Omega WMS-16 - Manuals

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’s Manual 5 Sensor Installation Install the sensors in their chosen locations, bearing in mindthe installation considerations noted earlier. Run cables fromthe sensors to the control module location, with no cableexceeding the maximum allowable length listed in Table 1...

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’s Manual 6 To set barometric pressure offset, for sea level, you must firstobtain a reliable barometric pressure for your location. Thebarometric pressure range is 28.25 to 30.75. This can be foundby contacting the nearest airport or weather service facility.Nominal b...

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’s Manual 7 OPERATION The WMS-16 Weather Station collects and logs dataautomatically, requiring little user input. Ultimate control,however, is provided by the interactive user interface, whichallows the user to direct the WMS-16 to perform certainspecific functions by...

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’s Manual 8 averaging period is less than the logging period the averagelogged will be for a period of time at the end of the loggingperiod equal to the averaging period. If the averaging period islonger than the logging period then the data stored will be arunning ave...

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’s Manual 9 Figure 7 Row and Column Presentation of Current Data Weather Trends The current observations text screen displays several weatherfeatures in addition to the current sensor readings. Thesevalues show the extent to which the measured parameters havevaried ove...

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’s Manual 10 not, hover, return to a previous screen, youmust return to the main menu and begin theretrieval procedure anew. If you want to further manipulate or obtain a printed copyfollow the procedure described in the Data Download sectionbelow. Enter number of hour...

11 If you want to further manipulate or obtain a printed copyfollow the procedure described in the Data Download sectionbelow. Data Download Selection “5” on the main menu “Data download” – allowsyou to save a permanent record of the WMS-16’s stored data.The data retrieval procedure is dependent on ...

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’s Manual 12 ALARMS There are six user programmable alarms on the WMS-16.They can be assigned to either of two alarm switches.(ALARM 1 and ALARM 2) which provide a switchedconnection to ground. Electrical connection is made to theterminal strip at the positions labeled...

13 to always have DCD on. The modem is then plugged into atelephone line and it is ready to be called from a remotelocation. In order to call the WMS-16 from a remote computer thecomputer needs to have a communications program such asHyperTerminal or Procom. The communications parametersfor the comm...

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’s Manual 14 Sensor type Model Input Calibration Wind Speed WS-01/02 P1 If you intend to add another sensor select A. If you do not want to add another sensor select Q.You will be asked if you are sure that you want to erase memory. If you have added or deleted a senso...

WMS-16 Weather Station Operator’s Manual 16 From the Station Set Up menu press number 6. ADD OR REMOVE SENSORS. Then press Y, then ENTER. From the Sensor Type menu select number 6. (Pressure). Then press ENTER. From the Pressure Sensors menu select number 1. (WMS-16BP). Then press ENTER. The menu as...

17 The auxiliary temperature sensor is a thermistor attached to a two conductor cable. Connect one conductor toA5 terminal and the other conductor to a GROUND terminal. INITIALIZATION OF THE AUXILIARY TEMPERATURE SENSOR. Press EXC to get the MAIN MENU. From the MAIN MENU press number 1. STATION SET ...

19 Options: WMS-16SR Solar Radiation Sensor , includes mounting arm and 40' cable WMS-16T Auxiliary Air Temperature Sensor , 40’ Cable WMS-16TWS Water or Soil Temperature Sensor , 40’ Cable RG-2501/40 Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge , 40’ Cable WMS-16PE Power Supply 220 VAC WMS-ENCL-16A NEMA-4X Enclosure ...

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WARRANTY/ DISCLAIMER OMEGA ENGINEERING, INC. warrants this unit to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for aperiod of 13 months from date of purchase. OMEGA’s WARRANTY adds an additional one (1) month grace period to the normal one (1) year product warranty to cover handling and shipping...