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WindObserver II (WindObserver FC)
Page 16
Issue 2
Doc. No. 1390-PS-0011
June 2007
7.
MESSAGE FORMATS & OPTIONS
On first applying power to the WindObserver II (WindObserver FC), it will be in
‘Measurement Mode’, and it will output wind measurement information in one of the
configurations as described below.
Setting the output format, units, other parameters, options and the communication settings
are all carried out in the alternative ‘Configuration Mode’.
See Section 8 CONFIGURING for details of how this is done.
The factory default settings are shown here in
bold
, and for convenience some
‘Configuration codes’ (as used to set the configuration) are shown in blue boxes.
For example
M3
.
7.1. Wind Speed format
The wind speed measurements can be output in one of the following formats:
UV, Polar, Customer format NMEA.
7.2. Output
formats
The UV and Polar wind speed parameters are output in NMEA format. These parameters
can be transmitted continuously or polled from the user.
Polar is also available in continuous ASCII.
Output format
Output
Tri-state o/p
Configuration code
Continuous No
M1
ASCII UV
Polled Yes
M3
Continuous
No
M2
ASCII Polar
Polled
Yes
M4
NMEA
Continuous
No
M5
7.3. Units
The wind speed can be set to any of the following units:
Unit
Abbreviation
Metres per sec
m/s
Knots knots
Miles per hour
MPH
Kilometres per hour
kph
feet per minute
fpm
