Carefully read the complete operating manual. It contains important information about the in- stallation and operation. If the MWS 55 is not used for a longer period of time you should store it lying to prevent escaping the lubricant from the ball bearings! 1.2 Safety Regulations...
There is also a statistics and a history function. Mount the weather station on a 1 " pipe. Orient the North-marker to North and clamp MWS 55 in place with the two pre-mounted high quality steel screws. Take care that the pipe is mounted as perpendicularly as possible, otherwise the windvane will not work properly and will preferably rotate in one direction.
Otherwise the plug will start corroding due to moisture and the cable has to be replaced within a short period of time. 2.1.1 Overvoltage protection The MWS 55 contains an integrated overvoltage protection (Suppressordiods) at it's supply- and data wires. The power linie is protected by a SMCJ26CA-diode. This diode breaks through at voltages above 31VDC and is able to carry up to 1500W for a few milli seconds.
After the software has been installed you connect the 7-pole plug to the POWER connector of the MWS 55. To perform please remove the radiation shield to reach the connectors of the MWS 55. After connecting the cable please remount the radiation shield.
Start the software by double-clicking the program icon. After every start, the software checks the clock of MWS 55 and compares it to your computer clock. If it differs more than set in the file WEATHER32STATION.INI the software sets the MWS 55 clock automatically.
The MWS 10 keeps running up to 4 hours after power loss if the internal accu block was fully charged. In case of power failure, the clock of MWS 55 is kept running and doesn't need to be set when power is applied again! Due to power failure there are data missing in the data files (time gaps).
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 3.4 The sensors 3.4.1 The Temperature Sensor Temperature measurement is based on a precision precalibrated sensor SHT25 from Sensirion. The values are read internally via a I²C bus. The resulting measured value is additionally linea- rised by the weather station.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 3.4.4 The Wind Speed Sensor is made up of an anemometer with magnetic scanning. Wind speed is measured without touch using a Hall-sensor and a magnetic wheel with 12 magnets. A peak detector finds every wind peak and hands them on the measuring software.
Any kind of sensors can be integrated as additional sen sors. The information signal must be applied as volt age in the range between 0 V and + 4.095 V or it has to be adapted to MWS 55 by a special amplifier.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 3.6 Adjustment of Additional Sensors You will find the adjustment value pairs of your weather station in the MWS5M-10.XXX or MWS55M.XXX, with XXX a three-digit number. These files are not in the scope of supply but you may get these files on request.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 geändert am 26.10.2017 von DO MWS_55_e.indb Page 18 REINHARDT System- und Messelectronic GmbH Fax: 08196/7005 and 1414 email: wetter@reinhardt-testsystem.de Web: http://www.reinhardt-wetterstationen.de to table of contents...
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 Chose the file for transfer to the wea- ther station. After chosing the file click into the window to start the transfer. Sending the file to the weather station now is running.
Page 20
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 Do not in any case change the pairs of values of the other sensors as this would lead to wrong measurements of your weather station. Example for a value calculation: Additional temperature sensor at ZA with linear output of 10mV / °C, 0V at -40°C and a maximum...
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 3.7 Firmware Update The MWS 55 allows updating the firmware via the serial port. Start the tool "MWS_WUpda.exe" to perform. (On the WeatherCD under SOFTWARE/MWS_WUpda) In this folder also the current firmware version is stored.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 geändert am 26.10.2017 von DO MWS_55_e.indb Page 22 REINHARDT System- und Messelectronic GmbH Fax: 08196/7005 and 1414 email: wetter@reinhardt-testsystem.de Web: http://www.reinhardt-wetterstationen.de to table of contents...
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 geändert am 26.10.2017 von DO MWS_55_e.indb Page 24 REINHARDT System- und Messelectronic GmbH Fax: 08196/7005 and 1414 email: wetter@reinhardt-testsystem.de Web: http://www.reinhardt-wetterstationen.de to table of contents...
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 This page is left free for further expansions geändert am 26.10.2017 von DO MWS_55_e.indb Page 26 REINHARDT System- und Messelectronic GmbH Fax: 08196/7005 and 1414 email: wetter@reinhardt-testsystem.de Web: http://www.reinhardt-wetterstationen.de...
15:24:32, 15.09.03, TE24.62, FE43.75, TD31.32, DR940.14, WR78.91, WV80.79, WG1.20, WS4.11, WD2.29, DB1013.32, TP11.47, WC24.62, Each second MWS 55 transmits a data string starting with time and date. Separated by comma, the single measured values with sensor identification come in the following order:...
-99997) as missing data and creates measurement gaps in the graphical displays. 3.9.1 Data access onto the SD-card The MWS 55 allows data access onto the SD-card with a shell similar to a DOS-window with different commands. To perform, send the command *shell in a terminal software like hyperterminal, putty or any other terminal program.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 3.9.1.1 Available commands: ATTRIB CD / CHDIR COPY EXIT FIND FORMAT FTIME HELP MD / MKDIR MOUNT SHELL TYPE WRITE 3.9.1.2 Description of the commands ATTRIB <+R|-R|+A|-A|+H|-H|+S|-S> <name>...
Page 30
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 DEL <name> Deletes the specified file or directory. Caution! Deleting is performed without warning. DIR [<path>] Lists the content of the specified or current directory. i.e. D---- 2013/01/01 19:43 0 html ----A 2013/01/01 23:42 110 test.txt...
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 TYPE [<option>] <file_name/sector> Shows the content of a file or sector. <option>: -s -> shows the specified sector in HEX format (512 Bytes) i.e. TYPE -s 123456 -x -> shows the specified file in HEX format z.B.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 4.1.4 Allocation of the Connection Cable for Heating and GPS-Receiver (Garmin GPS18x LVC): 5 pole connector (only combined GPS / Heating connector) (MWS 55-Heating and GPS-connection) 1 x 5 pole connector...
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 4.2.2 Bottom side of weather station MWS 55 (connectors) Caution! Protect all unused sockets with the protective caps to avoid corrosion of the contacts!! When removing the weather station in case of recalibration or other cases it is essen-...
Page 37
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 This page is left free for further expansions! geändert am 26.10.2017 von DO MWS_55_e.indb Page 37 REINHARDT System- und Messelectronic GmbH Bergstr. 33 86911 Diessen-Obermühlhausen Postfach 12 41 D-86908 Diessen Tel. 08196 - 934100...
Continuous operation with fan draws app. 300mA from the USB-port. On that score the MWS 55 disables it's fan when running at the USB-port and the serial port RS-232 is being disabled by default. When disconnecting the MWS 55 from the USB-port and connecting it to a serial RS-232 port, the fan will be enabled.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 4.3.2 Problems with the USB Port 4.3.2.1 USB-Device was not recognized As mentioned above there may occur problems recognizing and installing a MWS 55 connected to the USB port due to too high current consumption at the USB port.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 4.3.2.2 Microsoft Ballpoint instead of MWS USB Virtual COM Windows often wrongly installs a driver for "Microsoft Ballpoint Mouse" when connecting a USB device althogh there is no mouse connected at all.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 4.3.3 Clean up used COM-Port numbers The USB driver of the weather station creates a virtual COM port for reading the data from the weather station. There may be already many unused but reserved (virtual) COM ports listed in your system so there may be numbers of 20, 30 or higher.
Page 42
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 Under Value data a set bit makes a port number. 1. Byte 01 = COM1 … FF = COM1-COM8; 2. Byte 01 = COM9 … FF = COM9..COM16, and so on...
Another option of the MWS 55 is the TCP/IP port with PoE. If your MWS 55 is equipped with this option, the unit can be power supplied via a network cable and send the data over it's IP-address (port 20002).
Page 44
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 For the station only supports passive FTP, the Administrator client must establish a connection on FTP port 21 connecting via FTP. The station will answer with „220 <Station> GRANTED: ADMIN“.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 4.4.3 WEB-Server To use the station as WEB-server, the HTTP protocol needs to be enabled (see !DC or ?DC, Bit 24). Um die Station als Web-Server zu benutzen, muss das HTTP-Protokoll freigeschaltet sein...
Page 46
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 If a SD card is available, the HTML pages will be searched on the SD card or scripts are executed. The starting directory for the search is /_system/html. This path must be present on the SD card, otherwise a 404-File not found error page will occur.
Page 47
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 If the station gets a HTTP-GET request from the browser at first the IP-address of the sender is checked: - if this is the Administrator, at first the ADMIN directory is searched for the requested file.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 4.4.4 Pin assignments of the PoE connector 4.4.5 Problems with data transmission via TCP/IP and PoE When there are problems in data transmission with PoE or the connection frequently is interrup- ted, you may reduce the speed of data transmission.
Page 49
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 This page is left free for further expansions geändert am 26.10.2017 von DO MWS_55_e.indb Page 49 REINHARDT System- und Messelectronic GmbH Bergstr. 33 86911 Diessen-Obermühlhausen Postfach 12 41 D-86908 Diessen Tel. 08196 - 934100...
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 5 Excerpts from the Directions of DWD for Automatic Weather Stations Regulations for Installation 2.2.1 Demands on Location When you choose a place for the weather station, there must be no impediments, its horizon must be free.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 6 Trouble Shooting 6.1 Transfer problems If the weather station is placed and mounted as described, there should be no problems in recor- ding data. When having problems with data transmission, you may decrease the Baud-rate or shorten the cable.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 6.3 RS422/RS485 interface With RS422 data are sent immediately after applying power to the station. With RS485 the station can receive data after applying power but does not send any data. The output is tri state.
6.4 Protocol-files (weather32 software) 6.4.1 Error Memory The MWS 55 has got an Error Memory which can be read with the command ?E. Example output (since version 3.0.230) : ERROR: 21 (CO: 966, CC: 901, CL: 0, CA: 0, RoC: 0, RoL: 0) >13:36:50, 12.10.(285)
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 6.4.2 Log-file in case of error (ErrLog.txt) Softwareversions for sensors without logger same or newer than V2.26 write a log-file (ErrLog.txt) in case of errors (dataerrors or tranmission problems), in which the timepoint and kind of the error is stored.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 7 Options 7.1 Sensors with switching outputs The sensors series 55 are also available with switching outputs. With these versions options USB, PoE and forced ventillation are NOT available.
Page 56
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 geändert am 26.10.2017 von DO MWS_55_e.indb Page 56 REINHARDT System- und Messelectronic GmbH Bergstr. 33 86911 Diessen-Obermühlhausen Postfach 12 41 D-86908 Diessen Tel. 08196 - 934100 to table of contents...
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 More additional modules you can find here: http://www.reinhardt-testsystem.de/english/climate_sensors/additional_modules.php 7.2 Available displays 7.2.1 Meteograph Precision analog display with high grade stepping motors. For indoor use only. 7.2.2 DKA1 LED mini display for alternating of up to 9 values. 13 mm digit size.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 8 Technical Appendix 8.1 Control parameters for calibrating an additional sensor PLEASE NOTE: <#13> stands for ASCII-characater 13, (Carriage Return). The command can also be closed with <#13><#10> (<CARRIAGE RETURN> - <LINE FEED>, i.e.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 8.2 Controlling the Microcontroller 8.2.1 Input parameters of MWS 55 -Microcontroller (Excerpt from the instruction set - The most important commands) Reset: !*<#13> Setting the BAUD rate: !B<X><#13>...
Page 60
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 !F<#13> Input flags for controls, !Fx, 0 <= x <= 255: Bit 24 ENET_ENABLE (Activates the Ethernet oprt) Bit 23 USB_ENABLE (Activates the USB-port) Bit 20-22 Reserved Bit 19 BIGDATA (Allows manually changing of digital outputs (heating, fan, ...)
Page 61
!". The MWS 55 now will send permanently the following: **SECURE** Then you send the command !S2. The MWS 55 now is in RS485 mode and has got the preset address (10 by default). To exit the SECURE mode insert the following command: !10"...
Page 62
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 Set clock and date: !U<TIME & DATE in format HHMMSSDDMMYY><#13> Example: !U092030100515#13 sets the clock to 20 past 9 a.m. and 30 seconds on 10.05.2015. When a GSM900 module is connected it's clock will be set, too! !u<TIME &...
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 8.2.2 SECURE-Mode !" Switches into SECURE mode which allows to change locked settings. Output in Secure-Mode: **SECURE** geändert am 26.10.2017 von DO MWS_55_e.indb Page 63 REINHARDT System- und Messelectronic GmbH Bergstr.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 8.2.3 Requesting the microcontroller Get the current data string: ?U <#13> Read stored data from a defined time & date: ?D <TIME & DATE in format HHMMSSDDMMYY><#13> Read all stored data: ?D 000000000000<#13>...
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 8.2.4 Meaning of the listing with !?0 DA: Device Address DC: Device Capabilities !!! INTERNAL !!! DI: Device Ident DS: Device Serial DV: Device Version ME: Memory (capacity of SD-card in kByte)
Page 66
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 SC: SciFlags Bit 8 = SCI_FRM_ERR -> Frame-Error (is deleted after request) Bit 7 = SCI_OVR_ERR -> Overrun-Error (is deleted after request) Bit 6 = SCI_PAR_ERR -> Parity-Error (is deleted after request)
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 8.2.5 Order of the MWS 55 Sensors Output # Sensor ID Sensor default unit Clock / date SS:MM:ss, TT.MM.JJ Temperatur e [°C] Humidity Internal temperature [°C] Absolute pressure...
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 8.3 Ethernet Port The first setting of the Ethernet configuration should be performed via the serial port! 8.3.1 Administrator By default no admin account is defined, the ADMIN address is 0.0.0.0. All clients have got full...
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 8.3.2 Setting the Station's IP address *ADMIN ETHER IP <IP-Address> This command sets the station's IP-address, i.e.: *ADMIN ETHER IP 192.168.240.93/24 sets the station's IP-address to: 192.168.240.93 with subnet mask 255.255.255.0 NOTE: If you don't get access to the station via the network, you need to set the station's IP- address via the serial port.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 8.3.4 Deleting the Administrator *ADMIN REMOVE PASSWD Deletes the ADMIN password. After deleting this password, ADMIN commands can be executed without the need to input a password. *ADMIN REMOVE ADDRESS Deletes the administrator -(client)-IP-/MAC-address.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 8.3.6 Set access addresses and authorizations With *ADMIN SET INCLUDE a number of addresses allowed to connect to the weather station can be set. This is similar to *ADMIN SET ADDRESS, but here you can set additional privileges and connection types (ports).
Page 75
MWS 55, an administrator address (ADMIN SET ADDRESS) must be set for otherwise any client has full access to the MWS 55 and the INCLUDE settings are without effect in this case. In the simplest case an IP-address can be set, i.e. with *ADMIN SET INCLUDE 192.168.3.4...
Page 76
*ADMIN ETHERNET IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/yy This sets the IP-address and the net mask of the MWS 55. With IPV4 the 4 bytes must be sepe- rated by a "." (192.168.10.25). The net mask is seperated with "/" or "%" from the IP-address and contains the number of the set bits, i.e.
Page 77
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 The current setting can be read with *ADMIN GET ETHERNET ETHERNET >MAC 70-B3-D5-4A-E3-C2 >IP 192.168.240. 90/24 (C0.A8.F0.5A) >GATE 192.168.240. 1 (C0.A8.F0.01) >NAME 192.168.240. 2 (C0.A8.F0.02) CAUTION! An existing network connection will be closed and reopened.
Page 78
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 *ADMIN GET ETHERNET DATA This command shows statistics about the previous received and sent IP-/ICMP-/TCP-/UDP-packets via the Ethernet port: ETHERNET DATA >IP |->Rec'vd Pkts: 2577 |->Sent Pkts: 307 |->Dropped Pkts: 2269...
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 8.4 Access permissions Depending on the used interface the weather station has different access permissions: Commands Ethernet Disk-Commands (*SHELL) Only Administrator Full access Full access ! - Commands !“, !A, !B, !D, !F, !G, !I, !K...
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 9 Instructions for Mounting 9.1 Mounting MWS 55 MWS 5 / 6 / Einzelsensoren file:///G:/Wetter-CD-aktuell/English/Install/ShowMWS5.htm Instructions for mounting: MWS4, MWS 5M(V), MWS6, Sensors with logger Click on picture to enlarge...
Page 81
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 MWS 5 / 6 / Einzelsensoren file:///G:/Wetter-CD-aktuell/English/Install/ShowMWS5.htm Click on picture to enlarge Click on picture to enlarge Step 5: Step 6: Loose the 3 pagoda screws and Take off the 3 lower elements of the keep them.
Page 82
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 MWS 5 / 6 / Einzelsensoren file:///G:/Wetter-CD-aktuell/English/Install/showmws5r.htm Instructions for mounting MWS4, MWS 5M(V), MWS6, Sensors with logger, when the cable is laid in the pipe. Click on picture to enlarge...
Page 83
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 MWS 5 / 6 / Einzelsensoren file:///G:/Wetter-CD-aktuell/English/Install/showmws5r.htm Click on the picture to enlarge Click on the picture to enlarge Step 5: Step 6: Take off the 3 lower elements of the...
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 9.1 Mounting MWS 10 MWS 9 file:///G:/Wetter-CD-aktuell/English/Install/ShowMWS9.htm Installation of MWS 9-5 / MWS 10: Click on the picture to enlarge Click on the picture to enlarge Step 1:...
Page 85
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 MWS 9 file:///G:/Wetter-CD-aktuell/English/Install/ShowMWS9.htm Click on the picture to enlarge Click on the picture to enlarge Step 5: Step 6: Connect the cable to a PC. Mount the MWS 9-5 onto the 1" pipe.
In case you want to ship your MWS 55, you must use the original packing. This packing was especially designed for MWS 55. It is the best protection against damage or de- struction during transport. In this packing it will not even be damaged if it falls from 1 m height onto a concrete floor.
Manual MWS 55 / MWS 88 / MWS 10 and Sensors 55 11 Exchange Connectors In case you have to replace connectors, please contact: Fa. Adam, Tel: ++49 (0)8131 - 2808 51 The connectors belong to Series 711. Below you will find the order numbers:...
Need help?
Do you have a question about the MWS 55 and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers