Rain Bird WS-PRO, Installation, Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual

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WS-PRO Weather Station
1.0 GENERAL:
The Rain Bird “Model PRO” Weather
Station, when used in conjunction with
the Rain Bird MAXI 5, MAXI
“Nimbus” or MAXI “Cirrus” Central
Control system, provides the irrigation
manager with a powerful tool to aid in
the growing of lush, healthy, green
turfgrass, while conserving important
resources, such as water, power, etc.
The MAXI 5, MAXI Nimbus or MAXI
Cirrus software interrogates the Weather
Station to gather information that has
been gathered on a daily basis, on 5
second intervals for short haul modem
only, of the climatic conditions that
affect the irrigation application for the
area.
The MAXI 5, MAXI Nimbus or MAXI
Cirrus software subjects the climatic
information that it gathers to a version of
the modified Penman Equation. The
Penman Equation has been proven
through over 35 years of university
research, to be one of the most reliable
predictors of turfgrass water use
requirements.
The Weather Station monitors the
following climatic conditions:
Rainfall
Wind Speed & Direction
Air Temperature
Relative Humidity
Solar Radiation
The basic PRO Weather Station
configuration includes sensors to
monitor these conditions, a micrologger
to capture this data, a modem to
communicate the information to the
MAXI Central Computer and a power
supply.
The Rain Bird Model “PRO” Weather
Station is available in two (2) basic
configurations;
Model PRO-SH , which is a
direct wire system intended for
use when the weather station is
within 20,000 feet of the MAXI
Central Computer and
communication is via a wire
path, between the weather
station and the computer.
Model PRO-PH, which is a
phone modem system for use
when the weather station is
further than 20,000 feet from the
MAXI Central Computer or
when they cannot be connected
by a communication wire path.
The system communicates
utilizing a standard, dedicated
phone service.