METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION

Airmar PB-200 Weather Station

We have aquired an Airmar PB-200 weather station and plan to install it before the 2011 season.

AIRMAR PB-200 webpage
Owner's guide, installation instructions
User's Manual
Calibration Certificate for PB-200 ID 1985270.
Airmar PB-200 installation notes ?

At the moment there is a wind speed and direction sensor for display only.

~~We consider one of these for acquisition and storage of meterological data:~~

~~Mod. WSD834 ?, manufactured by Vetus~~
~~WSO-100 manufactured by Maretron~~
~~PB100 from Airmar Technology Corp.~~

Application software

Sample data output

$WIMDA,29.9198,I,1.0132,B,19.2,C,,,,,,,334.5,T,335.0,M,1.1,N,0.6,M*21
$GPGGA,111914,6021.9871,N,00521.9925,E,2,7,1.4,102.8,M,,,,*25
$GPZDA,111914,21,05,2011,00,00*41
$WIMWD,333.6,T,334.1,M,1.1,N,0.6,M*5C
$WIMWV,108.1,R,1.2,N,A*28
$WIMWV,110.3,T,1.1,N,A*26
$TIROT,-5.8,A*1B
$WIMWV,107.6,R,1.2,N,A*20
$GPVTG,307.1,T,307.6,M,0.0,N,0.0,K,D*21
$TIROT,-11.7,A*21

Telegram interpretation: