User's Manual

INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on your purchase of the Houston Radar directional Tracking Doppler

Radar DC310. This state of the art 24GHz K-band microwave Doppler radar is

specifically designed for the license free battery operated traffic monitoring and data

collection market.

Utilizing high performance, ultra-low power DSP (Digital Signal Processing) technology

and microwave components based on a planar patch array antenna with integrated low

power PHEMT oscillator, you will find that this high quality product meets your exacting

standards for performance and reliability.

Some of the highlights of this product include:

 World’s smallest and lowest power usage OEM target tracking, multi-lane and

dual-direction traffic stats radar at 0.17 Watts

 Collects individual time stamped vehicle counts and speeds per direction in up to

2+2 lanes simultaneously making it a perfect fit for real-time traffic monitoring

and speed study applications

 Best-in-class 0.4% per vehicle basic speed accuracy

 Calculates average speed in real time for remote access

or generate detailed

speed studies with 85th percentile speeds from historical data

 Vehicle classification in up to 3 size classes

 Data saved in on-board memory or available real-time via RS232

 FCC pre-approved with CE mark

 “Install and Go” hassle free no configuration required installation

 Wide input operating range and low power allows solar operation

 1.9Wx2.1Hx0.9D in (4.5x4.8x2.4 cm) weatherproof enclosure option

 Firmware “boot loader” allows for field upgrading of firmware

 100% self-test feature built-in including radar’s own power usage

 IO expansion board w/ DB9 connector available for ease of testing

 Fully functional Windows Traffic Statistics Analysis program available to

generate reports and graphs of vehicle counts, averages, & 85th percentile

speeds.

INSTALLATION

Mounting

DC310-OFD is supplied in an “open frame” format. It requires a weatherproof enclosure

before it may be used outdoors. Alternatively it may be mounted as a component in

another product that already has a weatherproof enclosure.

The DC310-OFD should be mounted such that the connector points left or right as shown

in the picture on the front page.

The DC310-DFT is supplied in a weatherproof encapsulated enclosure with a pigtail

connection. This unit may be mounted outside without any further protection from the