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It is essential to secure any excess sensor cables to the
mast, or other suitable point. Unsecured cable can blow
around in the wind, and may cause the wires inside to
break, often without any external signs of damage.
2.
Ensure that all cable entries are properly sealed by tightening the cable gland
firmly. Ensure that all unused cable glands on the enclosure are sealed with the
aluminium plugs provided.
7. Power-Up the Datalogger
When all the sensor wiring is complete, including adequate grounding, and your
chosen communications link is in place, power up the datalogger (inside the
enclosure) prior to establishing communications.
Power-up your datalogger as follows:
a)
Open the enclosure and identify the power connections for the battery. There
are two spade terminals on the battery.
b)
Attach the spade connectors to the battery, observing the correct polarity – the
connector with the red wires is positive, the connector with the black wires is
negative. Push the connectors onto the appropriately marked battery terminals.
The CR200X Series Datalogger will then turn on.
c)
After connecting power to the datalogger, leave it for at least one minute to
complete its self power-up tests.
8. Establish Active Communications
Your Basic Weather Station comes ready programmed for standard and optional
sensors. It is programmed using Short Cut, an easy to use program builder, which
is part of Campbell Scientific’s Datalogger Support Starter Software Package,
PC200W. Short Cut determines the correct wiring and produces appropriate wiring
diagrams (as described in Appendix A).
Always wire the sensors to the datalogger as described in
Appendix A. Failure to do this will produce incorrect readings
and may possibly damage the sensors.
8.1 Using a Personal Computer Running PC200W
As part of your Basic Weather Station system, you will be provided with a copy of
PC200W Datalogger Support Software package. This Windows program will
allow you to view the data, communicate with the weather station and to re-
program the datalogger if required, using the built-in program generator, Short
Cut.
Install PC200W onto your computer by following the instructions on screen. After
installation, use the datalogger program as follows:
1.
Ensure that you have connected your computer and weather station as detailed
in Section 5.
CAUTION
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