Gill WindObserver 65 - 5 Message Formats & Options; Wind Speed Format; Output Format

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Issue: 8 (Applies to firmware 2387 6.09 onwards)
Document number: 1390-PS-0039
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5. Message Formats & Options
On first applying power to the WindObserver 65, it will be in ‘Measurement Mode’, and it will output wind measurement
information within 3 seconds in one of the formats as described below.
Setting the output format, units, other parameters, options and the communication settings are all carried out in the
alternative ‘Configuration Mode’.
See Appendix F CONFIGURING for details of how this is done.
The factory default settings are shown here in bold , and for convenience some ‘Configuration codes’ (as used to set the
configuration) are shown in blue boxes.
For example
M3.
5.1. Wind Speed format
The wind speed measurements can be output in one of the following formats:
UV, Polar, Customer formats (NMEA and Tunnel).
5.2. Output format
The UV and Polar wind speed parameters are output in either ASCII or binary.
These parameters can be transmitted continuously or polled from the user.
Polar is also available in continuous NMEA format.
Output Formats Table
Output format
Output (see Notes below)
Configuration code
ASCII UV
Continuous
M1
Polled
M3
ASCII Polar
Continuous
M2
Polled
M4
ASCII Tunnel
Continuous
M12
ASCII Tunnel
Polled
M13
NMEA
Continuous
M5
Binary Tunnel
Continuous
M6
Binary UV short
Continuous
M7
Binary Polar
Continuous
M8
ASCII Polar
Continuous Averaged
M15
ASCII Polar
Polled Average
M14