IRIS Setups for Flip or Simultaneous Operation

To use the simultaneous active/passive feature, set this to Active/Passive on both RCPs. This is recommended since it allows either radar to assume the active role.

You can also set one radar to Active Only and the other to Passive Only if you want to dedicate the systems to these roles. In this case, you cannot use the passive system on its own.

Responding NO allows the RVP of the passive system to generate its own trigger.

This is generally recommended so that the two radars can be triggered independently by their own RVP, for example, to use dual PRF. Set this on both systems.

Respond YES to slave the passive system task to the active one using the Status Product.

Do this on both systems.

You also must make sure that Status Products are enabled (Configuring IRIS for Dual-System Support) and set the Product Output Menu to automatically send the Status product to the other system. This should be done for both systems.

Reporting : Enabled
Status fault polarity : Active LOW
Initial state of sites : All Faulted
Radar Workstation ’A’ site code : MPK
Radar Workstation ’B’ site code : MPW
Data Processor ’A’ site code :
Data Processor ’B’ site code :

This question asks for the 3-letter site code of the other system. Do this for both systems, each referring to the other.

These settings enable the 2 RCP8s to know the status of each radar. This is necessary for switching between the 2 systems in “flip” mode or using one or the other system under manual control. If the status of a system is FAULT, then switching of active control is disabled to that system.

Radar Status name for MODE #1 : DEFAULT
Radar Status name for MODE #2 : DEFAULT
Radar Status name for MODE #3 : DEFAULT
Radar Status name for MODE #4 : DEFAULT
Radar Status name for MODE #5 : DEFAULT
Radar Status name for MODE #6 : DEFAULT
Radar Status name for MODE #7 : DEFAULT
Mode to use when RCP is dead : 0
Mode reporting delay : 1.0 sec

RCP8 can send commands to IRIS to change operating modes. These commands are codes (1–7) that are associated here with different Radar Status Menu names. In general, RCP is always requesting mode 0 which is a special code that allows the operator to specify IRIS mode in the Radar Status Menu. As a safety feature, the DEFAULT IRIS mode is set for all of the other numerical codes (1–7) that could be commanded by RCP. Thus, in the event that RCP were to request a mode (other than 0), it would be the DEFAULT Radar Status Menu configuration.

External RCP mode change: Disabled

Setting this to disabled assures that IRIS modes changes cannot be forced by RCP.