IBIS Controller 4.05 User Manual

IBIS Controller
Version 4.5
User Manual
IDS Geo
Radar Srl MNG/2018/010 Rev.1.0 User Manual

INDEX
Mod: MDM/011/M2 Rev 2
INDEX
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
1.1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
1.2 Application Field ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.3 References ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
2. HOW TO READ THE MANUAL ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1 Manual Layout ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Symbols................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
2.3 Glossary & Acronyms............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7
1 SAFETY DIRECTIONS...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
1.1 Description............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
1.2 Definition of Use ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
1.3 Limits of Use ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
1.4 Responsibilities ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
3. GETTING STARTED: LAPTOP CONFUGURATION ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
3.1 Laptop for IBIS-FM, FMT and FL .........................................................................................................................................................................................10
3.2 Laptop for IBIS-Rover and IBIS-ArcSAR ...............................................................................................................................................................................11
4. CONTROLLER START SCREEN ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
1.5 13
4.1 Licensing .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................14
5. CONTROLLER SETTINGS .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
5.1 Settings panel .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................16
5.2 Radar section ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................17
5.2.1 Radar section for IBIS-FM/FMT .................................................................................................................................................................17
5.2.2 Radar section for IBIS-Rover ......................................................................................................................................................................17
5.2.3 Radar section for IBIS-ArcSAR ...................................................................................................................................................................18
1.6 Fig. 17 – Radar Section (IBIS ArcSAR only) ..........................................................................................................................................................................18
5.3 Supply section.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
5.4 Camera section ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................20
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5.4.1 Camera section for IBIS-FM, FMT and Rover ............................................................................................................................................20

5.4.2 Camera section for IBIS-ArcSAR Perforrmance/Lite (if present) ..............................................................................................................22
5.5 Weather section .................................................................................................................................................................................................................22
5.6 Data Management section .................................................................................................................................................................................................24
5.7 Georeferencing section (IBIS Rover and IBIS ArcSAR) ........................................................................................................................................................26
5.8 General section ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................28
6. CREATING A NEW SESSION ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
7.1 Session Name .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................29
7.2 Radar Bearing (IBIS-Rover and IBIS-ArcSAR).......................................................................................................................................................................30
7.2.1 Set Tilt ........................................................................................................................................................................................................31
7.2.2 Set Left.......................................................................................................................................................................................................32
7.2.3 Set Right ....................................................................................................................................................................................................32
7.3 Digital Terrain Model ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................33
7.4 IBIS Position ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................36
7.4.1 IBIS Position (IBIS-FM/FMT) ......................................................................................................................................................................36
7.4.2 IBIS Position (IBIS-Rover and IBIS-ArcSAR) ................................................................................................................................................36
7.5 Selection Mask Area ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................40
7.6 Acquisition Time Interval (IBIS-FM/FMT/FL only) ..............................................................................................................................................................42
7.7 Selection Mask....................................................................................................................................................................................................................43
8. LOADING AN EXISTING SESSION ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 48
9. RUNNING SESSION INTERFACE ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 49
9.1 Session ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................50
9.1.1 Session Info panel......................................................................................................................................................................................50
9.1.2 Session Statistics panel ..............................................................................................................................................................................51
9.2 Radar...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................52
9.2.1 Radar Info panel ........................................................................................................................................................................................52
9.2.2 Radar Control panel for IBIS-FL/FM/FMT ..................................................................................................................................................53
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9.2.3 Radar Control panel for Rover...................................................................................................................................................................53

9.2.4 Radar Control panel for IBIS-ArcSAR .........................................................................................................................................................54
9.3 Supply .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55
9.3.1 Supply Control panel .................................................................................................................................................................................55
9.3.2 Supply Info panel .......................................................................................................................................................................................57
9.4 Camera................................................................................................................................................................................................................................58
9.4.1 AVT Camera Control panel ........................................................................................................................................................................58
9.4.2 AVT Camera Scheduling panel...................................................................................................................................................................60
9.4.3 Eagle-Vision Camera (Avigilon /AVT) Control panel ..................................................................................................................................60
9.4.4 Eagle-Vision Camera (Avigilon / AVT) Scheduling panel ...........................................................................................................................63
9.4.5 Panoramic Camera for IBIS-ArcSAR only ...................................................................................................................................................64
9.4.6 Panoramic Camera Scheduling panel for IBIS-ArcSAR only.......................................................................................................................66
9.5 Weather ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................67
9.5.1 Weather Current panel .............................................................................................................................................................................67
9.5.2 Weather Time Series panel .......................................................................................................................................................................67
9.6 Mask ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................68
9.6.1 Mask for FM, FMT and Rover ....................................................................................................................................................................68
9.6.2 DEM Acquisition (IBIS Rover)....................................................................................................................................................................69
9.6.3 Mask for IBIS-ArcSAR .................................................................................................................................................................................71
9.7 DEM acquisition (IBIS-ArcSAR only) ....................................................................................................................................................................................71
2 APPENDIX A – Toolbars............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 73
3 APPENDIX B – Disclaimer ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 74
4 APPENDIX C – Warranty Conditions ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 76
5 APPENDIX D - Contacts ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 78


INTRODUCTION
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose
This document provides the user with the required information necessary to
set-up and properly describe the IBIS Controller software. This software is
used to command IBIS acquisition operations.
This document is organized as follows:
• IBIS Controller Installation and Configuration;
• IBIS Controller Operational Instructions.
1.2 Application Field

This document refers to IBIS Controller software version 4.2.
1.3 References
The applicable versions of the following documents are the one officially
released at the time of the emission of the present document.
[BD1] MNG/2017/0010 – IBIS Guardian - User Manual
[BD2] MNG/2016/0007 - IBIS-FM – User Manual
[BD3] IDS MN/2013/009 – IBIS-FMT – User Manual
[BD4] MNG/2016/0016 –IBIS-Rover – User Manual
[BD5] IDS MN/2014/062 - Eagle Vision Camera –Manual
[BD6] MNG/2017/012 – IBIS-ArcSAR – User Manual
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HOW TO READ THE MANUAL
2. HOW TO READ THE MANUAL 2.3 Glossary & Acronyms
2.1 Manual Layout AoI Area of Interest
ArcSAR Arc Synthetic Aperture Radar
This manual is composed of different parts:
DEM Digital Elevation Model
• first part describes how to configure the software correctly;
• second part describes the main software features and usage. DTM Digital Terrain Model
FTP File Transfer Protocol
2.2 Symbols
GUI Graphical User Interface
This manual contains the following symbols with related meanings:
IBIS Image By Interferometric Survey
IBIS-FL IBIS – Fast Landslides
Warning
IBIS-FM IBIS – Fast Mining
IBIS-FMT IBIS – Fast Mining on Trailer
PSC Power Supply Controller
To keep on mind SW Software
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
UTC Universal Time Coordinated
Tip

HOW TO READ THE MANUAL
Reasonably Foreseeable Misuse
1 SAFETY DIRECTIONS • Use of the product without instruction.
• Use outside of the intended use and limits.
1.1 Description • Opening the product using tools, for example screwdriver, unless
The following directions enable the person responsible for the product, and this is permitted for certain functions.
the person who uses the equipment, to anticipate and avoid operational • Modification or conversion of the product.
hazards. • Use after misappropriation.
The person responsible for the product must ensure that all users
• Use of products with obvious damages or defects.
understand these directions and adhere to them.
• Use with accessories from other manufacturers without the prior
explicit approval of IDS GeoRadar s.r.l
• Inadequate safeguards at the working site.
1.2 Definition of Use
Intended use:
1.3 Limits of Use
IBIS Controller is specifically developed to command IBIS-FL, IBIS-FM, IBIS-
Environment: Suitable for use in an atmosphere appropriate for permanent
FMT, IBIS Rover and IBIS-ArcSAR (Performance/Lite) systems. The same
human habitation. Not suitable for use in explosive environments.
software provides diagnostic capabilities and hardware warnings and alarms.
IBIS Controller manages IBIS system and its accessories, providing also raw
and pre-processed data. DANGER: Local safety authorities and safety experts must be
contacted before working in hazardous areas, or close to electrical
An IBIS Controller user must be familiar with IBIS technology in order to installations or similar situations by the person in charge of the
properly configure the acquisition options described in this manual. product.
1.4 Responsibilities
Manufacturer of the product - IDS GeoRadar s.r.l. is responsible for
supplying the product, including the user manual and original accessories,
in a safe condition.

GETTING STARTED
Person responsible for the product - the person responsible for the product
has the following duties:
• To understand the safety instructions on the product and the

instructions in the user manual.
• To ensure that it is used in accordance with the instructions.
• To be familiar with local regulations relating to safety and
accident prevention.
• To inform IDS GeoRadar s.r.l. immediately if the product and
the application becomes unsafe.
• To ensure that the national laws, regulations and conditions for
the operation of electromagnetics transmitters are respected.
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GETTING STARTED: LAPTOP CONFUGURATION
• AC Adapter: Input: 100 ~ 240
Vac, 50 Hz/60 Hz;
3. GETTING STARTED: LAPTOP CONFUGURATION Output: 16 Vdc,
74.06 A
3.1 Laptop for IBIS-FM, FMT and FL Battery: Li-ion (11.4V
2600mAh)
The IBIS Controller software is installed, configured and tested on the Battery Life: Approx. 10 h
(Mobile Mark ™
provided Panasonic Toughbook CF20™. 2007, LCD
brightness: 60
cd/m²
Mobile Computing Platform Processor: Intel® Core™ m5-6Y57 vPro Power Management Standby function, Hibernation function, ACPI BIOS
Operating System Windows® 7/ 10 Pro 64 bit
Dimensions (W x H x D) 272 mm x 233 mm x 35,7 mm (tablet + unità base)
RAM 8 GB
Weight Approx. 1.76 kg
Storage 500 GB 7200rpm HDD (SATA)
Water resistance test: IEC529 (JIS C0920)
LCD Monitor resolution 1024x768 pixels; 10.1" sunlight-
IP-X5*, MIL-STD
viewable transflective plus XGA Active Matrix (TFT)
810G 506.5, III*
color LCD with circular polarizer (up to 800cd/m²
Dust resistance test: IEC529 (JIS C0920)
transmissive and 6.500cd/m² reflective brightness,
IP-6X*, MIL-STD
depending on light conditions) and ambient light
810G 510.5, Level*
sensor; Concealed Mode Testing Standards
Gravity drop resistance test MIL-STD 810G
Cabinet Full magnesium alloy with handstrap
516.6 (120 cm
Bluetooth™ Version 4.1 + EDR Class 1
drop)*
WLAN Intel® Dual Band wireless AC8260 a/b/g/n
Vibration resistance test: MIL-STD 810G
compliant; slide on/off switch
514.6, category 20
LAN 1000BASE-T/100BASE-TX/10Base-T
& 24*
Audio Intel® High-Definition audio compliant
* Tested by an independent third party lab following MIL-STD-810G and IEC 60529,
Input Devices Resistive Touchscreen, Touchpad and Keyboard
Sections 13.4, 13.6.2, 14.2.5 and 14.3
with 88 keys
Serial (16550A compatible): D-sub, 9-pin
External display (VGA port): Mini D-sub, 15-pin
Headphone: Mini-jack, 3.5 DIA
Microphone: Mini-jack, 3.5 DIA, Wireless Connection, Firewall or antivirus must not be activated to
stereo avoid any conflict with the IBIS Controller software
DC Input: Jack
Interfaces
USB 2.0: x1, 4-pin
USB 3.0: x3, 9-pin
External Antenna: X2, Dedicated 50
ohms coaxial
connector
Desktop Port Replicator: 100-pin

GETTING STARTED
3.2 Laptop for IBIS-Rover and IBIS-ArcSAR Input: 100 ~ 240
Vac, 50 Hz/60 Hz;
The IBIS Controller software is installed, configured and tested on the AC Adapter:
Output: 15.6 Vdc,
provided Panasonic Toughbook CF31™. Below its technical specifications: 7.05.0 A
Li-ion (10.65V,
Typical 8550 mAh
Intel® Core™ i5-3380M vPro ™ processor Battery:
Mobile Computing Platform Power / Minimum
2.9GHz
8100mAh)
Operating System Windows® 7 Professional 64 bit
Approx. 18 h
RAM 8 GB SDRAM (DDR3L-1333MHz) -max. 16 GB
(Mobile Mark ™
500 GB for IBIS-Rover and 1000 GB for IBIS-
Storage Battery Life: 2007, LCD
ArcSAR, 7200 rpm HDD (SATA)
brightness: 60
Monitor resolution 1024x768 pixels; 13.1" cd/m²
sunlight-viewable XGA Active Matrix (TFT) Standby function, Hibernation function, ACPI
LCD Power Management
colour LCD (up to 1.200 cd/m_) with circular BIOS
polarizer; concealed mode 302 mm x 73.5 mm x 292 mm / 11.9 " x 2.9 "
Full magnesium alloy with integrated carrying Dimensions (W x H x D)
Cabinet x 11.5 " (excluding protrusions)
handle Weight Approx. 3.72 kg / 8.2 lbs (including battery)
Bluetooth™ Version 4.0 + EDR Class 1 Testing
Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265 slide Water resistance test:
WLAN Standards
on/off switch Dust resistance test:
Testing Standards
IEEE 802.3 10 Base-T, IEEE 802.3u 100 Base- Gravity drop resistance
2 LAN
TX, IEEE 802.3ab 1000 Base-T test
WAVE and MIDI playback, Intel ® High Vibration resistance test:
Audio
Definition Audio subsystem support * Tested by an independent third party lab following MIL-STD-810G and IEC
Resistive Touchscreen, Touchpad and 60529, Sections 13.4, 13.6.2, 14.2.5 and 14.3
Input Devices
Keyboard with 88 keys
Serial (16550A
Interfaces D-sub, 9-pin
compatible): IDS Georadar takes no responsibility for functional conflicts
External display (VGA Mini D-sub, 15- between its software and any other software installed on the
port): pin notebook PC by the user. DS Georadar does not guarantee that
HDMI: x1 the performance of its equipment will be maintained using a
Headphone: Mini-jack, 3.5 DIA
different configuration from the recommended one.
Mini-jack, 3.5
Microphone: Wireless Con, Firewall or antivirus must not be activated to avoid
DIA, stereo
DC Input: Jack
USB 2.0: x3, 4-pin
USB 3.0: x1, 9-pin
x1, Dedicated 50
External Antenna: ohms coaxial
connector
Desktop Port Replicator: 80-pin

CONTROLLER START SCREEN
4. CONTROLLER START SCREEN After opening Controller software, the start page is shown. On this page the
Acquisition settings and system configuration are typically setup by IDS user create or load a session configure both settings and sessions. The right
GeoRadar technicians and managed by a fixed software structure named end of the top bar contains three buttons; from left to right:
Session.
Each IBIS session will be uniquely associated with a physical installation of

the system, managing the acquisition for the whole time span of the Reduce to icon: on a standard CF31, Controller sw is always shown
full screen. Use this command to reduce the interface to an icon
monitoring. Sessions can be interrupted and resumed at will, if acquisition
parameters do not change. Info: this button can open three different windows. One is the System
info, a list of the hardware components connected to the Controller
Radar data files are acquired in UTC time reference. Before beginning any with added information about model, firmware or factory
Session, it is mandatory to verify Windows clock settings (time, date, UTC configuration (Fig. 1 and Fig. 2). The second one provides information
zone and DST) to avoid data misinterpretation. on the software version currently in use; the third and fourth ones
provide info about licensing.
Settings: click on the gear button to open the dedicated section of

hardware settings (see Chapter 6)
Tab. 1 – Top bar icons
The central part of the page shows two options:
New Session: create a new Controller session (see Chapter 7
Load Session: load an existing Controller session (see Chapter 8)

.
Fig. 1 – Controller start screen Tab. 2 – Middle page icons

1.5
The lower bar contains:
Quit IBIS Controller. If the Controller is used with an IBIS-Rover

or an IBIS-ArcSAR, the software asks if the user wants to move
IBIS to the Transport mode. (For IBIS Rover: Positioner Azimuth
0°, Tilt Angle 0°, Radar Trolley in the middle position of Linear
Scanner and at the minimum elevation. For IBIS ArcSAR:
Positioner Azimuth at -180°, Tilt Angle -28° and locking pin up)
Tab. 3 – Lower bar icons
Fig. 3 – System Info (IBIS-Rover only)
Fig. 2 - System Info
Fig. 4 – System Info (IBIS-ArcSAR only)

4.1 Licensing
By clicking the Info button, the user access to License Info panel or can read
the license agreement below:
Fig. 6 – License Info: license active
Fig. 5 – License Agreement
The License panel shows the type of equipment, the SW license and the
expiration date of the support plan. When the support plan is active the
expiration date is indicated in green (Fig. 6). When the support plan is going
to expire in 1 month the Expiration date becomes orange and a popup
appears (Fig. 7). When the support plan is expired the expired date is
indicated in red and a popup appears.
It is not possible to install major releases of the software if the expiration

date is greater than the Software release date: only bug-fixing version
updates will be allowed. Beware the expiration date of your support plan
and renew it in time! Fig. 7 – Support Plan Expiration warning

By clicking “Open CLM button” it is possible to check and operate on the

license through the Leica Client License Management (Fig. 8-9-10) where the
user can:
- Check the active installed license/s and the Entitlement ID of the system
- Verify and activate new license/s
- Verify connection to clm.leica-geosystems.com
- Check and setup the license server
Fig. 9 – Leica CLM: installed licenses
Fig. 8 – Leica CLM
Further instructions are provided with specific procedures

Fig. 10 – Leica CLM: activate new license

CONTROLLER SETTINGS
5. CONTROLLER SETTINGS
5.1 Settings panel
The following sections are meant to verify the integrity of the installation
done and to configure the IBIS system settings that will be common to all the
sessions related to any specific IBIS system. Click on the gear button to access
the panel of Settings (Fig. 12).
In this window the user is able to configure each hardware category in a

dedicated section. All the parameters set up in this window will be applied
to all Controller sessions created on that laptop.
IDS GeoRadar recommends to configure Controller settings under the

supervision of an IDS GeoRadar Technician. This should happen during
the first installation visit. Should you have the need to change
configurations, please refer to IBIS Customer Care for technical support.
Some Settings and Load configuration options are disabled while the
session is up or running.
Fig. 12 – Settings Sections (left image IBIS-Rover and IBIS-ArcSAR only)

The Settings Section contains the additional field about Georeferencing
if the IBIS Controller is used with an IBIS-Rover or an IBIS-ArcSAR
Export button is available if you need to copy a certain configuration on a

different machine (for example if you need to swap the Toughbook).
Fig. 11 – Export button

CONTROLLER SETTINGS
5.2 Radar section Antenna Type: refers to the type of radiating element connected to the
sensor. There are 6 families of antennas, each one with a different
5.2.1 Radar section for IBIS-FM/FMT coverage and gain. Refer to the antenna label to select the correct
Radar section (Fig. 13) contains a few settings related to the system type one.
and its diagnostic.
System Type directly affects the number of steps available in the
Controller wizard (see Par. 7). Specifying a wrong system type may lead
you to miss some peripheral configuration.
5.2.2 Radar section for IBIS-Rover

If the Controller is used for IBIS-Rover, this section contains additional
settings (Fig. 14).
Fig. 13 – Radar Section (IBIS FM/FMT)
System Name: used to provide a name to the IBIS unit. This name will be
showed in IBIS Guardian;
Status Interface UDP port: UDP is the protocol Controller uses to exchange
system diagnostic information with Guardian. If the link between
Guardian and Controller is active (see [BD1] for further information), Fig. 14 – Radar Section (IBIS Rover only)
the port specified in this field will be used to exchange UDP packets.
UDP port number used must be the same in both software;

CONTROLLER SETTINGS
Positioner Setup: click on the black arrow to select the COM port in use to
work with the multi-axial positioner. Test Connection to verify the successful
link (LED lit up in green). The default Serial port is COM6 for IBIS-Rover; 5.2.3 Radar section for IBIS-ArcSAR
If the Controller is used for IBIS-ArcSAR, this section contains additional
settings (Fig. 17).
Fig. 15 – Positioner Connection Setup
Pointing Camera enables the communication with the on board camera used
during the session wizard;
Pointing Camera Setup: click on the black arrow to set the pointing camera
IP (Fig. 16). The default IP address is 10.0.0.105. Test Connection to verify the
successful link (LED lit up in green);
1.6 Fig. 17 – Radar Section (IBIS ArcSAR only)
Use default Session Name: Enable to use the default session name (year –
month – day of session creation)
Antenna Type: select type 7 for IBIS-ArcSAR only;
Fig. 16 – Pointing Camera Setup

CONTROLLER SETTINGS
Positioner Setup: click on the black arrow to select the COM port in use to
work with the multi-axial positioner. Test Connection to verify the successful
link (LED lit up in green). The default Serial port is COM4 for IBIS-ArcSAR;
5.3 Supply section
Supply section shows the settings for the power supply unit (Fig. 20).
Fig. 18 – Positioner Connection Setup

Fig. 20 – Supply section
Radar Sensor Setup: Data transfer for the radar sensor mounted on the IBIS-
ArcSAR is through ethernet. Click on the black arrow to specify radar sensor Supply Control switch enables Controller communications with the Power
IP address (Fig. 19). The default IP address is 10.0.1.112. Test Connection to Supply Controller board unit (from now on, PSC), that is IBIS black box. PSC
verify the successful link (LED lit up in green); is used to keep track of the diagnostic of the supply system and to manage
all power exchanges: from IBIS batteries to accessories and from external
power sources (mains, generator, solar panels) to batteries.
Supply Controller Setup: click on the black arrow to specify PSC IP address
and the port in use. Controller and PSC communicate through Ethernet using
a specific port Test Connection to verify the successful link (LED lit up in
green).
Fig. 19 – Radar Sensor Setup

CONTROLLER SETTINGS
Fig. 21 – Supply Controller Setup
Power Generator switch enables Controller communications with the

generator. If this option is turned on, PSC will try to communicate and
manage the generator. Fig. 22 – Camera panel
Camera Control switch enables Controller communications with the camera,

NOTE: Only generators provided by IDS can be automatically piloted by
if present;
Controller software PSC unit is equipped only on IBIS-FM, FMT, Rover
and ArcSAR
Camera Control Setup. Three different cameras are available: AVT
(GE4000C), Eagle-Vision Avigilon or Eagle Vision AVT. Controller and camera
communicate through Ethernet. Click on the black arrow (Fig. 23) to Test
5.4 Camera section
Connection: this button is used to ping the camera (in case you own an AVT
5.4.1 Camera section for IBIS-FM, FMT and Rover camera, its IP address on the network should also be specified). If settings
Camera section shows the settings for the different types of cameras are correct, the LED will be lit up in green, otherwise red;
available with IBIS (Fig. 22). For more information on cameras, please refer
to the hardware manuals for IBIS-FM, FMT or Rover (only the EV Avigilon/EV
AVT).
Fig. 23 – Camera Setup

CONTROLLER SETTINGS
Camera Pan Tilt switch (Eagle-Vision only) enables Controller
communications with the electro-mechanical support of the Eagle-Vision
Camera. As the name suggests, this support is used to change the camera
point of view;
Pan-Tilt Control Setup (Eagle-Vision only): Controller and Pan Tilt

communicate through serial port. Click on the black arrow (Fig. 24) to select
the COM port in use. Use the Test Connection to verify the successful link
(LED lit up in green);
Fig. 25 – Camera Standby Settings
Photo Overlap field (Eagle-Vision only): a dropdown menu allows to define

panoramic overlap thresholds parameters according to the table below.
Threshold Overlap
setting Percentage
High 50%
Medium 40%
Low 30%
Tab. 4 – Photo Overlap thresholds
Fig. 24 – Pan-Tilt Setup
Image Quality field (Eagle-Vision only): a dropdown menu allows to define

Camera Standby switch (Eagle-Vision only) enables power management for image quality thresholds parameters according to the table below.
camera and pan-tilt. Controller will command the PSC to switch off them
according to the schedule specified in Standby Settings; Threshold Quality
setting Percentage
High 99%
Standby Settings switch (Eagle-Vision only): click on the black arrow to set
Medium 90%
the scheduled standby time interval (Fig. 25). Low 80%
Tab. 5 – Image Quality thresholds

CONTROLLER SETTINGS
5.4.2 Camera section for IBIS-ArcSAR Perforrmance/Lite (if present)

Camera section shows the settings only for the panoramic camera mounted
on the IBIS-ArcSAR (Fig. 26).
Fig. 27 – Camera Setup
Camera Standby switch enables power management for camera. Controller

will command the PSC to switch off them according to the schedule specified
in Standby Settings;
Standby Settings switch: click on the black arrow to set the scheduled
standby time interval (Fig. 28).
Fig. 26 – Camera panel for IBIS-ArcSAR
Panoramic Camera: If the software is configured like IBIS-ArcSAR the only

available camera will be the panoramic camera (Build-in Camera);
Enable switch enables Controller communications with the camera;
Camera Setup: click on the black arrow to select the IP address in use (Fig.
27). Use the Test Connection to verify the successful link (LED lit up in green); Fig. 28 – Camera Standby Settings
5.5 Weather section

This section shows Weather Station settings (Fig. 29).

CONTROLLER SETTINGS
Fig. 30 – Weather Station Setup

Fig. 29 – Weather panel
Acquisition Interval: edit the field to specify the acquisition sampling time
Weather Station switch enables Controller communications with the (in minutes).
Weather Station data logger;
Weather Station Setup: click on the black arrow to select the correct
transmission protocol. There are two different weather stations provided
with IBIS whose main difference is the protocol they use with Controller: one
is Ethernet, the other one is serial.
Ethernet: specify weather station IP address. Test Connection to verify the

successful link (LED lit up in green).
Serial: select the correct COM port. Test Connection to verify the successful
link (LED lit up in green).

CONTROLLER SETTINGS
5.6 Data Management section TCP can be thought as a direct link to the active Guardian project. It requires
the user to only specify the IP address and port of the computer with
This section shows all options related to data transfer, backup and hard disk Guardian project. Note that if there is no Guardian project up and running
memory management on the Controller laptop (Fig. 31). on the selected machine, Controller will show a TCP Connection Error
message and won’t move files. Test Connection can be used to verify if the
link is up;
Fig. 31 – Data Management panel

Fig. 32 – File Transfer Setup: TCP
File Transfer switch enables the possibility for the Controller to send PSV,
Selection Mask and JPEG files generated from IBIS to the computer where
IBIS Guardian is running. While acquisition is running, user cannot modify FTP makes use of a server that will store data until they will be actively
this option. collected by Guardian software. Address and Port field are required; other
fields are just optional, depending on the settings of the FTP server you’re
File Transfer Setup: Controller is able to use two different protocols using. FTP link does not require an active Guardian project to work. Test
selectable from the File Transfer Mode list. for this transfer: TCP and FTP. Connection can be used to verify if the link is up. Controller will create a
Delete File After Transmission checkbox can be marked if you want to erase folder (with the name specified in Root Folder) in the home directory of the
PSV and/or JPEG from the Controller machine after they have been FTP server. This folder will contain two subfolders to sort out PSV and
successfully sent over the TCP/FTP link. According to the protocol you select, pictures.
settings will change (Fig. 33).

CONTROLLER SETTINGS
Fig. 34 – Archive Data Setup
Disk Usage Management switch enables automatic control over the HDD
remaining space of the Controller laptop;
Fig. 33 – File Transfer Setup: FTP
Disk Usage Management Setup: click on the black arrow to defines a HDD
Archive Data switch enables Controller data backup; threshold below which the Controller will automatically start deleting oldest
files in the current session, accordingly to the type of files whose checkboxes
Archive Data Setup: click on the black arrow to configure how the backup
are marked (Fig. 35, 30 GB minimum).
will be done (Fig. 34):
- Archive Mode: select Copy or Move. Copy option leaves a copy of the
file in the Controller session folder, Move option deletes the original;
- Backup Folder: browse the path you want to save the backup files in.
The selected folder can be any disk drive, external hard drive or even
network drive (provided the laptop has network connectivity);
- Archive Preprocessed Files, Pictures, Raw Data: these checkboxes
define which files will be moved to the backup folder. As default the
backup folder is C:\Backup;
- Compress Raw Data: A compression ratio of 50% of original size can
be applied to archived GBD files.
Fig. 35 – Disk Usage Management Setup

CONTROLLER SETTINGS
File Transfer and Data Archive exclude one another if the Delete file after
transmission option has been enabled. This conflict will lead to an error
message.
If the Archive Data feature is used to backup data into a network drive,
it is necessary to control if the connection to this network drive requests
credentials. If yes, a service setting is required, following steps below:
- close Controller software;
- login as administrator, type Services on the Windows Start search
bar;
Fig. 36 – Georeferencing section
- In the list, look for IBISController service: right-click on the service
line to Stop it; GPS Module switch enables GPS device operation.
- open IBISController service Properties, right-clicking on the service
line;
GPS Setup: click on the black arrow to select the COM port dedicated to the
GPS (Fig. 37). Test Connection to verify the successful link (LED lit up in
- open Log On section and select the option This Account;
green).
- insert credentials of the user who is allowed to access that network
drive;
Start again IBISController service and open again Controller software.
5.7 Georeferencing section (IBIS Rover and IBIS ArcSAR)

This section shows the settings of the GPS system on board.
Fig. 37 – GPS Connection Setup

CONTROLLER SETTINGS
Geographic Coordinate System for IBIS Rover
click on the black arrow to set the system used in the pit, choosing one of the
following Projection Format options (Fig. 38).
EPSG code (provided by the European Petroleum Survey Group) is a unique

Geodetic Parameter Dataset value used to unambiguously identify
projected, un-projected, and local spatial coordinate system definitions and
Coordinate Transformation in order to apply a correction to the geoid and
obtain a correct IBIS position in X,Y,Z grid coordinate system.
Fig. 38 – Geographic Coordinate System for IBIS Rover
WKT (Well Known Text) file is a text markup language for representing vector
geometry objects on a map, spatial reference systems of spatial objects and Geographic Coordinate System for IBIS ArcSAR
transformations between spatial reference systems. It describes 18 distinct
click on the black arrow to set the system used in the pit, choosing one of the
geometric objects for a spatial reference system describes the datum, geoid,
following Projection Format options (Fig. 39). Two additional Projection
coordinate system, and map projection of the spatial objects.
format options are added:
This file can be loaded in the software.
DC: this file contains calibration and projection information need to convert
local mine coordinates systems to global coordinates. DC file is usually
provided by Trimble.
DAT: this file contains calibration and projection information need to

convert local mine coordinates systems to global coordinates. DAT file is
usually provided by Leica.

CONTROLLER SETTINGS
Fig. 39 - Geographic Coordinate System for IBIS ArcSAR
5.8 General section

This section allows the setting of:
Reference System: Metric or US standard.
Time Format: 12h or 24h. Fig. 40 – General section
Session Folder: here you can specify the path in which all new Controller
sessions will be created and saved. Each session will have a dedicated folder
structure. This setting cannot be modified if the session is already loaded or
running.

CREATING A NEW SESSION
6. CREATING A NEW SESSION
This section of the manual describes the stages to begin a new session in the
Controller. The New Session wizard will guide the user from the
configuration of the IBIS to the acquisition start. To create a new session,
click on the specific button in the Controller first page.
Fig. 41 – New Session button Fig. 42 – Session Name stage
A description can be added to be reviewed later when reloading the session

(see Par. 8).
7.1 Session Name
Click on the bottom left cross button to abort wizard or the bottom right
Fill the name field. A new session folder with the selected name will be arrow to proceed to the next step (Par. 7.3).
created in the session root folder. You can modify the root folder in the
If the Controller is used with an IBIS-Rover or IBIS-ArcSAR after clicking on
general panel of Controller settings (Par. 6). Session name shall not contain
the ahead arrow you will enter the Radar Bearing page (Par. 7.2).
special characters. By default, Controller assigns a project name in this
format: IBIS_YYYY_MMM_DD (e.g. IBIS_2016_Ago_08) as in Fig. 42.

7.2 Radar Bearing (IBIS-Rover and IBIS-ArcSAR) And the following configuration for IBIS-ArcSAR
The first time you enter this page the Controller will command a complete - Azimuth: 0 °;
homing of both the positioner and the scanner for IBIS-Rover and of the
- Tilt: 0 °;
positioner only for IBIS-ArcSAR. A pop-up will appear providing status
information during the movement (Fig. 43). When the operation is
completed the pop-up will automatically disappear. At the end of this step This stage allows the user to define the scenario to monitor using the
the positioner will be in the following configuration for IBIS-Rover pointing camera placed above the Sensor. The user has to define the tilting
of the Sensor and the left limit and right limit of the area to monitor. The
- Azimuth: 0 °;
main section of the screen shows the real-time streaming of the scenario.
- Elevation: 200 mm (maximum height);
Below the stage step by step.
- Tilt: 0 °;
- Scanner: 0mm (homing position).
Fig. 43 – Messages about IBIS Homing (IBIS-Rover and ArcSAR only)

Fig. 44 – Radar Bearing stage (IBIS-Rover)

7.2.1 Set Tilt
The first step of the Radar Bearing stage is the setting of the Sensor tilting to
define the central area where IBIS is pointing to. The Set Tilt button has to be
lit up in black. The user can move the Sensor using arrows placed at the
image long borders. If you want to start (or stop) the tilt movement click on
the Play black arrow (or Stop green square).
Below an example of moving the Sensor during the Set Tilt step: to move the
Tilt upwards, the user has to click on the upper black arrow (Fig. 45). While
the sensor is moving, the upper button shows the Stop green button to stop
the Sensor movement (Fig. 46). Current tilt value is shown on the low left
corner of the video streaming. Tilt range is +/-25°.
Note: Only for the IBIS Rover before every movement there is a 5 seconds
safety wait. During this period the lamps on the positioner are already
flashing and the buzzer is beeping.
Fig. 46 – Radar Bearing Set Tilt – Moving Sensor Upwards (IBIS-Rover and ArcSAR only)
To confirm the Tilt angle click again on the Set Tilt button: the button will be
lit up in green. The user can modify the Tilt whenever he wants during this
stage, clicking on the Update Tilt button (Fig. 47).
Fig. 47 – Update Tilt button (IBIS-Rover and ArcSAR only)
Fig. 45 - Radar Bearing Set Tilt – Click to Move Sensor Upwards (IBIS-Rover and ArcSAR only)

the setting: the button will be lit up in green. Current azimuth value is shown
on the low left corner of the video streaming. Azimuth range is +/-95° (so
7.2.2 Set Left that the limit of the image is +/- 135°) for IBIS Rover and +/- 140° (so that the
This step has to be done moving the IBIS-Rover (or ArcSAR) Positioner. Thus, limit of the image is +/- 180°) for IBIS-ArcSAR Performance/Lite.
to define the left limit of the scenario, the user can use black arrows placed
at the image short borders. To move the positioner click on the Play black The Home button, placed on the right lower corner of the image, permits to
arrow (Fig. 48), with the Set Left button lit up in black. Normally, the move the positioner to the Homing position; To confirm the Left Limit click
Positioner starts its movement from the Homing Position which is its central again on the Set Left button: the button will be lit up in green. The user can
position. While the positioner is moving, the system has a safety sound and modify the Left Limit whenever he wants during this stage, clicking on the
a yellow message is shown on the screen. Update Left button.
7.2.3 Set Right

During this step the user has to set the right limit of the scenario, as in step
above, using black arrows placed at the image short borders to move or stop
the Positioner. While the Positioner is moving, the system has a safety sound
and a yellow message is shown on the screen.
To stop the positioner movement at the desired left limit use the Pause
button (Fig. 49). To confirm the Right Limit click again on the Set Right
button: the button will be lit up in green. The user can modify the Right Limit
whenever he wants during this stage, clicking on the Update Right button.
Fig. 48 – Radar Bearing stage: Set Left (IBIS-Rover and ArcSAR only)
To stop the positioner movement at the desired left limit, use the Stop
button. Then click on the Set Left Limit button on the right column to confirm

increases with the number of subacquisitions (maximum 4 minutes
and 20 seconds with 4 subacquisitions);
- Maximum Measurable Velocity: is the highest velocity value which can
be measured by IBIS-Rover (expressed in a mm/hour).
Fig. 50 – Radar Bearing stage: example info for one subacquisition (IBIS-Rover only)
Fig. 51 – Radar Bearing stage: example info for four subacquisitions (IBIS-Rover only)
Fig. 49 – Radar Bearing stage: Positioner movement (IBIS-Rover and ArcSAR only)
If the user wants to check the selected monitored view, click on Check View
button: the Positioner and consequently the image will move to the left limit,
showing the entire view to monitor.
After this step, fields below the image report following acquisition info for
IBIS Rover
7.3 Digital Terrain Model
- Horizontal Field of View: the view angle of the scenario, expressed in
A DTM and a radar position can be loaded in the session to help the user in
degrees;
the definition of the area of interest (area that you want to monitor). If you
- Number of Subacquisitions: the number of subacquisitions that
don’t have any of these items, you may skip this section clicking on the right
composed an entire acquisition. Subacquisitions number increases
arrow button and refer to Par. 7.5.
depending by the width of the area to monitor (IBIS-Rover is able to
cover a 270° scenario with 4 subacquisitions); To load a DTM, click on the Load button shown in Fig. 52. Controller will
- Acquisition Time: the time needed to perform a whole acquisition (the accept four different file formats: DXF, Shapefiles, XYZ or ASCII grid (.txt). In
sum of all subacquisitions acquisition times). Acquisition time the window shown in Fig. 53 the user can select the DTM file, choose the unit

system in which the DTM was saved. Click on Load button again to confirm
DTM choice.
DTM will be then shown in Controller wizard, as in Fig. 54, using the provided
visualization buttons or Panasonic touchscreen.
To discard a loaded DTM you can use the Unload button.
Additional information on the bottom visualization toolbar can be found in

Appendix A.
Click on the bottom left cross button to abort wizard. Use the bottom right
arrow to proceed to the next step or the bottom left to go back to the
previous stage
Fig. 52 – Digital Terrain Model LOADING stage
Fig. 53 – Load DTM

Fig. 54 – Example of DTM correctly loaded
The DTM you load should include at least all the areas you want to
monitor. It will be in fact used by the software to define the portion of
the scenario to be included in the project.
If the session has been created without the DTM and you want to load
it once session has been created, you have to first edit IBIS Position
acquiring with GPS or manually (eventually in local coordinates) then
you can load the DTM.

7.4 IBIS Position
7.4.1 IBIS Position (IBIS-FM/FMT)

If a DTM has been loaded, an IBIS position is required in order to provide an
estimate of the area covered by the radar. To do that, click on the Edit
Position button and fill the required fields (Fig. 55).
Radar coordinates should be provided in the same reference system of

the DTM.
Fig. 56 – Edit Position tab
There is the possibility to Import and Export radar coordinates for a fast
reference.
7.4.2 IBIS Position (IBIS-Rover and IBIS-ArcSAR)

If the Controller is used for an IBIS-Rover or an IBIS-ArcSAR and the GPS is
installed and up and running (configured in the Settings), before opening the
IBIS Position tab, a message about GPS receiving coordinates will be shown.
Fig. 57 – GPS Starting (IBIS-Rover and ArcSAR only)
Fig. 55 – IBIS Position stage After this, the IBIS Position tab will be shown:

if the GPS has been able to acquire at least one GPS data, the tab will show
the Current coordinates taken with the GPS Mode. To update the GPS
coordinates click on Edit.
Fig. 59 – IBIS Position current coordinated in Manual mode (IBIS-Rover and ArcSAR only)
Clicking on Edit, another tab will be shown: on the left column the Current
coordinates (GPS or Manual) are shown, together with additional GPS
Fig. 58 – IBIS Position with the current GPS coordinates (IBIS-Rover and ArcSAR only)
parameters. On the right column the New coordinates are shown:
• if the user wants to use satellite coordinates as new ones, set Mode
if no GPS data are available, the wizard will show Current coordinates with line as GPS and coordinates will be added automatically (Fig. 60);
the Manual Mode (Fig. 59). If it’s the first installation, the tab will show all • if the user wants to use manual coordinates as new ones, set Mode
the fields with 0 values. If it is not the first installation, the tab will report the line as Manual and the user has to insert coordinates manually (Fig.
coordinates of the last installation. To insert or modify coordinates click on 61).
Edit.
If you didn’t enter the EPSG code, WKT, DC or DAT file in settings you
will see raw GPS data expressed in degrees

To confirm the New coordinates, click on Accept, otherwise Reject them.

Accepting the new coordinates, these ones will be shifted to the Current
coordinates column.
Click on Save button to use them and quit IBIS Position tab. GPS Info button
is used to show/mask optional GPS info.
As soon as radar position is saved, Controller will provide an estimation of

the radar coverage accordingly to the DTM, the radar position specified and
antenna type. Radar coverage will be highlighted in red colours directly on
the DTM surface.
A lighter shade of red identifies areas of the scenario in which the antenna
coverage is not optimal, thus increasing the possibility of border effects in
Fig. 60 – Edit IBIS Position: from GPS to GPS (IBIS-Rover and ArcSAR only)
acquired data (see Fig. 62).
Antenna reflectivity angle depends on the type of antenna you’re using.

Antenna type can be setup in general settings (see Par. 5.1). The
maximum scanning distance for the estimate is 4 Km for IBIS-FM/FMT,
2.5 Km for IBIS-Rover and ArcSAR-Lite and 5 Km for IBIS-ArcSAR-
Performance. Blank areas are typically due to parts of the scenario out
of IBIS line of sight (for example behind a wall).
Fig. 61 - Edit IBIS Position: from GPS to Manual (IBIS-Rover and ArcSAR only)

As soon as you proceed to the next step, the Controller will automatically
launch an acquisition with maximum range (Fig. 63) which is used to enable
the visualization of Radar Views in the selection of the Area of Interest (see
Par. 7.5).
Fig. 62 – IBIS Position stage: estimated radar coverage
Fig. 63 – Default acquisition status bar

Appendix A. Click on the bottom left cross button to abort wizard. Use the
bottom right arrow to proceed to the next step or the bottom left to go back
to the previous one.

7.5 Selection Mask Area Just define the vertexes of the polygon that includes your AoI, then unselect
Select Area button. Edit Area button allows the user to modify the AoI (Fig.
The IBIS system will now acquire a single image with maximum distance and 64).
reduced resolution (full resolution is kept from IBIS Rover). This image is used
to create an amplitude map of the scenario. If you have previously loaded a
DTM and a radar position, you can now use the Select Area button to draw
the contours of your Area of Interest in the 3D View panel.
The Area of Interest (from now on, AoI) is the part of the scenario on which
you want to focus the monitoring. Controller will automatically evaluate and
select good measurement points to be imported in the Guardian project (see
Par. 7.7).
Fig. 64 – Selection Mask Area: 3D view

That same polygon will be applied also to the amplitude map of the scenario,
which can be seen in the Radar View panel (Fig. 65). The solid white line
limiting the amplitude map is calculated using the DTM border as a
reference. In this way the user can select an AoI that will fall between the
DTM borders.
If you didn’t load DTM and radar position, you may still define your AoI
directly in the Radar View panel. This time it will show the complete coverage
of the current radar configuration.
Fig. 65 – Selection Mask Area stage: Radar view

message will pop up (Fig. 67). If the time frame is longer than the default, an
idle period will be introduced.
It’s important to define precisely only the area of interest in order to
exclude for example very close and reflective targets. The selection
mask does not allow to create 2 closed polygons while defining the area
of interest, so for a 360° coverage it’s necessary to include the entire
scenario and then, only after the mask is generated, edit it in order to
exclude the closest areas and the target which are not of interest (see
Par. 7.7)

Appendix A.
previous one.
If the Controller is used for an IBIS-Rover or an IBIS-ArcSAR, after this stage,

the wizard will skip to stage explained in Paragraph 7.7 - Selection Mask.
7.6 Acquisition Time Interval (IBIS-FM/FMT/FL only)
The definition of the area of interest bounds the maximum distance of each
scan. In the Acquisition Time Interval panel (Fig. 66) Controller shows an
estimate of the scan length at full resolution. As a reminder, radar cell Fig. 66 – Acquisition Time Interval stage
resolution is also shown in the sketch below for several standard distances.
The user can edit the Acquisition Time Interval by manually editing the field
and pressing the Apply button or using the Advanced options.
In the first case, if the time frame is shorter than the default, Controller will
automatically decrease the resolution (first in range, then in cross range) to
fit in the max time frame scheduled for the acquisition and a warning Fig. 67 – Change resolution warning

In the Advanced options window instead (Fig.68), Range and Cross Range
resolution may be increased at will (thus making them worse), and the
Acquisition Time Interval field will update accordingly. Reset to Default
button restores the standard acquisition time with full resolution.
Fig. 69 – Acquisitions for Mask generation
The final step of the wizard is the definition of the Selection Mask, that is the
set of radar pixels that will be processed to obtain displacement results. The
software creates a Selection Mask after the end of the four acquisitions (Fig.
Fig.68 – Advanced options
70).
previous one. As soon as you proceed to the next step.
7.7 Selection Mask
The Controller will automatically start four acquisitions with the parameters
you selected (Par. 7.6). These files will be used for the calculation of the Fig. 70 - Selection Mask Generation message
quality parameters related to the Selection Mask. Controller software will automatically select all good quality pixels falling
inside the AoI. The pixels discarded are not processed, although they are still
present in all raw data files. It is best practice to include in your AoI all the
parts of your scenario that will be involved in the radar monitoring, even if
their active mining phase will be happening in the future.
Controller in fact will update the Selection Mask automatically on a

scheduled basis, in order to adapt to the changes in the scenario due to

geological events or human operations. The set of radar pixels exceeding the
automatically evaluated quality thresholds may actually change a lot over
time. Each new mask will be generated using raw data files taken during
stable atmospheric conditions (typically around midnight); the new set of
point born from the updated quality thresholds will be added to the previous
set with an incremental logic. It will be also sent to the current Guardian
project automatically.
Blank areas in the Selection Mask are usually areas with a very poor
reflectivity or coherence.
Poor reflectivity is mostly given by unfavourable geometries between the

wall to scan and the IBIS line of sight: for example a flat surface, like a mine
haul road, is parallel to the line of sight of the radar, thus returning no signal
back. Low coherence is typical of heavily vegetated areas, extremely fast
moving ones or machinery: for example a bench being actively mined. If
you’ve previously loaded a DTM and a radar position, you can now see the
geocoded Selection Mask in the 3D View panel (Fig. 71). Controller displays
the power map related to the points composing it. Information on the Fig. 71 – Selection Mask stage, 3D View
bottom visualization toolbar can be found in Appendix A. If you didn’t load
DTM and radar position, you can see the Selection Mask in radar coordinates
in the Radar View panel (Fig. 72).

Edit Area button enable or disables the visualization of the areas used to
generate the selection mask (Fig. 74). You must right click on a given area to
access the modify panel (Fig. 75). After each and every change, the point
selection of the mask is updated.
Forced Area tool let the user add a forced area to the AoI previously selected
(green polygon in Fig. 74). A forced area is an area in which quality thresholds
won’t be applied, thus forcing all pixels to be selected for processing;
Excluded Area tool creates an area in which all pixel will be excluded from
the selection mask whatever is their quality. These areas are shown in light
blue in Fig. 74;
Fig. 72 - Selection Mask stage, Radar View
On the right column of the Selection Mask panel there are some options to
modify the mask itself (Fig. 73):
Fig. 74 – View Selection Mask areas

Fig. 73 – Selection Mask options

Advanced (for IBIS-Rover) button opens the window shown in Fig. 77, where
the user can select to activate or deactivate the mask automatic update and
the related update period. Moreover, Focusing parameters may be increased
to reduce the effects of radial or arc noisy patterns in range and cross range.
Fig. 75 – Area modify panel

Fig. 77 – Selection Mask advanced options for IBIS-Rover
Advanced (for IBIS-ArcsSAR) button opens the window shown in Fig. 78,
where the user can select to activate or deactivate the mask automatic
update and the related update period; it is also possible to select hour and
minute. Additionally, it is also possible to unable or disable the Incremental
mode for the selection mask update. As explained at Pag. 37 indeed the new
set of points born from the updated quality thresholds will be added to the
previous set with an incremental logic by default. By disabling this option for
each selection mask update the evaluation for the quality threshold to apply
to the radar pixels will be recalculated from the beginning and not starting
from the previous set.
Fig. 76 – Selection mask with forced/excluded areas

Fig. 78 – Selection Mask advanced options for IBIS-ArcSAR
When the editing of the area is over, the final selection mask can be shown
in 3D view or radar view (Fig. 76). Click on the bottom left cross button to
abort wizard. Use the bottom left arrow to go back to the previous step. Click
on the bottom right flag to finalize the wizard. A pop-up message will appear
(Fig. 79), here you can decide to start the acquisition immediately or wait for
a later time clicking “No”.
Fig. 79 – Start Session message

LOADING AN EXISTING SESSION
8. LOADING AN EXISTING SESSION

It is always possible to load an existing session of the Controller, thus skipping
the wizard. In the first Controller page, click on Load Session button:
Fig. 80 – Load Session button
In the Session List you may find all sessions previously created with Controller
version 4: just select one of them and click Open. Additional information on
the session (equipment compatibility, creation date, number of
acquisitions…) can be found in the Session Info field. Fig. 81 – Open Session
If the user wants to open and continue a saved session created with IBIS
Controller version 3, click on Load from File and browse the folder where
the related .gbd configuration session file and .msk selection mask file
are stored. Load from File option is not available if the Controller is used
for an IBIS-Rover or IBIS-ArcSAR. It is recommended to perform this
operation together with an IDS GeoRadar Authorized Technician

RUNNING SESSION INTERFACE
Reduce to icon (see Tab. 1)

9. RUNNING SESSION INTERFACE
After the session has been created or loaded, the user gains access to the Extend Section Panel size,
main GUI (Fig. 82 , Graphical User Interface). This section of the manual
covering the left sidebar and the bottom bar
describes all the features of Controller interface.
Info (see Tab. 1)
Tab. 6 – Top Bar icons
Bottom bar provides some information on the acquisition percentage, time

and date and, if click on the Exit icon, the software will show two options.
Close the current session and create a new one
Quit the software

Fig. 82 – Controller Running Session Interface
Tab. 7 – Exit options
Left Sidebar shows the list of interactive sections available in the Controller.
Each section typically contains two panels and comes with a color-coded LED.
(Tab. 8).
Top bar contains the buttons explained in the Tab. 1

Section is active and running
Section has a warning message active 9.1 Session

Section has a critical error active Session section contains information related to the current active Controller
Tab. 8 – Sections LED color project. It also shows the summary of the system diagnostic, with the
complete log, the list of alarms and a rough statistical analysis over the
acquisition completed.
You can move from one panel to the other by swiping left/right on the
9.1.1 Session Info panel
touchscreen or clicking on the two labels at the top of the panel.
This panel contains a summary of all session information, a list of the active
Sections will be showed in the left sidebar accordingly to the hardware alarms/warnings and the complete session log, with the possibility to apply
selection you specified in the settings. If no camera is enabled for example, interactive filters on it (Fig. 83). Note that the list of alarms only contains
the camera section will be missing. currently active alarms/warnings messages. When the alarm goes off, it may
only be found in the bottom session log (selecting for example the Errors
The following paragraphs will describe in detail the features of each Section filter).
Panel.

9.1.2 Session Statistics panel

This panel provides a rough analysis of the acquisition statistics and useful
information on the volume of data created and archived (Fig. 84).
Fig. 83– Session Info panel
Open Session Folder button is a quick link to the current session folder tree.
Export Log button creates a .zip archive containing the log files of the
Fig. 84 - Session Statistics panel
Controller and the hardware ones. Several choices are available: you can
export log files from the last day up to the time of session creation. This
option is very useful when you have to refer to IBIS support for hardware
On the Number of acquisitions graph you can keep track of the number of
assistance. It is always best practice to send this archive together with your
IBIS acquisitions over the time period specified by the buttons on the right.
support request.

The aspect of this graph should usually be an almost flat line, since the
number of acquisitions should be constant if no configuration change
happens.
A sudden drop in the graph may in fact be due to an hardware failure or a

power outage.
Data Statistics field shows you the estimated number of daily raw data (GBD)
acquisitions, the bulk amount of data generated (.gbd, .psv and pictures) and
the amount of data that will be archived on the back-up disk.
Archive options must be set up in Data Management section
Hard Disk and Backup Disk fields give real time information of the memory
occupation of the disks and estimated autonomy expressed in days.
9.2 Radar
Fig. 85 – Radar Info panel
Radar section deals with the diagnostic of IBIS sensor and linear scanner. It
also provides additional information on acquisition parameters in use.
Acquisition Info field shows the following calculations, based on the
acquisition parameters previously setup in the wizards (see Par. 7.6):
9.2.1 Radar Info panel
Acquisition Time Interval: this is the time between two consecutive
In this panel there are many useful information on the current acquisition acquisitions. By default, this interval is set up to provide continuous scan.
configuration (Fig. 85).
You can introduce additional delay between scans clicking on the pencil
button. This will open the window shown in Fig. 86 ;

are lit up in black, the user can manually move the trolley along the Linear
Scanner.
Linear Scanner controller is disabled while the session is running
Fig. 86 – Acquisition Time Interval

The command Go To [mm] only works after an Homing operation.
Maximum Measurable Velocity is the velocity limit of the IBIS radar. If any
movement in the scenario exceeds this velocity it becomes ambiguous, that
is the radar results will become unreliable (for additional information, see
BD1 – IBIS Guardian - User Manual)
Resolution Cell field shows the dimension of the radar pixel at a given
distance with the current selection of range and cross range resolution (see
Par. 7.6).
On the Acquisition Length graph you can keep track of the time duration of
IBIS acquisitions over the time period specified by the buttons on the right.
The aspect of this graph should usually be an almost flat line, since the
duration of acquisitions should be constant if no configuration change
happens. A sudden variation in the graph may in fact be due to an hardware
failure. Fig. 87 – Radar Control panel
9.2.2 Radar Control panel for IBIS-FL/FM/FMT 9.2.3 Radar Control panel for Rover
This panel enables the remote control of the motorization of the linear If the Controller is used for an IBIS-Rover, the Radar Control panel includes
scanner. It is mostly used by IDS personnel to verify the integrity of the additional commands for the Positioner, Elevation and Tilt regulator.
electro-mechanical parts of the linear scanner (Fig. 87 ). When the arrows

The left column contains manual commands: - Homing: it brings Linear Scanner, Positioner and Elevation to the
Home Position;
- Azimuth: it applies to the Positioner. Home position is a 0° azimuth
- Transport: it brings Linear Scanner, Positioner to the Home position
position; and Elevation at lowest height;
- Elevation: it applies to the Elevation regulator. Home position is the
- Maint 1 and 2: they are used by IDS Personnel for maintenance
maximum height position;
actions.
- Tilt: it applied to the Tilt regulator. Home position is 0° position.
9.2.4 Radar Control panel for IBIS-ArcSAR

If the Controller is used for an IBIS-ArcSAR, the Radar Control panel only
includes commands for Positioner regulator.
The left column contains manual commands:
- Azimuth: it applies to the Positioner. Home position is a 0° azimuth

position;
- Tilt: it applied to the Tilt regulator. Home position is 0° position.
Fig. 88 – Radar Control panel (IBIS-Rover only)
The right upper part shows a real-time streaming image taken with the
Pointer Camera, while the right lower part allows four automatic positioning,
selecting Go button:

9.3 Supply
Supply section is used to manage all power options, the power supply unit
switches and the IBIS generator.
9.3.1 Supply Control panel

System Battery field refers to the diagnostic of the IBIS batteries. Standard
operative range for batteries is 22 V – 28V.
22 V is the shut off threshold (see Power Generator below), 28V is the typical
batteries’ voltage when they are being supplied by an external source (mains,
generator or solar panels). Daily Highest/Lowest can be useful to understand
the daily excursion of the battery voltage. Status can be Charging or
Supplying, whether IBIS batteries are absorbing or providing power.
Fig. 89 – Radar Control panel (IBIS-ArcSAR only)
The right upper part shows a real-time streaming image taken with the
Pointer Camera, while the right lower part allows four automatic positioning,
selecting Go button:
- Homing: it brings the Azimuth and the Tilt to the Home Position;
- Transport: it brings the Positioner in Transport Mode (Azimuth at -
180°, tilt all down and locking pin all up);
- Stress Test: if Azimuth is selected it tests the azimuth rotation at 360°
continuously at high speed. If the Tilt is selected it tests the tilt
movement upward and downward continuously at high speed;
- Maintenance: Positioner in Azimuth +150°and tilt +15°;

this case automatic operations (see below) are disabled and the genset will
not start until fuel is added.
Output power shows how many Watts are transmitted from the generator
to IBIS batteries; generator battery voltage and the total number of running
hours are also displayed. Maintenance field warns the user of the remaining
working time of the generator before the next regular maintenance (for
additional information see IBIS generator can work in two modalities:
- Manual: the generator must be turned on and off manually using the
button Start/Stop engine;
- Automatic: the PSC keeps track of all batteries’ voltage. When IBIS
batteries drop down to 24V, PSC will start the generator. This
recharging phase will last until battery voltage is higher than 27V and
absorbed power is less than 250 W (or 400W with ArcSAR and new
IBIS-Rover). The generator will be also automatically ran whenever its
Fig. 90 – Supply Control panel own battery drops below 12 V: in this case the recharging phase has a
fixed duration of 2 hours.
Solar System field provides information on the solar panel output, in terms
of power and daily voltage peak. Status can be supplying (if there’s at least a If IBIS batteries drop down to 22V (for example because the generator is not
current towards batteries higher than 1 Ampere) or not. connected or without fuel), they enter a deep discharge phase, which may
severely damage them.
Switch Control field commands the electromechanical switches of the power
supply module. PSC must be powered and connected. PSC is enabled in the For this reason the PSC will shut off the system to prevent major damages at
settings for more information. 22V. PSC resumes normal operations when IBIS batteries are above 24 V for
at least 10 consecutive minutes.
Power Generator field commands the IBIS generator remotely and provides
information on its output, fuel level and status. This field is active only after If the Controller is used for an IBIS-Rover or an IBIS-ArcSAR, the Switch
the setup of PSC and generator has been completed. Control panel is different because it contains commands to supply the GPS,
the Positioner and, for the IBIS Rover only (for the IBIS-ArcSAR there is not
The fuel meter will show how much fuel is remaining in the tank. When there the related switch since the Pointing Camera is supplied with the Positioner),
is less than 30% of it, Controller will give a warning message; when the fuel the Pointing Camera (Fig. 91 ).
is less than 20%, an alarm will pop up and the generator will be shut off. In

Fig. 91 – Switch Control for IBIS-Rover (left) and IBIS-ArcSAR (right)
Fig. 92 Supply Info panel

9.3.2 Supply Info panel Select any combination of parameters and time interval you want to visualize
This panel gives a graphical representation of some hardware logs (Fig. 92 ). in the graph. Only two parameters can be visualized at the same time.
You can find the description of the bottom toolbar in Appendix A
Hardware logs are acquired only if the PSC (and generator, where available)
has been set up. Hardware logs can be also exported in a CSV format using
the Export Log feature (see Par. 9.1.1).

9.4 Camera
Camera section is related to the use of IBIS cameras, their diagnostic and the
scheduling of picture acquisition. Controller software is compatible with
three different type of cameras:
- Allied Vision GE4000, also referred as AVT
- Eagle-Vision Avigilon, also referred as EV Avigilon
- Eagle-Vision Allied Vision, also referred as EV AVT
- Panoramic Camera (for IBIS-ArcSAR only)
Camera panels will change according to the type of camera the user can
specify in the general settings
9.4.1 AVT Camera Control panel

The display of the control panel shows the last image acquired by the camera
(Fig. 93 ).
Many commands are available in the Right Toolbar:

Fig. 93 – AVT Camera Control panel
Live View enables the camera video streaming. The streaming resolution is
typically lower than the picture resolution, due to the tuning of the stream Options will load the window with the advanced option for the camera
with the screen resolution; configuration (Fig. 94 ).
Picture enables the acquisition of a single shot. The picture will be taken at Exposure is used to set the exposure time of the camera: you can choose
the camera maximum resolution. between Auto and Manual mode. If it is set in Auto the regulation is based
on the position of slider Target: the extremes of this slider are darkest image
at left and brightest image at right. In manual mode you can insert the
exposure time in a range of 50s to 1000000s (Default is 15000 s).

White balance is used to set the white colour balance of the camera: if it is Exposure button is used to set the exposure region of the picture. The
set in Auto the regulation is completely automatic, while if it is set in Manual exposure can be defined as brightness level of a certain picture. By clicking
you can move the Red Gain and Blue Gain slider. To confirm any change you this button, a small target will appear on the picture (Fig. 95 ). Drag it around
have to click on Apply button. to select the region in which the exposure options (Fig. 94 ) will be applied.
Any view scheduled during the camera standby will not be considered.
Gain is used to set the CCD sensor gain of the camera, which affects the Camera standby options can be set in System Configuration
sensitivity to light (ISO) of the camer.: if it is set in Auto the regulation is
completely automatic, while if it is set in Manual you can specify a gain value
from 0 to 10 dB.
Fig. 95 – AVT Camera Exposure region
You can find the description of the bottom toolbar in Appendix A
Fig. 94 – AVT Camera Options

Additionally, Aperture/Focus sliders are used to define focus and aperture of 9.4.3 Eagle-Vision Camera (Avigilon /AVT) Control panel
the camera lens. Focus can be adjusted to optimize targets at a specific The display of the control panel shows the last image acquired by the camera
distance. Usually, focusing near targets makes far ones blurry and vice versa. (Fig. 97 and 92)
The aperture of the camera regulates the quantity of light the camera will
allow in the picture.
9.4.2 AVT Camera Scheduling panel

This panel is used to schedule the acquisition time of pictures.
Add/Edit/Delete your preferred time of the day to acquire a new picture (Fig.
96 ). The scheduled picture will ignore any zoom currently active in the
Control panel.
Fig. 97 – Eagle-Vision Camera Avigilon Control panel
Fig. 96 – AVT Camera Scheduling panel
Fig. 98 – Eagle-Vision Camera AVT Control panel

You can find the description of the bottom toolbar in Appendix A.
Additionally, the user can adjust other options of the camera: If an Eagle
Vision Avigilon is used, using the arrow or double arrow buttons lens focus
can be adjusted to enhance the visualization of near (man icon) or far
(mountain icon) targets. If an Eagle Vision AVT is used, with the
Aperture/Focus sliders the user can define focus and aperture of the camera
lens. Focus can be adjusted to optimize targets at a specific distance. Usually,
focusing near targets makes far ones blurry and vice versa. The aperture of
the camera regulates the quantity of light the camera
Several buttons are also available in the Right Toolbar:
typically lower than the picture resolution, due to the tuning of the stream
with the screen resolution. Live view must be active if you want to regulate
camera pan and tilt. It must be off when you want to set up a new view;
Fig. 99 – Eagle-Vision Camera Control: Add View
Picture enables the acquisition of a single shot. The picture will be taken at
the camera maximum resolution;
Add View is used to set up panoramic views. AVG camera gives the
opportunity to generate stitched pictures of the scenario. Each view is
composed of several single shots depending on the area size of the user
selection. The final view can be visualized in Guardian as a single panoramic
picture or zoomed up to the level of each single shot. When you set up the
view, the interface changes aspect (Fig. 99 ). Panoramic selection will be
done tracing the diagonal of the area you want to include in the picture. Use
the arrow button to center the image on the top left (right) corner of the Fig. 100 – View name and notes
area, click on the top left (right) square button, then center the image on the
bottom right (left) corner of the image and click on the bottom right (left)
square button. The window in 17will appear, here you can define the name
of the view and add notes.

Options will open the window of the advanced camera settings (Fig. 101 and
Fig. 102 ). For Eagle Vision Avigilon you can set the movement speed of the
pan-tilt unit independently using the sliders and the refresh rate of the live
view in frame per seconds.
For Eagle Vision AVT you can set the, as well as the Pan-tilt speed, also:
Exposure is used to set the exposure time of the camera: you can choose
Fig. 101 – Eagle-Vision Avigilon camera options
between Auto and Manual mode. If it is set in Auto the regulation is based
at left and brightest image at right. If in Auto Mode, Auto Lens on panoramic
is flagged, also the lens aperture of the lens is automatically regulated. In
Manual mode you can insert the exposure time in a range between 50s to
1000000s (Default is 15000 s).
White balance is used to set the white colour balance of the camera: if it is
set in Auto the regulation is completely automatic, while if it is set in Manual
you can move the Red Gain and Blue Gain slider. To confirm any change you
have to click on Apply button.
Gain is used to set the CCD sensor gain of the camera, which affects the
sensitivity to light (ISO) of the camera: if it is set in Auto the regulation is
completely automatic, while if it is set in Manual you can specify a gain value
from 0 to 10 dB.
Fig. 102 – Eagle-Vision AVT camera options

In the Camera Control Panel Use Pan Tilt button to take control over the 9.4.4 Eagle-Vision Camera (Avigilon / AVT) Scheduling panel
camera motorization and center the image on the part of the scenario you This panel is used to schedule the acquisition time of each view (Fig. 104 ).
want to observe, using the arrow buttons (live view must be enabled, see Fig.
103 ); A view of one single shot is still considered a view for scheduling purposes
Wiper button is used to activate camera wiper.
Any view scheduled during the camera standby will not be considered.
Camera standby options can be set in System Configuration
Fig. 104 – Eagle-Vision Camera Scheduling panel
The Views List field contains all the views previously saved in Controller: Take
now command gets an immediate picture of the selected view, Remove
command erases the view. For each view, the View Info field provides
detailed information: for example how many pictures are composing it and
the number of row-columns.
Fig. 103 – Eagle-Vision Camera Avigilon Control: Pan Tilt

9.4.5 Panoramic Camera for IBIS-ArcSAR only
The display of the control panel shows the last image acquired by the
For each view you can also associate a specific Time Schedule. Select the view
camera (Fig. 106).
and use the Add/Edit/Delete/Delete All buttons to adjust time settings. Add
command will open the window in Fig. 105 where you can add a single time
reference or multiple ones.
Fig. 106 – Panoramic Camera Control
Fig. 105 – Add Time Scheduling

With the Aperture/Focus sliders the user can define focus and aperture of
the camera lens. Focus can be adjusted to optimize targets at a specific
distance. Usually, focusing near targets makes far ones blurry and vice versa.
The aperture of the camera regulates the quantity of light the camera
Several buttons are also available in the Right Toolbar:

typically lower than the picture resolution, due to the tuning of the stream
with the screen resolution (Fig. 107).
Fig. 108 – Panoramic Camera automatic calibration
Fig. 107 – Panoramic Camera Live View Options will open the window of the advanced camera settings (Fig. 109).
Take Pan will command the Panoramic Camera to acquire the frames needed
to compose a 360° panoramic picture. The frame acquisition will start during
the closest radar scan since the radar sensor itself triggers the camera (the
frame acquisition can eventually begin during the second radar scan after
giving the command since the first scan can be used by the camera for best
calibration of exposure and focus; in this case the yellow message shown in
Fig. 108 will be shown.

9.4.6 Panoramic Camera Scheduling panel for IBIS-ArcSAR only
This panel is used to schedule the acquisition time of each panoramic (Fig. 111)
Fig. 109 – Panoramic Camera Options
Fig. 110 – Panoramic Camera Scheduling Panel

You can set:
By pressing add the panel shown in Fig. 111:
Exposure is used to set the exposure time of the camera: you can choose
between Auto and Manual mode. If it is set in Auto the regulation is based
at left and brightest image at right. If in auto Mode Auto Lens on panoramic
is flagged, also the lens aperture is automatically regulated. In manual mode
you can insert the exposure time in a range between 50s to 1000000s
(Default is 15000 s).
White balance is used to set the white colour balance of the camera: if it is Fig. 111– Panoramic scheduling Add Time
set in Auto the regulation is completely automatic, while if it is set in Manual
Enable the days of the week where you whish to obtain a panoramic
you can move the Red Gain and Blue Gain slider. To confirm any change you
acquisitin and the time; then click save. The new Time schedule will be added
have to click on Apply button.
in the Time Schedule winow of te Camera Scheduling main panel.

9.5 Weather 9.5.2 Weather Time Series panel
This panel gives a graphical representation of weather station logs (Fig. 113
Weather section shows all the information related to weather station (if it is
). Select any combination of parameters (right toolbar) and time interval (top
connected) acquisition, diagnostic and logs.
toolbar) you want to visualize in the graph. Only two parameters can be
9.5.1 Weather Current panel visualized at the same time. The bottom toolbar provides additional zoom
options. Weather station logs are acquired only if the PSC has been
Current panel shows the weather information since last acquisition (Last
configured. Weather station logs can be also exported in a CSV format using
Update field, Fig. 112 ). Acquisition time interval can be setup in general
the Export Log feature (see Par. 9.1.1).
settings. Click on the Refresh button to request a status update from the
weather station.
Fig. 113 – Time Series panel
Fig. 112 – Weather Station – Current panel

9.6 Mask
9.6.1 Mask for FM, FMT and Rover

Mask section deals with the management of the selection mask and the DTM
of the current session (
Fig. 114 and Fig. 115 ).

if the User wants to edit the IBIS Position, updating it with the GPS
information, the software will ask to stop current running acquisition
and move the Radar Sensor to the Homing position on the Positioner.
GPS needs at least 1 minute to acquire coordinates. Acquisition has to
be relaunch after GPS measurement.
Fig. 114 - Mask Coverage panel

if the User wants to edit the IBIS Position, updating it with the GPS
information, the software will ask to stop current running acquisition
and move the Radar Sensor to the Homing position on the Positioner.
GPS needs at least 1 minute to acquire coordinates. Acquisition has to
be relaunch after GPS measurement.

Controller software is able to perform special acquisitions in order to
generate a DTM. This feature is available if the application works with an IBIS
Rover only.
In this case an additional button is shown in the Mask section (Fig. 116). This
feature works during a running section only.
Fig. 116 – DTM acquisition button
Clicking on Acquire DEM button, IBIS-Controller estimates the acquisition

time of this operation, starts the acquisition and reports in the Session Log
the acquisition stage performed (Fig. 117 and Fig. 118)
Fig. 115 – Mask Edit panel
The Coverage panel gives you the options to Unload the current DTM, Load
a new one, Edit the IBIS position and perform a DEM acquisition using the
Rover. If you unload the current DTM without providing a new one, only the
Radar View will be available. Moreover, in the Edit panel you can instantly
Update the mask, without waiting for the scheduled time set in Advanced
menu.
Fig. 117 – Starting DTM acquisition

IBIS acquisition must be stopped before applying changes to the
Selection Mask A
9.6.2 DEM Acquisition (IBIS Rover)

Fig. 118 – DTM acquisition in progress
When the acquisition is completed Controller saves a .gbdtm file in

C\Sessions\Sessionname\Dem acquisition folder.
This file can be processed with an external reconstruction tool to generate a

DTM with the data acquired by Rover.
The DTM Reconstruction tool is not included in the software installation

package but it is provided as an external tool.
Once the DTM has been generated (ESRI grid format) it is possible to load
into IBIS Controller as a normal DTM.
For a detailed description of all Selection Mask features, refer to Par. 7.7. For
the detailed description of the bottom toolbar, please refer to Appendix A.

9.6.3 Mask for IBIS-ArcSAR
Mask section deals with the management of the selection mask and the DTM
of the current session (Fig. 113) .
Fig. 120 – Selection Mask Info
For a detailed description of all Selection Mask features, refer to Par. 7.7. For
the detailed description of the bottom toolbar, please refer to Appendix A .
9.7 DEM acquisition (IBIS-ArcSAR only)

The Coverage panel gives you the options to Load a new DTM, Edit the IBIS
Fig. 119 – Mask coverage panel for ArcSAR position and perform a DEM acquisition using the ArcSAR.
Mask Info shows for each mask the following information (Fig. 115)
If you unload the current DTM without providing a new one, only the Radar
- Creation Date View will be available.
- Number of Points Controller software is able to perform special acquisitions in order to

generate a DTM. This feature is available if the application works with an IBIS
- Mask ID ArcSAR (Fig 116)
- PSV File Size (kb)
- Configuration ID
- Session ID

Fig. 122 – DEM Acquisition stage
When the acquisition is completed Controller saves a .gbdtm file in

C\Sessions\Sessionname\Dem acquisition folder.
This file can be processed with an external reconstruction tool to generate a

Fig. 121 – DEM for IBIS-ArcSAR
DTM with the data acquired by ArcSAR.
Clicking on Acquire DEM button, IBIS-Controller estimates the acquisition
time of this operation, starts the acquisition and reports in the Session Log The DTM Reconstruction tool is not included in the software installation
the acquisition stage performed (Fig. 122). package but it is provided as an external tool.
Once the DTM has been generated (ESRI grid format) it is possible to load
into IBIS Controller as a normal DTM.
Open the tab List to view all the DEMs acquired or previously loaded in
controller from external sources (Fig. 123).

APPENDIX A – Toolbars
2 APPENDIX A – Toolbars
Many panel have visualization options in common. In this section you may
find the description of all the common toolbar buttons.
Zoom In/Out: use these button to change the zoom level
Zoom Axis: use these button to change the zoom level on vertical
or horizontal dimension only
Reset Zoom restores the default camera visualization
Rubber Band zoom: click and drag on the picture to define a box.
The image will be scaled to zoom in that box
Pan, use this tool to rigidly translate the picture
Top View is used to reset the camera view orthogonal to the XY

plane
Fig. 123 – DEM list
IBIS view is used to set the camera view as if it was in the IBIS
position
Save Screenshot will acquire a single shot of the part of the

scenario currently visualized. The screenshot will be a JPEG file
with the same resolution of the screen
Tab. 9 – Toolbars buttons

APPENDIX B – Disclaimer
provided by these “Tools” may be not error free. User that completely relies on the
outcomes provided by these Tools only, does it at his own risk.
3 APPENDIX B – Disclaimer v. In no event IDS shall be liable for special, direct, indirect, incidental, exemplary, punitive
or consequential damages including, but not limited to, loss of profits or revenue, caused
DISCLAIMER by the use of the Products, either separately or in combination with other products or
relied upon the results provided by the above “Tools”.
1. Generals.
i. The present Disclaimer applies to all products (the “Products”) designed, produced and 3. Disclaimer for the “Use” of the Products.
distributed by IDS GeoRadar s.r.l. ,its Subsidiaries, Affiliated and authorized Distributors. i. The User shall follow the instructions provided by IDS in its official “Reference
IDS reserves full ownership and intellectual property rights of any “Information” Documentation” for the Product, in particular the User’s Technical Manual which
contained in this Disclaimer including Trade Marks and Graphics. No part of this contains all the specific steps and recommendations for a correct setting-up and use of
Disclaimer may be used or reproduced in any forms without the prior written agreement the Product.
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ii. In the event that any provision of this Disclaimer may be invalid, unlawful or incapable or consequential damages including, but not limited to, loss of profits or revenue, caused
of being enforced by a rule of law, all other provisions shall, nonetheless, remain in full by the missed or incomplete observance of the instructions and prescriptions for the use
force and effect. Failure to either enforce or exercise any right, privilege, or legal remedy of the Products, either separately or in combination with other products, in particular for
at any time, any provision contained in this Disclaimer, shall not be deemed a waiver of the following main aspects:
such provisions or right, remedy, or privilege. a. Use of IDS Products outside its limitation of use, without proper and adequate
iii. This Disclaimer shall be interpreted, governed, construed and enforced in accordance scientific/technical knowledge or without specific training.
with the laws of Italy. Buyer hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of Pisa. b. Use of results/outcomes of the measurements performed by the Product
aimed to safety aspects without using adequate control procedures and
2. Initial Precautions for Setting-up and Use of the Products. assessment by skilled personnel.
i. The Buyer, for setting-up and using the purchased Products, shall consult the official c. Opening of the Equipment (for HW Products) without express written
documentation provided by IDS for the Products (“Reference Documentation”) and authorization of IDS
carefully ascertain the compliance with national laws and requirements, which may limit d. Unauthorized changes and additions to the Products.
or even forbid their use. e. Use of the Products connected to suspected non-working equipment or with
ii. For Products which shall operate by circulation in Public Areas/Roads, with or without equipment (mainly PC) having characteristics non in compliance with the
moving traffic, Buyer/User shall verify the approval of local authority and/or site’s owner required specifications of IDS not expressly authorized by IDS
according to their specific procedures. IDS shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, f. Poor or faulty operation of the electrical and telecommunication networks not
special, incidental or consequential damages or injuries, including without limitation, lost directly managed by IDS or its delegates.
revenues or lost profits, resulting by un-authorized use of the Products in Public g. Poor or faulty operation Software/Hardware of the third parties connected
Areas/Roads. with IDS Equipment.
iii. For IBIS Products Family, Buyer/User warrants: h. Poor or faulty operation of the Products due to Software Virus which infected
• that these Products are not being used, in the design, development, production the Products after their delivery.
or use of chemical, biological, nuclear ballistic weapons. Buyer/ User will i. Use of the Products which have encountered suspected manumissions,
defend, indemnify and hold IDS harmless against any liability (including accidents, electrostatic shocks, flashes, fire, earthquake, flooding or other
attorney’s fees) for non-compliance with the terms of this article. natural disasters or unexpected events.
j. Use or storage of the Products outside the limits of the “Operational
• that no operation or use of the IBIS products shall be started before its
Temperature Range” specified by IDS.
designated Operator/s has got the IBIS User Certificate, as defined by IDS
specific procedure which the Buyer confirms to know and accept.
4. Disclaimer for the “IBIS Family” Products.
iv. For Products which include specific “Operational” software with automatic data
processing and analysis “Tools”, i.e. the IBIS Products, User shall be aware that the results

APPENDIX B – Disclaimer
i. IBIS Products include specific “Operational” software with automatic data processing and
analysis which may give outcomes/results for helping User in the monitoring of “the
stability conditions” of a specific event.
ii. Nevertheless, IDS has the obligation to remind the Users that the performance of IBIS
might be influenced by two main factors which may distort its outcomes, thus giving rise
to false or missing alarms:
a. the parameters introduced by the operator/s.

b. the particular environmental conditions: (even though the radar technology
employed by IBIS, is deemed among the most reliable for the monitoring of
“instable slopes).
iii. Therefore, when IBIS Products are used in “Critical Monitoring for safety purposes”
applications, like real time monitoring of unstable slopes including Opencast Mining,
User must be aware that the “the assessment of the stability conditions of the observed
targets” must be tasked to skilled and certified operator/s able to understand data
supplied by either IBIS or other equipment employed to such purpose; only operators
officially trained and regularly updated by IDS (holding an “IBIS User Certificate” thereof)
are allowed to use IBIS products.
iv. IDS assumes no liability for any direct, indirect special, incidental or consequential
damages or injuries caused by such reliance or for the use of IBIS Products by operator
not holding an “IBIS User Certificate” issued by IDS. Any Buyer or User that completely
relies on information obtained from the automated data processing/analysis tools only
does so at his own risk and possible damages caused to IBIS products during operations
performed by not-certified operators are not covered by the applicable Warranty Terms
in force.

APPENDIX C – Warranty Conditions
4. The above mentioned warranty excludes any other remedies and it has to be
considered the only and exclusive remedy foreseen for the Buyer and its retailers and
4 APPENDIX C – Warranty Conditions clients, with reference to IDS Products purchase, being, expressively understood that
any kind of limitation and/or discharge of responsibility provided by the present
warranty is referred to both (I) the responsibility as against any third parties, pursuant
to the legislation regarding the producer responsibility and (II) the warranty provided
Warranty Conditions by the law in force.
A. Standard Warranty Conditions B. Warranty Procedure
1. IDS GeoRadar s.r.l., (hereinafter referred to as IDS or Seller), warrants that its 1. To proceed in the application of warranty terms, Buyer shall have to contact IDS
products shall be free from defects in material and workmanship, for a period of 12 Customer Care Office to get the clearance to return the Faulty Parts.
months from the delivery date duly registered and certified (“Effective Date”) in the 2. The Faulty Parts once received by IDS will be inspected to verify they are eligible for
“Warranty Registration Form” enclosed hereto. IDS shall repair or replace Products repair or replacement..
or parts thereof found faulty (the “Faulty Parts”) which are returned to IDS, and 3. Buyer is responsible for ensuring that the Faulty Parts be returned to IDS with a
which, at IDS’s judgment, were defective or became defective during its normal use. suitable packing (it is recommended that the original packing be saved for a better
Seller’s obligations shall not apply to Faulty Parts that: understand of the failure cause); IDS will not be obliged to repair or replace Faulty
(a) Buyer do not properly store, install, use, or maintain; Parts damaged from abuse, misuse, negligence, accident loss or damage in transit.
(b) Buyer modify, or perform tests which are not approved in writing by the 4. The Shipping costs for Products returned during the warranty period, are as follows:
Seller; (f) From Buyer Site to Seller site ➔ shipping costs, as per Incoterms CIP, are
(c) Buyer have subjected to any kind of misuse, detrimental exposure beyond borne by Buyer
its intended purpose or damaged in an accident or by natural disaster or (g) From Seller Site to Buyer site ➔ shipping cost, as per Incoterms CIP, are
calamities. borne by Seller
(d) Are repaired by other than IDS personnel; in which have been installed 5. The warranty period on the repaired or replaced Faulty Parts is 6 (six) months or the
HW/SW accessories not supplied by IDS; are integrated or connected to
unexpired portion of warranty on such Faulty Parts whichever date comes later.
equipment different from the ones supplied by IDS (except the PC data
Logger conform to IDS specifications); C. Special Warranty Conditions for IBIS Products
(e) Whose operational software was not installed as per IDS instruction (see IDS Without prejudice to the Warranty terms defined in the above Clauses A and B, the
User’s Guide for the Data Acquisition Software); following special conditions apply to the IBIS products.
2. Seller’s Products may include specific “Operational” software with automatic data 1. IDS offers to the Buyer, optionally, special Support and Maintenance Plans to be
processing and analysis tools (SW) supplied under a License agreement (EULA). While performed along the life of the equipment. These plans set forth special Warranty
every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information/results provided by conditions which are detailed in the relevant options purchased.
these tools, they must not be intended as a substitute for people analysis; rather, 2. IBIS Product Family is subject to export/import regulations as per EU export control
they have to be intended as an advisor and the user must not completely rely on the regime Council Regulation (EC) No. 428/2009 and successive amendments. The
results provided by them. Under no circumstances does IDS warrant that the SW will category of exportation for IBIS F product family is 6A008.d. Buyer warrants that the
operate uninterrupted or error free The SW is provided “as is” without warranty of IBIS Products to be purchased: a) shall not be re-exported, directly or indirectly,
any kind. IDS warrants for a period of sixty (60) days from the Effective date that, outside Buyer’s country in violation of any law or regulation or to embargoed or
under normal use, the SW support media will be free of defects in material and otherwise restricted countries, b) shall not be used, in the design, development,
workmanship; in such case the provisions of above point a) apply production or use of chemical, biological, nuclear ballistic weapons. It is Buyer’s
3. Any different warranty, granted by the Buyer to its retailers and clients, even as final responsibility to know the law pertaining to export/import procedures in the country
consumers, pursuant to the European Union law in force regarding the rights of the of destination of the Products. Buyer will defend, indemnify and hold Seller harmless
consumers, does not engage IDS in anyway. against any liability (including attorney’s fees) arising out of Buyer’s failure to comply

APPENDIX C – Warranty Conditions
with the terms of this article. Should the Authorities issue an export restriction which
leads to the cancellation of a purchase order already accepted by IDS, IDS only liability
shall be to return to Buyer any account paid without interests. Buyer shall comply
with the laws and procedures in force in the country of destination of the Products.
3. IBIS can be used in Critical Monitoring for safety purposes applications, like real time
monitoring of unstable slopes including Opencast Mining. Buyer shall be aware and
agree that the assessment of the stability conditions of the observed target must be
tasked to skilled and certified operator/s able to understand data supplied by either
IBIS or others. The performance of IBIS can be, in fact, influenced either by the
parameters introduced by the operator/s or by particular environmental conditions
which may distort its outcomes, thus giving rise to false or missing alarms.
4. IDS assumes no liability for any direct, indirect special, incidental or consequential
damages or injuries caused by such reliance or for the use of IBIS Products by
operator who have not achieved a training course certified by IDS. Any person or
entity that completely relies on information obtained from the automated data
processing/analysis tools only or by operators who have not achieved a training
course certified by IDS, does so at his own risk
D. Limited Liability
Without prejudice to the exclusion of liability stated at the above Clause C.
1. Seller’s sole obligation and liability under this Agreement shall be limited to the repair
or replacement of the Product, or the refund of the purchase price at the Seller’s sole
option. This Article sets forth the sole and exclusive remedies for claims based upon
defects or nonconformity of the Products, whether the claim is on contract, warranty,
tort (including negligence), strict liability, or otherwise.
The cumulative liability of Seller, including its subcontractors or suppliers, for any
and all claims, including but not limited to claims based on Seller’s negligence of any
degree, strict liability, breach of contract, warranty, reliance on the accuracy,
reliability, or timeliness of the information provided by the SW, patents or
otherwise, shall not exceed the sums cashed by IDS for the purchased Products,
which give rise to the claim, and any such liability shall terminate upon the
expiration of the warranty period.

APPENDIX D - Contacts
5 APPENDIX D - Contacts
IDS GeoRadar s.r.l.
Via A. Righi 1-2 Pisa (PI) 56121 – Loc. Ospedaletto - ITALY
Tel. +39 0508934122 – Fax +39 0507912130
Mail: support.minig@idsgeoradar.com

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Radar Srl MNG/2018/010 Rev.1.0 User Manual

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• IBIS Controller Operational Instructions.

1.2 Application Field

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• To understand the safety instructions on the product and the

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Each IBIS session will be uniquely associated with a physical installation of

Settings: click on the gear button to open the dedicated section of

Tab. 1 – Top bar icons

The central part of the page shows two options:

New Session: create a new Controller session (see Chapter 7

Load Session: load an existing Controller session (see Chapter 8)

Fig. 1 – Controller start screen Tab. 2 – Middle page icons

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Quit IBIS Controller. If the Controller is used with an IBIS-Rover

Fig. 3 – System Info (IBIS-Rover only)

Fig. 2 - System Info

Fig. 4 – System Info (IBIS-ArcSAR only)

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Fig. 6 – License Info: license active

Fig. 5 – License Agreement

It is not possible to install major releases of the software if the expiration

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By clicking “Open CLM button” it is possible to check and operate on the

Fig. 9 – Leica CLM: installed licenses

Fig. 8 – Leica CLM

Further instructions are provided with specific procedures

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5.1 Settings panel

In this window the user is able to configure each hardware category in a

IDS GeoRadar recommends to configure Controller settings under the

Fig. 12 – Settings Sections (left image IBIS-Rover and IBIS-ArcSAR only)

Export button is available if you need to copy a certain configuration on a

Fig. 11 – Export button

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5.2.2 Radar section for IBIS-Rover

Fig. 13 – Radar Section (IBIS FM/FMT)

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Fig. 15 – Positioner Connection Setup

1.6 Fig. 17 – Radar Section (IBIS ArcSAR only)

Antenna Type: select type 7 for IBIS-ArcSAR only;

Fig. 16 – Pointing Camera Setup

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Fig. 18 – Positioner Connection Setup

Fig. 19 – Radar Sensor Setup

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Fig. 21 – Supply Controller Setup

Power Generator switch enables Controller communications with the

Camera Control switch enables Controller communications with the camera,

Fig. 23 – Camera Setup

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Pan-Tilt Control Setup (Eagle-Vision only): Controller and Pan Tilt

Fig. 25 – Camera Standby Settings