PCE Health and Fitness PCE-WL 2 User Manual

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PCE-WL 2 Air Velocity Meter
User manuals in various languages (Deutsch,
français, italiano, español, português, nederlands,
türk, polski, русский, 中文) can be downloaded here:
www.pce-instruments.com
Last change: 28 June 2018
v1.0
© PCE Instruments

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  • Page 1 User Manual PCE-WL 2 Air Velocity Meter User manuals in various languages (Deutsch, français, italiano, español, português, nederlands, türk, polski, русский, 中文) can be downloaded here: www.pce-instruments.com Last change: 28 June 2018 v1.0 © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Safety notes ................... 1 Specifications ..................2 Technical Specifications ....................2 Delivery content ....................... 2 System description ................3 Logger ..........................3 Sensor ..........................4 Getting started ..................5 Power supply ........................5 Connecting the sensor ..................... 5 Mounting .......................... 6 SD card ..........................
  • Page 3: Safety Notes

    Safety notes Please read this manual carefully and completely before you use the device for the first time. The device may only be used by qualified personnel and repaired by PCE Instruments personnel. Damage or injuries caused by non-observance of the manual are excluded from our liability and not covered by our warranty.
  • Page 4: Specifications

    Dimensions Ø30 x 418 mm Weight Approx. 300 g Delivery content 1 x wind speed meter PCE-WL 2 with wind sensor 1 x microSD card (512 MB) 2 x 1.5 V C-type batteries 1 x instruction manual © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 5: System Description

    System description Logger Cover plate Cable connection RS-232 interface Sensor connection (2 x anemometer, 1 x wind direction sensor, 1 x NTC temperature sensor) Batteries (2 x 1.5 V type C) microSD slot Connector for Pro-D anemometers © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 6: Sensor

    Sensor Wind direction sensor Wind speed sensor © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 7: Getting Started

    Getting started Power supply The power supply is powered by 2 x 1.5 V type C batteries. In order to replace them, follow these steps: Remove the 4 screws which hold the cover plate in place. Remove the cover plate Take out the old batteries and replace them with new ones.
  • Page 8: Mounting

    The sensor has cables which are coloured and numbered: Connector on Labelled number Colour of cable Function circuit board on cable White Anemometer 1 signal Brown Anemometer 1 common ground Pink Wind vane power supply Grey Wind vane signal Yellow Wind vane common ground NTC signal NTC common ground...
  • Page 9: Operation

    Operation The operation status is indicated by a LED inside the logger. LED off (short flashes every 5 seconds) The logger is in regular storage mode. The LED flashes every 5 seconds. In addition, it also flashes according to the set sampling interval (every minute or every 10 minutes). This means that data is recorded.
  • Page 10 5.1.2 Configuration via terminal program The PCE-WL2 data logger has an integrated menu which can be accessed via the RS-232 interface. To configure the logger, you need a terminal program to be installed on your PC. All parameters (except date and time) are saved to the device permanently and do not have to be set every time.
  • Page 11 Anemometer settings Press “2” and the Enter key afterwards to access the anemometer settings sub-menu. ANEMOMETER A1 = LE-Pro Select type: ------------ 1 - Anemometer 1 LE-Vortex 2 - Anemometer 1 LE-Pro 3 - Anemometer 1 PCE-KWG1 4 - Anemometer 1 Raw Hz 5 - Anemometer 1 Custom 6 - Exit Press “3”...
  • Page 12 Wind direction calibration Press “6” and the Enter key afterwards to access the wind direction calibration sub-menu. Wind direction offset = nnn degrees Point Wind Vane to North and press Enter when ready Make sure that the sensor is mounted in its final installation position, then manually point it to North.
  • Page 13: Read Out The Data

    Read out the data The data is stored on the SD card in Excel-compatible format. The logger creates a file for each month which contains all reading of this time span. Note: We recommend you to retrieve the data every month and keep backups of the data. There are two ways of reading out the data.
  • Page 14 5.2.2 Read out the data via RS-232 interface You can read out the data by using the RS-232 interface and a terminal program, too. Depending on the sampling interval, data is transmitted to your PC. In the terminal program, the data packets look as follows: 10-08-14,16:48:25,180,21.7,7.01,9.56,0.84,6.68,9.03,0.79,2.26 Interpretation:...
  • Page 15: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Data is not written to the memory card. Problem: This is likely to be due to a corrupted memory card, excessive memory card Solution: power consumption or flat batteries. Some memory cards use much more power than others. To guarantee a long battery life, the logger limits the current being supplied to the memory card.
  • Page 16: Warranty

    Warranty You can read our warranty terms in our General Business Terms which you can find here: https://www.pce-instruments.com/english/terms. Disposal For the disposal of batteries in the EU, the 2006/66/EC directive of the European Parliament applies. Due to the contained pollutants, batteries must not be disposed of as household waste. They must be given to collection points designed for that purpose.
  • Page 17 PCE Instruments contact information Germany France Spain PCE Deutschland GmbH PCE Instruments France EURL PCE Ibérica S.L. Im Langel 4 23, rue de Strasbourg Calle Mayor, 53 D-59872 Meschede 67250 SOULTZ-SOUS-FORETS 02500 Tobarra (Albacete) Deutschland France España Tel.: +49 (0) 2903 976 99 0 Téléphone: +33 (0) 972 3537 17 Tel.

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