Configuration parameter descriptions - WMT700

WMT700 Series User Guide

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Table 1. Configuration parameter descriptions
Parameter Default value Allowed values Units Description
address A String with a maximum of 40 characters. - Address for WMT700.

Note that the SDI12, ASCII, NMEA Extended, ASOS, and MES12 profiles use the first character only. SDI-12 only uses digits 1 … 9.

aout1err

aout2err

1000 0 … 32000 V, A, Hz, % Value for AOUT1 and AOUT2 analog output if wind measurement fails.

aout1_g

0.1 0 ... 100 - Gain for AOUT1 (wind speed).
aout2_g 0.02 0 ... 100 - Gain for AOUT2 (wind direction).

aout1_o

aout2_o

0 -10000 … 10000 - Offset for AOUT1 and AOUT2.

aout1maxv

aout2maxv

32000 0 … 32000 V, A, Hz, % Analog output maximum value for AOUT1 and AOUT2. The output is fixed to this value. The unit depends on analog output mode.

aout1minv

aout2minv

0 0 … 32000 V, A, Hz, % Analog output minimum value for AOUT1 and AOUT2. The output is fixed to this value. The unit depends on the analog output mode.
aout1mode 3

0 = Current

1 = Voltage

2 = Frequency

3 = Disabled

- Analog output mode for AOUT1.
aout2mode 7

4 = Current

5 = Voltage

6 = Potentiometer

7 = Disabled

- Analog output mode for AOUT2.
autoInt 1 0.125 ... 1000 Resolution: 0.125 s Automatic message interval in seconds.

Do not select a message interval that is shorter than the time it takes to send a data message.

aout_map 0 0 =

aout1, wind speed

aout 2, wind direction

1 =

aout1, North-South, x component

aout2, west-east, y component

2 =

aout1, wind speed

aout2, wind speed alarm

A digital output: hi when wind speed > aout2_o

- Parameter for analog outputs in road and rail tunnel applications and crane applications.

This parameter provides horizontal and direction data.

autoPort 1

1 = COM1 port

2 = COM2 port

- Serial port to which WMT700 sends automatic data messages.
autoSend 0 0 = Automatic messages disabled 1 … 99 - Automatic data message number. Selects the data message format for automatic messages.
cal_date - Wind calibration date.

This is a read-only parameter.

com1_baud

com2_baud

4 0 = 300

1 = 1200

2 = 2400

3 = 4800

4 = 9600

5 = 19200

6 = 38400

7 = 57600

8 = 115200

- Baud rates for serial ports COM1 and COM2.

Changes take effect only after reset or the RESET command.

Note that a low bit rate can affect measurement timing, if WMT700 cannot send the data message before a new measurement starts.

com1_data

com2_data

8

7

8

- Data bits for serial ports COM1 and COM2.

Changes take effect only after reset or the RESET command.

com1_delay

com2_delay

20 0 … 10000 ms COM1 and COM2 response delay in milliseconds.
com2_interf 0

0 = RS-485

1 = RS-422

2 = SDI-12

3 = RS-232

- Interface for serial port COM2. (The interface for serial port COM1 cannot be changed.)

com1_parity

com2_parity

0

0 = None

1 = Even

2 = Odd

- Parity for serial ports COM1 and COM2.Changes take effect only after reset or the RESET command.
com1_protocol 0 0 … 11
  • 0 = WMT700
  • 2 = WS425 F/G ASOS
  • 3 = WS425 A/B ASCII
  • 4 = WS425 A/B NMEA Standard
  • 5 = WS425 A/B NMEA Extended
  • 6 = WS425 A/B WAT11
  • 8 = MES12
  • 11 = WMT700 NMEA MWV
- Protocol for serial port COM1.
com2_protocol 0 0 … 11
  • 0 = WMT700
  • 1 = SDI-12
  • 2 = WS425 F/G ASOS
  • 3 = WS425 A/B ASCII
  • 4 = WS425 A/B NMEA Standard
  • 5 = WS425 A/B NMEA Extended
  • 6 = WS425 A/B WAT11
  • 8 = MES 12
  • 11 = WMT700 NMEA MWV
- Protocol for serial port COM2.
com1_stop

com2_stop

1

1

2

- Stop bits for serial ports COM1 and COM2. Changes take effect only after reset or the RESET command.
freqType 0

0 = Push-pull

1 = Active pull-down

2 = Active pull-up

- AOUT1 frequency output type. Setting 1 requires external pull-up resistor. Setting 2 requires external pull-down resistor.
heaBMaxPower 100

0 = Off

100 = On

W heaBMaxPower sets maximum body heater power. Setting the parameter value to 0 disables WMT700 body heating.
heaPeakPwr 200 Min ... max = 0 ... 350 W - heaPeakPwr determines how many resistors are on at the same time. WMT700 has three heater resistors for each arm. heaPeakPwr does not limit the power in the body heater of a heated version.
heaterOn 1

0 = Heater off

1 = Automatic

- Heater control. When the value is set to 1, WMT700 controls the heaters based on the temperature and other conditions.
messages 1

0 = Disabled

1 = Enabled

- Response for parameter setting.
msg1, msg2, msg3, msg4 String with a maximum of 80 characters. - User-configurable data message formats. Parameters correspond to the message identification numbers from 1 to 4.
serial_n - Serial number for WMT700. This is a read-only parameter
serial_pcb - Circuit board serial number. This is a read-only parameter.
sleepTime 5 0 = Disabled

1 … 32000

s Duration of the low-power mode in seconds. WMT700 returns automatically to normal state after this period of time has elapsed. You can also return to normal state by sending an extra space before the polling command.
startDelay 5 0 … 30 s WMT700 waiting time before activating automatic messages at startup.
wndAvg 1 0.125 … 3600 Resolution: 0.125 s Averaging time for wind measurement. This parameter affects both serial communication and analog output.
wndCoast 0 0 … 100

0 = Disabled

m/s Wind direction coasting threshold. When wind speed drops below the limit, wind direction coasting is performed. Only affects the scalar averaging mode.
wndCover 4 0 ... 20 s Defines how long WMT700 continues to report the last valid wind value if wind measurement fails (for example due to snow or birds). 0 means that if measurement fails, WMT700 reports missing measurement data immediately.
wndDirOffset 0 -180 … 180 ° User-defined wind direction offset.
wndGainLo 1 % Wind tunnel tests show that the bird cage systematically lowers the wind speed reading by 1.5 % (cage) or 2.5 % (cage and net). The wndGainLo parameter can be used to compensate for wind speed gain correction for the bird cage.

S wndGainLo,1.015

wndGustTime 3 0.25 … 3600, resolution: 0.25 s Averaging time for wind minimum and maximum in seconds.
wndOrientation 0

0 = Array facing up

1 = Array facing down

- Orientation of the transducer arms of WMT700.
wndRate 1 1 = 4

2 = 8

Hz Wind vector update rate. For best performance in wind speeds over 50 m/s, Vaisala recommends the 4 Hz rate.
wndUnit 0

0 = m/s

1 = mph

2 = km/h

3 = knots

- Wind speed unit. This parameter affects data messages sent through serial interfaces but has no impact on analog output.
wndVector 0

0 = Scalar averaging

1 = Vector averaging

- Wind averaging method