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4.
Setting up transmitter station ID's and retransmit function.
The 16 bytes of EEPROM data at STATION_LIST, plus the USETX field, control what
transmitters the Vantage will listen to. These can be set for both wireless and cabled consoles,
but the cabled ISS will always transmit on ID 1.
IMPORTANT!!
You must use the "
NEWSETUP
" command after changing the transmitter ID or
retransmit settings. This allows the console to use the new settings.
Use "
EEBRD 19 10
" to read in the 16 bytes of station data. The format will look like this:
Index Contents
Upper nibble
Lower nibble
0
Tx period
ID 1 Transmiter type
1
Humidity Sensor #
Temperature Sensor #
2
Tx period
ID 2 Transmiter type
3
Humidity #
Temperature #
4
Tx period
ID 3 Transmiter type
5
Humidity #
Temperature #
6
Tx period
ID 4 Transmiter type
7
Humidity #
Temperature #
8
Tx period
ID 5 Transmiter type
9
Humidity #
Temperature #
10
Tx period
ID 6 Transmiter type
11
Humidity #
Temperature #
12
Tx period
ID 7 Transmiter type
13
Humidity #
Temperature #
14
Tx period
ID 8 Transmiter type
15
Humidity #
Temperature #
The Transmitter type field is taken from either the Rev A or Rev B station type tables below,
depending on the firmware version date (April 24, 2002 and later use Rev B format).
The Tx period field will have one of these values: 0 = station turned off, 1 = ISS normal or
Temp/Hum 4x, 4 = ISS 0.25x or Temp/Hum normal. Note that Vantage Pro2 does not support
different transmit period. It only supports normal ISS period.
For example, a normal ISS would have the value (0x10 + 0x00) = 0x10. An ISS station being
used as an extra Temp Hum station would have the value (0x10 + 0x03) = 0x13, and a standard
Temp Hum station would have the value (0x40 + 0x03) = 0x43.
The humidity sensor number and temperature sensor number fields are only used if the
transmitter type is a Temperature-Humidity station or a Temperature only station. These fields
determine how the extra temperature and humidity data values are logged. These fields are
ignored for other station types.
Starting with ID 1, the first transmitter with an extra Humidity sensor should be assigned the
value 1, the second should have the value 2, etc.
