Communication Options from Weather Station to Computer

All our weather stations except the Orion LX come standard with a 7-foot serial communication cable to connect with a computer or display console. Extra length RS-232 cable is available up to 200 feet, catalog number 8233.

For lengths from 200 to 4000 feet, refer to the RS-422 Short Haul Modem option below.

Aerocomm ConnexLink Wireless Transceivers offer a cable-free means to remotely monitor weather information when hardwire installations are not feasible or practical.

Spread spectrum bandwidth and channel-hopping technology minimize the effects of interference to prevent data corruption. Proprietary signal coding provides data verification security.

For fixed-mount weather stations, 2.4 GHZ and 900MHZ wireless transceiver options offer line-of-site range at 3 miles and 20 miles, respectively.

For Capricorn 2000 or Capricorn 2000EX weather stations, weather sensors are connected to the control module which is housed with a transceiver in a weatherproof enclosure. One or two transceivers are also connected at the data viewing point(s) — the Weather Display Console and/or computer.

For the wireless Orion Weather Station, a transceiver is housed in the weatherproof enclosure near the sensor head. A single transceiver is connected to the Orion Interface Module at the data display site, which then is connected to a Weather Display Console and/or computer.

These stations require power at the site of the weatherproof enclosure. This power can be AC, battery or solar. The Orion sensor head requires significantly less power and is a good choice for solar or battery-powered operation.

A wireless weather station system configuration would include the weather station itself with display or software, plus a weatherproof enclosure and transceivers.

Portable Wireless Weather Stations

Our portable weather stations, both the Pegasus Fly-Away Kit and Orion Nomad, come standard with 2.4 GHz transceivers which are good over a two to three mile, line-of-sight range. With the Pegasus, the sensor transceiver is mounted in the weatherproof enclosure that is hung on the tripod mast. With the Nomad, the transceiver is mounted in the carrying case with the battery pack.

Certifications
ConnexLinks are approved for operation by FCC (USA), IC (Canada) and CE (Europe). No additional certification is required.

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This device connects the weather station to a Local Area Network (LAN). At the monitoring computer a driver creates a virtual serial port and converts the data to be read by the available terminal program or weather software such as WeatherMaster or WeatherView 32.

For weather monitoring applications situated in a large facility such as an industrial plant or hospital, instead of running miles of cable from the weather station on the roof to a computer on the first floor, users can take advantage of existing LAN cables to hook up.

This device provides for the flexibility of placing the weather station any where close to an Ethernet connection.

Includes a power supply, driver and Ethernet cable.