SOMMER SPA User Manual

User Manual SPA Snow Pack Analyser
Contents
1. GENERAL INFORMATION...................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1. P RINCIPLE OF MEASUREMENT .............................................................................................................................. 1
1.2. M EASUREMENT PARAMETERS .............................................................................................................................. 2
2. HARDWARE............................................................................................................................................................... 3
2.1. SPA- SENSORS ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
2.2. C ORRECTION LENGTH SENSOR ( POTENTIOMETER ) ............................................................................................. 3
2.3. S NOW DEPTH SENSOR .......................................................................................................................................... 3
2.4. C ONTROL UNIT IASP............................................................................................................................................ 3
2.5. F RAMEWORK ......................................................................................................................................................... 4
3. INSTALLATION ......................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.1. M EASUREMENT SITE ............................................................................................................................................. 5
3.2. F RAMEWORK ......................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.3. S NOW DEPTH SENSOR .......................................................................................................................................... 5
3.4. S LOPING SPA- SENSOR ........................................................................................................................................ 6
3.5. C ORRECTION LENGTH SENSOR ............................................................................................................................ 8
3.6. H ORIZONTAL SPA- SENSORS ................................................................................................................................ 9
3.7. H OUSING ............................................................................................................................................................. 10
3.8. P OWER SUPPLY .................................................................................................................................................. 10
3.9. S UMMARY ............................................................................................................................................................ 10
4. PARAMETERIZATION ........................................................................................................................................... 11
4.1. C ONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT VIA TERMINAL .................................................................................................... 11
4.1.1. Local communication............................................................................................................................... 11
4.1.2. Connection affirmation............................................................................................................................. 11
4.2. M AIN M ENU ......................................................................................................................................................... 12
5. NECESSARY PARAMETER ADJUSTMENTS AFTER ASSEMBLY............................................................. 13
5.1. S NOW DEPTH ...................................................................................................................................................... 13
5.2. D ISPLACEMENT OFFSET / L ENGTH CORRECTION ............................................................................................... 13
5.3. G EOMETRIC PARAMETERS .................................................................................................................................. 14
5.4. A CTUAL S NOW DEPTH ........................................................................................................................................ 15
5.5. M EASUREMENT INTERVAL ................................................................................................................................... 15
6. DESCRIPTION OF THE PARAMETERS............................................................................................................. 17
7. DATA OUTPUT........................................................................................................................................................ 27
7.1. P ROTOCOL VALUES ............................................................................................................................................. 27
7.2. MIO P ROTOCOL .................................................................................................................................................. 29
7.3. S TANDARD PROTOCOL ........................................................................................................................................ 31
8. SUPPORT................................................................................................................................................................. 32
9. BASE SETTINGS AND DEFAULT VALUES...................................................................................................... 33
10. TECHNICAL DATA ............................................................................................................................................. 35

SOMMER SPA Specifications

General

Brand	SOMMER
Model	SPA
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English