RADAC WaveGuide 5 Direction User manual

WaveGuide Direction Explosion Proof
User Manual

WaveGuide Direction Explosion Proof
User Manual
Version 5.1-1
5th of June 2018
Applicable for product no.
WG5-DR-EX
Related to software versions:
wdi 5.1
Radac B.V.
Elektronicaweg 16b
2628 XG Delft
The Netherlands
tel: [phone]
e-mail: [email protected]
website: www.radac.nl

Preface
This user manual and technical documentation is intended for engineers and technicians
involved in the software and hardware setup of the WaveGuide 5 Direction, explosion proof
version (WG5-DR-EX).
Additional information
Please do not hesitate to contact Radac or its representative if you require additional
information.

Contents
Preface
Introduction 1
1 Safety and Security 3
1.1 General ...................................... 3
1.2 Safety Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.1 Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.2 Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3 Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3.1 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3.2 EC Declaration of Conformity (for EU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3.3 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.4 Liability...................................... 5
1.5 Labels ....................................... 6
1.6 Personal Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.7 Warnings and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.7.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.7.2 Tools.................................... 7
1.7.3 Working Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.7.4 Required Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.8 Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.8.1 Commissioning and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.8.2 Grounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.9 Accordance with Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.9.1 Explosion Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.9.2 Compliance to RED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 Positioning and Installation 10
2.1 Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1.1 The Point Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.1.2 The Line Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.1.3 The Triangle Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.2 Instalation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2.1 WaveGuide processing unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.2.2 Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.2.3 Glands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.2.4 Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.2.5 Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.2.6 Closing housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3 WaveGuide system commissioning 22
Step 1. Connect the WaveGuide processing unit to a computer . . . . . . . . . . 23
Step 2. Become an authorized user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Step 3. Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Step 3.1: Set system date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Step 3.2: Adjust network settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Step 3.3: Sensor configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Step 4: Perform a system check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Step 4.1: Check the System Information page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Step 4.2: Check the reflection diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Step 4.3: Check measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Step 5: Configure the distribution of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4 Using the system 33
4.1 Calculated parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.2 Datalogging ................................... 33
Appendix 1: System parameters 35
Appendix 2: System specifications 38

Introduction
The principle of operation of a WaveGuide 5 Direction system is based on the synchronized
measurements of sea elevation (heave) at three different spots on the surface of the water.
Using these measured elevations, the water surface slopes are calculated in two perpen-
dicular horizontal directions. Then the correlations between the calculated slopes and the
measured heave values are used to determine the wave directional information.
The WaveGuide processing unit supplied with the system takes care of the data handling
(synchronizing and processing measurements as well as distributing and presenting data).
The WaveGuide processing unit also facilitates commissioning and (remote) servicing of the
system. All facilities are accessible via the built in web-server (running on the WaveGuide
processing unit).
To perform the synchronized measurements, 3 sensors are included. In the WaveGuide
5 Direction Explosion Proof system the included sensors are WaveGuide 5 Water-Level
Explosion Proof sensors. The sensors communicate their measurements to a WaveGuide
Direction processing unit.
The WaveGuide sensors are low power X-band FMCW radars that measure the distance
between the water surface and their antennas with an accuracy of < 1 [cm].
The WaveGuide waterlevel sensors are available in two versions:
•The Explosion proof version, where the electronics are build into an explosion proof
certified housing.
•The Compact version, where the antenna and electronics are built into a compact
stainless steel housing. The antenna and electronics are the same in both versions
but the stainless steel version is easier to handle due to its compact size.
This manual describes the Explosion Proof version of the WaveGuide 5 Direction. Please
refer to the radac website for all other manual versions.
Warning
Do not use the instrument for anything else than its intended purpose.
This manual consists of 4 chapters. Chapter 1 provides safety and security related infor-
mation. Chapter 2 specifies the criteria of sensor positioning for optimal quality of mea-
surements and illustrates the mounting and installation procedures. Chapter 3 describes
the commissioning of the system via the user interface. Chapter 4 explains data processing,
data presentation and data distribution within the system.
Please refer to Appendix 1 for a list of measured and calculated parameters. Appendix 2
lists specifications, information about certification and environmental conditions applicable
to the WaveGuide Direction system.
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