RadarWatch FAQs

RadarWatch is radar and camera display software for coastal surveillance, port and harbour security, simple vessel traffic monitoring and search and rescue. It displays radar video, tracks, AIS, ADS-B and camera video in multiple windows across multiple screens, with flexible automated alarms.

RadarWatch is a ready-made Windows application. It takes all its inputs from network sources in standard data formats, which suits distributed architectures. For example, Klein Marine Systems used RadarWatch to protect an offshore wind farm and its submarine transmission line off the coast of South Korea.

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Yes, for ports, harbours and simple vessel traffic monitoring. RadarWatch displays radar tracks and AIS targets, calculates CPA/TCPA between targets and reference points, and raises alarms when vessels enter areas, cross gates or exceed a set speed.

If a vessel's IMO or MMSI number is available, RadarWatch can look up an image of the vessel from an internet service or a local database, for fast visual confirmation of its identity. Camera snapshots can be stored to add to the information held for a vessel.

Where several radars overlap, add SPx Fusion Server to combine radar and AIS tracks into one consistent set of track labels.

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RadarWatch takes all its inputs from the network in open formats: ASTERIX CAT-48 radar tracks, ASTERIX CAT-240 radar video, NMEA-0183 platform data, NMEA-0183 AIS data and ASTERIX CAT-21 ADS-B data, plus camera video.

Because the inputs are open standards, RadarWatch can be used as a ready-made display for these data types from any source, not only from Cambridge Pixel software.

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RadarWatch supports up to four radar inputs and up to 16 camera inputs. Its windows include two radar PPI windows, two camera video windows, a video multiview window, a track table and an active alarms window.

RadarWatch is designed for multiple screens: operators can drag, resize and reposition windows, and save and restore the layout and graphics settings.

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No, provided your sensors already output open formats such as ASTERIX and NMEA-0183: RadarWatch can then be used as a ready-made display for that data. RadarWatch is also designed to work closely with other Cambridge Pixel software when you need more capability.

• SPx Server: target tracking from radar video
• SPx Fusion Server: combining tracks from multiple radars and AIS
• SPx Camera Manager: sharing camera control between operator positions or with a video management system
• RDR Data Recorder: recording and replay

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RadarWatch generates alarms under user-defined conditions: targets entering defined areas, gate crossings, proximity, speed, and CPA/TCPA between target pairs or between targets and reference points. Alarms can be visual and audible, and RadarWatch can send network messages to external equipment.

Alarm areas, uni- or bi-directional gates and reference points are drawn graphically on the display, and active alarms are listed in their own window.

Cambridge Pixel has also customised RadarWatch to support an LRAD-RX long-range acoustic and searchlight device, so operators can audibly alert approaching vessels.

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Yes. RadarWatch supports slew-to-cue and manual camera control, and shows camera video with target information from radar, AIS and ADS-B. It supports up to 16 camera inputs, with two camera video windows and a video multiview window.

Camera snapshots can be stored with a vessel's details. Where several operator positions share cameras, or camera control must be shared with a video management system, use SPx Camera Manager.

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RadarWatch displays radar video and symbology over S-57 electronic charts, tiled maps or a world vector shoreline map. It can also show a radar coverage map.

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