Platforms & Compatibility FAQs

Yes. SPx Server, SPx Fusion Server and RadarWatch all run on Windows 11 and can be installed together on one workstation.

SPx Server and SPx Fusion Server are also available for Linux; RadarWatch is a Windows application.

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Cambridge Pixel's web-enabled clients support up-to-date versions of modern desktop and mobile browsers, including Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari.

Browser-based products include SPx Radar Web Server, which displays radar video in a standard web browser on devices from desktops to smartphones, and the web interfaces of SPx Server, SPx Tracker-3D, SPx Track Manager, SPx Alarm Server and SPx Radar Trainer.

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Yes. SPx software supports most common virtual machines and containers, such as Docker.

Points relevant to virtual and container deployments:

• Licensing: SPx runtime licences are supplied on a USB dongle or as a licence file tied to a host MAC address. Other schemes are possible, so discuss your deployment with Cambridge Pixel.
• Headless operation: SPx Server can run headless, with full control through its network API, and is configured through a browser-based interface served locally, with no internet connection required.
• Cloud: SPx Radar Web Server can run on a cloud-based server, receiving radar video from a lightweight radar server or an HPx-346 unit and serving it to web browsers.

For advice on a specific deployment, contact us.

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Yes, provided the airborne radar can supply ASTERIX plot reports (ideally CAT-48 with CAT-34 status messages, or CAT-1 with CAT-2), has an ICD that lets Cambridge Pixel convert its proprietary format to ASTERIX, or outputs analogue or digital radar video that SPx Server can turn into ASTERIX plot reports.

Cambridge Pixel has interfaced to many radars, including airborne radars on aerostats, both primary and IFF.

SPx Tracker-3D works with static radars, such as counter-UAS radars; it does not currently support moving platforms, such as airborne radars.

See also Supported Radars.

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RadarView (as an option), RadarWatch and the Maritime Display Framework (MDF) can display S-57 electronic navigation charts (ENCs). MDF also supports S-63 charts.

SPx Radar Web Server can serve radar images to a web browser, where they can be overlaid on ENC charts and maps from other sources.

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Yes, in most cases. Cambridge Pixel supports more than 80 radar models and can interface to radars that output analogue video, trigger and azimuth signals, network radar video, or plots and tracks in ASTERIX or another documented format. See Supported Radars for specific makes and models.

How a radar connects depends on what it outputs:

• Analogue video, trigger and azimuth (ACP/ARP): use HPx radar interface hardware, such as the HPx-346 analogue-to-network converter, the HPx-700 (with embedded SPx Server) or the HPx-410 and HPx-450 cards. The HPx-346 accepts a wide range of signal types, including differential and single-ended signals up to 60 V. HPx-180 and HPx-550 cards convert synchro or resolver azimuth signals.
• Network radar video: SPx Server accepts ASTERIX CAT-240 and formats from Terma, Simrad, Navtech, Furuno, Raymarine, Garmin and others. Cambridge Pixel's partnerships with Simrad and Furuno allow their marine radars to be unlocked for use with custom software.
• Plots and tracks: ASTERIX (for example CAT-48) is supported directly. SPx Track Manager converts proprietary formats including Echodyne EchoGuard and EchoShield, Robin Radar, BlighterNexus, Leonardo DRS RADA, AN/TPS-70 and AN/TPS-75, plus many more that cannot be listed because of NDAs. SPx Tracker-3D tracks plots from 3D and e-scan radars.
• Radar control: radar controller software exists for Furuno, ICS, Kelvin Hughes, Raymarine, Simrad/Navico, Terma and Weibel radars; others can be developed where the manufacturer provides specifications.

If your radar is not listed but its format is documented in an ICD, Cambridge Pixel may be able to add support for it. Contact us with the radar make, model and outputs.

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Cambridge Pixel software runs on Windows and Linux. Server and processing applications, such as SPx Server, SPx Fusion Server and SPx Track Manager, are available for both; most ready-to-run display applications, such as RadarView, RadarWatch, ASD-100 and VSD, run on Windows. For other operating systems, consult Cambridge Pixel.

• Windows and Linux: SPx Server (Windows 11; Fedora, Ubuntu and RHEL), SPx Tracker-3D, SPx Fusion Server, SPx Track Manager (Windows 11, or a mainstream Linux distribution less than two years old), SPx Radar Web Server, SPx Viewer-3D, RadarVision, Radar Video Combiner, RadarLink, SPx Alarm Server, SPx Camera Manager (server), GPS Assist and SPx Monitor (its GUI and map display are Windows only).
• Windows: RadarView, RadarWatch, ASD-100, ASD-View, VSD, Maritime Display Framework, Surveillance Display Framework, RDR Data Recorder, SPx Video Simulator (Windows 10 or later), Radar Coverage Tool and the free AIS, ADS-B and Navigation Data Monitors.
• ARM and embedded: SPx Server also runs on ARM hardware (Cortex-A72 or better) under Linux, and the HPx-700 runs embedded SPx software on its own 64-bit ARM processor, with no host PC.
• Developer toolkits and hardware: the SPx Development Library has Windows and Linux/X11 options, SPx Open Access supports Windows and Linux, and HPx radar input cards are supported under Windows and Linux.

SPx Radar Web Server displays radar video in standard web browsers, so viewing clients need only a browser. For other operating systems, contact Cambridge Pixel.

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No. No Cambridge Pixel product runs natively on macOS; Cambridge Pixel software is supplied for Windows and Linux. To view radar on a Mac, tablet or phone, use SPx Radar Web Server, which serves radar video and tracks to standard web browsers, including Safari.

SPx Radar Web Server itself runs on a Windows or Linux server, or on a cloud-based server. For other options, contact Cambridge Pixel.

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Choose by application: RadarView for general radar display, set-up and testing; VSD-C2 for security, military C2 and counter-UAS; RadarWatch for coastal surveillance and port security; ASD-100 for air situation displays.

• RadarView: PPI, A-Scan, B-Scan and RHI views of primary and secondary radar, with record and replay. RadarView-240 is a free ASTERIX CAT-240 viewer.
• VSD-C2: cameras, radars, other sensors and effectors such as jammers. A VSD-Camera version is also available.
• RadarWatch: up to four radars and 16 cameras, AIS, ADS-B, S-57 charts and user-defined alarms for maritime traffic.
• ASD-100: primary and secondary radar, ADS-B and safety alerts for air defence and air surveillance. ASD-View displays ADS-B only.
• SPx Viewer-3D: 3D, PPI and RHI views of radar, AIS and ADS-B tracks, on Windows or Linux.

To build your own display, start from the Maritime Display Framework (shipborne), the Surveillance Display Framework (shore-based, multi-screen) or the SPx Development Library. The Solution Finder can also help.

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