Chapter 4 ________________________________________________________________ Operation
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The response is the following:
a<WS_ave><WD_ave><GS><GD><CR><LF>
where
a
=
The sensor address.
<WS_ave>
=
Average wind speed over the past yyyy
1
seconds
in currently active units. Format: +(ss)s.s
<WD_ave>
=
Average wind direction over the past yyy
1
seconds in degrees. (dd)d
<GS>
=
Gust wind speed; the highest n
1
measurement
running average during the past yyyy
1
seconds,
in currently active units. Format: +(ss)s.s
<GD>
=
Gust direction; n
1
second average over the same
time period as the gust speed. Format: +(dd)d.
<CR><LF>
=
Terminates the response.
1)
The parameters
yyyy
and
n
are issued to the sensor as a part of the
"Place sensor in submode B (
aXQx;c.c;n;yyyy!
)" command. This
command must be given to the sensor before
aR0!
. See the command
description for
aXQ...!
for full description of the parameters.
Start Verification (aV!)
This command tells the sensor to return a verification in response to a
following
D0!
command. The WS425 verification data includes a
watchdog count, sensor measurement unit settings and the current SDI
mode setting.
The command is the following:
aV!
where
a
=
The sensor address.
V
=
The start verification command.
!
=
Terminates the command.
