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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 SmartSensor 105 Installation Guide Wavetronix LLC 380 S. Technology Ct. Lindon, Utah 84042 USA Voice: (801) 764-0277 Fax: (801) 764-0208 Web: www.wavetronix.com E-mail: support@wavetronix.com © 2007 Wavetronix LLC. All Rights Reserved. SmartSensor, Smar tSensor Manager, Click!, Wa vetr onix, a[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 2 Contents Typographical Conventions ................................................................................................ 3 Product Notifications .......................................................................................................... .3 Introduction ..........[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 3 Typographical Conventions Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the terms and typographical conventions used in the documentation. Bold Text Bolded text represents items you must select, such as menu options, command buttons, or items in a list. Product Notifica[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 4 Risk of Electrical Shock An authorized electrical technici an should perform installation and operation of this unit. Persons other than authorized and approved electrical technicians should NOT attempt to c onnect this unit to a power supply and/or traffic control cabine t, as there is a[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 5 Introduction The Wavetronix SmartSensor utilizes pate nted Digital Wave Radar™ technology to detect lane occupancy, traffic volume and aver age speed in up to ei ght lanes of traffic simultaneously. Classified as Frequency M odulated Continuous Wave (FMCW ) radar, SmartSensor collects d[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 6 Installing the SmartSensor Installing the SmartSensor involves seven simple steps: 1. Attaching the mounting bracket to the pole; 2. Applying silicon dielectric compound; 3. Attaching the SmartSenso r to th e mounting bracket; 4. Aligning the SmartSensor; 5. Connecting SmartSensor cable t[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 7 Table 1 – Mounting Height Guidelines[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 8 2. Applying Silicon Dielectric Compound 1. Take the tube of Silicon Dielec tric Com pound and tear off the tab. 2. Squeeze about 25% of the silicon into the connector at the base of the SmartSensor as shown in Figure 2. Be sure to wipe off any excess compound. Figure 2 – Applying Silico[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 9 2. Adjust the side-to-side angle to within approximately ±2° of perpendicular to the flow of traffic. 3. Tighten mounting bracket bolts. 5. Connecting the SmartS ensor Cable to SmartSensor Figure 4 – Attached Cable 1. Attach the cable connector to the 25-pin connector at th e base of [...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 10 6. Connecting SmartSensor to Power and Communication Devices A typical sensor installati on requires a pole-mount box cont aining surge protection and connections for power and communications. Smar tSensor is compatible w ith all standard control cabinets; a table describing the Sm artSe[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 11 Figure 5 – Short Distan ce Cabl e Run Long Cable Run (41-100 feet) A long cable installation include s any installation with a Sm artSensor cable longer than 40 feet. Follow the steps below to correctly add surge protection to a long cable run (see Figure 6): 1. Connect the SmartSensor[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 12 Figure 6 – Long Distance Cable Run[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 13 The Click! 200 has 12 screw terminal conn ections on both the top and the bottom (see Figure 7). The screw terminals on the top of the module are surge protected: Back The back four terminals consist of one +DC power, -DC and two surge ground connections; Middle The middle four terminals[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 14 Wire the SmartSensor ca ble to the Click! 200 according to Table 2: Table 2 – Click! 200 Connections NOTE : See Appendix F for a description of how to wire the Click! 200 using the old SmartSensor cable as well as for a cable connector pin-out diagram . 7. Configuring SmartSensor with [...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 15 a telephone number); or Ethe rnet (requires a TCP/IP a ddress). Select the radio button of the appropriate connection method and click OK. If you select Serial Connection a nd SmartSensor Manager cannot find a SmartSensor connected to the serial port, then a “Sm artSens or was not dete[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 16 Manual Configuration If the sensor is unable to automatically configure itself to your satisfaction, you can manually configure it by adding, removing or ad justing lanes, lane dividers and lane centers. Figure 8 – Automati c and Manu al Modes 1. With the Lane Configuration page open, [...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 17 The cursor will change from an arro w to a hand when it is positioned over a “d raggable” line. Lane centers (pink lines) only appear when the cursor is placed directly over them. Figure 9 – Adjusting L anes Also, you will notice that shoulders, dividers, or centers cannot be dragg[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 18 Remove Lane The Remove Lane button allows users to remove en tire lanes by moving the m ouse cursor arrow to the desired lane. When the arrow changes to a hand, click the left m ouse button and the selected lane will disappear. Construct and Remove Road To insert a new road, click on the[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 19 To do this, press the Reverse Direction button and move the cursor over the lane you wish to change. Once the cursor is in place, the cursor will again change from an arrow to a hand and a tiny arrow will appea r below th e hand to indicate the current direction of that lane. Figure 10 ?[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 20 Figure 11 – Editing Lane Names To do this, click on the Edit Lane Name button and an Edit Lane Names window will appear (see Figure 11). Highli ght the current lane name by double clicking on it with the mouse, and then type in the lane’s new al pha-numeric identification of up to ei[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 21 Undoing Manual Changes Unsaved changes may be undone without repea ting the manual confi guration process. Click on the Undo button found below the manual tool bu ttons (see Figure 12). This tool retrieves the last saved configuration from the SmartSensor, effectively undoing any unsaved[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 22 Figure 14 – Lane Configuration Page in Manual Mode Figure 15 – Traffic/E v ent Data View Mode[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 23 A window will appear indicating that the changes are b eing sa ved to the SmartSensor. After the changes have been saved, SmartS ensor Manager will au tomatically change from Lane Configuration to Traffic/Event Data View mode. Figures 14 an d 15 illustrate the differences between these t[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 24 Appendix A – SmartSensor Specifications Operating Frequency: 10.525 GHz (X-band) Detection Zones: Up to 8 traffic lanes simultaneously Detection Range: 60 m (197 ft.) Measured Quantities: Speed, occ upancy, volume, presence Communications: RS-232 an d RS-4 85 connection Power: 7.5 watt[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 25 Appendix B – Cable Connector Definitions The SmartSensor cable is com prised of three gr oups of wires. Each group contains color- coded wires accompanied by a drain wire and surrounded by a shield. The following table details the pin out of th e cable and the appropriate conne ction i[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 26 Figure 16 - SmartSensor SS105 Plug Connector Socket Assignment as seen from the solder cup side of th e c onne cto r.[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 27 Appendix C – RS-232 Communication Communication between the SmartSensor and PC can be established using the RS-232 DTE specifications, along with the use of a Null Modem cable and the standard 9-pin “D” male connector. Please use th e followi ng guidelines for connec ting the Smart[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 28 Figure 18 – Connecting a M odem to the SmartSensor Figure 19 – Rear view of RS-2 3 2 DB9 seri al connect or[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 29 Appendix D – RS-485 Communication RS-485 communication between the SmartSenso r and PC may be established by using the SeaLink +485 model #2102 RS-485 to USB converter by SeaLevel, along with the standard 25-pin “D” female conne ctor with the following pin out: 1: No Connection (N/[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 30 Appendix F – Old Cable Connector Definitions The previously used SmartSensor cable is com p rised of six twisted pa irs of wire. Each pair is comprised of a black and a red wi re, accompanied by a drain wire and surroun ded by a shield. A numeric label (1 through 6) iden tifies each pa[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 31 Figure 20 - Click! 200 Wiri ng (Ol d ) See Figure 21 for a diagram of the previously used SmartSensor cable’s 25-pin socket assignment. The codes listed in the diagram ar e to be used to solder wires into the bac k of the plug where the le tters represe nt the individual solder cups.[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 32 Figure 21 – Old SmartSensor SS105 Plug Connect or Sock et Assignment as seen from the solder cup side of the connector.[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 33 Communication between the SmartSensor and PC can be established using the RS-232 DTE specifications, along with the use of a Null Modem cable and the standard 9-pin “D” male connector. P lease use the followi ng guidelines for connec ting the Sm artSens or cable to the serial connect[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 34 Table 7 – Belden 9331 (Old Cable) Conversions[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 35 Appendix G – Cable Lengths The following recommendations allow the us er to provide reliable power to the SmartSensor. The SmartSensor cable’s red a nd black wires provide a 20 AWG wire pair. The other pairs on the SmartSensor cable are 22 AW G and are normally used for communication[...]

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    SmartSensor 105 User Guide – Wavet ronix LLC 9/20/07 - - 36 mounted next to the sensor. In this case, the homerun connection establishes one RS-485 channel over the normal white/blue wire pair and another R S -485 channel over the yellow/violet wire pair. An additional Click ! 304 is needed to convert the data sent o ver the yellow/violet wire pa[...]