User`s guide

Chapter 5 _________________________________________________________________ Operation
WS425 F/G ASOS Commands
WMT700 responds to each command with a fixed-length
message. In each of the command descriptions below, <CR> is an
ASCII carriage return control character and <LF> is an ASCII
line feed control character.
NOTE
When the WS425 F/G ASOS profile is selected, WMT700 only responds
to upper case characters.
Table 44 below lists the available commands for operating
WMT700 with the WS425 F/G ASOS profile.
Table 44 WS425 F/G ASOS Commands
Command
Description
WA
Requests average wind speed and direction message
WS
Requests the verbose Built-In Test (BIT) results
The WA command is executed by the ASOS at an interval that
ranges from 1 to 30 seconds. For the WA command, WMT700
responds to the ASOS interrogation poll within 250 milliseconds
of receiving the request.
NOTE
The following WS425 F/G ASOS commands cannot be use
d with
WMT700:
WB, WFIRMWARE, WJ, WD, WF, WR, WCAL, WH,
WT
, WCDV, WSTK, WL, WM, WN, WSST, and WATE.
WMT700 can only be configured in the configuration mode. For a list of
configuration commands for WMT700, see
section Configuration on
page 110
.
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