Sutron Corporation X-Link Operations & Maintenance Manual, Rev 1.63 5/24/2016 pg. 106
Tipping Bucket
X-Link Connections
Lead 1
TB/DIG IN 2 Terminal #8
Lead 2
GND Terminal #9
Tipping Bucket Setup
(Total Rain)
Value
Active
On
Label
RAIN
Meas Type
Precip Accumulation
Meas Interval
00:15:00
Averaging Time
00:00:00
Slope
.01 (for a 10
th
inch tipping bucket)
Offset
0
Use Equation
Off
This configuration provides the accumulated rain at this station, with a 15-
minute interval. If daily, hourly, etc. rain is needed, the setup would look like this
(wiring is the same).
Tipping Bucket Setup (Rain for
period of time)
Value
Active
On
Label
DAYRAIN
Meas Type
Precip Rate
Meas Interval
24:00:00 (will give daily rain)
Averaging Time
00:00:00
Slope
.01 (for a tenth inch tipping bucket)
Offset
0
Use Equation
Off
You can gather the total rain and a daily, hourly, etc. rain reading. Just set up
two sensors both reading the Precip Accumulation and Precip Rate.
8.6.
Solar Radiation Sensor
This section describes how to connect a solar radiation sensor and how to set up
X-Link in order to measure solar radiation sensors. The sensor used is an SP Lite
with an analog output and sensitivity expressed as 79.4uV /Wm².
This device provides radiation via an analog output. To wire it up, connect like
so: (See section 6.1.4.11 for more details)
Solar Radiation
output
X-Link input
Wire VREF to Diff C +
