Dry road reference overview - MD30

MD30 Interface Description

Product status
Document code
M212201EN
Revision
E
ft:locale
en-US
Product
MD30
Document type
Technical description

Why:

  • Vaisala recommends using factory default dry road coefficients especially when driving on typical old asphalt.

How:

  • Option C: drive on local dry road with the most common surface type.

  • Option A: use factory default dry road coefficients temporarily before local dry road becomes available. Recommended for typical asphalt.

  • Option B: copy local dry road coefficients from another sensor.

Which commands are needed to implement this?

Command: SET REFERENCES

  • With parameter 1 (ROAD)
  • Action takes typically 30–60 seconds

What the command does?

  • Changes dry road coefficient parameters 0x53, 0x54, and 0x55 (1 parameter for each laser).
  • When started, changes status bit 1 (reference setting ongoing) to 1 = ongoing.
  • When finished, changes back to 0 = not ongoing.

What is needed for command to succeed?

  • Sensor should not report errors related to reference setting.

How do I know did the command succeed?

  • If status of reference setting ongoing is 0 = not ongoing.
  • There are no errors.