Davis 6332 Installation Manual

ANEMOMETER TRANSMITTER KIT

INSTALLATION MANUAL

This manual describes how to install the Anemometer Transmitter Kit for a Wireless Vantage Pro2

Weather Station. The kit enables you to connect the anemometer from your Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS) to its own transmitter, so it can be located away from the ISS and communicate directly with your console/receiver.

Components

The Anemometer Transmitter Kit includes the following components and mounting hardware:

Transmitter Shelter

1/4" x 1-1/2" Lag Screws

6 x 1/2" (3.5 x 12 mm)

Self-Threading Screw

#6 Washer

Cable Clamp

1/4" Flat Washers

1/4" Lock Washers

1/4" Hex Nuts

8" Cable Ties

3-Volt

Lithium

Battery

U-Bolts

Tools for Setup

In addition to the kit, you will need some or all of the following materials:

• Adjustable wrench or 7/16" wrench

• Compass or local area map

• Ballpoint pen or paper clip (small pointed object of some kind)

• Drill and 3/16" (5 mm) drill bit (if mounting on a vertical surface)

• Carpenter’s level (if mounting on a vertical surface)

If You Are Installing the ISS and the Anemometer Transmitter Kit at the Same Time

Install your ISS first, following the instructions in the ISS manual. However, during the step “Preparing the ISS for Installation,” DO NOT connect the anemometer cable to the SIM. When you have mounted the rain collector side of the ISS and are ready to mount the anemometer, follow the instructions in this manual starting with “Preparing the Anemometer Transmitter” on page 3.

Installation Steps

The following is an outline of the steps necessary to install the Anemometer Transmitter Kit. These steps are used as section headings in this manual and are explained in greater detail in the appropriate section.

• Remove the anemometer from its current location (if necessary)

• Disconnect the anemometer from the ISS transmitter

• Unfasten and remove the anemometer

• Prepare the anemometer transmitter

• Insert the battery

• Plug the anemometer cable into the transmitter

• Set the transmitter ID on the anemometer transmitter using DIP switches

• Set the console to recognize the signals

• View current wind data

• Putting your anemometer transmitter into TEST mode

• Choose a location for the anemometer transmitter

• Test transmission from the proposed mounting location

• Mount the anemometer and transmitter shelter in the new location

• A note on securing cables

• Troubleshooting

• Contacting Davis Technical Support

Removing the Anemometer from its Current Location

The following two steps assume that your ISS is already mounted. If it is in a high location such as a rooftop, please read through the instructions before climbing up, and watch your balance while installing your Anemometer Transmitter Kit.

Disconnecting Anemometer from ISS Transmitter

Open the SIM Box and unplug the anemometer cable from the receptacle labeled WIND on the SIM. Guide the anemometer cable through and free from the grommet. Or in the case of the Vantage Pro2 SIM Box, guide the anemometer cable free of the cable access port by first removing the foam insert and then guiding the cable out of the box. When finished, make sure to replace the foam insert ensuring that the Access Port is filled and free of any voids.

If Your ISS is Mounted as a Single Unit (Both Sides Together on a Pole)

Unfasten the anemometer:

1. Remove the black rain collector cone from its base by rotating cone counter-

clockwise until its latches line up with openings in the base and you can lift it off. It is much easier to reach the hex nuts with a wrench if you remove the rain collector cone first.

2. Using an adjustable wrench or 7/16" wrench, remove the hex nuts and washers

holding the anemometer’s plastic mounting base on the pole. Set the anemometer down for a moment.

3. Remove the hex nuts and washers holding the rain collector side on the pole.

SENSOR INTERFACE MODULE

SUN

RAIN

WIND

TEMP

HUM

Retrieve the U-bolt that was holding the anemometer.

4. Using the washers and hex nuts, fasten the rain collector side back onto the pole.

Flat washer goes on first, then lock washer, then hex nut.

5. Put the rain collector cone back on. Rotate the cone clockwise until the latches

slide into place.

If Your Anemometer is Mounted by Itself

Unfasten it: use an adjustable wrench or 7/16" wrench to remove the hex nuts or lag screws.

Preparing the Anemometer Transmitter

The illustration below shows the Sensor Interface Module, or “SIM”, inside the transmitter shelter.

1. Insert the 3-volt

lithium battery into the battery holder, matching the “+” sign on the battery with the “+” sign on the SIM.

2. Push the end of the

anemometer cable up through the square black grommet into the transmitter shelter. Every Davis

UVUVSUN

shelter has two of these grommets to provide weatherresistant entrances for cables. In this case, use the grommet on the right. Y ou can also remove the

Square Black Grommets

grommet, thread the cable through it and then replace the grommet in the shelter if that is easier for you.

3. Plug the end of the anemometer cable into the receptacle labeled WIND on the

SIM.

4. Place the cable clamp over the anemometer cable between the grommet and the

receptacle. Secure the cable clamp to the shelter by threading the provided #6 screw through the washer, then cable clamp and then screwing it into the cable clamp mount inside the housing. (See the above illustration.)

RAIN

3-Volt Lithium Battery

SENSOR INTERFACE MODULE

TEMP

WIND

HUM

Cable Clamp

Anemometer Cable

DIP Switch

Test LED

Cable Clam Mount

5. Locate the DIP switches. You will work with them during the next installatio n

step.

Setting the Transmitter ID

Each wireless transmitting station must be set to one of eight transmitter IDs. DIP switches #1, 2 and 3 on the SIM allow you to control the ID — the “channel” the station will transmit on. (DIP switch #4 is used for transmission testing, not for transmitter ID.)

Tip: The transmitter and your console communicate with each other only when both are set to the same

ID.

The factory default transmitter ID is ‘1’. Looking at the table below, you can see that means all three DIP switches are in the OFF position when each transmitting station leaves the factory, whether it is an ISS, an anemometer transmitter, or another kind of station.

The ISS is included with every Wireless Vantage Pro, and the console/receiver is factory set to find the ISS on ‘1’. Since it is likely that your ISS is already set to

ID ‘1’, you will need to set the ID of your anemometer transmitter to a different ID number. Use a ballpoint pen or paper clip to toggle DIP switches #1, 2, and 3. The settings for transmitter IDs 1 – 8 are shown in the table below:

ODE SWITCH 1SWITCH 2SWITCH 3

ID C

#1 (default) off off off

#2 off off ON

#3 off ON off

#4 off ON ON

#5 ON off off

#6 ON off ON

#7 ON ON off

#8 ON ON ON

Use this table to ensure that each wireless transmitting station in your system is broadcasting on its own transmitter ID.

Battery Holder

1234

DIP Switche

DIP SWITCHES IN TOP-RIGHT CORNER OF SIM (ILLUSTRATION HAS BEEN ENLARGED FOR CLARITY)

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