Campbell CS106, User Manual

Page 1: ...CS106 Barometric Pressure Sensor User Manual Issued 5 12 12 Copyright 1995 2012 Campbell Scientific Inc Printed under licence by Campbell Scientific Ltd CSL 713...

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Page 3: ...e repair is under guarantee or not Please state the faults as clearly as possible and if the product is out of the guarantee period it should be accompanied by a purchase order Quotations for repairs...

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Page 5: ...l cell phones and aerials may also not be applicable according to your locality Some brackets shields and enclosure options including wiring are not sold as standard items in the European market in so...

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Page 7: ...ications 5 6 1 Operating Range 5 6 2 Accuracy 6 6 3 General 6 7 Installation 7 7 1 Jumper Settings 7 7 2 Enclosure Considerations 8 7 3 Wiring 9 7 3 1 Datalogger Connection 9 7 3 2 5 pin Screw Termina...

Page 8: ...0 is a very small enclosure that can house one CS106 8 7 3 CS106 wiring diagram 9 7 4 Connector key attached to 5 pin screw terminal plug connector 10 Tables 7 1 Signal and Ground Connectors for CS106...

Page 9: ...Scientific applications engineer Although the CS106 is rugged it should be handled as a precision scientific instrument The black outer jacket of the cable is Santoprene rubber This compound was chose...

Page 10: ...Program Datalogger and Generate Wiring Diagram The simplest method for programming the datalogger to measure the CS106 is to use Campbell Scientific s SCWin Short Cut Program Generator 1 Open Short C...

Page 11: ...dd the sensor to the list of sensors to be measured 4 Define the name of the public variables Variable defaults to BP_mmHg that holds the barometric pressure measurements Select the desired units of m...

Page 12: ...the outputs for the barometric pressure and then select finish 6 Remove the yellow warning label from the pigtails and wire according to the wiring diagram generated by SCWin Short Cut Improper wiring...

Page 13: ...measurements to conserve power If the CS106 and datalogger will be housed in different enclosures the CABLE5CBL should be used instead of the cable that is shipped with the CS106 The CABLE5CBL can te...

Page 14: ...ernational standards NIST Defined as the root sum of the squares RSS of end point non linearity hysteresis error repeatability error and calibration uncertainty at room temperature 6 3 General Dimensi...

Page 15: ...s shutdown and normal The mode is selected by a jumper located underneath the plastic cover of the barometer When the jumper is not installed the CS106 is in shutdown mode and the datalogger turns the...

Page 16: ...r situations where it is desirable to house the CS106 in its own enclosure see Figure 7 2 The ENC100 is a 6 7 in x 5 5 in x 3 7 in enclosure that includes a compression fitting for cable entry a vent...

Page 17: ...the pigtails The warning label reminds the user of the importance of properly connecting the barometer to the datalogger Wiring is shown in FIGURE 7 3 and Table 7 1 See Table 3 1 Blue Pressure VOUT Se...

Page 18: ...R10 X CR500 CR510 Other Dataloggers G CR10 X CR500 CR510 Other Dataloggers Improper wiring may damage the CS106 beyond repair 7 3 2 5 pin Screw Terminal Plug Connector The datalogger connects to the C...

Page 19: ...o Find Multiply by hPa 1 0 kPa 0 1 mm of Hg 0 75006 in of Hg 0 02953 Psi 0 0145 Atm 0 00099 Torr 0 75006 7 4 2 Program Examples 7 4 2 1 CRBasic Example 1 CR1000 Program Using Sequential Mode This CR10...

Page 20: ...800 CR850 CR3000 and CR9000 X are programmed similarly In the example the CR1000 measures the CS106 once an hour in a program that runs at 1 Hz In order to keep the CR1000 running in a pipeline mode t...

Page 21: ...dlog dataloggers such as the CR510 CR23X 21X and CR7 are programmed similarly In the example the CR10X turns on the CS106 one minute before the top of the hour using a control port On the hour the dat...

Page 22: ...or to a data table care must be taken to choose suitable scaling of the reading or to store the value with adequate resolution to avoid losing useful resolution of the pressure measurement The defaul...

Page 23: ...ant e g at 1000 mb and 20 C barometric pressure will decrease by 1 1 mb for every 10 metre increase in altitude 8 Maintenance and Calibration Since the sensor is semi sealed minimum maintenance is req...

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