Black
ice detection
Sensice
produces ice detectors for supervision
of roads, runways, building
entrances or for mounting in
vehicles for continuous monitoring
of the road surface in front
of the vehicle. The ice detector
identifies the road surface
state as being one of dry, wet
or icy. It is able to tell road
surfaces covered by clear ice,
often called black ice, from
dry, wet or snowy roads and
roads covered by sleet or clear
ice with a layer of water on
top of the ice.
Front
apertures
The front side
is mounted such that it is directed
at the area where the road surface
state should be monitored. Although
the ice detector uses invisible
infrared light for actual detection
of the road surface state, it
is provided with a visible light
source that is collinear with
the infrared light source and
can be used for fast alignment
of the device.
Rear
interfaces
The rear side
of the ice detector is provided
with a number of interfaces.
It includes an RS232 series
communication interface, a +12V
2A DC input, a programming port
, RESET and CALIBRATE buttons,
POWER ON and PROG indicators.
Calibration is done at the factory
and should normally not be used.
The programming port and indicator
are not intended for customer
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Display
Standard detectors
are not provided with a display
or indicators. For ice detectors
adapted for mounting in vehicles,
the ice detector may be provided
with an optional display. The
display alerts the driver by
bright light indicators and
sound on transitions from dry
to wet road surface and on transitions
to icy road surface. It may
further comprise a set of indicators
that indicates black ice alert,
power on and detector out of
range.
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