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Содержание WEATHERPAK TRx

Страница 1: ...2 5658 ISO 9001 2008 Certified WEATHERPAK TRx formerly WEATHERPAK 400 User Manual P N 0302109011 Version 7 2 Rev B October 28 2002 With Minor Revisions November 28 2012 COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS 820 First Avenue South Seattle WA 98134 206 682 6048 800 488 8291 Fax 206 682 5658 www CoastalEnvironmental com ...

Страница 2: ... Van Mount 7 2 4 Receiver Box Connections 9 2 5 Connection to a Computer 10 3 0 OPERATION 11 3 1 Receiver Box Display Interpretation 11 3 2 Using the Computer with Plume Modeling Software 12 3 3 Data Line Interpretation 14 4 0 MAINTENANCE 15 4 1 Periodic Maintenance Schedule 15 4 2 Troubleshooting 15 4 3 Replacing Tower Batteries and Fuse 17 EQUIVALENT WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES 18 HEAT STRESS INDEX ...

Страница 3: ... 4 2 The WEATHERPAK TRx with Tower 5 3 Tower Mount Setup 6 4 The WEATHERPAK TRx VM Van Mount 7 5 Van Mount Quick Release 8 6 Receiver Box Rear Panel Connections 9 7 Computer with Receiver 10 8 Receiver Front Panel 11 9 ALOHA screen capture 13 10 ALOHA map 13 11 Replacing the batteries 17 12 Replacing the batteries 2 17 ...

Страница 4: ...THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE See the periodic maintenance schedule in Section 4 1 INCORRECT WIND SPEED WILL RESULT IF THE PROPELLER NUT IS NOT TIGHT DO NOT OPEN THE WEATHERPAK It is purged with desiccant bags to seal out all the moisture Opening it may allow moisture to foul the electronics and will invalidate the warranty DO NOT PICK UP THE WEATHERPAK BY THE WIND VANE This is a durable but sensitive ...

Страница 5: ...ssembled there are no electrical connections that can spark The housing is constructed of 6061 T6 aluminum that is non corrosive and will not spark if dropped or struck The housing is sealed and dried with desiccant to protect the electronics against moisture This means that the WEATHERPAK can easily withstand decontamination procedures A beeper in the tower sounds when battery replacement is requ...

Страница 6: ...ses cranes etc b Wind Measurements Select as exposed a site as is possible The wind pattern around a building or other obstacle is disturbed for a considerable distance If the WEATHERPAK is placed immediately North of your vehicle and the wind is coming from the South an erroneous wind direction and speed reading will result c Radio Transmissions Locate the WEATHERPAK as close as safety permits wi...

Страница 7: ...WEATHERPAK TRx USER S MANUAL P N 0302 109 011 Rev B 5 2 2 Tower Mount Figure 2 The WEATHERPAK TRx with tower ...

Страница 8: ...nd vane is plugged all the way in DO NOT rotate the wind vane when installing or removing 4 Align the slot on the WEATHERPAK with the guide pin on the quick release and push straight in DO NOT screw the WEATHERPAK onto the quick release This is a good sealed fit and may require an extra push then push the arms of the clamp down to assure a tight fit DO NOT rotate the WEATHERPAK or tower when insta...

Страница 9: ...WEATHERPAK TRx USER S MANUAL P N 0302 109 011 Rev B 7 2 3 Van Mount Figure 4 The WEATHERPAK TRx VM Van Mount ...

Страница 10: ... the quick release and push straight in DO NOT screw the WEATHERPAK onto the quick release This is a good sealed fit and may require an extra push then push the arms of the clamp down to assure a tight fit DO NOT rotate the WEATHERPAK or tower when installing or removing Also a series of about 5 beeps should be heard portable tower only 4 The WEATHERPAK is now running and is sampling When the WEAT...

Страница 11: ...mission from Coastal Environmental Systems Customer Service as doing so may void your warranty Always disconnect the A C power cord before opening the box The receiver box contains many static sensitive parts which can be inadvertently damaged by improper handling DS1 Unused remains off DS2 Standard off Metric on DS3 Degrees off Ordinal points on DS4 Unused remains off DS5 English off French on __...

Страница 12: ... serial data cable into the computer free COM port c Turn the receiver switch on d The receiver power indicator light should now be on e If the WEATHERPAK is set up and running the carrier detect light on the receiver should blink briefly every 30 seconds as data is received If the light doesn t blink see the section on troubleshooting Figure 7 Computer with receiver Display option shown ...

Страница 13: ...ure TEMP is 96 6 degrees Fahrenheit The relative humidity RH is an option The ID is unique to your WEATHERPAK and will allow you to identify your WEATHERPAK should you respond to a spill where there are several WEATHERPAK s The barometric pressure BP in inches is also an option LOW POWER INDICATORS There are low power warning indicators which will flash in the lower right corner of the display A f...

Страница 14: ...es of dialogue boxes will appear requiring user observations or assumptions Relative humidity data is not captured automatically and can be hand entered using data from the Receiver Display box 7 Using the pull down menu SAMOptions select Processed Data The WEATHERPAK delivers data in the proper format for ALOHA to use A Processed SAM Data window will appear If the WEATHERPAK has been collecting d...

Страница 15: ...conds INSTANTANEOUS data is captured just prior to the thirty second update By comparing the 5 MINUTE RUNNING AVERAGE and INSTANTANEOUS data the user can get a good idea of changing conditions The WEATHERPAK calculates Sigma Theta or air mixing and produces a Stability Class value used by the plume model The battery voltage is also transmitted Note If voltage is below 11 0 the batteries in the WEA...

Страница 16: ...K s are present If you have a WEATHERPAK display screen the ID number appears on it Two checksums are performed to ensure that the message sent was correct The computer adds up the ASCII value of the data line each letter and number and comma etc has a numerical value universal to all computers to make sure that the computer got the same number that the WEATHERPAK transmitted 3 3 Data line interpr...

Страница 17: ...its data every 30 seconds If it does not Check that the WEATHERPAK is properly secured in the quick release reseat firmly Check the power connection to the WEATHERPAK or Check the tower batteries and fuse 4 2 2 The Receiver Is the Receiver Box on The display light should be on and the display characters visible If this does not occur do the following Be sure the receiver unit is plugged in and tur...

Страница 18: ... wind monitor and hold the vane so the propeller points in a known direction Does the display read correctly If not Make sure that the wind monitor has been pushed down all the way on to the WEATHERPAK There is an alignment pin and slot inside the connector to assure a proper and aligned fit make sure that the pin is in the slot See Step 3 and Step 4 of Tower Mount Setup Other sensor readings off ...

Страница 19: ...in the tower junction box see figure below WEATHERPAK LOW BATTERY INDICATORS 1 A beeper will sound in the tower The WEATHERPAK must be installed Dead batteries will not activate the beeper 2 A T will flash on the Receiver front panel see Sec 3 1 3 The battery voltage reads below 11 0 on the Processed Sam Data screen see Sec 3 2 Figure 10 Replacing the batteries Figure 11 Replacing the batteries 2 ...

Страница 20: ...r Reading F Wind Speed mph 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Equivalent Chill Temperature F 0 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 5 48 37 27 16 6 5 15 26 36 47 57 68 10 40 28 16 3 9 21 34 46 58 71 83 95 15 36 22 9 5 18 32 45 59 72 86 99 113 20 32 18 4 11 25 39 53 68 82 96 110 125 25 30 15 0 15 30 44 59 74 89 104 119 134 30 28 13 3 18 33 48 64 79 94 110 125 140 35 27 11 4 20 36 51 67 83 98 114 129 ...

Страница 21: ...75 77 78 79 81 83 85 86 89 78 72 75 77 78 79 80 81 83 85 76 70 72 75 76 77 77 77 78 79 74 68 70 73 74 75 75 75 76 77 NOTE Add 10 F when protective clothing is worn and add 10 F when in direct sunlight HUMITURE F DANGER CATEGORY INJURY THREAT BELOW 60 NONE LITTLE OR NO DANGER UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCE 80 90 CAUTION FATIGUE POSSIBLE IF EXPOSURE IS PROLONGED AND THERE IS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY 90 105 EXTR...

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