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  • Page 1 PreciBal User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    RS-485: Sensor Diagnosis ........................39 Maintenance Part V Emptying the Bucket ............................ 40 Visual Check ..............................40 Cleaning ................................41 Heater Check ..............................41 Adding Antifreeze ............................41 Checking Horizontal Position ........................41 Checking Accuracy of Measurement ....................... 41 © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 3 Part VIII Obligations of the Operator ........................46 Dismantling / Disposal ..........................46 Appendices Part IX HyQuest Solutions HS PreciBal (RainBal) App ..................48 9.1.1 PreciBal/RainBal App Functionality in a Nutshell ................. 48 9.1.2 Precibal/RainBal App – User Interface ..................... 48...

  • Page 4: I Disclaimer

    HyQuest Solutions or KISTERS AG. Other product documentation and the information contained in it, names used may or may not be the trademarks of even if HyQuest Solutions has been advised of the their respective owners. possibility of such damages.

  • Page 5: Safety Instructions

    Before starting to work, you have to check the functioning and integrity of the system. § Check for visible defects on the PreciBal, this may or may not include any or all of the following mounting facilities, connectors and connections, mechanical parts, internal or external communication devices, power supplies or power supply lines, etc.

  • Page 6: Part I Introduction

    Note: It is not required to add synthetic oil on top of the pre-filled mix of antifreeze and water. In general, the model PreciBal 314 with its wider orifice is ideal for high mountain application with or without utilizing the rim heater.

  • Page 7: Models And Catching Areas

    National weather services. PreciBal 200 and PreciBal 200-RH: EU, LATAM, Canada, Africa, Russia-CIS PreciBal 314 and PreciBal 314-RH: US, China, Asia-Pacific, Australia and New Zealand Model PreciBal 200...

  • Page 8: Generating Pulses On The Contact Output

    Generating Pulses on the Contact Output At the end of each 10-second measurement cycle the PreciBal begins generating a series of pulses. The count of the pulses corresponds to the precipitation amount registered during that cycle and depends on the value of the IMPRATIO parameter (the amount of precipitation corresponding to one pulse).
  • Page 9 Introduction The heated PreciBal model is equipped with an orifice rim heater to prevent snow and/or frost from accumulating on the rim. The heater is powered from a separate power supply and is switched on automatically if the temperature falls below a preset threshold.

  • Page 10: Part Ii Installation

    Measuring Heights and Installations from 1.0 to 1.5 m PreciBal can be mounted on a 2" threaded pole with ground plate corresponding to the HS TB series. In addition, a mechanical mount bracket HS 334 is required (3-point to inner threaded 2” pipe adapter).

  • Page 11: General Requirement

    800 mm Measuring Heights and Installations from 1.0 to 3 m PreciBal can be mounted on a 4" threaded pole with ground plate. In addition, a mechanical mount bracket HS 334X is required (3-point to inner threaded 4” pipe adapter).

  • Page 12: Finishing Installation

    Transportation bracket ). Loosen both screws so that there is a space of at least 1 millimetre between the tip of the screw and the body of the gauge (or the load cell, depending on PreciBal model). Remove the transport bracket.

  • Page 13: Part Iii Configuration

    More information see installation guide. External Connection See the separate PreciBal installation guide that is included in the scope of delivery and can be downloaded from the website. On the bottom side of the base plate there is a M12-8pol and M12-4pol (Heated version) connectors with cap to utilize and connect the delivered cable cables.

  • Page 14: Operation

    Table 1 – Protocols The communication mode is preset to SDI-12. Independent of the communication protocol in use, PreciBal stores all data in so-called “Registers”. All measured and status values and parameters are stored in the registers. The table Protocols describes the most important registers that the user needs in order to work with the sensor.
  • Page 15 PRTOT, PRLAST and WAVG – graphical view of variations in time ** For more information on how these values vary in time, refer to figure RI and 1-minute precipitation – graphical view of variations in time © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...

  • Page 16: Sdi-12

    3 character CRC code, appended if data was requested with the aMC!, aRC! etc. command. § General SDI-12 Commands § SDI-12 Measurement Commands (Metric Units) § SDI-12 Measurement Commands (Imperial Units) © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 17 Command: Response: a<CR><LF> Explanation: the sensor address Example: ?!0<CR><LF> Change address Command: aAb! Response: b<CR><LF> Explanation: the original address the new address Example: 0A3!3<CR><LF> Send identification Command: Response: a14HYQUESTPRECIB1011400,SN=2595<CR><LF> Explanation: company name HYQUEST sensor model PRECIB10 © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 18 Response: a0003<CR><LF> Send data Command: aD0! Response: a+PR±WAVG+PRTOT<CR><LF> a+PR±WAVG+PRTOTccc<CR><LF> Explanation: amount of precipitation registered since previous reading [mm] weight of the bucket content [g] WAVG total amount of precipitation [mm] PRTOT Example 0M!00003<CR><LF> 0D0!0+0.130+2893.481+116.443<CR><LF> 0MC!00003<CR><LF> 0D0!0+2.5+49.074+2.5Dsk<CR><LF> © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 19 [mm] PRLAST instantaneous precipitation intensity [mm/h] RIINST one-minute precipitation intensity [mm/h] Example 0M1!00003<CR><LF> 0D0!0+3.794+2.5+1.3<CR><LF> 0MC1!00003<CR><LF> 0D0!0+2.5+0+0BrY<CR><LF> Temperature and service data Start measurement Command: aM2! aMC2! Response: a0006<CR><LF> © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 20 [°C] TAVG one-minute temperature maximum value [°C] TMAX internal power supply voltage [V] various status data [-] STATUS Example 0M2!00006<CR><LF> 0D0!0+10.80+10.80+10.80+10.81+3.327+1<CR><LF> 0MC2!00006<CR><LF> 0D0!0+21.85+21.84+21.85+21.85+3.306+1DmY<CR><LF> Corrected precipitation amount data Start measurement Command: aM3! aMC3! Response: a0003<CR><LF> Send data © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 21 [mm] PRTOTcor estimate of wind speed [dimensionless quantity] Example 0M3!00003<CR><LF> 0D0!0+0.150+121.511+2.3<CR><LF> 0MC3!00003<CR><LF> 0D0!0+2.677+2.677+0.9KDC<CR><LF> Instantaneous precipitation amount Start measurement Command: aM4! aMC4! Response: a0001<CR><LF> Send data Command: aD0! Response: a+PRINST<CR><LF> a+PRINSTccc<CR><LF> Explanation: instantaneous precipitation [mm] PRINST © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 22 Response: a0003<CR><LF> Send data Command: aD0! Response: a+I_R±I_WAVG+I_PRTOT<CR><LF> a+I_R±I_WAVG+I_PRTOTccc<CR><LF> Explanation: amount of precipitation registered since previous reading [in] I_PR weight of the bucket content [oz] I_WAVG total amount of precipitation [in] I_PRTOT Example 0M5!00003<CR><LF> 0D0!0+0.00512+102.06454+4.58437<CR><LF> © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 23 Explanation: amount of precipitation registered during current or previous precipitation [in] I_PRLAST instantaneous precipitation intensity [in/h] I_RIINST one-minute precipitation intensity [in/h] I_RI Example 0M6!00003<CR><LF> 0D0!0+0.14937+0.09843+0.05118<CR><LF> 0MC6!00003<CR><LF> 0D0!0+0.09839+0.000+0.000E}g<CR><LF> Temperature and service data, imperial units Start measurement © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 24 [°F] I_TAVG one-minute temperature maximum value [°F] I_TMAX internal power supply voltage [V] various status data [-] STATUS Example 0M7!00006<CR><LF> 0D0!0+51.44+51.44+51.44+51.46+3.327+1<CR><LF> 0MC7!00006<CR><LF> 0D0!0+71.31+71.29+71.31+71.31+3.306+1BRQ<CR><LF> Corrected precipitation amount data, imperial units Start measurement Command: aM8! aMC8! © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 25 [in] I_PRTOTcor estimate of wind speed [dimensionless quantity] Example 0M8!00003<CR><LF> 0D0!0+0.00591+4.78390+2.3<CR><LF> 0MC8!00003<CR><LF> 0D0!0+0.09839+0.20378+0FYY<CR><LF> Instantaneous precipitation amount, imperial units Start measurement Command: aM9! aMC9! Response: B0001<CR><LF> Send data Command: aD0! Response: a+I_PRINST<CR><LF> © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 26 0D0!0+0.00988<CR><LF> 0MC9!00001<CR><LF> 0D0!0+0.09843F^z<CR><LF> 4.1.1.4 SDI-12 Reading Status Commands Reading status byte (bit-mapped) Command: aR0! aRC0! Response: a+STATUS<CR><LF> a+STATUSccc<CR><LF> Explanation: bit-mapped status register STATUS Example: 0R0!0+1<CR><LF> 0RC0!0+1Bo_<CR><LF> Reading status bits Command: aR1! aRC1! Response: a+STATUS0+STATUS1+STATUS2+STATUS3+STATUS4+STATUS5+STATUS6 +STATUS7<CR><LF> a+STATUS0+STATUS1+STATUS2+STATUS3+STATUS4+STATUS5+STATUS6 © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 27 1: unexpected restart detected STATUS2 (reserved) STATUS3 1: heater is on STATUS4 (reserved) STATUS5 (reserved) STATUS6 (reserved) STATUS7 Example: 0R1!0+1+0+0+0+0+0+0+0<CR><LF> 0RC1!0+1+0+0+0+0+0+0+0GuL<CR><LF> 4.1.1.5 SDI-12 Verification Verification Start verification Command: Response: a0001<CR><LF> Send verification data Command: aD0! Response: a+PRLAST<CR><LF> © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 28 Example: 0Xset|190|1!0OK<CR><LF> Setting the amount of precipitation corresponding to one pulse on contact output Command: aXset|176|IMPRATIO! Response: aOK<CR><LF> Explanation: amount of precipitation corresponding to one pulse on contact output IMPRATIO (0.01 ... 1 mm) Example: 0Xset|176|0.1!0OK<CR><LF> © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 29 3: on if temperature is below threshold and if it is raining or snowing Example: 0Xset|4|3!0OK<CR><LF> Setting the communication protocol on RS-485 interface Command: aXset|3|RS485! Response: aOK<CR><LF> Explanation: communication protocol on RS-485: RS485 0: no RS-485 interface 1: MODBUS RTU 2: MODBUS ASCII 3: HyQuest protocol 4: SDI-12 © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 30 Baud rate (300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200) BAUD Example: 0Xset|48|1200!0OK<CR><LF> Setting number of data bits Command: aXset|49|DATA! Response: aOK<CR><LF> Explanation: number of data bits (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) DATA Example: 0Xset|49|7!0OK<CR><LF> Setting parity Command: aXset|50|PARITY! Response: aOK<CR><LF> © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 31 (1, 2) STOP Example: 0Xset|51|1!0OK<CR><LF> Getting and setting measurement parameters Getting measurement parameters Command: aXmsg|M! aXmsg|Mi! Response: aLIST<CR><LF> Explanation: the number of an additional measurement (1...9) a semicolon-separated list of internal register numbers LIST Example: 0Xmsg|M!0145;146;157<CR><LF> 0Xmsg|M5!0241;252;243<CR><LF> © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 32 Explanation: Both PRTOT and PRLAST values (total precipitation amount and current/previous precipitation amount) are set to zero. The command performs the same action as Data reset in the aXclear! HyQuest Solutions PreciBal (RainBal) App Example: 0Xclear!0OK<CR><LF> 4.1.1.8 SDI-12 Commands Identify measurement commands...
  • Page 33 UNIT internal register number REGNO internal data type (e.g. FLOAT, UINT8, UINT32, CHAR, BOOL etc.) TYPE attribute (RO: read only, RW: read/write) ATTR decimal places DECIMAL minimum possible value maximum possible value © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 34 For list of registers see the table below. Since all measurements are of type float, read two consecutive registers to get a value. For more information on MODBUS protocol, please visit www.modbus.org. Note: 1. To change the address use the corresponding SDI-12 command (ch. Reset/Clear Cumulative Precipitation Counters ) or the HyQuest Solutions PreciBal (RainBal) App © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...

  • Page 35: All Summary Of Data And Value Ranges Summary

    Description Unit Range Resolution Type name number 0: no RS-485 intfc. 1: MODBUS RTU 2: MODBUS ASCII Communication protocol on RS-485 RS485 3: HyQuest protocol uint8 interface 4: SDI-12 5: User 1 6: VAISALA VRG © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 36 0.001 float WAVG Weight of the bucket content -3000 ... 33000 0.001 float TAVG One-minute temperature average °C -50 ... 70 0.01 float Amount of precipitation registered PRLAST 0 ... 9999 0.001 float during current previous © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 37 0 ... 142 0.001 float I_TAVG One-minute temperature average °F -58 ... 158 0.01 float One-minute temperature minimum I_TMIN °F -58 ... 158 0.01 float value One-minute temperature maximum I_TMAX °F -58 ... 158 0.01 float value © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...

  • Page 38: Diagnosis

    The enclosure must be in place. 3. Check the output from the PreciBal impulse output and/or serial output (SDI-12 or RS-485). Follow the instructions in the following chapters for serial SDI-12 and serial RS-485 communication. Reference values for representative weights...

  • Page 39: Rs-485: Sensor Diagnosis

    4.2.1.2 Step 2: Put Known Weight and Wait § (A) Carefully deposit a known precision weight in the centre of the PreciBal bucket; reference weights are illustrated in Verification Procedure Reference Table § (B) Wait for at least 3 minutes for the accumulated precipitation calculation to complete.

  • Page 40: Part V Maintenance

    Accidentally dropping the bucket on the load cell can damage the sensor. § Generally, thanks to its design and measurement principle, the PreciBal precipitation gauge requires very low maintenance. However, to guarantee a long-term and a trouble-free operation it is recommended to perform some simple maintenance tasks on a regular basis (see the table below).

  • Page 41: Cleaning

    In general, it is not required to add synthetic oil on top of the pre-filled mix of antifreeze with water. Please fill the antifreeze solution in the following mixing ratio into the bucket of the PreciBal: Antifreeze protection for...
  • Page 42 Minimum Precise value Maximum [mm] [mm] [mm] [mm] [mm] [mm] 0.99 1.01 0,666 0,673 0,680 1.238 1.25 1.263 0,690 0,696 0,703 2.475 2.525 1,577 1,592 1,608 4.95 5.05 3,155 3,185 3,215 9.90 10,1 6,310 6,370 6,430 © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...

  • Page 43: Part Vi Repair

    In rare cases, a product may not be delivered in accordance with your order. In such cases HyQuest Solutions’ return and repair policy applies. For you as a customer, this means the following: 1. Contact HyQuest Solutions using the Repair Request Form made available online: https://www.hyquestsolutions.eu/fileadmin/Form/Telemetry_Solution_app.jpg.pdf...

  • Page 44: Part Vii Technical Data

    M12 8-pin; M12 4-pin (for optional heater) Dimensions Ø385 x 650 mm Ø385 x 630 mm Instrument Weight 9.5 kg 9.5 kg Operation Unheated version: -40 ... +70 °C (with antifreeze below +4°C, no snow accumulation or ice temperature accretion) © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 45 PreciBal 200 PreciBal 314 Heated version: -40 ... +70 °C (with heating at 24 VDC) Deployment -40 …. +70 °C temperature range Operation humidity 0 ... 100 % Degree of protection IP65 Surge protection all inputs/outputs © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...

  • Page 46: Part Viii Obligations Of The Operator And Disposal

    Instead, these old appliances must be collected separately and disposed of via the local collection and return systems. Integrated or provided batteries and accumulators must be separated from the appliances and disposed of at the designated collection point. © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 47 Obligations of the Operator and Disposal EU WEEE Directive As players in the environmental market, KISTERS AG and HyQuest Solutions are committed to supporting efforts to avoid and recycle waste. Please consider: Avoidance before recycling! Recycling before disposal! This symbol indicates that the scrapping of the unit must be carried out in accordance with Directive 2012/19/EU.

  • Page 48: Part Ix Appendices

    HyQuest Solutions HS PreciBal (RainBal) App The HyQuest Solutions PreciBal (RainBal) App is changing the way you interact with the device. The PreciBal (RainBal) App provides a suite of innovative, easy to use features that put the power of the device right in the palm of your hand.
  • Page 49 Appendices Once properly connected, the PreciBal (RainBal) App shows the latest readings from the device. Each value is shown in a separate tile. Depending on your device, the list of tiles may be too long to fit the screen. Use the usual touch display functions to scroll up and down to view all values or a desired specific data value.
  • Page 50 SETTINGS menu of the App to switch to imperial units. The setting is performed manually: entering ‘m’ sets metric units, entering ‘I’ sets imperial units. To activate the settings, reset the device (also using the SETTINGS menu of the App). © 2022 HyQuest Solutions...
  • Page 51 Contact Data Europe | HyQuest Solutions (KISTERS AG) +49 2408 9385 0 info@hyquestsolutions.eu Australia | HyQuest Solutions Pty Ltd +612 9601 2022 sales@hyquestsolutions.com.au New Zealand | HyQuest Solutions NZ Ltd +64 7 857 0810 sales@hyquestsolutions.co.nz Latin America | HyQuest Solutions (KISTERS LATAM) +57 350 575 4079 sales-latam@hyquestsolutions.com...
  • Page 52 © 2022 HyQuest Solutions 21/04/2022...

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