USER'S GUIDE Vaisala HydroMet™ Data Collection Platform Volume 2 M210785EN-E
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________________________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Structure of the Data Collection Platform Documentation . 14 Contents of This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Version Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Saving Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Information Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Page Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
________________________________________________________________________________ Calculations View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Calculation Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Meteorological Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Unit Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Arithmetic Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Statistical Calculations . . . . .
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Adding Preformatted Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Copying Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Checksum Option in Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Binary Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Communications View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
________________________________________________________________________________ Combined Wind Speed and Direction Measurement . . . . 156 Generic Statistical Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Additional Calculation Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Setting Unit for Generic Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Setting Unit and Conversion for Manual Sensors . . . . . . 162 Arithmetic Formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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________________________________________________________________________________ List of Tables Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Table 5 Table 6 Table 7 Table 8 Table 9 Table 10 Table 11 Table 12 Table 13 Table 14 Table 15 Table 16 Table 17 Table 18 Table 19 Table 20 Table 21 Table 22 Table 23 Table 24 Table 25 Table 26 Structure of the DCP Manual Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Manual Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 1 ________________________________________________________ General Information CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INFORMATION This chapter provides general notes for the product(s) and this manual. About This Manual This manual contains information on the basic use of Lizard Setup Software using the Wizard tool and also more detailed and advanced information on creating and modifying setups. Applicable for data logger QML201C and Lizard Setup Software versions 8.00 and AWS Client terminal software version 7.00.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Structure of the Data Collection Platform Documentation The information in the Vaisala HydroMet™ Data Collection Platform manual set is divided between the different manuals in the documentation set as outlined in Table 1 on page 14. Table 1 Manual Structure of the DCP Manual Set Code Content User’s Guide, Volume 1 M210784EN Overview of the data collection platform, the QML logger, and related accessories.
Chapter 1 ________________________________________________________ General Information Version Information Table 2 Manual Versions Manual Code Description M210785EN-E This version. For MAWS system release 8.00 and QML201C. Previous version. For MAWS system release 7.00 and QML201B. Previous version. Previous version. First version of this manual.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Documentation Conventions Throughout this manual, important safety considerations are highlighted as follows: WARNING Warning alerts you to a serious hazard. If you do not read and follow instructions very carefully at this point, there is a risk of injury or even death. CAUTION Caution warns you of a potential hazard.
Chapter 1 ________________________________________________________ General Information Product-Related Safety Precautions The product has been tested for safety and approved as shipped from the factory. The following safety precautions are not related to any specific procedures and therefore do not appear elsewhere in this manual. They are recommended precautions that personnel must understand and apply during different phases of operation and maintenance. WARNING Keep away from live circuits.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ WARNING Use only batteries of the same type as originally installed on the system. CAUTION Do not make changes to the wiring. Incorrect wiring can damage the device and prevent it from operating correctly. CAUTION Risk of damage to the equipment if the battery is replaced with an incorrect type. ESD Protection Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can cause immediate or latent damage to electronic circuits.
Chapter 1 ________________________________________________________ General Information Recycling Recycle all applicable material. Dispose of batteries and the unit according to statutory regulations. Do not dispose of with regular household refuse.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Redistribution License Agreement The QML logger software uses the TCP/IP stack produced by the "lwIP Lightweight TCP/IP stack" -project with the following copyright and license: Copyright © 2001, 2002 Swedish Institute of Computer Science. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1.
Chapter 1 ________________________________________________________ General Information Warranty For certain products Vaisala normally gives a limited one-year warranty. Please observe that any such warranty may not be valid in case of damage due to normal wear and tear, exceptional operating conditions, negligent handling or installation, or unauthorized modifications. Please see the applicable supply contract or Conditions of Sale for details of the warranty for each product.
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Chapter 2 __________________________________________________________ Product Overview CHAPTER 2 PRODUCT OVERVIEW This chapter introduces Lizard Setup Software. Lizard Setup Software With Lizard Setup Software, you can easily create or modify a setup file that informs the QML logger how to operate. Creating a setup with Lizard Setup Software consists of three stages. First, you define an assembly for the weather station. Then you define the necessary measurements and the calculations derived from them.
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Chapter 3 ____________________________________________________________ Getting Started CHAPTER 3 GETTING STARTED This chapter provides information on installing Lizard Setup Software and on using the Wizard tool to create new setups. Installing Lizard Setup Software Minimum System Requirements The minimum system requirements for this product are listed in Table 4 on page 25.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Installing Lizard NOTE You should perform all installation procedures logged in as an administrator. Lizard Setup Software is installed with an easy-to-use Wizard setup tool. To perform the installation, proceed as follows: 1. Insert the installation CD-ROM disc into the CD drive and select the setup software installation. 2. The Welcome window appears; see Figure 1 on page 26. Click Next to proceed.
Chapter 3 ____________________________________________________________ Getting Started Figure 2 1004-047 4. License Agreement Window The Customer Information window is presented; see Figure 3 on page 27. In the User Name, Organization, and Install this application for fields, enter the information relevant to your organization. Click Next to proceed.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ 5. NOTE Select the setup type; see Figure 4 on page 28. You can either select Complete or Custom. If you want to change the folder where the program is to be installed, select the custom setup. If you have a previous version of Lizard Setup Software installed on your computer, it is recommended that you install the new version in the same folder as the previous version.
Chapter 3 ____________________________________________________________ Getting Started Figure 5 1004-050 7. Ready to Install Window The Installing MAWS Lizard window, presented in Figure 6 on page 29, appears on your screen, indicating that the installation is in progress. The installation may take several minutes.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ 8. After the installation is successfully completed, the Installation Completed window, presented in Figure 7 on page 30, appears on your screen. Click Finish to exit. Upon installation, a Lizard icon appears on your desktop. You can also start the program by clicking the Start button and selecting Programs, Vaisala, and MAWS Lizard.
Chapter 3 ____________________________________________________________ Getting Started Wizard Tool NOTE Due to the limitations of the sensor set available in the Wizard tool, you may want to use the Lizard setup to create setups. Refer to Chapter 4, Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software, on page 49 for instructions. The Wizard tool makes the initial creation of setups easier, in other words, it helps you create basic setups which can be further modified with Lizard software.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 8 0711-040 Example View of Wizard Tool The following numbers refer to Figure 8 on page 32: 1 = Selection box 2 = Information pane The setups you create with the Wizard tool appear in the Select Setup frame of the Setup view (that is, in the setup archives) with an asterisk (*) in front of them as shown in Figure 9 on page 33. The asterisk indicates that the setup can be further edited with the Wizard tool.
Chapter 3 ____________________________________________________________ Getting Started Figure 9 0511-002 Example of Wizard Setup Enabling Wizard for New Setups If you wish to use the Wizard tool, you can enable it as follows: 1. Choose Options from the View menu. The Options window, presented in Figure 10 on page 33, appears. 2. Select the Use Wizard for new setups check box and click OK.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Creating a Setup with Wizard To create and fill out a new Wizard setup, proceed as follows: 1. Go to the Setup view as shown in Figure 11 on page 34. Figure 11 0802-051 Setup View The following numbers refer to Figure 11 on page 34: 2. 1 = Configure Setup frame 2 = Setup archives Click New. The New Setup window opens; see Figure 12 on page 35. Name the new setup and select the QML logger version number.
Chapter 3 ____________________________________________________________ Getting Started Figure 12 0802-108 NOTE New Setup Window If the version you select is higher than the one your QML logger actually has, the logger will not run the setup file. 3. The new setup then appears as the current setup in the Configure Setup frame. Enter a description for the setup into the Description box; refer to Figure 11 on page 34. 4. Open the first Wizard view by clicking Next on the lower right of the view.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 13 0802-109 5. NOTE Selecting Wizard from the View Menu In the first Wizard view, the Sensors view presented in Figure 14 on page 37, you can select the sensors you want for your setup. After selecting the sensors, click Next and Wizard will move to the next view. The selections made in this view determine the options available in the following views.
Chapter 3 ____________________________________________________________ Getting Started Figure 14 0711-045 6. Selecting Sensors In the Meteorologic calculations view (presented in Figure 15 on page 38), you can select the meteorological calculations you want for your setup. After selecting the necessary calculations, click Next.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 15 0711-046 Selecting Meteorological Calculations As some of the calculations are dependent on each other, certain selections may cause the message presented in Figure 16 on page 38 to appear. In such a case, check Table 5 on page 45 for information on Wizard calculation intervals and add the required calculations. Figure 16 0309-023 7.
Chapter 3 ____________________________________________________________ Getting Started Figure 17 0711-047 8. Selecting Statistical Calculations In the Loggable data views, presented in Figure 18 on page 40, you can select the logged variables for ten-minute, one-hour, and 24-hour intervals. Note that you can use log groups to group log data according to, for example, the intervals when the data is being logged. Thus one log group can contain the variables logged at one-minute intervals and so forth.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 18 0711-048 9. Selecting Variables for One-Hour Logging In the Reports view (presented in Figure 19 on page 41), you can select and fill out the reports you want for your setup. After selecting the necessary reports, click Next. The selected reports will automatically include all the variables listed in the information pane.
Chapter 3 ____________________________________________________________ Getting Started Figure 19 0711-049 Selecting Reports 10. In the Report Destination view (presented in Figure 20 on page 42), you can select a destination for the reports selected in the previous view. You can choose between the COM0 and COM1 ports. You can also define an optional pollstring for each report. NOTE If you enter a pollstring in Wizard, timed sending of reports is no longer enabled.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 20 0711-050 Selecting Report Destination 11. The final Wizard view, the Setup complete view presented in Figure 21 on page 43, indicates the completion of Wizard setup creation. In this view, you can choose to view or print a summary of the completed setup. You can also choose to generate the setup file on your hard disk or to generate the setup and upload it to the QML logger.
Chapter 3 ____________________________________________________________ Getting Started Figure 21 0804-043 Completing the Setup Modifying a Setup with Wizard Only the setups that have been created with the Wizard tool, that is, the setups indicated by an asterisk (*), can be modified with the Wizard tool. To modify a setup with the Wizard tool, proceed as follows: NOTE 1. Select the setup you want to modify from the Select Setup frame by clicking on it. 2.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ 5. Start modifying the setup by clicking Next. This will automatically open the first Wizard view. If you have disabled the Wizard tool but wish to use it for this setup, you can open the first view by selecting Wizard from the View menu; refer to Figure 13 on page 36. If you have disabled the Use Wizard for new setups option but wish to enable it again, refer to section Enabling Wizard for New Setups on page 33. 6.
Chapter 3 ____________________________________________________________ Getting Started Dependency of Wizard Calculations Intervals Table 5 on page 45 lists the Wizard calculation intervals that are dependent on one another.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Table 5 Wizard Calculations Intervals (Continued) Function Inputs Interval Note QNH calculation PMT16A QFE calculation Altitude setting 60 s Sunshine duration QMS101/102 60 s Station altitude [m] is set using AWS Client Common parametes window; see Vaisala HydroMet™ Data Collection Platform User’s Guide, Volume 1, section Modifying Station Settings.
Chapter 3 ____________________________________________________________ Getting Started Table 5 Wizard Calculations Intervals (Continued) Function Inputs YourWay PTU report 30 s QMH101/102 1-hour TA statistic 1-hour RH statistic Dewpoint calculation 1-hour DP statistic PMT16A 1-hour PA statistic QMS101/102 or CM6B 1-hour SR statistic QMN101 1-hour NR statistic QMT103/110 1-hour TG statistic QMR101/102 1-hour PR sum 24 hour PR sum 60 s QMH101/102 1-hour TA statistic 1-hour RH statistic Dewpoint calculat
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Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software CHAPTER 4 BASIC USE OF LIZARD SETUP SOFTWARE This chapter provides instructions for the basic use of Lizard Setup Software which is used to modify the software parameters and operation of the QML logger. Detailed information on configuring the sensors and telemetry options is presented in Vaisala HydroMet™ Data Collection Platform User’s Guide, Volume 3.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Introduction to Lizard User Interface The basic function of Lizard Setup Software is to create different setups for the QML logger. A setup is created by going through all the Lizard modules, which in this manual are referred to as views. For further information on creating and modifying setups, refer to section Setup Management on page 56. An example view of the user interface is presented in Figure 22 on page 50.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Menu Bar The menu bar in the user interface views contains five menus: File, View, Setup, Utility, and Help. Most of the features provided by the menus are also available elsewhere in the application.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Selecting User Level Lizard Setup Software includes the following user levels: - Normal user level is the default option. It allows you to create a setup in a very fast and simple way, using default options for most parameters. This option is recommended for all users. - Advanced user level is for experienced users only.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software The buttons and the corresponding views they open are as follows: Setup Management view; see section Setup Management on page 56. Optional Hardware view; see section Optional Hardware View on page 63. Devices view; see section Devices View on page 66. Device Configurations view; see section Device Configurations View on page 67. Communication interfaces view; see section Communication Interfaces View on page 71.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Communications view; see section Communications View on page 120. Alarms view; see section Alarms View on page 126. Timers view; see section Timers View on page 131. Setup Information view; see section Setup Information View on page 134. Buttons All setup views contain several basic buttons on the lower right. These include the PageHelp button, Next and Back buttons, and Generate buttons.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software It is not necessary to save the setup in the archives every time you change a setting. Save the setup when you particularly want to archive it, for example, when you have finished modifying the entire setup. Online Help Currently Lizard Setup Software offers two ways of getting online help: 1. Information pane, which displays general help information on selected items 2.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Setup Management The Setup view opens by default when you open Lizard Setup Software; see Figure 24 on page 56. In this view you can open, manage and modify different setups. In addition, you can manage setup archives and import or export separate setups from one Lizard to another. Figure 24 1004-060 Setup View Layout of the Setup View The Setup view is divided into two parts.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software The Select Setup frame is divided into three lists. The Name list contains the names of the setups. The names must be unique and no more than eight characters long. An asterisk (*) in front of a setup name indicates that the setup has been created with the Wizard tool. For further information on creating setups with the Wizard tool, refer to section Wizard Tool on page 31.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Creating a New Setup To create a new setup, proceed as follows: NOTE 1. Click New. 2. A New Setup window opens asking you to name the new setup and to select the version number. The name must be unique and no longer than eight characters. Lizard automatically suggests the highest possible version number. Enter the name and, if necessary, modify the version number, and click OK.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software settings by proceeding to the following views. The original setup remains in the archives unchanged. Opening an Existing Setup To open an existing setup for modification or uploading, proceed as follows: NOTE 1. Select the setup you want to modify or upload from the Select Setup frame by clicking on it. 2. Click Open. 3. The selected setup appears in the Configure Setup frame. 4.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Deleting a Setup To delete a setup, proceed as follows: 1. Select the setup you want to delete from the Select Setup frame by clicking on it. 2. Click the Delete button. The setup is permanently deleted. Exporting a Setup The Lizard setup database is very large and often cannot be transported on a disk or via e-mail.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Importing a Setup To import an exported setup, proceed as follows: NOTE 1. Click File on the menu bar and select Import setup. 2. The Import setup from file to current window opens asking you to choose the setup to be imported. Select the setup and click Open. 3. The New Setup window opens asking you to name the setup and to select the version number. Enter the name and the version number and click OK. 4.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Importing Multiple Setups With the Import Multiple function, you can import multiple setups to the setup archives. This is useful for backup purposes and also for providing compatibility between different Lizard versions. NOTE Before starting the import procedure, make sure that the setups you select are not already in the setup archives, as they will be overwritten. To import multiple setups, proceed as follows: 1.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Optional Hardware View In the Optional Hardware view, you can select the optional hardware modules and configure them; see Figure 25 on page 63. The hardware modules discussed in this section refer to the optional QML logger hardware, that is, the hardware inside the logger, not the sensors or any of the auxiliary equipment.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Selecting Hardware The Select Hardware frame on the upper left of the view is divided into two list boxes. The Available list box provides a list of all the available hardware modules. In the Connector/Module list box, the Connector (block) list includes all the connectors to which the modules can be connected. The Module list shows the connected modules.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software To configure the settings of a communication port: 1. Select the Service connection enabled option to enable service connection. This allows you to access service functions, such as software upload, log file download, and time setting. It is recommended that you keep the service connection enabled at least for the COM0 port (default). 2.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Devices View In the Devices view, you can select the communications devices to be included in your setup and assign them to connectors; see Figure 26 on page 66. Figure 26 1004-061 Devices View Selecting Communication Devices To select a communications device, proceed as follows: 1. Select the device to be added in the Available list and click Add. 2.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Removing Communication Devices To remove a communications device from your setup, proceed as follows: 1. Select the device to be removed in the Selected list. Note that if the device is used as a destination for reports, you must first disconnect the reports sent to the device in the Communications view. 2. Click the Remove button.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Non-TCP/IP Communication Devices Regardless of the external interface used (PSTN, GSM network, or other), similar interface and parameters are used for configuring the operation of the modem. The modem control parameters are accessible in the Device configurations view. Reports are linked to the modem in the Reports view.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software NOTE All devices listed above are for IP use only. None of them provides a traditional, readable ASCII format modem connection. Non-IP modem controls must be used if ASCII operating mode is required. For configuration instructions on non-IP modems, refer to Vaisala HydroMet™ Data Collection Platform User’s Guide, Volume 3, Configuring Telemetry Options.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Common configuration parameters for modem controls are listed in Table 7 on page 70. All parameters may not be applicable for a certain modem type. Table 7 Modem Control Parameters Parameter Use Command delay Delay in milliseconds between successive commands. Delay in milliseconds between escape characters (+) used when closing the connection. Number of retries if opening the connection fails.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Communication Interfaces View In the Communication interfaces view, you can configure the IP interfaces to be included in your setup; see Figure 29 on page 71. Figure 29 1004-064 Communication Interfaces View Adding Communication Interfaces To add a communication interface, proceed as follows: 1. In the Communications interfaces view, click New.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ 4. Select if you want the QML logger to accept incoming connections from this interface. For interfaces using the devices Siemens GPRS-IP and PSTN-IP, you can select whether the incoming connection uses a TCP/IP-based connection or not: for TCP/IP, select the option Yes from the list; for connections without TCP/IP (such as data calls), select the option Yes, without PPP.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Selecting IP Services The available TCP/IP-based services and their uses are described in Table 8 on page 73.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ The service is removed from the setup. NOTE Services other than NTP Client cannot be removed if the services are used as destinations for reports. The connections between the report and the service have to be removed in the Communications view first. Equipment View In the Equipment view, you can select sensors to add to your setup and assign them to certain connectors; see Figure 31 on page 74.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Selecting Equipment In the Equipment view, the Select sensor frame is divided into two list boxes. The Available list box contains all the available sensors or auxiliaries. The Selected list box contains two lists displaying both the type and name of the selected item. To select the equipment used with the QML logger, proceed as follows: NOTE All equipment are not automatically assigned a connector.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Assigning I/O Connections When the sensors and auxiliary equipment have been selected, they need to be connected to the correct connectors. To make your task easier, most sensors have been assigned a default connector, which does not necessarily need to be changed. NOTE The connector names in the Connector list refer to the names on the QML logger.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Re-assigning Connectors To quickly disconnect and reassign all the sensors or other equipment already connected to the QML logger channels, proceed as follows: 1. Click the Disconnect All button. 2. Reassign the connectors either automatically by clicking the Connect All button or manually as described in section Assigning I/O Connections on page 76.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Selecting Serial Sensors To add a serial sensor or device to your setup, proceed as follows: 1. In the Additional sensors view, select the sensor or device from the Available list. 2. Click the Add button. For configuration instructions on each sensor or device, refer to Vaisala HydroMet™ Data Collection Platform User’s Guide, Volume 3.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Measurements View In the Measurements view, you can configure measurements for the sensors you selected and connected in the Equipment and Additional sensors views; see Figure 33 on page 79. The basic set of sensors is automatically configured. You do not necessarily need to change the default values for the parameters.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ To edit the measurement name, proceed as follows: 1. Double-click the name. 2. Erase the old name and type in a new one. The name is automatically saved when you press ENTER or click on another measurement row. The name may consist of the following characters: A ... Z, a ... z, 0 ... 9, and _. No spaces are allowed.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Calculations View In the Calculations view, you can select and configure meteorological calculations and unit conversions, as well as statistical and miscellaneous calculations; see Figure 34 on page 81. Every calculation the QML logger makes is based on some input data. That is, when a calculation is configured, you inform the logger which variables are used for producing a particular calculation.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Meteorological Calculations In this category, you are selecting and configuring calculations for derived quantities. Some calculations, such as the wind calculation, provide two calculation options. These options include the simple, quick calculations that are fast to configure and the generic ones that offer more possibilities but are more complex and laborious.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Statistical Calculations The statistical calculations also have a selection of quick calculation sets. These quick calculation sets include: - Quick statistic (avg, min, max), - Quick statistic (sum), and - Quick statistic (dev). The different statistical functions are described in Table 9 on page 83.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Miscellaneous Calculations Miscellaneous calculations include, for example, an accumulator option for calculating annual precipitation (see section Accumulator Calculation with Predefined Reset Time on page 88). Furthermore, you can select the Timer option to create timed events that are more freely configurable than the timers set in the Timers view (see section Timers View on page 131).
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Figure 35 0112-022 Configuration Item Frame Removing Calculations To remove a calculation from the setup, proceed as follows: 1. Select the equipment to be removed by clicking on the appropriate row in the Selected list box. 2. Click the Remove button. The calculation is permanently removed from the setup.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 36 0511-010 Utility Menu To copy a calculation inside the setup, proceed as follows: NOTE 1. Open the calculation for editing. 2. On the Utility menu, select Copy Calculation. 3. On the Utility menu, select Paste. 4. You can rename the copy. The default name for the copy is the original name with the ending "_n" where n is a consecutive number.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software 5. Open the same view where you made a copy of the calculation. 6. In the Utility menu, select Paste. 7. As the latter setup does not necessarily contain the same variables, all references to the variables have been lost (that is, all variable references are empty) and you have to reconnect them. This procedure is analogous to defining the input variables for a new calculation.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Additional Parameter for Statistical Calculation The additional parameter for statistical calculations determines whether the calculation starts only at the first complete interval. It is useful in sum calculations, where the calculation is not allowed to take place until the first complete interval begins.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software The destination parameter is stored in the static parameters to maintain its value over reset or power shutdown. In addition, the destination parameter can be reset according to a predefined schedule. The Accumulator is always incremented when the source variable is measured. For more detailed information on how to configure the Accumulator component, see section Accumulator with Predefined Reset Time on page 195.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Removing Advanced Items To remove an advanced item from the setup, proceed as follows: 1. Select the item to be removed by clicking on the appropriate row in the Selected list box. 2. Click the Remove button. The item is removed from the setup.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software The logging process consists of the following stages: 1. Setting up log groups. 2. Selecting the items to be logged in each log group. 3. Defining when the data is to be stored. 4. Defining where the data is to be stored. 5. Defining where the data is to be sent over an FTP connection. Data can be logged either into the logger internal memory or onto external memory cards.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ NOTE Size information can be calculated when all items in the log group are in the form of numerical data. Otherwise, the text n/a will be displayed in the size list. To create a log group, proceed as follows: 1. Click the New button below the Log groups frame. 2. A log group with the next available name, starting from L0, is created.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Removing Log Group Items To remove a log group item from the setup, proceed as follows: 1. Select the log group item to be deleted by clicking on the appropriate row in the Selected log items frame. 2. Click the Remove button. The log group item is removed from the log group. Sorting Log Group Items When you add items into a log group, the items appear at the bottom of the list in the Selected Log items frame.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ default settings, you have to select the log item in question from the Select Variables frame in order to do this. Table 11 Description of Logging Possibilities Log Item Option Logged Items Logging Occurs Save this item every time its value changes Save this item every time the log group is saved Use this item as a trigger for saving log group Autonomous data source Only the selected item(s) is (are) saved.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Select your log destination from the Save log data to combo box under Storage. You can choose between the internal and the external memory: - If you choose the internal memory, the option /Log/ appears by default in the Destination directory field below. This is the fixed internal log memory, which cannot be changed.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ 3. From the Type combo box, select the kind of report you wish to form. You can form either scan or channel ordered reports; see section Log Group Report Types on page 96. 4. The value in the Records box indicates how many log records will be included in the report. One record contains the log group data stored at particular moment in time.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software of one item over a period of time. Oldest values appear in the first row, and the most recent ones in the last. Channel Ordered Reports In channel ordered reports the data is presented in the following way: 19.8 20.3 20.4 20.7 21.2 42 44 40 39 37 1031.6 1030.8 1030.1 1029.7 1029.5 201 264 258 221 211 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.3 1.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Sending Log Group Data over an FTP Connection You can specify that the log group you are creating is regularly sent to a remote server over an FTP connection. This assumes that you have an FTP server available to receive log data and that you have specified one or more FTP clients in your QML logger setup file.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Sending Log Group Reports The created log group reports cannot be sent in the Logging view; instead, they are sent in the Reports view like other reports. To send a log group report, set up a StringForm report and select the log report file as one of the variables of the report. See Figure 44 on page 99. The preview function is not available with log group reports.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Unit Conversion in Logging All internal calculations in the QML logger are done in SI units. However, you can convert measured or calculated values to another unit before storing data into the log memory. Typically, these conversions are made from an SI unit to a US unit, for example, from meters per second to miles per hour. There are several predefined conversions you can select from the list.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Using External Memory Cards The size of the external memory cards, or, Compact Flash cards, supported by the QML logger ranges from 32 MB to 2 GB. Vaisala offers 32 and 256 MB cards as a standard option. It is recommended that you use only cards purchased from Vaisala that have been tested to function in harsh environments.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Reports View In the Reports view, you can create, format, and manage reports that contain text, measurement values, and calculated data; see Figure 46 on page 102. With Lizard Setup Software, you can create two basic types of reports: table form (TableForm) and string form (StringForm) reports. Both of these types are based on specific report templates.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software NOTE In early Lizard Setup Software versions, the StringForm template is called a FreeForm template and TableForm template is called a TabularForm template. TableForm Report The TableForm report is most suitable for human viewing. This is a table-like report consisting of several columns and rows with explanatory headings. An example of a table form report is shown in Figure 46 on page 102.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 47 0711-065 Reports View Showing a StringForm Report BUFR Report The BUFR Report template enables forming reports compliant with WMO FM-94 BUFR standard. More information on BUFR messaging is available in a separate manual, Configuring BUFR Reports MAWS Technical Note, M211022EN. Setting up a Report To create a new report, proceed as follows: 1.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software NOTE You cannot switch the report template while creating or configuring a report, but you can delete the current report and start a new one. To edit an existing report, proceed as follows: 1. Select the report from the Existing reports list box by clicking on it. 2. The selected report appears on the right of the view ready to be edited. Deleting a Report To delete a report from the setup, proceed as follows: 1.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ To insert text into a cell, proceed as follows: 1. Click on the cell in which you wish to insert text. A cursor appears in the Text text box of the Cell properties frame. 2. Enter your text, for example, a column or a row heading. The text you insert will also appear in the selected cell.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Editing Reports You can edit cells and reports in the Cell properties and Report properties frame. The properties can be viewed alternatively by clicking the corresponding buttons below the frame. Editing Cell Properties NOTE Most text boxes in the Cell properties frame have default values which you do not necessarily need to change. The Cell properties tab includes six text boxes.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 48 0711-066 Editing Cell Properties Editing Report Properties The Report properties tab includes two text boxes. The Cell separator text box indicates what kind of character is used as the column separator. Normally it is the tabulator, marked \t. The Invalid data indicator text box displays the character used to indicate invalid data, for example, a slash. This character is user-definable.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Adding Rows or Columns The Add row/col button, under the Configure report frame, enables you to add rows and columns. To add rows or columns, proceed as follows: 1. Select a column or a row in front of which you want to add a new one by clicking the gray number cell above the column or on the left of the row.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Celsius to knots. In addition, only those values can be converted whose unit is known. In most cases of predefined sensors, Lizard knows the unit. For manual sensors and generic sensors, you have to specify the unit manually. In order to make a conversion, select a variable. Then select the unit from the conversions available for that item in the Unit conversion list of the Cell properties frame.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software checks the original statuses from bottom to top. Only one status string is present at a time. To configure a new conversion, proceed as follows: 1. Go to the Calculations view and click the Conv button. 2. Select Value status to string converter from the Available list in the Select calculation frame and click the Add button. 3. Enter the new status string to replace the default status; see Figure 51 on page 111.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ You can ignore some of the statuses by leaving the field empty. 4. Select the data item to which the status conversion applies by selecting a source and a variable in the Value input frame; see Figure 52 on page 112. If you want the same conversion to apply to other data items as well, click the Add button to add the rest of the data items.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Figure 53 0711-071 Reports View: Selecting status_str to a Report Adding Preformatted Reports To add a report based on a preformatted template into your setup, proceed as follows: 1. Open the Reports view. 2. In the Select reports frame, select the desired preformatted template from the Available templates list and click New. See Figure 54 on page 114.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 54 0711-072 3. Reports View: Available Templates See Figure 55 on page 115 for the contents that appear in the Configure report frame. A preformatted report initially has no actual variables linked to it. Cells to which the variables should be placed are indicated by tags, that is, variable abbreviations enclosed in square brackets, for example, [TA] and [RH].
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Figure 55 0208-057 4. Preformatted Report Template with Tags Replace all listed tags with the actual variables by selecting the desired cell from the report and by selecting an item from the Available list in the Select Variables frame. Drag and drop the item to the cell with the mouse or click the Add button. See Figure 54 on page 114 for an example of the predetermined report with the actual variables.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 56 0208-058 Preformatted Report with Variables NOTE Only modify the tagged cells. Do not modify any other cells. Also, preserve the cell attributes, for example, the width and the number of decimals while adding the variables or a fixed text to the report. Some display devices or programs may start displaying erroneous or partial data when, for example, the total or field length of the report is not correct.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Figure 57 0309-030 5. Automatic Report Formatting Message Open the Communications view and link the report to an output device. Do not insert any headers or trailers other than the default trailer "\r\n". Copying Reports The Utility menu contains a copy-paste feature which allows you to copy-paste reports either inside a setup, or from one setup to another.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ 4. NOTE You can rename the copy. The default name for the copy is the original name with the ending "_n", where n is a consecutive number. For example, the first copy of the report Total will be named Total_1. When making a configuration copy inside the setup, do not close the configuration view between the Copy and Paste commands. If you close the view, you will disconnect all variable references as explained below.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Checksum Option in Reports You can add a checksum into a report that is already in the report configuration. You can also define where the data begins and ends in the checksum calculation as well as format the checksum fields to meet your own requirements. For detailed information on the checksum option and on how to create a checksum report, see section Checksum Option in Reports on page 203.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Communications View In the Communications view, you can define where and how reports are sent; see Figure 59 on page 120. Reports can be sent either automatically using timers, or they can be polled, or both. One report can be sent to more than one communication port, and one communication port can transmit more than one report.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software available. Reports can also be sent to virtual COM ports; for details on virtual COM ports and using them with reports, refer to Vaisala HydroMet™ Data Collection Platform User’s Guide, Volume 3. To connect reports to communication ports, proceed as follows: 1. Select the report from the Available reports list box by clicking on it. 2.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Configuring Transmission Parameters This section describes how to define and configure transmission parameters for reports. The focus of this section is on the reports sent through communication ports. For information on the transmission parameters of reports sent to devices other than the standard ports, see separate Technical References for the corresponding devices.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Working with a Setup Created in Pre-6.0 Lizard In the Report framing options frame, you can define headers, trailers, and checksums. These are all optional. A header is a string of characters before the report body, whereas a trailer is a string of characters after the report body. Headers and trailers can be defined to reports to help distinguish them from other reports.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ second cell in the new report. Your actual report is now linked to the container report. Configuring Polled Report Sending The reports created with Lizard can be sent either automatically when created using timers, they can be polled, or both. When the reports are polled, the setup must first receive a poll message through the communication port before the report is sent.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Figure 60 0711-076 NOTE Communications View with Configuration for a Device The information pane with general help information is available on all the configurable items in case you need more detailed information.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Alarms View In the Alarms view, you can create alarms to notify you of different occurrences. Alarms can be issued, for example, when the derived quantities exceed the predetermined alarm limits; see Figure 61 on page 126. Some measurements, such as leaf wetness, also use an alarm to convert analogue measurement to on/off-type information with a useradjustable threshold.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Alarm Types You can create several types of alarms. These include print report alarms, save log group alarms, set excitation output alarms, set digital output alarms, and generic alarms. All alarms are created in the same way. They are also configured approximately in the same manner. The only difference between the alarms is the way they function.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Set Digital Output Alarms The set digital output alarm is similar to the excitation output alarm, except that it uses one channel from the optional digital I/O module to serve as the controlled output. You can add the QMI digital I/O module to your setup in the Optional Hardware view. Generic Alarms With this alarm type you can trigger most of the QML logger user functions.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software 3. The alarm will be listed in the Name/Type list box. The name of the alarm is automatically highlighted suggesting that it can be changed to a more descriptive one. If necessary, change the name at this point, since it may be more difficult or even impossible to do so at a later stage. 4. A blank Configure frame to be filled out appears on the left of the view.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ NOTE Make sure that you enter the reference value in the correct text box. Only the values corresponding to the Test options are taken into account. NOTE You can choose only one limit type for each alarm. If you want to verify the value against multiple limits, you have to create several separate alarms. 4.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Timers View In the Timers view, you can set timers to initiate measurements, calculations, report generation, and logging; see Figure 62 on page 131. Each event that the QML logger performs has to be synchronized to a certain moment. Lizard automatically sets synchronizing time default values that can be modified.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Interdependence of Events The Timers view is divided into two parts. The Adjust timers frame on the right of the view displays the timed events, whereas the Relations frame on the left of the view presents their interdependent relationships. The Relations frame is divided into three parts.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software The Event column lists the event types, whether the event is a measurement, calculation, log group, or report. The Interval (s) column displays the interval of the events in seconds. Some of the intervals are defined automatically by Lizard and cannot be altered. The smallest recommended interval for the QML logger is ten seconds, with the exception of wind calculations.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Advanced Use of Timers CAUTION It is recommended that you do not change the user level to Advanced unless you possess a profound knowledge of the internal operation of the QML logger. Changing the user level will result in extra columns showing, for example, all the timers. Alter the synchronization times on the Advanced user level only after careful consideration.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software The contents of the setup information sheets are listed in the following tables. Table 14 Equipment and I/O List Col # Column Label Content 1 2 3 4 5 6 Connector Equipment name Equipment type I/O signal I/O signal descr.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Table 17 Logged Data Col # Column Label Content 1 Group Log group 1 2 Interval [s] 4 3 Source kBytes/day Logging interval in seconds 1 Source for the logged variable 5 Variable Log memory consumption per day 1, 2 Name of the logged variable 1. The column contains redundant data which is hidden, that is, data is shown only once in each log group. 2.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software Table 20 Alarms Col # Column Label Content 1 2 3 4 5 Name Interval [s] Source Variable Target Act. 6 Target Deact.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ To display and/or to print the setup information, proceed as follows: 1. Click on an item in the Select information list. The selected information appears in the View selected information frame. 2. Click the Print button to send the displayed information to a printer. Usually, a print properties window appears. It allows you to select the destination printer and other printing options.
Chapter 4 ____________________________________________ Basic Use of Lizard Setup Software NOTE Unless otherwise advised by Vaisala, generate the setups without the script comments, that is, select Generate from the Setup menu or use the Generate button on the lower right of each view. Generating Memory Sparing Setup Scripts On the Advanced user level, the Advanced tab is visible in the Options window; see Figure 64 on page 139.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Tracing Errors in Lizard When you contact Vaisala HelpDesk in case of a problem situation, please provide a description of the problem and as much additional information as possible. To obtain this information, Lizard Setup Software provides an option for tracing the session you were working on when the problem occurred.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software CHAPTER 5 ADVANCED USE OF LIZARD SETUP SOFTWARE This chapter provides information on the advanced use of Lizard Setup Software. In order to use the functions described in this chapter, change the user level to Advanced.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ - Advanced user level is for experienced users only. On this level, you will have access to more parameters, thus allowing you to create a setup with more advanced features. You need to have a thorough understanding of the system functionality in order to be able to fully utilize the advanced features. To change the user level, proceed as follows: 1. In the View menu, choose Options. 2.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Figure 66 0711-084 Modifying External Script VAISALA ______________________________________________________________________ 143
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Static Parameters Creating Static Parameters Lizard Setup Software provides an interface for creating setup-specific static parameters to be used, for example, as station-dependent parameters or as calculation factors. This interface in the Setup view is only available on the Advanced user level.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software To create a new static parameter, proceed as follows: NOTE 1. In the Static Parameters tab, click Add. 2. Give a name for the parameter. The name may consist of characters A ... Z, a ... z, 0 ... 9, and _. No spaces are allowed. 3. Select a type for the parameter. The possible options, Number (float), Number (int), or Text, appear by double-clicking the bold text in the Type column.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 68 0802-144 Static Parameters Window 4. Select the parameter whose value you want to change. For the selected parameter, AWS Client displays the name, type, value, and status of the parameter. 5. To change a parameter value, select Edit. 6. Enter the new parameter value in the Value field. 7. Click Save to store the new parameter value. You can change the values of further parameters in the same manner.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software In addition to being provided by the user, certain network parameters, such as IP addresses and subnetwork masks, may be configured so that they are automatically provided by the network. Parameter Set Management In Lizard The parameter set for a certain component or functionality is usually managed in the corresponding configuration view.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ strings, true/false parameters, floating-point numbers, and integers, respectively. 5. Enter a default value for the parameter, either by double clicking the value field and entering a value or by selecting a value from the list (parameters of type Boolean). To remove a parameter from group, proceed as follows: NOTE 1. Select the parameter to be deleted from the list. 2. Click Remove. 3.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Daylight Saving QML logger can be configured to follow the yearly daylight saving time shifts. NOTE Daylight saving time affects only those timed events which have been defined to use Local time zone. Synchronization of events using UTC remains unchanged. Daylight saving is available only on the Advanced user level and its configuration is accessible in Lizard's Setup view.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Automatic daylight saving time option and choose your DST zone, Europe or USA, from the drop-down menu. 3. Save the settings by clicking the Save Setup button in the upper right corner of the Configure setup window. To configure the daylight saving yourself, take the following steps: 1. Go to Setup view. 2. Click on the DST tab. The DST feature is available only for configurations made for MAWS version 6.02 or later.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software 0905-088 b. Figure 72 Activating Years to Configure Window In the References used to start/end times window, shown in Figure 71 on page 150 above, you can choose Local or UTC as the reference used. Local means that daylight saving starting and ending times follow local time. UTC means that starting and ending times follow UTC time.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Time Receiver With the Time receiver function, you can set and read the system time without opening a service connection. Add and connect the Time receiver to a serial port in the Equipment view of Lizard Setup Software. You can then set and read the system time through the serial port using the command strings described below.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Log Sender With the Log sender function you can poll the logged data without opening a service connection. Add and connect the Log sender to a serial port in the Equipment view of Lizard.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Analog Measurement Wizard Advanced user level of Lizard Setup Software offers the option of using an analog measurement wizard. This measurement setup wizard was created to make, for example, the interfacing of OEM measurement instruments easier. To configure an analog measurement with the measurement setup wizard, proceed as follows: 1.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software NOTE Pt100 measurement cannot be configured with the measurement setup wizard, but a preconfigured Pt100 sensor can be selected from the equipment list. 4. Click Next to open the conversion parameter setup window presented in Figure 74 on page 155. Figure 74 0711-088 5.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 75 0711-089 7. Electrical Connection View Click Finish to exit the wizard. After configuring with the measurement setup wizard, you can further view or edit the parameters using the standard Lizard setup view for analog measurements. Combined Wind Speed and Direction Measurement The QMW Combined Wind Speed and Direction Sensor supports sampling rates of less than 1000 ms.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Enter the sampling rate, gain, and offset in the Measurement configuration frame of the Measurements view; see Figure 76 on page 157.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Generic Statistical Calculations Generic statistical calculations should be used when the functions provided by the preconfigured average, minimum, maximum, sum, and deviation statistics are not suitable. The statistical calculations are based on data tables and queries made from them. A data table is made up of a total period and an update interval. Long duration or short update intervals require a longer table.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Average value for the next ten minutes after the half hour can be obtained with the following query (Query 2 Figure 77 on page 158): - Function: Average - Start: 1800 s - Period: 600 s Note that the start for a query is set backwards from the current time (for example, 0 means current), and the value equal to the total duration starts the query from the oldest update interval.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ To set up a query, proceed as follows: 1. Select the line containing the desired query. 2. Click the Add button to make a copy of it. 3. A Query frame appears above the Configuration Item frame. In the Query frame, you must give a unique name to the query and define the calculated function, start time, and period of the query. The new query will also appear in the list with the default query.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Figure 79 Additional Calculation Options Setting Unit for Generic Sensors Lizard Setup Software has internal information about predefined sensors. This means it knows which sensor produces, for example, wind speed or air temperature. This information is needed later when a unit conversion is required or variable data sources are shown for a specific calculation.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 80 0711-096 Measurements View: Configuring Frequency Measurement Setting Unit and Conversion for Manual Sensors Unit conversion is valid for float type of manual sensors only. For string type manual sensors, there is no need for conversions. For integer type manual sensors, rounding causes unnecessary errors. In addition to defining the unit, you can also define a conversion from the input value to another unit.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Figure 81 0711-097 Measurements View: Configuring Manual Sensor The Validity period (min) option defines how long the manually entered data will keep its value before being cleared. The purpose of this is to clear old values automatically and to avoid them being used and reported. If you enter "0" as the Validity period (min), the value is kept endlessly, even after reset.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ NOTE The Unit string field entry will be used later in the AWS Client software to display the unit of the sensor. Arithmetic Formula The arithmetic formula enables you to write simples formulas, such as A + 1.2*B - C*D + 3.14. The formula can include four operands and a set of operators or predefined functions. The supported operators are: +,-,*,/,%,|,^,&,<<,>>,||,&&,==,!=,<,<=,>,>=.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software The supported functions are: sqrt, fabs, log, log10, exp, pow, fmod, sin, cos, tan, round, floor, ceil, trunc. The functions are described in Table 23 on page 165. Table 23 Functions in Arithmetic Formulas Function Description n sqrt(n) n fabs(n) n log(n) n log10(n) n exp(n) n pow(n1,n2) n fmod(n1,n2) Calculates the square root. Finds absolute value of parameter. Calculates the natural logarithm of parameter.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Configuring Arithmetic Formula To configure an arithmetic formula, proceed as follows: 1. Open an existing setup in the Setup view or create a new one. 2. Proceed to the Calculations view to configure arithmetic formula. 3. Click Conv to list the available options. 4. Select Arithmetic formula from the Available list and click Add. 5. Configure your operands by selecting for each: 6.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Logging User Interaction With the standard data logging feature of Lizard Setup Software it is also possible to log user interaction, for example, to store information on setup changes, sensor enable/disable, and so on.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ 3. 4. For each log item, select the following options in the Log item options frame: - Save this item each time its value changes - Autonomous data source In the Log groups list, set the Interval to zero.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Automatic Report Formatting On the Advanced user level, you can also format or compress reports. This function is particularly useful when you need to transfer data using methods that are costly or otherwise limit the amount of data sent, for example, satellite transfer systems and SMS messages. Automatic report formatting is only available for string form reports.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 83 0711-099 Reports View: Formatting Reports Before formatting or compressing the report, you must scale the values to reduce the amount of space they require. Perform the scaling in the Report Format frame separately for each measured value. When unformatting the reports, perform the same scaling procedure in a reverse order. Select the Cell tab.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Figure 84 0711-100 Reports View: Scaling Report Values The Offset parameter value is added to the original value to get rid of a sign or to get rid of unused value area. For example: - Air temperature range -50 ... +70 -> offset 50 - Barometric pressure range 600 ...
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Scaling is performed in the following manner: The Compression Offset value is added to the measured value. This will reduce the number of characters in the measured value. The length of the measured value is further reduced by omitting the decimal point by multiplying the value with the Compression Multiplier value. Finally, the length of the report can be reduced by omitting spacing between the report items.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Examples of compressed reports are shown below. Reports contain the following data: timestamp, current and daily temperature (average, minimum, and maximum), current and daily humidity (average, minimum, and maximum), dew-point temperature, current air pressure (QFE and QFF pressures), wind direction and speed, wind chill factor, and hourly and daily precipitation sum. Original (94 bytes): 2005-11-08 11:30:04 -2.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ User-Definable Field Formatting The Reports view in Lizard provides the defaults and modifiable cell attributes that are suitable for the reporting needs of most applications. However, to enable the use of all formatting options of the underlying report engine, Lizard provides a User format box for Advanced users in the Cell properties tab. See Figure 85 on page 174.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software {.precision} = Number of decimals to print for floating point numbers type Type specifier: = d Signed integer f Floating point value E Floating point value with exponent presentation s Text string b Byte array c Single character For example, user format %[//////]06.1f generates an output with the following characteristics: NOTE - Six slash characters appear in the report when the value is invalid.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Timer Configuration This section provides detailed information on the advanced configuration of timers. Principles of Timed Operation All actions performed by the configured weather station are synchronized by application timers. To provide the correct interval and sequence of execution, for example, to perform measurements before calculations, the parameters of the related timers must be set correctly.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Table 24 Application Timer Parameters Parameter Use Interval Synchronization time Timezone Interval for timed events Time after midnight to which the timer is synchronized Type Scale Select whether the timer is tied to local time (default) or to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) Timer type: 0=single shot, 1=periodic Timer scale: 0=relative to start of timing services, that is, system startup.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Example 1 The timed event is executed once a minute, two seconds after a full minute: - Scale: 1 (absolute) - Type: 1 (periodic) - Interval: 60000 - Synchronization time: 2000 Example 2 The timed event is executed once a day at 06:00: - Scale: 1 (absolute) - Type: 1 (periodic) - Interval: 86400000 - Synchronization time: 21600000 Example 3 The timed event is executed once, one minute after system startup: -
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Example 5 (Timer Sequence) Sequence: - The measurement is executed six times a minute, at 0 s, 10 s, 20 s, and so on. - Statistics store each measurement, which is calculated once a minute, one second after a full minute. - A report is sent once a minute, two seconds after a full minute.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 87 0711-102 Timers View on Normal User Level On the Normal user level, you can only modify the intervals of timed events, and the synchronization times are modifiable down to full minutes. The order of execution is always determined by Lizard.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software On the Advanced user level, the synchronization times are modifiable down to milliseconds. The type and scale parameters are also accessible (although not visible in Figure 88 on page 180). On the left of the Adjust timers frame, there is an additional Baselines frame, which displays and enables changes to the overall timing of the application.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Events with shorter cycles, such as wind measurements and calculations, run several times a minute, but are still synchronized to the other slower events in their one minute frame. This algorithm is in use unless the user modifies the synchronization times in such a way that seconds become effected. When such a modification is made, the timers are stored with the settings the user has made.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Figure 89 0711-104 Alarms View: Interval Threshold Configuration Interval thresholds are configured with the following settings: - - Target timer - Controlled timed event is selected by Target and Timer. - The optional Priority setting can be used if multiple thresholds are used to change the same timer interval. The bigger this value is, the higher its priority.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ an ascending order, in such a way that the lowest range is first and the highest last. Unused ranges can be left to their defaults. - Threshold can be fixed by setting the value to Default/fixed threshold. Alternatively, another variable, for example, a static parameter can be used as a threshold.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Figure 90 0711-105 Threshold Definitions Interval Update Rules More than one threshold control can be set to modify the same timer. In this case, the following update rules for setting a new interval are applied: NOTE - New interval is shorter than the currently effective one. - Setting a threshold control has a higher priority than the currently effective one.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Changing Synchronization Times of Single Events You can change the synchronization time of a single event to make the event occur, for example, at a certain time of the day. Proceed as follows: 1. Change the user level to Normal. 2. Double-click the desired synchronization time. 3. Type in the new time in hh:mm, or use the two arrows next to the cell.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Using Static Parameters with Timers It is often necessary to change the interval or synchronization time of timers. You can define these to be read from static parameters. Static parameters can also be changed at runtime by using the spset command. First, it is recommended that you create the parameters to be used in the Static Parameters tab of the Setup view. NOTE The Measure field has to be changed to seconds.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 92 0711-107 Edit Timer Window 3. Use the buttons to select the static parameters to be used. Only those static parameters whose measure unit is seconds are displayed. 4. Default values are kept until new values are stored into the static parameters. 5. The parameters with a static parameter connected are shown in blue color in the Adjust timers frame.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Resetting Sum Calculation Using Alarms Sometimes it is necessary to reset a current calculation if something unexpected happens. A typical example would be a precipitation calculation, which is handled by the sum calculation.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 94 0711-109 Alarms View: Condition for Generic Alarm 190 __________________________________________________________________M210785EN-E
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Additional Range Checking In addition to defining validity checking of the measured sensors (range checks and step checks between consecutive measurements), you can also add these checks for any other data, for example, calculated data or data received via serial ports. To add the value check component, proceed as follows: 1. Go to the Calculations view and select ValueCheck from the available Misc calculations list.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Table 25 Validation Parameters Parameter Description Source and variable Low limit Data item to be checked Minimum value this component accepts Maximum value this component accepts If set, this shows the lowest value this component accepts, and the output is clamped to low limit. If set, this shows the highest value this component accepts, and the output is clamped to high limit.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Figure 96 0412-019 Range Check VAISALA ______________________________________________________________________ 193
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 97 0412-020 Step Check 194 __________________________________________________________________M210785EN-E
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Configuring Calculations and Reports Accumulator with Predefined Reset Time You can use the Accumulator component to add a source parameter to the destination parameter in order, for example, to accumulate annual precipitation in the system and to reset the calculation at a predefined moment. The destination parameter is stored in the static parameters to maintain its value over reset or power shutdown.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 98 0711-120 Calculations View: Selecting the Accumulator Component To configure the Accumulator, proceed as follows: 1. In the Calculations view, select a static parameter to be used in accumulation from the Select static parameter list which lists all the correct static parameters that are defined in the static parameter sheet.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Figure 99 0711-121 Select Time: Selecting Accumulator Resetting Schedule If you select reset to occur once an hour, the timing is as with normal timers. If you select reset to occur monthly and the resetting date is the last day of the month, reset always occurs during the very last day regardless of the number of days in that particular month.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ 3. From the General Settings list, select the accumulator parameter; in Figure 100 on page 198, the accumulator is named precip_days, suggesting that it represents the accumulated precipitation in the rain gauge. 4. Click Edit. The background of the Value text field turns white; this means you can change the value of the field. 5. Enter the new parameter value; typically the value is 0.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software If you use some other terminal program in order to reset the Accumulator, give the following command: spset [initial value] where static parameter = Name of the static parameter, selected from the Select static parameter list or entered manually in the text box in the Configure frame of the Calculations view. initial value The initial value you wish to assign for the accumulation.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Configuring Power Control Option To configure the Power Control option, proceed as follows: 1. Open the Devices view. 2. Select Power Control from the Available list and click Add. 3. Select the output to be controlled from the Connector list as shown in Figure 101 on page 200. Figure 101 0711-193 4.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Figure 102 0711-176 Device Configurations View: Configuring Power Control Option Timer Option Timer is used to create timed events that occur at a predefined time at specific intervals. These events resemble the timers in the Timers view but are more freely configurable to meet specific needs. The Timer option is located in the Misc list in the Select Calculation frame.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 103 0711-122 Calculations View: Configuring Timer Option There are several configuration options in the Configuration frame on the right: Option Description Repeat times Scale Defines how many timed events will be created Indicates whether the timed events are tied to absolute time or whether they are relative and only the interval is meaningful Time Zone Specifies whether UTC or local time is used to calculate
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Enhanced Time Snapshot The Time Snap option in Lizard Setup Software is also capable of returning UNIX time, if requested. You can use the UNIX time option in Lizard by selecting it from the Available list under Select Variables in the Reports view; see Figure 104 on page 203.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Creating Checksum Report To use the checksum option in a report, proceed as follows: 1. In the Reports view, open the available variables in the Select Variables frame. The configurable checksum report in this example is MyReport; see Figure 105 on page 204.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software To calculate a CRC, proceed as follows. Note that this procedure is an example of a typical case. 1. Go to the Reports view as shown in Figure 106 on page 205. Figure 106 0711-125 Reports View: Adding CRC 2. For the CRC calculation method, see the Report properties frame. 3. Select the Report tab on the right and click the Checksum button. The Checksum settings window opens as shown in Figure 107 on page 206.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 107 0711-126 Checksum Settings Window In the Checksum settings window, you can define the following parameters: - Method Parameter Option Description SUM Calculates a sum from the bytes to be included in CRC Calculates an exclusive OR from the bytes to be included in CRC 16-bit CRC 32-bit CRC User-defined CRC XOR CRC16 CRC32 USER CRC - Format Parameter Option Description Hex Hex LSB first Displays the
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software - Invert results bit, can be used for bit inversion in the final CRC - Polynom Dec, an informative field - Options Parameter Option Description Bit reverse CRC used CRC is displayed in a reversed order, the lowest bit is exchanged with the highest bit and so on Only available with USER CRC. The lowest bit is exchanged with the highest bit and so on.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Figure 108 0711-127 Reports View: Selecting Binary Report Form Binary reports differ from regular ones in the formatting of the data items. Each time a new item is added to a report, a formatting frame appears; see Figure 109 on page 208.
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Scaling parameters define how the data item will be scaled into the binary report: - Unit conversion, specifies whether the value will be converted to other units, for example, from Celsius degrees to Kelvin. This parameter functions in the same way as in a regular report. - Offset option, indicates whether some offset value is added to the value (after a possible conversion).
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ - Field width, defines how many bits are used to encode the value. It is possible to use less bits than the data encoding value would require. For example, if 11 bits are used for an integer, only those 11 bits are stored in the binary report. - Do rounding after scaling, indicates that the value is rounded to the nearest integer (after unit conversion and scaling).
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software Figure 110 0711-129 Reports View: Binary Report Formatting Frame (2/2) - Bit count indicates how many bits are included in this report. - Byte count indicates how many bytes are included in this report. - Zero, return number zero. This parameter can be used to add a constant into the binary report.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ Additional Features This section provides information on other features or enhancements to Lizard Setup Software. Floating Point Numbers in Static Parameters In early QML logger software versions, floating point numbers were stored in the static parameters as 32-bit floating point numbers (float). From MAWS version 5.01 onwards, the floating point numbers use a 64-bit floating-point number (double).
Chapter 5 ________________________________________ Advanced Use of Lizard Setup Software In the Measurements view, use the Frequency mode frame to select the optimized range; see Figure 111 on page 213. For more information, see also the online help in the information pane. Figure 111 0711-094 Measurements View: Selecting Frequency Mode File Cycler File cycler enables time-based maintenance of files in the logger.
User’s Guide ______________________________________________________________________ NOTE Do not use file cycler to maintain log files with extension .dat in /Log. These files are automatically managed by logging.
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