Campbell TE525, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...TE525 Tipping Bucket Rain Gage Revision 10 13 C o p y r i g h t 1 9 9 0 2 0 1 3 C a m p b e l l S c i e n t i f i c I n c...

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Page 3: ...s warranty The customer shall assume all costs of removing reinstalling and shipping defective products to Campbell Campbell will return such products by surface carrier prepaid within the continental...

Page 4: ...g container Campbell Scientific s shipping address is CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC INC RMA _____ 815 West 1800 North Logan Utah 84321 1784 For all returns the customer must fill out a Statement of Product Clea...

Page 5: ...am Datalogger and Generate Wiring Diagram 4 5 Overview 7 5 1 Wind Screen 7 5 2 Snowfall Adapter 7 6 Specifications 8 7 Operation 9 7 1 Wiring 9 7 2 Datalogger Programming 10 7 2 1 Pulse Count Example...

Page 6: ...Figures 4 1 TE525 Tipping Bucket Rain Gage 3 4 2 Pedestal base options 3 7 1 Rain Gage Schematic 10 Tables 7 1 Wiring for Pulse Channel Input 9 7 2 Wiring for Control Port Input 9 7 3 Multipliers for...

Page 7: ...ibration check and factory calibration Debris filters funnel and bucket reservoirs should be kept clean The black outer jacket of the cable is Santoprene rubber This compound was chosen for its resist...

Page 8: ...mount the bucket must be vertical Use a torpedo level or something similar to get it as vertical as possible Take the funnel off of the top of the bucket and look inside towards the bottom of the buc...

Page 9: ...TE525 Tipping Bucket Rain Gage 24 8 FIGURE 4 1 TE525 Tipping Bucket Rain Gage FIGURE 4 2 Pedestal base options 3...

Page 10: ...amming the datalogger to measure the tipping bucket rain gages is to use Campbell Scientific s SCWin Program Generator Short Cut This section shows Short Cut s programming for the TE525 TE525WS The TE...

Page 11: ...n Gauge and select the right arrow in center of screen to add it to the list of sensors to be measured and then select Next 4 Define the name of the public variable and the measurement units After ent...

Page 12: ...hen select Finish 6 In the Save As window enter an appropriate file name and select Save 7 In the Confirm window click Yes to download the program to the datalogger 8 Click on Wiring Diagram and wire...

Page 13: ...ensor network Refer to www campbellsci com cws900 for more information Connector that attaches to a CS110 Electric Field Meter or ET series weather station cable termination option C Military style co...

Page 14: ...e Dataloggers CR200 X series CR800 series CR1000 CR3000 CR5000 CR9000X CR510 CR500 CR10 X CR23X CR7 21X TE525 TE525WS TE525MM Sensor Type tipping bucket potted magnetic momentary contact reed switch S...

Page 15: ...E 7 1 TABLE 7 1 Wiring for Pulse Channel Input Color Description CR800 CR850 CR1000 CR3000 CR5000 CR9000 X CR510 CR500 CR10 X 21X CR7 CR23X CR200 X Series Black Signal Pulse Channel Pulse Channel Puls...

Page 16: ...ch closure code 2 for the PConfig parameter Dataloggers that use CRBasic are the CR200 X CR800 CR850 CR1000 CR3000 CR5000 and CR9000 X In Edlog the Pulse P3 is used to measure the rain gage Choose swi...

Page 17: ...e Rain True 1 DataInterval 0 60 Min 0 Totalize 1 Rain_mm FP2 0 EndTable BeginProg Scan 1 Sec 1 0 For TE525MM Rain Gage use multiplier of 0 1 in PulseCount instruction PulseCount Rain_mm 1 1 2 0 0 254...

Page 18: ...y the pulse count instruction 2 Verify that the Configuration Code Switch Closure and Multiplier and Offset parameters for the Pulse Count instruction are correct for the datalogger type 3 Disconnect...

Page 19: ...ge 5 The following number of tips should occur TE525 TE525MM 100 3 TE525WS 57 2 6 Adjusting screws are located on the bottom adjacent to the large center drain hole Adjust both screws the same number...

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Page 21: ...1 0000 Execution Interval seconds 1 Pulse P3 1 1 Reps 2 1 Pulse Channel 1 3 2 Switch Closure All Counts 4 3 Loc Rain_mm 5 0 254 Multiplier 6 0 Offset 2 If time is P92 1 0 Minutes Seconds into a 2 60...

Page 22: ...fset 2 If time is P92 1 0 Minutes Seconds into a 2 60 Interval same units as above 3 10 Set Output Flag High Flag 0 3 Set Active Storage Area P80 1 1 Final Storage Area 1 2 101 Array ID 4 Real Time P7...

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