which is later retrieved for
WaMoS® II calibration purposes. This WaMoS® II long-term data recording process is separate
from the optional Raw Data Recording Module that is part of the core sigma S6 Server
application.

1.4 System Configuration

All the operational and user-specific configuration settings can be set in SeaView or in the sigma
S6 Server application.

1.5 Product Manuals

You can access the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System documents from the Windows® start directory
by selecting:
StartAll ProgramsRuttersigma S6Manuals

The sigma S6 WaMoS® II System documents are installed in the following default directory:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Rutter\Manuals\

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2 sigma S6 Server
2.1 Overview
The sigma S6 Server application is a Windows® system tray application (located on the right side
of the Windows® task bar at the bottom of the screen). The sigma S6 Server typically receives
the raw radar data from the sigma S6 RSi-5000 card (unless connected to a digital radar), filters
and processes the data, and forwards it to the SeaView application.
The sigma S6 Server sends raw, unprocessed radar data to the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application,
where the raw data is further processed into Sea-State Analysis and High Resolution Current
results. The Sea-State Analysis and High Resolution Current results are then provided to the
SeaView application for display when viewing in the WaMoS® II display mode.

2.2 Starting sigma S6 Server

To start the sigma S6 Server application, double-click on the sigma S6 Server icon on the
Windows® Desktop or in the Windows® Start Menu. Figure 2-1 displays the sigma S6 Server
system tray icon that appears when the application is running.
Figure 2-1: sigma S6 system tray icon

2.3 sigma S6 Server System Tray Controls

Right-click the sigma S6 Server icon in the Windows® system tray to provide the following
options:

 View the sigma S6 Server event log

 Select a source to play back data recordings
 Configure the recording system (optional)
 Information about sigma S6 Server application
 Shut down the sigma S6 Server application.
Figure 2-2 displays the sigma S6 Server pop-up menu.

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 Figure 2-2: sigma S6 Server pop-up menu

Table 2-1 describes the sigma S6 Server pop-up menu.

Table 2-1: sigma S6 Server pop-up menu

Control Description

Show Event Log… Opens the sigma S6 Server Event Log window.

Use this menu item to display a window containing a real-time

log of system status events and error messages.

Playback Options… Opens the playback options dialog to specify the data file to be
used for playback as well as enable playback looping.

Configure Recording… Opens the recording options dialog where the recording system
can be configured (optional).

About… Opens the About window, displaying copyright, system

information, and the sigma S6 Server software version.

Shut Down Shuts down the sigma S6 Server application.

2.3.1 Show Event Log Window

The Show Event Log… menu item opens the sigma S6 Server Event Log window. This window
displays a scrollable list of system status and error messages. Figure 2-3 displays the sigma S6
Server Event Log window.

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 Figure 2-3: sigma S6 Server Event Log window

Procedure 2-1 describes how to view the sigma S6 Server Event Log window.
Procedure 2-1: To view the sigma S6 Server Event Log window

1. Right-click on the sigma S6 Server system tray icon.

2. Select Show Event Log… in the pop-up menu.
The sigma S6 Server Event Log window appears.

2.3.2 Playback Options

The Playback Options… menu item opens a Playback Options window. Here the user can select
between using the Internal Archive or an external data file. Figure 2-4 displays the Playback
Options window.
Figure 2-4: Playback Options window

If “Internal Archive” is selected, the system will play back data recorded to the storage locations
configured on the Recording Options window.

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If “Choose Playback Source” is selected, the user must use the browse button to navigate to
data recording.
Once selected, the “Storage Contents” window will display the recording segments of the
selected dataset.
Checking “Loop Playback” will allow the system to start over from the beginning of the selected
segment once it has reached the end.
Procedure 2-2 describes how to view the sigma S6 Server Select Data File window.
Procedure 2-2: To view the sigma S6 Server Select Data File window

1. Right click on the sigma S6 Server system tray icon.

2. Select Select Data File… from the pop-up menu to open the sigma S6 Server Select Data
File window.

2.3.3 Recording Options

The Configure Recording… menu item opens a Recording Setup window. Here the user can
configure the system to record to various locations as well as set parameters for recording.
Figure 2-5 displays the Recording Setup window.
Figure 2-5: Recording Setup

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The general settings section contains parameters that apply to the recording process. These
parameters are outlined in Table 2-2.
Table 2-2: General Archive Settings

Setting Description

Dataset Name Specifies the label attached to each folder and .sig file created
during a recording
Maximum File Size Specifies the maximum size in megabytes (MB) a .sig file will
reach before automatically creating a new .sig file and
continuing the recording process
Max File Time Specifies the maximum amount of time in seconds that will
lapse before the system automatically switches to a new .sig
file and continues the recording process
Enable Loop Recording When checked, the system will automatically delete the oldest
.sig file among all the .sig files in the added storage locations
once all the store locations are full and continue recording.

Storage locations section allows the user to add and remove locations or drives to the system
for the archive system to utilize in recording data. The Storage Location list displays the logical
path of each of the selected locations as well as the current status of that location. These
parameters are outlined in Table 2-3.
Table 2-3: Storage Locations

Setting Description

Add Location Opens a folder browsing dialog. When a folder is chosen, the
location will be added to the storage locations list. Upon
adding the drive, the system will scan the location for existing
recordings and add them to the Archive Contents list if
datasets exist.

Remove Location Removes the selected Storage Location in the List. Once
removed, the system will remove the contents of that storage
location from the Archive Contents list. Additionally, if the
system is currently recording the removed drive, the system
will automatically carry on recording on the next drive on the
list.

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The Archive Contents list displays any data segments that may exist on all of the added storage
locations. These segments can be copied or deleted with the buttons provided. These
parameters are outlined in Table 2-4.
Table 2-4: Archive Contents

Setting Description

Copy Opens a folder browsing dialog. When a folder is chosen, the

system will copy all files associated with the selected segment
and copy them to the chosen folder.

Delete Removes all folders and files associated with the selected
segment.

2.3.4 Shut Down sigma S6 Server Application

Procedure 2-3 describes how to shut down the sigma S6 Server application.
Procedure 2-3: To shut down the sigma S6 Server application

1. Right-click on the sigma S6 Server system tray icon to open the sigma S6 Server pop-up
menu.
2. Select Shut Down to stop the application.

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3 sigma S6 WaMoS® II
The sigma S6 WaMoS® II application remotely measures spectral sea-state and surface current
parameters, as well as high resolution current and bathymetry information. See Section 19 for
more information about performing sea-state and surface current analysis.

3.1 Starting sigma S6 WaMoS® II

Double-click on the sigma S6 WaMoS® II icon on the Windows® Desktop or in the Windows® Start
Menu to run the application. Figure 3-1 displays the sigma S6 WaMoS® II icon that appears in the
Windows® system tray when the application is running.
Figure 3-1: sigma S6 WaMoS® II System tray icon

Note 1— The application starts in the default User Mode of operation. An

additional Installation Mode is used only by qualified sigma S6 WaMoS® II service
technicians during installation and commissioning operations.
Note 2— The sigma S6 WaMoS® II application automatically connects to the
sigma S6 Server on startup. Upon connection to the sigma S6 Server, Automatic
Recording is automatically started. If the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application cannot
establish a connection to the sigma S6 Server, it will retry making the connection
until it succeeds or the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application is shut down.

3.2 sigma S6 WaMoS® II System Tray Controls

The following operations are available in User Mode when the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System tray
icon is right-clicked:
 Start and stop Automatic Recording of radar data for Sea-State and/or HRC analysis
 Switch to Installation Mode (password required, Automatic Recording must be stopped to
access this item)
 View information for the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application, including version number
 Shut down the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application.
Figure 3-2 displays the sigma S6 WaMoS® II pop-up menu.
Figure 3-2: sigma S6 WaMoS® II pop-up menu

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Table 3-1 describes the controls in the sigma S6 WaMoS® II pop-up menu.
Table 3-1: sigma S6 WaMoS® II pop-up menu controls

Control Description

Start/Stop Automatic Recording Starts and stops Automatic Recording of radar data for sigma S6
WaMoS® II analysis. When the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application is
started, it automatically connects to the sigma S6 Server and
Automatic Recording is automatically started.

If there is no connection to the sigma S6 Server, the Automatic

Recording option is greyed out while the sigma S6 WaMoS® II
application automatically attempts to re-establish the connection.
During this period, sigma S6 WaMoS® II is not processing data.
Once the connection is successfully re-established, the Automatic
Recording option is made available again, and started
automatically.

Switch to Installation Mode Changes the application from User Mode to Installation Mode,
allowing for configuration and modification of sigma S6 WaMoS® II
settings.

Note 1— The administrator password is required for this operation,

which is only available to qualified sigma S6 WaMoS® II service
technicians.

Note 2— Automatic Recording must be manually stopped prior to

entering Installation Mode. After exiting Installation Mode back
into User Mode, Automatic Recording is started automatically.

About WinWaMoS Opens the sigma S6 WaMoS® II About window.

Shut Down WinWaMoS Shuts down the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application.

Note 1— Automatic Recording must be manually stopped prior to

shutting down the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application.

3.3 Connecting sigma S6 WaMoS® II to a sigma S6 Server

The sigma S6 WaMoS® II application automatically connects to the local sigma S6 Server on
startup. No operator intervention is required.

3.4 Shut Down sigma S6 WaMoS® II

Procedure 3-1 describes how to shut down the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application.

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Procedure 3-1: To shut down the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application

1. Right-click the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System tray icon to open the pop-up menu.
2. Select Stop Automatic Recording. This action may take the system 5-10 seconds to
process, please wait for this step to complete before proceeding.
3. Right-click the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System tray icon to open the pop-up menu.
4. Select Shutdown WinWaMoS.

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4 Operator Controls for SeaView
When SeaView is running with a live or recorded image, you can access display settings, video
processing options, information, and measurement tools. The following sections describe the
terminology used for SeaView controls and alternative keyboard shortcuts that can be used
instead of SeaView application controls.

4.1 SeaView Application Window Control Terminology

The SeaView application window is divided into three distinct sections:
 Display Panel — the large square panel forming the left side of the application window
 Menu Panel — the vertical panel forming the right side of the application window
 WaMoS® II Display Panel — accessed by clicking the WaMoS® II button.
Figure 4-1 displays the SeaView application window.
Figure 4-1: SeaView application window

There are several types of controls within the Display Panel and Menu Panel. Table 4-1
describes the control types.

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 Table 4-1: Control types

Control Use Example

Toggle button Click a toggle button to turn a

feature on or off.

Pop-up button Click a pop-up button to open a

pop-up window.

Pop-up window To close a pop-up window, click the

X in the title bar.

The window will also close two

seconds after the cursor is moved
outside the window.

Select button A select button has a triangle on

the right side of the button. Clicking
the arrow opens a select menu.

Select menu Click an option from a select menu

to choose it.

Slider bar The slider bar is a horizontal scroll

bar used to change a configuration
setting vale. The small indicator
that moves along the bar is the
slider.

Slider display box The slider display box is located to

the right of a slider bar. It displays
the current value of the slider bar.

Scroll box A scroll box is a text window that

includes up and down arrows to the
right of the box.

Text box A text box is a text field that can be

edited by the operator.

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4.2 Keyboard Shortcuts
Table 4-2 lists the keyboard shortcuts available.
Table 4-2: Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut Description

and  Adjusts the selected values of scroll boxes.

Alt+  Toggles between the full screen and windowed display.

Alt+F4 Closes the SeaView application.

Ctrl+Alt+1 Saves a screen shot to the SeaView folder. The screen shot is saved as
ScreenShot###.png, where ### is the incremental number of the screen shot taken.

 Activates the selected button.

F11 Toggles between the full screen and windowed display.

F2 Rename a configuration in the Configuration Settings list.

Shift+Tab Select the previous control.

Space Activates the selected button.

Tab Select the next control.

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4.3 Locating SeaView Controls
Figure 4-2 displays the SeaView interface and control sets.
Figure 4-2: SeaView interface and control sets

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4.4 Display Panel
There are controls in each corner of the Display Panel. Table 4-3 gives a brief description of
these control sets.
Table 4-3: Control sets

Control Set Description

Located in the upper left corner of the Display Panel, these controls are
Video Processing
used to enable and adjust Radar Display filters to optimize the image
for visual observations.
Located in the upper right corner of the Display Panel, these controls
Radar
are used to select the Radar Display orientation, set the radar range
and select the radar source.
Located in the lower left corner of the Display Panel, these controls are
Camera, Cursor and
used to specify the behavior and display of the cursor on the Radar
Position
Display. The cursor can be used to place either a position marker or a
distance measurement on the Radar Display. The position can be
displayed as either range and heading coordinates relative to the radar
position, or in absolute geographic coordinates. Using the Cursor
button allows the user to direct a camera, if the optional Camera
Integration Module is purchased and enabled.
Located in the lower right corner of the Display Panel, these controls
Radar Image
are used to change the Radar Display center and to change the
day/dusk/night mode.
Located in the lower right corner of the Display Panel, these controls
Screen Overlays
are used to enable or disable screen overlays on the Radar Display. The
Camera button will open a separate pop-up window when the optional
Camera Integration module is enabled and SeaView is operating on a
1280 x 1024 display. Other buttons enable variable range markers,
electronic bearing lines and the ship’s heading line, etc.

Note— When playing recorded data, “Playing Data” is displayed under the
Image Orientation select button in the Radar control set. When recording data,
“Recording Data” is displayed.

The Display Panel also includes the Shut Down and Control Lock buttons. The Shut Down button
is the rectangle at the bottom left. The Control Lock button, in the lower right, locks and unlocks
the SeaView controls.

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4.5 Menu Panel Controls
The Menu Panel is divided into three sections:

 Navigational Data section— displays the SeaView product type information, and
displays the ship’s heading, course, speed, position and current time. This information is
taken from the ship’s GPS and gyro. If a connection to a wind anemometer and/or a
depth sensor is available, the output wind speed and direction, and/or the output water
depth may also be displayed in this section, if enabled under the SeaView Settings
Preferences tab. This section also includes buttons to switch between the Radar and
WaMoS® II display modes.
 Tab section— located in the middle of the Menu Panel and holds the WaMoS® II and
Settings tabs. Each tab opens a menu of other controls that allow the operator to
control the related settings.
 Server Log window— located at the bottom of the Menu Panel, lists messages about the
operation of the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System in a scrollable log. This window can be
opened or closed using the arrow at the right side of the Server Log bar.

4.6 Understanding the Effects of SeaView Controls

Using the SeaView controls to adjust settings can result in different effects on the system,
depending on where in the system the settings are applied. Effects include changes to the
displayed radar image, and changes to the target detection processing of the system. Changes
are applied either:
 locally to SeaView
 to the sigma S6 Server application
 to the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application
Settings changes that are applied locally to SeaView do not impact other SeaView clients in a
multi-client system. Settings changes applied to the sigma S6 Server application will impact all
SeaView clients connected to the system.
Table 4-4 provides a subset of SeaView controls and how adjustments to them may impact other
SeaView clients in the system.

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 Table 4-4: SeaView control impacts

SeaView Control Applied To Impact

Single Client Multi-Client WaMoS® II

(Global)

Config & Configurations SeaView Yes No No

Gain

Threshold

Cursor & Position Control Set

Radar Range

Centering

Display Mode

Screen Overlays

Screen Capture

Preferences

Connections

Camera Settings/Controls SeaView Yes Yes No

Notes

Scans S6 Server Yes Yes Yes – Filter, Pulse

Length, Transmit,
STC
Playback / Record,
Sea/Rain and Radar Controls all
Filter impact WaMoS® II
processing. Scans, STC
Pulse Length & Transmit and Sea/Rain do not
Playback / Record impact WaMoS® II
processing.
Radar Controls

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5 Quick Start
Procedure 5-1 describes how to start the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System.

Note—This procedure describes how to start the system when the PC(s) are
running without the software started. To start the entire system, OceanWaveS
advises rebooting the PCs.

Procedure 5-1: To start the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System

1. Start the sigma S6 Server application by double-clicking on the sigma S6 Server desktop
icon.
2. Start the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application by double-clicking on the sigma S6 WaMoS® II
desktop icon.
3. Start the SeaView application by double-clicking on the SeaView desktop icon.
4. In the SeaView application, click the Connections button under the Settings tab.
5. Connect SeaView to a sigma S6 Server application:
a. If the sigma S6 Server application is running on the same PC running the SeaView
application:
i. Select Local in the server list.
ii. Click the Connect button.
b. If the sigma S6 Server application is running on a different PC then the SeaView
application, and that PC is listed in the server list:
i. Select the PC in the server list.
ii. Click the Connect button.
c. If the sigma S6 Server PC is not listed in the server list:
i. Click the Manual button. The Manual Connection window appears.
ii. In the Manual Connection window, enter the PC Name, IP Address, and Port.
iii. Click the Connect button.

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6 Display Panel Controls
There are operational Radar Display controls in each of the four corners of the Display Panel:

 Video Processing—located in the upper-left corner

 Radar— located in the upper-right corner
 Radar Image— located in the lower-right corner
 Camera, Cursor and Position—located in the lower-left corner
 Screen Overlays—located in the lower-right corner
The Display Panel also includes:
 Shut Down button – the red square in the bottom-left
 Control Lock button – located above the Radar Image control set, allowing you to lock
all application controls in their current state.

6.1 Shut Down Button

The Shut Down button opens a pop-up window confirming that the SeaView application should
be shut down. Figure 6-1 displays the Shut Down button.
Figure 6-1: Shut Down button

6.2 Control Lock Button

The Control Lock toggle button allows you to lock and unlock the SeaView controls. When
toggled on, the Display Panel dims slightly, and all SeaView controls are locked. Click the button
again to unlock the controls. The Display Panel brightens slightly.
Figure 6-2 displays the Control Lock button.
Figure 6-2: Control Lock button

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7 Video Processing Control Set
The controls in the Video Processing control set in the upper-left corner of the Display Panel
affect the Radar Display.
Figure 7-1 displays the Video Processing control set.
Figure 7-1: Video Processing control set

7.1 Config
The Config select button allows you to choose from the list of configurable display settings
previously saved in the Configurations window.
When SeaView is first started and connected to the sigma S6 Server application, the initial
image shown on the Radar Display starts with the Factory Defaults configuration:
 Short Pulse mode
 8 Scans averaged
 STC off
 3 Nm range
You can manipulate SeaView settings to create configurations applicable to your preferred
mode of operations to be saved and recalled as required. See Section 15.4 for more
information.

7.2 Gain
The Gain slider bar allows you to adjust the overall intensity of the Radar Display. Gain is
controlled by clicking and dragging the slider on the bar. For fine tuning, click on the control and
use the  and  keys.
See Procedure 7-1 for instructions on how to properly adjust the Gain setting in conjunction
with setting the appropriate Threshold levels to provide the greatest greyscale contrast.

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7.3 Threshold
The Threshold slider bar enables the operator to remove less intense objects, including
background noise, from the image shown in the Radar Display. Threshold is controlled by
clicking on the control and dragging the slider on the bar. For fine tuning, click on the control
and use the  and  keys. All radar video signals with intensity below the selected value will be
given an intensity of 0, appearing black in the Radar Display. Signals above the value are
rescaled and mapped over the display’s full range of intensity levels.
Procedure 7-1 describes how to adjust the Gain and Threshold settings for optimal radar image
results.
Procedure 7-1: To adjust and fine tune Gain and Threshold for optimal radar image

1. Adjust the Threshold slider such that the low-level background noise is just visible.
Keeping the background noise just visible provides a good visual reference for actual
targets.
2. Increase the Gain slider until the strongest targets are clearly visible.

7.4 Scans
The Scans toggle button enables Scan Averaging for the radar image in the Radar Display. The
Scans slider bar, located to the immediate right of the Scans toggle button, controls the number
of scans (radar antenna revolutions) to average into the radar image when the Scans toggle
button is enabled.
The Scan Averaging process intensifies the visibility of targets by averaging the video signal
intensity of two or more consecutive scans, reducing the visual impact of noise interference and
sea clutter.
The Scans slider bar is controlled by clicking and dragging the slider bar. For fine tuning, click on
the control and adjust the slider using the  and  keys. You can select a Scan Averaging value
of up to 8 scans.

Note— There is a time delay between when the Scans slider bar value is set and
when the number of scans averaged actually reaches the set value. The moving
color on the Scans slider bar indicates the number of scans currently being
averaged.

See Appendix A.1 for more information about Scan Averaging.

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7.5 STC
STC is a function that compensates for the decrease of signal strength with the signal travel time
or range by linearly attenuating video gain within a specified range setting. The STC toggle
button enables STC processing.
The STC controls can be used to match near-range clutter return to the clutter return beyond
the affected range, providing constant image intensity across all displayed ranges, allowing for
improved visual target detection in the near-range. Enable STC in moderate to rough seas to
reduce near-range sea clutter. This prevents saturation, indicated by excessive brightness, of the
near-range portion of the image allowing you to increase the overall image gain for more
sensitivity at further ranges.

Note—Apply STC carefully to avoid suppressing important near-range target echoes.

The maximum gain reduction, set by the Clutter Suppression parameter, occurs at the radar
image center. The amount of applied video gain reduction decreases linearly with increasing
range from the image center. At the maximum range set by the Range parameter, the amount
of gain reduction applied is zero.
See Appendix A.3 for more information about STC.

7.5.1 STC Settings

The pop-up button to the right of the STC toggle button opens the STC Settings pop-up window.
It contains slider bars to control Clutter Suppression and Range.
Figure 7-2 displays the STC Settings pop-up window.
Figure 7-2: STC Settings pop-up window

Table 7-1 describes the STC Settings pop-up window.

Table 7-1: STC Settings pop-up window

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 Setting Description

Clutter Specifies the maximum level of linear gain reduction applied when STC is enabled.
Suppression Increasing the value increases the amount of clutter suppression in the near range.
(%)
The value range is 0 to 100%.

When set to 0%, no STC is applied. This is equivalent to disabling STC. When set to
100%, the maximum gain reduction is applied and the intensity at the “zero-range” is
reduced to zero.

Range Specifies the maximum range distance at which the STC filter affects the video signal.
The value range is 0 ft. to 3 Nm.

When the Range slider is selected, the screen overlay appears as a blue range ring on
the Radar Display with a range value appearing beside it. To adjust the value, either:

 Move the Range slider

 Click and drag the range ring

This control should be used to adjust the STC range to align with the range in the Radar
Display where the near-range clutter no longer appears.

When the Range slider is set to 0 ft., STC is not applied. This is equivalent to disabling
STC.

Procedure 7-2 describes how to properly adjust the STC settings to provide a consistent clutter
return across all display ranges on the Radar Display.
Procedure 7-2: To adjust and fine tune STC for consistent clutter return across all display ranges
on the Radar Display

1. Ensure the Scans toggle button is disabled.

2. Use the + Range control in the Range Centering control set to adjust the display range
out to or beyond 3 Nm, but not greater than 6 Nm.
3. Click the pop-up button, located to the right of the STC toggle button, to open the STC
Settings pop-up window.
4. In the STC Settings pop-up window, adjust the Range slider bar such that it includes the
higher intensity, near-range clutter return.
5. Adjust the Clutter Suppression % slider bar so that the displayed near-range clutter is
reduced to provide a consistent clutter level across the displayed range.
6. Close the STC Settings pop-up window.
7. If required, click the Scans toggle button to re-enable Scan Averaging.

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7.6 Sea/Rain
The Sea/Rain toggle button enables Sea/Rain processing for the radar image shown in the Radar
Display. Sea/Rain processing uses a Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) filter which equalizes the
probability of target visibility, regardless of the range of the target from the radar.
Enable the Sea/Rain toggle button to reduce rain and (severe) sea clutter and to improve the
ability to detect targets. If Sea/Rain is enabled, then the Gain must be increased to bring up
targets, and the Threshold should also be slightly increased to further reduce clutter.
See Appendix A.2 for more information about Sea/Rain (CFAR) filtering.

7.7 Filter
Note— For optimal accuracy and performance of the optimal sigma S6 WaMoS® II
application, Rutter strongly recommends disabling the Filter toggle button,
thereby disabling the pulse filter feature. When the pulse filter is enabled, it is
possible that it can remove frequency data that is important to the WaMoS® II
processing, which can result is non-optimal WaMoS® II results.

The Filter toggle button enables and disables the pulse filter. The pulse filter reduces signal
interference caused by system noise. It also reduces signal interference caused by the presence
of other operating radars in the local vicinity. Signal Interference caused by other operating
radars will appear on the Radar Display as visible, bright, radial streaks. Enabling the pulse filter
will also eliminate false target detections on signal interference in the radar image. The Filter
toggle button is enabled by default.
The Filter toggle button may be disabled when operating in areas where there are no other
radars operating in the vicinity. Disabling the pulse filter will slightly improve image sharpness.
See Section A.4 for more information about pulse filtering.

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8 Radar Control Set
The Radar control set is located in the upper right corner of the Display Panel. This control set
allows you to select the display range and, when the system is connected to multiple radars,
select the radar source. When interfaced to a Rutter Radar-100S6 antenna and transceiver in a
controlling configuration, this section will also display the Transmit toggle button to control the
radar transmission.

Note—While the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System is in optional Playback mode it will

display “Playing Data” in red letters under the Image Orientation select button in
this section of the Display Panel. When recording it will display “Recording”.

Figure 8-1 displays the Range/Centering control set.

Figure 8-1: Range/Centering control set

8.1 Image Orientation

The Image Orientation select button allows you to select the orientation of the Radar Display.
Clicking on this button allows you to choose:
 North Up – orients the Radar Display so that true north is always at the top of the
display
 Head Up – orients the Radar Display so that the ship’s heading is always at the top of
the display screen
 STBL Head Up – available only when the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System is connected to a
GPS and gyro on a moving vessel. The radar uses the GPS and gyro information to
become stabilized and compensates for heading and lateral vessel movement.
Note—The Image Orientation select button is not displayed in shore based/fixed
platform systems.

8.2 Image Range

The + Range and - Range toggle buttons change the range of the Radar Display. Click the +
Range toggle button to increase the range of the Radar Display. Click the - Range toggle button
to decrease the range. The maximum range that can be selected is limited by the active pulse

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length selection. If a longer range than allowed is required, you must first increase the pulse
length setting. See Section 8.3 for more information.
The currently active range distance is displayed to the right of the toggle buttons. If the sigma S6
WaMoS® II System is a slave display off a pre-existing radar transceiver and display, then the
sigma S6 WaMoS® II System range setting is set independent of the pre-existing radar display
control’s range setting.

Note—When the SeaView display units are configured as Metric, the range
displayed is a nominal value. The display range of the Radar Display will be at
minimum the range value selected, however will often display a range just beyond
that selected by the Image Range control.

8.3 Pulse Length

The Pulse Length select button has two possible functions depending on the type of system in
use:
 A sigma S6 WaMoS® II System that controls a Rutter Radar-100S6
 A sigma S6 WaMoS® II System that serves as a slave display for non-Rutter radars
Note— For sigma S6 WaMoS® II operation, the radar must be operated in short
pulse mode. If the radar is changed from short pulse mode, a red warning box is
displayed (see Figure 8-2) prompting the user to change back to short pulse mode
for optimal results. The user can acknowledge this warning box by clicking the Ok
button on the warning box. Operation in any mode other than short pulse may
result in inaccurate or invalid results from WaMoS® II processing. For information on
how this warning may be permanently disabled under the Preferences Settings
window, refer to Section 15.6.

Figure 8-2: Pulse Length Warning pop-up box

8.3.1 Pulse Length with Rutter Radar-100S6

The Pulse Length select button controls the radar pulse length when the Rutter Radar-100S6
control is enabled in the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System.
The Radar Display range scales available depend on the pulse length setting, and are configured
during system commissioning in the Server Rutter Configuration Utility:

 Short pulse—available range scales of 0.25 to 4 NM

 Medium pulse— Useful range scales of 4 to 24 NM
 Long pulse—Useful range scales of 24 to 72 NM

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 Note 1— These ranges are the default settings and could be modified using the
Server Rutter Configuration Utility.
Note 2— When the PLEN alarm is triggered, the background color of the Pulse
Length select button turns red.

8.3.2 Pulse Length with SAM NACOS Radar

When using the sigma S6 System as a slave display for a SAM NACOS, the Pulse Length select
button serves as an indicator that changes when the master radar’s Pulse Repetition Frequency
(PRF) changes.
Select the Pulse Length button to view the selections available in the Mode and Maximum
Range drop down menu. This menu offers 12 Short pulse and 12 Long pulse mode settings, each
with an associated maximum range. These settings are predetermined by the radar
manufacturer.
The master radar’s PRF can be changed by moving the range in and out in either the short pulse
mode or the long pulse mode. Only the master radar may change the mode and select the
desired maximum range on the SeaView Radar Display. If you are operating the master radar,
select the Pulse Length button to view the Mode and Maximum Range drop down menu and
choose the mode with the maximum range at which you want the radar image displayed.

Note — When the PLEN alarm is triggered, the background color of the Pulse
Length select button turns red.

8.3.3 Pulse Length with Non-Rutter Radar

When using the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System as a slave display for a non-Rutter radar, the Pulse
Length select button serves as an indicator that changes when the master radar’s Pulse
Repetition Frequency (PRF) changes.
The master radar’s PRF changes when moving its range in and out; beginning at short pulse
mode to medium pulse mode and finally long pulse mode at its longer ranges.
The sigma S6 WaMoS® II System will detect the PRF and automatically change and display the
corresponding pulse length. If the master radar has multiple pulse length settings for a single
PRF, then the setting on the Pulse Length select button must be confirmed and changed
manually.
You must check the pulse length setting on the SeaView Radar Display to ensure that the sigma
S6 WaMoS® II System has defaulted to the correct pulse length, and matches the setting in use
on the master radar. If it does not match, you must manually change pulse length indicated on
the SeaView Radar Display to match the radar pulse length in use on the master radar.

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 Note— When the PLEN alarm is triggered, the background color of the Pulse
Length select button turns red.

8.4 Radar Scanner Selection

When the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System is connected to two radars, the Radar Scanner select
button allows you to choose between the two (X-band and S-band) radar scanners. The radar
image shown in the radar Display is always the image coming from the selected radar. When the
system is connected to a single radar only, the other radar selection is not visible.

8.5 Transmit
When the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System is interfaced to a Rutter Radar-100S6 antenna and
transceiver in a controlling configuration, the Transmit toggle button is displayed. When the
Transmit toggle button is on, the Rutter Radar-100S6 transceiver is in transmit mode:
 The transceiver emits microwave pulses
 The antenna rotates
The Transmit toggle button is only available to enable when the Rutter Radar 100S6 transceiver
is in a ‘Standby’ state, and there are no communications errors between SeaView, the sigma S6
Server application, and the Rutter Radar-100S6 transceiver. See Section 16.1 for more details on
Rutter Radar-100S6 startup procedures.

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9 Camera, Cursor and Position Control Set
The Camera, Cursor and Position control set is located in the lower left corner of the Display
Panel. It provides an area to display current cursor position, and an area to display marker
position and distance/bearing information. The Camera Cursor button allows you to use the
cursor to select an onscreen position towards which a connected camera may be slewed or
panned.
When the Cursor Type is set to Position, this control set displays:
 The current cursor position
 The position of an operator placed marker
When the Cursor Type is set to Distance, this control set displays:

 The current cursor position.

 The distance and bearing from one operator selected point in the radar image to a
second operator selected point in the radar image.
Depending on the selected cursor Position Type, positions are displayed as a co-ordinate set or a
range/bearing measurement from the Radar Display center. Distance measurements between
two operator selected points are always displayed as a range/bearing measurement relative the
first operator selected.
Figure 9-1 displays the Cursor and Position control set.
Figure 9-1: Cursor and Position control set

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9.1 Measurement Settings
The Cursor pop-up button opens the Measurement Settings pop-up window. Figure 9-2 displays
the Measurement Settings pop-up window.
Figure 9-2: Measurement Settings pop-up window

Table 9-1 describes the Measurement Settings pop-up window.

Table 9-1: Measurement Settings pop-up window

Parameter Description

Position Type The Position Type select button specifies how the cursor position is displayed. The
options are:

 Range – When selected, the range and heading of the cursor position is displayed,
relative to the display center.
 Coordinates – When selected, the latitude and longitude of the cursor position is
displayed.

Cursor Type The Cursor Type select button specifies the type of measurement the cursor
produces. The options are:

 Position – when selected, clicking on the radar image places a marker at that
position. The position of that marker is displayed according to the selected
Position Type.
 Distance – When selected, clicking a start point and then an end point on the
radar image creates a distance measurement between the two selected points,
specified in range and bearing. The range and bearing measurement is displayed.

Units The Units select button specifies the type of measurement units displayed for the
cursor operations. The options are Imperial and Metric.

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9.2 Cursor Position Display
The Cursor Position display shows the current position of the cursor. The cursor position is
displayed as either the distance and heading relative to the display center or as the cursor’s
latitude and longitude, depending on the Position Type specified. See Table 9-1 for more
information about setting the cursor Position Type.

9.3 Position/Distance Display

The Position/Distance display shows either:
 the position of a marker placed by the operator
 the range and bearing produced by the distance measurement tool
If no marker or distance measurement has been placed by the operator, the marker position is
displayed as “N/A”. The reference for the marker position depends on the configuration set in
the Measurement Settings pop-up window. See Table 9-1 for more information about setting
the cursor Position Type.

9.4 Marker Creation

Procedure 9-1 describes how to create a marker on the radar image.
Procedure 9-1: To create a marker

1. Click the Cursor pop-up button.

2. Set the Cursor Type field to Position.
3. Click the radar image where you want to create a marker. The marker appears as a small
cross-hair surrounded by a white circle.
4. Click a new position to move the marker.
5. To disable the marker, right-click in the radar image.

9.5 Distance Measurement

Procedure 9-2 describes how to perform a distance measurement.
Procedure 9-2: To perform a distance measurement

1. Click the Cursor pop-up button.

2. Set the Cursor Type field to Distance.
3. Click the beginning position of your distance measurement on the radar image.
4. Click the end position of your distance measurement on the radar image.
5. A white line appears on the screen between the two points, along with the distance.
6. Right-click in the radar image to remove the measurement.

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9.6 Camera Cursor
Selecting the Camera Cursor button will bring up a Camera Cursor Help window in the Menu
Panel area, shown in Figure 9-3, indicating to place the cursor within the radar image to send a
command to the camera to slew or pan to the position/target chosen. This button is available
only when the optional Camera Integration module is enabled in the system.
Figure 9-3: Camera Cursor window

Procedure 9-3 describes how to use the Camera Cursor button to pan/slew a camera to a
specific position.
Procedure 9-3: How to use the Camera Cursor button to pan/slew a camera to a specific
position.

1. Click the Camera Cursor button. The Camera Cursor Help window appears in the Menu
Panel area.
2. Click the target or position on the radar image where you want to pan/slew the camera.
A marker is displayed, which appears as a small cross-hair surrounded by a white circle.
The camera should now be panning/slewing to the selected target position.
3. Click the Finish button on the Camera Cursor Help window, or the Camera Cursor button
to exit the Camera Cursor function.
4. To remove the marker, right-click in the radar image.

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10 Radar Image Control Set
The Radar Image control set is located in the lower right corner of the Display Panel, above the
Screen Overlays control set. This control set allows you to adjust the brightness of the screen for
time of day operation, and to move the display center of the radar image shown on the Radar
Display. Figure 10-1 displays the Radar Image control set.
Figure 10-1: Radar Image control set

10.1 Display Mode

The Display Mode select button allows you to adjust the display brightness. There are three
settings for the display mode and a manual brightness control. The current display mode setting
is shown on the Display Mode select button.
The display mode settings are:
 Day – normal display
 Dusk – dim display
 Night – dimmest display
To select one of these, click on the Display Mode select button and select the appropriate
setting from the drop-down menu.
To manually set the display brightness, click on the pop-up button immediately to the left of the
Display Mode select button to open the Display Brightness pop-up window. Use the Global
Brightness slider bar to adjust the display brightness. Figure 10-2 shows the Display Brightness
pop-up window.
Figure 10-2: Display Brightness pop-up window

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10.2 Center
The Center toggle button allows you to reposition the center of the radar image within the
Radar Display. By default, the Radar Display locates the radar scanner at the center of the
screen. You can reposition the radar by clicking on the Center toggle button and then clicking a
point on the Radar Display.
The centering method depends on the Center Method setting.
To select the Center Method:
Tab SectionSettingsPreferences Menu buttonCenter Method (either point-to-center or
center-to-point)

10.3 Reset
The Reset toggle button resets the radar image to the default center position at the center of
the Radar Display.

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11 Screen Overlays Control Set
The Screen Overlays control set is located in the lower right corner of the Display Panel. This
control set allows you to enable or disable various standard and optional screen overlays on the
radar image.
Figure 11-1 displays the Screen Overlays control set.
Figure 11-1: Screen Overlays control set

Table 11-1 describes the Screen Overlays control set.

Table 11-1: Screen Overlays control set

Field Description

Camera (Optional) Displayed only when SeaView is operating on a 1280 x

1024 or 1600 x 1200 pixel resolution display (4:3 aspect ratio), this
button enables or disable the display of the Camera pop-up window,
where the camera may be controlled, and where the active video
stream from the active camera id displayed. If not running on a 4:3
aspect ratio display, instead of the Camera button, the Camera tab is
displayed in the Tabs section.

Rings Enables or disables the display of range rings.

Heading Enables or disables the ship’s heading line overlay.

Notes Enables or disables the display of cursor annotations.

VRM 1 and VRM2 Enables or disables the display of variable range markers.

EBL1 and EBL2 Enables or disables the display of electronic bearing lines.

11.1 Camera
When SeaView is installed to a computer with a 1280 x 1024 or 1600 x 1200 pixel resolution
display (4:3 aspect ratio), the camera video and controls are provided in a pop-up Camera pop-
up window. This pop-up window may be moved to a second display, if available, such that
camera controls and video can be always displayed while not inhibiting the view of the main
SeaView display.

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Otherwise, when SeaView is installed to a computer with a 1920 x 1200, 1920 x 1080 or 1680 x
1050 pixel resolution display (widescreen display), the camera video and controls are embedded
directly within the main SeaView display, under the Camera tab in the Tabs section.
As the controls are the exactly same for both display modes, refer to Section 18 where the
camera video and controls are documented from the widescreen perspective, but the
descriptions apply equally to the 4:3 display perspective. For reference, Figure 11-2 shows the
Camera pop-up window, as displayed when operating SeaView on a 4:3 aspect ratio display.
Figure 11-2: Camera pop-up window, as seen on 4:3 aspect ratio displays

11.2 Rings
The Rings toggle button allows you to enable or disable the Range Rings overlay in the radar
image. The distance increment of the rings is dependent on the range. When enabled the value
of the range rings distance increment is displayed on the button.

11.3 Heading Line

The Heading toggle button enables the ship’s heading line overlay on the radar image. The
heading line overlay is a red line showing the ship’s current heading.

11.4 VRM
The VRM1 and VRM2 toggle buttons enable two independent variable range-marker overlays on
the radar image, each distinguished by a different color. To display a VRM, click on one of the

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two VRM buttons. The enabled VRM1 toggle button and circular overlay are colored green. The
enabled VRM2 toggle button and circular overlay are colored yellow.
To adjust the VRM radius, click the perimeter of the VRM, drag to the desired range, and
release. The VRM range is displayed below the VRM button. The range value is also displayed
next to the cursor while the VRM is being adjusted. When the cursor passes over a VRM
overlay, the circle is highlighted and a window appears indicating either VRM1 or VRM2.
When a VRM is enabled it appears on the radar image with the last selected range value.

11.5 EBL
The EBL1 and EBL2 toggle buttons enable two independent electronic bearing line overlays on
the radar image, each distinguished by a separate color. To display an EBL, click on one of the
two EBL buttons and the bearing line will appear on the radar image.
The enabled EBL1 toggle button and bearing line are colored purple. The enabled EBL2 toggle
button and bearing line are colored blue.
To adjust the EBL, click on the line, drag it to the new position, and release. The EBL value is
displayed under the EBL button and next to the cursor while the bearing line is being adjusted.
When the cursor passes over an EBL overlay, the line is highlighted and a window appears
indicating either EBL1 or EBL2. When an EBL is enabled, it appears on the radar image with the
last selected bearing.

11.6 Notes
The Notes toggle button enables the display of cursor annotation objects. These are user
provided text objects that are associated with a geographic position. To show the cursor
annotations, ensure the toggle button is enabled. To create a cursor annotation, right-click at
the desired geographic location in the radar video display area and select the ‘Create’ menu
item from the context menu that appears. The user will then be presented with a Note creation
dialog similar to that shown in Figure 11-3. The user provided data consists of a title, the actual
text and a flag denoting whether the note is local or global. Local notes remain on the local
system. Global notes will be shared with all clients connected in a multi-client server setup. Only
‘master’ SeaView clients are able to create global cursor annotations.
Figure 11-3: Sample cursor annotation entry dialog box.

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12 Menu Panel
The Menu Panel is divided into three distinct sections:

 Navigational Data
 Tabs
 Server Log
Figure 12-1 displays the Menu Panel.
Figure 12-1: Menu Panel

Additional tabs may be displayed in the Tabs Section, depending on the optional modules
installed with SeaView. The following sections describe the Menu Panel.

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13 Navigational Data Section
The ship’s heading, course, speed, depth, wind information, position and current time are
displayed in the Navigational Data section at the top of the Menu Panel. This information is
taken from the following ship’s sensors:
 GPS
 Gyro
 Wind Anemometer
 Depth sounder
Along with navigation data, the Navigational Data section displays sigma S6 WaMoS® II sea-
state information:
 Significant wave height
 Peak wave direction
 Peak wave period
 Peak wave length
Figure 13-1 displays the Navigational Data Section.
Figure 13-1: Navigational Data Section

13.1 Heading
The ship’s heading is displayed to the right of the Heading label.
The heading is read directly from the ship’s gyro, and is updated approximately once per
second.
To enable or disable the display of the heading information, select Settings TabPreferences.
See Section 15.6.1 for more information.

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13.2 Own Ship
The vessel position is displayed beneath the Own Ship label. The vessel position is read directly
from the ship’s GPS. If there is no GPS signal input into the system, a static position set during
the system installation is displayed.
To set coordinates format, select Settings TabPreferences. See Section 15.6.1 for more
information.

13.3 COG
The ship’s Course Over Ground (COG) is displayed beneath the COG label.
COG is derived from the ship’s GPS information, and updated approximately once per second.
To enable or disable the display of the COG information, select Settings TabPreferences. See
Section 15.6.1 for more information.

13.4 SOG
The ship’s Speed Over Ground (SOG) is displayed beneath the SOG label.
SOG is derived from the ship’s GPS information.
To enable or disable the display of the SOG information, select Settings TabPreferences. See
Section 15.6.1 for more information.

13.5 Wind Speed

The wind speed is displayed beneath the Wind Speed label.
Wind speed information is read directly from the ship’s wind anemometer sensor, if available.
To enable or disable the display of the wind speed information, select Settings
TabPreferences. See Section 15.6.1 for more information.

13.6 Wind Direction

Wind direction is displayed to the right of the Wind Direction label.
Wind direction information is read directly from ship’s wind anemometer sensor, if available.
To enable or disable the display of the wind direction information, select Settings
TabPreferences. See Section 15.6.1 for more information.

13.7 Depth
The water depth is displayed to the right of the Depth label.
Depth information is read directly from the ship’s depth sounder, if available.

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To enable or disable the display of the depth information, select Settings TabPreferences. See
Section 15.6.1 for more information.

13.8 Hs
Hs displays the significant wave height, in meters. This parameter is a statistical parameter
related to the energy of the sea-state. Hs is calculated from 20 minute sea surface elevation
time series as the average of the highest one-third of all occurring wave heights. See Section 19
for more information.

13.9 ϴp
ϴp (Direction) displays the significant wave direction in degrees of the selected wave box. This
parameter is calculated directly from the wave spectrum, representing the direction of the
energy maximum within the computed wave spectrum. To obtain the energy maximum, sigma
S6 WaMoS® II looks for the frequency interval of the energy maximum with 80%. See Section 19
for more information.

13.10 Tp
Tp displays the significant wave period of the selected wave box in seconds. This parameter is
obtained directly from the wave spectrum, and represents the period of the energy maximum
within the computed wave spectrum. See Section 19 for more information.

13.11 λp
λp displays the significant wave length of the selected wave box in meters. This parameter
depends on the propagation speed in water. Speed changes with the water depth, resulting in
different wavelengths in deep and shallow water for the same period. See Section 19 for more
information.

13.12 HMAX
Displays the peak wave HMAX of the selected wave box in meters. See Section 19 for more
information.

13.13 Time Source

The Time Source select button allows you to select the source of the system time. The options
are:
 PC – displays the time from the PC on which SeaView is running.
 GPS – displays the time from the ship’s GPS if available.
 Server – displays the time from the PC on which the sigma S6 Server application is
running.

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 Warning— When playing pre-recorded data, choose the GPS or Server source
time settings to display the time at which the data was recorded. The PC source
time setting displays current PC time on the PC running SeaView, NOT the time at
which the data was recorded.

13.14 Time
The Time display is at the bottom of the Navigation Data Section.
The date and time is displayed in “dd/mm/yy hh:mm:ss” format (day/month/year
hour:minute:second).
The displayed time may also be shown as a Local time of referenced to UTC. This can be changed
using the Time Mode select button found under Settings TabPreference. See Section 15.6.1 for
more information.

13.15 System Master Status

Note— This field only appears on client PCs in a sigma S6 SeaFusion System. See
Section 21 for more information about SeaFusion systems.

The System Master Status section displays the name of the PC that currently has Master status
in a SeaFusion system. Click the Request Master button to request Master status. See Section
21.3 for more information for more information about Master status.

13.16 Radar and WaMoS II Buttons

The Radar button, when clicked, switches the SeaView Radar Display Area to the standard
SeaView radar display. When the WaMoS II button is clicked, the Radar Display Area displays the
WaMoS® II display panel. See Section 19 for more information.

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14 WaMoS® II
The WaMoS® II tab allows you to view the high-level sea-state analysis for the selected wave
box, or averaged over all wave boxes. See Chapter 19 for more information about performing
sea-state analysis.
Figure 14-1 displays the WaMoS® II tab.
Figure 14-1: WaMoS® II tab

Table 14-1 describes the WaMoS® II tab.

Table 14-1: WaMoS® II tab

Field Description

Hs Displays the significant wave height in meters.

ϴp Displays the peak wave direction in degrees.

Tp Displays the peak wave period in seconds.

λp Displays the peak wave length in meters.

HMAX Displays the peak wave HMAX over the recording time of the selected wave box.

Current Speed Displays the current speed in meters/second.

Current Direction Displays the current direction in degrees.

Alarms Opens the Alarms window. See Section 14.1 for more information.

Wave Boxes Opens the Wave Boxes window. See Section 14.1.1 for more information about
the Wave Boxes window.

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14.1 Alarms Window
The Alarms window allows you to view and acknowledge alarms (individually, or all) raised by
the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application. Figure 14-2 displays the Alarms window.
Figure 14-2: Alarms window

When the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application raises an alarm, the WaMoS® II tab heading turns red
to indicate unacknowledged alarms. Procedure 14-1 describes how to acknowledge sigma S6
WaMoS® II alarms.

Procedure 14-1: To acknowledge sigma S6 WaMoS® II alarms

1. Open the WaMoS® II tab.

2. Click on the Alarms button. The Alarms window appears.
3. Click on an alarm from the list. A description of the alarm appears at the bottom of the
Alarms window.
4. Click the Acknowledge button. The selected alarm is removed from the list.

14.1.1 Sea State Alarms

During commissioning of the system, it is possible to configure the sigma S6 WaMoS® II
application to generate criterion based sea state alarms. When the defined criterion are
exceeded, the generated alarm is displayed in the SeaView WaMoS® II Alarms window, and the
WaMoS® II tab heading turns red to indicate unacknowledged alarms. Procedure 14-1 describes
how to acknowledge WaMoS® II alarms. The following criterion may be selected to trigger sea
state alarms:

 When the Significant Wave Height (Hs) is greater that x meters.

 When the Peak Wave Length (λp) is in the range of m meters +/- n meters AND the
Significant Wave Height (Hs) is greater that y meters.
 When the Wave Encounter Angle is in the range of a degrees +/- b degrees AND the
Significant Wave Height (Hs) is greater that z meters.

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14.2 Wave Boxes Window
The Wave Boxes window allows you view information about the selected wave box and to
enable it for display in the main Radar Display area. Figure 14-3 displays the Wave Boxes
window.

Note— This applies when sigma S6 WaMoS® II is in Non-Spatial Averaging mode.

When Spatial Averaging is enabled, the Wave Boxes window will display data
averaged over all wave boxes.

Figure 14-3: Wave Boxes window

Table 14-2 describes the Wave Boxes window.

Table 14-2: Wave Boxes window

Field Description

Wave Box Lists the configured wave boxes. Click on a listed wave box to display wave data related
list to it.
Note 1— Wave boxes are configured during commissioning.

Visible Specifies if the selected wave box is visible in the Radar Display area when the WaMoS®
II overlay is enabled. The options are:
 Enabled— the selected wave box appears in the Radar Display area.
 Disabled— the selected wave box does not appear in the Radar Display area.
Wave boxes appear with two colored arrows:
 Blue— indicates the direction in which the current is going.
 Green— indicates the direction in which the wave is going.

Bearing Displays the bearing of the selected wave box, relative to the bow of the vessel.

Range Displays the range of the selected wave box.

Dimensions Displays the dimensions of the selected wave box in pixels.

Water Depth Displays the water depth of the selected wave box.
Note— If the vessel’s water depth sensor (echo sounder) is configured for use by the
sigma S6 WaMoS® II application, the actual up-to-date reading from that sensor is
displayed here.

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15 Settings Tab
15.1 Settings Overview
Click the Settings tab in the Tab section to open the Settings window. The Settings window
allows you to personalize the Radar Display, and to adjust the application. Click a button to open
the corresponding window.

Note— Not all tabs shown in Figure 15-1 will be displayed on your system. The
actual tabs that are displayed are product type dependent.

Figure 15-1 displays the Settings tab.

Figure 15-1: Settings tab

The following sections describe the Settings window.

15.2 Connections
The Connections button opens the Connections settings window. The Connections settings
window allows you to connect SeaView to the sigma S6 Server application to display live radar
data. Figure 15-2 displays the Connections settings window.
Figure 15-2: Connections Settings window

Table 15-1 describes the Connections settings window.

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Field Description

Server List The server list section of the Connections window lists the PC names of
computers on the local network running the sigma S6 Server application.

In the server list, Local refers to the PC running the SeaView application,
regardless of whether it is running the sigma S6 Server application or not.

Connect/Disconnect The Connect/Disconnect button connects/disconnects SeaView to/from the

sigma S6 Server application running on the PC selected in the server list.

Refresh List The Refresh List button refreshes the server list.

Manual Connections The Manual Connections button opens the Manual Connections settings
window. See Section 15.2.1 for more information. The Manual Connections
settings window is only accessible when SeaView is not connected to a sigma
S6 Server application.

15.2.1 Manual Connections Settings Window

The Manual Connections settings window allows you to manually configure a connection to a PC
running the sigma S6 Server application. Figure 15-3 displays the Manual Connections settings
window.
Figure 15-3: Manual Connections settings window

Table 15-2 describes the Manual Connections settings window.

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Field Description

Manual Connections List Lists the previously created manual connections.

New Creates a new manual connection.

Edit Edits the currently selected manual connection.

Remove Removes the currently selected manual connection.

Server Name Specifies the name of the PC you want to connect to.

IP Address Specifies the IP address of the PC you want to connect to.

Port Specifies the port on the PC that you want to connect to.

Save Saves the configuration information.

Cancel Cancels the configuration.

15.3 Playback/Record
The Playback/Record button opens the Playback/Record window. The Playback/Record window
allows you to record and play back recorded raw radar data and any available NMEA data. The
Mode dropdown button is displayed only when the optional Raw Data Recording Module has
been purchased and enabled on the system during commissioning. Figure 15-4 displays the
Playback/Record window.
Figure 15-4: Playback/Record window

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subsystem. It does not control the sigma S6 WaMoS® II data recording feature.

Table 15-3 describes the Playback/Record window.

Table 15-3: Playback/Record window

Field Description

Mode Specifies the mode of the SeaView application. The options are:

 Playback
 Record
Displayed only when the optional Raw Data Recording module is enabled.

Dataset Displays the name and location of the dataset file used for playback or recording.
Filename Select a dataset file by browsing to the file using the Browse window. The sigma S6
Server pop-up menu, revealed after right-clicking the sigma S6 Server icon, may also
be used to select a dataset file for playback and recording. See Section 2.3 for more
details.

Browse Opens the Browse window used to select the dataset file for playback or recording.

Data Segments

Segments Lists the available data segments contained in the currently selected dataset file.

Refresh Refreshes the list of data segments contained in the currently selected dataset file.

When in Playback Mode

Start Time Specifies the start time of the recording that you want to play back.

Stop Time Specifies the stop time of the recording that you want to play back.

Playback Time Displays the recorded time and date of the selected data segment.

Segment Time Displays the length of time that the current segment has been playing.

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Progress slider Displays the total recorded time of the data segment. As a data file plays, the slider
bar moves along the bar to show the playback status.

The start and stop playback time may be adjusted by clicking and dragging the sliders
at each end of the Time slider bar.

Play/Pause Plays and pauses the selected data segment.

 Click the Play button to begin playback. The button text changes to read “Pause.”
 Click the Pause button to pause the playback. The button text changes to read
“Play.”
 Click the Play button to resume playback.

Stop Stops the playback.

When in Record Mode

Recording Displays the length of time SeaView has been recording data in the current recording
Length session.

Rec. Starts the data recording.

Stop Stops the data recording.

Record Data Sample

This section is displayed when the optional Raw Data Recording Module is not enabled on the system.
It provides a utility to capture a short raw data recording for technician and debugging analysis.

Record Data When clicked, the system begins to record a 512MB raw data sample to:
Sample
C:\ProgramData\Rutter\SeaScan\RecDataSample\RecDataSample.sig

When the recorded file size reaches 512MB (after approximately 1-2 minutes is
typical), the recording is automatically stopped.

Clicking the Record Data Sample button again will record a new 512MB file,
overwriting any previously recorded sample data file.

15.4 Configurations
The Configurations button opens the Configurations settings window. Figure 15-5 displays the
Configurations settings window.

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The Configurations settings window allows you to save all configurable display settings as a set
for specific operational conditions. The saved settings are:

 Gain  STC Range

 Threshold  STC Attenuation
 Scans Averaging Enabled/Disabled  Sea/Rain Toggle
 Scans to Average  North Up / Head Up
 STC On/Off
Table 15-4 describes the Configurations settings window.
Table 15-4: Configurations window

Field Description

Configurations List Lists the names of saved configuration settings.

Click on a configuration name to select it. To rename a configuration

setting:

 Double-click the setting you want to change.

 Type the new name
 Press  to save.

Activate Activates the selected configuration setting.

Delete Deletes the selected configuration setting.

Save To Selected Saves the current application settings to the selected configuration
name in the Configurations list.

Note— Save To Selected overwrites the old application settings that

were saved to the selected configuration name.

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Save As New Saves the current application settings to a new configuration name.

The new configuration is named Setting 1, Setting 2, etc. You can

rename the new configuration setting.

Description Displays a short description of the selected configuration setting.

Click in the Description to edit it.

15.5 Screen Capture

Click the Screen Capture tab in the tab section to open the Screen Capture settings window.
Figure 15-6 displays the Screen Capture settings window.
Figure 15-6: Screen Capture settings window

Table 15-5 describes the Screen Capture settings window.

Table 15-5: Screen Capture settings window

Field Description

Start Enables and disables the automatic screen capture

function.

Note—Cannot be selected when the radar is not

transmitting.

Last Capture Time Displays the time and date of the last time the automatic
screen capture occurred.

Start Time Displays the start time of the current automatic screen
capture session.

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Capture Duration Displays the duration of the current screen capture

session.

Total Images Captured Displays the number of images saved in the current
automatic screen capture session.

Last Loop Time Displays the last loop time.

Settings Opens the Settings window. See Section 15.5.1 for more
information.

15.5.1 Settings
The Settings window allows you to configure the screen capture settings.
Figure 15-7 displays the Settings window.
Figure 15-7: Settings window

Table 15-6 describes the Settings window.

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Field Description

Capture Type Specifies the type of screen capture you want to take. The options are:

 Images
 Video (AVI)

Format Specifies the image or video format.

For images, the options are:

 JPEG
 PNG

For video, the options are:

 Compressed
 Uncompressed

Quality (%) Specifies the quality level of the image or video.

This field is only applicable to JPEG images or Compressed Video.

Interval Specifies the interval between screen captures.

Units Specifies the units of time for the interval between screen captures. The options
are:

 Seconds
 Minutes
 Hours

Video File Duration Specifies the duration of the captured video file.

Units Specifies the units of time for Video File Duration. The options are:

 Seconds
 Minutes
 Hours

Filename Prefix Specifies the text prefix to apply to recorded files.

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Storage Folder Specifies the location to save the image files.

Click the Browse button to navigate to the folder.

Note— When using the E-mail function, all JPEG and PNG files in the storage
folder are added to a zip file and sent. To minimize the size of the zip file,
OceanWaveS recommends periodically archiving or removing these files from
the directory.

Browse Opens directory browser window, allowing you to choose alternate locations to
store recorded file too.

Free Storage Space Displays the available space on the drive selected to save the files on.

Estimated Displays the estimated recording time available based on the available storage
Recording Time space.

Recording Limits Opens the Recording Limits window. See Section 15.5.2 for more information.

15.5.2 Recording Limits

Figure 15-8 displays the Recording Limits window.
Figure 15-8: Recording Limits window

Table 15-7 describes the Recording Limits window.

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Field Description

Recording Restrictions

Restrict Recording Enables the limiting of the amount of screen captures that occur once
recording has started.

Restrict Type Specifies the restriction type. The options are:

 Loop — continuous loop recording for a specified time

 Stop– stops recording after a specified time period

After Specifies the amount of time to restrict the recording to.

The select button specifies the time units. The options are:
 Seconds
 Minutes
 Hours
 Days

Free Storage Space Displays the available storage space.

Estimated storage Required Displays the estimated amount of storage space required to hold the
amount of the configured recording.

Storage Space Limits

Warn when __ percent left Specifies the percentage of remaining storage space when a warning is
raised.

Stop when __ percent left Specifies the percentage of remaining storage space when to stop
recording.

15.6 Preferences
The Preferences button opens the Preferences settings window. The Preferences settings
window allows you to configure SeaView to best match your preferences.
Figure 15-9 displays the Preferences settings window.

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Table 15-8 describes the Preferences settings window.

Table 15-8: Preferences settings window

Field Description

Compass Rose Enables compass markings around the perimeter of the radar image.

Update Mode Specifies the radar screen update mode. The options are:

 Full Screen – the entire radar image is updated at one time once the radar
data is received.
 Quadrant – the radar image is broken into four quadrants which are
updated one at a time as the quadrant’s radar data is received.

Centering Method Specifies the centering method that is activated when the Center toggle button
is enabled. The options are:

 Center to Point – moves the radar scanner position from the center of the
screen to the selected point
 Point to Center – moves the selected point on the screen to the center of
the screen

Units Specifies the units of measurement displayed in the SeaView application. The
options are:

 Imperial
 Metric

Note— This value is set during commissioning and cannot be changed during
system operation.

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Coord Format Specifies the format used to display coordinates. The options are:

 Dec – Decimal Degrees

 DM – Degrees, Minutes
 DMS – Degrees, Minutes, Seconds

Time Mode Specifies the mode used to display time. The options are:

 Local Time Zone

 UTC

Tooltip Help Enables and disables the tooltip help feature. When enabled, hovering over a
control with the cursor opens a pop-up window describing the control.

SP Warning For sigma S6 WaMoS® II operation, the radar must be operated in short pulse
mode. When the SP Warning button is enabled, if the radar is changed from
short pulse mode, a warning box, is displayed prompting the user to change
back to short pulse mode for optimal results. The user can acknowledge this
warning box by clicking the Ok button. If the SP Warning button is disabled, the
warning box is not displayed.

NMEA Display Opens the NMEA Display settings window. See Section 15.6.1 for more
information.

Panel Order Opens the Panel Order settings window. See Section 15.6.2 for more
information.

Radar Color Opens the Radar Color settings window. See Section 15.6.3 for more
information.

15.6.1 NMEA Display

The NMEA Display settings window allows you to select the navigational data to appear in the
Navigation Data section of the Menu Panel. Figure 15-10 displays the NMEA Display settings
window.

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Table 15-9 describes the NMEA Display settings window.

Table 15-9: NMEA Display settings window

Field Description

Heading Enables or disables the Heading field in the Navigation Data section.

COG Enables or disables the COG field in the Navigation Data section.

SOG Enables or disables the SOG field in the Navigation Data section.

Water Depth Enables or disables the Depth field in the Navigation Data section.

Wind Enables or disables the Wind Speed field in the Navigation Data section. Also
specifies the reference direction (True or relative) for MWD NMEA sentences.

Own Ship Enables or disables the Own Ship field in the Navigation Data section.

15.6.2 Panel Order

The Panel Order settings window allows you to select the order of windows in the Menu Panel.
Figure 15-11 displays the Panel Order settings window.
Figure 15-11: Panel Order settings window

Table 15-10 describes the Panel Order settings window.

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Field Description

List of windows Displays the windows, in order, in the Menu Panel section.

Click a window name in the list to select it.

Move Up Moves the selected window up in the order.

Move Down Moves the selected window down in the order.

15.6.3 Radar Color

The Radar Colors settings window allows you to adjust the color of the Radar Display. Figure
15-12 displays the Radar Color settings window.
Figure 15-12: Radar Color settings window

Table 15-11 describes the Radar Color settings window.

Table 15-11: Radar Color settings window

Field Description

Red Controls the red, green, and blue color components of the Radar Display.

Note—Screen overlay colors and radar data are NOT affected by these controls.
Green

Blue

Reset Palette Resets the Radar Color sliders to the default positions.

15.7 Camera
When the optional Camera Integration module is purchased and enabled, the Settings menu will
display the Camera button. The Camera button opens the Camera window, shown in Figure
15-13. These menus accessed via the buttons in this window provide controls for camera

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by clicking each of the buttons is discussed in the following subsections.
Figure 15-13: Camera settings window

15.7.1 Movement
On the Movement window, shown in Figure 15-14, you will find controls that can be used to
control and adjust the camera Azimuth Speed and Elevation Speed, when the camera is moving.
These controls are described in
Table 15-12.

Note— The setting presented in the Movement window are retrieved from the
active camera. When no camera is connected to the system, these controls are
greyed out and not editable.

Figure 15-14: Movement settings window

Table 15-12: Movement settings window

Field Description

Azimuth Speed The Azimuth Speed slider bar allows the user to set the speed of the camera
when it is moving or panning left or right. The units are degrees/second.

Range: The maximum and default value is determined from the active
camera upon connection to it. The default range defined by SeaView is 0-
100, but this will be overridden upon connection to the camera.

Elevation Speed The Elevation Speed slider bar allows the user to set the speed of the
camera when it is moving up or down. The units are degrees/second.

Range: The maximum and default value is determined from the active
camera upon connection to it.

NOTE—The default range defined by SeaView is 0-100, but this will be

overridden upon connection to the camera.

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The FLIR camera automatically adjusts to changing scene conditions to provide a high-contrast
image that is optimized for most conditions. The preset AGC settings for each scene has been
optimized to offer the most balance and high quality image for specific conditions. The setting to
use depends on personal preference and environmental conditions. You may like the way the
Night Docking setting looks, even though you are running on open water during the daytime.
Experiment with the different settings, and find out for yourself which settings works best in
different conditions. Figure 15-15 and Table 15-13 provides additional details.

Note— The Contrast Mode setting presented in the Image window are retrieved
from the active camera. When no camera is connected to the system, or the
selected camera is operating in DLTV mode, this control is greyed out and not
editable, and displays N/A.

Figure 15-15: Image settings window

Table 15-13: Image settings window

Field Description

Contrast Mode The Contrast Mode has several preset automatic gain control (AGC)
settings, dependent on the configuration of camera(s), which change the
image gain and level settings. The available settings are retrieved from the
active camera and vary depending on the camera model. Examples include:

 Night Running
 Night Docking
 Day Running
 Man Overboard

15.7.3 Camera Image Capture

On the Camera Image Capture window, shown in Figure 15-16, you will find controls that can be
used to control the capture of camera imagery to the system hard disk, or an external hard disk,
if equipped. These controls are described in Table 15-14.

Note— The Camera Image Capture settings presented in the Image window are
camera independent. Image capture will continue, as per the selected settings, as
different cameras are selected as active.

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Table 15-14: Camera Image Capture settings window

Field Description

Start When clicked, the Start button will start the camera image screen captures function,
capturing .png or.jpg images as per the selected configuration settings (Refer to Section
15.7.3.1).

Note – The Start button is only available to click when radar imagery is actively being
displayed on the Radar Display. Otherwise, the Start button is greyed out and cannot
be selected.

Note – If you click Start, but the system does not start saving camera image screen
captures (the Start button is not active), you will need to free up some disk space on
the drive where the Storage Folder is specified, or select a Storage Folder on a different
drive with sufficient disk space. Refer to Section 15.7.3.1 for more information on
selecting a new storage folder.

Last Capture The last recorded time that an image was captured.
Time

Start Time The start time and date for the first time that an image was captured.

Capture This is the elapsed time since the “Start” button was clicked.
Duration

Total Images The number of images that have been captured.

captured

Settings Click the Settings button to access the Camera Image Capture Settings window, where
adjustments to the image capture may be made. Refer to Section 15.7.3.1 for details.

Note – The Settings button is only available to click when the Start button is not
clicked. Otherwise, when the Start button is clicked, the Settings button is greyed out
and cannot be selected.

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Caution— Never set the Storage Folder to reside on the C:\ drive of the PC.
This may cause the C:\ drive, hosting the Windows® 7 Operating System, to
fill up with data and will stop the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System from working.

In the Camera Image Capture Settings window, shown in Figure 15-17 you will find controls that
can be used to adjust the format, frequency, storage location, quality, etc. of the captured
camera imagery. These controls are described in Table 15-15.
Captured images are saved to the location specified in the Storage Folder location file, and the
filenames are always prefixed with the text entered into the Filename Prefix field. Each saved
image will also have the capture time and GPS location appended to the filename, so the actual
format becomes ‘Capture_YYYYMMDD_hh_mm_ss_xxx_xx_xxN_yyy_yy_yyW.format’

Note— The Camera Image Capture Settings window is not accessible when the Start
button, on the Camera Image Capture window is enabled. Image capture must be
stopped before adjustments to the image format, frequency, storage location,
quality, etc. can be made.

Figure 15-17: Camera Image Capture Settings window

Table 15-15: Camera Image Capture Settings window

Field Description

Capture Type Specifies the camera image capture type. Currently, Images is the only
option available.

Format Allows the user to choose the camera image capture format – .png or .jpg
are the available options.

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Quality (%) Determines the quality of resolution of the captured camera images. The
allowable range is 0-100%.

Note - If set to 100%, the best possible camera image is captured, but more
disk space is consumed. The available disk space is calculated and displayed
in the Free Storage Space field.

Interval Specifies the interval between camera image captures. The minimum is 1
second. The time units may be adjusted using the Units dropdown menu,
and may be set to Seconds, Minutes, or Hours.

Filename Prefix The user may select a custom filename prefix for the saved camera image
capture files by entering it into this field.

Storage Folder The user may select a custom storage folder where the saved camera image
capture files will be stored.

Free Storage Space Indicates the free disk space available on the drive selected specified in the
Storage Folder field.

Estimated recording Given the selected camera image capture file parameters (file format,
time quality, and frequency), and the Free Storage Space, this filed gives an
indication of how long Camera Image Capture can run before the disk
automatically fills up with data, at which point Camera Image Capture will
automatically stop.

Email Settings Click the Email Settings button to open the Camera Image Capture Email
Settings window, which is detailed in Section 15.7.3.1.1.

15.7.3.1.1 Camera Image Capture Email Settings

On the Camera Image Capture Email Settings window, shown in Figure 15-18, you will find
controls that can be used to specify details for sending emails containing camera image captures
as attachments. These controls are described in Table 15-16.
Emails are sent when the user clicks the Send Email button on the Camera window, described in
Section 18 .

Note— Emails containing camera image captures can only be sent when the PC to
which SeaView is installed has access to a valid mail server and network.

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Table 15-16: Camera Image Capture Email Settings window

Field Description

From Enter a valid email address of the sender of the Email. The address must be
in the format: [email protected].

To Enter a valid email address of the recipient of the Email. Only one email
address is accepted. The address must be in the format:
[email protected].

Subject Enter the subject of the Email, user specified.

Body Enter the body of the Email, user specified, perhaps describing the attached
camera image capture.

SMTP Enter a valid SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) mail server address. For
example: ServerXYZ.CompanyXYZ.Local

Note – If a valid SMTP address is not supplied, the email will not be sent.

15.8 About
The About button opens the About window. This window displays the SeaView application
version number and the Client Bit Mode. Figure 15-19 displays the About window.
Figure 15-19: About window

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16 Rutter Radar—100S6 Controls
16.1 Overview
This section describes the principles and operational procedures for the control and operation of
the Rutter Radar—100S6.

16.1.1 Warm-Up Requirement

Upon power-up of a “cold” transceiver, a minimum warm up period of 180 seconds must be
allowed before the transceiver is allowed to transmit. This warm up period is required by the
magnetron.
As soon as the transceiver is powered on, it immediately goes into warm up mode. Once the
warm up mode period is complete, then the transceiver goes into standby mode.

16.1.2 Installation Parameters

When the radar is commissioned, the following parameters are configured for each transceiver:
 Heading marker offset  Performance monitor Xr attenuator value
 Trigger delay  Performance monitor Xt attenuator value
 Local oscillator tuning  Performance monitor Rx mode tuning value
value  Performance monitor system mode tuning value
 Blanking sectors

16.1.3 Radar Tuning

The radar tuning adjustment optimizes the Radar Display’s signal-to-noise ratio by adjusting the
microwave frequency of the radar receiver to match the frequency of the received microwave
echoes. By matching these frequencies the amplitude of the received microwave echo is
maximized resulting in the optimal signal-to-noise ratio.
There are two levels of tuning adjustment:
 Coarse tune—set during radar installation and commissioning. This should not need re-
adjustment for the lifetime of the radar.
 Fine tune—adjusts the tuning around the set coarse tune value and may be used to
adjust the tuning as the radar frequency shifts over time
Note 1— Coarse Tune only appears when SeaView is in Commissioning Mode.

Note 2— Under normal operation, the fine tune should always be in AFC
(Automatic Frequency Control) mode. It is only under special circumstances that
the manual tune mode should be used.

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Figure 16-1 displays the radar controls on the Display Panel.
Figure 16-1: Radar controls on Display Panel

16.2.1 Pulse Length

The Pulse Length select button controls the radar pulse length. The Radar Display range scales
available depend on the pulse length setting, and are configured during system commissioning
in the Rutter Server Configuration Utility:
 Short pulse—available range scales of 0.25 to 3 Nm
 Medium pulse— Available range scales of 3 to 6 Nm
 Long pulse—Available range scales of 6 to 24 Nm.
Note 1— These ranges are the default settings and could be modified using the
Server Rutter Configuration Utility.
Note 2—When the PLEN alarm is triggered, the background color of the Pulse
Length select button turns red.

16.2.2 Transmit
The Transmit toggle button switches the radar transceiver between Standby and Transmit
modes. When the Transmit button is enabled, the transceiver is in Transmit mode. When the
Transmit button is disabled, the transceiver is in Standby mode. The current transceiver mode is
indicated in the Status field on the Radar Control window. See Section 16.3 for more
information.
When the transceiver is in Standby mode:

 The transceiver is not transmitting any microwave pulses

 The antenna is stationary
 The transceiver can be switched to Transmit mode
When the transceiver is in Transmit mode:
 The transceiver emits microwave pulses
 The antenna rotates
 The transceiver can be switched to Standby mode

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The Radar Control tab is located in the Menu Panel. Click the Radar Control tab to open the
Radar Control window.
Figure 16-2 displays the Radar Control window.
Figure 16-2: Radar Control window

Table 16-1 describes the Radar Control window.

Table 16-1: Radar Control window

Field Description

Status Message

Status Displays the current mode of the radar transceiver. The modes are:

 Inactive—SeaView application is not connected to the transceiver.

 Warm Up [XXX]s—The transceiver is connected to the SeaView application, and is
in Warm Up mode. The message displays “Warm Up [XXX]s”, where [XXX]s is a
count-up in seconds from 0 to 999.
 Standby— The transceiver has completed its warm-up period.
 Transmit—The radar is transmitting.

Tuning Controls

Coarse Tune Coarse tune—set during radar installation and commissioning, and is only available
when SeaView is in Commissioning Mode.

Fine Tune Allows you to fine tune the microwave frequency of the radar receiver to maximize
the amplitude of the received microwave echo.

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Tune Ind Displays the level of tuning. The farther the bar appears to the right, the better the
radar is tuned.

Tune Mode Specifies the tuning mode of the receiver. The options are:

 AFC—Automatic Frequency Control. The system automatically tunes the receiver

fine tuning. This is the normal operating mode for the radar.
 Manual—Receiver tuning is manual. This should only be used under special
circumstances.

Note—For normal radar operations, Tune Mode should be set to AFC.

Radar Status

TX Status Opens the TX Status window. See Section 16.3.1 for more information.

TX BIST Opens the TX BIST window. See Section 16.3.2 for more information.

Perf. Monitor Opens the Performance Monitor window. See Section 16.3.3 for more information.

Sector Blanking Opens the Sector Blanking window. See Section 16.3.4 for more information.

Radar Alarms

BIST Displays red when an alarm is raised. See Section 16.4 for more information

PLEN

COMM

STBYTX

Alarm List Lists the triggered alarms.

16.3.1 TX Status
The TX Status window displays the status of the transceiver.
Figure 16-3 displays the TX Status window.

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Table 16-2 describes the TX Status window.

Table 16-2: TX Status window

Field Description

SART Displays whether the SART (Search and Rescue Transponder) is installed in the radar
transceiver. The options are:

 Fitted—the SART is installed

 Unfitted—the SART is not installed

PERFMON Displays whether the Performance Monitor is installed in the radar transceiver. The
options are:

 Fitted—The Performance Monitor is installed

 Unfitted—The Performance Monitor is not installed

TX POWER Displays the power of the radar transceiver in kW.

PRF Displays the current transmitting PRF (Pulse Repetition Frequency) of the transceiver in
Hz.

Wide-Band Specifies whether the transceiver wide-band function is enabled. The options are:

 On
 Off

Note—Wide-Band is only on when the radar pulse length is set to Long.

16.3.2 TX BIST
The TX BIST (Built-in System Test) window displays data read from the transceiver’s built-in
system test. Figure 16-4 displays the TX BIST window.

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Table 16-3: TX BIST window describes the TX BIST window.

Table 16-3: TX BIST window

Field Description

MAGNETRON Displays the magnetron current in A.

MODULATOR Displays the modulator voltage in V.

+30V LINE Displays the monitored voltage of the 30 volt line.

+12V Line Displays the monitored voltage of the 12 volt line.

SPARK GAP Displays the results of the Spark Gap self-test. The options are:

 Pass
 Fail

CORRUPT DATA Displays the results of the Corrupt Data self-test. The options are:

 Pass
 Fail

MESSAGE TO Displays the results of the Message to Transmit/Receive self-test. The

TXRX options are:

 Pass
 Fail

HEADING MARKER Displays the results of the Heading Marker self-test. The options are:

 Pass
 Fail

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CHANGE TRIG Displays the results of the Change Trigger self-test. The options are:

 Pass
 Fail

MODULATOR TRIG Displays the results of the Modulator Trigger self-test. The options are:

 Pass
 Fail

S/W VERSION Displays the software version running on the transceiver.

16.3.3 Performance Monitor

The Performance Monitor allows you to assess the degradation of the transceiver and antenna
performance. The Performance Monitor consists of four arcs in the radar display area. The arcs
are approximately 0.3 Nm apart, starting at a range of 8 Nm. The arcs extend from 155O to 185O
for X-band transceivers, and from 290O to 320O to S-band receivers. The Perf. Monitor button is
only available when the radar is transmitting. Figure 16-5 displays the Performance Monitor for
an X-band transceiver.
Figure 16-5: Performance Monitor

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Table 16-4 describes the Performance Monitor window.
Table 16-4: Performance Monitor window

Field Description

Status Specifies the status of the Performance Monitor.

The options are:

 Enabled
 Disabled

Mode Specifies the mode. The options are:

 RX— monitors the performance of the receiver

path for incoming signals
 SYSTEM—monitors the performance of the
overall system

Tune Specifies the frequency of the performance

monitor to match the frequency of the
transceiver.

XR Normalizes the performance monitor in RX mode.

XT Normalizes the performance Monitor in SYSTEM

mode.

Procedure 16-1 describes how to use the Performance Monitor.

Procedure 16-1: To use the Performance Monitor

Disable all filters in the Video Processing control set in the Display Panel.
Disable sector blanking so the radar is transmitting in 360O (requires that Commissioning
Mode be enabled on in SeaView):
i. Open the Radar Control tab.
ii. Click on the Sector Blanking button.
iii. Click the Full Scan Mode button to enable Full Scan Mode.
Ensure the AFC tuning mode is enabled:
i. Open the Radar Control tab
ii. Ensure the Tune Mode field is set to “AFC”.
Set the Radar Display range to 12 Nm.
Set the Pulse Length to Long.
Enable the Performance Monitor:

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 i. Open the Radar Control tab.
ii. Click on the Perf. Monitor button.
Click the Status button to enable. The button appears green.
Set the Mode field to RX.
Set the Tune, XT, and XR fields to Zero (0) by moving the sliders all the way to the left.
Adjust the Tune and XT setting :
i. Slowly drag the Tune slider to the right until the four arcs visible on the
display are at their brightest.
ii. Slowly drag the XT slider until the outermost arc is just visible.
Set the Mode field to System.
Adjust the Tune and XR field:
i. Slowly drag the Tune slider to the right until the four arcs visible on the
display are at their brightest.
ii. Drag the XR slider until the outermost arc is just visible.
Click the Status button to disable the Performance Monitor.
Re-enable any previously disabled sector blanking settings.

16.3.4 Sector Blanking

The Sector Blanking button allows you to assess controls to configure specific sector blanked
zones where radar transmission is inhibited.
The Sector Blanking button is only available when SeaView is in Commissioning Mode and the
radar is transmitting.

16.4 Radar Alarms

This section contains the four system alarms that are displayed in red if there is an error with
the radar.

16.4.1 BIST Alarm

The BIST alarm is triggered when the SeaView application is no longer receiving Built-In Self Test
(BIST) data from the transceiver. The BIST alarm clears automatically when the SeaView
application begins receiving valid BIST data.

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16.4.2 PLEN Alarm
The PLEN alarm is triggered when the pulse length echoed back from the transceiver does not
match the pulse length requested by SeaView. Once SeaView requests a new pulse length the
transmitter has four seconds to change before the alarm triggers. The PLEN alarm clears
automatically when either the requested pulse length matches the connected transceiver, or
the display is switched to standby.

Note — When the PLEN alarm is triggered the background color of the Pulse
Length select button flashes RED. This button is located in the Range/Centering
control set of the Display Panel.

16.4.3 COMM Alarm

A COMM alarm is triggered if a valid message has not been received from the transceiver for
more than 3 seconds. The transceiver COMM alarm is cleared when a valid message is received.

16.4.4 STBYTX Alarm

The STBYTX alarm is triggered when the status message echoed back from the transceiver does
not match that requested by the SeaView. The standby/transmit error alarm clears
automatically when the requested status matches that of its connected transceiver.

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17.1 Overview
This section describes the principles of and operational procedures for the control and operation
of the SAM NACOS radar.

Note: Remote Desktop capability to a PC running the sigma S6 Server application

is not supported when SAM NACOS functionality is enabled.

17.1.1 Warm-Up Requirement

Upon power up of a “cold” transceiver, a minimum warm-up period is required before the
transceiver is allowed to transmit. This warm-up period is required by the magnetron.
As soon as the transceiver is powered on, it immediately goes into warm-up mode. Once the
warm-up mode period is over, then the transceiver goes into standby mode.

17.1.2 Installation Parameters

When the radar is commissioned the following parameters are configured for each transceiver:
 IP Address
 Heading marker offset
 Performance monitor Xr attenuator value

17.2 Radar Controls on the Display Panel

Figure 17-1 displays the five pulse length radar controls on the Display Panel.
Figure 17-1: Radar controls on Display Panel

The Pulse Length select button (Figure 17-1) controls the radar pulse length. Select the Pulse
Length button to open the Mode and Range Maximum dropdown menu. It lists 12 maximum
range scales available for each mode. For SAM NACOS you must indicate what pulse mode
(Short or Long) and the maximum range associated with that mode that you want for the Radar
Display:
 12 Short pulse settings displayed with the associated maximum range; and
 12 Long pulse settings available with the associated maximum range.

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If you want the Radar Display to provide images at a range greater than the range currently
selected then follow procedure 17-1.
Procedure 17-1: To change the display range for the master radar image

1. Left-click on the Pulse Length select button. The Mode and Range Maximum drop down
menu appears.
2. Select from the Mode and Range Maximum drop down menu the appropriate mode
with the maximum that you want in the Radar Display
3. The radar will automatically update the image to the selected pulse length and range.

Each of these modes and their associated maximum display ranges include

 Short pulse mode available range scales up to a maximum of:

o 250 m o 3 Nm
o 500 m o 6 Nm
o 0.25 Nm o 12 Nm
o 0.50 Nm o 24 Nm
o 0.75 Nm o 48 Nm
o 1.5 Nm o 96 Nm
 Long pulse mode available range scales up to a maximum of:
o 250 m o 3 Nm
o 500 m o 6 Nm
o 0.25 Nm o 12 Nm
o 0.50 Nm o 24 Nm
o 0.75 Nm o 48 Nm
o 1.5 Nm o 96 Nm

Note — When the PLEN alarm is triggered, the background color of the Pulse
Length select button turns red.

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17.2.1 Transmit
When the Transmit button is disabled, the transceiver is in Standby mode. When the Transmit
button is enabled, the transceiver is in Transmit mode. The Transmit toggle button only works if
the transceiver is not already transmitting. It will not stop transmission once initiated.

Caution: Once the SAM NACOS radar begins transmitting the only way to stop
transmission and revert to standby is by terminating the sigma S6 Server
application and ensuring there are no other clients operating on the network.

The current transceiver mode is indicated in the Status field on the SAM NACOS Status window.
See Section 17.3 for more information.
When the transceiver is in Standby mode:
 The transceiver is not transmitting any microwave pulses
 The antenna is stationary
 The transceiver can be switched to Transmit mode
When the transceiver is in Transmit mode:

 The transceiver emits microwave pulses

 The antenna rotates
 The transceiver can be switched to Standby mode

17.3 Radar Control

The SAM NACOS Status tab is located in the Menu Panel. When SeaView is running you can click
the SAM NACOS Status tab in the Tabs section to open the SAM NACOS Status window. The SAM
NACOS Status window displays the radar status and the Request Control toggle button. The
submenu buttons, when selected, display more detailed status information. Figure 17-2 shows
the SAM NACOS Status window.
Figure 17-2: SAM NACOS Status window

Table 17-1 describes the SAM NACOS Status window.

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Field Description

Status Message

Status Displays the current mode of the radar transceiver. The modes are:
Standby: Transceiver is warmed up and in Stand-by mode
Warm Up: Transceiver is connected to SeaView Application and is warming
up
Transmitting: Transceiver is connected to Seaview application and is
transmitting
PerformanceMonitor: Transceiver is in Performance Monitor mode
ServiceMenu: Transceiver is in Service Menu mode**
Calibration: Transceiver is in auto calibration mode
ARPA Training: Transceiver is in (ARPA) training mode
Unknown: Transceiver status is unknown
Inactive: Transceiver is inactive
Invalid: Transceiver connection is invalid
Valid: Transceiver connection is valid

Control The first client on the network to connect to the transceiver is the granted
control. If you are the first client connected it will display Master. Any other
clients will display Slave

Request Control This toggle button when enabled allows SeaView to request Master control of
the radar

Radar Control
Control Status Displays status information about transceiver control
Video Status Displays status information about video data generated by the transceiver

Tuning Indication Displays status information about transceiver tuning

Connectivity Info Displays network settings through which connection has been established the
transceiver.

Service Info Displays diverse operational voltage and temperature.

Version Info Displays the version of SAM NACOS that is running for the various
components in the transceiver.

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The Control Status button opens the Control Status window that displays the information on the
client identity and the radar master identity. Figure 17-3 shows the Control Status window.

Figure 17-3: Control Status window

Table 17-2 describes the Control Status window.

Table 17-2: Control Status Window

Field Description

Receiving Displays Yes or No. If yes that indicates whether you are receiving data
through the control protocol

MFD Id Your client Identity

Master MFD Id Displays the identity of the client that is controlling the transceiver.

Pulse Length Displays Long or Short

Displays the maximum range for that pulse length

Range

Displays whether the radar is in automatic or manual tuning mode

Automatic Tuning

Displays whether or not the Interference Filter is enabled

Interference Filter

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Displays whether the antenna is set to normal speed or high speed.

HSC

Displays the elapsed lifetime in hours for the magnetron for

Magnetron
maintenance.
Elapsed Lifetime

17.3.2 Video Status

The Video Status button opens the Video Status window that displays information to enable you
to assess the status of the video transmission, resolution, format and bandwidth. Figure 17-4
shows the Video Status window in the Menu Panel.
Figure 17-4: Video Status window

Table 17-3 describes the Video Status window.

Table 17-3: Video Status window

Field Description

Receiving Indicates whether or not the video data is being received by the sigma
S6 Server application

Tx Id The Identity of the transceiver to which you are connected

Pulse Length The pulse length at which the transceiver that is currently operating in
nanoseconds

Sample Format Displays the compressed and uncompressed format being used in the
video protocol.

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Range Resolution
Displays the range resolution in nautical miles per sample

Transmission
Displays Normal if the video is being regularly transmitted and
Status received and Suppressed by Sector Blanking and no video is being
transmitted, in which case SeaView screen will be blank
IF Amp Bandwidth
Displays either 5 MHz or 25 MHz depending on the pulse length.

Gyro Status
Displays Valid or invalid depending on Gyro status.

Video Status
Displays Valid or invalid depending on Video status.

17.3.3 Tuning Indication

The Tuning Indication button opens the Tuning Indication status window that displays the tuning
status of the transceiver. Figure 17-5 shows the Tuning Indication status window.
Figure 17-5: Tuning Indication status window

Table 17-4 describes the Tuning Indication window

Table 17-4: Tuning Indication status window

Field Description

Tuning Indication Displays tuning indication of the radar

Tuning Voltage Displays tuning voltage of the radar

Up-to-date as of Displays most current date for radar tuning indication values

17.3.4 Connectivity Info

The Connectivity Info status button opens the Connectivity Info status window that displays the
IPs and client port through which the sigma S6 Server application sends control data. Figure
17-6 shows the Connectivity Info status window in the Menu Panel

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 Figure 17-6: Connectivity Info status window

Table 17-5: Connectivity Info status window describes the Connectivity Info status window.
Table 17-5: Connectivity Info status window

Field Description

TX Id The identity of the transceiver to which the client is connected

MFD Id The MFD identity of the client.

TX to MFD Group Displays the IP address and port through which control data is received
by the sigma S6 Server application

MFD to TX Group Displays the IP address and port through which the sigma S6 Server
application sends control data.

Video Group Displays the IP address and port through which video data is received by
the sigma S6 Server application

Auto Start Displays whether or not Auto start transmission is enabled

Transmission

17.3.5 Service Info

The Service Info button opens the Service Info status window and displays service information
for the given date. Figure 17-7 shows the Service Info status window in the Menu Panel

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Table 17-6 describes the Service Info status window.

Table 17-6: Service Info status window

Field Description

Up-to-date Displays the most current date for the service information
update

FrontendOk Displays 0 … 3V=defect; greater than or equal to 3V =good

ADC_VDD Displays ADC_VDD

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RangeA Displays range alignment meter

ADC_VEE Displays the ADC_VEE values where applicable

Azimuth Displays azimuth alignment

ADC_P24v Displays voltage of 24V +/- 1.5V

PpiDc1 Displays Volts values where applicable

(4MHz/48Nm)

ADC_P28v Displays voltage in range of 24V …35V

PpiDc2 Displays Volts values where applicable

(20MHz/24 Nm)

ADC_P5v0 Displays 5V +/- 1.0V

ArpaDcOffset1 Displays Volts values where applicable

(4MHz/48Nm)

ADC_N5v0 Displays -5V=/- 1V

ArpaDcOffset2 Displays Volts values where applicable

20MHz/24NM

ADC_P1V8 Displays 1.8V +/ 0.36V

TuneLow Displays tune lower limit

ADC_P1v80 Displays 1.8V +/- 0.36V

TuneUp Displays tune upper limit

ADC_P1v2 Displays 1.2V +/- 0.24V

TuneVo Displays tune voltage values where applicable

ADC_P2V5 Displays 2.5V +/- 0.50 V

TuneIn Displays tune indication values where applicable

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IRPC_Temperature Displays temperature -25 C … 90 C

IMAG1 Displays IMAG1 values where applicable

Not Use No values

IMAG2 Displays IMAG2 values where applicable

MagnetrBias Displays magnetron bias in amperage of 1.1 A +/- 0.22 A

MagnetrHeater Displays value for X where X=6.3V+/- 0.5V, S=5.8 V +/- 0.5 V

MagnetronCurrent Displays the magnetron current values where applicable

AutoAd Displays AutoTransceiverAdjustFailed values where

0=No auto adjust failure

1=Automatic PPI DC-offset adjust failed

2= Automatic ARPA_DC

MBSLenght Displays meter-offset adjust failed

Request Service Data This toggle button when enabled allows the client to request
service data

17.3.6 Version Info

The Version Info button opens the Version Info status window and displays the current versions
of the radar hardware and software in use. Figure 17-8 shows the Version Info status window.

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Table 17-7 describes the Version Info status window.

Table 17-7: Version Info status window

Field Description

Transmitter Type Depending on the radar being used on this vessel this displays S-Band 30
KW, X-Band 25 KW , X-Band 12 KW

Modulator Version Displays the version of the modulator in the transceiver

Receiver Version Displays the version of the receiver in the transceiver

IPRC HW Version Displays the hardware version of the transceiver

IPRC SW Version Displays the version of the software running in the transceiver

IPRC OS Version Displays the version of the operating system in the transceiver

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18 Camera
When the optional Camera Integration module is purchased and enabled, and the system is
connected to and communicating with a camera, the Camera tab is displayed in the Tabs section
of SeaView. Click the Camera tab to open the Camera window, displayed in Figure 18-1.
The controls provided on the Camera window allow you to control the active camera functions,
where the active camera is selected on this page from the Active Camera dropdown menu,
circled in red on Figure 18-1. If there is more than one camera connected and controlled by the
sigma S6 WaMoS® II system, they will be listed under the Active Camera dropdown menu, by
name. Just below the Active Camera dropdown menu is the Select Sensor dropdown menu,
which allows the user to set the active camera in Daylight TV mode (DLTV) or in Infrared (IR)
mode.
Figure 18-1: Camera window

Table 18-1 describes the Selected Tracks window.

Table 18-1: Camera window

Field Description

Camera Image The Camera Image Display window will show the selected video stream (IR or DLTV)
Display from the active camera.

Up/Down/Left Click and hold the Up/Down/Left/Right button to manually adjust the active camera
/Right position. While you are holding the button down, the camera will be moving at the
Azimuth Speed or Elevation Speed defined under the camera Movement window
described is Section 15.7.1. To stop the camera movement, release the button. To
make very minor 1 degree adjustments to the camera position, quickly click the
required button. These buttons can be used to adjust the active camera position on a
moving target, as the target may not be centered in the Camera Image Display
window.

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Home Click the Home button to manually force the active camera to return to the home
position. The home camera position is defined during the installation and
commissioning of the FLIR camera.

Active Camera All cameras that are connected to the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System and that are
available for control are listed in the Active Camera dropdown menu. Select a camera
from this menu to make it the active camera. Only video from the active camera is
displayed in SeaView at any one time, and any control commands that result from
operator request (+/- Zoom, Up/Down/Left/Right/Home, etc.) are applied to the
active camera only.

Select Sensor Use the Select Sensor dropdown menu to choose the operational mode of the active
camera. The sensor choices are retrieved from the active camera on connection.

Focus Available only in DLTV mode, otherwise these buttons are greyed-out.

- Auto will automatically set camera focus.

- Near will focus the camera on near/foreground objects.
- Far focus the camera on far/distant objects.

+Zoom Click and hold +Zoom to zoom in on an object.

-Zoom Click and hold -Zoom to zoom out on an object.

Undock If desired, the Camera window may be undocked from the Menu Panel and moved to
a second display, if available. After undocking, to dock the Camera window, simply
click the Dock button that will be shown in the undocked Camera Window.

Camera Image Each time the Camera Image Capture button is clicked, a screenshot is saved to the
Capture Storage Folder location as configured under the Camera Image Capture Settings
window, described in Section 15.7.3.1.

Send Email When the Send Email button is clicked, and the Email Settings are correctly set as
described in Section 15.7.3.1.1, a Select Screenshot window pops-up prompting you
to select a screenshot to send to the recipient as an attachment. Select the required
file(s) and click the Open button on the Select Screenshot window to complete
sending the Email.

Note – If the email fails to send, you will see an error in the Server Log Section of the
Menu Panel that states “Error Sending Email”. If this occurs, verify the From and To
email addresses and the SMTP address configured under the Email Settings window
as described in Section 15.7.3.1.1.

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19 sigma S6 WaMoS® II Sea-State Analysis and High
Resolution Current
19.1 Overview
The sigma S6 WaMoS® II application uses X-Band radar data to remotely measure spectral sea-
state and surface current parameters using the Sea-State Analysis module. This module has
been designed for operation from fixed and moving platforms such as coastal sites, off-shore
platforms, and ocean-going vessels. sigma S6 WaMoS® II provides continuous availability of sea-
state and surface current data in a variety of conditions, including rough sea-states, harsh
weather conditions, and in low visibility.
When the optional High Resolution Current (HRC) module is purchased, the sigma S6 WaMoS® II
application can also remotely measure high resolution current and bathymetry information
based on the input X-band radar data. The HRC module has been designed for operation from
fixed platforms only, such as coastal sites and fixed off-shore platforms. sigma S6 WaMoS® II
provides continuous availability of high resolution current and bathymetry data in a variety of
conditions, including rough sea-states, harsh weather conditions, and in low visibility.

Note 1— The Sea-State Analysis module is required for the operation of the High
Resolution Current module.
Note 2— For the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application to accurately derive sea-state
and High Resolution Currents, the radar attached to the sigma S6 WaMoS® II
System must be operating in Short Pulse mode. Operation in Medium Pulse or
Long Pulse modes does not provide the required data resolution for accurate
results for low to medium sea-states.

The following sections describe sigma S6 WaMoS® II operation with SeaView.

19.1.1 Temporal Averaging

In general, in-situ sensors such as buoys and lasers sample the sea surface elevation at a specific
point over a period of approximately 20 minutes. Therefore, the obtained wave parameters
represent 20-minute temporal means of point measurements. These measurements are not
taken over a broad field of view.
In contrast, a single sigma S6 WaMoS® II wave measurement provides a mean value over one
minute of data samples, and over an area several times the measured wave length. To be
comparable with in-situ sensors, single sigma S6 WaMoS® II wave measurements are averaged
over a period of 20 minutes.

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19.1.2 Spatial Averaging
During the commissioning, the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application allows for the configuration of
up to 5 Wave Boxes around the radar field of view for Sea-State Analysis processing. In a typical
installation, two to four Wave Boxes is a common scenario.
If the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application is installed to a vessel which typically operates in a
homogeneous wave and current regime (i.e. open ocean transits, offshore wind turbine parks,
etc.), the sea-state results of the individual Wave Boxes are combined into a single spatial
average, which are presented to the operator in SeaView.
If the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application is installed to a vessel or coastal site which typically
operates in a non-homogeneous wave regime (i.e. area of varying water depth, under water
surface features such as shoals, harbor entries, river estuaries, etc.), the sea-state results of the
individual Wave Boxes are not averaged together, as important local wave and current
phenomena to each Wave Box may be obscured. The results of each Wave Box are individually
presented to the operator in SeaView.

19.1.3 Wave Systems

The sigma S6 WaMoS® II application is capable of measuring up to four independent wave
systems, where they exist:
 1st Swell System
 2nd Swell System
 3rd Swell System
 1st Wind Sea System.
1st and 2nd are also referred to primary and secondary wave systems, respectively. The 1st wave
system is also referred to as the dominant wave system, as it has higher peak wave energy
compared to the 2nd wave system. This is visually represented in the directional frequency
spectrum that can be shown in the WaMoS® II Display Panel. Swell systems are wave systems
that originate in deep ocean waters, and generally consist of long period waves (> 10 seconds)
with waves that have very shallow wave fronts. Wind sea wave systems are caused by
local/regional wind conditions, and typically have short wave periods (< 10 seconds) and steep
wave fronts.
Multiple swell systems can occur in a common area as distant, independent storm systems each
cause swell systems that can travel long distances to interact with one another. SeaView
displays wave parameters for both the 1st/2nd/3rd Swell systems and 1st Wind Sea system that are
derived by the sigma S6 WaMoS® II Sea-State processing.
If one of the swell systems or the wind sea system cannot be isolated and the wave parameters
cannot be thereby derived, SeaView displays N/A for each parameter. This is a possibility when a
swell system is not present, or the local winds are too low to generate a wind sea. Generally,

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local winds need to be at 2 m/s or greater to generate enough wind sea (> 0.5m) for proper and
accurate Sea-State Analysis processing by the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System.

19.2 WaMoS® II Display Panel

The WaMoS® II Display Panel displays the results of the Sea-State Analysis and HRC processing.
Figure 19-1 displays the WaMoS® II Display Panel.
Figure 19-1: WaMoS® II Display Panel

The following sections describe the WaMoS® II Display Panel.

19.3 Selection and Status Bar

The Selection and Status bar contains a series of buttons and status messages for sigma S6
WaMoS® II operation.

19.3.1 Radar Select Button

The Radar Select button (not shown in Figure 19-1) appears for SeaFusion system, allowing you
to select the radar covering the area to be analyzed in a SeaFusion system.

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19.3.2 Wave Box Select Button
If the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application is not configured for spatial averaging (refer to Section
19.1.2) the Wave Box Selection button is displayed. Otherwise, it is hidden. The Wave Box
Selection button allows selection of the wave box for which information is displayed in the
WaMoS® II Display Panel. If the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application is configured for spatial
averaging, the WaMoS® II Display Panel always displays average data across all configured wave
boxes.

Note— Wave boxes and Spatial Averaging are configured during sigma S6
WaMoS® II application commissioning.

19.3.3 Last Update Text Field

The Last Update field displays the last time sigma S6 WaMoS® II refreshed the sea-state data.

19.3.4 Dock/Undock Button

The Dock/Undock button allows you to undock the WaMoS® II panel from the SeaView display,
allowing you to view the WaMoS® II panel on a second monitor from the main SeaView display
screen.

Note— When viewing the WaMoS ® II panel undocked from the SeaView display
on a second monitor, the screen display resolution MUST be the exact same as
the screen display resolution of the monitor showing the SeaView display.

19.3.5 Last HRC Update Text Field

The Last HRC Update field displays the last time sigma S6 WaMoS® II refreshed the HRC
parameters displayed on the screen. This field only appears when the optional HRC module has
been installed.

19.3.6 Freq Spec/Graphs Button

The Freq Spec/Graphs toggle button allows you to switch between the Directional Frequency
Spectrum display and Graphs display.
When Freq Spec is selected, the Directional Frequency Spectrum is displayed. See Section 19.7
for more information about the Directional Frequency Spectrum display.
When Graphs is selected, a selection of graphs is displayed. See Section 19.8 for more
information about the available graphs.

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19.4 Sea-State
The Sea-State section displays information about the wave and current conditions as derived by
the Sea-State Analysis module of the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application. If the sigma S6 WaMoS®
II application is set up for spatial averaging of the individual wave boxes during commissioning,
this area shows the spatially averaged wave and current parameters. If spatial averaging is not
selected during commissioning time, this area shows the wave and current parameters for the
wave box selected under the Wave Box Selection button.
Figure 19-2 displays the Sea-State Information section.
Figure 19-2: Sea-State Information section

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Table 19-1 describes the Sea-State section.
Table 19-1: Sea-State section

Field Description

Peak Wave Parameters

Hs Displays the significant wave height, in meters, of all systems.

This value is a statistical parameter related to the energy of the sea-state. Hs is calculated
from 20 minute sea surface elevation time series as the average of the highest one-third of
all occurring wave heights.

Note— If Spatial Averaging is enabled on sigma S6 WaMoS® II, the value represents an
average across all Wave Boxes. If disabled, the value represents the average of the selected
Wave Box.

ϴp Displays the direction in degrees that the peak wave is coming from.

This value is calculated directly from the wave spectrum. It represents the direction of the
energy maximum within the computed wave spectrum. To get the energy maximum,
WaMoS® II looks for the frequency interval of the energy maximum with 80%.

Note— If Spatial Averaging is enabled on sigma S6 WaMoS® II, the value represents an
average across all Wave Boxes. If disabled, the value represents the average of the selected
Wave Box.

Tp Displays the peak wave period in seconds.

This value is obtained directly from the wave spectrum, representing the period of the
energy maximum within the computed wave spectrum.

Note— If Spatial Averaging is enabled on sigma S6 WaMoS® II, the value represents an
average across all Wave Boxes. If disabled, the value represents the average of the selected
Wave Box.

λp Displays the peak wave length.

This value depends on the propagation speed in water. This speed changes with the water
depth, thereby providing different wave length in deep and shallow water for the same
period.

Note— If Spatial Averaging is enabled on sigma S6 WaMoS® II, the value represents an
average across all Wave Boxes. If disabled, the value represents the average of the selected
Wave Box.

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HMAX Displays the estimated maximum wave height, in meters, of the peak wave.

The value for HMAX is estimated from the significant wave height (Hs), and therefore based
on statistical assumption. The default configuration for HMAX = 1.44*Hs

In practice HMAX = 1.44*Hs is an appropriate relation and often used in buoy applications.
However, the relationship between HMAX and Hs is configurable during system
commissioning time should an alternative definition be desired.

NOTE 1— These relations are only estimates of HMAX of the most probable maximum wave
height with a wave height distribution. The actual value of H MAX can be higher or lower
depending the environmental conditions. Very extreme individual waves with H MAX > 2*Hs
which seem to be unrelated to the prevailing wave condition, are called rogue or freak
waves. These are very rare and special and very temporally localized. These waves cannot
be estimated.

NOTE 2— If Spatial Averaging is enabled on sigma S6 WaMoS® II, the value represents an
average across all Wave Boxes. If disabled, the value represents the average of the selected
Wave Box.

1st/2nd/3rd Swell Wave and 1st Sea Wave Parameters

Hs Displays the significant wave height, in meters, of each Swell system and the Sea system.

This value is a statistical parameter related to the energy of the sea-state. Hs is calculated
from 20 minute sea surface elevation time series as the average of the highest one-third of
all occurring wave heights.

Note— If Spatial Averaging is enabled on sigma S6 WaMoS® II, the value represents an
average across all Wave Boxes. If disabled, the value represents the average of the selected
Wave Box.

ϴp Displays the direction, in degrees, that each Swell system and the Sea system is coming
from.

This value is calculated directly from the wave spectrum. It represents the direction of the
energy maximum within the computed wave spectrum. To get the energy maximum, sigma
S6 WaMoS® II looks for the frequency interval of the energy maximum with 80%.

Note— If Spatial Averaging is enabled on sigma S6 WaMoS® II, the value represents an
average across all Wave Boxes. If disabled, the value represents the average of the selected
Wave Box.

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Tp Displays the wave period in seconds of each Swell system and the Sea system.

This value is obtained directly from the wave spectrum, representing the period of the
energy maximum within the computed wave spectrum.

Note— If Spatial Averaging is enabled on sigma S6 WaMoS® II, the value represents an
average across all Wave Boxes. If disabled, it represents the average of the selected Wave
Box.

λp Displays the wave lengths, in meters, of each Swell system and the Sea system.

This value depends on the propagation speed in water. This speed changes with the water
depth, thereby providing different wave length in deep and shallow water for the same
period.

Note— If Spatial Averaging is enabled on sigma S6 WaMoS® II, the value represents an
average across all Wave Boxes. If disabled, it represents the average of the selected Wave
Box.

Current Parameters

Speed Displays the current speed in m/s.

Direction Displays the current direction in degrees. This is the direction in which the current is
moving to, relative to the Wave Box positions.

19.5 HRC
The sigma S6 WaMoS® II application has an optional High Resolution Current (HRC) module that
allows the determination of high resolution surface currents and bathymetry by monitoring the
wave field within the range of the X-Band radar, out to a maximum of approximately 2 NM.
When installed, HRC provides maps of current speed, current direction, and water depth on a
grid overlay
Figure 19-3 displays the HRC section.
Figure 19-3: HRC section

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Table 19-2 describes the HRC parameters.
Table 19-2: HRC parameters section

Field Description

Specifies whether the HRC Overlay is enabled on the Radar Display

HRC Overlay
section. The options are:
 Enabled— The HRC Overlay is enabled.
 Disabled— The HRC Overlay is disabled.
Note— Appears when optional HRC functionality is purchased and
installed.
Specifies the HRC Overlay displayed in the Radar Display on the Sea-State
Layers
panel. The options are:
 Vectors
 Vectors and Current Color Map
 Current Color Map
 Depth Color Map
 Vectors and Depth Color Map
Note— Appears when optional HRC functionality is purchased and
installed.
Observation Point
Displays the current speed at the observation point in m/s.
Speed

Displays the current direction at the selected observation point.

Direction
This is the direction in which the current is moving to, relative to the
selected observation point.
Displays the water depth at the selected observation point.
Water Depth

19.6 Range
The + Range and - Range toggle buttons change the range of the Radar Display. Click the +
Range toggle button to increase the range of the Radar Display. Click the - Range toggle button
to decrease the range. The maximum range that can be selected is limited by the active pulse
length selection.

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 Note 1— For the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application to accurately derive accurate sea-
state and High Resolution Currents, it is required to operate the radar attached to the
sigma S6 WaMoS® II System in Short Pulse mode. Operating in Medium Pulse and
Long Pulse modes does not provide the required data resolution for accurate results
for low to medium sea-states.
Note 2 — Changing the range using the + Range and - Range toggle buttons located
on the WaMoS® II Display Panel will also similarly change the range on the main Radar
Display Panel. Likewise, changing the range using the + Range and - Range toggle
buttons located on the main Display Panel will also similarly change the range on the
WaMoS® II Radar Display Panel.

19.7 Directional Frequency Spectrum

The Directional Frequency Spectrum area provides a visual representation of the directional
frequency spectra analysis.
The Directional Frequency Spectrum displays the spread of energy levels relative to the
maximum energy. During the spectra analysis, the entire spectrum is normalized relative to the
maximum level, with a scale of 0.0 to 1.0 (0% to 100%). The maximum point on the spectrum is
displayed in red, showing the direction where the wave energy originates and the period of that
wave energy.
This display assists in determining the wave direction. The direction of the maximum energy
indicates the direction from which the wave energy is travelling relative to the ships heading or
relative to north.
Different wave systems measured by the sigma S6 WaMoS® II processing can be visually
differentiated by interpreting the results displayed on the Directional Frequency Spectrum. The
Directional Frequency Spectrum shows the derived wave period as a series of circular rings
drawn onto it, with the wave period for each ring shown in a unit of seconds. Wave systems
with a period of longer than 10 seconds are generally Swell Systems. Wave systems with a
period of less than 10 seconds are typically Wind Sea Systems.

Note 1— It is common for multiple wave systems to be displayed on the

Directional Frequency Spectrum. Typically, there will be one Swell system, and one
Sea Wave system displayed, and one of those will be dominant of the other with
respect to the energy (color) display. It is also possible to see more than one of
each type of wave system (or some combinations of) in complex scenarios. This
indicates multiple Wind Sea Wave systems and/or multiple Swell Systems. Section
19.1.3 describes the reasons behind such scenarios.

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 Note 2— During Commissioning, if the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application is set up
for spatial averaging of the individual wave boxes, the displayed Directional
Frequency Spectrum represents the average spectrum of all configured wave
boxes. If spatial averaging is not selected during commissioning time, the
Directional Frequency Spectrum specific to the wave box selected under the Wave
Box Selection button is displayed.

Figure 19-4 displays the Directional Frequency Spectrum display.

Figure 19-4: Directional Frequency Spectrum display

19.8 Graphs
The Graphs area displays the sigma S6 WaMoS® II analysis history for specific parameters in a
graph. The options are:
 Frequency Spectrum E(f)— Displays a graph of the frequency spectrum.
 Wave History— Displays the peak wave direction over the recording time.
 Current History— Displays the current speed and direction over the recording time.
 Hs & Tp History— Displays the significant wave height and the peak wave period over
the recording time of the selected wave box.
 H MAX History— Displays the peak wave H MAX over the recording time of the selected
wave box.
Note 1— If, during commissioning, the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application has been
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 graphs show the average of all configured wave boxes. If spatial averaging was
not configured, the displayed graphs are specific to the selected wave box.
Note 2— When operating in Playback mode, the system does not capture new
data from the radar. During this time, the sigma S6 WaMoS® II processing is
stopped, and no new wave and current data is recorded.

19.8.1 Frequency Spectrum E(f)

The Frequency Spectrum E(f) wave graph displays the mean wave energy by frequency over the
recording time. Figure 19-5 displays the Frequency Spectrum E(f) graph.
Figure 19-5: Frequency Spectrum E(f) graph

19.8.2 Wave History

The Wave History graph displays the peak wave direction of the selected wave box over the
recording time. Figure 19-6 displays the Wave History graph.

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 Figure 19-6: Wave History graph

19.8.3 Current History

The Current History graph displays the current speed over the recording time of the selected
wave box. Figure 19-7 displays the Current History graph.
Figure 19-7: Current History graph

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19.8.4 Hs & Tp History
The Hs & Tp History graph displays the significant wave height and the peak wave period over
the recording time of the selected wave box. Figure 19-8 displays the Hs & Tp History graph.
Figure 19-8: Hs & Tp History graph

19.8.5 HMAX History

The HMAX History graph displays the peak wave HMAX over the recording time of the selected
wave box. Figure 19-9 displays the HMAX History graph.

Figure 19-9: HMAX History graph.

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20 Pulse Per Second
Some GPS receiver models have the capability to output an electrical signal called pulse per
second (PPS). The PPS signal is a well-conditioned square wave, having a very sharply rising and
falling edges, with a period of one second. PPS signals from GPS receivers, being stratum-0
sources, are often connected to data collection computers, such as the sigma S6 PC, used during
scientific data collection trials for precise timekeeping of the captured data. It is noteworthy
that a PPS signal is not a time source, rather is simply marks, very accurately, the start of each
second according to the stratum-0 GPS receiver time.
Since the release of sigma S6 version 9.0.2, the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System may be
commissioned such that if there is an available one second period PPS electrical signal, that
signal may be injected directly into the RSi-5000 PCI card via a low-latency and low-jitter wire.
This physical connection requires that the RSi-5000 PCI card be equipped with a PPS daughter
card (RUT-03329) and that the RSi-5000 PCI card be programmed with the proper version of
firmware (RUT-03131-BA or higher).
When the physical PPS connection is made to the PPS daughter card (mounted onto RSi-5000
card), it detects the PPS signals rising edge transition, and embeds that transition into the
digitized raw radar data stream that is sent over the PCI bus. The digitized raw radar data stream
is received off of the PCI bus into the sigma S6 Server application.
The sigma S6 Server application can record this digitized raw radar data stream, including the
PPS signal and additional GPS and PC timestamp information, into the Raw Data Recording
Module (if enabled) for future analysis. Also, the sigma S6 Server application will forward the
digitized raw radar data stream, including the PPS signal and additional GPS and PC timestamp
information, to the sigma S6 WaMoS® II application, where it is output into the WaMoS® II .POL
file format, again for future analysis.
If interested in utilizing the PPS functionality available to the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System,
please contact OceanWaveS GmbH technical support at the contact information located on the
back cover of this document.

Note — The PPS function is not available on the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System
when connected to a digital radar.

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21 SeaFusion
The sigma S6 SeaFusion System allows you to merge video data from two to four radars into a
common radar image with a common track set derived from the merged radar image. The
merged image and track set are displayed using SeaView.

21.1 Overview
Vessels and platforms often have multiple blind spots that require multiple radar antennas to
provide complete coverage. The radars are configured to cover a specific area, with sector
blanking enabled in areas where blind spots occur. Each radar provides partial image and plot
data to a SeaFusion PC, where the data is merged into a common image and set of plots.
Tracking operations are performed on the common set of extracted plots. The results are
displayed to the operator using SeaView.
Figure 21-1 displays the network layout for the SeaFusion system using four radars.
Figure 21-1: Network layout for SeaFusion system with four radars

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21.2 Connecting the SeaFusion System
Procedure 21-1 describes how to connect the multiple radars to the SeaFusion Server.
Procedure 21-1: To Connect to the SeaFusion system

1. Start the sigma S6 Server on each sigma S6 Server PC that you want to fuse data from.
2. On the SeaFusion PC, start the SeaFusion Server.
3. On the SeaFusion PC, right-click the SeaFusion Server icon in the system tray and select
Radar Server Connections… from the pop-up menu. The SeaFusion Connections Settings
window appears, as shown in Figure 21-2.
Figure 21-2: SeaFusion Connections Settings window

4. Select the sigma S6 Servers you want to connect to the SeaFusion Server:
i. In the Available Radar Servers list, select a radar server to connect to.
ii. Click the Add -> button. The server appears in the Selected Radar Servers list.
iii. Repeat substeps i and ii for the remaining radar servers you want to connect.
5. Click the Connect All Servers button and close the window.
6. On the SeaFusion PC, start SeaTrack and SeaView.
7. Connect SeaView to the SeaFusion Server.

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21.3 Master Control
Only one SeaView client can control SeaFusion at a time. By default, the first SeaView client PC
connected to the SeaFusion Server becomes the Master. All other SeaView client PCs are
connected as slaves, with all controls locked.
A slave PC can gain Master Control of the SeaView system upon request. Procedure 21-2
describes how to gain Master Control of the SeaFusion system.
Procedure 21-2: To gain Master Control

1. On the SeaView slave PC, click the Request Master button, as shown in Figure 21-3.
Figure 21-3: Request Master button

2. On the SeaView Master PC, the Incoming Request button appears with a countdown
displaying the number of seconds before Master Control is transferred to the slave PC in
step 1. Figure 21-4 displays the Incoming Request button and countdown.
Figure 21-4: Incoming Request button and countdown

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 3. Either:
a. Transfer Master Control immediately:
i. Click the Incoming Request button
ii. On the master PC, click the Incoming Request button. The Incoming Master
Request dialogue box appears, as shown in Figure 21-5.
Figure 21-5: Incoming Request dialogue box

iii. Click the Yes button. Master Control is transferred to the requesting PC.
b. Allow the countdown to conclude. Master Control is transferred to the requesting
PC.
c. Decline the request:
i. On the master PC, click the Incoming Request button. A confirmation dialogue
box appears.
ii. Click the No button.

21.4 Radar Control—Rutter Radar

The Radar Control panel allows you to control the radars attached to the SeaFusion Server.
Figure 21-6 displays the SeaFusion Radar Control tab for all servers.
Figure 21-6: SeaFusion Radar Control tab (all radars)

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Figure 21-7 displays the Radar Control Tab with a selected radar.
Figure 21-7: Radar tab (radar selected)

Table 21-1 describes the SeaFusion Radar Control tab.

Table 21-1: SeaFusion Radar Control tab

Field Description

Status Displays the current mode of the radar transceiver(s). The modes are:

 Inactive—SeaView application is not connected to the transceiver.

 Warm Up [XXX]s—The transceiver is connected to the SeaView application, and is in
Warm Up mode. The message displays “Warm Up [XXX]s”, where [XXX]s is a count-
up in seconds from 0 to 999.
 Standby— The transceiver has completed its warm-up period.
Transmit—The radar is transmitting.

Radar list Specifies the radar to control. The options are:

 All radars— All connected radars are controlled
 Radar 1— Radar 1 is controlled.
 Radar 2— Radar 2 is controlled.
 Radar 3— Radar 3 is controlled.
 Radar 4— Radar 4 is controlled.

Tuning Controls

Coarse Tune Coarse tune—set during radar installation and commissioning, and is only available
when SeaView is in Commissioning Mode and when a radar is selected from the Radar
list.

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Fine Tune Allows you to fine tune the microwave frequency of the radar receiver to maximize the
amplitude of the received microwave echo.

Tune Ind Displays the level of tuning. The farther the bar appears to the right, the better the
radar is tuned.

Tune Mode Specifies the tuning mode of the receiver. The options are:

 AFC—Automatic Frequency Control. The system automatically tunes the receiver

fine tuning. This is the normal operating mode for the radar.
 Manual—Receiver tuning is manual. This should only be used under special
circumstances.
Note—For normal radar operations, Tune Mode should be set to AFC.

Radar Status

TX Status Opens the TX Status window. See Section 16.3.1 for more information.

TX BIST Opens the TX BIST window. See Section 16.3.2 for more information.

Perf. Opens the Performance Monitor window. See Section 16.3.3 for more information.
Monitor

Sector Opens the Sector Blanking window. See Section 16.3.4 for more information.
Blanking

Radar Alarms

BIST Displays red when an alarm is raised. See Section 16.4 for more information

PLEN

COMM

STBYTX

Alarm List Lists the triggered alarms.

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21.5 Radar Control—SAM NACOS
The SAM NACOS Radar Control panel allows the user to identify master or slave status and to
request control if slave. The first client on the network to connect to the transceiver is the
granted control. If you are the first client connected it will display Master. Any other clients will
display Slave. See Figure 17-1: Radar controls on Display Panel. When the Transmit button is
disabled, the transceiver is in Standby mode. When the Transmit button is enabled, the
transceiver is in Transmit mode.

Note: The Transmit toggle button can only disable transmission if the radar is not
already transmitting. It cannot disable transmission once the radar is initiated. If
SAM NACOS radar is transmitting the only way to revert to standby is by
terminating the sigma S6 Server application and ensuring no other clients are
operating on the network.

Figure 21-8 displays the SAM NACOS Radar Control tab.

Figure 21-8: SAM NACOS Control tab

Table 21-2 describes the SAM NACOS Radar Control tab.

Table 21-2: SAM NACOS Radar Control

Field Description

Request Control This toggle button when enabled allows SeaView to request Master control of
the radar

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Appendix A— Theory of Operation
The sigma S6 WaMoS® II System has several types of filters/data processing functions that can
be used to clean up Radar Displays in various ways, allowing you to interpret and extract useful
information from the radar data. The following Sections give supplementary detailed
information about these SeaView filters and data processing functions.

A.1 Scan Averaging

Scan Averaging is a technique for enhancing the view of very small slow moving targets; targets
lost in sea clutter; and faint or intermittent targets in heavy seas.
The advantages of Scan Averaging include:
 Improved detection of small, slow-moving targets
 Removal of uncorrelated signals caused by sea clutter and interference
Scan Averaging is the process of averaging the intensity values of corresponding pixels from
consecutive scans. This process emphasizes low intensity targets that appear in many
consecutive scans and fades out high intensity targets that only appear in one or two scans.
To compensate for platform motion, the sigma S6 Server application retrieves current position
information from the GPS device. It uses this data to remove the relative motion from each of
the processed scans. This function is called “Motion Compensation”.

Note—Motion Compensation should only be disabled if the radar is on a fixed

platform). If motion compensation is disabled and the radar is on a fast moving ship,
or if a large number of scans are being averaged, then stationary radar targets will
appear blurred as target display is spread along a range equal to the distance
traveled during scan integration.

With the sigma S6 WaMoS® II System, up to 8 scans can be averaged.

A.2 Sea/Rain (CFAR) Filtering

Sea/Rain filtering is also known as CFAR filtering (Constant False Alarm Rate). This filter removes
range dependence and local clutter background from the Radar Display. This filter makes the
probability of detection (typically measured by a target being brighter than a fixed threshold)
equal for all parts of the image.
The Sea/Rain filter calculates the average local radar signal level and then subtracts this average
from the local signal level. The filter is applied across samples within one radar pulse but is NOT
applied across radar pulses. This filter uses an ordered statistic CFAR to generate the
background estimate. The “ordered statistic CFAR” estimates the background level by sorting
the samples according to amplitude and then choosing a value as the background estimate.

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A.3 STC Filter (Sensitivity Time Control)
The STC filter reduces the gain of the video signal at close range where maximum sensitivity is
not generally required. This allows the operator to increase the overall gain for more sensitivity
at farther ranges which increases the likelihood of weak target detection at longer ranges.
The STC filter is a range-dependent, video-signal-gain reduction control. The amount of video
signal gain reduction applied varies over the distance from the radar center. The filter provides
maximum gain reduction at zero range (i.e. image center). The amount of gain reduction applied
decreases in a linear manner with increasing range (i.e. distance from image center). The
farther away from center the less gain reduction is applied until the maximum range of the filter
is reached where there is no gain reduction applied. The filter’s maximum gain reduction value
is set by the Clutter Suppression parameter in the STC Settings pop-up window. The maximum
range affected by the filter is set by the Range parameter in the STC Settings pop-up window.

A.4 Pulse Filtering

The Pulse filter reduces signal interference caused by system noise and by the presence of other
operating radars. The unfiltered interference from other radars can appear as radial streaks
(blurred lines) in the Radar Display. The filter works by averaging video intensity across a group
of adjacent samples in consecutive radar pulses (i.e. a group of adjacent samples in the Azimuth
dimension). This type of averaging, enabled by the Filter toggle button in the Video Processing
control set of the Display Panel, diminishes the radial streaks caused by noise and interference.
The Pulse filter uses a uniform-weight integrator to perform the pulse-to-pulse processing. The
internal resolution of the integrator ensures that there is no loss of image grayscale resolution.
The number of samples that the filter algorithm integrates at one time is called the filter’s
“window length.” The window length is calculated from the radar PRF, antenna rotation speed
and beam width. This calculation allows the integrator to be matched to radar characteristics.

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Appendix B— sigma S6 Connect
B.1 Overview
The sigma S6 WaMoS® II System may be optionally configured to periodically output geospatial
information including georeferenced radar video images and derived information such as tracks,
oil spill outlines, etc. Depending on how the system was commissioned, the following items are
output into the designated file system folder:

Note— The sigma S6 System offers the option on commissioning of saving radar
video image files using one of two file naming formats:
Indexed files use the file-naming format (e.g. S6_OUT[0..n]) where “n” is a preset
maximum number of image files to save before the sigma s6 system will stop
recording radar image files or loop back to begin saving the newest files over the
oldest files.
GPS data/time files use the file-naming format (e.g.
S6_OUT2015_11_30_15_18_19.tif) in which a user-defined and configured amount
of hard drive space is available for recording. Once this allocated space is full the
sigma s6 system will either stop recording radar image files or loop back to begin
saving the newest files over the oldest files.

B.2 File Formats

B.2.1 Radar Video Image File Formats

GeoTIFF – tagged image file format with embedded georeferencing information, e.g.
S6_OUT[0..n].tif, where n is the maximum number of files to retain.
PNG – portable network graphics file format, e.g. S6_OUT[0..n].png. This format does not
include georeferencing information but is suitable for overlaying onto a georeferenced context
such as may be provided by Google™ earth or similar applications.
JPEG – joint photographic experts group file format, e.g. S6_OUT[0..n].jpg . This format also does
not include georeferencing information. Like the PNG format, is suitable for image overlays.

B.2.2 Vector Data File Formats

Vector data files may also be configured to be output by the system. Depending on product
type, the system can be commissioned to include: targets, tracks, oil spill outlines, manual ice
outlines, sigma S6 WaMoS® II HRC data, sigma S6 WaMoS® II wave data and cursor annotations
in each vector file it creates. The following formats are supported:

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GML – Geography Markup Language, the XML grammar defined by the Open Geospatial
Consortium to express geographical features. E.g. S6_OUT[0..n].gml. When GML is configured as
an output option, the system will simultaneously generate an XML Schema Definition (XSD) file.
This file is used to define and describe the contents of the associated GML document.
KML – Keyhole Markup Language, the XML notation used to display geographic data in mapping
applications such as Google™ earth. E.g. S6_OUT[0..n].kml
DXF™ – Drawing eXchange Format, a tagged data representation of spatial information created
by the Autodesk Corporation for use in AutoCAD® software. DXF™ is widely supported by many
image manipulation applications. E.g. S6_OUT[0..n].dxf
ESRI – a geospatial vector data format developed and managed by Esri. It is used for
interoperability among Esri and other GIS software products. E.g. S6_OUT[0..n].shp

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