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User Manual

Precipitation Sensor rain[e]H3 with Ethernet

Id-No. 00.15184.540 020

rain[e]H3

Precipitation Sensor

Manual

rain[e]H3 · Features

With state-of-the-art weighing technology and a self-emptying collecting system, the rain[e]H3 sets

new standards in professional precipitation measurement. Its outstanding resolution and accuracy are

acknowledged worldwide.
•

Latest weighing technology · overflow proof

•  High resolution of 0.001 mm (amount) and 0.001 mm/h (intensity)
•  Measurement of precipitation · amount and intensity
•  RS485 (Talker-, ASCII protocol)
•  All-metal housing · weatherproof and long durability
•

The compact housing reduces the influence of wind

• Cold climate model with improved, electronically controlled heating:

rain[e]H3

with ring-,

funnel- and drain-line heating

Summary of Contents for rain[e]H3

Page 1: ...measurement Its outstanding resolution and accuracy are acknowledged worldwide Latest weighing technology overflow proof High resolution of 0 001 mm amount and 0 001 mm h intensity Measurement of pre...

Page 2: ...ith Lantronix Device Installer p 21 10 In and Outputs p 27 10 1 SDI 12 Interface p 27 10 2 RS485 Interface p 34 10 2 1 SDI 12 Protocol p 34 10 2 2 WL ASCII Protocol p 34 10 2 3 Talker Protocol p 36 10...

Page 3: ...n and Troubleshooting p 47 14 1 Cleaning p 48 14 2 Troubleshooting p 49 14 3 Error Codes p 50 15 Repair p 52 15 1 Repairs on Site p 52 15 2 Repairs in the Workshop p 54 15 3 Functional Test p 56 16 Ma...

Page 4: ...on site 5 Use the system within the specified operating condition Eliminate influences which might impair the safety 6 Prevent the ingress of unwanted liquids into the devices 7 Funnel heating and dra...

Page 5: ...nual 4 Dimensional Drawing and Product Drawing Ring heating Funnel Drop former Collecting system Funnel heating Weighing cell Temperature sensor below Temperature sensor above Measuring electronic Mas...

Page 6: ...is smaller than 30 s the rain e H3 will use the intensity within the last minute value Amount since last retrieval The difference in the amount of precipitation between the current and the last retri...

Page 7: ...age power lines and cell towers is not necessary Accuracy of the housing alignment The housing can be aligned with an integrated spirit level at 0 7 blister within the edge of the ring marking This ac...

Page 8: ...casing in the open direction anti clockwise Lift the casing with caution Mind the heater s terminal plug The measuring edge of the upper part of the housing is quite sharp There is a risk of cuts It i...

Page 9: ...r Manual Unpack the collecting vessel Insert the collecting vessel Insert collecting vessel against the bearing spring with the site of the magnet facing towards the reed contact Insert the other axis...

Page 10: ...part of the housing is quite sharp There is a risk of cuts It is therefore recommended that on the measuring edge not be pressed on and or that gloves are worn Inserting of the dirt trap spiral Inser...

Page 11: ...data acquisition system depends on the interfaces being used The values for RS485 and Ethernet are obtained from the respective definitions of these standards RS485 1000 m Ethernet 100 MBit 100 m CAT...

Page 12: ...ON OFF SDI 12 protocol activated on SDI 12 Interface 1200 Bd Analogue output OFF Heating activated 7 7 Connections Connection power supply RS485 Via the A coded 8 pole M12 plug the power supply and ou...

Page 13: ...User Manual Precipitation Sensor rain e H3 with Ethernet Id No 00 15184 540 020 rain e H3 Precipitation Sensor Manual Connecting diagram Pin assignment 13...

Page 14: ...ain e H3 it has to be connected via the USB service interface in the device interior to a PC with installed rain e H3 Commander It is recommended that the power plug and the sensor connector are unplu...

Page 15: ...vailable options and ranges Pulse output non isolated isolated Operating type Impulse Closing time 10 500 ms in 5 ms steps Resolution 0 01 1 mm in 0 01 mm steps Rain YES NO Rain event pulse output 1 p...

Page 16: ...ess 0 9 A Z a z 8 1 Firmware Update If firmware updates are necessary e g for new functions or because the signal output requirements have changed please download these via our homepage www lambrecht...

Page 17: ...calibration Avoid vibrations during the calibration of the rain e H3 as this could lengthen the process or in extreme cases even hinder it Follow the instructions of the programme For the calibration...

Page 18: ...bration please take the test weight calibration ball and put it back in the packaging Check the correct position of the blank jacket before putting on the round blank 8 2 2 Call of Status and Error Me...

Page 19: ...ity is available and the heating current measured internally falls below the threshold of 5 1 A Lower temperature sensor error This error occurs when the lower temperature sensor for heater monitoring...

Page 20: ...variance of the measuring values Additionally the calibration factor is given To adjust the load cell at first the COM interface where the rain e H3 is connected has to be chosen in the menu After th...

Page 21: ...www lantronix com products deviceinstaller Status April 2017 The Lantronix DeviceInstaller is a Windows based GUI application With this application the device can be found in the network and the Ether...

Page 22: ...recipitation Sensor Manual Select the tab Web Configuration Use the green arrow to establish the connection and then confirm the login window with OK Now the web interface appears Click Network on the...

Page 23: ...0 020 rain e H3 Precipitation Sensor Manual Now click on Server in the menu on the left The port can be set under HTTP Server Port Now open the Channel 2 Connection menu item There you can set the por...

Page 24: ...ttings have already been configured at the factory Settings for Terminal The following describes how data can be displayed on a terminal First install the Lantronix Com Port Redirector The Lantronix C...

Page 25: ...H3 with Ethernet Id No 00 15184 540 020 rain e H3 Precipitation Sensor Manual The available devices are given in the Device List Use the button Add Remove to add and or remove COM Ports Confirm by cl...

Page 26: ...e button The COM port can now be used by any terminal for data output input Configuration of the rain e H3 via the web interface of the Ethernet interface It is possible to configure the rain e H3 via...

Page 27: ...CR LF aD0 aD1 Send Data Puffer 0 Send Data Puffer 1 a values CR LF a values CRC CR LF resp with CRC checksum aM1 Generate Variance atttn CR LF aM2 Generate Heating Data atttn CR LF aM3 Start Intensity...

Page 28: ...swer a a CR LF a Sensor address a Sensor address End of command CR LF End of answer Example Command Answer 0 0 CR LF 1 1 CR LF Send Identification aI The command aI is used to ask the sensor for its m...

Page 29: ...e sensor process the returning string and provide the available measured data In contrast to standard sensors described in the SDI 12 documentation the rain e measures continuously Thus the measured v...

Page 30: ...ame bus The command aC requests that the sensor process the returned string and to provide the available measured data In contrast to standard sensors described in the SDI 12 documentation the rain e...

Page 31: ...e requested from the sensor with aD0 and aD1 The sensor uses the respective arithmetic sign or to separate the values If the data was requested with a CC or MC command it will be returned with the CRC...

Page 32: ...of answer Additional Measurements With the following commands additional information can be generated by the rain e H3 and requested with aD0 The additional measurement commands aMn and aMCn have the...

Page 33: ...aV can be used to do a system analysis and generate an error string The command aV has the same format as the command aM see above The rain e answers to the command aV with a0039 Syntax Command Answer...

Page 34: ...he WL ASCII protocol it can only be used with a single rain e H3 and not in a bus The baud rate is 19200 Bd and has the byte frame format 8N1 8 data bits no parity bit no parity 1 stop bit Start Measu...

Page 35: ...version software version and serial number of the load cell Syntax Command Answer STX i CR LF No P S Serial CR LF STX Start of command No Serial No of the device e Command Return Error String P Board...

Page 36: ...CR LF End of answer Example Command Answer STX a CR LF 0 059 0 073 0 031 CR LF 10 2 3 Talker Protocol The Talker protocol is the third available mode of the RS485 interface It sends an ASCII string i...

Page 37: ...Start running F inner temperature above in C G inner temperature below in C H status of heating 1 ON 0 OFF I error code J Talker interval in seconds K outside temperature in C no measured value delim...

Page 38: ...lly binary number In binary representation the digits correspond to the following error messages Bit position Status message 0 error maximum heating temperature threshold exceeded 1 1 error heating 2...

Page 39: ...value 16 bits 0x1234 is transmitted in the order 0x12 0x34 Example big endian 32 bit or 64 bit Register size value 32 bits 0x12345678 is transmitted in the order 0x12 0x34 0x56 0x78 To obtain the real...

Page 40: ...of sensor 1 1 Read only LONG 34921 Status of heater 1 1 Read only INT 34922 Internal temperature C 10 1 Read only INT 34931 Total heating power in 1 1 Read only INT The registers addresses 30001 to 3...

Page 41: ...emark Access type 40050 Device identification number 15 characters 8 2 characters in each register The returned data are in form of a 16 byte null terminated string Read only 40100 Serial number 11 ch...

Page 42: ...10 9C 41 00 01 02 00 01 2D E8 03 10 9C 41 00 01 7E 6F LEN 9 Transmission Query Source Master Dest Slave 3 Function Write Multiple Register 16 Func Desk Address 40001 Quantity 1 Byte count 2 Register v...

Page 43: ...alled in polling mode with different commands or sent with a configurable output interval in talker mode automatically from rain e In this protocol the sensor can be called every 10 s We suggest inter...

Page 44: ...ear M month D day B time in format hh mm ss h hour m minute s second C precipitation intensity in mm h D total amount since system start in mm accumulated precipitation E measurement Start Stop 1 Stop...

Page 45: ...e in C no measured value range of values 55 00 125 00 delimiter checksum CS checksum see chapter Checksum The returned error code is a decimal representation of an originally binary number In binary r...

Page 46: ...he checksum Example STX 1234567890 C7 CR LF STX 1234567890 ist C7 13 7 Pulse Output Each pulse corresponds to a predefined amount of measured precipitation The resolution factor range is 0 01 200 mm p...

Page 47: ...bird population pollen leaf fall According to chapter 6 of the VDI Guidelines Environmental meteorology Meteorological measurements Precipitation VDI 3786 Part 7 December 2010 we recommend monthly ch...

Page 48: ...upper part of the housing ensure that the housing edge of the collecting surface is not damaged After cleaning reinsert the plug connector to the upper heating on the heating board Close the housing a...

Page 49: ...o the axle bearing To do so slide the axle pin of the collecting vessel into the bearing spring with the magnetic side in the direction of reed contact and insert the other axle pin into the other bea...

Page 50: ...efect is present Troubleshoot The weighing unit main board with load cell and collecting vessel must be replaced 14 3 Error Codes rain e H3 knows the following errors Error the maximum heating tempera...

Page 51: ...element is defective you can also set in the laboratory the maximum heating temperature and the target temperatures above and below to 10 C above the ambient temperature and feel which heating does no...

Page 52: ...erature sensor must be replaced After troubleshooting please restart the rain e H3 14 3 7 Error Quality of Supply Voltage The error is raised if the quality of the voltage supply fluctuates strongly P...

Page 53: ...ll object e g wooden stick and remove it with the other hand Insert the cleaned or a new protective grid on the side of the weighing unit into the provided gaps Avoid contact with the weighing unit wh...

Page 54: ...13 mm jaw ring or socket wrench Remove the 3 old hexagon socket screws M8x20 Id No 35 09331 540300 and replace with new ones Open the housing as described Level the device by means of the spirit leve...

Page 55: ...bracket on the two mounting holes Wet the screw threads of the new mounting screws with a drop of Loctite 274 and insert the mounting bolts into the holes provided Tighten the mounting bolts with a to...

Page 56: ...slotted screwdriver blade width 2 mm All M12 connectors used are inserted from the front and have an M16 mounting thread The mounting plugs are delivered with straight cut off wire and must be stripp...

Page 57: ...H3 Commander Commander 00 15180 400 000 Stainless steel mast for concrete foundation 00 15180 800 050 Stainless steel mast for concrete foundation with base plate Stainless steel mast for concrete fou...

Page 58: ...LO OG G O OU UT T C CU UR RR RE EN NT T P PU UL LS SE E O OU UT T I IS SO O P PU UL LS SE E O OU UT T I IS SO O w ws s w wh ht t b br r b br rn n g gn n g gr rn n g ge e y ye el l g gr r g gr ry y r r...

Page 59: ...Ethernet Supply voltage 9 8 32 V DC Heating data electronically controlled ring funnel and drain line heating Target temperature 2 C funnel surface temperature Accuracy 1 C Heating power 70 W funnel...

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