
FIGURE 8-1. White dot indicating that the WindSonic1 has the newer settings
8.3 Sensor output
The WindSonic1 outputs out a comma delineated ASCII string.
(p. 13) shows an
example string and the element meaning.
Table 8-3: WindSonic1 output string
Example string: <STX>Q, 229, 002.74, M, 00, <ETX> 16<CR><LF>
Element in example string
Meaning
<STX>
Start of string character (ASCII value 2)
Q
WindSonic node address (Q is the default)
229
Wind direction, degrees
002.74
Wind speed, m/s
M
Units of wind speed (m/s is the default)
00
Sensor diagnostic code (see
<ETX>
End of string character (ASCII value 3)
16
Checksum of bytes between <STX> and <ETX>
CR
Carriage return (ASCII value 13)
LF
Line Feed (ASCII value 10)
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