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Appendix B.  Using the Wind Tracker 
Display Unit  

The Wind Tracker is a compact wind speed and direction display unit. This model has 
advanced features, including 4-20 mA inputs, serial input/output and alarm functions. This 
Appendix describes how to connect the Wind Tracker directly to the model 05103 and 05106 
series of Wind Monitors to provide an immediate, direct display and also how to use it in 
conjunction with a datalogger. 

 

This model of the Wind Tracker has been specially modified for use 
with Campbell Scientific dataloggers. 

B.1  Description 

The Wind Tracker is an extremely versatile instrument, allowing a continuous 
display of current and maximum wind speed in a variety of units, and the setting 
up of various alarm conditions. Changes can be easily made using the readily 
accessible button on the front of the unit. Full details of using the unit are shown 
in the R. M. Young manual provided with the Wind Tracker. 

The  Wind  Tracker  is  designed  for  indoor  use  only.  For 
outdoor  use  it  must  be  mounted  in  a  suitable  weatherproof 
enclosure.  A  special  waterproof  marine  version  of  the  Wind 
Tracker  is  available  for  use  in  harsh  environments.  Please 
request details. 

 B.2  Connecting the Wind Tracker Directly to the Wind 

Monitor 

When the Wind Tracker is provided with an independent 12-30V DC power 
supply, the Wind Monitor can be directly connected to it to provide a stand-alone 
unit to measure and display wind speed and direction. If using the Wind Monitor 
in this way you will need to remove (or disable) the 1M

 resistor (labelled R3) 

which is on the printed circuit board inside the junction box, as detailed below. 

NOTE 

CAUTION 

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Страница 1: ...ued 31 7 18 Copyright 1984 2018 Campbell Scientific Inc Printed under licence by Campbell Scientific Ltd CSL 256 05103 05103 45 05106 05108 05108 45 and 05305 R M Young Wind Monitors including optiona...

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Страница 3: ...under guarantee or not Please state the faults as clearly as possible and if the product is out of the guarantee period it should be accompanied by a purchase order Quotations for repairs can be give...

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Страница 5: ...ital cell phones and aerials may also not be applicable according to your locality Some brackets shields and enclosure options including wiring are not sold as standard items in the European market in...

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Страница 7: ...Program Datalogger and Generate Wiring Diagram 3 5 Overview 6 6 Specifications 6 7 Installation 9 7 1 Siting 9 7 2 Assembly and Mounting 9 7 3 Wiring 10 7 4 Programming 11 7 4 1 Wind Speed 11 7 4 2 Wi...

Страница 8: ...d Tracker Cable Connections B 3 B 4 Connecting the Wind Tracker to a Datalogger using Single ended Inputs B 4 B 5 Connecting the Wind Tracker to a Datalogger using Differential Inputs B 4 C 1 Magnetic...

Страница 9: ...ment Please handle it with care Do not use cable lengths greater than 30 m 9ft in electrically noisy environments If the Wind Monitor is to be installed at heights over 6 feet be familiar with tower s...

Страница 10: ...eview Section 7 Installation for siting and other guidelines Install the 05103 using 006766 300 mm 12 inch aluminium pipe CM220 Right Angle Mounting Kit or 008285 1 x 1 inch Nurail Crossover Fitting 1...

Страница 11: ...and tripod or tower using cable ties Figure 4 1 Wind monitor mounted to a CM200 Series Crossarm with pn 008285 Nurail 4 2 Step 2 Use SCWin Short Cut to Program Datalogger and Generate Wiring Diagram T...

Страница 12: ...05103 05103 45 05106 015108 05108 45 and 05305 R M Young Wind Monitors 4 1 Open Short Cut and click on New Program 2 Select the Datalogger Model and enter the Scan Interval...

Страница 13: ...l 5 3 Under Available Sensors and Devices select your sensor and select the right arrow to add it to the list of sensors to be measured then select next 4 Select WindVector for the output and then sel...

Страница 14: ...l information on the operating principles installation and maintenance of the sensor 6 Specifications Table 6 1 Table 6 2 and Table 6 3 provide the wind speed wind direction and physical specification...

Страница 15: ...0 6 mph or 1 of reading 0 2 m s 1 0 4 mph or 1 of reading Starting Threshold 1 0 m s 1 2 2 mph 2 4 mph 1 1 m s 1 1 0 m s 1 2 2 mph 0 4 m s 1 0 9 mph Distance Constant 63 recovery 2 7 m 8 9 ft 2 1 m 6...

Страница 16: ...resistance 10 k linearity 0 25 life expectancy 50 million revolutions Power switched excitation voltage supplied by datalogger Table 6 3 Physical Specifications 05103 Wind Monitor 05103 45 Wind Monito...

Страница 17: ...iers 6 10 inch torpedo level Install the propeller to its shaft using the nut provided with the sensor The Wind Monitor mounts to a standard 1 inch IPS schedule 40 pipe 1 31 inch O D A 12 inch long mo...

Страница 18: ...re 7 2 The CM216 allows the wind monitor to mount atop a tripod 7 3 Wiring Connections to Campbell Scientific dataloggers are given in Table 7 1 When Short Cut for Windows software is used to create t...

Страница 19: ...ntific s SCWin Short Cut Program Generator software You do not need to read this section to use Short Cut 7 4 1 Wind Speed For CRBasic dataloggers wind speed is measured using the PulseCount instructi...

Страница 20: ...rection 30 while in the dead band This can be overcome by using a delay of 40 ms 40 000 s or by setting negative wind direction values to 0 0 If WindDir 0 then WindDir 0 0 The excitation voltage range...

Страница 21: ...les and Units Public Batt_Volt Public WS_ms Public WindDir Units Batt_Volt Volts Units WS_ms metres second Units WindDir Degrees Define Data Tables DataTable Hour True 1 DataInterval 0 60 Min 10 WindV...

Страница 22: ...PanelTemp PTemp_C 60 05103 Wind Speed Direction Sensor measurements WS_ms and WindDir WS_ms PulseCount WS_ms 1 U4 5 1 0 098 0 WindDir BrHalf WindDir 1 mV5000 U2 U1 1 2500 True 20000 60 355 0 If WindD...

Страница 23: ...anemometer at low wind speeds Verify that the propeller and wind vane bearing rotate freely Inspect the sensor for physical damage Replace the anemometer bearings when they become noisy or the wind sp...

Страница 24: ...irection 1 Verify that the excitation voltage range code multiplier and offset parameters are correct for the datalogger type 2 Check orientation of sensor as described in Section 7 Installation 9 2 W...

Страница 25: ...tem Office of Research and Development Research Triangle Park NC 27711 EPA 1987 On Site Meteorological Program Guidance for Regulatory Modelling Applications EPA 450 4 87 013 Office of Air Quality Pla...

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Страница 27: ...A 1 Appendix A Diagrams for model 05103 Provided by R M Young Co Please refer to the separate manufacturer s manual supplied with orders for these models for details of the 05103LM and 05106...

Страница 28: ...05103 05103 45 05106 015108 05108 45 and 05305 R M Young Wind Monitors A 2 Please refer to the separate manufacturer s manual supplied with orders for these models for details of the 05103LM and 05106...

Страница 29: ...various alarm conditions Changes can be easily made using the readily accessible button on the front of the unit Full details of using the unit are shown in the R M Young manual provided with the Win...

Страница 30: ...itself as shown in Figure B 2 effectively removing the resistor from the circuit In this way it is a fairly simple job to reconnect the resistor should this be required at a future date so that you c...

Страница 31: ...asily reach the site of the instrument Wire up the units as shown in Figure B 3 above B 3 Connecting the Wind Tracker to the Wind Monitor and a Datalogger When you use the Wind Monitor with a datalogg...

Страница 32: ...Wind Tracker to a Datalogger using Differential Inputs If there are not enough free differential channels on the datalogger and the Wind Tracker has to share the datalogger power supply single ended m...

Страница 33: ...the output from the Wind Tracker gives an output of 0 2 5V 0 540 degrees for wind direction perform a modulo divide by 360 on the input location to give the true reading in degrees 4 Z X MOD F P46 1 2...

Страница 34: ...Wind Monitors B 6 As the output from the Wind Tracker gives an output of 0 2 5V 0 540 degrees for wind direction perform a modulo divide by 360 on the input location to give the true reading in degree...

Страница 35: ...ive and are subtracted from 0 degrees to get True North as shown in Figure A 2 Declination angles west of True North are considered positive and are added to 0 degrees to get True North as shown in Fi...

Страница 36: ...d Direction Sensor Orientation C 2 Figure C 1 Magnetic Declination at 2012 5 degrees relative to true north positive is east Figure C 2 Declination Angles East of True North Are Subtracted From 0 to G...

Страница 37: ...User Manual C 3 Figure C 3 Declination Angles West of True North Are Added to 0 to Get True North...

Страница 38: ...Appendix C Wind Direction Sensor Orientation C 4...

Страница 39: ...ement result is the ratio of the measured voltage to the excitation voltage Vs Vx This ratio is related to the resistance as shown below s t s x s R R R V V The maximum value that Rs will reach is Rf...

Страница 40: ...he maximum value that Rs will reach is Rf just before it crosses over from the west side of north to the east side of north at this point Rt 0 Vs reaches its maximum value of Vx This maximum voltage e...

Страница 41: ...ogram and exit Short Cut Make note of the file name used when saving the Short Cut program 2 Open CRBasic Editor 3 Click File Open Assuming the default paths were used when Short Cut was installed nav...

Страница 42: ...User Manual E 2...

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