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Plus weather station
is used to provide the data on this site. |
The standard
wireless weather station consists of a console which uses wireless
communications to collect data from the anemometer, rain gauge,
temperature and humidity sensors. The
Plus version adds sensors
for solar and UV radiation.
The photo shows the rain gauge and integrated sensor suite (ISS)
in the background.
In the default configuration, all of the sensors are mounted in
or around the ISS. The white box on the side of the ISS is the
wireless transmitter and solar power unit. The solar panel
provides power to the ISS during daylight hours and charges an
internal capacitor which is used to power the ISS at night. A
non-rechargeable battery provides back-up power for the
capacitor.
The white discs below the rain gauge bucket are the radiation
shield for the temperature and humidity sensors, not shown in
the photo is the daytime Fan Aspirated Radiation Shield (FARS)
kit which adds a fan to the radiation shield. The solar powered
fan is used to aspirate the radiation shield to give more
accurate temperature readings when the ISS is in direct
sunlight.
The anemometer is shown in the foreground, using the standard
cable, the anemometer may be mounted up to 12 metres away from
the ISS. In this installation, the anemometer is mounted
remotely and connected to the console using another solar
powered transmitter.
The console incorporates internal temperature, humidity and
barometric pressure sensors.
| An expansion port in the console allows the
connection of an internal data logger PC running
WeatherLink®. Connection options are RS-232, USB and
TCP/IP. Connection to this station is via
WeatherLinkIP
which provides local PC data logging facilities as well
as automatic updates to the Davis
Weatherlink internet
site - click on the image to see data from this weather
station. |
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The above is an overview of the VantagePro, the specifics of
how the console provides data to this web site are described
here. The documents below have
been downloaded from the
Weather
section Davis Instruments Website
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