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Release Date 9 July 2021 

Anemoment LLC 

 

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Table 1: TSM SENSOR COMPARISON GUIDE 

 

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BOARD 

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TYPES

 

TSM-WS 

(discontinued)

 

Flat Base 

4 Wires 

 

EIA232 

Configurable 

ASCII String 

 

Wind Direction 

& Velocity 

 

Air Temp. 

TSM-FB 

Flat Base 

4 Wires 

 

EIA232 

Configurable 

ASCII String 

 

Wind Direction 

& Velocity 

 

Air Temp. 

 

Air Pressure 

 

Humidity 

 

Tilt 

 

Compass 

TSM-PM 

Pipe-Mount 

with 3 Set 

Screws 

12-pin 

Mating 

Connector 

 

EIA232 

 

EIA422 

 

EIA485 

 

LVTTL-UART 

 

Modbus (future) 

Configurable 

ASCII String 

 

Wind Direction 

& Velocity 

 

Air Temp. 

 

Air Pressure 

 

Humidity 

 

Tilt 

 

Compass 

 

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Limitation Alerts 

Anemoment wants you to get the best possible use from your TSM Sensor investment, and we 

understand that each User has a unique idea they want to create. You know best what you are 

trying to accomplish. We know the TSM Sensors can help you access essential and actionable 

wind and weather data in new places and new ways, but we cannot promise that they can do 

everything or go everywhere the human mind can think up. We want to alert you to these 

points up front, to empower your decisions as you plan your project. 

Compact Fluorescent Lamps 

Many compact florescent lamps operate at ultrasonic frequencies that interfere with 

the operation of a TSM Sensor. If the TSM Sensor is operated near compact florescent 

lamps, erroneous and erratic readings may result. Turning off the compact florescent 

lamps or moving the TSM Sensor away from the CFL should result in proper instrument 

operation. 

Electro-Mechanical Motors and Magnetic Sensors 

Electro-mechanical motors generate magnetic fields; the effect of the field on a 

magnetic sensor varies by distance of the sensor to the motor, and by the speed (and 

variations of speed) at which the motor is operated. The magnetic sensor aboard your 

TSM Sensor will be affected by the field generated by motors nearby. We recommend 

Summary of Contents for TriSonica Mini

Page 1: ...ANEMOMENT LLC TriSonica Mini Sensors User Manual...

Page 2: ...0 Release Date 9 July 2021 Anemoment LLC...

Page 3: ...Release Date 9 July 2021 Anemoment LLC ANEMOMENT LLC TriSonica Mini Sensors User Manual 2021 Anemoment LLC 353 Main Street Longmont CO 80501 Phone 720 600 7241 Fax 720 223 7504 Email info anemoment co...

Page 4: ...2 Release Date 9 July 2021 Anemoment LLC NOTES Sensor Unit Numbers ___________________________________________________ Purchase Date _________________________________________________________...

Page 5: ...Composition 9 Orientation 9 TSM FB 9 Considerations for User Supplied Mounting Platform for TSM FB 10 TSM FB Tripod Mounting Plate 10 TSM PM 10 TSM PM Tripod Adapter 10 Connecting Up 11 TSM FB 11 Con...

Page 6: ...Scale Command wd540 27 Non Volatile Parameters 27 TSM Sensor Meteorological Data Collection 29 Humidity 29 Absolute Pressure 29 Tilt 29 Compass 29 TROUBLESHOOTING your TriSonica Mini Sensor 31 Common...

Page 7: ...DRAWINGS use the Table of Contents in this User Manual to find information you seek The TriSonica Mini Family of Products 1 TSM WS TriSonica Mini Wind Sensor discontinued 2 TSM FB TriSonica Mini Wind...

Page 8: ...investment and we understand that each User has a unique idea they want to create You know best what you are trying to accomplish We know the TSM Sensors can help you access essential and actionable w...

Page 9: ...for such additional data or processing Sorry No Apples Today The data stream from the TSM Sensor can be received stored and interpreted by the User s choice of device so long as it is connected to th...

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Page 11: ...d gray patina ideal for minimizing visual presence of the system The connecting posts are carbon fiber tubes Orientation The TSM Sensors have a north arrow indicator N marked on one of the upper arms...

Page 12: ...edule 10 pipe or 22 mm Carbon Fiber Tube The pipe must be a thin wall type as indicated by the Schedule 10 designation to allow an inside diameter wide enough to let the mating cable connector pass th...

Page 13: ...formation Connecting the TSM FB to Other Anemoment Products USB ADAPTER Open the Adapter case and insert the wires exiting the TSM FB into the terminal block by color as labeled on the circuit board T...

Page 14: ...re TSM PM The TSM PM contains a female 12 Pin circular connector that connects to a male 12 Pin Circular IP67 connector Cables with connectors may be purchased from Anemoment in 2m 5m 10m and 20m leng...

Page 15: ...2 Mode and TX data output in EIA422 mode 5 GREEN TX Serial Transmit data output TX in EIA422 mode Not used in EIA232 mode 6 BLUE RX Serial Receive data input in EIA232 Mode and TX data output in EIA42...

Page 16: ...t match the labels printed on the USB Adapter circuit board A helpful video demonstrating this connection is available at Anemoment com resources DATA LOGGER Circuit Board Only Use a Single Terminated...

Page 17: ...utputs data in an ASCII character string ending with carriage return and line feed characters Each line is a single record of all the measured parameters contained in a single sample The parameters on...

Page 18: ...ds S 05 2 D 112 U 01 9 V 04 7 W 01 1 T 22 6 S 05 3 D 107 U 01 5 V 04 9 W 01 3 T 22 2 Error Codes When the TriSonica Mini firmware detects an error it outputs an error code in the data stream in all th...

Page 19: ...ng by listening for a quiet rapid clicking sound made by the transducers This sound is a mechanical artifact from a transducer initiating an ultrasonic sound not the ultrasonic sound itself Serial Com...

Page 20: ...Diagnostic Runs built in diagnostics and displays the results G Instrument Reset Resets the instrument clearing all volatile memory restoring to non volatile memory settings X Exit without storing cha...

Page 21: ...the number of decimals places of a Display Parameter or a Group of Parameters See the Show Hide Tag Untag and Decimal Commands section in this document declination value Set Read the true heading dec...

Page 22: ...nds section in this document systemreset Software Reset tag param Display the ID Tag of a Display Parameter or a Group of Parameters See the Show Hide Tag Untag and Decimal Commands section in this do...

Page 23: ...tween transducers This is one of the calibration factors set during the calibration cycle If you enter the value as a single number it will be applied to all four distances If you enter four values th...

Page 24: ...positive U as being form the North and positive V as being from the East paramdelim delim space Get or Set the Parameter delimiter for all Display Parameters pressurecalibrate slope slope offset offs...

Page 25: ...character One command per set of curly braces The open curly brace instructs the TSM that a API command is starting and the close curly brace indicates the end of the command When the close curly bra...

Page 26: ...tag for a measurement or adjust the number of decimals for an output respectively When invoked without a parameter they display the options available The show command only lists the values that are av...

Page 27: ...humidity If humidity is not supplied then 50 is assumed The calibration cycle takes ten seconds You will see dots printed on the serial console indicating progress and the serial prompt will return wh...

Page 28: ...he chamber conditions to settle the calibration routine of our software runs the math and physics equations backwards in a sense to calculate the exact distance between pairs of transducers down to th...

Page 29: ...ingle large transition once at 540 degrees and again at 180 degrees to display data Non Volatile Parameters The TriSonica Mini operates with a copy of its configuration parameters in volatile memory R...

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Page 31: ...and it displayed humidity greater than 100 until the condensation evaporated and equalized through the vent Absolute Pressure The absolute pressure sensor is located inside the TriSonica Mini and depe...

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Page 33: ...u ve checked this twice and you still hear no sound please contact us at info anemoment com for further steps Symptom There is no serial data coming from the TSM Sensor Action Refer to the CONNECTION...

Page 34: ...dem Send Select the file to upload and press Enter Updating TSM Sensor Bootloader New in 2 0 In the TriSonica Mini program memory are two programs the TriSonica Sensor application and a bootloader Dur...

Page 35: ...LIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON INFRINGEMENT NO ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATION OF WARRANTY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO STATEMENTS OF CAPACITY SUITABILITY FOR US...

Page 36: ...gure 9 Listen for TSM Sensor Operation 31 List of Tables________________________________ Table 1 TSM SENSOR COMPARISON GUIDE 6 Table 2 TSM FB to DATA LOGGER SCREW TERMINAL WIRING POSITIONS 11 Table 3...

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