Campbell SkyVUE 8, Product Manual

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6.3.3 MESSAGE 003 (no profile, sky condition)
Example message line outputs
CS0001003
10 091 00828 ///// ///// ///// 800000000000
99 //// 0 //// 0 //// 0 //// 0 ////
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LINE 1
SOH CS ID OS N STX CR LF
where
SOH = Start-of-Heading character
CS = Always CS
ID (1 character) = A single character, 0 to 9, a to z or A to Z, case sensitive. Default ID = 0
OS (3 characters) = Operating system, 001 to 999
N (3 characters) = Message number
STX = Start-of-Text Character
CR LF = Carriage Line Feed
LINE 2
S WA V tr V h1 V h2 V h3 V h4 V flags CR LF
where
S (1 character) = detection status:
0 = No significant backscatter
1 = One cloud base detected
2 = Two cloud bases detected
3 = Three cloud bases detected
4 = Four cloud bases detected
5 = Full obscuration determined but no cloud base detected
6 = Some obscuration detected but determined to be transparent
/ = Raw data input to algorithm missing or suspect
SkyVUE™8 (CS136) LIDAR Ceilometer 70