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WS425 F/G ASOS Data Message 
WMT700 responds to the WA command with a data message described 
in Table 13 below. 
Table 13  WS425 F/G ASOS Data Message 
Byte Description 
1  Start of text 
2 Sensor ID 
3 Command identifier 
4 Sensor status: 
P = Pass 
F = Fail 
H = Heater failure 
For further information, refer to notes 1 and 2. 
5-7  Averaged wind direction (degrees) 
8-10  Wind direction (degrees) @ peak wind speed 
11-12  Averaging time for wind speed and direction 
13-14  Averaging time for peak wind speed and direction (seconds) 
15-19  Averaged wind speed 
20-24  Peak wind speed since last WA command 
25  Wind speed unit: 
M = miles per hour 
K = knots 
L = kilometers per hour 
T = meters per second 
26-27  Signal quality. For further information, refer to note 3. 
28-29  Hex checksum. For further information, refer to note 4. 
30  End of text 
31 Carriage return 
32 Line feed 
Notes: 
1.  The sensor status (byte 4) indicates the following: 
-  P (Pass) indicates that all diagnostic tests have passed and 
WMT700 is functioning normally. 
-  F (Fail) indicates that one or more of the diagnostic tests have 
failed. You can then request diagnostics and extended tests 
(WS) to further isolate the problem. 
-  H (Heater failure) indicates that the wind reading is valid but 
one or more built-in heater diagnostic tests have failed. 
2.  When the status byte is F, the wind direction fields are set to 999 
and the wind speed fields are set to 999.9 in the applicable sensor 
response messages. 
3.  The signal quality (bytes 26-27) is a numeric value from 0 to 99 
representing the data quality of processed data samples during the 
averaging time. 










