Omega WMS-16 manual

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WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’ s Manual 1 INT RODUC TION Congrat ulation s on you r purchas e of a WMS- 16 Weather Station, and welcome to the world of modular, user friendly weather data collection. The WMS-16 h as been carefu lly designed w ith the user in mind, and w e are confident that it will provide y ou with conv enient and accurate wea[...]

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’ s Manual 2 Barometric Pressure Barometric pres sure is sensed us ing a piezoresist ive sensing element. This element responds to chan ges in baro metric pressure w ith a correspondin g change in res istance. This resistance is converted to a voltage from which the microprocess or calculates the barom etric pressur[...]

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’ s Manual 3 INSTALLATION Instal lation of the WMS-16 i s sim p le and straig ht forward, thanks t o its m odular design and termin al-strip conn ections. Figure 1 shows the control module’s rear pan el and the locations of the various connections. An auxiliar y battery can be used as an alternative po wer in put [...]

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’ s Manual 4 Tripod T ower The fiv e foot tripod tow er provided for th e WMS-16 is constructed o f steel tubing for durability and strengt h. Horizont al bracing is a f eature of the tripod t owe r. The tower’s foot brackets can be bolted on to a concrete foundat ion or a w ooden platf orm. The wind speed and dir[...]

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’ s Manual 5 Sensor Installation Install the sensors in their chosen locatio ns, bearing in mind the installation consideratio ns noted earlier. Run cables fro m the sensors to the control module location, with no cab le exceeding the maximum allow able length listed in Table 1. When the sensors have been installed [...]

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’ s Manual 6 To set barometric pressure offset, for sea level, you must first obtain a reliable barometric pressure for your location. The barome tric pressu re range is 28.25 to 30. 75. This can be foun d by contacting the n earest airport or w eather service facility. Nominal barom etric pressure is 29.6 i nches o[...]

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’ s Manual 7 OPERATION The WMS-16 Weather Station collects and logs data automatically, requiring little user input. Ultimate control, however, is prov ided by the interactive user interface, which allows the user to direct the WMS-16 to perfor m certain spec ific func tio ns b y cho osin g one of t he s ix op tio n[...]

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’ s Manual 8 averaging period is les s than the logging period the averag e logged will be for a period of time at the end of the logging period equal to th e averaging period. If the averaging period is longer th an the logg ing period th en the data s tored will be a running average that reaches back in to previou[...]

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’ s Manual 9 Figure 7 Row an d Column Pr esentati on of Cur rent Dat a Weather Tr ends The curr ent ob ser vatio ns te xt sc ree n disp lays se ver al weat her features in addition to the current sensor readings. These values show the extent to which the measured para meters have varied over an extended period: Ø P[...]

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’ s Manual 10 not, hover, return to a previous screen, you must return to the main menu and begin the retrieval procedure anew . If you want to fu rther manipu late or obtain a printe d copy follow the procedure described in the Data Download section below. Enter number of hours to view: 1 DATE TIME WS PK WD T1 T2 R[...]

11 If you want to fu rther manipu late or obtain a printe d copy follow the procedure described in the Data Download section below. Data Download Selection “5” on the main menu “D ata download” – allows you to s ave a perm anent record of th e WMS-16’s stored data. The data retrieval procedure is dependent on the communi cations s oftwa[...]

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’ s Manual 12 ALARMS There are six us er programmable alarm s on the WMS-16. They can be ass igned to either of tw o alar m switches. (ALARM 1 an d ALARM 2) w hich provide a sw itched connection to ground. Electrical con nection is made to the terminal strip at the positions labeled ALARM 1 and ALARM 2. The maximum [...]

13 to always have DCD on . The modem is then plugg ed into a telephone line and it is ready to be called from a remote location. In order to call the WMS-16 f rom a remote computer the computer n eeds to have a com munications program su ch as HyperTermin al or Procom . T he commun ications param eters for th e communications program are A SI, 9600[...]

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’ s Manual 14 Sensor type Model Input Calibration Wind Speed WS-01/02 P1 If you intend to add another sensor select A. If you do not want to add another sensor select Q. You will be asked if you ar e sure that you want to er ase memory. If y ou have added or deleted a sensor selec t Y if not select N and press ENTER[...]

15 From the Station Set Up menu press number 6. ADD OR R EMOVE SENSORS. Then press Y , then ENTER . From the Sensor Type Menu select number 4. Temperatu re. Then press ENTER. From the Temperature Sensors Menu s elect number 1. (WMS-16T). Then press ENT ER . The menu then asks: Enter temperature of fset or press Q to quit. Press Q. From the Sensor I[...]

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’ s Manual 16 From the Station Set Up menu press number 6. ADD OR R EMOVE SENSORS. Then press Y , then ENTER . From the Sensor Type menu select number 6. (Pressure). Then pr ess ENTER . From the Pressure Sensors menu select number 1. (W MS-16BP). Then press ENTER . The menu asks: Enter pressure o ffs et or press Q t[...]

17 The auxiliary temperature sensor is a thermistor attach ed to a two conductor c able. Connect one conductor to A5 terminal and the other conductor to a GROUND t erminal. INITIALIZATION OF THE AUXILIARY TEMPERATURE SENSOR. Press EXC to get the MAIN MENU. From the MAIN MENU press number 1. STATION SET UP. From the Station Set Up menu press number [...]

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’ s Manual 18 Then select Chann el A2. The Sensor Configura tion menu appears and it will show: SPECIFICA TION S DATA ACQUIS ITION M ODULE Reporting Units : English or Metric, all measureme nts Operating Power : 10-16 V dc Power Consu mption : 60 mA m aximum Ser ial Por t: 9-pin d- sub con nector, select able baud r[...]

19 Options : WMS- 16SR Solar Ra diatio n Sensor , i nclud es mount in g arm and 40' cable WMS-16T Auxiliary Air Temperature Sensor , 40’ Cable WMS-16TWS Water or Soil Temperature Sensor , 40’ Cable RG-2501/40 Tipping Buck et Rain G auge , 40’ Cable WMS- 16PE Pow er Supply 220 VAC WMS-ENCL-16 A NEMA-4 X Enclosure Assembly , includes mount[...]

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