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Installation and Calibration Instructions Introduction The RDS True Ground Speed Sensor provides a forward speed signal for use with any of the range of RDS instruments or to any other control or logging system. The sensor can be used on agricultural vehicles, on-road vehicles, rail vehicles, and can be used over almost any surface (except a perfectly smooth, reflecting surface).
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TGSS MK3V RADAR SENSOR K/TGSS/MK3V and K/TGSS/ADAPT Installation and Calibration Instructions Installation The sensor can be mounted directly to the vehicle chassis, or on its mounting bracket, so that it is pointing at a depression angle of 37 degrees (± 2 degrees) from the horizontal. This angle is critical to the accuracy of the instrument (but also see note under "Calibration").
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The sensor output is calibrated at 128.5 pulses-per-metre travelled, when the sensor is mounted at the correct angle from the horizontal (figure 4). The normal RDS convention is that the "speed sensor factor" is either; the distance travelled over one interval between sensor pulses (all Pro-Series instruments and Wizard instruments with software versions prefixed WZxxx / PSxxx.).
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TGSS MK3V RADAR SENSOR K/TGSS/MK3V and K/TGSS/ADAPT Installation and Calibration Instructions Environmental and Operating Specification MODEL MK3V :- RDS Part No. S/SR/168-13-003 Velocity Range: 0.3 to 44 mph (0.5 to 70 km/hr) Accuracy: < ± 3% for 0.3-2 mph (0.5-3 km/hr) < ± 1% for 2-44 mph (3-70 km/hr) Beam Footprint: Elliptical, 16.4"...
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