Vantage Pro Version: Installation On The Sensor Mounting Shelf; Testing The Sensor; Accessing The Sim - DAVIS Solar Radiation Sensor Install Manual

Solar radiation sensor standard, industrial , & vantage pr o versions
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Follow these instructions to mount the solar radiation sensor on the shelf. The
shelf has two large holes, to hold a solar radiation sensor and a UV sensor. It
doesn't matter which hole you use first.

Testing the Sensor

On Vantage Pro's Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS), the sensor interface module, or
SIM, is inside the radiation shield. (The SIM is where the sensors connect with
the rest of the weather station). You need to remove the radiation shield plates
to access the SIM and test the sensor. Take your console with you.
On the rain collector side of your ISS, underneath the white mounting base is
the radiation shield. It consists of several white plastic plates.

Accessing the SIM

1. Remove the wing nuts, lock
washers and flat washers.
2. Remove the first three plates
of the radiation shield.
You should now be able to
see the SIM.
3. Plug the solar radiation sensor
cable into the receptacle
labeled "SOLAR" on the SIM.
Hold the sensor body with
white diffuser pointed
upward. Do NOT touch
the diffuser. If you do,
clean it after mounting.
(See "Maintaining the Sen-
sor" on page 15.)
4. On your console, press the
"SOLAR" key to see reading.
Shade the sensor with your
hand — the value should
drop.
5. Unplug the sensor cable from
the SIM.
Do not put the shield plates
back on yet. You'll have to
plug the sensor cable into the
SIM again, once you have
mounted the sensor.
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Sensor
Interface
Module
(SIM)
Antenna
deployment
hole (used on
Wireless only)
#8 Flat Washer
#8 Lock Washer
#8 Wing Nut
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HELF
Mounting Base
Open Plate
Open Plate
Closed Plate
Solar Radiation Sensor

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