CS120A and CS125 Visibility and Present Weather Sensors
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11.6 Custom message format
Once a custom message has been formatted it can be output by selecting option
12 from the message - sub 3 menu.
The custom message format allows the CS120A/CS125 message to be
modified to meet particular requirements. The custom message contains a
fixed basic set of variables and up to 16 additional fields.
The custom message output is only available on OS7 and above.
The custom message is as follows:
Custom format
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0x04
There are two ways to configure the custom message. The first is through the
user menu system. The second is through the use of logger commands. These
logger commands are MSGSET and MSGGET.
To configure the message using the user menu you will need to enter the sensor
menu system, see the following and Section
Return to the message menu 1 and select option 7.
NOTE
CS125 MESSAGE - SUB 3
Set the message output format. Current format is: FULL SYNOP
- Basic = 0
- Partial = 1
- Full = 2
- Basic SYNOP = 3
- Partial SYNOP = 4
- Full SYNOP = 5
- Basic METAR = 6
- Partial METAR = 7
- Full METAR = 8
- Generic Basic SYNOP = 9
- Generic Partial SYNOP = 10
- Generic Full SYNOP = 11
- Custom output = 12
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