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12-2023 – 01-02-001

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Page 1 User Manual RainBal 12-2023 – 01-02-001...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Checking Horizontal Position ...................... 37 Checking Accuracy of Measurement ..................38 Repair Part VI Technical Data Part VII Obligations of the Operator and Disposal Part VIII Obligations of the Operator ...................... 42 Dismantling / Disposal ....................... 42 Appendices Part IX © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 3 HS PreciBal (RainBal) App ......................44 9.1.1 PreciBal/RainBal App Functionality in a Nutshell ..............44 9.1.2 Precibal/RainBal App – User Interface .................. 44 © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 5: Safety Instructions
KISTERS website. § Disposal instructions: After taking the KISTERS RainBal out of service, it must be disposed of in compliance with local waste and environmental regulations. The KISTERS RainBal is never to be disposed in household waste! §...
Page 6: Part I Introduction
Thank you for choosing our product. We hope you will enjoy using the device. KISTERS manufactures, sells, installs and operates quality instrumentation, data loggers and communication technology. Products are designed with passion for environmental monitoring and with a deep understanding of the quality, accuracy and robustness needed to fulfil the requirements of measurement practitioners in the field.
Page 7: Mounting
Further support and consulting on request, depending on geographical location and altitude of the site. Mounting See the separate RainBal installation guide that is included in the scope of delivery and can be downloaded from the website. © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 8: Part Ii Installation
The most commonly used height varies between 1.0 and 1.5 m above the surrounding terrain. In any case the orifice must be placed above the maximum expected depth of snow cover. Avoid installing the precipitation gauge on a slope or the roof of buildings. © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 9: Preparing The Precipitation Gauge For Mounting
1. Put back the bucket (3) and the enclosure (2). Mind the right position of the enclosure. Fix the enclosure tightening the screws around the lower edge. 2. Use your finger to check if the rain gauge has been assembled correctly: the rim of the enclosure must not touch the bucket! © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 10: Part Iii Configuration
The maximun length for the cables is 15 m for M12 SAC-4pol (heater cable) and 50 m for M12-8pol (instrument supply and interfaces). Please use the APP to switch to RS 485 mode or other settings. © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 11: Part Iv Operation
Independent of the communication protocol in use, RainBal 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 you may need in order to work with the sensor. © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 12 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 © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 13: Sdi-12
SDI-12 Measurement Commands (Metric Units) § SDI-12 Measurement Commands (Imperial Units) § SDI-12 Reading Status Commands § SDI-12 Verification § SDI-12 Settings § SDI-12 Sensor Maintenance (Extended) Commands § SDI-12 Commands 4.1.1.1 General SDI-12 Commands Address query Command: Response: a<CR><LF> © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 14 0A3!3<CR><LF> Example: Send identification Command: Response: a14HYQUESTRAINB1011400,SN=2595<CR><LF> Explanation: HYQUEST company name RAINB10 sensor model 11400 sensor version (1.14.00) SN=2595 serial number 4.1.1.2 SDI-12 Measurement Commands (Metric Units) Basic data (amount of precipitation and weight) © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 15 WAVG weight of the bucket content [g] PRTOT total amount of precipitation [mm] 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> Precipitation intensity and last or current rain precipitation amount Start measurement Command: aM1! aMC1! Response: a0003<CR><LF> Send data © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 16 [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> Send data Command: aD0! Response: a±T±TMIN±TAVG±TMAX+U+STATUS<CR><LF> a±T±TMIN±TAVG±TMAX+U+STATUSccc<CR><LF> Explanation: temperature [°C] TMIN one-minute temperature minimum value [°C] © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 17 Corrected precipitation amount data Start measurement Command: aM3! aMC3! Response: a0003<CR><LF> Send data Command: aD0! Response: a+PRcor+PRTOTcor+WS<CR><LF> a+PRcor+PRTOTcor+WSccc<CR><LF> Explanation: PRcor corrected amount of precipitation [mm] PRTOTcor corrected total amount of precipitation [mm] estimate of wind speed [dimensionless quantity] Example © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 18 Response: a0001<CR><LF> Send data Command: aD0! a+PRINST<CR><LF> Response: a+PRINSTccc<CR><LF> Explanation: PRINST instantaneous precipitation [mm] Example 0M4!00001<CR><LF> 0D0!0+0.251<CR><LF> 0MC4!00001<CR><LF> 0D0!0+2.5I`u<CR><LF> 4.1.1.3 SDI-12 Measurement Commands (Imperial Units) Basic data (amount of precipitation and weight), imperial units Start measurement © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 19 [oz] I_PRTOT total amount of precipitation [in] Example 0M5!00003<CR><LF> 0D0!0+0.00512+102.06454+4.58437<CR><LF> 0MC5!00003<CR><LF> 0D0!0+0.09839+1.73082+0.19681AcI<CR><LF> Precipitation intensity and last or current rain precipitation amount, imperial units Start measurement Command: aM6! aMC6! Response: a0003<CR><LF> Send data aD0! Command: © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 20 0D0!0+0.09839+0.000+0.000E}g<CR><LF> Temperature and service data, imperial units Start measurement Command: aM7! aMC7! Response: a0006<CR><LF> Send data aD0! Command: Response: a±I_T±I_TMIN±I_TAVG±I_TMAX+U+STATUS<CR><LF> a±I_T±I_TMIN±I_TAVG±I_TMAX+U+STATUSccc<CR><LF> Explanation: temperature [°F] I_TMIN one-minute temperature minimum value [°F] I_TAVG one-minute temperature average value [°F] © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 21 Start measurement Command: aM8! aMC8! Response: a0003<CR><LF> Send data Command: aD0! Response: a+I_PRcor+I_PRTOTcor+WS<CR><LF> a+I_PRcor+I_PRTOTcor+WSccc<CR><LF> Explanation: I_PRcor corrected amount of precipitation [in] I_PRTOTcor corrected total amount of precipitation [in] estimate of wind speed [dimensionless quantity] Example 0M8!00003<CR><LF> © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 22 Response: B0001<CR><LF> Send data Command: aD0! Response: a+I_PRINST<CR><LF> a+I_PRINSTccc<CR><LF> Explanation: I_PRINST instantaneous precipitation amount [in] Example 0M9!00001<CR><LF> 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 (mapped per bit) Command: aR0! aRC0! Response: a+STATUS<CR><LF> © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 23 Response: +STATUS7<CR><LF> a+STATUS0+STATUS1+STATUS2+STATUS3+STATUS4+STATUS5+STATUS6 +STATUS7ccc<CR><LF> STATUS0 Explanation: 1: activated STATUS1 1: 80% of bucket capacity reached STATUS2 1: unexpected restart detected STATUS3 (reserved) STATUS4 1: heater is on STATUS5 (reserved) STATUS6 (reserved) STATUS7 (reserved) 0R1!0+1+0+0+0+0+0+0+0<CR><LF> Example: 0RC1!0+1+0+0+0+0+0+0+0GuL<CR><LF> © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 24 (mm or in, depending on UNITS set) Example 0V!00001<CR><LF> 0D0!0+2.508<CR><LF> For more information on the sensor verification procedure consult ch. Maintenance 4.1.1.6 SDI-12 Settings Setting measurement units aXset|190|B! Command: aOK<CR><LF> Response: Explanation: UNITS measurement units: 0: metric 1: imperial © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 25 Setting the heating mode Command: aXset|4|HEAT! Response: aOK<CR><LF> Explanation: HEAT heating mode: 0: permanently off 1: permanently on 2: on if temperature is below threshold 3: on if temperature is below threshold and if it is raining or snowing © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 26 Example: 0Xset|3|1!0OK<CR><LF> Setting the serial communication parameters Setting the Baud rate Command: aXset|48|BAUD! Response: aOK<CR><LF> Explanation: BAUD Baud rate (300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200) 0Xset|48|1200!0OK<CR><LF> Example: Setting number of data bits © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 27 PARITY Explanation: parity (n, e, o) Example: 0Xset|50|e!0OK<CR><LF> Setting number of stop bits Command: aXset|51|STOP! Response: aOK<CR><LF> Explanation: STOP number of stop bits (1, 2) Example: 0Xset|51|1!0OK<CR><LF> Getting and setting measurement parameters Getting measurement parameters © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 28 Response: aOK<CR><LF> 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 KISTERS aXclear! PreciBal (RainBal) App © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 29 Examples: 0IM!00003<CR><LF> 0IM2!00006<CR><LF> 0IV!00001<CR><LF> etc. Identify measurement parameter commands Command: aIM_ppp! aIMi_ppp! aIV_ppp! etc. Response: a,ID,UNIT,REGNO,TYPE,ATTR,DECIMAL,MIN,MAX;<CR><LF> Explanation: the number of an additional measurement (1...9) the order number of a measured parameter concise identification of the parameter © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 30 SDI-12 protocol. Requesting basic data (amount of precipitation and weight) Command: <ENQ>a<CR> Response: <SOH>a<STX>PR<TAB>WAVG<TAB>PRTOT<ETX><CR><LF> Explanation: amount of precipitation registered since previous reading [µm] WAVG weight of the bucket content [mg] © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 31 Reset/Clear Cumulative Precipitation Counters ) or KISTERS PreciBal (RainBal) App 2. The MODBUS protocol shares the address with the SDI-12 protocol but its interpretation is different: While the SDI-12 address is a character, the MODBUS address represents the ASCII code of the SDI-12 address (e.g. SDI-12 address 0 = MODBUS address 48).
Page 32: Table Of Output Data
STATUS1 1: 80% of bucket capacity reached 0 ... 1 bool STATUS2 1: Unexpected restart detected 0 ... 1 bool STATUS3 reserved 0 ... 1 bool STATUS4 1: heater is on 0 ... 1 bool © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 33 0: metric UNITS Measurement units uint8 1: imperial Temperature °F -58 ... 158 0.01 float I_PR Amount of precipitation 0 ... 393.662 0.00001 float Amount of precipitation registered I_PRLAST 0 ... 39.331 0.00001 float during current previous © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 34: Diagnosis
3. Check the output from the RainBal 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 and areas can be found in the Verification Procedure Reference Table © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 35: Sdi-12: Sensor Diagnosis
PRLAST and contains the precipitation equivalent in mm corresponding to the <Reg.Val.156> inserted weight. § Compare measured value with the reference value and evaluate according to the validity range in the Verification Procedure Reference Table § Example: § Command: 1V!<CR> § Response: 10001<CR><LF> © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 36: Rs-485: Sensor Diagnosis
RS-485: Sensor Diagnosis For the sensor diagnosis the SDI-12 protocol is used on the RS-485 port. Subsequently, the entire diagnosis follows the same steps and uses the same commands as described in ch. SDI-12: Sensor Diagnosis © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 37: Part V Maintenance
For quick check of horizontal position just place a spirit level in two directions perpendicular to each other onto the rim. If not satisfactory repeat the initial procedure of making the base plate horizontal (see ch. Installation © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 38: Checking Accuracy Of Measurement
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 © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 39: Part Vi Repair
§ Please do not ship the goods prior to obtaining the reference number. KISTERS will not reject any equipment that arrives without reference number; however, it may take us longer to process. Custom requirements for items sent to KISTERS for warranty or non-warranty repairs: Check with your national customs/tax authorities for details, processes and paperwork regarding tax exempt return of products.
Page 40: Part Vii Technical Data
M12 8-pin; M12 4-pin (for optional heater) Dimensions Ø253 x 320 mm Ø253 x 355 mm (without pedestal) Weight 4.6 kg 5.2 kg Operation temperature 0 ... +70 °C (without heating) -10 ... +70 °C (with heating at 24 VDC) © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 41 Technical Data Model RainBal 200 RainBal 314 Deployment -40 …. +70 °C temperature range Operation humidity 0 ... 100 % Degree of protection IP65 Surge protection all inputs/outputs © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 42: 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 © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 43 At the end of its service life, the lithium-ion battery must be disposed of according to legal provisions. EU WEEE Directive As players in the environmental market, KISTERS AG is committed to supporting efforts to avoid and recycle waste. Please consider: §...
Page 44: Part Ix Appendices
The App starts searching for devices. When a device is found it is inserted in a list. The [CONNECT] button enables you to connect to a specific device. Once the device you want to connect to is found, you may want to “STOP SCANNING”. © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 45 Tiles are active elements, just like a button. Clicking a tile gives access to a detailed view on the data. The screenshot on the left-hand side visualises “Total precipitation” data with a line graph showing on top and a numeric table of individual values at the bottom. © 2023 | KISTERS...
Page 46 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). © 2023 | KISTERS...
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