Campbell Scientific PWS100 Present Weather Sensor User Manual
Pws100 present weather sensor
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- Revision and Copyright Information
- Warranty
- Assistance
- Table of Contents
- Section 1. Introduction
- Section 2. Cautionary Statements
- Section 3. Initial Inspection
- Section 4. Overview
- Section 5. Specifications
- Section 6. Installation
- 6.1 Location and Orientation
- 6.2 Unloading and Unpacking
- 6.3 Installation Procedures
- 6.4 Grounding and Lightning Protection
- Section 7. Operation
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 PWS100 Configuration
- 7.3 Terminal Mode
- 7.4 PWS100 Menu System
- 7.4.1 Top Menu Options 0, 1 and 2 (Message n)
- 7.4.1.1 Message 0 (the Default Output)
- 7.4.1.2 Message Field 1 and 2 User Defined Message
- 7.4.1.3 Message Field 10 To 19 Fixed Messages
- 7.4.1.4 Message Field 20 Visibility Range (m)
- 7.4.1.5 Message Field 21 Present Weather Code (WMO)
- 7.4.1.6 Message Field 22 Present Weather Code (METAR)
- 7.4.1.7 Message Field 23 Present Weather Code (NWS)
- 7.4.1.8 Message Field 24 Alarms
- 7.4.1.9 Message Field 25 Fault Status of the PWS100
- 7.4.1.10 Message Field 30 External Sensor Temperature, RH% and Wetbulb
- 7.4.1.11 Message Field 31 External Sensor Maximum and Minimum Temperature
- 7.4.1.12 Message Field 33 External Sensor Wetness
- 7.4.1.13 Message Field 34 External Sensor Aux
- 7.4.1.14 Message Field 40 Precipitation Intensity
- 7.4.1.15 Message Field 41 Precipitation Accumulation
- 7.4.1.16 Message Field 42 Drop Size Distribution
- 7.4.1.17 Message Field 43 Average Velocity (ms-1) and Average Size (mm)
- 7.4.1.18 Message Field 44 Type Distribution
- 7.4.1.19 Message Field 45 Size / Velocity Type Map 1 (20 x 20)
- 7.4.1.20 Message Field 46 Size / Velocity Type Map 2 (32 x 32)
- 7.4.1.21 Message Field 47 Campbell Scientific Standard Size / Velocity Map (34 x 34)
- 7.4.1.22 Message Field 48
- 7.4.1.23 Message Field 49 Visibility (m), 10 minute average
- 7.4.1.24 Message Field 100 Upper, Lower LED temperature
- 7.4.1.25 Message Field 101 Upper, Lower Detector Temperature
- 7.4.1.26 Message Field 102 Laser Hood, Laser Temperature and Laser Drive Current
- 7.4.1.27 Message Field 103 Laser, Upper, Lower Detector DC Voltage Offsets
- 7.4.1.28 Message Field 104 Laser, Upper and Lower Dirty Window Detector
- 7.4.1.29 Message Field 105 DSP PSU Voltage, Hood and Dew Heater % Duty
- 7.4.1.30 Message Field 106 Upper, Lower Detector Differential Voltage, Calibrated Visibility mV
- 7.4.1.31 Message Field 150 Serial Number, Operating System and Hardware Version
- 7.4.1.32 Message Field 151 Day Count, Hours, Minutes, Seconds
- 7.4.1.33 Message Field 152 Product Name
- 7.4.1.34 Message Field 153 Statistics Period
- 7.4.1.35 Message Field 154 Watchdog Count, Maximum Particles Per Second, Particles Not Processed, Time Lag
- 7.4.1.36 Message Field 155 Processing Statistics
- 7.4.1.37 Message Field 156 Year, Month, Day
- 7.4.1.38 Message Field 157 Hours, Minutes, Seconds
- 7.4.1.39 Message Field 158 Averaged Corrected Visibility Voltage and Averaged Upper Head Voltage
- 7.4.1.40 Message Field 159 Output a CCITT CRC-16 (checksum) of the message
- 7.4.1.41 Message Field Error
- 7.4.2 Top Menu Option 3 (Set Time and Date)
- 7.4.3 Top Menu Option 4 (Configuration)
- 7.4.4 Top Menu Option 5 (Password)
- 7.4.5 Top Menu Option 6 (Weather and Alarm Parameters)
- 7.4.6 Top Menu Option 7 (Terminal)
- 7.4.7 Top Menu Option 8 (Info)
- 7.4.8 Top Menu Option 9 (Done)
- 7.4.1 Top Menu Options 0, 1 and 2 (Message n)
- 7.5 Message Related Commands
- 7.6 Weather Related Commands
- 7.7 System Configuration Commands
- 7.8 Maintenance Commands
- 7.9 Other Commands
- 7.10 Connecting the PWS100 to a Datalogger
- Section 8. Functional Description
- Section 9. Maintenance
- Section 10. Troubleshooting
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Possible Problems
- 10.2.1 No response from PWS100
- 10.2.2 PWS100 responds but no data output given
- 10.2.3 Ice has formed in the end of the hoods
- 10.2.4 The visibility output is clearly in error
- 10.2.5 The sensor does not detect particles during a precipitation event
- 10.2.6 The sensor detects particles when there are none present
- 10.2.7 The OS update did not work
- Appendix A. PWS100 Output Codes
- Appendix B. Wiring
- Appendix C. Cable Selection
- Appendix D. Software Flowchart
- Appendix E. Menu System Map
- Campbell Scientific Contact Information