WindSonic Doc No 1405 PS 0019 Issue 28 November 2019
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5 SPECIFICATION
This Specification relates to WindSonic Option 1, 2 and 3 WindSonic Sensors fitted
with a Red Tab and WindSonic 75 Option 1, 2 and 3 fitted with an Orange tab (fitted
adjacent to the North Marker arrow).
Output
Units of measure
Metres/second (m/s),
Knots, Miles per hour (mph),
Kilometres per hour (kph), Feet per minute (fpm)
Output frequency
0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, or 4 outputs per second
Digital
Analogue
Parameters
Polar - Speed and Direction
UV - 2 axis, signed Speed
NMEA Speed and Direction
Tunnel - U speed & U Polarity
Polar - Speed and Direction
UV - U Speed and U Polarity
NMEA – Speed and Direction
Tunnel - U Speed & U Polarity
Wind Speed
0 – 5m/s, 0 – 10m/s, 0 – 20m/s,
Range
0 – 60m/s WindSonic
0 - 75m/s WindSonic 75
0 – 30m/s, 0-40m/s, 0 – 50m/s,
0 – 60m/s, 0-80m/s.
Accuracy
2% (at 12m/s)
2% (at 12m/s)
Resolution
0.01 m/s
10 bits
Wind Direction
Range
0 - 359
0
-
359
Or 0 - 539
(Wraparound mode)
Accuracy
2
(at 12m/s)
2
(at 12m/s)
Resolution
1
1
Analogue output
formats (not
Windsonic 75)
0-5V
4-20mA
0-20mA
1% of full scale N.B. Analogue output impedance = 1KΩ (V out)
Load resistance between the Analogue outputs (Pins 8 & 9) and Signal
Ground (Pin 1) must be <= 300 ohms, including cable resistance.
Digital output
formats
Gill
Continuous or Polled (output on request by host system)
Polar (Speed and Direction) or UV (2 axis, signed Speed)
Marine – NMEA
NMEA 0183 version 3
Communication
formats
WindSonic Option 1
RS232
WindSonic Option 2
RS232, RS422, RS485 (2 wire Point to Point)
WindSonic Option 3
Baud Rate
RS232, RS422, RS485 (2 wire Point to Point), and Analogue
2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400 Baud Rates
Anemometer status
Status OK and Error codes included in output message