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Part 2 – Configuring the Weather Station

When configuring new or existing Weather Station, all setup parameters will be

accessed and defined on the tabbed pages of the

Station Properties window.

1. To begin, choose Properties under the Status & Setup directory to open

the Station Properties window.

The ET & Rain Polling Tab

1. The ET & Rain Polling tab will be selected by default. The options

provided on this tab are used to designate if and when the Weather

Station should be polled to retrieve ET and Rainfall data.

• Select the

Enable polling for this station option to enable the Weather

Station to be polled by the

Sentinel Watcher.

2. Select Time to Retrieve Weather data option:

• Choose Poll at global polling time to enable polling at the time

specified in the

Watcher Sources preferences.

(Refer to “ET/Rain Based

atering

”

on page 33 f

or detailed information).

• Choose

Poll at specified time to define a specific time to poll the

Weather Station.

• Enter the preferred polling start time.

3. Select the preferred

Weather Data to Retrieve options:

Note: The Sentinel WMS program uses weather history data from the

previous 24 hours to determine the 24-hour ET and rainfall values.

• Choose Obtain Rain for the measured rainfall value.

• Choose

Obtain ET for ET-based values.

4. To select System to update with weather data option, use the drop-down

menu to select a specific satellite System name.

Note: The specified System should contain a list of all satellites that

should receive the polled rainfall and/or ET values in the climate region of

this Weather Station. ET and rainfall data is sent to each of these satellites

immediately after obtaining the values from the Weather Station.

The Communication Settings Tab

The Weather Station is connected to the Sentinel WMS system in the same

manner as a satellite: by serial cable, phone modem, or Ethernet.

1. To begin, select the appropriate computer Comm Port number used for

the

Weather Station connection. If the Comm port number is higher than 4,

select the Connect Using option and type in the comm port number

for example, COM6.

Note: Field Unit Code is not supported at this time. (continued)