Campbell Scientific SAT User Manual

SAT ARGOS

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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Warranty and Assistance

The

SAT ARGOS is warranted by CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC, INC. to be free

from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service for
twelve (12) months from date of shipment unless specified otherwise.
Batteries have no warranty. CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC, INC.'s obligation
under this warranty is limited to repairing or replacing (at CAMPBELL
SCIENTIFIC, INC.'s option) defective products. The customer shall assume
all costs of removing, reinstalling, and shipping defective products to
CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC, INC. CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC, INC. will return
such products by surface carrier prepaid. This warranty shall not apply to any
CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC, INC. products which have been subjected to
modification, misuse, neglect, accidents of nature, or shipping damage. This
warranty is in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or implied, including
warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. CAMPBELL
SCIENTIFIC, INC. is not liable for special, indirect, incidental, or
consequential damages.

Products may not be returned without prior authorization. To obtain a
Returned Materials Authorization (RMA), contact CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC,
INC., phone [phone]. After an applications engineer determines the
nature of the problem, an RMA number will be issued. Please write this
number clearly on the outside of the shipping container. CAMPBELL
SCIENTIFIC's shipping address is:

CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC, INC.

RMA#_____
815 West 1800 North
Logan, Utah 84321-1784

CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC, INC. does not accept collect calls.

Non-warranty products returned for repair should be accompanied by a
purchase order to cover the repair.

815 W. 1800 N.
Logan, UT 84321-1784
USA
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
www.campbellsci.com

Campbell Scientific Canada Corp.
11564 -149th Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5M 1W7
CANADA
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Campbell Scientific Ltd.
Campbell Park
80 Hathern Road
Shepshed, Loughborough
LE12 9GX, U.K.
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

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SAT ARGOS Table of Contents

1. Overview

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1.1 Physical.................................................................................................... 2

1.2 Electrical ..................................................................................................2

2. Programming the Datalogger

2.1 Data Packets............................................................................................. 3

2.2 Data Packet Transmission........................................................................ 3

2.3 Datalogger Instruction 125....................................................................... 4

2.3.1 The Active Storage Area................................................................ 4

2.3.2 New Data........................................................................................ 4

2.3.3 P125 Result Codes..........................................................................4

2.3.4 Using Result Codes In the Program ............................................... 5

2.3.5 When to Execute P125................................................................... 5

2.4 Program Example..................................................................................... 5

3. SAT ARGOS Configuration

3.1 SAT ARGOS Power Supply.................................................................... 7

3.2 Pttcomm.exe............................................................................................. 7

3.2.1 Loading the Configuration to the PTT ........................................... 8

4. Satellite Orbit Patterns

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5. Antenna Placement

Figures

1-1 SAT ARGOS ........................................................................................... 1

1-2 SAT ARGOS with Enclosure .................................................................. 3

5-1 Complete Weather Station with PTT....................................................... 9

Table

2-1 P125 Result Codes................................................................................... 5

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