Installation Manual
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CS215 Temperature and Relative Humidity Probe, T351-RS Solar radiation
Shield, mounted on the underside of the enclosure
Manuals for the datalogger and sensors.
CD containing the datalogger program plus the PC200W Datalogger Support
Software package.
3.2 Optional Equipment
SPM2 Simple Pole Mast (designed to effectively mount all the above
equipment).
CM10/2 instrument tripod (2 metres)
ARG100 Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge.
CS300 Radiation sensor (required for Evapotranspiration calculations)
The CS100 Barometric pressure sensor.
The Basic Weather Station comes ready programmed for immediate use. For more
details of the program, giving information on measurements and data storage,
please see Appendix A. A backup copy of the program is supplied on CD.
Our datalogger software support package PC200W will allow you to re-program
the datalogger using ‘Short Cut’, a point-and-click program generator, but we
recommend that you do not attempt any form of reprogramming until you are
thoroughly familiar with both the operation of your weather station as a whole, the
CR200X Series Datalogger and the PC200W package in particular.
4. Installation
The Basic Weather Station components can be fitted to any suitable mounting,
bearing in mind the effects of the environmental conditions as described in Section
1 of this manual.
Campbell Scientific can supply a suitable low-cost mounting pole, as shown in
Figure 2.
Under normal conditions, assembly should take one person less than two hours
(not including the cure time for concrete in the mast foundations). However setting
the windvane to true north might be easier with two people.
4.1 Installing a Mounting Mast
If you will be mounting your Basic Weather Station on a pole type mast, it is
recommended that it is mounted into a concrete filled hole, to provide stability, as
shown in Figure 2 for the Campbell Scientific SPM2 mast.
The Campbell Scientific SPM2 Mast as it is specially designed for the Basic
Weather Station and comes complete with a stabilisation bar which is concreted
into the foundations. The main mast diameter is 42.9mm (1¼" nominal bore pipe)
reducing to a top mast diameter of 26.9mm (
¾
" nominal bore pipe).
If you are using your own mounting mast or pole, the dimensions should closely
match those given above, so that the enclosure can be mounted on the main
section, and the Wind Sentry bracket can be mounted on the reduced top portion as
shown in Figure 2.
To install the mast securely into the ground you will need:
