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Contents
1 FOREWORD 5
2 INTRODUCTION 5
3 FAST TRACK SET-UP 5
4 PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION 6
5 SPECIFICATION 8
6 PRE-INSTALLATION 10
6.1 E
QUIPMENT SUPPLIED
10
6.1.1 WindSonic Part Numbers 10
6.2 P
ACKAGING
11
6.3 I
NSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS
11
6.4 C
ABLE
A
SSEMBLY
12
7 INSTALLATION 16
7.1 I
NSTALLATION
G
UIDELINES
16
7.2 B
ENCH SYSTEM TEST
17
7.3 E
LECTRICAL
17
7.3.1 Cable 17
7.3.2 Power supply 18
7.4 C
ONNECTING TO A
PC
USING
RS232 (O
PTION
1 S
ENSOR
) 19
7.5 C
ONNECTING
W
IND
S
ONIC
O
PTION
2
OR
3
SET FOR DEFAULT
RS422
TO A
PC
USING
AN
RS232 S
AFE
M
ODE
C
ONNECTION
. 20
7.6 C
HANGING AN
O
PTION
2
OR
3 S
ENSOR SET FOR
RS232
BACK TO
RS422. 20
7.7 C
ONNECTING TO A
G
ILL
W
IND
D
ISPLAY
21
7.8 C
ONNECTING TO A
PC
USING
RS422 (O
PTION
2
OR
3) 22
7.9 U
SING
RS485 (2
WIRE POINT TO POINT
)
WITH
O
PTION
2
OR
3
UNITS
23
7.10 U
SING THE
A
NALOGUE
O
UTPUT
(O
PTION
3) 24
8 Mechanical 25
8.1 O
RIENTATION
25
8.1.1 Alignment 25
8.1.2 Mounting 25
9 MESSAGE FORMATS 27
9.1 G
ILL FORMAT
– P
OLAR
, C
ONTINUOUS
(D
EFAULT FORMAT
) 27
9.2 G
ILL FORMAT
– UV, C
ONTINUOUS
30
9.3 G
ILL FORMAT
– P
OLLED
(P
OLAR OR
UV) 31
9.4 NMEA F
ORMAT
(NMEA
STATUS
C
ODES
) 32
9.5 NMEA F
ORMAT
(G
ILL STATUS
C
ODES
) 33
9.6 G
ILL FORMAT
– T
UNNEL
M
ODE
(UU, C
ONTINUOUS
) 33
9.7 A
NALOGUE
O
UTPUTS AND
O
PTIONS
34
9.7.1 Voltage or Current output 34
9.7.2 Analogue Output Modes 34
9.7.3 Polar mode direction wraparound 34
9.7.4 Wind Speed scaling 35
9.7.5 Tunnel mode 35
9.7.6 Analogue Output Rate 35
9.7.7 Disabled outputs 35
9.7.8 Analogue Output Conditions 35
9.7.9 Low wind speeds (below 0.05 m/s). 36
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9.7.10 Error condition reporting 36
10 CONFIGURING 39
10.1 W
IND
39
10.2 W
IND
V
IEW
43
10.3 C
ONFIGURING USING
H
YPER
T
ERMINAL
48
10.4 E
NTERING
C
ONFIGURATION MODE
48
10.5 R
ETURNING TO
M
EASUREMENT MODE
48
10.6 C
HECKING THE CONFIGURATION
49
10.7 C
HANGING A SETTING
49
10.7.1 Command List 50
Bx - Baud rate 51
Cx - Analogue settings 51
Dx - Diagnostic and Configuration Command (See Section 10.8) 51
Ex - Communications Protocol 51
Fx - Data and parity options 52
Gx - (To be allocated for future developments) 52
Hx - Power-up Message 52
Kxx to Kxxxx - Minimum Direction Velocity 53
Lx - Message Terminator 53
Mx to Mxx - Message Format 53
Nx - Node Address 53
Ox - ASCII Output Format 54
Px to Pxx - Output Rate 54
Q - Measurement Mode 54
Sx - Analogue Output Range 55
Tx - Analogue Output Type (Voltage or Current) 55
Ux - Output Units 55
Yx – Analogue Output, Error Status Condition 55
10.8 C
ONFIGURATION
/ D
IAGNOSTIC
I
NFORMATION
56
11 MAINTENANCE & FAULT-FINDING 57
11.1 C
LEANING
57
11.2 S
ERVICING
57
11.3 F
AULT
F
INDING
57
11.4 R
ETURNING
U
NIT
58
11.5 S
TATUS
58
12 TESTS 58
12.1 B
ENCH TEST
58
12.2 S
ELF
-T
EST
(S
TILL
A
IR
) 59
12.3 C
ALIBRATION
59
13 APPENDICES 60
13.1 G
LOSSARY
& A
BBREVIATIONS
60
13.2 G
UARANTEE
60
13.3 W
IND
S
ONIC
O
PTIONS
1, 2, 3
AND
4 61
E
LECTRICAL
C
ONFORMITY
61
14 SDI-12 WindSonic 62
14.1 W
IND
S
ONIC
O
PTION
4 S
PECIFICATION
62
14.2 C
ABLE
T
YPE
63
14.3 C
ABLE
L
ENGTH
63