Ranging Buried Cable Detection Sensor

iRange Technology:

• Calibrated Thresholding - separate threshold per metre of cable

• Software Segmentation - optimized sensor performance

• Software Zoning - up to 50 zones per processor, easily adjusted

• Pinpoint Target Location - 1 metre (3.3 ft.) accuracy, improved assessment

• Precise Diagnostics - locate faults and sources of nuisance alarms

• Simplified Installation - fewer constraints, cable plough possible

Sensor Features:

• Enhanced Diagnostic Tools - using UCM

• Up to 800 metres (1/2 mile) per Sensor Processor

• Sensor Networking - power and data over cable, inherently secure

• Silver Networking - enhanced communications

• Graded Cables - optimal performance

• Absolute Minimum of Buried Connectors - enhanced reliability

• Operates in Wide Range of Soil Conditions

OmniTrax® is the fifth generation, covert outdoor perimeter security intrusion detec-tion sensor that generates an invisible radar detection field around buried sensor cables. If an intruder disturbs the field, an alarm is declared and the exact location of the intru-sion is identified.

Targets are detected based on their conductivity, size and movement. Smaller targets, such as small animals, do not meet the minimum requirements and are ignored. OmniTrax operates through vegetation such as grass, bushes and trees. OmniTrax’s digital processor easily filters out common alarms caused by environmental effects such as wind, rain, snow or blowing debris. As a result, OmniTrax has an extremely low False and Nuisance Alarm Rate (FAR/NAR) and maintains a very high Probability of Detection (Pd).

The terrain-following, volumetric detection field is typically 1 m (3.28 ft.) high by 3 m (9.84 ft.) wide by up to 400 m (1312 ft. or 1/4 mile) long. Systems can be stand-alone, or networked for long perimeters in which sensor cables are connected together to create a continuous perimeter. These cables also carry alarm information and low voltage power throughout the perimeter, saving installation time and money. Cables can provide bidirectional power and com-munications to provide full redundancy in the event that a cable is cut or damaged. The cables are robust enough for direct burial in most mediums.

Once installed, the cables are completely covert, the field is difficult to detect and site aesthetics are left unchanged. Intruders cannot locate, avoid or tamper with the sensor. Combined with OmniTrax’s advanced detection capabilities, these features result in the lowest Vulnerability to Defeat (Vd) of any outdoor perimeter intrusion detection sensor.

OmniTrax Ranging Buried Cable Detection Sensor

iRange TechnologyKnowing exactly where an intruder enters the perimeter is vital to assessing the situation and initiating a response. OmniTrax uses Senstar-Stellar’s iRange technology to locate intruders with pinpoint accuracy. Senstar-Stellar devel-oped ranging with the launch of Guidar in 1976 and has now further refined the technology to locate intrusions to within 1 metre (3.3 ft.).

OmniTrax sensor calibration is simple. Walking down the sensor cables while in calibration mode allows the system to automatically adjust the sensitivity for each metre (3.3 ft.) and thus com-pensate for site variations. Buried cable installation has never been so easy with calibrated thresholding.

Each OmniTrax cable can be divided by Universal Configuration Module (UCM) software into Software Segments that can have additional thresholding applied, or segments can even be made inactive for driveways, etc. Segments can then be grouped by StarNeT 1000 into as many as 50 alarm reporting zones per dual cable processor. Segments and zones can be changed at any time by technical personnel.

In addition, the iRange technology has many performance enhancing benefits such as a more uniform detection field with enough flexibility to work in almost any environment. Relaxed installation criteria allow for use of a cable plough to reduce installation costs.

iRange makes troubleshooting easy. Problems such as nuisance alarms can be isolated within a metre (3.3 ft.), greatly facilitating problem resolution and mini-mizing sensor downtime. With remote sensor adjustment offered through the UCM, support analysis can be done remotely by our professionals, right from our offices over secure links.

SENSOR TEChNOLOGy There are a number of technical advantages to OmniTrax. The chosen frequency band is optimum for human detection. The variation in the size of

the port (leaky gap) with cable length not only improves the uniformity of the field, but also allows operation in the widest range of soil conditions. OmniTrax can be configured with no buried interconnections to enhance reli-ability.

MORE AffORDABLE PROTECTION With OmniTrax’s graded, low attenuation OC2 sensor cable and lower operating frequency, a single processor can now cover 800 linear metres (2625 feet, about 1/2 mile), double the length of previous generation buried cable systems. Longer cables mean fewer processors than any other buried system and that means more affordable protection.

INTEGRAL POWER AND DATAIn addition to detecting intruders, OmniTrax cables can be used todistribute power from a single source to Sensor Processors, as well as collect alarm and status data from each Processor over Senstar-Stellar's Silver Network for transmission to a control and display system like StarNeT 1000. OmniTrax cables are unique in providing detection, power distribution and data collection over a single secure buried cable system. Full redundancy for both power distribution and data collection is also available.

OmniTrax Cable SystemOmniTrax uses ported (“leaky”) coaxial sensor cables to create an invisible electromagnetic detection field. The cables are specially designed with a gap in the transmit cable’s outer conductor which allows energy to escape and be received by the corresponding parallel receive cable. OmniTrax uses a coded pulse signal technique (patent pending) to determine the exact intrusion location, which can identify multiple intruders simultaneously.

Detection is based on the intruder’s electrical conductivity, size and speed. The Probability of Detection (Pd) for an upright 35kg (77 lbs) intruder, pen-etrating through the detection field and moving between 50 mm (2 in.) per second to 8 m (26 ft.) per second is greater than 99%, with 95% confidence. Objects weighing less than 10kg (22 lbs) are rejected with a statistical confidence level of 95%. Separate sensitivity thresh-olds can be set on a per metre basis. Any attempt to tamper with the cables, the processor or its enclosure causes an alarm. Based on 30 years of experience with leaky cable sensors, OmniTrax minimizes the nuisance alarms caused by vegetation, rain, snow, hail, sandstorms, wind, fog, temperature changes, seismic vibration, acoustic and magnetic effects.

Cables are available in 3 configurations:1) OC2 has its transmit and receive cables buried in separate trenches and can be spaced up to 2.0 metres (6.6 ft) apart. This results in a detection field roughly 1 m (3.3 ft) high by 3 m (9.9 ft) wide. The actual field size will depend on burial depth, the burial medium, the cable separation and the threshold settings of the sensor. The cables are graded to extend the cables’ range to 400 m (1312 ft) in length, the longest offered by any buried cable system. OC2 comes with 30 m (98 ft) of integral lead in and 20 m (66 ft) of integral lead out cables. The cables have factory-installed TNC connectors so that all connections can be made above ground to remove any possibility of a cable splice failure under-ground. The cables also can be cut to fit any application, or excess cable can be buried or otherwise secured and “turned off” through the UCM software. OC2 is typically used in applications that allow for longer cables (cost savings) and/or require wider detection fields. These cables are available in active lengths of 300 m (984 ft.) and 400 m (1312 ft.).

2) SC1 has transmit and receive cables in a single jacket. These cables are used in single trench or single slot applica-tions, thus reducing installation time and expense. The resulting detection field is typically 1 m (3.3 ft) high and 2 m (6.6 ft) wide. The actual field size will depend on burial depth, the burial

OmniTrax Ranging Buried Cable Detection Sensor

medium and the threshold settings of the sensor. SC1 cables are offered in 50 m (165 ft) lengths up to 200 m (656 ft).

3) SC2 has its transmit and receive cables buried in separate trenches, spaced roughly 2 m (6.6 ft) apart. This results in a detection field that is typically 1 m (3.3 ft) high and 3 m (9.9 ft) wide. The actual field size will depend on burial depth, the burial medium, the cable separation and the threshold settings of the sensor. SC2 cables are offered in 50 m (165 ft) lengths up to 200 m (660 ft). SC2 is typi-cally used in applications that require wider detection fields but do not require the use of longer OC2 sensor cables.

UNIvERSAL CONfIGURATION MODULEThe Universal Configuration Module (UCM) is an easy to use software tool that provides real-time feedback for use during OmniTrax calibration and setup. The UCM runs on the Windows® XP operating system and can be used on a personal desktop or laptop computer. It is either connected directly to the proces-sor using a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface or through Senstar-Stellar’s Silver network. The UCM eliminates the need for expensive awkward electronic equipment, greatly reduces the configu-ration time and effort, and facilitates factory support with its enhanced diag-nostic tools.

SILvER NETWORkSenstar-Stellar's Silver Network consists of the Silver Network Manager (SNM) software, which controls network com-munications and passes alarm location and status information to a control and display system such as StarNeT 1000. The Network Interface Unit (NIU) is a reliable lightning-protected inter-face between the SNM and the sensor processors. Communication between processors is via the sensor cables. Communication to the NIU is via either RS-422, 4-wire data cables or dual mul-timode fiber optic. The data signal is completely regenerated at each processor to avoid data degeneration and termina-tion issues.

NOTE: This diagram is for illustrative purpose only and should not be used for site planning or installation.

OmniTrax Network

SensorProcessor 2

Zone 5

Non-ReportingSegment

Zone 2to Zone 4

SensorProcessor 1

Control GateAccess

Zone 1 Zone 20

Zone 16 toZone 18

Zone 14 toZone 15

Zone 11 to Zone 13Zone 6 to Zone 10

SC1 SensorCable

Lead-inCable

USB to USBCable

UCM(On a PC or laptop)

SensorProcessor 4

Fiber Optic orRS-422 Data Cable x 2

StarNeT 1000with Silver Network Manager

(On a PC)

SensorProcessor 3

AuxiliarySensor

AuxiliaryDevice

UCM(On a PC or laptop.

Optionally UCM can beon the same PC as StarNeT)

NetworkInterface

Unit(NIU)

Zone 19

Network Power

Fiber Optic orRS-422 Data Cable x 2

In a network configuration components such as the field power module can be shared between multiple Sensor Processors. A NIU and Network Manager assist in the operation of the system.

Up to 32 processors (i.e., up to 25.6 km or 15.9 miles) can be linked in a single network system. Beyond that, multiple network systems can be configured.

OmniTrax Ranging Buried Cable Detection Sensor

features• DirectDigitalReceiver• AlarmReporting -MaximumnumberofFunctional

Segmentspercable50,100perprocessor

-MaximumnumberofAlarm ReportingZonesperprocessor50

• RelayOuputs -4(AlarmA,AlarmB,Supervision,Fail) -FormCoutput1.0Amaximum,30

VAC/VDCmax• AuxiliaryInputs -2Supervisedinputs• Lightningprotection -Tranzorbandnon-radioactivegasdis

chargedevicesonallI/Oports• USBport -UCMinterface• EndofLineDevices -Decoupler -Terminator

Performance • ProbabilityofDetection(Pd)-

Optimizedforthedetectionofanupright35kg(77lbs.),orlarger,personmovingbetween50mm(2in.)persecondto8m(26ft.)persecond,withaprobabilityofdetectionof99%with95%confidence.Thisisbasedonpen-etrationoftheintruderthroughthedetectionzone.

• FalseAlarmRate(FAR)-Fewerthan1perzonepermonthalarmsfromunknowncauseswithfullvisualassess-ment.

• NuisanceAlarmRate(NAR)-Sitedependent

Sensor Cable OC2• Twopairsofsensorcableperprocessor

(AandB)• ContiguousGradeddesignwithLead-in,

ActiveCableandLead-out- Lead-inlength30metres(98.4ft.)- ActiveCablelength400metres (1312ft.)or300metres(984ft.)- Lead-outlength20metres(66ft.)

• Cablejacketdiameter10.29mm(0.405inches)

• TNCConnectorsfactoryinstalled

Sensor Cable SC2• Twopairsofsensorcableperprocessor

(AandB)• ContiguousGradeddesignwithLead-in

andActiveCable(noLead-out)- Lead-inlength20metres(66ft.)- ActiveCablelengthsof50,100,150or200metres(164,328,492or656ft.)

• Cablejacketdiameter8.0mm(0.315inches)

Sensor Cable SC1• Twocablesperprocessor• TransmitandReceivecableinasingle

jacket• ContiguousGradeddesignwithLead-in

andActiveCable(noLead-out)- Lead-inlength20metres(66ft.)- ActiveCablelengthsof50,100,150or200metres(164,328,492or656ft.)

• Cablejacketsize8.5x15mm(0.335x0.590inches)

Processor Options• RS422CommunicationsCard

- Directconnectiontoprocessor- SupportstwoRS422(4-wire) datapaths- Trueregenerationofsignal (removesdistortionateachnode)

-Everyprocessorinanetworkcon figurationrequiresacommunica tionscard

• FiberOpticCommunicationsCard- Directconnectiontoprocessor- SupportstwoFiberOpticdatapaths

-Eachdatapathrequires62.5/125 multimodefiberopticcable(totalof4fibers)- Trueregenerationofsignal (removesdistortionateachnode)

-Everyprocessorinanetworkcon figurationrequiresacommunica tionscard

• Input/OutputCard- Directconnectiontoprocessor- 8FormCrelayoutputs (1.0Amaximum,30VAC/VDCmax)- 8Supervisedinputs

• AuxiliaryPowerSupply- Accepts18to56VDC

-Output12VDC,150mA

Silver Network• NetworkInterfaceUnit-reliable

lightningprotectedcomputerinterface• SilverNetworkManager(SNM)-

softwareinterfacetoStarNeT1000• Alarmdataincludingpinpointtarget

location• DiagnosticdatatosupportremoteUCM

operation• Point-to-pointCommunication-avoids

terminationissues• Regeneratessignalateachnode• Facilitatesfailsafecommunication

Packaging/Environmental• Processoronabaseplateinawhite

aluminumNEMA4(orequivalent)enclosure

• 40Hx23.5Wx16.5cmD(15.75Hx9.25Wx6.5in.D)

• -40Cto+70C(-40Fto+158F)• RelativeHumidityto95%

noncondensing• Protectivetelecomenclosureaccepts

OmniTraxNEMA4enclosure -Size-254x254x910mm (10x10x36in.) -Colour-lightgreenenamelover steel -Protection-IP33

Power Requirements• 18to56VDCNetworkinputvoltageat

lessthan6watts• 12VDCStandaloneinputvoltageatless

than6watts• Integratedinternalbatterybackup

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