WindMaster and WindMaster Pro
1561-PS-0001.
Issue 11 February 2017
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7. MESSAGE FORMATS
On applying power to the WindMaster, it will automatically operate in the Measurement Mode and provide wind
measurements in one of the following formats:
Mode 1 – ASCII, UVW, Continuous
Mode 2 – ASCII, Polar, Continuous (
default format
)
Mode 3 – ASCII, UVW, Polled
Mode 4 – ASCII, Polar, Polled
Mode 7 – Binary, Polar, Short
Mode 8 – Binary, UVW, Short
Mode 9 – Binary, Polar, Long
Mode 10 – Binary UVW, Long
Note:
In this Section, the default settings are shown in
Bold.
The user need not necessarily use a terminal emulator to store and analyse data being sent by the Anemometer. This
section describes the modes and format of the data output to enable specific interfacing software to be generated by the
user.
Information on how to change the formats and all the settings follows in Section 10 CONFIGURING.
7.1.
Mode 1– ASCII, UVW, Continuous
(a) Mode 1, Normal Resolution (J1).
ASCII, UVW, Continuous, Speed of Sound On, Sonic Temp On, [Analogue inputs On], PRT On
In this mode, the wind speed outputs are given as signed (i.e. positive or negative) speeds along the
U axis, V axis and the W (vertical) axis.
Format for software configuring is: -
<STX><ID>,±UUU.UU,±VVV.VV,±WWW.WW,U,±CCC.CC,±TTT.TT,
SS,[±1.1111,±2.2222,±3.3333,±4.4444],±PP.PPC,<ETX>CC<CR><LF>
Where:
<STX>
-
Start of string character (ASCII value 2)
<ID>
-
Anemometer Identification (A-Z)
±UUU.UU
-
‘U’ axis velocity 0.01ms
-
1
units
±VVV.VV
-
‘V’ axis velocity 0.01ms
-
1
units
±WWW.WW
-
‘W’ axis velocity 0.01ms
-
1
units
U
-
Units (M=m/s, N=knots, P=mph, K=kph)
±CCC.CC
-
Speed of Sound in 0.01ms
-
1
units
±TTT.TT
-
Sonic Temperature in Degrees C.
SS
-
Status data (Codes 00 to 0B)
±1.1111
-
Analogue input 1 in volts
±2.2222
-
Analogue input 2 in volts
±3.3333
-
Analogue input 3 in volts
±4.4444
-
Analogue input 4 in volts
±PP.PPC
-
PRT temperature in degrees C, e.g. +23.13deg C output as +23.13C in the string.
<ETX>
-
End of string character (ASCII value 3)
CC
-
Checksum of all Characters between <STX> and <ETX> (HEX byte)
<CR><LF>
-
Carriage Return and Line Feed
<STX>Q,-000.92,-000.24,+001.51,M,+344.39,+021.38,00,+2.4181,+2.4187,+2.4162,+2.4175,-50.00C,<ETX>47
Node
address
U axis
speed
and
polarity
V axis
speed
and
polarity
W axis
speed
and
polarity
Units
Speed
of
Sound
Sonic
Temp.
Status A. I/P
1
A. I/P
2
A. I/P
3
A.I/P
4
PRT
Check
sum