ITS-AX2 Barrier Gate Control Radar

(Collision Avoidance Type)

User Manual

Shenzhen Sinomatic Technology Co., Ltd.

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you are kindly invited to read this user manual carefully,

then you are strongly suggested to install and debug it

strictly following the instructions provided in this

manual.

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 Content
1.Introduction.................................................................... 4

2.Technical Specifications................................................. 6

3.Features...........................................................................8

4.Installation Instructions................................................ 11

5.Interface Definition.......................................................15

6.Configuration Instructions........................................... 18

7.Remarks.........................................................................28
1.Introduction

ITS-AX2 barrier gate control radar is

developed for the entrance and exit

management of parking lots or underground

garages. It can precisely control the rising and

falling of the gate rod by cooperating with the

main control board of the gate control system,

which could effectively avoid the "accidental

injury" of the gate rod to the passing vehicles or

pedestrians in the radar field of view,and realize

intelligent anti smashing.

ITS-AX2 radar adopts the highly integrated

RF chip SOC scheme, which has the

characteristics of small size, low cost, all-weather

working capability, high detection sensitivity,

high precision, easy to debug&installation, very

good stability and reliability.

 The working frequency of the radar is 79GHz,

with Linear Frequency Modulation and

Continous Waveform, which makes the available

bandwidth up to 4GHz. The range resolution is

up to 4cm, and ranging accuracy is better than

2cm. The radar antenna adopts multiple

transmitting and multiple receiving design that

enables the radar good angular resolution and

high angle measuring accuracy. The onboard

signal processing and control unit apply the

DSP&arm dual core architecture. Through the

joint optimization design of software and

hardware, this product can accurately identify

and distinguish the pedestrian, vehicle and other

targets passing through the brake lever area,

and avoid the phenomena of "smashing the

vehicle", "smashing the person" and "not

dropping the lever".

 2.Technical Specifications

Terms Parameter Value

Input Voltage(Volts) 10~16

Temperature Range(℃) -40~85

Working Power(W) < 2.5

Condition Water Rissistance Level IP67

Connection Interface RS485/Bluetooth

Size(mm) 107.5*73.2*18

Default ± 0.5m

Along Road Width (configurable

Detection Zone within ±1.5m)

Default 3 m
Cross Road Range
(configurable
 within 6 m)

Serial Port /
Online debugging
Upgrade and Bluetooth Debug

Debug Serial Port /

Online update
Bluetooth Upgrade

All brake lever types

Application type
3.Features

The appearance of radar is shown in Figure 1.

The main features are:

LED indicators：

There are two LED indicators on the surface of the

front of radar.

The red LED is the power state lamp which will stay on

when the power supply is turned on. The green LED is

the operating status lamp which will be automatically

trigger on when objects detected in the access area and

it goes off when there is no objects.

Detection Zone configuration:

The default detection Zone of the radar is 3 meters

forward times 0.5 meters on the left and right sides.

Different detection areas can be configured via mobile

APP or debugging software running on uphost

computer.
Configuration parameters saving and reload:

Configuration such as detection area could be

automatically saved, and the latest configuration

parameters after power failure and restart will be

reloaded.

Firmware upgrade:

The firmware can be upgraded online through RS-485

or APP interface with host computer without taking off

the cover board and the new firmware can take effect

just by restarting the power of radar.

Stable performance:

Millimeter wave radar sensing capablity stay nearly the

same under different light illuminations, climates such

as rain, fog or snow and dust.

Figure 1. Appearance and Size
4.Installation Instructions

The radar must be installed on the surface of gate box

body and the radar surface with LED indicators must be

perpedicular to the lane (vehicle access) direction. The

installation must follow the instructions below:

Step1.Choice of radar mounting location.

the radar LED indicator must be facing down which

refers in Figure 2. The installation position of radar must

be 200-300mm away from the barrier gate and

550-750mm higher than the ground.

Figure2.Radar Installation Demonstration

Step2.Trepanning

A mounting hole of M16 should be drilled on the

surface of gate box according to the installation position

illustrated in the former part(see figure 2).

Recommended diameter of drilling hole must be

approximately 16mm.

Step3. Radar mounting and fixing.

M16 nut

(a)Put radar through the

(b)Nut locking and fixing
circular hole
 (c)Post installation display

Figure 3. mounting and fixing steps schematic

As shown in Figures 3 (a)-(c), the radar is fixed to the

brake box through the bottom bolt. Firstly the radar is

plugged into the brake box, then cover the washer with

M16 screws to fix it, then insert the end of the wire

harness into the radar in the correct direction and lock

the metal buckle. The final installation effect is shown as

Figure 4.
Figure 4. Installation Demonstration
5.Interface Definition

NO CABLE ID Color Description

1 12V Red positive pole

2 GND Black negative pole

Reserved
3 GND Yellow
Ground

4 RX White RS485 B-

5 TX Gray RS485 A+

Normally
6 Blue Normally open1
open1

Normally
7 Green Normally open1
open1

8 Normally Brown Normally close2

9 Normally purple Normally close2

10 Enter Orange Enter

Here are the detailed connections of these

interface to the gate control board.

 Power supply connection:

The red wire("VCC") MUST be connected to the positive

output terminal of the 12V power supply,

The black wire ("GND") MUST be connected to the

negative output terminal of the power supply.

 Barrier gate control signal:

The green and blue wires are normally open signals 1 of

the radar onboard relay1.

The brown and purple wires are normally close signals 2

of the radar onboard relay.

The control line wires MUST be connected to the

originally loop detector interface and the public

common signal interface.

 RS-485 line connection:

gray line by line RS-485 T/R + end;

white line by line RS-485 T/R - end.

 Bluetooth connection

bluetooth name: "Radar…";

user password: 88888888.

6.Configuration Instructions

The radar can be debugged through either

the mobile APP or the debuging software on

the uphost computer.

Mobile application debugging instructions:

After installing the debugging application to the

mobile phone, click the icon of the application and the

user interface is displayed as Figure 5. Click Connect

Device button as shown in Figure 6, and select "Radar..."

Bluetooth pairing connection

Radar parameters can be reconfigured

according to the actual circumstances and then

just record the the background clutter.

Other detailed operation can be found in the product

manual and application manual.

Computer software debugging instructions

You can configure the radar detection area, the learning

and recording environment by using the "Barrier

Setting" tool software (the interface is shown in Figure

5), the serial port printing tool, and the one-click

distance adjustment.

Note: The baud rate MUST be 115200.

Host Software Setting:

 Step1: Select the serial port number

Insert the 485 connector to the host computer, to

establish the connection between radar and the host

computer, and the customers can find the port number

in the device manager list of the computer and select it

(for the serial port connection method, refer to Section

5 of this manual for interface cable description).

 Step2: Radar Sensing Range Setting

The factory default operating range of radar is 3 metres.

The user can set it according to the length of the

specific gate bar.

 Step3: Boundary Setting

the factory default boundary of radar detection along

the access road is limited to -0.5 m and 0.5m in the

center of the gate bar. The default setting is

recommended. Users can also customize the setting

within ±1 m according to the actual situation.

 Step4: Enable Custom Settings

After setting the working distance and range, click Reset.

After setting the barrier type, click Reset. The new

setting parameters will take effect after restarting the

radar.

As shown in the figure above:

 Distance: Set the Radar monitoring

distance.

 Left Range, Right Range: Set the Radar

monitoring left range and right range.

 Gate Type: Set the boom type of the

barrier.

 Threshold: Set the detection sensitivity.

 High sensitivity supports anti-smashing

and dropping boom (for people and

vehicles when they leave the Radar

detection area) for people and vehicles.

Medium sensitivity supports anti-smashing

and dropping boom for vehicles, supports

anti-smashing for people.

Low sensitivity supports anti-smashing and

dropping boom for vehicles.

 Get: Gets current Radar parameters.

 Set: Saves the Radar parameters to make

the settings effective.

 Default: The Radar parameters will be

restored to the factory settings.

 The default sensibility is high sensibility, the

default detection distance is 3m, and the

 left and right are 0.5m, the detection area is

as shown in the figure below.

1) Background recording

Bar Type: Straight Boom.

The background learning steps are as follows:

 Keep the barrier bar in a raised state.

 Power on the radar and click ‘Record’

button on the software.

 The straight bar will remain still and the

light remains unchanged.

 The Radar can be restarted after power

failure.

Bar Type: Fence Bar / Advertisement Bar /

Airborne Gate.

The background learning steps are as follows:

 Keep the barrier bar in a raised state.

 Power on the Radar and click ‘Recording’

button on the software.

 The barrier bar will fall automatically. Stand

behind the radar next to the barrier and

observe the Radar green LED indicator light

(or stand outside the long distance of the

 bar set opposite the Radar), the green LED

indicator will flash quickly.

 Wait for 3 seconds after the bar is

completely stabilized and use the barrier

remote control to open and close the gate

repeatedly for about three minutes until the

green light stay on, indicating that the

environmental recording is complete

successfully..

 The Radar can be used after power off and

restart.

Note: During background recordinging, please ensure

that there are no objects (such as vehicles, pedestrians

etc) other than the fixed environment within the Radar

detection range.
7.Remarks

 Please read the following instructions carefully

before using radar:

 Ensure power supply stable to prevent bad

influence on the performance of the radar.

 Avoid collision and falling to avoid physical

damage of the radar.

 It should be cleaned in time when the radar surface

is covered with foreign matter to ensure the

transmissivity of electromagnatica waves.

 Please reconfigure the radar parameters and

power off and restart when the detection

environment changes.

 Objects affecting target detection such as metal

objects etc should not be placed within the

detection area of radar to avoid triggering by

mistake;
 The installed gate box must be stable, and the

shaking of the box will easily lead to abnormal

radar operation.

 Under normal circumstances, please set the

detection distance according to the length of the

pole. The detection distance is slightly less than or

equal to the length of the pole to prevent people

or objects outside the brake lever from being

detected by the radar.

FAQ

Problem: After installation, the green light of the Radar

is always on, and the boom does not fall.

Possible Cause: The newly added strong reflector in

the Radar detection range needs to be moved out of

the Radar field of view or re-learned for background

learning.
1. Problem: If the person is standing in front

of the Radar the green light will not turn

on.

Possible Cause: The Radar starts to detect

the difference between people and vehicles

after the car triggers the Radar light.

2. Problem: The red light of Radar flashes

when the 12V power supplied by the gate

control board is on.

Possible Cause: It is recommended to

connect an external 12V-1A power adapter.

 Packing List

No Accessory Name Quantity

1 Radar 1

2 M16 nut 1

3 Waterproof rubber ring 1

4 gasket 1

5 Plug-in wiring harness 1