Campbell Scientific CS125 Present Weather Sensor - Manual (Page 7)

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1. Introduction ................................................................. 1
1.1 Version Information .................................................................................. 1
1.2 General Safety .......................................................................................... 2
1.3 Sensor Unit Safety .................................................................................... 2
2. Technical specification .............................................. 3
3. Electrical specification ............................................... 3
4. Supported data rates for RS232 and RS485 ............. 4
5. Environmental specifications .................................... 5
6. Mechanical specifications .......................................... 5
7. Installation procedure ................................................ 5
7.1 Equipment grounding ............................................................................... 7
7.2 Mounting the CS125 ................................................................................. 7
7.3 Optional Campbell Scientific Mount ........................................................ 9
8. CS125 internal connectors’ description
.................. 11
8.1 CS125 recommended wiring using Campbell Scientific cables ............. 13
9. CS215 T/RH Sensor .................................................. 14
10. Functions of the internal switches ........................ 15
11. Message Formats: A breakdown of the different
default outputs of the CS125
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Basic/Partial/Full ............................................... 16
11.1 Visibility only messages (CS120 emulation) ........................................ 17
11.2 Messages with SYNOP Present Weather Codes ................................... 18
11.3 Messages with METAR Present Weather Codes .................................. 19
11.4 Example CS125 message outputs ......................................................... 22
11.5 SYNOP Codes produced by the CS125 ................................................ 23
11.6 METAR Codes produced by the CS125 ............................................... 24