Rain Bird WS-PRO2, Installation, Operation, Maintenance And Troubleshooting

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WS-PRO2 Weather Station Manual
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coded as follows; 1 pair “black” and “white”, 1 pair “black” and
“green” and 1 pair “black” and “red”.
The BLACK (-XMT) & GREEN (+XMT) pair shall be connected to
the BLACK & RED wires respectively, at the “LINE” end of one of
the MSP-1 surge arrestors. The BLACK (-XMT) and the RED
(+XMT) wires from the “EQUIPMENT” end of this MSP-1 surge
arrestor shall be connected to the WHITE (-XMT) and the GREEN
(+XMT) wires of the communication cable furnished with the
weather station.
The RED (+RCV) & BLACK (-RCV) pair shall be connected to the
RED & BLACK wires respectively, at the “LINE” end of the other
MSP-1 surge arrestor. The RED (+RCV) and the BLACK (-RCV)
wires from the “EQUIPMENT” end of this MSP-1 surge arrestor
shall be connected to the RED (+RCV) and the BLACK (-RCV)
wires of the communication cable furnished with the weather
station.
This communication cable shall be routed through the 1 ½”
diameter long sweep elbow to the base of the weather station. All
wire connections and splices in the communication wiring shall be
made using 3-M DBY direct burial connectors. DO NOT attempt to
use any other type connectors as communication signal may be
impaired and poor communication resulting.
3.4.2 Grounding Communication Cable
The bare copper drain wire of the Belden cable shall be grounded
to the grounding rod, using a brass ground wire clamp.
IMPORTANT - DO NOT ground the drain wire at the Central end of
the cable - just leave the drain wire un-used.