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6 Orion LT Weather Station

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Table of Contents

WELCOME! ..................................................................................................................................3

IMPORTANT NOTICE: SHIPPING DAMAGE .......................................................................4

ESD PROTECTION.......................................................................................................................................................5

SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................9

THE ORION LT WIND MONITOR.................................................................................................................................9

SPECIFICATIONS .........................................................................................................................................................9

Operating Conditions ............................................................................................................................................9

Wind Speed ............................................................................................................................................................9

Wind Direction ......................................................................................................................................................9

Input Voltage .........................................................................................................................................................9

Heating Power Source.........................................................................................................................................10

Sensor Housing....................................................................................................................................................10

PRINCIPLES OF MEASUREMENTS ..............................................................................................................................11

Wind Measurement ..............................................................................................................................................11

SECTION 2: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION...............................................................................13

ORION LT SENSOR TRANSMITTER............................................................................................................................13

Sensor Transmitter Components..........................................................................................................................13

Bottom of the Transmitter ....................................................................................................................................14

Mounting Adapter................................................................................................................................................14

Heating (Optional) ..............................................................................................................................................14

Orion Interface Module .......................................................................................................................................15

SURGE/LIGHTNING PROTECTORS..............................................................................................................................16

WEATHERMASTER SOFTWARE (OPTIONAL) .........................................................................................................17

WEATHER DISPLAY CONSOLE (OPTIONAL) ..............................................................................................................18

WEATHER MICROSERVER ........................................................................................................................................19

SECTION 3: INSTALLATION .................................................................................................21

WEATHER STATION SYSTEM CONFIGURATION.........................................................................................................21

INSTALLATION OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................................................22

UNPACKING THE UNIT ..............................................................................................................................................22

INSTALLING THE ORION LT SENSOR TRANSMITTER .................................................................................................23

Site Selection: ......................................................................................................................................................23

Installing the Mounting Adapter..........................................................................................................................23

North Alignment ..................................................................................................................................................23

Installing the Mast ...............................................................................................................................................24

Location ...............................................................................................................................................................24

Mounting Method ................................................................................................................................................24

Routing Cable......................................................................................................................................................25

CONNECTING THE SENSOR TRANSMITTER TO THE INTERFACE MODULE ..................................................................26

SECTION 4: OPTIONAL SENSOR MOUNTING HARDWARE.........................................27

Roof Mounting .....................................................................................................................................................27

Wall Mounting .....................................................................................................................................................29

Tripod ..................................................................................................................................................................31

Specifications.......................................................................................................................................................31

ORION LT SENSOR DATA OUTPUT DEFINITION........................................................................................................33

Wind data.............................................................................................................................................................33

Supervisory Data:................................................................................................................................................33

CRC-16 Computation ..........................................................................................................................................34

Encoding the CRC as ASCII Characters .............................................................................................................34

SECTION 5: CALIBRATION....................................................................................................35

FACTORY CALIBRATION ...........................................................................................................................................35