Key facts
Designed for sophisticated user guidance and simplicity of use.
Operators select the appropriate R&S®CEPTOR app from the home screen and follow the steps from job definition to operation and reporting. Practical default settings and partially automated processes deliver the desired results and operators do not have to worry about the specific properties of each sensor. R&S®CEPTOR software supports a wide range of tasks for government authorities and armed forces, including:
Sophisticated task-oriented operator guidance.
Depending on the assigned task, operators can select the required R&S®CEPTOR app and provide input for the most relevant parameters. All other parameters come with default values suitable to the task. The home screen provides an overview of available apps supported by the system. System information and system health status quickly inform operators about system readiness. Running, stopped and most recent jobs are listed for quick access and further processing.
Home screen shows apps, jobs, system status
R&S®CEPTOR jobs handle the operation of specific tasks
Jobs contain task-specific parameter sets, produced results and operator reports. They are defined for local or remote sensors and can be carried out automatically or manually. Operations with jobs involve three steps:
Job definition in the Search and Observe app
Search for new signals and observe known transmitters
Search and Observe automatically detects new radio transmitters while observing known signal profiles or transmitters. Detected signals are sorted into user-defined operational classes such as ignore or of interest. The system can then automatically trigger an alarm if signals of a defined operational class (such as threats) are detected. Operators can then investigate the signals in the monitor signal view using automatic signal classification and direction finding or geolocation.
Search and Observe - monitor signal view
RF spectrum data recording
The Collect Data app saves RF spectrum data for later offline analysis with the Calculate Spectrum Usage app. Depending on the device, multiple scan ranges can be defined with separate specific settings. Collect Data jobs assigned to remote sensors are transferred via WAN to the remote R&S®CEPTOR station for independent job execution. Results are downloaded to the local control station upon operator request.
Collect Data - spectrum view
Offline analysis of recorded RF spectrum data
This app provides various analysis capabilities for recorded RF spectrum data:
Analysis view of Calculate Spectrum Usage
MobileLocator determines the location of transmitters in urban environments.
Results from a single direction finder installed in any vehicle help overcome multipath propagation problems. A map display with a bearing line, an azimuth histogram and a heatmap guides the operator towards one or more transmitters on the same frequency. The integrated map display with 2.5D view, landscape, terrain shading and buildings for better orientation simplifies transmitter localization in urban environments.
MobileLocator app
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