User manual

MetPak Doc No 1575-PS-0001 Issue 02 CN 4240 March 2006
Contents
Contents..............................................................................................................................................................................2
1 FOREWORD.............................................................................................................................................................3
2 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................................................3
3 PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION................................................................................................................................4
3.1 WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION SENSOR...................................................................................................................4
3.2 RADIATION SHIELD ...............................................................................................................................................5
3.3 TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY SENSOR ................................................................................................6
4 OPTIONS AND SPECIFICATION .........................................................................................................................7
4.1 OPTIONS AND PART NUMBERS AVAILABLE............................................................................................................7
4.2 SPECIFICATION......................................................................................................................................................8
4.3 ASPIRATION SHIELD..............................................................................................................................................9
4.4 TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY SENSOR.................................................................................................................9
4.5 COMPLETE ASSMEBLY ..........................................................................................................................................9
5 INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS...................................................................................................................10
6 INSTALLATION.....................................................................................................................................................11
6.1 INSTALLATION GUIDELINES.................................................................................................................................11
6.2 BENCH SYSTEM TEST...........................................................................................................................................11
6.3 ELECTRICAL........................................................................................................................................................12
Cable .........................................................................................................................................................................12
Connecting the Analogue Output (Option 3 and 4) ...................................................................................................13
Connecting to an SDI-12 Interface (Option 1 and 2).................................................................................................14
Connections to WindSonic cable for MetPak options 5 and 6...................................................................................15
7 MECHANICAL.......................................................................................................................................................16
Orientation ................................................................................................................................................................16
Alignment...................................................................................................................................................................16
Mounting ...................................................................................................................................................................16
8 OUTPUT FORMATS..............................................................................................................................................18
8.1 GILL FORMAT– POLAR, CONTINUOUS (DEFAULT FORMAT) AVAILABLE FOR RS232 PROGRAMMING PORT. ...........18
9 ANALOGUE OUTPUTS AND OPTIONS............................................................................................................20
9.1 ENTERING CONFIGURATION MODE (SEE SECTION 8.1 FOR MESSAGE FORMAT)......................................................21
9.2 RETURNING TO MEASUREMENT MODE .................................................................................................................21
9.3 CHECKING THE CONFIGURATION..........................................................................................................................21
9.4 CHANGING A SETTING .........................................................................................................................................21
9.5 POWER-UP MESSAGE...........................................................................................................................................21
9.6 ANALOGUE SETTINGS ..........................................................................................................................................22
Polar mode direction calculation ..............................................................................................................................22
Magnitude scaling .....................................................................................................................................................22
Error conditions ........................................................................................................................................................22
Disabled outputs........................................................................................................................................................22
9.7 CONFIGURATION / DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION ....................................................................................................23
10 METPAK SDI-12.................................................................................................................................................23
10.1 SDI-12 COMMANDS ...................................................................................................................................24
11 MAINTENANCE & FAULT-FINDING............................................................................................................25
11.1 CLEANING.......................................................................................................................................................25
11.2 SERVICING ......................................................................................................................................................25
11.3 FAULT-FINDING...............................................................................................................................................25
11.4 RETURNING UNIT.............................................................................................................................................26
11.5 STATUS (ERROR) CODES ..................................................................................................................................26
12 TESTS...................................................................................................................................................................27
12.1 BENCH TEST....................................................................................................................................................27
12.2 SELF-TEST (STILL AIR) FOR WINDSONIC WIND SENSOR...................................................................................27
12.3 CALIBRATION..................................................................................................................................................27
13 APPENDICES......................................................................................................................................................28
13.1 GLOSSARY & ABBREVIATIONS........................................................................................................................28
13.2 GUARANTEE....................................................................................................................................................28
13.3 ELECTRICAL CONFORMITY ..............................................................................................................................29
13.4 MODEL 41003 MULTIPLATE RADIATION SHIELD MANUAL ..............................................................................30
13.5 ROTRONIC HYRGOCLIP S3 MANUAL..................................................................................................................0
13.6 CAMPBELL CS215 TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY PROBE MANUAL ................................................................0
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