Sunhillo’s SureLine® Virtual Radar (VR) receives beacon track messages that have been processed by one of the input decoding functions of Sunhillo’s SureLine surveillance products such as the RICI 5000, Ventnor, Longport, and Brigantine SGP. The input parameters are used in conjunction with the VR configuration parameters to provide “emulated” (virtual) radar that outputs the data in a virtual scan. Virtual Radar requires an additional license plus SureLine Tier 1.
The VR software emulates a radar system based on a set of configuration parameters and provides the timing required to deliver the CD-2 messages to other automation systems. The type of radar emulated is a 12 second CD-2 radar sweep with 4096 discrete locations, or Azimuth Change Pulses (ACP). The configuration parameters provide the mechanism to define a Service Volume (SV) in order to provide the radar coverage for a volume of airspace. For example Radar coverage does not extend over the Gulf of Mexico and Sunhillo’s Virtual Radar allows the existing Automation system, Host Computer at the Houston ARTCC, to utilize the ADS-B track information.
In addition to the Beacon messages that are transmitted by the VR software, the following types of radar messages are generated:
The software suite that powers Sunhillo’s RICI, Longport, Margate II ADS‑B, Ventnor, and Brigantine series products continues to provide the extensive feature-set, high-level performance, and full access to each product’s respective hardware interfaces that you’ve come to expect from Sunhillo.
For the full set of radar protocol conversions and supported plug‑ins please follow the SureLine link.
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