WindSonic Doc No 1405 PS 0019 Issue 28 November 2019
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Contents
1 FOREWORD 5
2 INTRODUCTION 5
3 FAST TRACK SET-UP 5
4 PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION 6
5 SPECIFICATION 8
6 PRE-INSTALLATION 10
6.1 EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED 10
6.1.1 WindSonic Part Numbers 10
6.2 PACKAGING 11
6.3 INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS 11
6.4 CABLE ASSEMBLY 12
7 INSTALLATION 16
7.1 INSTALLATION GUIDELINES 16
7.2 BENCH SYSTEM TEST 17
7.3 ELECTRICAL 17
7.3.1 Cable 17
7.3.2 Power supply 18
7.4 CONNECTING TO A PC USING RS232 (OPTION 1 SENSOR) 19
7.5 CONNECTING WINDSONIC OPTION 2 OR 3 SET FOR DEFAULT RS422 TO A PC USING
AN RS232 SAFE MODE CONNECTION. 20
7.6 CHANGING AN OPTION 2 OR 3 SENSOR SET FOR RS232 BACK TO RS422. 20
7.7 CONNECTING TO A GILL WINDDISPLAY 21
7.8 CONNECTING TO A PC USING RS422 (OPTION 2 OR 3) 22
7.9 USING RS485 (2 WIRE POINT TO POINT) WITH OPTION 2 OR 3 UNITS 23
7.10 USING THE ANALOGUE OUTPUT (OPTION 3) 24
8 Mechanical 25
8.1 ORIENTATION 25
8.1.1 Alignment 25
8.1.2 Mounting 25
9 MESSAGE FORMATS 27
9.1 GILL FORMAT– POLAR, CONTINUOUS (DEFAULT FORMAT) 27
9.2 GILL FORMAT – UV, CONTINUOUS 30
9.3 GILL FORMAT – POLLED (POLAR OR UV) 31
9.4 NMEA FORMAT (NMEA STATUS CODES) 32
9.5 NMEA FORMAT (GILL STATUS CODES) 33
9.6 GILL FORMAT – TUNNEL MODE (UU, CONTINUOUS) 33
9.7 ANALOGUE OUTPUTS AND OPTIONS 34
9.7.1 Voltage or Current output 34
9.7.2 Analogue Output Modes 34
9.7.3 Polar mode direction wraparound 34
9.7.4 Wind Speed scaling 35
9.7.5 Tunnel mode 35
9.7.6 Analogue Output Rate 35
9.7.7 Disabled outputs 35
9.7.8 Analogue Output Conditions 35
9.7.9 Low wind speeds (below 0.05 m/s). 36
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