Furuno WR110 User manual

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OPERATOR'S
MANUAL
MODEL: WEATHER RADAR
TYPE: WR110
www.furuno.com

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IMPORTANT NOTICES
General
• This manual has been authored with simplified grammar, to meet the needs of international
users.
• The operator of this equipment must read and follow the descriptions in this manual. Wrong
operation or maintenance can cancel the warranty or cause injury.
• Do not copy any part of this manual without written permission from FURUNO.
• If this manual is lost or worn, contact your dealer about replacement.
• The contents of this manual and equipment specifications can change without notice.
• The example screens (or illustrations) shown in this manual can be different from the
screens you see on your display. The screens you see depend on your system configuration
and equipment settings.
• Save this manual for future reference.
• Any modification of the equipment (including software) by persons not authorized by
FURUNO will cancel the warranty.
• All brand and product names are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their
respective holders.
How to discard this product
Discard this product according to local regulations for the disposal of industrial waste. For
disposal in the USA, see the homepage of the Electronics Industries Alliance
(http://www.eiae.org/) for the correct method of disposal.
Importer in Europe
The following concern acts as our importer in Europe, as defined in DECISION No.768/2008/EC.
- Name: FURUNO EUROPE B.V.
- Address: Ridderhaven 19B, 2984 BT Ridderkerk, The Netherlands.
Software version: 8450002-05.**
**denotes minor modifications.
CE declarations
With regards to CE declarations, please refer to our website (www.furuno.com), for
further information about RoHS conformity declarations.

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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
The user and installer must read the appropriate safety instructions before attempting to install
or operate the equipment.
Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result
in death or serious injury.
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not
avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not
avoided, can result in minor or moderate injury.
WARNING
Radio Frequency Radiation Hazard
The radar antenna sends the electromagnetic radio frequency (RF) energy. This energy can
be dangerous to you, especially on your eyes. Do not look at the radiator or near the
antenna when the antenna is rotating.
The distances at which RF radiation levels of 100 W/m2 , 50 W/m2 and 10 W/m 2exist are
shown in the table.
DO NOT go near more than 12.7m (Safety standard is 10 W/m 2 ).
NOTE: The value is applied for being installed in the public space.And it is defined on human
body surface over any 6-minutes period with the flux density averaged from the measurement.
Distance from Antenna
-m
-m
12.7m
Power flux density
100 W/m2
50 W/m2
10 W/m2
WARNING
Do not open the radome.
Electrical shock can occur. Only qualified personnel should work inside the equipment.
Wear a hard hat and safety belt when mounting the Antenna
Unit.
Serious injury or death can result if someone falls from the radar antenna.
Do not use any other power except 100 to 240 VAC.
Connection of an incorrect power supply can cause fire or damage the equipment.
Turn off the power immediately if water leaks into the
equipment or smoke or fire is coming from the equipment.
Failure to turn off the equipment can cause fire or electrical shock.
Do not operate the equipment with wet hands.
Electrical shock can occur.
Do not disassemble or modify the equipment.
Fire or electrical shock can occur.
CAUTION
WARNING
DANGER

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WARNING LABEL
Warning labels are attached to the equipment. Do not remove any label.
If a label is missing or damaged, contact us for the replacement.
WR110 restrictions
There are restrictions frequency band as follows to use at Lithuania and Slovakia.
WR110 is operated with a channel from the following four channels:
CH1: 9422.5MHz, CH2: 9427.5MHz, CH3: 9432.5MHz, CH4: 9437.5MHz
Use only the specified power cable.
Fire or damage to the equipment can result if a different cable is used.
Use the power supply grounded certainly.
Electrical shock or defect of operation can occur.
When a thunderbolt is expected, do not approach a system or
do not touch a hand.
There is a possibility of receiving an electric shock.
A worker's safety is guaranteed although the measures which protect apparatus from
indirect lightning stroke serge are taken against this machine.
It is not a thing. Moreover, if a direct stroke is impressed, it may break down.
Attach securely protective earth to the unit.
The protective earth (grounding) is required to the AC power supply to prevent
electrical shock.
CAUTION
Do not put liquid-filled containers on the top of the equipment.
Fire or electrical shock can occur if a liquid spills into the equipment.
Establish space in the surroundings of apparatus as much as
possible.
It becomes a cause of performance degradation and failure.
Do not put any strong impact to LCD because of glass.
Serious injury may cause by broken glass.
Antenna Unit (radome)
Name: Radiation Warning Label
Type : 03-142-3201-0
number : 100-266-890-10

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WEATHER RADAR
WR110 Operation manual
CONTENTS
IMPORTANT NOTICES.....................................i
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS................................ii
Outline of System .............................................v
System Configuration.......................................vi
1. Operating Procedure of System
1.1. Startup the Radar System ................ 1
1.2. Startup the Data Processing Unit ..... 2
1.3. Shutdown / Reboot the Radar System
.................................................................. 2
2. Data Processing Unit Configuration
2.1. Configuration ..................................... 3
2.2. Data Processing Unit......................... 4
3. Operating Procedure of DPU
3.1. Power up............................................ 5
3.2. Startup screen ................................... 5
3.3. Power down....................................... 5
4. Software operation
4.1. Name & Function of RainMap............ 6
4.2. Rainfall observation operation ......... 15
4.3. Observation Data operation............. 18
4.4. Name and Function of RainPlay...... 19
4.5. Log file function................................ 23
5. Precautions on operation
5.1. Data backup .................................... 24
5.2. Software version.............................. 24
6. Maintenance
6.1. Troubleshooting............................... 25
6.2. Preventative Maintenance............... 25
7. Specifications
7.1. Antenna Unit .................................. 26
7.2. Data Processing Unit ..................... 27
7.3. Output Data Format
7.3.1. Data file type 1 ...................... 28
7.3.2. Data file type 2 ...................... 30
7.3.3. Data size ............................... 33
8. Menu Tree..................................................35
9. Other
9.1. Trademarks......................................37
9.2. Security export control .....................37
10. Peripheral equipment
10.1. Optional equipment........................38
10.2. UPS setting ..................................39
10.3. Windows Language setting ..........40
APPENDIX
1. SYSTEM DIAGRAM ..........................42
2. RADIO REGULATORY INFORMATION
................................................................43
3. DECLARATION OF CONFIRMITY ...44

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Outline of System
This system observes the development of rain clouds, outputs the strength of precipitation, the speed of rain
clouds (Dopplerspeed),and observesphenomenaof rainfall.
Features:
1. While installing antenna on a rooftop of building in urban area, it must be installed in the safety area covered
bylightningrod basedon JISA4201and IEC61024-1.
2.Nothingshould besurroundedaroundthe antennaarea.
Notice:
Donotgo aroundthe antennaarea.
Safe distance:
- IfH1is tallerthan1.6meters,it issafeunlesstouchtheantennadirectory.
- IfH1is shorterthan1.6meters,donotenterwithin aradiusof6 metersfrom theantenna.
Notice:Itbasedonthe standardof2 meterstallperson.
Safety zone around radar
e.g.:H2 (Height)=2m,
d (Distancebetweencenteroftheantenna andhuman)= 6m, θ=2°(Minimumazimuthis -2°)
H2-0.6 + d・tan θ = 2 – 0.6 +6・tan2°=1.6095 < H1
Therefore, H1(Heightof base)= 1.6m,
θ
H1
d
H2
H1 ＞H2- 0.6 + d・tan0
d

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System Configuration
The observation system consists of Antenna Unit (radome), Junction Unit (connection box), and Data
ProcessingUnit (indoorunit)asshownbelow.
1) AntennaUnit (radome)
TheAntenna isstored intheradome turningand radiatingtheradiowaves.
Theradiated wavesare backscattered byprecipitationparticleson thepropagation path, return tothe
antenna,and areprocessed byRFconvertertotransfer in the ATU.
2) JunctionUnit(connection box)
Thisunitis a relaypoint ofLANcable(100Base-T orbetter) andswitchesthepowerof theATU.
3) DataProcessingUnit (indoorunit)
Todisplayandrecordthe data of weatherobservation.

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1. Operating Procedure of System
1.1. Startup the Radar System
Outputthedataperiodically withdisplaying images,anddisplay thedataimage.
1.Thecircuitbreaker isinthe Junction
Unit(connectionbox).
2.Turn onthecircuit breaker.
(1) Turnonthecircuit breakerof theJunctionUnit (connectionbox)
(2) Turnonthepowerof the DataProcessing Unittostarttheobservation fromthe RainMap
Inprocess.
RJ45
coupler
FromATU
FromDPU

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1.2. Startup the Data Processing Unit
1.3. Shut down / Reboot the Radar System
ProcessoftheDataProcessingUnitoperationisnecessarywhenshutdowntheAntennaUnit.Moreover,
restartATU incaseofhavingproblem forexample theradar ishangedup.
Caution:Itmaybreak downif removeaplug orturnoff abreakerwithout followingthis process.
Shutdown thecircuitbreaker in theJunctionUnit.
1.Setup Data ProcessingUnit
(1) ConnectACpower supplycord from
electricaloutlet to DPU,andturn ONthe
power.(TurnONthe power ofATU before
turnONthe power ofDPU)
(2)Connect LANcablefromDPUtoATU(SPU),
andsetup IPaddress ofDPU.(192.168.31.110)
(3) UseUSB/ LANadapter ifonly 2LAN
connectors aremounted. Connect
(MONI-CON), andsetupIPaddress ofDPU.
(192.168.1.80)
(4) ConnectLANcablefromroutertoDPUfor using
Internet. (e.g.:192.168.0.5)
Notice: Do notusethe same IPaddress asATU.
2. Turn on the power of the DataProcessing Unit.
Username:radar
Password: radar
(1)Thedisplay software starts automatically.
(2)Click [Connect] tostartradar operation.
(3)Click the [Start emission] tostart
observation and to displayradar images.
If turned off the circuitbreaker in theJunction Unit(JCU), theradar system will alsobe off.
Sample image of DPU
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2. Data Processing Unit Configuration
2.1. Configuration
SPU 192.168.31.110 (LAN)
MONI-CON 192.168.1.80 (LAN)
Data Processing Unit
Internet 192.168.0.5(LAN)
(DonotusethesameIPaddress withSPU andMONI-CON
evenit isnecessaryto change the internet IPaddress)
Signal Processing Unit
192.168.31.101(LAN)
Port30100 (Forcontrol)
Port30101 (For transfer observeddata)
LANCable(Cat5e or better)
LANCable(Cat5eor better)
Antenna Unit
WAN
Remote control vianetwork
LANCable(Cat5e or better)
MONI-CON Block
192.168.1.77(LAN)
Port10001
JCU
LANCable(Cat5orbetter)
LANCable(Cat5orbetter)

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2.2. Data Processing Unit
TheDataProcessingUnit receives outputdatafrom theAntennaUnitand displays therainfall datain realtime.
Software name
Display software
RainMap.exe
Specification
Function
OS: Windows®10 IoT Enterprise 64bit
•Languagedisplayed: English andJapanese
(default: English)
ChangefromEnglishtoJapanesecorresponding tothe
languagesettingof Windows®
Data display:
•Observational dateand time:
Localtime display correspondingto thetime zoneof
Windows®
•Maximumdistancedisplayed
70km
Display scale
0.5-70 km
Unitdisplayed(inside:[m])
km
•Polarcoordinatedisplay (rθ)
•Coloration
Maximum15colors intable (maximum16values including
nocolor)
Map display:
•Localmap display:
DisplayBMPmap
Display of status:
Displaythesettingbutton andcurrent setting values.
•Datatypes
Rain(mm/h), Zh(dBz),Zh _corr (dBz), V(m/s),W(m/s)
•ATU
Displayof current activationandsettingvaluesof azimuth&
observedelevation
Setting of radar operation:
ConductthesettingtoATU sectionfromthemenuand the
confirmation.
• Scanmode
PPI,VolumeScan,SectorPPI/RHI,
•Removalof interference
Obtainan interference removedecho data
•DisplayON orOFF oftopographicalecho
removal
Obtaina topographicalremoved echodata
•Transmissionmask function
Obtainamaskedechodatathatsetting toATU.
•Elevation angle(-2 to90degrees)
Obtainaspecifiedelevationangleecho datathatsettingto
ATU.
•Setting ofradar constant
(Transmissionpulse width,rainfallstrength
conversion constant B, and β)
Obtainasettingechodatathatsettingto ATU.
Data manipulation:
•Savingof displayeddata
Saveasachronologicalorderunit(Time basedfilename)
•Playof displayeddata
Playfromthespecificationfilename.
Data output:
•Outputof datafile
Outputper 1 to5minutes

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3. Operating Procedure of DPU
3.1. Power up
Turnonthe powerof DPUto startWindows®.
Username: radar
Password: radar
3.2. Startup screen
Thefollowingscreenwilldisplayduringstartup.
3.3. Power down
1) Shutdown theWindows®.
Thereare3 ways toshutdownthe windows:
Method1. Rightclick[Startbutton] ->Choose[ShutdownorSignout] ->[Shutdown]
Method2. Press[Windows] + [X]key ->choose [ShutdownorSignout]-> [Shutdown]
Method3. Press[ALT]+[F4] key ->[Shutdown]
2) Turn offthe powerof DPU.
Drawing area
Displayvarious images
(rainfallstrength, etc.).

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4. Software operation
4.1. Name & Function of RainMap
File Menu bar
Clickthemenuname todisplayeach
selectedmenuitem.
・File
・Disp
・Setting
・RadarOperation
・Help
・Stop radaroperation
File menu
File play:
Displaytheplayscreenof log data.
RainPlaysoftwarewill popup. Seethe
instructionof4.4.
Snapshot:
Capturethe screen
Exit:
Closethesoftware
Drawing area
Displayvariousimages
(rainfallstrength, etc.).

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(Image screenof SRHI 90deg.)
Disp
SRHI screen:
・90degreesscreen(Indicatethe echoof
SRHIwith90degrees onsub screen)
・180degrees screen(Indicatetheecho
SRHIwith180degreeson subscreen)
Information Indication:
Indicateconditionof specifichardware.
Setting
Display
Displaythesettingmenu accordingto the
indication.
DataAcquisition
Displaythesettingmenu accordingto the
Log.
Radar Site Location
Displaya settingmenuaccordingto an
installationplaceofantenna.
Scan
Setupapatternofscanmodeanddetails.
Units
Setupatypeofindicationon rotation
speed.

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DataAcquisition
Screen capture (JPEG):
TurnONor OFF to capturedataon the
screen(jpeg).
・Screen capture save path:
Setupafoldertosave a capturescreen.
・Screen capture period:
Setupatimeinterval tosaveacapture
screen.
CSV:
TurnONor OFF to savedatabyCSV.
・CSV save path:
Setupa foldertosave theCSVdata.
・CSV save period [sec]:
Setupan intervaltimetosavethe CSV
data.
Radar parameters as CSV files:
Chooseatypeof parameter.
(Rain[mm/h],Zh [dBz], V [m/s], W [m/s])
Binary data:
TurnONor OFF to recordby binarydata.
Binary save path:
Setupafoldertosavethe binarydata.
Display
Display range [km]:
Setupanindication range.
Display data type:
Setupanindication oftheradarparameter.
Notice: WR110couldonly usethefollowing
types.
・Rain [mm/h]: Intensityof rainfall
・Zh [dBz]: Reflectionfactorofthe
horizontalpolarimetricradar
・Zhh_corr [dBz]: Attenuation corrected
Zh ofthehorizontalpolarimetricradar
・V [m/s]: Reflectionfactorofthevertical
polarimetric radar
・W [m/s]: Doppler velocityspectrumwidth
Echo transparency [%]:
Setuptransmittanceoftheindicationecho.
Antenna sweep line:
TurnONor OFF a sweeplineofscreen.
Radiowave shielding area:
Display(OFF,1, 2)radiowaveshielding area
onscreen. *Settingfileisnecessary.
1:Grayimages
2:Grayscaleimages

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Radar Site Location
Latitude [deg]:
Setupthe latitudeof theinstalledpoint.
Longitude [deg]:
Setupthe longitude oftheinstalledpoint.
Altitude [m]:
Setupthe altitudeof theinstalledpoint.
Map data path:
Setupan indicationmap forRainMap.
Thisprogram treatsasthe equidistant
cylindricalprojection.
Map left top lat [deg]:
Setupthe latitudeof lefttopcornerof Map
Image.
Map left top lon [deg]:
Setupthe longitude oflefttopcorner ofMap
Image.
Map right bottom lat [deg]:
Setupthe latitudeof bottomrightcornerof
“Map Image”.
Map right bottom lon [deg]:
Setupthe longitude ofbottomrightcornerof
“Map Image”.
Radar parameters in Binary file:
Selecta typeofparameter.
(Rain [mm/h], Zh [dBz], V [m/s], W [m/s],
Quality)

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Scan mode
Extension
PPIscan mode
Scn
Sector RHIscanmode
Rhi
VolumeScanscan mode
Scn
SectorPPIscanmode
Sppi
Sector RHI scan:
EL rotation speed [rpm]
Setupan elevation speed ofSRHI.
AZ start angle [deg]
Setupan angleofstartazimuthrange.
AZ end angle [deg]
Setupanangleof end azimuth range.
AZ step angle [deg]
Setupaquantity ofantennarotation while
changingan angleof azimuth.
EL start angle [deg]
Setupanangleof elevation starttoobserve
volume.
・Sector PPI scan: (ref. Fig.3)
[Sector PlanPositionIndicatorscan]
Itscans horizontallywithinapreset azimuth
areawhilechangingelevation basedon upto
32possiblevalues generating a 3dimensional
rectangularsolid angle.
PPI scan:
EL angle [deg]:
Setup an angle of antenna’s elevation during
PPImode.
AZ rotation speed [rpm]
Setupan azimuthrotationspeed at fixed
azimuth angel.
Scan set
There are 5 scan patterns that could
customizeandsaveasetting.
Scan mode:
Selectthescanmodeof antenna.
・PPI scan (2D data):
[PlanPositionIndicatorscan]
It continues equiangular 360 degrees on
horizontal rotation mode at a singleselectable
elevation.
・Sector RHI scan (3D data): (ref. Fig.1)
[SectorRange Height Indicator scan]
It scans vertically (RHI) and slightly to move
horizontally continuous within a preset
azimuth and elevation range generating a 3
dimensional rectangular solid angle.
Horizontal data would not be saved.
Itcontinuesmoveto theazimuthdirection
withclockwiseand counter clockwiseas 1
set.
・Volume scan (3D data): (ref.Fig.2)
This isthe modeto activate PPI scan to
changethe elevation angle upto32 steps.
It starts with the basic time (It comes with
Volume Scan Period and RainMap time
indication).
Table 1.
ELendangle [deg]
Setupanangleof elevation endto observe
volume.

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Volume scan:
Volume scan period [min]:
Selecta periodic volume scan movement from
1(60/[h]) /2(30/[h])/ 3(20/[h])/ 4(15/[h])/
5(12/[h])/ 6(10/[h])/ 10(6/[h]) / 12(5/[h])/
15(4/[h]) / 20(3/[h])/ 30(2/[h])/ 60(1/[h])
e.g.Volumescan will activateevery2 minutes if
select2/30/(H).(Itturns 30times perhour) and
measurement starttimewillbe; 00, 02,04, ...,
58seconds onDataProcessingUnit.
Sync. scan mode:
TurnONorOFFto operate antenna
synchronizescan whenusing 2ormore
radars.
Notice:Itcanuse onlywhenthe optional
device hasbeen installed.
・Sync. scanAZ start angle:
Setupthe azimuthstartangle ofsynchronize
scan.
e.g.: Staggerazimuthangleto90degrees
againstthe opponent radar when using2
radars.
・Sync. scan start date/time (UTC):
Setupthe timeofstartingsynchronizescan.
Note:ThisisGPStimetherefore it might
bedifferent asthe timeshows on
RainMap screen.
EL transition speed mode:
Selectspeedmode of elevation “Auto”or
“Manual”.
・Auto: RainMapwill adjustaspeed of
radar elevation automatically.
・Manual: Input speedvalue by hand.
EL transition speed [rpm] (Manual setting)
Setup a rotation speed of elevation direction
during elevation change in volume scan
(HorizontalSequence) observation.
Rotation speed of elevation direction = [Volume
Scan elevation moving direction of rotation
speed] + [Volume Scan elevation movement
differenceof rotationspeed]
Notice: [Volume Scan elevation moving
direction of rotation speed] ≧[Volume Scan
elevation movement difference of rotation
speed].
AZ rotation speed [rpm]
Setup the volume azimuth rotation speed for
eachelevation.
ELangle 0 –31 [deg]
Setup eachelevationvariation, up to32different
values. It automatically sorts in ascending order
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Table 2.
(1)AZrotationspeed[rpm]
(2)ELtransitionspeed [rpm]
Table 3. Rotation speed range
Menu
Range
ELrotationspeed
0.5 to 6.0rpm
ELtransitionspeed
0.5 to 6.0rpm
AZ rotationspeed
0.5 to 16.0 rpm
Sector PPI scan:
AZ rotation speed [rpm]
Setupan azimuthrotationspeed at fixed
azimuth angel.
AZ start angle [deg]
Setupthe presetstartazimuthrange.
AZ end angle [deg]
Setupthe preset endazimuth range.
ELangle 0 –31 [deg]
Setup each elevation variation,up to 32different
values. It automatically sorts in ascending order
ofelevationsettingvalue.
Startingpointto
observeelevation
Ending pointto
observeelevation
Ending pointto
observeelevation
Startingpointto
observeelevation
Ending pointto
observeazimuth
Startingpointto
observeazimuth
Ending pointto
observeazimuth
Startingpointto
observeazimuth
Horizontal
direction
Horizontal
direction
Vertical
direction
Vertical
direction
(2)
(1)
Elevation
time

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Figure3.SPPIScan mode
Ending pointto
observeelevation
Ending pointto
observeelevation
Vertical
direction
Vertical
direction
Horizontal
direction
Horizontal
direction
Startingpointto
observeazimuth
Ending pointto
observeazimuth
Ending pointto
observeazimuth
Startingpointto
observeelevation
Startingpointto
observeazimuth
Startingpointto
observeelevation
Vertical
direction
Counterclockwise
Clockwise
Horizontal
direction
Startingpointto
observeelevation
Horizontal
direction
Vertical
direction
Ending pointto
observeelevation
Ending pointto
observeelevation
Ending pointto
observeazimuth
Ending pointto
observeazimuth
Startingpointto
observeazimuth
Startingpointto
observeazimuth
Ending pointto
observeelevation
Ending pointto
observeelevation
Vertical
direction
Vertical
direction
Ending pointto
observeazimuth
Startingpointto
observeazimuth
Startingpointto
observeelevation
Startingpointto
observeelevation
Ending pointto
observeazimuth
Startingpointto
observeazimuth
Horizontal
direction
Horizontal
direction
Clockwise
Counter clockwise
Figure1.SRHIscanmode
Figure2.Volumescanmode
Ending pointto
observeelevation
Starting point to observe elevation
Vertical
direction
Horizontal
direction
Clockwise