Campbell SkyVUE 8, Product Manual

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Table 5-2: Summary of applications and applied settings for SkyVUE 8
Application modes for SkyVUE 8
using OS2 and newer
Defaults using
OS1
Settings
Aviation
(default)
Research Meteorology
General
application
BS: Attenuated scale (%) 100 100 100 100
BS: Backscatter averaging time (s) 2 7 7 7
BS: Noise Gate 2 (ON) -1000 (OFF) -1000 (OFF) -1000 (OFF)
BS: Measurement
Period (s)
10 10 10 10
BS: Rolling Averages (sets the
number of readings for averaging.
Alternative description: Backscatter
temperal filter rolling samples
3 6 3
3
BS: Message Interval (s) 30 30 30 30
BS: BS_Temporal_ Filter_Mode (Sets
Averaging or Median Mode.)
1 (Median) 0 (Average) 0 (Average)
N/A
(Average)
CLOUDMODE: CloudMode_A
(Reports highest cloud only during
precipitation)
ON OFF ON N/A
MCFG: Message ID
4
(CB,SC,BS)
6
(CB,SC,
MLH,BS)
4
(CB,SC,BS)
4
CB,SC,BS)
UNITS
2 (Feet, tilt
corrected)
0 (Met
re
s,
tilt
corrected)
0 (Met
re
s, tilt
corrected)
0 (Met
re
s, tilt
corrected)
5.1.5 MCFG command message types
The Message_ID_x parameter for the MCFG commands defines the output types. Refer to
Messages (p. 62) for further information on message output types.
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