Page 4 Micro Rain Radar MRR-2 METEK
2012-02-29 Valid for MRR Service Version 6.0.0.3 / Firmware 6.00
Table of Contents
1 Safety Precautions ............................................................................... 6
2 How to use this manual ....................................................................... 7
3 Measuring Principle ............................................................................. 8
4 System Description .............................................................................. 9
4.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 9
4.2 Description of the Components ............................................................ 10
4.2.1 Parabolic Dish ................................................................................... 10
4.2.2 Antenna Heating (Option) .................................................................. 10
4.2.3 RADAR Control and Processing Device and Transceiver ................ 11
4.2.4 Junction Box / Power Supply ............................................................. 12
4.2.5 Control Cable and Serial Cable ......................................................... 13
4.2.6 MRR-PC ............................................................................................ 13
5 Hardware Installation ......................................................................... 15
5.1 General Provisions ............................................................................... 15
5.2 Site Conditions ..................................................................................... 15
5.3 Installation Procedure ........................................................................... 16
6 Control Program ................................................................................. 19
6.1 Installation ............................................................................................ 19
6.2 Limitations using Windows 7 ................................................................ 22
6.3 Using the Control Program ................................................................... 23
6.3.1 Main Menu ......................................................................................... 24
6.3.2 Control Commands Menu .................................................................. 25
6.3.3 Output Parameters Menu .................................................................. 26
6.3.4 Device Parameters Menu .................................................................. 28
6.3.5 Parameter Storage ............................................................................ 30
6.3.6 Status messages ............................................................................... 32
6.4 Processed and averaged data .............................................................. 34
6.4.1 Format description ............................................................................. 34
6.4.2 Processed and averaged data example ............................................ 39