Specifications

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PB100 WeatherStation Technical Manual revision 1.007
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_NMEA 0183 RECEIVED SENTENCE_
$PAMTC,POST
Summary
Perform the Power-On Self Test.
Syntax
$PAMTC,POST*hh<CR><LF>
The WeatherStation will reply with a sentence in the following form:
$PAMTR,POST,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<7>,<8>,
<9>,<10>,<11>*hh<CR><LF>
Each of the fields <1> through <11> contains an integer value that represents the status of
a simple test performed on a given submodule within the WeatherStation. For each field,
a value of 0 (zero) indicates the unit passed the respective test; a nonzero value indicates
a possible problem was discovered with the given submodule. Therefore, a properly
operating unit would reply with $PAMTR,POST,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.
The fields and their corresponding submodules are listed below.
where
<1> = Internal communication between microprocessors
<2> = Factory EEPROM
<3> = User EEPROM
<4> = Air temperature sensor
<5> = Plate temperature sensor
<6> = Relative humidity sensor
<7> = Barometric pressure sensor
<8> = Wind sensor
<9> = Compass sensor
<10> = GPS receiver
<11> = Attitude sensor
Notes
The various tests performed for the POST function are simple tests to determine if
the hardware is minimally responding to software stimuli. The POST function
should not be regarded as a comprehensive indicator that a given unit is healthy.
In other words, it is possible that a defective unit might still pass the POST
operation. However, the POST can be useful to identify certain types of problems
with the WeatherStation.