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Instruction for Use

021341/07/11

  Laser Precipitation Monitor

5.4110.xx.x00

V2.5x STD

 
 

INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION  

DO NOT VIEW DIRECTLY WITH  

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS 

CLASS  1M LASER PRODUCT  

ADOLF THIES GmbH & Co. KG

Hauptstraße 76 

37083 Göttingen Germany 

Box 3536 + 3541 

37025 Göttingen 

Phone +49 551 79001-0 

Fax +49 551 79001-65 

www.thiesclima.com [email protected] 

 

Summary of Contents for 5.4110 00 Series

Page 1: ...r Precipitation Monitor 5 4110 xx x00 V2 5x STD INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION DO NOT VIEW DIRECTLY WITH OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS CLASS 1M LASER PRODUCT ADOLF THIES GmbH Co KG Hauptstra e 76 37083 G ttingen Ger...

Page 2: ...ns The device product should be operated with the accessories and consumables supplied and or recommended by Adolf Thies GmbH Co KG Recommendation As it is possible that each measuring system device p...

Page 3: ...onnector 20 5 3 2 Closing the Instrument Cover 20 5 3 3 Optocoupler output 20 6 Maintenance 21 6 1 Cleaning 21 6 2 Calibration 21 6 3 Checking the sensor 21 6 3 1 Checking the LED s 22 6 3 2 Checking...

Page 4: ...ectronics Rev A 11 Figure 8 Example for an appropriate mast foundation 15 Figure 9 Strap housing 16 Figure 10 Strap Mast Mounting angle 16 Figure 11 Screen cable connection to the cable gland 18 Figur...

Page 5: ...able gland Electrical outputs for all versions RS485 422 and two optocouplers 2 General The Laser Precipitation Monitor serves as measuring value transmitter and is well suited for the measurement and...

Page 6: ...on of the measuring principle The measured values are processed by a signal processor DSP and checked for plausibility e g edge hits Calculation comprises the intensity quantity and type of precipitat...

Page 7: ...ng the receiving signals for soiling as well as checking the laser driver for current and temperature By using a flash memory the internal software can be updated any time via the serial interface The...

Page 8: ...es Furthermore the electronics is equipped with light diodes LED s which facilitate an easy and efficient check resp diagnosis of the sensor even without serial data connection Figure 6 or Figure 7 In...

Page 9: ...be operated Even with a longer exposure time the intensity of the invisible laser beam is considered as safe for the human eye without using optical instruments A skin contact with the invisible radi...

Page 10: ...r Laser Terminal UPS operation or supply for 12 24V 5 4110 xx 300 Terminal 3 4 Connector Supply 115V 5 4110 x1 100 230V 5 4110 x1 200 Fuse Sensor 0 1AT 230V 0 2AT 115V Fuse Heating 0 5AT 230V 1AT 115V...

Page 11: ...erminal Mains 5 4110 xx 100 5 4110 xx 200 Terminal UPS operation or supply for 5 4110 xx 300 Terminal 3 4 Terminal RS485 Terminal Digital output 1 2 and LEDs red LED red Supply LED green Sensor OK LED...

Page 12: ...ng top side 2 Heads under the stainless steel components 3 Carriers straight section of the carriers at the receiver head This three heating circuits are controlled separately against the ambient temp...

Page 13: ...lt or the like as otherwise in case of strong sunshine radiation the ascending air will form so called streaks As sub surface we recommend a lawn Depending on the wind speed and wind direction the pre...

Page 14: ...en wrench Inbus SW4 Combination wrench or ring spanner wrench SW10 Combination wrench SW16 und SW20 Tools to work in cables for example skinning tool gripper for cable end sleeve Screw driver for slot...

Page 15: ...g means 4 3187 61 xxx equipment rack optional 15 66 021341 07 11 View from above Concrete C25 30 Earth strip 4x30mm 20 m long Plastic tube 50 with taut wire Plastic tube 50 1 x 90 arc Figure 8 Example...

Page 16: ...st is used the straps should be fastened directly i e without insulator If the mast is not electro conductive a potential equalisation should be established between ambiance for ex fundament and senso...

Page 17: ...a qualified expert who knows and observes the generalities of technics and applicable regulations and norms Attention Do not look into the invisible laser beam In case the laser caution labels on the...

Page 18: ...e until the connection is made between the cable screen and contact spring Turn shut and it is ready for use 2 With thin Wires without an Inner Sheath see Figure 11 2 Strip back the outer sheath Pull...

Page 19: ...rite tube is to be fastened directly at the cover panel by means of the binder see Figure 12 Figure 12 Connection of power supply here 115 or 230VAC with ferrite tube and binder After all connections...

Page 20: ...crosswise to ensure the proper sealing of the housing torsional moment of at least 2 0Nm 5 3 3 Optocoupler output In Figure 13 you see 2 ways of connecting external instruments pull up circuit to clam...

Page 21: ...r the cleaning the instrument has to be sent in to the manufacturer for inspection Insect nests spider webs pollen flight sediments or the like shall be removed regularly Depending on the environment...

Page 22: ...irectly above the orange connecting terminal L1 and N left below All models have an additional electronic fuse for the supply In case this fuse has activate the external supply must be switched off fo...

Page 23: ...t sun radiation max 4 difference compared with the ambient temperature does not apply to model 5 4110 x1 x00 when heating is on extended heating as well as the laser driver temperature approx 10 highe...

Page 24: ...x mode factory setting The receive lines in the sensor are terminated with a resistance of 560 when a so called Jumper is directly above the contacts R and R on the 2 pole connecting pin line see wiri...

Page 25: ...a Change of Parameters The baud rate is to be set to 4 corresponds to 4800 baud 8 N 1 with the device address 00 The respective command is 00BR00004 CR Example data request The set record for the bau...

Page 26: ...6 aux Meas Chan 8 SYNOP METAR short 9 8 aux Meas Chan 10 7 Averaging Time TO parameter TR Request Telegram 4 10 TO Time interval telegram 10 1 10 min ZH Set Hour 0 23 ZM Set Minute 0 59 ZS Set Second...

Page 27: ...different baud rates and parities The setting range is from 1200baud to 115 2Kbaud 7 or 8 data bits no N even E odd O parity 1 or 2 stop bits The following parameter are defined for BR Parameter desc...

Page 28: ...iving a answer from the sensor at the earliest time of 20ms a command can be send Half duplex operation An idle state of at least 0 2 V is to be caused by respective resistances of the opposite site n...

Page 29: ...am 1 and 2 are for internal test purpose Telegram 0 means no automatic sending and is recommended when using the polling command TR Value range 0 10 Initial value 4 5 4110 0x xxx resp 5 5 4110 1x xxx...

Page 30: ...output at hh 00 hh 10 hh 20 hh 30 hh 40 hh 50 Value range 1 10 Initial value 10 7 2 4 Time Date commands NOTE For the operation the setting of date and time is not necessary The date and time are res...

Page 31: ...month Description Setting the month The sensor date can be requested by the command ZT Value range 1 12 Initial value 1 Command ZY id ZY para5 Setting the sensor date year Description Setting the year...

Page 32: ...e 40 3 relative humidity 2 6 m s wind speed 90 wind direction Value range Initial value Command DD id DD Request of the diagnostic data Description Number Column Description 1 1 3 Interior temperature...

Page 33: ...equesting source of error warning resp condition of the lasers Description When an error or a warning has been detected the reason can be requested by means of this command 1 error warning 0 no error...

Page 34: ...to DX command Note Reset of error see command RF The error counter is incremented when the error is no more present Example reply 0005 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0002 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000...

Page 35: ...hed off automatically With the parameter 0 the circuit can be switched off immediately Duty cycle should be at most 50 at 20 C ambient temperature or else overheating can occur Value range 0 1 Initial...

Page 36: ...100 are negative Example AT00103 3 temperature correction Value range 0 106 Initial value set in the factory NOTE The variant 5 4110 x1 xxx Extended Heating uses a Pt100 sensor at the bottom of the h...

Page 37: ...gative Example AT00105 5ms min 7 2s day correction of clock Value range 0 123 Initial value 105 7 2 7 Quantity measurement commands Command RA id RA00001 Reset of precipitation quantity and duration o...

Page 38: ...nal record electronic Solid precipitation snow grains snow soft hail ice grains hail Liquid precipitation all other precipitation types drizzle and or rain sleet rain and snow and unknown precipitatio...

Page 39: ...pitation type SYNOP Tab 4680 see Table 7 Frequency output 2 See the following Table 5 20 Precipitation amount Net 0 1mm 1 1Impulse 0 1mm 21 Precipitation amount Net 0 1mm 10 1impulse 0 1mm 22 Precipit...

Page 40: ...3 33 57 61 Light drizzle with rain Light rain 6 41 66 58 62 63 Moderate heavy drizzle with rain moderate heavy rain 7 50 67 Light rain and or drizzle with snow 8 62 5 68 Moderate heavy rain and or dri...

Page 41: ...vy rain and or drizzle with snow 14 55 56 77 Snow grains 15 62 5 71 Light snow fall 16 71 43 72 Moderate snow fall 17 83 33 73 Heavy snow fall 18 100 74 Light soft hail ice grains 19 125 75 Moderate s...

Page 42: ...000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 003 004 010 002 002 000 001 000 000 0 00 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 001 001 002 001 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000...

Page 43: ...AAA 14 65 71 7 1M Intensity mm h total precipitation 1 minute value NNN NNN 15 73 79 7 1M Intensity mm h liquid precipitation 1 minute value NNN NNN 16 81 87 7 1M Intensity mm h solid precipitation 1...

Page 44: ...Heating supply 1 10 V only 5 4110 x1 xxx otherwise 999 NNN 10 48 192 195 4 Current heating housing mA only 5 4110 x1 xxx otherwise 9999 NNNN 10 49 197 200 4 Current heating heads mA only 5 4110 x1 xxx...

Page 45: ...of particles class 9 6 80 437 445 9 Total volume gross of class 9 6 81 447 449 3 From here 447 to the end 2205 precipitation spectrum distrometer data NNN Number of particles 0 125mm diameter 0 25mm...

Page 46: ...ticle in the atmosphere the real visibility is lower Only atmospheric hazes caused by big hydro meteors for ex drizzle rain snow are acquired but not by small hydro meteors fog damp and aerosols Calcu...

Page 47: ...a Obvious illogical measurements e g particle no hydrometeor snow particle when temperature is greater than 8 C should if necessary removed 8 Calculation checksum The two s complement of the sum of al...

Page 48: ...400 0 400 8 1 500 0 250 8 1 800 0 400 9 1 750 0 250 9 2 200 0 400 10 2 000 0 500 10 2 600 0 400 11 2 500 0 500 11 3 000 0 400 12 3 000 0 500 12 3 400 0 800 13 3 500 0 500 13 4 200 0 800 14 4 000 0 500...

Page 49: ...SG SG 77 Ice crystals needles see snow grains 8 IC SG 76 77 IC SG 78 77 Soft hail also ice pellets 9 SP 87 88 88 GS GS GS 74 75 76 Hail 10 A 89 90 90 GR 89 Table 7 Code table SYNOP METAR Code comply...

Page 50: ...Tab 4677 Moderate 53 SYNOP Tab 4680 Moderate 52 METAR Tab 4678 Slight DZ SYNOP intensities mm h Slight Moderate Heavy Drizzle 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 5 Rain snow unknown precipitation sleet drizzle with rain 0...

Page 51: ...NP 004 047 75 73 SN 020 234 000 000 020 234 0000 34 00319 66 7 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 28 1626 4011 234 6 236 085 068 04 6 000 0000 0000 0000 00044 C7 Telegram 7 Synop Metar optiona...

Page 52: ...Synop Metar optional measuring channel truncated This telegram is transmitted every minute by the instrument without request of receiver when the parameter TM CH 7 2 3 is 8 or 9 automatic mode The re...

Page 53: ...ter hail mm 1 minute value N N 22 116 117 2 Checksum not with id TM00007 AA 23 119 120 2 CRLF not with id TM00007 24 121 1 ETX End identifier not with id TM00007 Additionally with telegram 9 No Column...

Page 54: ...command id TR00010 Separator semicolon Decimal separator point Telegram start STX 02 Telegram end CR 13 LF 10 ETX 03 carriage return line feed ETX Fix lengths and leading zeros Error recognition bigge...

Page 55: ...me 7 minutes 1 minute value NN 63 265 266 2 1M SYNOP Tab 4680 transmission time 6 minutes 1 minute value NN 64 268 269 2 1M SYNOP Tab 4680 transmission time 5 minutes 1 minute value NN 65 271 272 2 1M...

Page 56: ...plex mode command BD see CH 7 2 1 because of the autonomous transmitting of the sensor Preferably use high baud rate No Description 1 Maximal value of A D converter 0 16383 2 Duration of event 10 s 3...

Page 57: ...unction with EN61000 4 3 10V m 5 4110 x1 xxx 7V m 10V m EN61000 4 4 level 4 power line 4kV signal line 2kV EN61000 4 5 level 4 power line 2kVsymmetric 4kVasymmetric signal line 2kVsymmetric EN61326 cl...

Page 58: ...2V 500mA 24V Buffer input UPS operation all variants except for 5 4110 xx 3xx Supply voltage DC only electronics Current consumption DC input only electronics Note supply must be potential free Applie...

Page 59: ...x 4 wire or half duplex 2 wire latency time 20ms half duplex terminator resistor 560 switch able Digital output 2 optocouplers max 24VDC max 1mA Potential isolation up to 1KV Function selectable Preci...

Page 60: ...Windows operating systems Win98 SE WinMe Win2000 XP Instrument Support 4 3187 60 200 For the vibration reduced operation of the LPM at 2 m height on an available concrete foundation provided by the c...

Page 61: ...9 Wiring Diagram ATTENTION Do not look into the invisible laser beam Wiring Diagram Supply NOTE Wiring diagram communication see following page 61 66 021341 07 11...

Page 62: ...Wiring Diagram Communication and Measuring Inputs Note Wiring diagram supply see previous page 62 66 021341 07 11...

Page 63: ...Figure 12 applies not for variant 5 4110 x1 xxx Power input 1 24V AC DC and 3 12 24 V DC must be potential free or the negative voltage is on the same potential as the housing of the sensor protectiv...

Page 64: ...of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits 552 2004 EC Regulation EC No 552 2004 of the Euro...

Page 65: ...65 66 021341 07 11...

Page 66: ...IES GmbH Co KG Hauptstra e 76 37083 G ttingen Germany P O Box 3536 3541 37025 G ttingen Phone 49 551 79001 0 Fax 49 551 79001 65 www thiesclima com info thiesclima com Alterations reserved 66 66 02134...

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