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Maintenance Terminal Connection
Any terminal or PC with a serial interface and a terminal emulation
program can be used for operation and maintenance of Ceilometer
CL31. The maintenance terminal connection is established with the
QMZ101 maintenance cable, which connects the RS-232 port of the
PC to the maintenance port of the ceilometer.
A standard maintenance terminal option includes a PSION Palmtop
Computer and its Technical Manuals.
Setting up Maintenance Terminal Connection
1.
Connect the RS cable to the ceilometer maintenance port
(connector J4) and the terminal computer.
2.
Set the following settings for the terminal:
Bit rate
9600
Data bits
8
Stop bits
1
Parity
None
Handshake
None
Operation of Maintenance Terminal Connection
To operate the connection, do the following:
1.
Turn the power on in CL31.
2.
Open the CL31 maintenance with the
open
command.
3.
The prompt
CEILO >
appears. For details, see Chapter 5,
Functional Description, on page 73.
Using the Tilt Feature
Ceilometer CL31 is designed to allow operation in a tilted direction.
The built-in tilt angle sensor detects the tilt angle, that is, the deviation
from vertical. The tilt feature allows three tilt angles: vertical, 12
degrees with the measurement unit door upwards, and 12 degrees with
the measurement unit door downwards. The cosine of the tilt angle is
used for an automatic correction of the detected cloud base height,
which enables accurate cloud base measurements also in a tilted
direction.