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