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Push  ‘Connect’  and,  if  the  port  is  available,  it  will  appear  as  ‘Opened’  on  the 
‘Serial Port status’ panel:  

 

8.1.3

 

Configuring the Geovane 

Once  the  COM  port  is  opened,  one  Geovane  at  a  time  can  be  configured.  The 
procedure is as follows: 

Step 1: Connect to the Geovane and get its current configuration. 

Fill in the “Geovane Current ID (factory settings for Geovane ID: 00) and click on 
‘Get configuration’: 

 

The window will show the current Geovane’s configuration, as well as its serial 
number and hardware and firmware version. 

Summary of Contents for Geovane

Page 1: ... MEASUREMENT OF THE TRUE NORTH OFFSET Get the most accurate wind direction measurement available today Allows for veer measurement IEC61400 12 1 2017 Very low power consumption suitable for remote stations Rugged and durable ...

Page 2: ...ane ordered along with wind vane 10 3 FIELD INSTALLATION MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL 12 3 1 Mechanical mounting 14 3 2 Connector details and diagram 15 3 3 Cable details 15 3 3 1 Cable shielding 16 3 4 Commissioning 17 4 GEOVANE WIND VANE ALIGNMENT 18 4 1 Alignment procedure 18 5 TECHNICAL DATA 22 5 1 Operation conditions 22 5 2 True North offset output 22 5 3 Tilt output 22 5 4 Absolute maximum rat...

Page 3: ...rent configuration 39 7 2 Commands to the Geovane 40 7 2 1 PMGV00 command Echo message request 40 7 2 2 PMGV01 command ORN message request 41 7 2 3 PMGV02 command SUN message request 41 7 2 4 PMGV04 command RMC message request 42 7 2 5 PMGV05 command INF message request 42 7 2 6 PMGV06 command CFG message request 43 7 2 7 PMGV10 command ORX message request 43 7 3 Digital communication example 44 8...

Page 4: ...5 10 FIRMWARE RELEASE CHANGELOG 50 ...

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Page 6: ...pleased to receive them at support geovane360 com 1 4 Product disposal In accordance with European directive 2002 96 EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE these product components must be recycled This should be done by returning the product to Kintech Engineering or by using an appropriate waste disposal company This product should not be disposed of in general waste of landfill 1 ...

Page 7: ...ded use With the order options currently available the Geovane can be used for two different applications Geovane_metmast_verification install it on existing wind measurement masts and use it to correct verify existing wind direction datasets Geovane_metmast for future wind measurement masts and power performance tests As soon as the Geovane wind vane unit has been mounted on the met mast and it r...

Page 8: ...code Geovane No wind vane Geovane Thies FC wind vane Potentiometer 2K Geovane001 4 3151 10 212 Potentiometer 10K Geovane002 4 3151 10 110 Analog output TMR Geovane003 4 3151 10 173 Thies Compact wind vane Potentiometer 2K Geovane004 4 3129 10 712 Analog output TMR Geovane005 4 3129 70 773 The Geovane and the Thies wind vane are supplied already coupled and aligned in a single packaging as a plug a...

Page 9: ... 1 8 pole plug connector 2 3mm Hex Wrench Allen key 3 Remark This option requires precise alignment of the wind vane Please carefully follow the instructions in section 4 2 3 2 Geovane ordered along with wind vane Kintech offers complete plug and play units in which the Geovane has already been aligned with a Thies wind vane Compact or First Class 1 2 3 ...

Page 10: ...lay unit the only thing your installation team has to do on site is to mount this unit on the boom refer to section 0 Depending upon the wind vane type you have chosen the color code for the 3 5m cable will differ according to the following tables Thies potentiometer pinout Description Color First Class Compact 1 3 SIG Potentiometer wiper White 2 2 GND Ground Brown 3 4 US Power supply Green Shield...

Page 11: ... is simply seen as mechanical support This means that the wind vane and the Geovane are individually connected to the datalogger by means of two separate cables The typical configuration for a met mast is described in the drawing below where D1 displays the connection inside an IP68 protected in line connector between the short cable coming from the wind vane and the long cable that goes down to t...

Page 12: ...is done In order to ease the installation procedure and avoid lifting the entire length of the cable we recommend using two cable sections for the wind vane properly linked at boom height as detailed in the table below and shown in the picture above Sensor cable Length Connected via Wind vane From the sensor to the met mast boom length IP68 in line connector From the boom to the logger Geovane Fro...

Page 13: ...r suited for it e g Ø34mm vertical tube For dimensions of the Geovane please refer to section 5 8 Tools required 3mm Hex Wrench Allen key provided along with the Geovane Procedure 1 Push the cable of the Geovane through the borehole of the vertical boom and plug it into the connector in the base of the Geovane Make sure the connection is correctly secured by manually tightening the connector 2 Fix...

Page 14: ...tput 7 Supply Supply ground 8 Out V Analog output ground Do NOT join pin 7 and pin 8 at sensor s side Use dedicated cores for each ground 3 3 Cable details The connector for the Geovane is suitable for use with cables with overall diameters of up to 8mm and a core cross section of 0 5 to 0 75mm2 Depending on the number of pins to be used the number of necessary wires can range from three frequency...

Page 15: ...r or not the mounting of the Geovane on the boom is isolated If the mounting of the Geovane is isolated i e non metallic adaptor sleeve the cable shield between the Geovane and the data acquisition system must be applied at both sides When the mounting of the Geovane is non isolated i e metallic adaptor sleeve the cable shield between the Geovane and the data acquisition system must be applied one...

Page 16: ... 30º not working 0 360º 370º by default OK Digital Any Answers polls OK Troubleshooting Check that the Geovane is powered on Check wiring refer to section 3 2 Check that the output has been enabled see configuration in section 8 Remarks Before the Geovane gets GPS signal the True North offset outputs are set to 380º GPS fix is typically obtained 30 seconds after power on provided open sky conditio...

Page 17: ...he potential installation error and the positioning error of the north mark made by the manufacturer are eliminated The accurate relative orientation between the Geovane and the wind vane is achieved through a precision laser technology inside the Geovane Please take note that if you have purchased the plug and play solution in which the Geovane comes coupled to the wind vane this alignment has al...

Page 18: ... at the same distance from the slot to prevent the sensor from displacing laterally when the screws are tightened Step 2 Power on the wind vane connect it to the data logger and turn its tail until it outputs exactly 180º Step 3 ...

Page 19: ... vane still locked at 180 turn the wind vane from its base until the laser line hits the tail When this happens the angular references from both sensors match With the laser still projected on the wind vane tail tighten the Allen screws on the wind vane base to fix it to the Geovane Once the two devices are aligned the complete unit must stay fixed in this position and is ready for use ...

Page 20: ...21 Remarks Alignment in the workshop is strongly encouraged Laser beam emitter Class 1 is hard to detect outdoors during daylight hours ...

Page 21: ...ineering GmbH independent performance verification available upon request A measurement rate set to 10s means that the Geovane will scan its photosensing pixels trying to locate the Sun once every 10 seconds during day time 5 3 Tilt output The Geovane is equipped with an internal 2 axis tilt sensor that permits it comparing the theoretical and observed solar azimuth angles even if the Geovane is n...

Page 22: ...1 being positive if tilted upwards and negative if tilted downwards Tilt Y output is referenced to slit 7 East of the wind vane being positive if tilted upwards and negative if tilted downwards 5 4 Absolute maximum ratings Description Minimum value Maximum value Units Input voltage 0 30 V Operating temperature 25 85 C RS 485 input voltage 10 5 10 5 V 5 5 Average current consumption Description Dur...

Page 23: ...hould be able to provide at least 80mA to account for the maximum current peak Geovane might demand 5 6 Mechanical specifications Description Value Comments Weight 0 870Kg Incl wind vane adaptor Dimensions See section 5 8 Housing material Anodized aluminum Main body Borosilicate Glass 3 3 Glass tube protector Stainless steel Wind vane boom adaptor Protection Class IP66 Mounting Onto mast tube Ø34m...

Page 24: ...scription Digital x1 RS 485 9600 bps 8N1 Frequency x1 10 130Hz push pull with 220Ω series resistance 0 5V square wave Analog voltage x2 12 bit resolution 0 5 4 5V with 220Ω series resistance Refer to section 0 for detailed information ...

Page 25: ...26 5 8 Dimensions mm ...

Page 26: ...g voltage signals are digitally generated by means of a 12 bit 0 5V Digital to Analog Converter and subsequently conditioned by an analog output stage with 220Ω output resistance The output is constrained to the range 0 5 4 5V leading to the following characteristics Variable Variable range Voltage range Resolution True North offset 0 360º 0 5 4 5V 0 11º Tilt X Tilt Y 90 90º 0 5 4 5V 0 05º The fir...

Page 27: ... 𝜌 𝐿 𝑆 800µ𝐴 For instance for 92m of 0 5mm2 cross sectioned copper wire the theoretical True North offset error given in degrees would be 𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 90 0 0172 92 0 5 800µ𝐴 0 228 If two cores are wired in parallel for Out V the theoretical drift is reduced by half 𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 90 0 0172 92 2 0 5 800µ𝐴 0 114 Remark At startup and until the Geovane is able to measure for the first time the True North offset outp...

Page 28: ...s self test function Geovane s current configuration Serial number and firmware hardware version The Geovane is fitted with an RS 485 half duplex serial interface Reduced slew rate drivers are used in order to minimize EMI and reduce reflections caused by improperly terminated cables If two or more Geovane units are to be installed it is possible to use the same 2 wire data link to connect all the...

Page 29: ... the poll frequency does not exceed 4Hz i e 4 commands per second The following table summarizes the timing constraints typical values Description Value Units Delay command output message t1 6 ms Delay after output message t2 4 ms Maximum poll frequency 4 Hz Maximum Minimum Remark At startup and until the Geovane is able to measure for the first time the True North offset output is set to 370º In ...

Page 30: ...pecify the message identification After the message identification begin the data field delimitated by commas The end of data fields is indicated by the character The message includes a checksum field consisting in a bitwise XOR of all characters between but not including Start character and End of data character The resulting single byte value is then represented by two hexadecimal characters in ...

Page 31: ...l ignore the message In applications where more than one Geovane is connected to the RS 485 bus you should assign each Geovane in the system a unique Listener ID The master will then be able to address individually each Geovane Unless otherwise specified at the time of ordering the factory default value for the Listener ID is 00 and for the Talker ID is GV Geovane ...

Page 32: ...Range 0 360º see remark page 27 X axis tilt angle 01 20 Angle between the X axis and the horizontal plane in degrees Range 90 90º Y axis tilt angle 00 80 Angle between the Y axis and the horizontal plane in degrees Range 90 90º New True North offset sample 01 A new True North offset sample has been taken during the latest measurement period 0 No sample has been taken 1 New sample has been taken Ha...

Page 33: ...tion Message ID ORX Identifier associated to the type of message True North offset 274 20 Angle between True North and the device reference in degrees Range 0 360º see remark page 27 X axis tilt angle 01 20 Angle between the X axis and the horizontal plane in degrees Range 90 90º Y axis tilt angle 00 80 Angle between the Y axis and the horizontal plane in degrees Range 90 90º New True North offset...

Page 34: ...latest True North offset measurement 110312 UTC time at which the Geovane took the latest True North offset measurement Date of the latest True North offset measurement 151118 Date at which the Geovane took the latest True North offset measurement End of data character Checksum 44 Bitwise XOR of all characters between Start character and End of data character CR LF Carriage Return and Line Feed Re...

Page 35: ...otation Range 0 360º Sun s altitude 66 24 Angle between the sun s rays and the horizontal plane on the earth s surface in degrees Range 0 90º Sun s declination 17 35 Angle between the earth sun line and the equatorial plane in degrees Range 23 4 23 4º Sun s hour angle 018 25 Angle on a horizontal plane between the local solar noon and the horizontal projection of the sun s rays in degrees Range 18...

Page 36: ...A V Invalid A Valid Latitude 4138 9405 Format ddmm mmmm degrees and minutes N S Indicator N N North S South Longitude 00053 3174 Format dmm mmmm degrees and minutes E W Indicator W E East W West SOG 0 62 Speed over ground in knots COG 335 42 Course on the ground in degrees Date 220611 Format ddmmyy Magnetic variation Unsupported field Magnetic variation course E W Course on the ground in degrees E...

Page 37: ...1 00 4E CR LF Field Example Description Start character Talker identification GV Geovane identification Message ID INF Identifier associated to the type of message Serial Number 500107 Unique serial number identifier Firmware version 0 01 06 07 Hardware version 01 00 End of data character Checksum 4E Bitwise XOR of all characters between Start character and End of data character CR LF Carriage Ret...

Page 38: ...rate 1 1 second 2 5 seconds 3 10 seconds 4 30 seconds 5 60 seconds Digital output on off 1 Current digital output status 0 Disabled Input messages are always enabled 1 Enabled Frequency output on off 0 Current frequency output status 0 Disabled 1 Enabled True North offset Analog 1 output on off 1 Current analog 1 output status 0 Disabled 1 Enabled True North offset 2 Enabled Tilt X 3 Enabled Tilt ...

Page 39: ...eovane Listener ID is set to 00 7 2 1 PMGV00 command Echo message request PMGV00 00 20 CR LF Field Example Description Start character Header PMGV Command ID 00 Identifier associated to the type of command Echo message request Listener ID 00 Geovane Listener identification End of data character Checksum 70 Bitwise XOR of all characters between Start character and End of data character CR LF Carria...

Page 40: ...f all characters between Start character and End of data character CR LF Carriage Return and Line Feed 7 2 3 PMGV02 command SUN message request PMGV02 00 22 CR LF Field Example Description Start character Header PMGV Command ID 02 Identifier associated to the type of command SUN message request Listener ID 00 Geovane Listener identification End of data character Checksum 22 Bitwise XOR of all char...

Page 41: ...f all characters between Start character and End of data character CR LF Carriage Return and Line Feed 7 2 5 PMGV05 command INF message request PMGV05 00 25 CR LF Field Example Description Start character Header PMGV Command ID 05 Identifier associated to the type of command INF message request Listener ID 00 Geovane Listener identification End of data character Checksum 25 Bitwise XOR of all char...

Page 42: ...ise XOR of all characters between Start and End of data characters CR LF Carriage Return and Line Feed 7 2 7 PMGV10 command ORX message request PMGV10 00 21 CR LF Field Example Description Start character Header PMGV Command ID 10 Identifier associated to the type of command ORX message request Listener ID 00 Geovane Listener identification End of data character Checksum 21 Bitwise XOR of all char...

Page 43: ...vane GVINF 500107 1 01 07 02 01 00 4B RMC command sent by the master PMGV04 00 24 Answer from the Geovane GVRMC 081428 000 A 4145 8042 N 00117 1531 W 0 00 000 00 190517 A 7D SUN command sent by the master PMGV02 00 22 Answer from the Geovane GVSUN 096 53 37 63 00 34 112 10 55 ORN command sent by the master PMGV01 00 21 Answer from the Geovane GVORN 274 20 01 20 00 80 01 00 7F ORX command sent by t...

Page 44: ...ion Tool Please login into your account at kintech engineering com to get the install file 8 1 1 Connection to PC using RS 485 The connection between the PC and the Geovane requires a RS 485 to USB converter If the converter is properly installed it will appear as a COM port on the device manager panel Driver installation may be required Kintech can provide RS 485 to USB converters upon request 8 ...

Page 45: ...opened one Geovane at a time can be configured The procedure is as follows Step 1 Connect to the Geovane and get its current configuration Fill in the Geovane Current ID factory settings for Geovane ID 00 and click on Get configuration The window will show the current Geovane s configuration as well as its serial number and hardware and firmware version ...

Page 46: ...and upload it Set up the desired configuration and upload it to the Geovane by pushing the Upload configuration button The configuration will then be uploaded to the Geovane and it will be stored in its non volatile internal memory EEPROM A message in the prompt window at the right will confirm whether the configuration has been successfully uploaded to the Geovane Notice that the Geovane Configur...

Page 47: ...red with the following factory settings Description Value Comments Measurement rate 10 Seconds Listener ID 00 RS 485 device identifier Outputs RS 485 Active Waiting for polls Pin 2 and pin 4 Frequency Disabled Pin 6 Analog 1 True North offset Pin 1 Analog 2 Disabled Pin 5 Line laser time out 5 Minutes ...

Page 48: ...the following directive 2007 07 20 The Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive hereby declare under our sole responsibility that the product Geovane has been designed to comply and is in conformity with the relevant sections and applicable requirements of the directive Íñigo Vázquez Technical Manager Kintech Ingeniería S L November 24 2017 ...

Page 49: ...e Geovane gets GPS signal and until it measures for the first time 0 2 3 3 Fixed problem where certain geographical longitudes where considered not valid 0 2 3 4 True North offset is set to 380º at startup and until the Geovane gest GPS signal to prevent the analog output stages from reaching saturation 0 2 3 5 Fixed bug where the carriage return of the ORN message had a different value than CR Ad...

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