Furuno WR-2100 User manual

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OPERATOR'S
MANUAL
MODEL:
Compact X-band Dual Polarimetric
Doppler Weather Radar
TYPE: WR-2100
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.

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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/m2exist are
shown in the table.
DO NOT go near more than 5.9m (Safety standard is 10 W/m 2 ).
Distance from Antenna
1.1m
2.8m
5.9m
Power flux density
100 W/m 2
50 W/m 2
10 W/m 2
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.
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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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 Display Unit .................... 2
1.3. Shutdown the Radar System ............ 3
1.4. Reboot the Radar System ................ 4
2. Display Unit Configuration
2.1. Configuration ...................................... 5
2.2. Display Unit ........................................ 6
2.3. How to install software ....................... 7
3. Operating Procedure of DPU
3.1. Power up ............................................ 8
3.2. Startup screen .................................... 8
3.3. Power down........................................ 8
4. Software operation
4.1. RainMap operation............................. 9
4.2. View setting ...................................... 10
4.3. Help .................................................. 18
4.4. Emergency Stop............................... 18
4.5. Rainfall observation operation ......... 19
4.6. RainPlay operation........................... 22
4.7. Log file function ................................ 25
5. Precautions on operation
5.1. Data backup ..................................... 26
5.2. Software version............................... 26
6. When having trouble
6.1. How to reset the radar system ......... 27
7. Maintenance
7.1. Troubleshooting................................ 28
7.2. Preventative Maintenance................ 28
8. Output Data Format
8.1. Data file type 1 ................................. 29
8.2. Data file type 2 ................................. 31
8.3. Data size........................................... 34
9. Menu Tree ...................................................36
10. DPU setting
10.1. TeamViewer access password.......38
10.2. Trademarks.....................................39
10.3. Security export control ....................39
APPENDIX
1. System diagram .................................40

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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 (Doppler speed), and observes phenomena of rainfall.
Features:
1. While installing antenna on a rooftop of building in urban area, it must be installed in the safety area covered
by lightning rod based on JIS A 4201, JIS Z 9290 and IEC 62305.
2. Nothing should be surrounded around the antenna area.
Notice:
Do not go around the antenna area.
Safe distance:
- If H1 is taller than 1.6 meters, it is safe unless touch the antenna directory.
- If H1 is shorter than 1.6 meters, do not enter within a radius of 6 meters from the antenna.
Notice: It based on the standard of 2 meters tall person.
Safety zone around radar
e.g.: H2 (Height) = 2m,
d (Distance between center of the antenna and human) = 6m, θ=2°(Minimum azimuth is -2°)
     θ       °   
Therefore, H1 (Height of base) = 1.6m,
70km
H1 ＞H2- 0.6 + d・tan0
d
H1
d
H2
0.6m
0

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System Configuration
The observation system consists of Antenna Unit (radome), Signal Processing Unit (storage box), and Display
Unit (indoor unit) as shown below.
1) Antenna Unit (radome)
The Antenna is stored in the radome turning and radiating the radio waves.
The radiated waves are backscattered by precipitation particles on the propagation path, return to the
antenna, and are processed by RF converter to transfer the signals to Signal Processing Unit
2) Signal Processing Unit (storage box)
Signal Processing Unit is stored in the storage box, and processes received signals digitally.
The digital processed signals are transferred to the Display Unit via 1000Base-T (LAN).
3) Display Unit (indoor unit)
To display and record the data of weather observation.

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1. Operating Procedure of System
1.1. Startup the Radar System
The Antenna Unit and the Signal Processing Unit are in the waiting status.
Output the data periodically with displaying images, and display the data image.
1. The circuit breaker is in the Signal Processing
Unit (storage box).
2. To turn on the circuit breaker.
(1) Turn on the circuit breaker of the Antenna Unit and the Signal Processing Unit (storage box)
(2) Turn on the power of the Display Unit, and place the main outlet to supply a power for the
Antenna Unit and the Signal Processing Unit
(3) Start the observation from the menu of the Display Unit
In process.

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1.2. Startup the Display Unit
1) Connect AC power supply cord from
electrical outlet to DPU, and turn ON the
power. (Turn ON the power of SPU before
turn ON the power of DPU)
2) Connect LAN cable from SPU to DPU, and
setup IP address for SPU. (192.168.1.101)
3) Connect LAN cable from modem to USB
LAN adaptor for DPU if it does not have 2
ports for LAN, and setup IP address for
Internet. (e.g.: 192.168.0.5)
4) Turn on the power of the Display Unit.
Username: radar
Password: radar
5) The display software starts automatically.
6) Click [Connect] to start radar operation.
7) Click the [Start emission] to start observation and to
display radar images.
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1
3
Figure 1: DPU

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1.3. Shut down the Radar System
1) Case of Windows version installed in PXI
*Please ask either Windows or RT version from Furuno if you are not sure.
Process of the Display Unit operation is necessary when shut down the Signal Processing Unit.
Caution: It may break down if remove a plug or turn off a breaker without following this process.
(1) Go into the remote desktop screen by clicking the icon of [PXI.RDP] on a
screen of the Display Unit.
OR
Swipe in from the right edge of windows screen. Then click [Search] to
look for “Remote Desktop connection” to indicate a dialog box.
(2) Enter “192.168.1.100” (IP address of PXI) in a
column of [Computer] on Remote Desktop
connection screen.
(3) Enter “WR” on password of “WR” account in a
Windows Security. And then click [OK].
(4) If security message shows up on a screen, click [Yes] to continue.
If turned off the circuit breaker in the Signal Processing Unit, the radar system will also be off.

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(5) Use [Search programs and files] in a start
menu and to enter “cmd” in the blank space.
And then press [Enter] to indicate
“Command prompt” on a screen.
(6) Enter “shutdown /s /t 0” in a dialog box of
command prompt, and then press [Enter].
(7) Confirm a lamp inside the PXI (inside the
Signal Processing Unit). If it turned to red, it
means the PXI is down.
(8) Shutdown the circuit breaker of the Signal
Processing Unit.
2) Case of RT version installed in PXI
Turn off the circuit breaker in Signal Processing Unit directly.
1.4. Reboot the Radar System
Press the button of Signal Processing Unit directly to reboot the system.
*It may take about 1 minute.
Red lamp
Power Breaker
Reset button

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2. Display Unit Configuration
2.1. Configuration
192.168.1.5 (LAN)
Display Unit
(USB3.0)
USB-LAN adapter
Signal Processing Unit
192.168.1.100(LAN)
LAN Cable (Cat5e or better)
LAN Cable (Cat5e or better)
Signal Processing Unit
(Storage box)
Remote control via network

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2.2. Display Unit
The Display Unit receives output data from the Signal Processing Unit (hereinafter called as SPU) and displays
the rainfall data in real time.
Software name
Display software
RainMap.exe
Specification
Function
OS: Windows®8.1, 64bit Professional
•Language displayed: English and Japanese
(default: English)
Change from English to Japanese corresponding to the
language setting of Windows®
Data display:
•Observational date and time:
Local time display corresponding to the time zone of
Windows®
•Maximum distance displayed
70 km
Display scale
10, 30, 50, 70 [km]
Unit displayed (inside: [m])
km
•Polar coordinate display (rθ)
•Data display
Rainfall intensity Rain (mm/h), Reflective intensity Zh (dBZ),
Doppler velocity V (m/s),
Cross polarization difference phase (φDP),
Specific differential phase (Kdp),
Co-poral correlation coefficient (ρHV)、
Differential reflectivity (Zdr),
Doppler velocity spectrum width W
•Coloration
Maximum 15 colors in table (maximum 16 values including
no color)
Map display:
•Local map display:
Display BMP map
Display of status:
Display the setting button and current setting values.
•Data types
Rainfall intensity Rain (mm/h), Reflective intensity Zh (dBZ),
Doppler velocity V (m/s),
Cross polarization difference phase (φDP),
Specific differential phase (Kdp),
Co-poral correlation coefficient (ρHV)、
Doppler velocity spectrum width W,
Differential reflectivity (Zdr)
•ATU and SPU
Display of current activation and setting values of azimuth &
observed elevation
Setting of radar operation:
Conduct the setting to SPU section from the menu and the
confirmation.
• Scan mode
PPI, Spiral, Volute scan, Sector PPI/RHI,
•Removal of interference
Obtain an interference removed echo data
•Display ON or OFF of topographical echo
removal
Obtain a topographical removed echo data
•Transmission mask function
Obtain a masked echo data that setting to SPU.
•Elevation angle (-2 to 90 degrees)
Obtain a specified elevation angle echo data that setting to
SPU.
•Setting of radar constant
(Transmission pulse width, rainfall strength
conversion constant B, and β)
Obtain a setting echo data that setting to SPU.

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Specification
Function
Data manipulation:
•Saving of displayed data
Save as a chronological order unit (Time based file name)
•Play of displayed data
Play from the specification file name.
Data output:
•Output of data file
Output per 1 to 5minutes
2.3. How to install Software
Use “Setup.exe” (in CD-ROM) to install the software.
If reinstallation is required, first uninstall the software, then install it again because there is no function to
correct the specific programs, etc. individually.
For reinstallation, conduct the setting from the beginning because the current setting values are deleted.

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3. Operating Procedure of DPU
3.1. Power up
Turn on the power of DPU to start Windows®.
User name: radar
Password: radar
3.2. Startup screen
The following screen will display during startup.
3.3. Power down
1) Shut down the Windows®.
There are 3 ways to shutdown the windows:
Method 1. Right click [Start button] -> Choose [Shutdown or Sign out] -> [Shutdown]
Method 2. Press [Windows] + [X] key -> choose [Shutdown or Sign out] -> [Shutdown]
Method 3. Press [ALT] + [F4] key -> [Shutdown]
2) Turn off the power of DPU.
Drawing area shows
various images
(Rainfall strength, etc.).

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4. Software operation
4.1. RainMap operation
File Menu bar
Click the menu name to display each selected menu item.
・File
・Disp
・Setting
・Radar Operation
・Help
・Emergency Stop
File menu
File play:
Display the play screen of log data.
RainPlay software will popup.
(Refer the instruction of 4.6)
Snapshot:
Capture the screen
Exit:
Close the software
Disp
SRHI screen:
・90 degrees screen (Indicate the echo of SRHI with
90 degrees on sub screen)
・180 degrees screen (Indicate the echo SRHI with
180 degrees on sub screen )
Information Indication:
Indicate condition of specific hardware.
Setting
View:
Display the setting menu according to the indication.
Acquisition:
Display the setting menu according to the Log.
Antenna:
Display a setting menu according to an installation
place of antenna.
Scan:
Setup a pattern of scan mode and details.
Drawing area shows
various images
(Rainfall strength, etc.).

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4.2. View setting
1) View
Range [km]
Setup an indication range.
DataType
Select an indication of the radar parameter.
・Rain [mm/h]: Intensity of rainfall [mm/h]
・Zhh [dBz]: Reflection factor of the horizontal
polarimetric radar
・Zhh_corr [dBz]: Corrected Zhh
・Zvv [dBz]: Reflection factor of the vertical
polarimetric radar
・V [m/s]: Reflection factor of the vertical polarimetric
radar
・Zdr [dB]: Radar reflection factor difference.
・Zdr_corr [dB]: Corrected Zdr
・Kdp [deg/km]: Propagation phase difference rate
of change.
・dp [deg]：Differential propagation phase
・hv：Copolar correlation coefficient
・W [m/s]：Doppler velocity spectrum width
Ratio of transparency [%]
Setup a Transmittance of the indication echo.
Scanning line
Turn ON or OFF a scan line on screen.
Signal Shading
Display (OFF, 1, 2) the signal shading area on screen.
*Setting file (clip_RainMap.csv in param folder) is
necessary.
1: Gray images
2: Gray scale images
Signal Extinction
Display (OFF, 1, 2) the electric wave extinction area on
screen.
1: Gray images
2: Transparent gray scale images
Image 1:
Signal Extinction gray scale images

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Meteorological parameters:
- Reference information.
1. Weather radar equation.
The particle distributed volume observes by:
2. General radar equation.
The solid objects observe by:
For more description:
- Reflectivity factor Zh (dBZ):
1. In this filed, unit “dBZ” is used for reflectivity. The unit of Z is mm6/ m3. This factor will be calculated from
the weather radar equation, it means distribution and density of raindrops exist in a unit volume.
2. It can be converted to the rainfall intensity R (mm/h):
3. Larger Zh and R show a heavier rain.
- Doppler Velocity V (m/s):
It can find out a moving speed of rainfall area. The plus number means it is away from radar and the
minus number tells it is toward from radar. It can use 2D or 3D velocity to calculate rainfall from 2 or 3
radars.
- Doppler Velocity width W (m/s):
This is a standard deviation of V. It will be spread by disturbance, noise, and more. Normally it is used for
noise rejection from V.
- Cross Polarization Difference Phase dp:
The phase shift difference between horizontal and vertical
polarized waves.
- Specific Difference Phase KDP:
It is a range differential of dp. It mainly used for a heavy rain observation and it will not depend on
transmit/receive power. It will be possible to recover attenuated signal without TX/RX calibration.
- Correlation Coefficient between 2 polarizations hv:
It can find out a reflectivity difference from this parameter. It can
also use for classification for example, Zh is high, ZDR is low
(=1): indicating hail:
Image 2: Comparison of observing in wider area
Calculated by Zh
Calculated by Kdp+ Zh

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2) Acquisition
Notice: Turn “OFF” all the setting at first.
Rec echo
Turn ON or OFF a Log of echo data.
Rec file type
Select a log form of echo data.
(dat (idx) / ZIP / dat (idx) + ZIP)
Echo folder
Setup a log folder of echo data.
Echo zip folder
Setup a log folder of echo zip data file.
Rec interval [sec]
Setup a recording interval of echo data.
Rec time [hour]
Setup a time of recording echo data.
Screen capture
Turn ON or OFF a screen capture.
Capture folder
Setup a folder of capture (jpg).
Rec interval [sec]
Setup an interval time of capture.
Rec CSV
Turn ON or OFF a recording of CSV data.
Echo folder (CSV)
Setup a folder of CSV data.
CSV Rec interval [sec]
Setup an interval time of CSV data.
3) Antenna
Latitude [deg]
Setup the latitude of the installed point.
Longitude [deg]
Setup the longitude of the installed point.
Altitude [m]
Setup the altitude of the installed point.
Image
Setup a filename of map.
This program treats as the equidistant cylindrical
projection.
Left Top Latitude [deg]
Setup the latitude of left top corner of Map Image.
CSV Rec parameter
Select a weather parameter of recording
CSV.
Rain [mm/h], Zhh [dBz], Zhh_corr [dBz], Zvv
[dBZ], V [m/s], Zdr [dB], Zdr_corr [dB], Kdp
[deg/km], dp [deg], hv, W [m/s]
Multiple parameter output
Turn ON or OFF an output record of
multi-parameter.
(*It could setup only when [Echo data mode]
of [TRX] is applied)
Multiple parameter output folder
Setup a folder of recording multi-parameter
(scn、rhi、sppi、scnd、rhid、sppid).
(*It could setup only when [Echo data mode]
of [TRX] is selected)
Rainfall information output
(*It will indicate during service setting) Turn
ON or OFF an output record of rainfall
information.
Rainfall information output folder
(*It will indicate during service setting)Setup a
folder of recording rainfall information.
It indicates during service menu

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Left Top Longitude [deg]
Setup the longitude of left top corner of Map Image.
Right Bottom Latitude [deg]
Setup the latitude of bottom right corner of Map Image.
Right Bottom Longitude [deg]
Setup the longitude of bottom right corner of Map Image.
4) Scan
There are 5 scan patterns that could customize and
save a setting.
Notice: Follow a value of the management list Setup
on scan pattern 1.
Auto: It will automatically adjust a hit value to 1.8
degrees on the average width. [Hit value] item menu
will be grayout and it cannot enter a value.
Manual: Setup a value of hit value. It will only
average the hit value forcibly instead of considering
with the antenna rotational speed and PRF at all. If
setup the hit value to 200 and rotate the antenna fast,
the echo will stretch out to the orientation direction.
Hit value:
Setup a sweep value to equalize scan data. Although it cannot keep up the process either for
receiving on the RainMap if the value is too low like 1 or 2 on decimation, set the hit value around 10
as a minimum for secure.
ScanMode
Select a scan mode of antenna.
・PPI scan: Plan Position Indicator scan. It will continuous equiangular 360 degree horizontal
rotation mode at a single selectable elevation. It generates 2 dimension data.
・Spiral scan: It shifts the elevation preset range (1, 2, 4 deg.) every 360 degree horizontal round. It
generates 3 dimension data.
・Sector RHI scan: (SRHI) It scans vertically (RHI) slightly move horizontal continuously within a
preset azimuth. Elevation range generates 3 dimension rectangular solid angle data. Horizontal
data would not be saved.
It is continue moving to the azimuth direction with clockwise and counter clockwise as 1 set.
・HSQ scan: Horizontal Sequence scan. The mode to activate PPI scan while shifting an elevation.
It generates 3 dimension data. It starts with the basic time (It comes with HSQ Period and RainMap
time indication).
・Sector PPI scan: (SPPI) It scans horizontally within a preset azimuth area while changing
elevation based on up to 32 possible values. It generates 3 dimension rectangular solid angle data.
Scanning volume of SRHI and SPPI are the same.
Only the difference is SRHI scan in vertical plane and SPPI scans in horizontal plane.
HSQ Period [min]
Select a periodic movement of HSQ during HSQ
mode.
(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. HSQ will activate every 2 minutes if select 2/30/(H).
(It turns 30 times per hour) and measurement start
time will be; 00, 02, 04,..., 58 seconds on display unit.