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1733-PS-0004 Issue 2
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  • Page 1 Professional Weather Station User Manual gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Install MetConnect on a Pipe or Pole ..................17 4.4.3. Install MetConnect to a Panel or Wall ..................18 4.4.4. Install Cable Strain Relief ......................18 4.4.5. Install Earthing ..........................18 gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...
  • Page 3 Earthing............................21 6.2.9. Additional Sensors ........................21 6.3. Calibration ........................... 21 6.3.1. Pressure Sensor ........................... 21 6.3.2. Other Gill Instruments Sensors....................21 6.3.3. Additional Sensors ........................21 6.4. Fault Finding ..........................22 6.5. Safe Mode ............................ 23 6.6. Product Repair ..........................23 6.6.1.
  • Page 4 Appendix A - Technical Specification ..................24 Appendix B - MetConnect Connector Pin Allocation ..............27 Appendix C - Connecting Gill Anemometers to a MetConnect THP ........28 Appendix D - MetConnect Default Set-up ................32 Appendix E - MetConnect Safe Mode ..................33 Appendix F - MetSet Software ....................

  • Page 5: Welcome

    The following icons are used in this manual. Icon Description A note that is important and that should be observed Information or a recommendation to ensure best results The start of a set of instructions gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...

  • Page 6: General Notes

    No attempt should be made to open or repair any of the parts of the product (including the hub box, the wind sensor, the pressure sensor and the temperature and humidity sensor). Any attempt to open the hub box or any other part of the product will invalidate the warranty provided by Gill Instruments. 1.4. User Manual Revision History...

  • Page 7: Product Overview

    Wind speed and direction S (integrated) Analogue Sensor Input 1 Analogue Sensor Input 2 Rain S = Sensor supplied as part of MetConnect model C = Connector available for user supplied sensor gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...

  • Page 8: Metconnect Specification

    MetConnect is supplied with: • Bracket Mounting plates, bolts and nuts Gill Instruments offer a range of accessories to support the MetConnect product, including cables, connectors and replacement sensors. A list of accessories is available at gillinstruments.com. 2.5. Downloadable Software Two software packages are available to help customers use MetConnect.

  • Page 9: Metconnect Accessories

    2.8. Right to change and revise Gill Instruments reserve the right to change or revise the product without notice or the obligation to notify any person or organisation of such change or revision.

  • Page 10: Set-Up Metconnect

    It is recommended that the MetSet software package is used to set-up MetConnect. More details of MetSet can be found in the next sections of this manual. The default set-up can be found in Appendix D (page 32). It is recommended that this information is reviewed before continuing. gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...

  • Page 11: Metset Set-Up Software

    As shown above, it is recommended that the SAVE SETUP button is used to save the set-up before writing it to MetConnect. This will ensure that a copy of the set-up is available if it needs to be checked, or if the set-up needs to be written to another MetConnect. gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...

  • Page 12: Connect Metconnect To Metset

    MetConnect can be connected to MetSet using • The USB to MetConnect cable, available as an accessory from Gill Instruments (Gill part no. 1733-PK-031) • The power and communications cable, connected to a PC via an RS232 connector or similar.

  • Page 13: Install Metconnect

    • The maximum cable lengths for communications will depend on the communications protocol selected. It is recommended that the following maximum cable lengths are used: o RS232 - 6.5m o RS422 - 1000m o RS485 - 1000m o SDI-12 - 90m gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...

  • Page 14: Emc Interference

    • Additional Sensors 4.3.1. Power and Communications Cable Gill Instruments can supply cable suitable for connecting to MetConnect to power and data collection systems. It is recommended that any cable used meets the specification shown below. The maximum length of the cable will be set by the chosen communications protocol.

  • Page 15: Connector Pin Allocation

    Any cable wires not used should be isolated and grounded at the terminating equipment/user end. • Signal ground should be used in conjunction with RS422 TX/RX lines in order to improve noise immunity. *NOTE: Cable colours below represent Gill supplied cable. Wire RS-232...

  • Page 16: Earthing

    To ensure correct operation the MetConnect bracket should be earthed using the earth points on the bracket. A minimum of 6mm² copper wire should be used for this purpose. In addition, Gill recommend that for maximum protection from lightning, a separate lightning rod system is used to protect the system.

  • Page 17: Install The Metconnect

    The MetConnect unit can be mounted on a pole with diameter 30mm-58mm (1.2”-2.3”). The bracket must be secured using the bracket mounting plates supplied. The clamp nuts should be tightened to a torque of 3Nm. Mounting without bracket mounting plates may damage the bracket. MOUNTING BRACKET PLATES gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...

  • Page 18: Install Metconnect To A Panel Or Wall

    The MetConnect unit should be earthed using the bracket earthing point. A minimum of 6mm² copper wire should be used. To ensure correct operation and for maximum protection from lightning, a separate lightning rod system is recommended to protect the system. gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...

  • Page 19: Use Metconnect

    A list of warning status codes can be found in Appendix M (page 55). 5.4. MetView software Gill Instruments provide the MetView software package that can be usedto view and log the data provided by MetConnect, however the output of the MetConnect can be viewed/logged by other packages/systems.

  • Page 20: Maintain Metconnect

    6.2. Product Maintenance 6.2.1. General Maintenance Although the MetConnect requires limited general maintenance, Gill recommend that the product be kept clear of a build-up of contaminants, and that ice and snow be allowed to defrost naturally: If there is a build-up of deposits on any of the MetConnect parts, these should be cleaned using a cloth, moistened with mild detergent.

  • Page 21: Pressure Sensor

    As is common with pressure sensors, the sensor calibration may drift by up to 0.3HPa per year. To maintain the most accurate measurements it is recommended that the sensor is recalibrated or replaced every 24 months. 6.3.2. Other Gill Instruments Sensors All other MetConnect sensors should not require calibration under normal circumstances.

  • Page 22: Fault Finding

    • a status code occurs regularly, or • any of the symptoms listed below are seen If the solutions below do not clear the fault, please contact Gill Instruments Technical Support. The contact details for Gill Instruments Technical support can be found at www.gillinstruments.com.

  • Page 23: Safe Mode

    If the unit is damaged, a range of spare parts can be supplied by your local distributor or directly from Gill Instruments. 6.6.1. Minor Repairs Gill Instruments offer a range of replacement parts and sensors that can be installed by the user. A list of these parts, and their part numbers, is available on gillinstruments.com.

  • Page 24: Appendix A - Technical Specification

    ±0.2°C (23°C ambient temperature @ 20°C dew point) Units of Measure °C or °F Barometric Pressure Range 600 to 1100hPa Accuracy ±0.5hPa Typical (0 C to 50 Resolution 0.1hPa Units of Measure hPa, mbar, mmHg, InHg gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...
  • Page 25 Status codes provided within the data message string * RS485 2 wire point to point only. Power Supply Input voltage 5v to 30v dc MetConnect THP: <70mA average, <100mA peak Current at 12v MetConnect One: <70mA average, <100mA peak *Sensor dependent gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 ©...
  • Page 26 Wind Sensor: UV Stabilised white thermoplastic Fittings Bracket Plates: Stainless Steel 316 Nuts & Bolts: Stainless Steel 316 Overall Dimensions MetConnect THP: 284mm x 287mm x 129mm (excluding bracket clamp) MetConnect One: 440mm x 298mm x 142mm Weight MetConnect THP: 2.6kg MetConnect One: 3.0kg...

  • Page 27: Appendix B - Metconnect Connector Pin Allocation

    The location of these connectors on the MetConnect hub box is shown below. All MetConnect connectors are M12, 8 pin. The pin allocation of each of the connectors is shown below. *NOTE: Cable colours below represent Gill supplied cable. Cable...

  • Page 28: Appendix C - Connecting Gill Anemometers To A Metconnect Thp

    MetConnect THP is designed to connect to a remote Gill anemometer. The anemometer must be from the compatible list of sensors below Compatible Wind Speed and Direction Sensors In order to connect a Gill Instruments anemometer to the MetConnect THP. A list of compatible sensors is shown below: 1405-PK-038 WindSonic Option 2 Black...
  • Page 29 WindSonic 75 Option 2 Black M4,U1,O1,L1,P1,B4,H2,NQ,F1,E2,T1,S4,C2,G0,K0, 1405-PK-200 WindSonic Metal Heated 1405-PK-300 WindSonic Metal Unheated WindSonic Orientation - North Marker and UV Wind Components North is indicated as shown on the drawing below: gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...
  • Page 30 Heated WindObserver 90 WindObserver Orientation - North Indicator and UV Wind Components North alignment is indicated by the north arm, the red marker on the base/mounting adaptor indicates which arm is WindObserver north. gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...
  • Page 31 WindMaster Configuration Settings 1590-PK-020 WindMaster M4,U1,O1,L1,P1,B4,H2,NQ,E1,T1,S1,C2,A4,I1,J1,V1,X1,G0,K0,F1 1,F2 0,F3 1 1561-PK-020 WindMaster Pro 1590-PK-130 WindMaster RA WindMaster Orientation - North Marker and UVW Wind Components North is indicated as shown on the drawing below: gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...

  • Page 32: Appendix D - Metconnect Default Set-Up

    AN2 Units AN2 Analogue Input Type Not Configured AN2 Substitute Name DIG! Sensor Type Not Configured DIG1 Units DIG1 Digital Count Not Configured DIG 1 Substitute Name Output Sentence Comma Separated Variable gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...

  • Page 33: Appendix E - Metconnect Safe Mode

    9. A new message will be displayed. Click on NEXT again 10. MetSet will now temporarily reset the MetConnect to RS232 communications 11. MetSet can now be used as described in Appendix F CONNECTION pop-up window with SAFE MODE tab selected gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...

  • Page 34: Appendix F - Metset Software

    Professional Weather Station Appendix F - MetSet Software Gill Instruments provide a free of charge software package called MetSet to enable the MetConnect to be set-up. MetSet software can be downloaded from www.gillinstruments.com. Gill recommend reading Appendix E (MetConnect Safe Mode) before changing the MetConnect set-up.
  • Page 35 Change the data output rate, the data included in the output and the order of data provided • Control the sensors and change the measurement units and set the scale of additional inputs gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...
  • Page 36 Click on the SAVE SETUP button to store the set up on the PC When all set-up changes are complete, click the WRITE SETTINGS button Additional information about NMEA can be found in Appendix H. gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...
  • Page 37 Click on the SAVE SETUP button to store the set up on the PC When all set-up changes are complete, click the WRITE SETTINGS button The messages that will be sent on MetConnect power up can also be selected in the REPORTING tab. gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...
  • Page 38 3. Set the PRT UNITS menu to the required units 4. Click on the SAVE SETUP button to store the set up on the PC 5. When all set-up changes are complete, click the WRITE SETTINGS button gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...

  • Page 39: Appendix G - Metconnect Ascii Data Output

    Checksum, the 2 digit Hex Checksum sum figure is calculated from the Exclusive OR of the bytes between (and not including) the STX and ETX characters. Example configured string is:- Q,249,000.01,1017.3,049.2,+021.4,+010.3,+040.45,+000.06,+000.04,0000.000,+11.6,00,7C gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...
  • Page 40 6. Click on the SAVE SETUP button to store the set up on the PC 7. When all set-up changes are complete, click the WRITE SETTINGS button gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...

  • Page 41: Appendix H - Metconnect Modbus Data Output

    Gill ASCII Mode). If measurements cannot be computed (i.e. a blank field in Gill mode output string), their Holding Register contents shall be set to the Maximum Positive value (0x7FFFFFFF for 32-bit format data (both floating point and integer), and as 0x7FFF for 16-bit format data).
  • Page 42 Set the parameters in the MODBUS tab to the required settings 9. Click on the SAVE SETUP button to store the set up on the PC 10. When all set-up changes are complete, click the WRITE SETTINGS button gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...
  • Page 43 Parameter 3 = Register 40004-5 etc. 7. Click on the SAVE SETUP button to store the set up on the PC 8. When all set-up changes are complete, click the WRITE SETTINGS button gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...

  • Page 44: Appendix I - Metconnect Nmea 0183 Data Output

    (and not including) the $ and * characters. <CR> is a Carriage return character (ASCII hex value d) <LF> is a Line Feed Character (ASCII hex value a) MWV - Wind direction/speed XDR - Transducer Measurement gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...
  • Page 45 Professional Weather Station MET - Custom measurement gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...

  • Page 46: Appendix J - Metconnect Sdi-12 Data Output

    As defined by MetSet As defined by MetSet DIG1 As defined by MetSet As defined by MetSet Date: yyyymmdd Time: hhmmss Status 4 Digit Sensor Status code (e.g. 00 for a no fault condition) gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...
  • Page 47 PRT, Analogue Input 1, Analogue input 2 and Digital Input 1. aM6! PRT. aM7! Analogue Input 1 and Analogue Input 2. aM8! Digital Input 1. aM9! Power Supply Voltage (Volts). aD0! Request a line of the above data. gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...
  • Page 48 Professional Weather Station gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...
  • Page 49 PRT and CRC. aMC7! Analogue Input 1, Analogue Input 2 and CRC. aMC8! Digital Input 1 and CRC. aMC9! Power Supply Voltage (Volts) and CRC. aD0! Request a line of the above data. gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...
  • Page 50 Professional Weather Station gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...

  • Page 51: Appendix K - Polled Mode Commands

    A … Z (as configured) Gill recommend that in polled mode the following sequence is used for every poll for information. When in polled mode the system will typically respond to the data command within 30mS with the last valid data sample when set for 1Hz output rate.

  • Page 52: Appendix L - Metview Software

    Professional Weather Station Appendix L - MetView Software Gill Instruments provide a free of charge software package called MetView to enable the data provided by MetConnect to be viewed. MetView is compatible with Windows 7 and Windows 10. MetSet software can be downloaded from www.gillinstruments.com.
  • Page 53 The set-up file can be created using MetSet (see Appendix E) or can be downloaded from a MetConnect. Save This button enables a set-up file to be downloaded and saved from MetConnect. Disconnect This button disconnects Metview from MetConnect. gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...
  • Page 54 The file may be shorter than the MAX ENTRIES PER FILE specified If LOG FILE ROTATION has not been ticked, MetView will now save a single log file to the location specified gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...

  • Page 55: Appendix M - Metconnect Status Codes

    Follow above guidance for individual alert condition sum of any of the above eg “11” would mean that alerts were More than one alert present for both the Wind Sensor(01) and Temperature sensor. gillinstruments.com 1733-PS-0004 Issue 2 © 2022 Gill Instruments Limited...
  • Page 56 Internal diagnostic alert, data could Power cycle unit. Wind Sensor - Diagnostics Alert 1 be uncalibrated If fault has not cleared contact Gill Technical Support. Internal diagnostic alert, data could Power cycle unit. Wind Sensor - Diagnostics Alert 2 be uncalibrated If fault has not cleared contact Gill Technical Support.

  • Page 57: Appendix N - M12 To Usb Configuration Cable Installation

    PC – this can be confirmed by opening Device Manager on the PC and checking the COM & LPT Port settings as shown: If no COM port is shown, it may be necessary to install device drivers (please contact Gill Instruments Technical Support if drivers are required).

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