System Guide

In this Chapter:

Part 1 – Creating a Weather Station

Part 2 – Configuring a Weather Station

Part 3 – Creating a Weather Monitor

Part 4 – Checking the Weather Source

Weather Sources provide weather-related data to the Sentinel WMS software.

This information can be used by the satellites to automatically adjust run

times based on ET demand and rainfall activity. Sentinel WMS can also

monitor weather parameters and react at preset thresholds. For example,

monitoring rainfall to automatically shut down a satellite System when

measured rainfall reaches a predefined amount.

Once created in the Sentinel WMS database, the Weather Station will be

shown in by description in the Weather Sources tab of the Selection panel.

Choosing the Weather Station description will expand the database tree,

providing access to the various setup, configuration monitor windows.

Part 1 – Creating a Weather Station

1. To begin, choose Create New Weather Station from the Main Menu.

2. The Create New Weather Source window will open automatically. Enter a

description for the Weather Source and choose the

Setup Station button.

3. When the Create New Weather Source window closes, the Create

Weather Station window opens automatically. The new Weather Station

name will be included in the Create Station window title bar, as shown in

the example below.

4. Choose Save to create the new Weather Station in the Sentinel WMS

database.

5. Choose Close to close the Create Station window.

6. Choose the Weather Sources tab of the Selection panel.

7. Choose the new Weather Station in the database tree to expand the

directory branches.

Working with Weather Sources