Chapter 5  ________________________________________________________________ Operation 
 
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Messages 5 and 6 
Messages 5 and 6 are for message emulation of MITRAS 
Transmissometer. 
Message 7 
Message 7 is for aviation-specific purposes. The message format is same 
as in FD12P message 7. 
Example for PWD22: 
00  6839  7505  R  61 61 61   0.33  12.16    0  23.4 12345 
                                                     ----- 
                    background 
                    luminance, 
                    cd/m² 
                                              ------ Temp 
                                         ----- cum. snow sum 
                                  ------- cumulative water sum 
                           ------- prec. water intensity,mm/h  
                        --- 1 hour pw code, 0... 99 
                     --- 15 minute pw code, 0 ... 99 
                  --- instant present weather code, 0 ... 99 
              ---- instant present weather, NWS codes 
        ------ visibility ten minute average, max 20000m 
  ------ visibility one minute average, max 20000m 
 - 1=hardware error, 2= hardware warning, 
   3= backscatter alarm, 4= backscatter warning 
- 1= visibility alarm 1,  2= visibility alarm 2, 
  3= visibility alarm 3 
 
-RA  , instant METAR weather codes  
RERA , recent METAR weather (RE criteria used) 
 
The following is an example with frames:  
□PW  1□00  6839  7505  R  61 61 61   0.33  12.16    0  23.4 12345 
-RA 
RERA 
□ 
S
H
PW  1
S
X
00  6839  7505  R  61 61 61   0.33  12.16    0  23.4 12345
C
R
L
F
 
-RA
C
R
L
F
 
RERA
C
R
L
F
 
E
X
C
R
L
F
 
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567 
Message 7 consists of three lines. METAR present weather codes are 
output on the second and third lines. These lines are not of fixed length 
because the METAR codes can be combined in many ways. The 
METAR codes may be omitted, but the message lines are always 
terminated by a carriage return and line feed characters. 
   
s illustrate message 7 when using PWD22. The maximum 
visibility varies according to the product 
model. The messages are