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1. Use Space Bar to Select Height or Time A Figure3 16 Wind Interval Selection by Time Interval Number 1 For the first 120 seconds winds will be computed every 60 seconds using 240 seconds of raw data for the least squares fit Any station with less than 6 good samples over the smoothing length will not be used Interval Number 2 Starting at 120 seconds winds will be computed every 60 seconds using 240 seconds of raw data for the least squares fit Any station with less than 12 good samples over the smoothing length will not be used 3 18 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities Interval Selection by Height Wind interval parameters as shown in Figure 3 17 tell the system to do the following Hovember 10 1997 Mind Interval Selection LORAH 12 01 18 Interval selection is by Height Section Smoothing Hinimum Computation Start Length Interval Interval Cmeters Cseconds Samples Cseconds 9 240 6 60 7000 240 12 60 20000 360 18 60 1 Z 3 4 5 6 Use Space Bar to Select Height or Time A Figure 3 17 Wind Interval Selection by Height Interval Number 1 For the first 7000 meters winds will be computed every 60 seconds using 240 seconds of raw data for the least squares fit Any station with less than 6 good samples will not be used Interval Number 2 Starting at 7000 meters winds will be computed every 60 seco
2. July 31 1996 Flight Utilities 11 19 12 Save Flight Data To Disk Restore Flight Data From Disk ZEEMET Rack Communications Receiver Antenna Set Display Environment Station Installation Print Setup Configuration Event Manager Configuration Wind Computation Setup Sonde View View Journal File Acknowledge Alarm Event POBPVOAnNTUAWUNE a Figure 8 1 Flight Utilities Menu 8 2 Save Flight Data to Disk All during the flight data is being temporarily stored in the flights new directory All files in this directory will be erased before the start of the next flight So it is important select this option to permanently save the flight data in the appropriate directories before exiting to the DOS command line see Chapter 10 for details Flights whose data has been saved in this way can be restored and simulated at a later time See Section 8 3 and Chapter 9 Section 9 2 Off Line Utility Menu for details When the save is complete a message will appear briefly on the screen telling you that the flight data save has been completed see Figure 8 2 Software Version 4 2 8 1 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System September 11 1992 Save Flight Data to Disk 88 58 36 Saving the system header information Saving the environment Saving the system area of EMS memory Saving the flight data files A Flight w9x1234 saved in c f lights f 1t1234 Figure 8 2 Save Fl
3. Choosing option 3 in Figure 3 14 brings up the menu in Figure 3 20 This shows the Wind Parameter Setting menu with the default values Hovember 10 1997 Mind Parameter Setting 12 03 43 Hind Parameter Value Loran Curve Fit Variance Limit 0 90 Raw Hind Sampling Interval seconds 3 00 Loran Curve Fit Variance Limit mmama a Figure 3 20 Wind Parameter Setting 3 20 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities Curve Fit Variance Limit The curve fit variance limits have been derived by testing with a large cross section of flight data and should perform well under most conditions Therefore changes are only recommended for those with a thorough understanding of the effects that variance limit changes have on the wind data Please consult with the Sippican technical support staff for recommendations on any proposed changes to the default values The Curve Fit Variance Limit for Loran establishes the limits for evaluating the quality of the raw data used for the wind computation The variance limit and how it is used in evaluating the raw data is outlined in the following discussion The discussion focuses on the case of Loran wind finding but can be extended for the case of Omega When enough time has passed to provide the smoothing interval data for the current wind computation a second order curve fit is performed on all of the raw data within the smoothi
4. Flight Preparation Map Flight Identifier Initialization Flight Preparation Omega Status Three Frequency Omega Status Loran Status Normal Omega Lockup Invalid Omega Lockup Radar Status Surface Data Entry Calibration menu Calibration Data Entry Pressure Offset Display Map of Flight Functions Flight Display Flight Display with Wind Data Window Data Display Menu Concurrent Plot Point Select Skew T Display Refractivity Display Menu Tabular Refractivity Format Graphic Refractivity Format Sonde View Menu Raw Sonde Data Display Processed Sonde Data Display GPS Navaid Display Screen Report Selection Menu Report Definition Report Definition Menu Graph Selection Menu Graph Selection Menu Graph Definition Wind Speed and Direction Graph Software Version 4 2 Table of Contents Page 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 3 4 5 4 5 5 1 Contents 11 Table of Contents Figure 6 22 6 23 6 24 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 5 7 6 7 7 7 8 7 9 7 10 7 11 7 12 7 13 7 14 7 15 7 16 7 17 7 18 7 19 7 20 7 21 7 22 7 23 7 24 7 25 7 26 8 1 8 2 8 3 8 4 8 5 8 6 8 7 8 8 8 9 8 10 8 11 Contents 12 Title Wind Vector Components Edit Launch End Time End Flight Data Analysis Map Process Coded Messages Map Data Analysis Output PTU Summary Summary of Browser Commands Wind Summary WMO Message Data Analysis Standard Isobaric Surfaces Met Significant Levels Wind Significant Levels Regional Wind Levels by Hei
5. e Capture a program for communication with the ZEEMET Rack via the computer serial ports e Grapher a program package for making printed graphs of flight data 9 2 Off Line Utility Menu The Off Line Utility menu is a program that enables you to work with system flight data files without having to know the details of the files and without having to know how to use MS DOS commands To start operation of the Off Line Utility menu type utility lt Enter gt In response an Off Line Utility menu like in Figure 9 1 will be displayed Some items can be missing depending on your system options July 31 1996 Post Flight Utilities 13 56 25 Post Flight Utility Menu 1 Flight Archive Utility 2 Report Generator 3 Graph Generator 4 Captured Screen Review Figure 9 1 Post Flight Utilities Menu Software Version 4 2 9 1 Off Line Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Flight Archive Utility Selecting Flight Archive Utility runs the Flight Data Management Utility that is used to review the list of already saved archived flight data files select one and make it the currently active flight Files containing active flight data can be copied to diskette copied from diskette deleted from the hard disk viewed on the screen or restored as the active flight Also the active flight is that used when you select one of the other options in this menu If you do not select this option the active flight is the last
6. 16 6 17 33 42 52 63 68 61 55 47 43 33 SRaJMRRNMNANMDD ANA Dew Pt deg C 11 32 33 Humidity Direction Speed 3 7 62 67 59 13 11 18 11 11 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 deg kts 278 22 289 38 267 35 275 36 281 48 267 41 258 44 248 48 266 42 263 36 235 25 96 6 162 12 116 17 88 13 136 35 7 9 Met Significant Levels August 31 1992 Pressure Height mbs meters 1088 163 925 792 858 1526 708 3165 589 5877 489 7589 389 9675 258 18928 266 12485 156 14211 100 16645 78 18841 58 26968 38 24292 28 27661 18 31768 TS A Press any key to continue Figure 7 8 Standard Isobaric Surfaces Select Met Significant Levels from the Data Analysis Output menu to view the Met Significant Levels Data similar to that seen in Figure 7 9 showing the Met Significant Levels appears on the screen These are the levels which will be coded The following data is displayed for each Met Significant Level in the flight pressure in millibars height in meters above mean sea level temperature in degrees Celsius dew point depression in degrees Celsius humidity in percent and the reason it is selected as a significant level August 31 1992 MET SIGNIFICANT LEVELS 11 33 16 Pressure Height Temperature Dew Pt Dep Humidity Reason mbs meters deg C deg C 4 1002 8 85 32 6 18 8 55 Surface Data 1662 3 82 36 8 8 4 66 Temperature 1661
7. 6 26 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 6 Flight Operations To set the launch and end records move the cursor small square window next to the desired data record Press lt L gt to select the current record as the launch record Press lt E gt to select the current record as the end record In addition the following keys may be used in this display lt PgUp gt advances the window one column If there is a full screen of data this moves the screen 16 frames forward towards the first frame in flight lt PgDn gt retreats the window one column If there is a full screen of data this moves the screen 16 frames backwards towards the final frame lt Home gt moves the cursor to the currently selected launch point If there is no launch point selected the home key moves the cursor to the first data frame in the flight The current launch frame is indicated by the letter L to the left of the frame lt End gt moves the cursor to the currently selected end of flight record If there is no end of flight selected the cursor will move to the last record available The current end of flight frame is shown by the letter E to the left of the frame lt Tab gt advances the window in a nominal 5 increment from the current position This is a fast way to move to any region of flight data Each press of the tab key moves forward one unit on the relative position indicator shown on the right side of the
8. Chapter 10 Flight Data Management W 9000 Meteorological Processing System If there are more archived flights on the hard disk than can be displayed in the Archived Flights window at the same time then the PgUp and the PgDn keys can be used to move the display up and down the list of flights One of the flights in the Archived Flights window will be highlighted brighter in intensity than the others This flight is the selected flight Other flights can be selected by using the up and down arrow keys Certain of the functions that can be selected using the function keys require the selection of a flight archive For example pushing F4 for Delete indicates that the user wishes to delete the currently highlighted flight archive file In the lower right hand corner of the Flight Data Management menu display there is a small box showing the total number of flight archive files saved on the hard disk and the total disk memory these flights are using on the first line The second line shows the total free space available on the hard disk for new flight data or any other purpose The W 9000 System requires between 2 and 3 megabytes of free disk space to write flight data files and to run the Save Flight Data to Disk function If flight data is routinely saved it is necessary to routinely copy files from the hard disk to floppy diskette and delete the flight data from the hard disk to make room for new flights The following sections outline procedures that
9. Refer to Data Display in Chapter 6 for instructions on the use of the Graphic Display Utility program Captured Screen Review When this item is selected a menu similar to Figure 9 2 will be displayed The upper window in the display shows the flight identifier entered by the operator when the active flight was underway At any time during the flight you could have pressed lt Print Screen gt and captured the then current image on the screen thus saving it to a file see Data Display Menu in Chapter 6 The lower box presents a list of the screen image files It can be used to view the saved screen images and to print them 9 2 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 9 Off Line Utilities Screen Review amp Print Utility 17 42 24 FLIGHTID 4692 1654892 1654692 1654892 1654692 1654692 1654892 F2 NextScreen F3 PrintScreen F4 DeleteScreen ENTER ShowScreen Figure 9 2 Screen Review and Print Utility To use this utility select a screen image file by using the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys and the lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt keys When the highlight is on the desired display press F3 F4 or lt Enter gt F3 prints a copy of the selected screen image on the printer F4 deletes the selected file You will be asked to confirm your intention to delete the file To confirm type Y the file will no longer appear in the list of available files If you want to keep the
10. Sea Air Systems Division Sippican Inc W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Operator s Manual Document Number 9010 412 Version 4 2 VA ZEEMET Sippican Inc W 9000 Operator s Manual Document Number 9010 412 Version 4 2 SEA AIR SYSTEMS DIVISION SIPPICAN INC SEVEN BARNABAS ROAD MARION MASSACHUSETTS 02738 U S A PHONE 508 748 1160 FAX 508 748 3626 Version 4 2 November 1997 Copyright 1997 by Sippican Inc Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved This addendum or parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form without permission of the publisher Copyright 1997 by Sippican Inc of all W 9000 System Software included with the sale or distribution of the W 9000 Meteorological Processing System The owner of a W 9000 system is granted a license to use the W 9000 software in that system only Sippican Inc retains full and exclusive ownership of the software The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the license Use of the software in other computers or systems is not permitted without the express written consent of the Sippican Inc The purchaser may make copies of the software for backup purposes Copies of the software may not be distributed to others ZEEMET and MICROSONDE are trademarks of Sippican Inc Document by Beinstein Associates Incorporated 272 Titus Avenue Warrington PA 18976 2436 ZEEMET and MICROSONDE are trademarks of
11. FSA FSX MDC MDX MT2 MTX WND WNX Figure 9 3 Binutil Default File Extensions Options Options may be specified on the command line in order to create a custom ASCII text file The options are f lt fields gt and r The f lt fields gt option specifies the data fields from the input binary data file that will be written to the output ASCII data file If this parameter is omitted all fields from the input binary data file are written to the output ASCII data file The data fields are numbered sequentially starting with one as the leftmost field within each record The fields parameter is entered by listing the desired field numbers separated by commas In addition the letter f may be included after a field number in order to also print the flag for that field Software Version 4 2 9 5 Off Line Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System As an example enter the following values for fields 3 and 8 to print fields 1 3 6 and 8 as well as the flag values f1 3f 6 8f The fields may be entered in any order but they will always be written to the output ASCII data file in ascending order from left to right If you are unsure of what data values are in each of the fields run the Binutil program in the interactive mode and view the binary file The columns displayed on the screen are the fields of the data file Entering the r reject bad records option on the command line specifies that any records containing one or more
12. Note In the analysis summary a freezing layer is counted as two levels one for the bottom and one for the top YA Press any key to continue Figure 7 13 Freezing Levels 7 13 NCDC Data files NCDC National Climatic Data Center flight archive data files can be generated from the Data Analysis Menu if the NCDC option of the Sippican Message Coding is installed When selected from the menu two archive files are generated The first is the header file containing general station flight and equipment information The second file contains the data records for the flight one data record for each level of the flight These two files have the standard flight file name with extensions cdh and cdt respectively As well as generating files in the format specified by the NCDC this menu option of Data Analysis also generates and displays a summary of the levels included in the NCDC record file Figure 7 14 is an example of a screen from this summary 7 10 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 7 Data Analysis February 17 1995 NCDC Flight Archive 16 41 61 Level Time Pres Height Temp RHum DewPnt WindDir Speed Type sec ChPa m C 4 C deg m sec Surface Data 6 06 1623 6 85 1 6 19 21 2 CAA CAA A Signif Temp 6 66 1616 6 136 1 3 15 23 6 C00 CAA AS Mandatory 6 49 1666 6 266 8 8 18 21 9 CAA A S Signif Temp 1 99 943 9 726 4 7 28 16 8 PLEA ERARA Mandatory 2 98 925 8 883 6 2 31 14 8 CAA ERARA
13. The keyboard consists of four groups of keys standard keys cursor movement keys numeric keypad keys and function keys 1 6 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 1 Introduction O OOOO DDD ODO OOD ft le le DO DIO OO at Y DO DOTA ODO ppp ODO eS esa E 0 0001 000 000 000 000 JA lea DODODODONOK CO OOO E A EE AE Figure 1 6 Standard 101 Key Keyboard Standard Keys For the most part these keys function in the same way as their counterparts on a standard typewriter A few distinctions for the operation of your W 9000 system are worth noting Enter In addition to performing a function similar to the carriage return key on a standard typewriter this key sends the characters already typed to the computer for processing The Enter key also moves the cursor from one data field to another You can use it to move from field to field while editing data or you can use it to accept a previously entered value in a field Esc This key is used to terminate the current function and go to the next function as determined by the design of the executing program In most cases the Ese key is used to exit from the current screen and return to the previous screen For example if you are in the Navaid display and want to return to the Flight menu press Esc Cursor Movement Keys The cursor movement keys are located to the right of the standard keys
14. Wind Interval Data Fields You can choose up to six wind calculation intervals or sections each with its own start Time or start Height and set of three wind interval parameters Section Start Seconds When Time is selected as the Interval Selection basis this field corresponds to the time in seconds since release when the system will stop using one set of interval selection parameters and begin to use the next The start time of the first section must always be 0 The start time of the next section must always be greater than the one for the previous section For example if the start of the second section was entered as 1200 seconds then the second set of wind interval parameters would be used for the wind at 1200 seconds 20 minutes and would continue to be used until enough wind time had elapsed to reach the start of the third interval if one is entered Pressing Del Enter will erase the current interval data and all subsequent intervals Pressing Enter with no section start entered or at the entry of the 6th interval signals the end of data entry and prompts you to accept the data Section Start Meters When Height is selected as the Interval Selection basis this field corresponds to the height in meters above mean sea level where the system will stop using one set of interval selection parameters and begin to use another The start of the first section must always be equal to 0 and the start of a subsequent section must always be gre
15. displays the latest PTU data as it is collected and stored The display continuously updates in this mode always showing the latest 16 minutes of the flight Since Concurrent Plot is a real time display it is available only during the flight After the end of a flight the default mode is the Data Display mode Over the course of a flight the temperature is likely to drop many degrees An automatic offset feature prevents the temperature trace from leaving the left hand portion of the display When the temperature trace leaves the screen the screen will clear and temperature data will re plot in a more central position System Software Version 4 2 6 5 Chapter 6 Flight Operations W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Point Select and Data Display Previous portions of a flight can be viewed in Data Display mode Significant levels can be edited in Point Select mode To reach these modes from Concurrent Plot press lt F9 gt lt F9 gt toggles to and from Concurrent Plot During a flight Data Display mode appears when lt F9 gt is pressed in Concurrent Plot After a flight has ended Data Display mode is the default mode since Concurrent Plot is no longer available Data Display begins with the first portion of the flight Any portion of the flight can be viewed in Data Display The lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys shift the displayed portion of the flight up or down by one full screen The lt Up Arrow gt and lt Down Arrow gt keys s
16. e You are restoring a hard disk drive that needed to be re formatted for one reason or another To install the W 9000 System software refer to the letter supplied with the W 9000 installation diskettes This letter describes step by step how to install software There is a different installation letter for each version of the W 9000 software Please note that these instructions assume that you have already formatted drive C and installed the DOS system files as described earlier under Formatting the Fixed Disk In the unlikely event that you receive an error while reading one of the disks try the installation procedure again If the error is repeated contact your Sippican Technical Support Representative 2 6 Configuring System Software The system software must be configured to reflect your specific W 9000 configuration To do this refer to the System Setup Utilities described in Chapter 3 of this manual Software Version 4 2 2 3 Chapter 2 Software Installation W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 2 7 Installing System Software Updates W 9000 System Software Diskettes are labeled as follows W 9000 System Programs Ver M m System Disk 1 There are several important numbers to keep in mind here M m indicates indicate the major and minor Version of W 9000 Software Pre release versions of software would have an additional line stating Pre release M m rr where rr is the revision identifier The associated W 9000 Updates w
17. file press N or lt Ese gt lt Enter gt is used to request display of the currently selected file When you press the lt Enter gt key the program reads the selected file and displays the image from within it on the screen The screen will then look exactly as it did when the file was originally saved Note that looking at these images can sometimes be confusing They may be images of screens with menus or live data fields Since these are static images they will not update and the program will not respond to any attempt to make menu selections lt Esc gt returns you to the menu lt F2 gt selects the next file in the list and displays it A convenient way to quickly view all of the saved screen images is to select the first display and press lt Enter gt Next go through all of the displays by pressing lt F2 gt Press the lt Esc gt key while in the Screen Review and Print Utility to return to the Off Line Utility menu Software Version 4 2 9 3 Off Line Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 93 The Binary File Utilities Program Introduction to the Binary File Utilities Program Binutil Binary File Utilities is an off line program that provides the following functions for the W 9000 binary data files e Convert all fields from a W 9000 binary data file into an ASCII text file This format can be read by many third party data analysis and editing programs e Convert selected fields and flags from a W 9000 b
18. 1 13 32 2 278 26 8 65 23 23 166 16341 58 3 15 9 12 17 9 281 8 8 49 23 24 58 26711 56 1 16 8 11 13 7 235 6 9 58 23 23 38 23992 51 5 17 6 18 14 1 224 4 8 34 23 23 YA Press any key to continue Figure 7 15 CLIMAT TEMP Monthly Means System Software Version 4 2 7 11 Chapter 7 Data Analysis W 9000 Meteorological Processing System A climate data file is created every time that Data Analysis is selected from the Flight menu PTU and wind data for the current flight is saved in this file During a single flight repeatedly entering Data Analysis will cause the climate data file to be over written with more complete information about the flight To guarantee that the climate data file includes information from the whole flight this should be performed at the end of the flight Note that climate data files are only saved with real flights not restored or simulated flights The contents of the directory where the CLIMAT data files are stored is automatically managed by the software Only files from the current month and the previous month are kept in the directory The files that are from the month before last are deleted CLIMAT TEMP is an optional software package It will not be included in the Data Analysis Output Menu unless the software for this option has been loaded 7 15 Code And Process Messages Selecting Code and Process Messages from the Data Analysis Output menu calls the optional Process Coded Messages menu The Code and Pr
19. 14 16 17 18 19 20 24 23 26 2y 29 30 33 35 37 38 40 50 B 4 List of W 9000 System Errors MESSAGE Next without FOR Syntax error RETURN without GOSUB Out of Data Illegal function call Overflow Out of memory Label not defined Subscript out of range Duplicate definition Division by zero Illegal in direct mode Type mismatch Out of string space String formula too complex Cannot continue Function not defined No RESUME RESUME without error Device timeout Device fault FOR without NEXT Out of paper WHILE without WEND WEND without WHILE Duplicate LABEL Subprogram not defined Argument count mismatch Array not defined Variable required FIELD overflow 0 FLIGHTID Error from II Request There was a status error returned from the ZEEMET Rack when the sonde serial was sent FLIGHT Error from XS Request There was a status error returned from the ZEEMET Rack in response to the XS command Software Version 4 2 CODE 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 61 62 63 64 67 68 69 70 71 73 74 75 76 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 Appendix B W 9000 Error Codes MESSAGE Internal error Bad file name or number File not found Bad file mode File already open Field statement active Device I O error File already exists Bad record length Disk full Input past end of file Bad record number Bad filename Too many files Device unavailable Communication buffer overflow Permission denie
20. 16 15 A 50 40 30 20 10 a 10 20 30 40 KA Min Sec 28 57 Pres 392 8 Temp 41 9 Hum 27 3 Figure 6 5 Concurrent Plot A digital display of the latest MET data can be found on the bottom line of display Time is displayed in minutes and seconds pressure in millibars temperature in Celsius and relative humidity in percent In the point select mode described below the digital display contains MET data values of the hairline The data shown in the graph comes from the Fine Structure Array FSA file As radiosonde measurements are collected throughout the flight they are stored in the FSA file The W 9000 system software automatically calculates significant levels of temperature and humidity from the FSA file Significant levels are designated on the graph by horizontal tick marks In some cases it is possible that some of the data traces can overlap In such cases it sometimes helps to toggle off the pressure display This can be done by first making sure that the lt Caps Lock gt lt Num Lock gt and lt Scroll Lock gt keys have been deactivated and then pressing lt Alt P gt Pressing lt Alt P gt retrieves the pressure plot Also to get the pressure trace to appear you may need to adjust the monitor contrast The PTU plot has three operating modes Concurrent Plot Data Display and Point Select Concurrent Plot Concurrent Plot is the default mode during a flight It is illustrated in Figure 6 5 Concurrent mode
21. 1992 Receiver Installation 69 21 26 Installation Parameters Receiver Tupe 4631696 Decoder External AFC Reference Value 6 255 Starting Search Frequency Ending Search Frequency Default Receiver Volume Please toggle choice Rx463 attached A Figure 3 8 Receiver Installation Software Version 4 2 3 9 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Receiver Type Selection for the type of Receiver being used Valid choices are 403 for a Sippican 403 MHz Receiver 1680 for Sippican 1680 MHz hardware Decoder for a Sippican Decoder used with an external receiver and External to mean no Sippican Receiver or Decoder AFC Reference Value Automatic Frequency Control reference value for the receiver The default value is 170 Starting Search Frequency The starting frequency MHz at which to begin the search for the radiosonde When the receiver is commanded to conduct a search for the sonde the search will start at this frequency Ending Search Frequency The ending frequency MHz at which to end the search for the sonde When the receiver is commanded to conduct a search for the sonde the search will end at this frequency The starting and ending search frequencies affect the search speed The receiver module can complete a search pass through a narrower search band faster than through a wide band If the radiosondes to be flown by a system are set to a the same frequency the se
22. 29 1992 Surface Data 16 47 64 Surface Measurement Units Value Wind Speed Knots 23 3 Wind Direction Degrees 288 Pressure Mbs 992 5 Dry Bulb Temperature Deg C 2 B Relative Humidity z 48 8 Wet Bulb Temp optional Deg C 6 6 WMO Cloud Code NhC1CmCh AAAS Standard Day amp Hour DDHH 6668 Transmission Id 66G861 Wind Speed knots mann A Input Mode Over Type Figure 5 10 Surface Data Entry Humidity Calculation As a convenient aid in determining the relative humidity at the surface an optional automatic humidity calculation is built in To use this feature first enter the surface pressure and surface dry and wet bulb temperatures Once all three are entered the following prompt appears Would you like humidity calculated Y N If you answer lt Y gt the humidity field on the display is automatically updated with the calculated humidity Afterward whenever any of these three values change the opportunity for an updated automatic humidity calculation will present itself Since the wet bulb temperature is only used in this optional calculation its value is not saved with the other surface data values A record of the value is stored in the journal file JNL If you do not wish to use this function there is no need to enter a wet bulb temperature WMO Message Coding Parameters If your software contains the WMO Message Coding option you will have three additional parameters list
23. 29 Move Antenna to Start Position The objective is to determine the exact time it takes the antenna to travel from one end position through the entire range of motion to the other end position Therefore at the same instant that you press a key on the keyboard to start the antenna moving a signal should be given for the person watching the antenna rotor to start the stop watch Move to a position where you can view the movement of the directional antenna and note the exact time on the stop watch that the antenna stops moving This time in seconds and tenths is the antenna cycle time that should be entered October 14 1992 Antenna Configuration 14 89 12 Configuration Parameters Units Value Antenna Mode toggle Auto Antenna Selection toggle Omni Antenna System toggle Rotor Antenna Switch Over meters 10666 8 Antenna Cycle Time Rotor Only seconds tenths 56 8 Most Probable Sonde Azimuth Rotor Only degrees 98 Cucle Time Determination Assistance The next step is to move the antenna through its whole range Pressing any key will activate this process Start your your stop watch at the same time that you press the key YA Press lt ENTER gt to continue lt ESC gt to exit Figure 3 30 Start Antenna Timing 3 28 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities October 14 1992 Antenna Configuration 14 89 22 Conf iguration Parameters Antenna Mo
24. 3 8 Change height coding units to 500 M after 30 000 M oooonnoconincccoccnonnninnncnnncnnns 3 8 Ignore wind direction changes during calm WINdS oooooooccnncccnococonoconnnonancnnnnnos 3 8 Incremental Level Selec a a 3 9 RECAE A ns ed 3 9 Receiver O A A Aa e EA A na 3 10 AFC Reference Vales area a o E o 3 10 Starting Search Frequentes 3 10 Ending Search rre quen alas 3 10 Default Receiver Volume 3 11 Event Manager Configuration 1 c lt 0sciscccessssavecsssd ccsstesasisvecdsdceesssvacssvetadesecdears 3 12 Wind Fido elener coves cise 3 13 Loran PACKER ss pyanese a a e a hea 3 14 Enabling PVT GPS Oper it is 3 16 Enabling Differential GPS OperatiOM ooooonoccnococoncnoncnononccnncconoconn cono corn ncconccnnno 3 16 Wind Computational 3 17 Selecting the Basis for a Wind Interval oooooonnccinncinocaconcconccononcnnncconocannnonnnons 3 18 Wind Interval Data Fields asii io 3 18 e AA 3 18 Section Start ME tt 3 18 Smoothing Length Seconds id A sabentuanaamions 3 18 Minimum Good Data Samples oooooccninconococococononononononoconoconn nono nono no cono cnncnnnnnos 3 19 Computation Interval Seconds cccccsscessceeseeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeseecaecneeeeeeensaes 3 19 Interval Selection by MiS el Acsicencdas tence yee te eed 3 19 Interval Number la ce 3 19 ac A IN 3 19 interval Selection by Ha a de ha ener acd 3 20 Interval UD SI os dy paces s 3 20 n AA ci DO Interval Number Zi el 3 20 a A ace Ses ees E EE n E EREA Eai 3 20
25. 4 2 7 13 Chapter 7 Data Analysis W 9000 Meteorological Processing System At this time you may code any of the WMO messages by pressing the number next to the desired message As the coding programs progress through the building of the selected message each new group coded will be displayed on the screen When the encoding of the message is finished it will be displayed within the Edit Message screen as shown below in Figure 7 18 See the Edit Message description below for a complete description of the use of this display Normally the user will select Disk Save to save the message just coded and then lt Esc gt to return to the Compute WMO Message menu EDIT MESSAGE TTBB 17258 63976 559 68862 55663 11161 66116 50089 44885 99459 55133 27018 28535 28632 23636 68808 17671 16175 683 11621 66578 22155 77166 66062 32668 11946 55729 11877 66654 11396 18175 22349 66186 719 77163 23615 22619 27828 27547 77482 28546 26532 33142 26548 23831 31313 89819 Figure 7 18 Computed TEMP B Message 7 17 Code New Military Messages Select Code New Military Messages from the Process Coded Message menu to see the Code New Military Messages menu as shown in Figure 7 19 24058 86878 25778 71977 33954 88367 44138 868080 22878 77581 33218 88161 29838 26838 28825 41414 21259 61677 49767 69177 44844 99188 55125 110101 33835 88522 44189 21212 26535 27858 26528 1 Edit 2 Hard
26. 48 48 Interval selection is by Time Section Smoothing Minimum Computation Start Length Interval Interval Cseconds Cseconds Sanples Cseconds 0 120 30 60 Use Space Bar to Select Height or Time A Figure 3 15 Wind Interval Selection Loran For wind calculation purposes each flight can be divided into up to six consecutive user defined intervals or sections numbered 1 to 6 in the left most column After indicating the start of an interval second column you can set three wind interval parameters the three right most columns that tell the system how to calculate winds for each interval The following sections describe in detail how to do this 3 16 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities Selecting the Basis for a Wind Interval You can define wind intervals or sections on the basis of either Time or Height The default is Section selection is by Time as indicated on the menu Figure 3 15 when it opens You can change the basis for wind interval definition only when you first enter the menu before pressing Enter or Down Arrow To accept the default press Enter or Down Arrow To change to Height press H to change back to Time press T Or you can press Space Bar to toggle between the two Once you have the basis you want press Enter or press Ese to end data entry and get a prompt to verify that you want to accept all the parameters as they are
27. 53 5 7 3 41 2 5 5 53133 6 3612 6 5788 8 12 4 116 54 8 7 3 41 2 5 5 53132 6 3612 6 5789 6 12 4 116 56 2 7 3 41 2 5 5 53131 8 3012 0 5798 8 12 4 116 57 2 7 3 41 2 5 4 53132 6 3612 8 5791 8 12 4 116 58 4 7 3 41 2 5 5 53132 86 3612 6 5792 8 12 4 117 61 1 7 2 41 2 5 5 53132 6 3813 8 5794 8 12 4 117 02 1 7 2 41 1 5 4 53131 8 3012 0 5795 8 12 4 117 63 4 7 2 41 8 5 5 53132 6 3611 0 5796 8 12 4 INPUT FILE SPEC C NFLIGHTSNFLT3796 W983796 MTZ Figure 9 9 Input Binary Data File Software Version 4 2 9 9 Off Line Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System The following keys are active in the tabular display lt Home gt Displays the first page of data in the file lt End gt Displays the last record in the file on the first line of the view window lt PgUp gt Displays the previous page of data in the view window An audible beep is heard if the topmost page of data is being displayed lt PgDn gt Displays the next page of data in the view window An audible beep is heard if the last page of data is being displayed lt Up Arrow gt Scrolls the view window down one line and inserts a new line at the top of the view window An audible beep is heard if the window cannot scroll any further lt Down Arrow gt Scrolls the view window up one line and inserts a new line at the bottom of the view window An audible beep is heard if the window cannot scroll any further lt Esc gt Returns the user to
28. 6 Flight Operations The lt F9 gt key returns the wind data at the current cursor position to its original unedited value This can be done at any time during a sounding on a point by point basis The lt Shift F9 gt key will restore all the wind data to their original values Wind data can be marked as missing with the lt F6 gt key on a point by point basis Missing points are represented as for their value and the graph lines to and from the missing point are removed Ifa point has been previously marked as being bad by the operator pressing lt F6 gt take away its missing status and return the point to its previous value lt F6 gt has no affect on points marked missing by the computer You can mark points as significant with the lt F2 gt key This places a tick mark at the current wind data position and adds the point to the list of significant wind levels If however there is already a tick mark on the currently selected point the lt F2 gt will remove the tick mark and take the point off the list of significant levels The lt F8 gt key when pressed causes the computer to recalculate the significant levels The previously described operator editing features effect which points of the flight are significant For this reason the significant levels need to be recalculated after any operator editing Axis Adjustment Another mode of operation is available by pressing lt F1 gt In this mode the upper and lower limits o
29. Antenna Selection toggle Omni Antenna System toggle Rotor Antenna Suitch Over meters 16686 6 Amtenna Cycle Time Rotor Only seconds tenths 56 8 Most Probable Sonde Azimuth Rotor Only degrees 98 AA It is assumed that the correct version of software has been loaded into the interface module If this has not been done refer to the downloading instructions F Press any key to continue lt Esc gt to exit A Figure 3 28 Interface Module Version Check The screen shown in Figure 3 29 shows that the antenna is preparing for the timing test by moving all the way to one extreme end of its range When the antenna is at one end of the range the next screen Figure 3 30 indicates that the system is ready to start the cycle time measurement Software Version 4 2 3 27 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System August 88 1996 Antenna Configuration 15 57 85 Conf iguration Parameters Units Value Antenna Mode toggle Auto Antenna Selection toggle Omni Antenna System toggle Rotor Antenna Switch Over neters 16688 6 Antenna Cycle Time Rotor Only seconds tenths 54 4 Most Probable Sonde Azimuth Rotor Only degrees g DO Going beyond this screen will cause the antenna rotor to turn to its extreme counter clockuise position It should take about 1 minute for this step to complete F Press any key to continue lt Esc gt to exit A Figure 3
30. Binary File Utilities Prostatic cs dida 9 4 Introduction to the Binary File Utilities Program cee eeeeceeeeceteceeeneeeeeeeees 9 4 Command Em od e Ala 9 4 Input File Specification A A A ec Nise vee pean ee ee 9 4 O tp t File Specific s 9 5 OPUS A A 9 5 Interactive Mod ou 9 6 94 The FEY GME TP O o da A 9 10 AVGMET Command Line Syntax ccc ccccccectstceccedecccsecssecosatedetesstversecedacecenstai 9 11 9 5 The Caps Pro OO 9 11 Simulated Terminal Operations a eens ae eaness 9 12 Capture Data to ide aan land clau 9 13 Confie re COM Ports a aii 9 14 9 6 The Grapher Program sce sseced taste A E 9 14 Flight Data Management sesssesssesssecssooesoossooesssesssosssooesoosssossssesssosssoossoossssssssesssose 10 1 10 1 Introduction to Data MANI biie 10 1 10 2 W 9000 System Directory Structure ooconooccnoccnoncconncconocono nono conn nono nocnnncnancnnnnno 10 1 10 3 Files Used to Store Flight Dalarnas dida 10 5 Raw Plight Data Files ti 10 5 Processed Flight Data Piles ica a ai 10 6 Control FUES ane te Ren Me BRT aie RTS REM ere CE rr OO See ROP rer or 10 6 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Table of Contents Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C sondeo Calibracion Files 2s pee Se na a a a ia 10 7 Summary and Message Coding Files ii jr 10 7 Miscellaneous Miles hos at di e iba 10 8 10 4 Disk Space Management resi rio 10 9 Copying Flight Data to Diskett8 ooooocinncnnncococcconcnononcon
31. Changes made to the system setup after this point are assumed to be specific to the flight only and are not saved in the W 9000 System directory Permanent changes to the system setup must be entered by running the Installation and Setup programs see Chapter 3 or they will have to be re entered for each flight Software Version 4 2 4 3 Chapter 4 Starting Up The W 9000 System W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Simulated Flight System configuration files are copied from the archived flight to the flight data directory on the hard disk Flight data is obtained from files in the archived flight on the hard disk To run the W 9000 System in a simulated mode by replaying a previously saved flight type START lt flight ID gt lt system name gt lt flight ID gt lt Enter gt In this command line the flight ID and system name take on the following meanings lt flight ID gt The flight ID is that of the flight you wish to run This would be the flight ID that was entered when the flight was flown For example if you ran a flight and gave it a flight ID of 1234 when you first ran it the flight ID would be 1234 lt system name gt The prefix to the lt flight ID gt on the filenames in the flight directory containing the files you wish to re run The lt system name gt is the 3 character name for the system whose flight you want replayed This parameter is identical to the System Name in SETUP Station Installation see Station Inst
32. Northwest Pacific Canadian West Coast U S West Coast Great Lakes Mediterranean Sea E a un Figure 3 11 Loran Chain Window Software Version 4 2 3 13 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Select Loran for the ZEEMET System and press the Enter key Press the Down Arrow to highlight the Loran Chain for the desired tracker and press the Enter key The window shown in Figure 3 11 shows all of the available Loran chains which may be selected for the current tracker with their corresponding GRI values A check mark is placed next to the currently selected Loran chain Once you have selected a Loran chain press the Enter key to open the window shown in Figure 3 12 February 16 1995 Wind Finding Installation 14 58 24 Wind Finding Method ZEEMET System Chain 1 Chain 2 Loran Chain Name GRI Select Northeast U S 99658 North Pacific 9998 Gulf of Alaska 7968 Northwest Pacific 9978 Canadian West Coast 5998 U S West Coast 9948 Great Lakes 8978 Mediterranean 3ea 7998 2 a un Figure 3 12 Loran Station Window This window displays the Loran stations within the selected chain Use the arrow keys and Space Bar to Include or Exclude the desired stations Only the Master station and the stations set to Include will be used by the wind finding software to calculate wind data The first station in the list will always be the Master station and 1t cannot be
33. PRINT C FLIGHTS NEW LORCHAIN TXT Enter 3 24 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities 3 10 Antenna Configuration Antenna configuration is used to specify the type of antenna being used the operating mode of the antenna and if required to determine operating parameters for the antenna Some of the parameters in the antenna configuration screen Figure 3 26 are only required for a specific type of antenna system These are noted where appropriate fuguet 88 1996 Antenna Configuration 15 55 22 Configuration Parameters Amtenna Mode toggle Antenna Selection toggle Antenna System toggle Antenna Suitch Over meters Amtenna Cycle Time Rotor Only seconds tenth Most Probable Sonde Azimuth Rotor Only degrees Please Toggle Choice with Space Bar A Figure 3 26 Antenna Configuration Electronic Antenna Description The electronic antenna is a multi element electronically switched antenna which does not require any user configuration once it has been properly assembled Simply enter the Antenna System Antenna Mode and Antenna Select parameters from the Antenna Configuration screen Each of these parameters is described in the following sections Refer to the assembly instructions which came with your system Rotor Antenna Description The rotor antenna consists of an omnidirectional antenna and one directional antenna element mounted on a rotor The rotor
34. Red Yellow Green Blue Fields o oooooconcccnncnnananananacinocnnananananancccccconcnnnnns 6 23 6 12 Wind Speed and Direction Graphs oooooonnnccnnoconocononcnonnnonnncconocono cono conn nono nonnnnos 6 23 NT Wy NS A A La A os ss oss hae ER a A 6 24 E ERE 6 24 Axis AUS MO A a 6 25 6 13 Wind Vector Components area 6 26 AA DA T E on do a 6 26 AR DAR A eet RON eee naa LSE Pe PP try een 6 26 6 16 Edit launch r End ME a nda 6 26 6AT Exit MM suonaude tacts ansveass yee aaa a 6 28 EN A A II II E 6 29 A davswdestenssecadsncansts ciandecavisesandacsadesendeds eckesongsevendesdassesssadsvess 7 1 TL ATOMIC vor a E a e nance e e E Eaa 7 1 hed Data Analysis OMPI O E a A rA a 7 3 T3 Report Printing enren NA 7 3 TA ASLAM OUD A See e a e a a e i 7 3 Red E TU SUMMAT Y o a R A AR EN E EA 7 4 TO Wind Sunma A A 7 5 Delt Analysis Summa A O 7 5 7 87 Standard A Surfaces a ae 7 6 7 9 Met Significant A oiaces sevat os ronseis vena socana 7 7 ELO Wind Sientticant Levels ati 7 8 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Table of Contents TAT Restonal Wind Levels cl AA A a 7 8 A A et atime aerated ir duet Soka E feel i oer AN 7 10 qlo NED Data FES oes hte Ne E Ai a 7 10 shel Monthly MES ri is ts des 7 11 7 15 Code and Process Messages aa 7 12 7 16 Compute WMO Message ana 7 13 7 17 Code New Military Mess ia 7 14 TAS Edit MSS AOS sen cet santas tite AA ATI cis aad EDI 7 16 REO Editicoded WIESE AGES iii ia 7 18 O e e
35. Signif RHum 5 88 867 08 1386 18 8 41 18 8 C00 CAA Mandatory 6 44 858 8 1539 11 4 28 15 2 C00 PI Additional 6 72 842 6 1666 11 6 23 17 1 AS CAA Signif Temp 7 05 833 6 1688 8 8 5 33 8 CAA ERARA Additional 7 52 816 3 1851 7 7 5 32 5 C00 CAA AS Required 9 86 754 6 2468 9 7 4 34 1 CAA CAA A Mandatory 18 65 700 8 3034 13 9 8 27 4 AS CA Additional 11 87 686 4 3183 15 8 9 25 7 CAA CAA A Additional 12 67 649 2 3686 13 7 6 38 8 AAA CAA A yA Figure 7 14 NCDC Summary 7 14 Monthly Means Selecting Current Monthly Means or Previous Monthly Means from the Data Analysis Output menu will cause the system to search the climate data files directory and use all data files for the selected month to compute monthly means for the data for that month The resulting data is formatted and output as shown in Figure 7 15 The month that the summary applies to is shown in the title block at the top of the summary Press any key when finished viewing the summary to return to the Data Analysis Output Menu December 21 1992 CLIMAT TEMP MONTHLY MEANS FOR 11 92 11 63 28 Press Height Temp D P D Humid Speed V Direct UV Speed Stead MT MW mb m Cc Cc 4 kts deg kts 4 day 10668 85 16 8 11 1 51 6 9 856 1518 6 9 14 2 55 8 9 91 5 2 58 23 23 708 3684 8 5 17 8 43 12 4 152 1 2 18 23 23 588 5695 16 8 14 5 35 24 9 251 12 1 48 23 23 306 9329 44 0 6 6 21 46 2 227 19 6 42 23 23 266 11964 57 7 15 3 15 38 6 277 19 1 58 23 23 156 13777 56 7 16
36. Tab gt or lt Enter gt keys lt Enter gt updates the field that is currently displayed before advancing to the next field while lt Tab gt advances without saving The fields of the graph definition window are filled out differently Graph Name and Graph Title Fields The graph name is used by the program to distinguish which graph format is which and must therefore be unique for each format The graph title is the title that appears above the graph and does not have to be unique The graph name and graph title are entered by typing in the desired characters The lt Right Arrow gt and lt Left Arrow gt keys move the cursor along the typed text and are provided for editing purposes Press lt Enter gt to accept the displayed text and move to the next field Y Axis Field The vertical scale or Y axis the graphs is one of pressure time or height The Y axis field selects which of these is used When this field is tabbed to another window appears with the three choices listed in it To select an interval type move the cursor with the lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt lt Up Arrow gt and lt Down Arrow gt keys to the desired type and press lt Enter gt Red Yellow Green Blue Fields Use these fields to select the data types that the graph will plot in that color When this field is selected an additional window is displayed Select data types by moving down through the displayed data types with the lt Down Arrow gt lt Up Arrow gt lt
37. afterwards See Chapter 3 for details 8 17 Event Manager Configuration This utility can also be accessed through the Setup menu as well The difference mentioned above applies here also See Chapter 3 for details 8 18 Wind Computation Setup This utility can also be accessed through the Setup menu as well The difference mentioned above applies here also See Chapter 3 for details 8 19 Sonde View Sonde View displays raw and processed radiosonde data Sonde View is included as a utility so that it can be accessed during flight preparation During flight Sonde View can also be accessed via the Data Display menu See Chapter 6 for details 8 20 View Journal File The journal file records significant and unusual events during a flight It also records configuration details The journal file is used primarily as debugging tool when problems occur Appendix B describes the format of error messages in the journal file 8 21 Acknowledge Alarm event In the event that radio contact with the sonde is lost an audible alarm goes off To turn off the alarm select Acknowledge Alarm Event in the Flight menu 8 38 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities 8 22 Index to ZEEMET Rack Commands The following index is for the ZEEMET Rack commands listed in Section 8 5 It consists of the command followed by the page number COMMAND PAGE COMMAND PAGE COMMAND PAGE AB 23 IMC 29 XGY 15 AC 24 IM
38. as necessary To view this file boot the computer from drive C At the DOS prompt C gt type README Enter The README file will be displayed one screen at a time for you to read and make notes in your operator s manual as necessary 2 9 Setting System Time and Date The system time should be checked before every flight If the time or date is not correct these parameters should be fixed This section discusses the procedure for changing the time and date Before the procedure is discussed note that the W 9000 system software assumes the time and date parameters are in GMT It is imperative when using this procedure that the date and time be entered in GMT 2 4 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 2 Software Installation Date and time are set while in DOS Use the following procedure to set the time 1 Type TIME Enter For example if the current system time is set to 10 15 A M the computer will respond with the message Current time is 10 15 00 00 Type the current time in GMT For example if the current time in GMT is 1 30 P M type 13 30 Enter Use the following procedure to set the data l Ze 2 10 Type in DATE Enter If the current system date is set to Friday October 23 1992 the computer will respond with the message Current date is Fri 10 23 92 Type current GMT date in the mm dd yy format For example if the current date in GMT is Saturday October 24 1992 type 10 24 92 En
39. be toggled in the Tune display by using the up and down cursor arrow keys which can be found on the numeric key pad To exit the Tune display press lt Esc gt This will reactivate the Status display 8 14 Antenna The system can be configured to automatically adjust the antenna based on the azimuth information made available through processing wind data Also it can be manually controlled through the system software by selecting item 5 on the Utility menu This invokes the antenna display which is shown in Figure 810 September 11 1992 Antenna Display 88 52 52 Parameter Value Rx Sig Str 38 Current Freq 463 046 Location Stat Located Initialization Done Active Antenna Omni Ant Position Most Prob z Antenna Mode Sonde Azimuth Sonde Range 185818 8 Last Wind Time 76 66 6 Flight Clock 27 62 3 Figure 8 10 Antenna Display The antenna display can be viewed within the context of a compass rose with north at the top of the screen When available the orientation of the Yagi antenna in compass degrees relative to north is shown on the display as a red line antenna position line extending from the center most circle heading circle In Figure 8 10 the antenna has a heading of 123 degrees This is shown by the antenna position line as well as the digital value of the heading shown in the center heading circle The Yagi antenna is moved one degree at a time with each push of the left
40. can be set permanently from the setup menu before starting any flight The design of the W 9000 System is to allow the operator to code messages save them to disk and then edit or transmit the messages that were saved Although message editing is also available when coding new messages messages can only be transmitted from the Process Coded Message menu To exit from the Process Coded Messages menu press lt Esc gt This will result in return to the Data Analysis Output menu At this point if return to the Flight menu is desired press lt Ese gt again 7 16 Compute WMO Message Select Code New WMO Messages from the Process Coded Message menu to see the Compute WMO Message menu as shown below in Figure 7 17 In this menu messages to encode are selected by pressing the number key associated with the desired message as displayed in the menu Press lt Ese gt to return to the Process Coded Messages Menu If the system setup is to use bulletins for WMO messages then this menu will present a list of available bulletins for selection instead of the list of basic WMO messages If the CLIMAT option is installed then the final item available for selection will be for coding CLIMAT messages October 29 1992 Compute WMO Message 14 13 47 MESSAGES TEMP A TEMP B TEMP C TEMP D PILOT A PILOT B PILOT C PILOT D CLIMAT TEMP WONTORWUNE Please Enter Number of Selection Figure 7 17 Compute WMO Message System Software Version
41. detected Data is available from the Launch record up to the record marked as the End of Flight The message End of Flight detected is displayed at the bottom of the screen September 16 1992 Refractivity Display 11 46 53 TIME PRESS TEMP RH DEW PT HEIGHT REFRACT REFRACT REFRACT REFRACT min sec mb Cc va Cc meters N units N km M units condition 6 19 5 982 2 1 8 34 8 15 3 178 4 298 3 333 4 318 3 SUB B 26 7 982 2 1 8 35 4 15 8 178 8 298 5 6 6 318 5 SUB 21 9 981 8 1 8 35 8 14 9 181 9 298 5 41 8 319 6 STANDARD 23 2 981 1 1 8 35 6 15 8 187 7 298 2 113 3 319 7 SUPER B 24 4 981 3 1 8 36 3 14 8 185 4 298 5 7 4 319 6 STANDARD 6 25 6 988 6 1 8 36 9 14 6 191 1 298 4 6 6 320 4 STANDARD 6 26 9 988 3 1 8 37 2 14 5 194 2 298 4 9 7 3280 9 STANDARD 8 28 1 979 9 1 8 37 4 14 5 197 8 298 4 26 9 321 3 STANDARD B 29 3 979 6 1 9 37 5 14 5 199 8 298 3 19 5 321 7 STANDARD 6 36 6 979 2 1 9 37 6 14 5 262 6 298 3 5 4 322 1 SUB 6 31 8 978 9 1 9 38 6 14 4 265 5 298 3 171 7 322 5 TRAP 6 33 6 978 8 2 0 37 7 14 5 265 8 298 2 86 3 322 5 SUB B 34 2 978 8 2 6 37 9 14 5 286 3 298 3 34 3 322 7 STANDARD 6 35 5 978 6 2 1 37 9 14 5 212 2 298 1 84 3 323 4 SUPER 6 36 7 978 3 2 1 38 3 14 4 218 2 298 2 46 5 323 2 STANDARD 6 37 9 978 2 2 6 38 3 14 4 211 1 298 2 87 4 323 3 SUB 6 39 1 978 1 2 6 38 7 14 2 212 8 298 3 11 6 323 5 SUB B 46 4 978 6 2 1 38 8 14 2 212 9 298 3 323 7 YA End of flight detected Figure 6 9 Tabular Refracti
42. entering the Report Selection Menu and refer to the section Report Definition in this chapter for instructions July 31 1996 Report Selection Menu 13 57 87 Report Name Serial Output NO Report Title Printer Output NO Interval Type Interval Amount 6 666 Tabular Data NEW DEFINE NEW REPORTS PTUVT Pressure Temperature Humidity PTUVH Pressure Temperature Humidity TempuP Dewpoint Virtual Potential Temperature ENTER SelectRpt TAB NxtField Figure 6 15 Report Selection Menu The up and down arrow keys are used to select a previously defined format To generate and view a report with a previously defined format move the highlight to the desired format and press lt Enter gt When you press lt Enter gt the report will first be sent to the serial port and printer 1f their output fields are set to Yes Then the report will be displayed for you to browse Instructions for browsing are in the section titled Report Browsing in this chapter The highlight in the lower window is on the name and title of the currently selected report The upper window shows more information about the currently selected report In addition to the name and title the interval type and interval amount are displayed the status of the serial and printer output switches are displayed and the number of columns of the report Tabular Data is shown The upper window can be used to temporarily change the sel
43. flown restored or simulated Chapter 10 describes the W 9000 flight data files and how to use the Flight Management Utility Refer to Chapter 10 for Flight Management Utility operating details Report Generator Selecting Report Generator runs the Report Generator Utility This software is an option of the W 9000 System software Only if this option was purchased and installed will it appear in the menu Use Report Generator option to generate status reports on system configuration parameters for the active restored flight To report data for a different flight 1 Press lt Esc gt to return to the Off Line Utility Menu 2 Select the first item Flight Archive Utility 3 Choose a flight and restore it make it the active file Refer to Data Display in Chapter 6 for instructions on the use of the Report Generator Utility program Graph Generator Selecting Graph Generator runs the Graphic Display Utility This software is an option of the W 9000 System Software Only if this option was purchased and installed will it appear in the menu When you select Graph Generator a menu offering displays of flight data in graphic form will be presented The graphic displays will use the data of the currently active restored flight To view data for a different flight 1 Press lt Esc gt to return to the Off Line Utility Menu 2 Select the first item Flight Archive Utility 3 Choose a flight and restore it make it the active file
44. from the setup menu Changes made at this point are saved and used only for the present flight If permanent changes are desired record the parameters that have been set and run the Set Transmit Data Parameters from the Setup menu as described in the chapter on setup 7 24 Report Files Copies of the reports generated in the Data Analysis Output menu are written to files if and only if a report is accessed from the menu These files are given standard flight identifier file names with the file extensions listed below and are saved in the flight save directory for the flight when the flight data is saved FILE EXTENSION REPORT SUM PTU Summary WSM Wind Summary CSM Analysis Summary FLS Freezing Level Summary RWL Regional Wind Levels SMT Significant PTU Levels SWD Significant Wind Levels SIS Standard Isobaric Surfaces CDS NCDC Summary CMT CIIMAT Temp Monthly Means 7 22 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities Chapter 8 Flight Utilities 8 1 Introduction The W 9000 Flight Utilities consists of useful programs which configure assist and control the operation of the system in various ways Detailed descriptions of the purpose and use of these utilities are the subject of this chapter The Flight Utilities menu Figure 8 1 can be accessed from either the Flight Preparation menu or the Flight menu The rest of this chapter describes the utilities available using the menu in Figure 8 1
45. is monitoring for the remote signal from the sonde This condition occurs when the system is armed for launch Committing to Sonde The Loran signal is supplied by the remote Loran signal from the sonde but it can still switch back to the local signal if the remote signal can no longer be found This condition exists after the system has been armed for launch but before launch has been detected Committed to Sonde The Loran signal is being supplied by the remote Loran signal from the sonde and it cannot switch back to the local signal This condition exists after launch has been detected Restarting Navaid Lockup Under certain conditions it is possible to receive an invalid Navaid lockup An invalid lockup is a situation where the Navaid display will indicate lockup but the data is not valid for wind computation For Loran an improper lockup may be evidenced by an invalid set of Time Difference TD data whose values differ from their typical values by 100 or more microseconds In order to recognize an invalid Loran lockup you should record typical TD values for several lockup sequences 10 or more at your station If a lockup sequence differs from these typical values by 100 microseconds or more the lockup should be considered invalid and a restart should be initiated The re lock procedure is described below If you receive an invalid lockup for Loran you can restart the lockup sequence for each tracker Press lt Alt 1 gt to restart t
46. message The default value is 10 Number of Blank Lines Between Messages Indicates the number of blank lines which are placed between each message in a multi message bulletin The default value is 0 Include Significant Winds PPBB and PPDD An entry of Y specifies that significant winds will be encoded along with regional wind levels in PILOT Section 4 Include Last Wind in PILOT Section 4 An entry of Y indicates that the last wind should be encoded in PILOT Section 4 when Include Significant Winds is set to N This parameter is ignored if the Include Significant Winds parameter is set to Y Replace with 0 in PPBB station elevation In PPBB when winds are coded in height units in section 4 setting this option to Y will cause u to be encoded as 0 instead of for the station elevation indicator Do not generate 41414 in TTBB Setting this option to Y will cause Section 8 the cloud data to be left out of TTBB Do not generate 52525 in TTBB Region II Setting this option to Y will cause the 52525 group for Region II message coding to be left out of TTBB Section 9 Add WMO number before first group Setting this option to Y will cause the WMO Station Number to be encoded on the first line of the message before the message name Change height coding units to 500 M after 30 000 M The default for this option is N No This makes the height coding unit 300 meters Changing it to Y Yes changes the height coding unit to 500 m for w
47. meters RUN SCRIPT6 T Time for Test 4 P Pressure for Test 5 mb H Height for Test 6 meters Please Enter Test 1 Pressure lt 5668 mb RUN SCRIPT1 A Input Mode Over Type Figure 3 9 Event Manager Configuration Tests that are enabled are performed periodically during the flight If and when a test becomes true the corresponding script file is run Tests are enabled by setting their value to Y Test 1 becomes true when there is complete meteorological data for the 500 mb surface Complete meteorological data means that you have wind and PTU data for the 500 mb surface Test 2 becomes true when there is complete meteorological data for the 100 mb surface and PTU data is available for the 65 mb surface PTU data to 65 mb insures that all tropopauses occurring before the 100 mb surface can be determined If this test is enabled SCRIPT2 will run if the flight ends before the conditions above are met Test 3 becomes true when end of flight is detected Test 4 becomes true when the time since arm for launch reaches the time specified Test 5 becomes true when the pressure reaches the specified pressure Test 6 becomes true when the height reaches the specified height If you are using message coding version less than 3 3 you must set all tests to a value of N Otherwise some wind data may not be included in the coded message Software Version 4 2 3 11 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Proce
48. occurred It also provides the error number Looking up the error number 606 in the list below tells us that a request was issued to the ZEEMET Rack that was not recognized The second line indicates the severity of the error The severity ranges from 0 for a very minor error to 10 for a severe error which results in the termination of a flight In this case the severity is 8 This is a serious error in the sense that the action requested could not be carried out however a full recovery was made from the error and it had no impact on the performance of the flight in any way The third line lists the program and or module that reported the error In the case below the error was reported by a subprogram searchtable in the module COMEURO Comeuro is the module that manages the communication with the ZEEMET Rack The fourth line is a brief text description of the error message that is generated as a result of the error In many cases this information saves having to refer to this section to gain insight into the nature of the error The fifth line is the line in the program where the error occurs 10 24 1989 08 38 41 System Error 606 Severity 8 Program COMEURO searchtable ErrData REQ lt VU gt NOT FOUND IN TABLE ERL Line 90 Figure B 1 Sample Journal File Error Entry B 2 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing system B 3 Basic Run Time Error Codes CODE 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
49. of the capture program If the capture mode is being run on two ports at the same time the active port can be changed using the lt F1 gt key When ready to exit capture mode press lt Ese gt and answer lt Y gt to save the captured data to disk or answer lt N gt to discard it Software Version 4 2 9 13 Off Line Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Configure COM Ports The Configure COM Ports option shown in Figure 9 13 allows you to set the asynchronous data parameters of the COM Port Pressing lt F1 gt toggles the active port that is the port to be configured Pressing lt F2 gt selects communication profiles for various W 9000 System configurations One of these profiles is USER DEFINED SETTINGS which allows you to custom configure the COM port speed parity data bits and stop bits March 16 1993 Conf igure COM Ports 14 44 23 COM 1 Configuration Parameters Baud Rate 9666 Data Bits Parity N Stop Bits i COM 2 Configuration Parameters Baud Rate 9688 Data Bits Parity N Stop Bits i Fil Select Active Port 2 F21 Select Parameter Set Zeemet Rack Figure 9 13 Configure COM Ports Press lt Esc gt from the main menu to return to the DOS command line 9 6 The Grapher Program Sippican supplies the Grapher program with W 9000 Systems as part of the system software package Grapher is an independent software package which is designed to make high resolution printed graphs of data Grapher can b
50. or more fields with a bad quality flag will not be printed to the output file If the bad records are not rejected each field with a bad quality flag is written to the output file as a value of 99 Do you wish to reject records with bad quality fields Y N Input file spec C NFLIGHTSNFLT3796 W983796 MTZ Output file spec C FLIGHTSNFLT3796 W983796 MTX Figure 9 8 Enter Reject Bad Records Option After the options have been selected the screen shown in Figure 9 6 is again displayed during the file conversion process You will be returned to the menu shown in Figure 9 5 when the conversion is complete Select View Input File to view the input binary data file The input binary file is displayed in a tabular format on the screen Figure 9 9 shows a tabular display of a MT2 data file October 36 1992 Binary File Utilities 16 47 15 TIME PRESSURE TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY SPARE 1 SPARE 2 SPARE 3 SPARE 4 min sec mb celcius percent 116 41 2 7 4 41 2 5 5 53133 8 3612 8 5778 8 12 4 116 42 5 7 3 41 1 5 5 53132 8B 3613 6 5779 6 12 4 116 43 7 7 3 41 1 5 5 53131 8 3612 8 5788 8 12 4 116 44 9 7 3 41 1 5 5 53132 6 3612 8 5781 8 12 4 116 46 2 7 3 41 1 5 5 53132 8 3012 8 5782 8 12 4 116 47 4 7 3 41 2 5 5 53133 8 3612 0 5783 8 12 4 116 48 6 7 3 41 1 5 5 53133 6 3612 8 5784 8 12 4 116 49 9 7 3 41 1 5 4 53131 8 3612 8 5785 8 12 4 116 51 1 7 3 41 2 5 4 53133 8 3812 8 5786 8 12 4 116 52 3 7 3 41 1 5 5 53132 08 3613 6 5787 8 12 4 116
51. primarily addresses the needs operators who are responsible for gathering meteorological data at weather stations The formatting in this manual is designed to show the differences between text that appears on the screen or is entered by the operator and text that is part of the manual Any keys or series of keys that you are to enter are shown in bold text Text that represents one or more keyboard keys is shown in bold text surrounded by angle brackets Keys with a printed name on their face are shown exactly as they appear on the computer keyboard Some examples are lt Home gt lt Enter gt and lt Esc gt Keys that do not have printed names are given standard names that are used throughout the manual The standard names are as follows lt Space Bar gt lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt lt Left Arrow gt lt Right Arrow gt If two or more keys need to be pressed at the same time all of the key names will be shown within brackets separated by hyphens For example if you are required to press the lt Alt gt key and the lt A gt key at the same time this will be shown as lt Alt A gt Text that is output on the printer or on the monitor is shown in bold text for example Is This Data Correct Y N lt Esc gt The Readme File This manual documents the W 9000 Meteorological Processing System running software version 4 2 This software contains a file called readme dat which notifies you of any updates made to the software
52. requires user configuration be it can be used during flight operations Refer to the assembly instructions which came with your system Antenna Mode The Antenna Mode parameter allows you to select either automatic mode or manual mode Automatic mode means that the antenna will be automatically pointed to the sonde during a flight assuming that there is current wind data In manual mode all antenna pointing must be done manually by the user In automatic mode commands are issued to the antenna by the system software to cause it to point to the azimuth indicated by the most recent wind data point Also when automatic mode is selected the switch over point between the omnidirectional antenna and the directional antenna is automatically made during a flight based on the value specified by the Antenna Switch Over see below parameter Of course if the Antenna System parameter see below indicates that there is only one antenna then no switch will take place Software Version 4 2 3 25 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System In manual mode the user must use the Antenna program in order to move the position of the directional antenna and to switch from the omnidirectional antenna to the directional antenna Antenna Selection The antenna select parameter allows the user to choose the omnidirectional antenna or the directional as the active antenna This parameter is only in effect when the Antenna Mode is man
53. started the files stored in e flights new subdirectory named deleted to make room for the new flight files During flights all data that is written to files will be in that directory If you select the Save Flight Data to Disk option in the on line flight utilities a new flight archive is automatically created in the e flights zip subdirectory The following actions occur to create an archive file A new sav file is created in e flights new All appropriate files are copied from e flights new to the c flights temp subdirectory Some of the files in e flights temp are renamed The pkzip utility program is run to make a new zip archive file in e flights zip containing compressed copies of all of the files in the e flights temp directory ne cae Sole The archive flight data function requires that enough unallocated space be available on the hard disk to accommodate the files saved The archived copy of the flight files are not subject to automatic deletion when a new flight is started It is recommended that you routinely save flight data to make an archive before exiting from the system after a flight operation However there is a limit to the number of flights that can be stored on the hard at the same time Functions are included in the off line utilities that can be used to save flight archive files to a diskette and then remove the original archive file from the hard disk This should be routinely done in order to maintain sufficie
54. text format Contains information about the status of the RX403 module throughout the flight A new record is added to the file once each minute Each record is the response of the RX403 module to the XS command The information saved in this file includes the current frequency and signal strength A series of 150 six digit times in tenths of seconds relative to ARM FOR LAUNCH recorded by the receiver when a contact closure is seen on the optional W 9000 launch module If the first entry is non zero it is used by the W 9000 System Software as the launch time The additional times allow the user to record times for later extraction by off line programs This is particularly useful in system intercomparisons Software Version 4 2 W 900 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 10 Flight Data Management AS The interface status file Stored in text format This file contains information about the status of the ZEEMET Rack modules from the point of view of the interface module throughout the flight A new record of status information is added to the file once per minute throughout each flight Each record is in the format of the response of the interface module to the is command see Chapter 8 10 4 Disk Space Management The first choice in the Off Line Utility Menu described in Chapter 9 is Flight Data File Management This section describes the utility functions provided when this menu item is chosen by the user Figure 10 5 shows an example o
55. the asterisk next the surface data menu item in the preflight menu Entering zero for the Surface Data Timer disables this feature The surface data is then always considered to be valid after it is entered Sonde Type Indicates the type of sonde being flown by the system Enter the character corresponding to the type of radiosonde to be used For example the Mark II radiosonde is designated by a 2 the B type radiosonde is designated by a B and a Mark II Ozone sonde is designated by an O PTU Selection Selects processing of PTU Pressure Temperature and Humidity data If the PTU selection is Y the PTU is processed by the system software If the PTU selection is N no PTU processing is performed by the system software The N entry is used only for radar flights 3 4 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities End Flight Automatically If the End Flight Automatically option is selected there are two conditions under which a flight will be automatically terminated by the system Condition 1 The flight will be automatically ended if the raw data pointer is within 10 records of the processed data pointer and there has been no new processed data for 15 minutes Condition 2 The flight will be automatically ended after four minutes of good descending data The end of flight point is set to the burst point Language For users who install alternate operating language files created wit
56. this selection to print each message as it is coded will result in each message being printed on a separate page To print all of the messages continuously without starting each on a new page use the Print All Coded Messages selection from the Process Coded Messages Menu after completing the coding and saving of all required messages To save the message for later use printing review editing or transmitting select Disk Save from the menu The message will be saved to a file on the hard disk and will appear in menus for the above functions If the message is saved 1t will overwrite any previously encoded and saved version of the same message if one exists Normally right after coding a message the user will select Disk Save to save the message and lt Esc gt to return to the original menu To exit without saving the message press lt Esc gt without selecting Disk Save 7 16 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 7 Data Analysis After selecting TEMP B from the Compute WMO Message menu a TEMP B Message similar to Figure 7 18 will appear on the screen Selecting Edit allows you to move the cursor on the screen to key in changes in the message Selecting Hard Copy will print a hard copy of the message that is on the screen Selecting Disk Save permits you to save the message to hard disk to reference later for editing printing or transmission Selecting lt Esc gt will return you to the Compute WMO Message me
57. three more windows are displayed as shown in Figure 6 17 Use the arrow keys to highlight the desired data type and press lt Enter gt to select it An asterisk will appear in front of the selected data type and it will be added to the Data Selected Window on the right Select as many data types in this way as you want in the report To remove an already selected data type highlight the item to be deleted and press lt Enter gt When finished press lt Tab gt to move to the next field Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 6 Flight Operations August 67 1996 Report Definition 15 29 52 Report Name pust Serial Output NO Report Title pres vs time Printer Output NO Interval Type Time minutes Interval Amount 1 666 Tabular Data Tabular Data Selection Data Selected Time minutes Geopotential Height m Pressure hPa Temperature deg C Relative Humidity Dewpoint deg C Refractive Index N Grad Refract Index Mod Refract Index M Wind Speed knots Report Width Print Type 88 Column Print Use Right Left Arrow Keys to move between Selection 4 Selected Windows F2 NextRpt F3 SaveRpt F4 DeleteRpt TAB NxtField Figure 6 17 Report Definition Menu 6 11 Graph Generator The Graph Generator is an option of the W 9000 ground system software When this option is installed it becomes one of the menu choices of the Da
58. to allow eight characters for the Flight ID enter all spaces for the System Name in the Station Installation option of the System Setup Utilities menu This effectively sets the length of System Name to zero therefore allowing all eight characters to be used by the Flight Ascension Identifier 5 2 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 5 Flight Preparation 5 3 Flight Preparation Display After the Flight Identifiers have been entered the Flight Preparation display in Figure 5 3 is shown on the screen Flight preparation contains three main windows Preflight menu Flight Information Window and PTU Data each of which is described in this section Hovember 14 1997 Flight Preparation 7811001a 04 05 53 Preflight Menu Preflight Information 1 Wind Finding Status gps Sonde Serial Humber 2051148 Z Surface Data RE Frequency 403 040 Mhz 3 Calibration RX Signal Strength 631 x 4 Receiver RR Frame Humber 15301 G Arn For Launch 6 Utilities 7 Change Flight Identifiers E Exit System PTU Data PRESS TEMP HUMIDITY hPa ec A 1015 9 25 3 79 A Serial Humber from Sonde 2051148 Figure 5 3 Flight Preparation Preflight Menu The Preflight menu offers the following choices e View or modify wind finding status View or modify surface data View or modify calibration data Tune the receiver Arm the system for launch Access the Utilities menu Chang
59. to make sure you are connected to the correct module After confirming that you are indeed connected to the correct module the program will begin downloading the module software A message to this effect will appear on the screen After the download is complete you will be prompted to re connect the COM1 cable to the Interface s IJ1 port Remember to re connect the receiver cable if you were downloading the receiver Press any Software Version 4 2 3 33 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System key as directed Next the program will direct you to reset the ZEEMET Rack by turning the power on and off Turn off the ZEEMET Rack and wait about five seconds then turn it back on Then press any key to continue At this point the ZEEMET Rack status check will be performed again and any change in the modules status will be reflected on the screen Now you can select another module for downloading if desired If the program determines that you were not connected to the correct module or the download was unsuccessful a message to this effect will appear on the screen You will then be directed to perform steps consistent with the completion of a successful download as described above You may then attempt to download the module again Note that the primary Loran tracker is responsible for adjusting the notch filters if they are present For roughly six minutes after power up the primary loran will be unavailable for do
60. used for subsequent flights Once you have selected the desired wind finding for the system you may select the wind finding method for the tracker modules If the wind finding method selected for the ZEEMET System field does not require use of the tracker modules the selections for the tracker s will not be displayed Otherwise follow the procedure outlined below for setting up each of the tracker modules The W 9000 System may be equipped with a single tracker or with two trackers in the ZEEMET Rack Two trackers are supplied for Cross Chain Loran systems 3 12 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities If one tracker is present in the system set tracker 1 to the desired navaid and set tracker 2 to Not in Use If two trackers are present set tracker 1 to the desired use and set tracker 2 to the desired navaid or Not in Use Accordingly for Cross Chain Loran configurations both tracker 1 and tracker 2 will be set for their respective Loran chain The current selections available for the trackers include Loran or Not in Use for a Loran System or Meisei Radiotheodolite EEC Radar or Plessey Radar when the tracker is being used as a Radar or Radiotheodolite Tracker Loran Tracker February 16 1995 Wind Finding Installation 14 58 24 Target Wind Finding Method ZEEMET Sustem Chain 1 Chain 2 Loran Chain Name Northeast U S North Pacific Gulf of Alaska
61. way across the screen to the right enter an offset of 50 6 6 Skew T Display Select Skew T from the Data Display Menu to display the meteorological data from the surface to 400 mb as a Skew T diagram as shown in Figure 6 7 Figure 6 7 Skew T Display The chart vertical axis is log pressure with 1050 mb at the bottom 400 mb at the top and each horizontal line is a 50 mb increment Right diagonal lines represent temperature from 40 C to 40 C in 10 C increments Plots are of temperature versus pressure and of dew point versus pressure 6 7 Refractivity Display The Refractivity Display program is an optional display of the W 9000 System Software If the option is included the Refractivity Display option appears as a menu choice on the Data Display Menu System Software Version 4 2 6 7 Chapter 6 Flight Operations W 9000 Meteorological Processing System The Refractivity Display program displays the data from the MDC Meteorological Data Calculations file in both a tabular and graphic format Data acquisition and processing continue while the Refractivity Display program is running so the displays are continuously updated with the latest data The screen shown if Figure 6 8 is displayed when the Refractivity Display option is selected from the Data Display Menu The Refractivity Display Menu shows the available display options for the refractivity data September 16 1992 Refractivity Display 11 46 11 1 Tab
62. 000 Meteorological Processing System 2 Refer to Figure 4 2 Turn on power to the ZEEMET Rack the red switch located in the back of the ZEEMET Rack at the top of the Antenna Module Figure 4 2 ZEEMET Rack Back View 3 Refer to Figure 4 3 Turn on the system computer power switch whose location is documented in the computer user s guide Figure 4 3 System Computer Front Panel 4 Turn on the power to the system printer power switch whose location is documented in the printer user s guide 4 3 Starting System Programs When power is first applied to the system computer it automatically runs the POST Power On Self Test program About 15 seconds after you turn on the system computer it beeps and the system will boot itself up from the hard disk drive Be sure that the doors on the A and B diskette drives are open When the boot process completes the W 9000 Command Summary display will be on the screen followed by the DOS prompt message Figure 4 4 shows the command summary Note that the display indicates that the System Computer has been initialized and it shows a tabulation of the W 9000 commands that can be entered from the DOS command line Any software can be run from the DOS prompt including the W 9000 System programs The various W 9000 System options are presented in this chapter 4 2 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System
63. 09 135 150 300 600 1200 1800 2400 3600 4800 7200 9600 19200 38400 Data Bits The Data Bits setting refers to the number of bits used to represent a character This can be set to either 5 6 7 or 8 Stop Bits The stop bits can be set to either 1 or 0 Parity The parity can be set to Odd Even Mark or Space Enable Enable can be set to On or Off Character Character can be set to either ASCII or Baudot Serial Interface Parameters Serial Interface Parameters is used to establish the communication parameters used for transmitting summaries and reports from the interface module connector IJ2 to an external device Selections for this option are the same as listed above for Transmitted Message Parameters Software Version 4 2 3 31 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 3 13 Load ZEEMET Rack The Load ZEEMET Rack option of the Setup menu can be used to perform the following functions e Check and display the working status of each module e Load an application program into a ZEEMET Rack module This capability is made available selectively for modules that need to be upgraded with newer software or for modules that are not currently installed but are required by the system setup The programs are downloaded to the module through the system computer s COM1 port ZEEMET Rack Configuration Screen The ZEEMET Rack downloading utility checks the status of the ZEEMET Rack modules and d
64. 11 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 6 Flight Operations 6 9 Global Positioning System GPS Operation When the system is set to PVT GPS the only difference seen in the operation of the software is the GPS display from the flight menu see Figure 6 14 When this item is selected the display will show the following items updated each second e Time e Altitude e Number of satellites e Wind speed e Latitude and longitude e Wind direction August S 1997 GPS NAVAID DISPLAY 15 62 15 GPS RAW DATA UTC Sats Latitude Long itude SPEED Direction sec D M5 D M im sec Deg 241459 969 46 48 2 31 37 75 49 37 63 4 3 203 6 241461 969 66 46 2 31 18 75 49 37 87 4 3 207 1 241462 984 66 48 2 31 68 75 49 37 09 6 6 209 1 241463 969 46 46 2 36 99 75 49 37 18 B 3 216 2 241467 969 46 48 2 38 67 75 49 37 14 B 6 214 8 241466 969 46 46 2 36 68 75 49 37 15 4 3 215 8 241469 969 66 46 2 36 53 75 49 37 15 B 3 217 1 241472 984 66 46 2 38 34 75 49 37 16 4 3 219 5 241473 984 66 46 2 36 28 75 49 37 16 4 3 226 1 241474 984 46 48 2 38 23 75 49 37 16 B 3 226 6 Figure 6 14 GPS Navaid Display Screen Radiosonde GPS Receiver Continues to Acquire Satellites 6 10 Report Generator The Report Generator is an option of the W 9000 ground system software When this option is installed it becomes one of the menu choices of the Data Display Menu The Report Generator can also be ac
65. 1994 13 38 YA Transmit selected messages s Y N lt Esc gt Figure 7 26 Transmit Coded Military Messages Menu Military message transmission functions in a way similar to WMO message transmission Thus any messages that have been already transmitted will be shown in the menu with a T next to them and the selection of additional messages for transmission is performed by pressing the number key corresponding to each message whereby an asterisk will appear adjacent to the selection Enter lt Esc gt then lt Y gt to confirm the transmission of the selected military messages System Software Version 4 2 7 21 Chapter 7 Data Analysis W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Refer to the previous section 7 21 Transmit Coded WMO Messages for a more detailed explanation of message transmission As with WMO message transmission the exact sequence and format of military message transmission is determined by parameters set via the system Setup Menu and Message Coding Configuration files 7 23 Set Transmit Data Parameter To set the ZEEMET Rack Interface module IJ4 serial port parameters for message transmission select Set Transmit Data Parameters from the Process Coded Message menu Use of this display is described in detail in the chapter on Setup It is included in the Process Coded Message menu for convenience This allows entry of any last minute adjustments if needed during a flight Normally these parameters are entered
66. 2 4 Formatting the Fixed Disk There are times when a fixed disk may need to be re formatted to eliminate read write errors or following a low level format and running FDISK Should this step become necessary refer to your DOS documentation under the FORMAT command If DOS was delivered with your system you will have an installed DOS disk that can be used to do this Be sure to use the S option to make the hard disk a bootable drive NOTICE On Sippican supplied DOS disks the program FORMAT COM has been renamed FORMATCO COM and replaced with the file FORMAT BAT that will only allow you to format floppy disks in drive A or drive B To format the fixed disk follow these instructions 1 Place the ZEEMET W 9000 DOS DISK in drive A and close the drive door 2 Press Ctrl Alt Del to re boot the computer 3 At the DOS prompt A gt type FORMATCO C S Enter The S switch tells the format program to install DOS making drive C bootable 4 After typing the above command you will be warned that all data on the disk will be destroyed If you wish to continue type Y Enter The computer fixed disk is now ready for the installation of software as described in the next section 2 5 Installing System Software You need to install W 9000 system software if e You are installing the system software to a new computer for the first time e You are installing a new version of system software to replace a version that you were previously running
67. 229 18 9 1507 8 2 08 749 2 229 21 8 2736 8 3 88 1123 7 245 17 2 3965 7 4 06 1498 3 251 23 6 5194 6 5 88 1824 5 319 14 1 6264 6 6 88 2133 7 278 26 9 7279 2 7 08 2388 9 368 17 8 8116 5 8 88 2689 6 334 26 8 8840 4 9 88 2830 2 257 55 6 9564 4 16 06 3666 7 284 26 6 180348 1 11 06 3316 6 264 44 2 11146 4 12 06 3553 6 361 26 2 11937 6 13 88 3724 2 278 31 9 12497 3 fa A Figure 7 6 Wind Summary When displaying the Wind Summary the first two lines list the column titles for the wind data that follows The data window lists the summary of wind data for each computed wind time in minutes relative to launch height in meters above surface wind direction in degrees wind speed in knots or meters per second and height in feet above mean sea level The data is displayed in a collimated Browser format Refer to Figure 7 5 for a complete summary of the Browser commands You can press lt Esc gt at any time while browsing to return to the Data Analysis menu 7 7 Analysis Summary Select Analysis Summary from the Data Analysis Output menu in order the view the analysis summary data as shown in Figure 7 7 System Software Version 4 2 7 5 Chapter 7 Data Analysis W 9000 Meteorological Processing System August 31 1992 WMO MESSAGE DATA ANALYSIS 11 32 15 143 Wind Levels Identified No Missing Wind Levels Identified 26 7 Highest Wind Speed Found 43 Significant wind levels selected 16 Standard Isobaric Surfaces interpolated 1 Tr
68. 3 3 subdirectory shown is only an example The 3 3 3 portion of the name identifies the specific version and subversion of the software that is installed The actual subdirectory name used is automatically set at the time of software installation and may not be the same as this example Figure 10 2 c w9000 Sub Directories The system programs configuration files and other files used by the system programs are stored the c w9000 3 3 3 subdirectory The e w9000 3 3 3 utility subdirectory stores MS DOS batch file programs and other programs that must be in the search path of the operating system Since these batch file programs and other programs are located the search path you do not need to enter path information when running the program The e w9000 3 3 3 zrack subdirectory stores the download image files for the W 9000 ZEEMET Rack modules The download utility programs automatically get these files from this subdirectory when you request a download operation The c programs Subdirectory The e programs subdirectory stores all other programs Figure 10 3 shows the structure of the subdirectories used under the e programs subdirectory The diskettes supplied with the system will automatically install all programs supplied into the proper subdirectory Figure 10 3 c programs Subdirectories The e programs subdirectory assignments are as follows 10 2 Software Version 4 2 W 900 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 10 Flight D
69. 403 MHz It is used for 1680 MHz sondes used with a Sippican 1680 MHz down converter Software Version 4 2 8 23 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System AM AY Antenna selection Request AM AY Response AM AY This command activates either the Mono or the Yagi s antenna AO Read the antenna status Request AO Response AODDDVVVLLLHHHWWWCCCSFM Where DDD current position in degrees VVV current voltage reading LLL table s lowest reading HHH table s highest reading WWW most likely wind azimuth CCC rotor cycle time in tenths of second S Initialization status 0 no initialization 1 successfully done 2 under initialization F Antenna type 0 Yagi 1 Omni M movement status 0 Antenna isn t moving 1 Antenna is moving Only the F and M fields apply to electronic antennas AP Move antenna to specific position in degrees Request AP HHH Response AP or APERR004 Where is 000 to 360 degrees This move the antenna to the specified position If the antenna is a rotor type and initialization has not been done APERROQA is returned 8 24 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities AC Set rotor cycle time Request ACHHH Response AC Where is cycle time in tenths of a second This command is used to set the rotation time for antenna The more accurate the values the better the antenna p
70. 49 Esc to Cont 16459644 24260364 17444645 23518263 Figure 7 20 Sample Computer Message From the edit message screen you can return to the Code New Military Messages menu by selecting lt Esc gt after Disk Save Edit or Hard Copy as desired Upon returning to the Code New Military Messages menu from the Edit Message screen an additional option will appear as the last item listed This is the View Message Reports option Press the number key associated with this additional option to see the View Military Message Reports menu The selections available on the View Military Message Reports menu are precisely those messages that have been generated by selection from the Code New Military Messages menu Thus if all available military messages have been chosen from the Code New Military Messages menu then the View Military Message Reports menu will be identical to the Code New Military Messages Menu with the exception of the View Message Reports option Upon the selection of an option listed on the View Military Message Reports menu a message Generating Data report will appear on the screen and be available review in the Browser format See Figure 7 5 for a summary of Browser commands A sample message generation report is shown in Figure 7 21 System Software Version 4 2 7 15 Chapter 7 Data Analysis W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Nuclear Fallout Generating Data Report Zone Height x Ve locity y Velocity Speed Dire
71. 52 68 21090 68998 245 57 24668 78748 245 74 YA Press any key to continue Figure 7 11 Regional Wind Levels by Height Data similar to that seen in Figure 7 12 shows regional wind levels by pressure When pressure units are used the following data is displayed for each regional wind in the flight pressure in millibars wind direction in degrees and wind speed in knots or meters per second December 21 1992 REGIONAL WIND LEVELS 12 25 41 Pressure Direction Speed mbs deg kts 988 8 257 18 888 8 235 28 688 8 255 52 YA Press any key to continue Figure 7 12 Regional Wind Levels by Pressure After browsing this data on the screen press the lt Esc gt key to return to the Data Analysis Output menu System Software Version 4 2 7 9 Chapter 7 Data Analysis W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 7 12 Freezing levels Selecting Freezing Levels from the Data Analysis Output menu will display the freezing level data as shown in Figure 7 13 The example shows both a freezing level and a freezing layer Altitude is given for the freezing level data in both meters on the left and in feet on the right Note that a freezing layer would count as two freezing levels in the Analysis Summary Press the lt Ese gt key when finished viewing the summary to return to the Data Analysis Output Menu December 21 1992 Freezing Level s 16 34 42 Freezing level height s in meters and feet 1455 4774 2616 to 2362 6616 to 7551
72. 9 86 38 3 8 1 61 Temperature 945 8 598 24 1 5 4 71 Required level 878 5 1242 21 2 8 8 57 Temperature 835 1 1678 17 3 7 7 68 Humidity 885 5 1987 17 8 21 3 23 Humidity 728 7 2831 11 8 26 7 14 Temperature 653 8 3729 6 9 27 9 12 Temperature 586 6 4695 1 8 27 8 11 Temperature 522 4 5536 3 9 26 8 11 Temperature 458 9 6547 18 8 25 8 11 Temperature 396 8 7665 18 1 24 6 9 Required level 349 1 8593 25 6 19 9 13 Temperature 210 4 12677 49 6 16 7 11 Required level YA Press any key to continue After browsing this data on the screen press the lt Ese gt to return to the Data Analysis Output menu Figure 7 9 Met Significant Levels System Software Version 4 2 Chapter 7 Data Analysis W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 7 10 Wind Significant Levels Select Wind Significant Levels from the Data Analysis Output menu to view the Wind Significant Levels Data similar to that seen in Figure 7 10 showing the Wind Significant Levels appears on the screen The following data is displayed for each Wind Significant Level in the flight time in minutes height in meters and feet above mean sea level wind direction in degrees wind speed in knots or meters per second and the reason it is selected as a significant level August 31 1992 WIND SIGNIFICANT LEVELS 11 33 49 Time Height Height Direction Speed Reason mins meters feet deg kts 6 85 279 276 16 Surface Data 1 84 276 231 15 Direction 2 86 281 272 28 Direction 4 518 1761 2
73. 92 38 Speed 9 1592 5222 267 35 Direction 28 3618 11843 285 35 Direction 26 4727 15588 276 47 Speed 34 6157 26261 284 46 Direction 45 8222 26974 259 38 Speed 61 11421 37471 249 52 68 13094 42968 268 58 Speed 71 13773 45186 278 32 Speed 72 13997 45921 263 32 Direction 74 14546 47724 267 48 Speed 76 15074 49456 278 25 Direction YA Press any key to continue Figure 7 10 Wind Significant Levels After browsing this data on the screen press the lt Esc gt key to return to the Data Analysis Output menu 7 11 Regional Wind Levels Ifa WMO Message Configuration Setup file is installed that defines regional wind levels to be encoded select Regional Wind Levels from the Data Analysis Output menu to view the regional wind levels Regional wind levels can be defined in units of pressure or height Data similar to that seen in Figure 7 11 shows regional wind levels by height When height units are used the following data is displayed for each regional wind in the flight height in meters and feet above mean sea level wind direction in degrees and wind speed in knots or meters per second 7 8 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 7 Data Analysis October 36 1992 REGIONAL WIND LEVELS 16 42 25 Height Height Direction Speed meters feet deg kts 388 988 363 24 688 1978 292 22 988 2958 281 24 2168 6898 277 32 2488 7878 277 35 4206 13788 278 46 6666 19698 264 47 8106 26578 255 54 18808 59868 2
74. Chapter 4 Starting Up The W 9000 System W 9666 Meteorological Processing System w9k2 9 8 Version 2 9 W 9606 Command Summary Initiate Real Flight Start Enter Initiate Simulation Start Flightid Filename Enter example Start 4321 W9K4321 Enter Demo Loran Flight Starti Enter Demo Omega Flight Start2 Enter Fast Restore Start restore or srestorel Enter System Setup Setup Enter Display Readme File Readme Enter Serial Data Capture Capture Enter File Conversion Binutil Enter or Binutil In file Out file Options Enter Copyright C 1992 VIZ Manufacturing Co All Rights Reserved Figure 4 4 W 9000 Command Summary 4 4 Running the System Setup Utilities If you type SETUP lt Enter gt you will run the System Setup Utilities described in Chapter 3 4 5 Starting a Radiosonde Flight At the DOS prompt you can either start a new flight launching a radiosonde or you can simulate or replay a past flight New Flight System configuration files are copied from the W 9000 System directory to the flight data directory on the hard disk Flight data is obtained from the modules in the ZEEMET Rack To set up for a new radiosonde flight type Start lt Enter gt The system computer will begin to initialize the hardware and software for a flight by copying data files customized during the Installation and Setup Routine from the W 9000 System directory on the hard disk to the flight data directory
75. Default Wind Interval Selection Loran aa 3 21 Wind Parameter Setting a AAA iaai 3 21 Curve Fit Variance Litio 3 22 Raw Wind Sampling terra AS 3 22 Loram Chaim PIC IO 3 22 Edita Loran CAM ots diirai ir eaii a a n n E A aa 3 23 Adda Loran AA A a E E a a dew a iTA 3 24 Print Loran Chain Data to le dias 3 25 Antenna COn aura OO inai a OAL 3 26 Electronic Antenna Description viii 3 26 Rotor Antenna Descriptio eetan nni n in da 3 26 Antenna ies 3 26 PALE TINA Se ke eA TO o AAE AEE AI 3 27 Contents 3 Table of Contents Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Contents 4 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Antenna Systemics nnn decks Ash Avs Uda aa a i Niets 3 27 Antenna SS A E a a a a i i 3 27 Eyes Rotor Only jennie e a Sal e de 3 27 Most Probable Sonde Azimuth Rotor Only oooooconoccnocococcccooccnoncconcconaccnnacnnos 3 30 Initialization Rotor Only uns std 3 30 Orientation RotorOn ii 3 30 3 11 Transmission Parameters lt a ddaas 3 32 3 12 Serial Interface Paramore de la sl ed 3 32 3 13 Lordi ZEEMET Rack ia ai Eo adidas 3 33 ZEEMET Rack Configuration Screen isidro 3 33 Introduction to Downloading iS 3 33 When to Download dnde 3 34 Selecting a Module to Download c ccccsssssccsstscsstssssccsscesccssecssensstecesaces 3 34 Downloading Operations ccscssesca A a ts does 3 34 3 14 Print Configuration O 3 35 3 15 Printer De hinition consents ee tac Aaah EE E vena E RAN E 3 35 Starting up the W 9000 System eessessesssosseesoe
76. EATER Nf Z SPECTRUM ANALYSIS A Figure8 8 Receiver Spectrum Display A period of several seconds is required to provide a complete sweep of the spectrum With each plotting cycle 1t will only update a small section of the display The Spectrum display helps locate interfering transmissions that are active in the band It is very useful in identifying the best frequency to set the sonde within the meteorological band 400 406 MHz Once the sonde is transmitting the signal will appear on the Spectrum display at the frequency at which it is transmitting as a cluster of signal strengths with relatively high values To exit the Spectrum display press lt Esc gt to return to the Receiver Status display 8 34 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities Receiver Tune Display Figure 8 9 shows the receiver tune display September 11 1992 Receiver Display 8 52 88 Frequency 463 645 MHz Signal Strength Frame Count 15261 TS 4 DEFAULT TUNE MODE A Figure 8 9 Receiver Tune display Press lt Alt T gt in either the Status display or the Spectrum display to activate the Tune display When the Tune display is active a tuning arrow appears on the screen The tuning arrow points to the current frequency being monitored by the receiver There is a precise digital indication of this frequency printed in the lower left region of the screen This updates as you move the tuni
77. Error Codes W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 840 845 850 855 860 865 870 875 876 880 890 METREAD Value of high frequency high frequency value is not greater than the value of low frequency low frequency value The value of Clow is greater than the value of Chigh during the computation of frequency to pressure METREAD Value of FREQ TO RESIST FOR T frequency value is not between low and high frequency high frequency value low frequency value The frequency value being used in the frequency to resistance computation for temperature is not between the values of the low and high reference frequency values METREAD Value of FREQ TO RESIST FOR U frequency value is not between low and high frequency high frequency value low frequency value The frequency value being used in the frequency to resistance computation for humidity is not between the values of the low and high reference frequency values METREAD Process number is not implemented for mark II processing A processing number has been specified in the control dat file which has not been implemented in the computation software METREAD Error Computing Sensor Resistance An error has occurred during the computation of frequency to resistance METREAD Data reasonability test failed The data reasonability tests placed on the data have failed METREAD Could not read PTU record count from com port number An attempt was made to read the number o
78. FINE NEW GRAPHS PTUVT Pressure Temperature Humidity PTUVH Pressure Temperature Humidity TempuP Dewpoint Potential Virtual Temperature ENTER SelectGph TAB NxtField Figure 6 18 Graph Selection Menu The lt Up Arrow gt and lt Down Arrow gt keys are used to select a previously defined graph To generate and view such a graph move the highlight to the desired graph and press lt Enter gt When lt Enter gt is pressed the graph will generated from the flight data and displayed A description of the graph display under the heading Viewing a Graph in this chapter The highlight in the lower window is on the name and title of the currently selected graph The upper window shows more information about the currently selected graph In addition to the name and title the upper window shows what data types are plotted in the graph The upper window can be used to temporarily change the title of the selected graph Modifications made by this method are used only for the current invocation of the graph and do not permanently affect the selected graph format Changing the graph title may be useful to document or call attention to a particular feature represented in the data of the graph 6 20 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 6 Flight Operations To use the upper window for this purpose first move the highlight in the lower window to the name and title of the desired graph Then press lt
79. FLIGHT PREPARATION OZONE DATA EHIRY SENSOR EXIT MILITARY SYSTEM NAVAID MESSAGE CODING STATUS PARAMETERS TABULAR E g So 2 32 gt JE R Figure 6 1 Map of Flight Functions When first entered the Flight display will have the Monitoring for Launch message as shown in Figure 6 2 The message line informs you of noteworthy events such as launch detected and end of flight The other parts of the Flight display are the Flight Menu the Flight Information the PTU Data and the Wind Data windows System Software Version 4 2 Chapter 6 Flight Operations W 9000 Meteorological Processing System October 29 1992 Flight w9x1234 68 18 56 Flight Menu Flight Information id Scatus Drega Sonde Serial Number 168635 ore cia RX Frequency 483 848 Data Display RX Signal Strength 6838 Data Analysis Sonde Located Utilities Edit Launch or End Time Exit System FLIGHTCLOCK 4 39 NOUR WN PTU Data TIME PRESS TEMP HUMIDITY HEIGHT min sec mb e x meters B 29 5 993 9 23 9 15 YA Monitoring for Launch Figure 6 2 Flight Display Flight Menu Window The Flight Menu window shows the functions available from the Flight display These menu options are discussed in the following sections of this chapter Flight Information Window The Flight Information window displays critical flight parameters in real time Some ZEEMET Rack config
80. H 12 23 XH 16 AD 24 IMP 30 XIN 16 AH 26 IMS 29 XJY 16 Al 25 IN 9 XL 16 AL 26 IOH 12 XMA 16 AM 24 IS 7 XMB 17 AN 26 IT 9 22 XMD 17 AO 24 IV 5 XMH 17 AP 24 IWT 10 XMN 17 AR 26 IZ 8 22 XMS 17 AS 26 LD 8 XNN 18 AT 26 LF 10 XNY 18 AW 27 LHI 13 XO1 18 AY 24 LH2 13 XO2 18 CAI 31 LR2 11 XPN 18 CH 31 MM 31 XPY 18 DA 20 OF 10 XQ 18 DH2 21 OM 11 XRD 19 DN 21 OS 10 XRN 19 DP 20 R 11 XRY 19 EF 11 RF 11 XS 7 F 8 RO 12 XT 19 G 8 XA 14 XU 19 IBA 27 XCN 14 XV 6 20 IBB 27 XCY 14 XW 20 IBC 28 SDN 14 XY 21 IBM 28 XDY 14 XZ 21 IBO 28 XEN 14 IBP 30 XEY 14 IBS 28 XFN 15 IC2 9 22 XFY 15 II 9 XGD 15 IL 9 22 XGN 15 Software Version 4 2 8 39 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System This page intentionally left blank 8 40 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 9 Off Line Utilities Chapter 9 Off Line Utilities 9 1 Introduction to Off Line Utilities The W 9000 System software includes several utility programs for working with the data files produced during flights and for working with the system hardware This chapter describes how to use these utility programs These programs are called off line utilities because they are used only during times that the system is not actively performing flight functions The utilities include the following e Utility an off line utility menu e Binutil a binary file conversion utility e Avgmet an averaging binary file conversion utility
81. Meteorological Processing System Preface Appendix A Mark II Radiosonde Preparation Instructions Instructions on setting up the Mark IT MICROSONDE for flights Appendix B W 9000 Error Codes List of the errors that may be generated by the W 9000 Software when it detects a hardware software or configuration error Appendix C U S Naval Observatory Information Contains instructions for contacting the U S Naval Observatory in Washington D C to obtain the most recent information on Loran C chains Other Documentation In addition to this manual you will receive the following documentation e DOS Reference Manual e PKZIP Reference Manual e Grapher Reference Manual e W 9000 System Schematic Drawing Set e W 9000 System Technical Reference Manual e Troubleshooting manuals These manuals explain how to install set up and troubleshoot system hardware Together they make up your library of reference materials Familiarize yourself with them before you begin operations Reader s Comments The Sippican Engineering Department is very interested in your comments concerning this manual You will be able to help us improve the product and manual by sending any comments or suggestions you may have to the following address Director of Engineering Sippican Inc Seven Barnabas Road Marion MA 02738 U S A Software Version 4 2 Preface 3 Preface W 9000 Meteorological Processing System This page intentionally left blank Pre
82. ODIFIED REFRACTIVITY M DUCTS yA End of Flight detected Figure 6 10 Graphic Refractivity Format Pre flight Launch not detected No data is plotted on the graphs until launch has been detected The message Launch not detected is displayed at the bottom of the screen In flight Launch detected Data is plotted from the Launch record up to the latest available data The latest acquired data is plotted on the graphs as it is processed The message Launch detected is displayed at the bottom of the screen End of flight End of Flight detected Data is plotted from the Launch point up to the record marked as the End of Flight The message End of Flight detected is displayed at the bottom of the screen The altitude of ducts in the atmosphere is plotted in the duct window on the right of the screen The window is filled from the starting altitude of a duct to the ending altitude of a duct The location of ducts is determined by examining the plot of M units versus altitude 6 10 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 6 Flight Operations A trapping layer is formed when the M unit s value decreases with increasing altitude Three successive decreasing M unit values must be observed in order for a trapping layer to be recognized When the M unit values start to increase again with increasing altitude this signifies the exit of the trapping layer and the exit of the duct In order to establish the starting al
83. Otherwise the system will proceed with the full set of computations As the computation proceeds brief summary information is shown on the screen showing the progress of the computation and the types and totals of the resulting analysis data This display is output in real time as the related computations are done This computational analysis summary data can be reviewed at any time from the Data Analysis Output menu by selecting the Analysis Summary item as discussed in the section below When the computations are complete the analysis summary is saved and the Data Analysis Output Menu is displayed These computations and summaries have two purposes The first is to compute store and make available for printing in clear tabular format all of the data required for WMO and Military Message Coding Accordingly the data selected and the computations done are designed in accordance with established message coding data requirements The second purpose is to make available a broad selection of printed reports and data files for the data of a flight All summaries which are selected for printing or viewing are also automatically sent to files The last section of this chapter lists and describes these files As shown in Figure 7 2 Data Analysis is also the path into the Optional Message Coding Routines If message coding software has been installed the user may select Process Coded Messages to enter into message coding Within the message coding software th
84. PgDn gt and lt PgUp gt to a desired data type and press lt Enter gt Any of these fields can be left blank in which case nothing will be plotted in that color To leave a field blank press lt Tab gt to move to the next field 6 12 Wind Speed and Direction Graphs There are two graphs of wind speed and wind direction one versus time and the other versus height With these the wind profile is graphically viewed and can also be edited The Data Display Menu contains choice for Wind Speed and Direction vs Time and also a choice for Wind Speed and Direction vs Height When Wind Speed and Direction versus Time is selected a graph similar to Figure 6 21 will be displayed The graph versus height is the same except that the y axis is in meters of geopotential height System Software Version 4 2 6 23 Chapter 6 Flight Operations W 9000 Meteorological Processing System September 30 1994 Speed Direction vs Time Plot FlightID 4089 Direction deg FizAdjustXY F2 MarkSign F6 MarkBad F8 ReComp F9 Restore F1i Edit Use Pgllp PgDn Arrowllp ArrowDn to move HairLine Figure 6 21 Wind Speed and Direction Graph The scale for wind speed in yellow along the horizontal axis at the bottom of the screen is in knots The scale for wind direction in green along the horizontal axis at the top of the screen is in degrees The time scale in minutes or the height scale in meters is in white on the vertical axis on the left hand side
85. REQUIRED FOR DIFFERENTIAL GPS OPERATION ZEEMET RACK POWER AND l ANTENNA CONTROL 403 MHz ANTENNA TA I i BASE BAND 403 MHz I I I PRINTER RECEIVER RS 232 RS 232 SYSTEM GPS MODULE COMPUTER RS 232 H SERIAL SUMMARY TRANSMISSION SERIAL CODED l MESSAGE TRANSMISSION Figure 3 W 9000 System with a Global Positioning System INTERFACE Software e Software for the W 9000 system consists of the following modules e W 9000 System Software and Options e DOS Disk Operating System e PKWARE PKZIP EXE e CarbonCopy from Microcom Inc e Grapher from Golden Software Inc All of the software modules listed above are factory installed on the system computer fixed disk drive W 9000 software is menu driven which means that the information needed to operate the system is presented on the screen as a series of choices You select the task you want to perform the system executes your instructions and the screen displays your next series of choices This type of system is easy to learn and use consequently there is a reduced opportunity for error In addition to the system software being installed on the fixed disk all of the software for the system is supplied on diskettes should it ever need to be re installed It is a good idea to keep these diskettes in a safe pla
86. RR003 Enable and disable Mark II sonde data demodulation This feature is enabled by default so use of this command is not necessary and not recommended XL Set lower search frequency boundary Request XLHHHHHH Response XL This command is to set the low boundary of the search frequency range The default value is 395000 kHz It is not necessary to use this command in normal situations XMA Enable Port 2 buffered Mark II data dumping Request XMA Response XMA This enables automatic dump of the received Mark II sonde data stream to serial port 2 RJ2 The output is in ASCII character format Only validated sonde data frames are dumped 8 16 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities XMB Enable binary dumping with ACK NAK handshake Request XMB Response XMB This enables the receiver to dump Mark II data to serial port 2 in binary format with hand shake code The total data length is 50 bytes per record Each record has a 3 byte header FF FF 4D and 2 byte tail 00 01 Data is in the following order time rx cnt sonde cnt ref P T U 4 spares and stuffing bytes The stuffing bytes are 00 All data fields are 2 bytes except that the time is 4 bytes XMD Enable Port 1 buffered MKII data dumping Request XMD Response XMD This enables automatic dumping of the received Mark II sonde data stream to serial port 1 RJ1 The output is in the ASCII character format Onl
87. Request IMP Response IMP Where specifies which protocol is used for the message output 00 is used for straight dumping without handshake Other protocols will be added later as required 8 30 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities 8 11 Maintenance Commands CA1 Adjust the crystal frequency Request CAlor CA0 Response CA1 or CAO Adjusts the interface s crystal oscillator CA1 increases and CAO decreases the crystal s frequency The accuracy of the crystal in the interface module is critical since the tracker modules use it as a reference when acquiring and measuring the Loran and Omega Navaid signals Once the trackers have acquired the Loran signal this adjustment is performed automatically Manual adjustment requires the use of a calibrated high resolution counter CH Set default Loran launch offset Request CH Response CH When switching from the local Navaid signal to the remote the Loran tracker compensates for the sonde transponder delay by offsetting the Loran acquisition time base by several 10 microsecond cycles Any change to the default value 5 cycles for the Mark I sonde is not recommended MM Switch to monitor program Request MM Response MM This command halts all application software activity and initiates the underlying monitor program It is the first step to download new application software Use of this command renders the module inoper
88. Sippican Inc Document by Beinstein Associates Incorporated 272 Titus Avenue Warrington PA 18976 2436 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Table of Contents Chapter 1 Contents Pra da Preface 1 Abo t This AA E A A obit Ni Preface 1 Th Readme Piletas ari its Preface 1 Contents of this Mali it Preface 1 Other Documentation AAA Preface 3 REASON o i Preface 3 AA PP O 1 1 LA Grenier al DESC pt dd Sii aaa 1 1 1 2 System Components a Meee 1 1 ET AS seis ID A A AS tesla es ds Decades Seeds A es adan 1 1 SI ae ea O 1 3 1 3 SoftWare OVER Ac 1 3 S ftWwWare puns A alias 1 5 Refractivity Display Optio ai 1 5 Ozone Processing Option siii aisla liada si dic 1 5 Graphs OPIO di baaa 1 5 Reports Optinen aena a R Bact Guetacy ae RRS 1 5 WMO Coding APIO da des 1 5 Climate TEMP Coding Op 1 5 NCDC Reporting Option vaticina n dis 1 5 Militat Coding Option iria its 1 5 1 4 e START COMA D 1 6 1 5 a a A A a rome a 1 6 A E A E A el Pa couenelnss 1 7 Enter 1 7 ESC 1 7 Cursor Movement KO O 1 7 Numere Keypad Keysin aree ie a E E E Maen 1 8 F nction A IT 1 8 1 6 Standard Editing Screens 2s eho eset eles eae a cee ila aia oe Gna ss 1 8 Serate Pad a oceads a edad ceases e eaten ceases votes E on vee 1 8 Types of Dia An 1 8 ACtHoOnK eysi a a 1 9 Data Entry Mod ss 1 10 Oy r Type Mode do a a N a da Ca o aNs 1 10 Insert Modes redona a a E E tad Meee ee aa 1 10 LT Environment Variables vu aladas 1 10 FETDATAPATH Environment Variabl
89. Software Version 4 2 8 3 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Figure 8 5 shows the results when it is done At this point the system will be in a post flight state All normal post flight data display and editing functions are available October 29 1992 Restore Flight Data from Disk 14 47 32 Restoring Flight 1433766 Restoring a version 3 flight Restoring the environment Restoring the system area of EMS memory Restoring the flight data files Restoring the wind data Initializing the common area of EMS memory YA Flight 1433766 restored from c NFLIGHTSNFLT3766N Figure 8 5 Flight Data Restored 84 ZEEMET Rack Communications The W 9000 software in the computer communicates with the ZEEMET Rack by using commands These ZEEMET Rack commands control the operation of the ZEEMET Rack and get information about the flight from the ZEEMET Rack This section describes the various commands used to issue instructions or request information from the ZEEMET Rack With this utility these commands can be entered via the keyboard and the ZEEMET Rack response to the command is displayed Meli ZEEMET Rack communications are used generally as a troubleshooting facility This feature is not required during normal operation and should only be used by experienced operators ZEEMET Rack communications can used at any time before during or after a flight Some commands may cause imprope
90. Tab gt and the highlight moves to the upper window to highlight the graph title field An edit line with the prompt Please Enter Data appears at the bottom of the screen see Figure 6 19 The current contents are highlighted Use the edit line to change the currently display field and then press lt Enter gt to accept the edited title To generate the graph with the modifications press lt Enter gt July 31 1996 Graph Selection Menu 13 57 38 Graph Name PTUVT Red Pressure hPa Graph Title pressure Temperature Humidity pron Temperature de reen Y Axis Blue Relative Humidi NEW DEFINE NEW GRAPHS PTUVT Pressure Temperature Humidity PTUVH Pressure Temperature Humidity TempuP Dewpoint Potential Virtual Temperature Please Enter Data Pessure Temperature Humidity ENTER SelectGph TAB NxtField Figure 6 19 Graph Selection Menu Viewing a Graph These graphs have a hairline the dotted line at the top of the graph just below the 130 0 in Figure 6 20 that is used as a cursor Move the hairline up and down with the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys As the hairline moves the values of the plotted data types shown on the left and right side of the graph change to show the values at the current hairline position When the hairline is moved to a point with missing data will be displayed as the value System Software Version 4 2 6 21 Cha
91. The cursor is a blinking white line or block on the display screen It indicates where the next input from the computer or the keyboard will appear You can move the cursor up and down or left and right by pressing the up and down and left and right cursor movement keys Generally the cursor advances automatically to the next field on the screen after you enter the necessary data If the data you enter is incomplete for example it contains an insufficient number of characters the cursor will not advance Some data fields are required others are optional If you attempt to skip over a required field the cursor will not advance The W 9000 system needs this information to process data it receives from the sonde Software Version 4 2 1 7 Chapter 1 Introduction W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Numeric Keypad Keys The numeric keypad is located to the right of the function keys Located on the numeric keypad are the PgUp and PgDn keys Use these keys to move more rapidly up and down through a display Function Keys There are 12 function keys on the keyboard labeled F1 through F12 These keys are programmable which means that the designers of the W 9000 system software have assigned certain tasks to them For example when an error message is generated by the system you can clear it from the screen after reading it by pressing the Alt key and while holding it down pressing the F10 key This Alt F10 keystroke is used to acknowl
92. V in the FLTDATAPATH directory this file is the saved Computer military message mb2 Called MTB2 SAV in the FLTDATAPATH directory this file is the saved Ballistic type 2 military message mb3 Called MTB3 SAV in the FLTDATAPATH directory this file is the saved Ballistic type 3 military message msr Called MTSR SAV in the FLTDATAPATH directory this file is the saved Sound Ranging military message Software Version 4 2 10 7 Chapter 10 Flight Data Management W 9000 Meteorological Processing System mta nfm cdh cdt Called MTTA SAV in the FLTDATAPATH directory this file is the saved Target Acquisition military message Called MTFM SAV in the FLTDATAPATH directory this file is the saved Nuclear Fallout military message NCDC header file NCDC data file Miscellaneous Files snn jnl Sav sdt XS XW 10 8 During W 9000 System Operation the Print Screen button on the keyboard is converted by software into a Capture Screen function The program reads a copy of the screen image into memory and writes it to a file The file name used is the standard file name as defined for all flight files The file name extension for the first screen image is s01 and the second is s02 The nn shown as the file extension represents the two character numbers which are used in sequence for the saved images These files are saved as part of the archive file for a flight at the time of a flight save Utility function
93. XGN Disable Enable Mark II sonde search Request XGY XGN Response XGY XGN or XGYERR003 Enable and Disable a search for a sonde by scanning the frequency range If the receiver has been given an ID number via the II command that sonde is search subject Otherwise the sonde of greatest strength is selected The search of the frequency range takes 0 5 to 3 minutes depending on the number of sonde signals and the threshold level for searching XGD Request Scan data Request XGD Response XGDffffffiiiililisssffffffiiiiiiiisssc XGDERRO001 or XGDERRO004 Where nth pair n 1 5 ffffff frequency in kHz sss signal strength c continuation flag 1 for more 0 for no more Requests the nth pair of sonde information after the receiver has scanned the frequency range looking for Mark II sondes If scan is not complete XGDERRO04 is returned If no sondes are found XGDERRO001 is returned Otherwise the data is returned in pair wise fashion Software Version 4 2 8 15 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System XH Set scan step size Request XH HH Response XH This sets the receiver s frequency increment during scans The increment is the specified number multiplied by 32 kHz Don t use this command to change the default value 288KHz because that will affect the scanning range of command XRY XJY XJIN Enable Disable MKII data demodulation Request XJY XJY Response XJY XJY or XJYE
94. a command Request OS Response OS This command configures the tracker and interface modules to collect and send only 13 6 kHz Omega wind data to the system computer 8 10 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities OM Collect Multi Frequency Omega data command Request OM Response OM This command configures the tracker and interface modules to collect and send 10 2 kHz and 11 1 3 kHz as well as 13 6 kHz Omega wind data to the system computer RF Radar flight command Request RF Response RF This command configures the tracker modules to send only radar wind data to the interface module and configures the interface to dump radar wind messages to the system computer EF End flight command Request EF Response EF Stops the dump of wind data from Port 1 of the interface module R Set GRI value for primary Loran tracker Request R H HH Response R This command changes the GRI value of the primary Loran tracker and causes it to begin lock up on the new chain LR2 Set GRI value of the secondary Loran tracker Request LR2 Response LR2 This command changes the GRI value of the secondary tracker and causes it to begin lock up on the Loran chain of that GRI Software Version 4 2 8 11 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System RO Relock Omega tracker Request RO Response RO This command causes the Omega tracker to
95. able and the only method of recovery is downloading 8 12 Error Messages The ZEEMET Rack responds with an error message if it process a received command These messages are listed in Appendix B 8 13 Receiver The receiver display has three functions receiver status receiver spectrum analysis and receiver tuning Receiver Status Display Upon entering the Receiver utility the Receiver Status is display as shown in the figure 8 7 below Software Version 4 2 8 31 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System September 11 1992 Receiver Status Mode 8 51 57 Parameter Sonde Search Not ctive Location Status Sonde Located Sonde Serial No 166635 Serial No Status Match Min Search Freq Max Search Freq Current Frequency Signal Strength Audio Level Preamp AFC AFC Reference Figure 8 7 Receiver Status Display The Receiver Status display provides information regarding the current state of the receiver The left half of the display contains a graphic plot showing the current frequency and signal strength This graphic is continuously updated The right half of the screen provides additional information regarding the current status of the receiver as follows 8 32 Sonde Search Indicates the current status of the automatic tune mode If it says Active then the receiver is currently searching for the sonde If it says Not Active then the automatic tune mode i
96. activity data for the flight Ozone Processing Option This option allows you to fly Sippican Mark II Ozone sondes with your W 9000 System Graphs Options This option allows definition and generation of custom graphs of numerous meteorological parameters versus time height or pressure Reports Option This option allows definition and generation of custom reports of numerous meteorological parameters versus standard pressure levels or even increments of time height or pressure WMO Coding Option This option allows for coding of WMO TEMP and PILOT messages CLIMAT TEMP Coding Option This option allows for coding of a WMO CLIMAT TEMP message This option requires the WMO Coding Option NCDC Reporting Option This option allows for generation of data files for transmission to the U S National Climatic Data Center This option requires the WMO Coding Option Military Coding Option This option allows for coding of STANAG messages Software Version 4 2 1 5 Chapter 1 Introduction W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 1 4 The START Command Use the START command to start the W 9000 system for a new flight Figure 1 5 is a block diagram of the W 9000 system software showing the general operational flow before and during a radiosonde flight Later chapters of this manual describe the operations in each block in more detail Figure 1 5 W 9000 System Software Map As shown in Figure 1 5 when the user enters the START comman
97. after this manual was printed Review this file carefully before operating the W 9000 System software To display the readme dat file first install the W 9000 System Software as outlined in the instructions that came with the system At the DOS command line type README lt Enter gt The contents of the file will be displayed on the screen The lt Home gt lt End gt lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt lt Up Arrow gt and lt Down Arrow gt keys can be used to move through the file Press the lt Esc gt key to return to the DOS command line Contents of This Manual The information in this manual is arranged in the order that is typically followed for the launch of a weather balloon However the software is flexible allowing each specific site to adopt an operating routine that meets their own needs Software Version 4 2 Preface 1 Preface W 9000 Meteorological Processing System This manual is divided into ten chapters and three appendixes as follows Chapter 1 Introduction Describes the W 9000 system and its capabilities and explains some of the conventions you need to know to use the system efficiently Chapter 2 Software Installation Provides instructions for installing the system software on the hard disk of the system computer Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities Explains the purpose and operation of utility programs that allow the user to initialize parameters that are unique to each station Chapter 4 Starting up the W 9000 Syste
98. ailed to execute the specified command Check the ZEEMET rack cable connections and turn the power off and then on MASTER Incorrect Rx403 Firmware For MK1 Flight A Mark I radiosonde requires Mark I decoder or receiver firmware in the ZEEMET Rack Use the Load ZEEMET Rack option in the Setup program to load Mark I software to the receiver or decoder MASTER Incorrect Rx403 Firmware For MK2 Flight A Mark II radiosonde requires Mark II decoder or receiver firmware in the ZEEMET Rack Use the Load ZEEMET Rack option in the Setup program to load Mark II software to the receiver or decoder MASTER No Loran Tracker Found Cant Run Loran Loran wind finding requires Loran firmware in the ZEEMET Rack Use the Load ZEEMET Rack option in the Setup program to load Loran software to the tracker s MASTER No Omega Tracker Found Cant Run Omega Omega windfinding requires Omega firmware in the ZEEMET Rack Use the Load ZEEMET Rack option in the Setup program to load Omega software to the tracker Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing system Appendix B W 9000 Error Codes 254 255 270 512 513 530 552 553 600 601 605 MASTER Wind Only PTU Selection N Valid Only for Radar Invalid PTU or wind selection Correct using Setup program master Filename not found The given filename was not found by the master the system initialization program This error occurs when running a simulation fligh
99. al Operational Commands Commands in this category are used in normal flight operation for example commands concerning such as arming for launch or meteorological Met and wind data requests IS Interface status Request IS Response IS followed by 80 character status string This response provides the current status of the antenna the LORAN notch filter scan the inter module communications SBUS and the redundant Omega Tracker Modules XS Request the status of the receiver Request XS Response XSaaatttpfffeeelllllluuuuuuffffffdddssDFNRCGXbbbeeegggggececcetttt Where aaa audio level ttt threshold p On off flag for preamp fff reference AFC center eee search step 111111 lowest search freq uuuuuu highest search freq ffffff current frequency ddd deviation sss signal strength D XDY XDN status F XFY XEN status N XNY XNN status R XRY XRN status C XCY XCN status G XGY XGN status continued Software Version 4 2 8 7 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System X 0 sonde not found 1 sonde found right ID 2 sonde found wrong ID 3 more than one sonde found with right ID and similar signal strength bbb baud rate eee AFC reading ggggg Sonde s data frame count ceecee CRC error count tttt time in seconds reset to 0 if over 9999 F Begin to switch the Navaid tracking signal from local to remote Request F Response F This
100. allation in Chapter 3 For example to run flight 1234 from system W9S you would type START 1234 W9S1234 lt Enter gt This means that the W 9000 system programs would get the necessary configuration and flight data from the archive C FLIGHTS ZIP W9S 1234 ZIP Flights that can be run in simulation are often included with the W 9000 System Software For example to start and run a Cross Chain Loran C simulation type STARTI lt Enter gt Other standard simulation flights may also be included in the system software 4 4 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 4 Starting Up The W 9000 System During initialization the Logo screen shown in Figure 4 5 is first displayed FAD Ae Figure 4 5 ZEEMET Logo Display Further initialization takes place while the second screen the System Configuration display Figure 4 6 is displayed October 22 1992 System Configuration 16 16 11 W 9600 METEOROLOGICAL PROCESSING SYSTEM Part Number 9616 651 Version 2 9 Parameters w9k2 9 7 Copyright C 1992 A Figure 4 6 System Configuration Display Software Version 4 2 4 5 Chapter 4 Starting Up The W 9000 System W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Finally the status and revision level of the ZEEMET Rack Software that is currently running is checked The first three numbers of the version indicate the version of the monitor The second three indicate the
101. and right arrow keys or 45 degrees at a time with each push of the tab key When one of these direction keys is pressed the green antenna pointing bar appears in the gray track This is shown in Figure 8 11 The pointing bar will move in the track for as long as a direction key is pressed The direction in which it is pointing will appear in the center most circle just below the heading of the yagi antenna 8 36 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities September 11 1992 Antenna Display 8 53 38 Parameter Value Rx Sig Str 38 Current Freq 463 6046 Location Stat Located Initialization Done Active Antenna Omni Ant Position Most Prob z Antenna Mode Sonde Azimuth Sonde Range 185818 8 Last Wind Time 76 66 6 Flight Clock 27 46 5 Figure 8 11 Antenna Display In the example then antenna is currently pointing to 123 degrees while the antenna pointing bar has been moved to point to 74 degrees Stop pressing the direction key when the green pointing bar is oriented in the desired antenna position and the antenna will move to that heading or as close to that heading as possible The antenna progress will update as it turns Also the pointing bar will no longer be displayed as soon as the antenna reaches its destination As an aid in determining where to point the antenna an icon of a balloon and sonde appears on the display at the last known
102. arch should work well if the search band limits are set to that frequency plus and minus 2 MHz Note that other factors affect search time as well including the presence of strong signals in the band that are not coming from the radiosonde During Flight Preparation the system will command the receiver to start a radiosonde search whenever it determines that the radiosonde is not located by the receiver and a search is not already in progress There are no other places in the software that the search feature is used Default Receiver Volume The system will issue a command to the ZEEMET Rack to set the receiver volume to this value during System Configuration The range is 0 255 where a value of zero 0 is the maximum volume and a value of 255 is the minimum volume 3 10 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities 3 6 Event Manager Configuration Event manager configuration Figure 3 9 allows you to specify criteria for automatically processing designated script files Script files automatically process a series of message coding commands when the criteria for the automatic script have been met September 16 1992 Event Manager Configuration 69 21 49 Event Tests Test 1 Pressure lt 5646 mb RUN SCRIPTi Test 2 Pressure lt 65 mb RUN SCRIPTZ Test 3 End of Flight RUN SCRIPT3 Test 4 Time gt T seconds RUN SCRIPT4 Test 5 Pressure lt P mb RUN SCRIPTS Test 6 Height gt H
103. are Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities Moving the cursor to the antenna cycle time parameter will display a help prompt as shown in Figure 3 26 Hitting Y in response to this prompt displays a series of help screens which explain the process of determining the cycle time The first help screen is shown in Figure 3 27 August 88 1996 fmtenna Configuration 15 56 22 Configuration Parameters Units Value Antenna Mode toggle Auto Antenna Selection toggle Omni Antenna System toggle Rotor Antenna Switch Over meters 109098 8 Antenna Cycle Time Rotor Only seconds tenths 54 4 Most Probable Sonde Azimuth Rotor Only degrees g AAA AA AN The purpose of the cycle time test is to determine as precisely as possible the full travel time of the rotor This is necessary for accurate control and measurement of the rotor position You will need a stop watch to conduct this test A Press any key to continue lt Esc gt to exit Figure 3 27 Introductory Help Screen The screen shown in Figure 3 27 is primarily informational It explains that a stop watch will be necessary to conduct the cycle time test The next screen shown in Figure 3 28 is a reminder to make certain that the correct version of software is installed in the ZEEMET Rack interface module August 68 1996 fAmtenna Configuration 15 56 29 Configuration Parameters fAmtenna Mode toggle Auto
104. are numbered across the top of the box 5 4 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 5 Flight Preparation Measured The measured line shows the line of sight LOS data received by the radiosonde GPS receiver This updates approximately once every second Corrected Corrected shows the RTCM data for the local receiver This updates approximately once every two seconds Ephemeris Ephemeris shows the ephemeris data for the local receiver This updates periodically as required Ephemeris and corrected data from the local receiver are used to generate the differential corrections required In Use In use shows the In use satellites for the current interval The second box shows the signal quality for the In use satellites for the current period Below this signal quality box is a line shows the time of the data for the current values on the left and the mode of operation on the right There are four 4 modes Init When the mode is init the local receiver is being initialized Idle When the mode is idle the system is waiting for the sonde to complete its lockup process Ready When the mode is ready the local receiver and the sonde are locked onto the satellites and the system is ready to Arm for Launch NOTE In version 4 2 the correct surface pressure temperature and humidity at the release point MUST be entered in the surface data display just prior to ARM for LAUNCH Thes
105. ata File Management menu display 10 12 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Appendix A Sonde Preparation Appendix A Mark II Sonde Preparation A 1 Unpacking and Assembling This appendix discusses the procedure for preparing a Mark II MICROSONDE for a flight with the W 9000 system Figure A 1 shows some of the typical steps needed to prepare the Mark II sonde A similar figure can also be found on the radiosonde label as PON Figure A 1 Preparing a Radiosonde for a Flight Current preparation instructions can be found in each case of radiosondes on drawing number 01 154395 Supplements may also be included Please refer to these instructions to prepare the radiosonde The general steps to follow described in detail on the instructions in the radiosonde box is to unpack the sonde activate the battery deploy antennas and prepare temperature and humidity sensors The system is started and tuned to the radiosonde initialization of sondes GPS is done pressure calibration on sondes with a pressure sensor is done the flight preparation checklist is gone through When the system and sonde are complete the sonde is attached to the flight train the system is prepared for release and the sonde is released Software Version 4 2 A 1 Appendix A Sonde Preparation W 9000 Meteorological Processing System This page intentionally left blank A 2 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing syst
106. ata Management c programs Content dos MS DOS files pkzip PKZIP and PKUNZIP utilities that compress and expand flight data files grapher Grapher utility files used for off line printing of high resolution flight data graphics tools Various batch files and utility programs MS DOS uses a path to locate programs and data files in their directories and subdirectories A special case of path is the automatic search path The W 9000 installation programs automatically establish a search path that includes the following sub directories cl c programs tools c programs dos c programs pkzip c w9000 utility These are all of the search areas needed for correct operation of the W 9000 software However while the computer uses this search path programs added to the computer located in other subdirectories may not be found See the MS DOS user manual for information on how to change the search It is recommended that if additional user developed or purchased programs are added to the W 9000 System Computer they be placed into additional user created subdirectories of the e programs subdirectory Software Version 4 2 10 3 Chapter 10 Flight Data Management W 9000 Meteorological Processing System The c flights Subdirectory The c flights subdirectory is used to store flight data Figure 10 4 shows the structure of the subdirectories used under the e flights subdirectory Figure 10 4 c flights Subdirectories When a new flight is
107. ater than the previous section For example if the start of the second section was entered as 7000 meters then the second set of wind interval parameters would be used for the first wind whose altitude is greater than 7000 meters and would continue to be used until an altitude greater than the start of the third interval if one is entered is reached Pressing Del Enter will erase the current interval data and all subsequent intervals Pressing Enter on any interval with no section start entered or at the entry of the 6th interval signals the end of data entry and prompts you to accept the data Smoothing Length Seconds This parameter is used to specify the amount of time and therefore the number of samples to be used as a smoothing interval This parameter is used to specify the amount of time and therefore the number of samples to be used as a smoothing interval The wind processing software will use this amount of time to determine which samples surrounding the wind time to be computed will be used in a fit of the raw data for each station The maximum smoothing length is 540 seconds 9 minutes for a total of 55 samples station based on one new sample every 10 seconds Software Version 4 2 3 17 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Minimum Good Data Samples This parameter is used to specify the minimum number of good data points for any included station that are required to use it If over the smooth
108. atest sonde data frame received PTU Data Finally there is the PTU Data window that shows the last processed values of pressure temperature and humidity data received from the sonde The PTU data window first appears when the receiver tunes to the correct sonde There is no data in the window until the calibration data is received When returning to this display from another module it will take a few seconds for the data in the PTU window to reappear 5 4 Navaid Status Navaid status displays the status of the wind finding method currently in use Differential GPS Status When the system is set up for Differential GPS flights the Differential GPS Status screen appears The example shown in Figure 5 4 shows four informational areas on the display The main box at the top shows the status of different satellites by their satellite number Data is displayed for various signal sources The symbol x is used to indicate which satellites have data for which category November 13 1997 Differential GPS 14 22 66 11111111112222222222333 Satellite 1234567898123 4567898123 45678986812 Measured x x x x Corrected x x x x x x x x x Epheneris x x X x x x x x x x x In Use x x xx Satellite Signal Quality CIn Use Satellites only SAT 1 25 29 36 QUAL 12 4 26 6 26 6 12 8 Time 69716 689 seconds since beginning of day MODE Maneuver Press lt ESC gt to Quit Figure 5 4 Differential GPS Status Satellites
109. atm ais 8 33 C rrent F EQU oa 8 33 Signal Strength renn San cca eoesdl ERE ER 8 33 ENOTE NOR A E AAA E ee 8 33 continued Software Version 4 2 Contents 7 Table of Contents Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Contents 8 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System PE cag ds ib A Rac deca aid alas Sans 8 33 O A aaa a 8 33 POR RG PCDI as as hes Sct launch la it Pa ee A haar Be aco falas act 8 33 RECOIL VST Action INC Y S ri a Rida rl 8 33 Receiver Spect Dis pla ii os 8 34 Receiver Tune DiSpla idl 8 35 Automatic Frequency Control 8 35 Rec iver Volume CONT Oli cuts ates a oa ela do 8 36 8 14 AM gt aia tee eR en Ral at A cid Nl hte Ne ata corte 8 36 8 15 Print Setups Com Ur eds 8 38 8 16 Station Installation nta aaa seen ie a a 8 38 8 17 Event Manager Configuration ccccceccsssceesseceeceeecseeceeaeeceaeeneeseeeenseeesaeees 8 38 8 18 Wind Computation Seu pias chsh seas te eranasseaeadah tae natant ae ee aaa envied 8 38 O aiei iaren annisa ined saga vAealiv ap top oda dane vada E eo eee eevee 8 38 8 20 View Joumal PANG mnie O A 8 38 8 21 Acknowledge Alarm EVE A 8 39 8 22 Index to ZEEMET Rack Commands ccsccsssccsscesrcescceenscseccssccesscessnsenes 8 39 Off Line UTE io ssos sessir eironi 9 1 9 1 Introduction to Off Line Utilities sche taee eles eat ead aieentaaats 9 1 92 SOT eine Utility Meni ech csccts asii 9 1 Flight Atchive Wy ios 9 2 Report Genera ad 9 2 CAPI EEA E A A E iO 9 2 Cap Sereen RI caso E EEE a eGeivute 9 2 9 3 The
110. azimuth to the sonde The time of this information can be determined by looking at the last known wind time which is shown in the antenna parameter box on the right hand side of the screen Antenna Action Keys lt Left Arrow gt Rotates green pointing bar counter clockwise one degree for each press lt Right Arrow gt Rotates green pointing bar clockwise one degree for each press lt Tab gt Rotates green pointing bar clockwise 45 degrees with each press This allows rapid movement to any region in the antenna rose lt Alt A gt Antenna Select Toggle toggles between the Yagi and the Omni Antenna Software Version 4 2 8 37 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System lt Alt M gt Antenna Mode Toggle toggles between automatic and manual mode lt Alt H gt Antenna Break halts the antenna while it is turning lt Esc gt Exit the Antenna Display 8 15 Print Setup Configuration This option is used to print a status report on flight configuration parameters set while using the Setup utility and the Flight menu These include parameters for Station Receiver and Wind Finding Installation as well as for Antenna Receiver and Event Manager Configuration 8 16 Station Installation This utility can also be accessed through the Setup menu The difference is that the updates made through this flight utility only affect the current flight Updates made through the Setup menu affect all flights
111. bal Positioning System W 9000 System with a Global Positioning System Software Overview Map W 9000 System Software Map Standard 101 Key Keyboard Map of System Setup Utilities Setup Menu Station Installation Menu Station Installation Military Message Coding Parameters WMO Message Coding Parameters WMO Message Parameters 2 Receiver Installation Event Manager Configuration Wind Finding Installation Menu Loran Chain Window Loran Station Window Omega Station Window Wind Interval Setup Wind Interval Selection Loran Wind Interval Selection by Time Wind Interval Selection by Height Loran Default Wind Interval Selection Omega Default Wind Interval Selection Wind parameter Setting Loran Chain Data Loran Chain Selection Edit a Loran Chain Add a Loran Chain Print Loran Chain Data to File Antenna Configuration Introductory Help Screen Interface Module Version Check Move Antenna to Start Position Start Antenna Timing Stop Antenna Timing Antenna Orientation Help Screen 1 Antenna Orientation Help Screen 2 Message Transmission Parameters ZEEMET Rack Configuration Screen W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Figure 4 1 4 2 43 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 7 5 1 5 2 5 3 Title Front View Display Monitor ZEEMET Rack Back View System Computer Front Panel W 9000 Command Summary ZEEMET Logo Display System Configuration Display ZEEMET Rack Configuration
112. can be used to copy flight data to diskettes copy flight data from floppies back to the hard disk delete flight data from the hard disk create or update a flight data archive restore an archived flight and view the files saved in a flight archive Copying Flight Data to Diskette The F2 function key is used to request Copying flight data to diskette This function copies the selected archive file for a flight from the hard disk to a floppy diskette To use this function you must have a clean formatted high density 1 2 megabyte 5 25 or 1 4 megabyte 3 5 diskette If necessary refer to the DOS Manual for instructions on how to use the FORMAT command to format a diskette Place the diskette in the A drive or the B drive and close the drive door Use the keyboard to select the file to be copied Then with the diskette in the drive press the F2 key A message asking for the path to be used will be displayed The default is A To use floppy diskette drive A simply press Enter To use floppy diskette drive B change the display value to show B and press Enter The selected flight archive file will be copied to the floppy diskette mounted in the selected diskette drive Copying Flight Data From Diskette The F3 function key is used to request copying flight data from a diskette This function copies an archive file for a flight from a floppy diskette to the c flights zip subdirectory on the hard disk After the copy is completed the flight will ap
113. ce From time to time you may receive new diskettes containing software updates to the W 9000 system software 1 3 Software Overview This section introduces the overall structure of the system software It explains the major functional blocks that can be used and how they relate to each other The general flow of the software is illustrated using block diagrams More specific details on the use of the programs introduced here are presented in later chapters Figure 1 4 shows the general operation of the W 9000 system software starting from when power is turned on First a small batch program called autoexec bat runs automatically to initialize the computer for use by the W 9000 system software Then the operating system prompt C gt is displayed with a Software Version 4 2 1 3 Chapter 1 Introduction W 9000 Meteorological Processing System blinking underline cursor The blinking cursor indicates that the computer is ready for the entry of commands This state is often referred to as the DOS command line in this manual POWER ON CONFIGURE SYSTEM OTHER AUTOEXEC BAT PROGRAMS m DOS COMMAND LINE f 4 START STOP UTILITY W 9000 SYSTEM PROGRAMS Figure 1 4 Software Overview Map The following W 9000 system software programs can be run from the DOS command line e START To run the W 9000 system software for a new radiosonde flight or review the data of a pa
114. cessed from the menu of the Utility program which runs off line The report generator provides the ability to make customized reports The general format of a report is a table whose rows are the standard pressure levels or are even increments of time pressure or height The columns of the report are data types selected by the user from the following time height pressure temperature humidity dew point refractive index n units refractive index m units gradient of refractive index wind speed wind direction potential temperature virtual temperature vapor pressure saturated vapor pressure air density and sound speed Up to 100 different report formats can be defined All reports are displayed on the screen and written to a text file and can optionally be printed and or output via the IJ2 serial port on the Interface Module System Software Version 4 2 6 15 Chapter 6 Flight Operations W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Report Selection Menu The Report Selection Menu is displayed when the report generator is selected from the Data Display Menu The screen display of the Report Selection Menu is shown in Figure 6 15 This shows the default report format definitions as delivered from Sippican The first menu option DEFINE NEW REPORTS which is initially highlighted allows you to delete report definitions permanently modify report definitions and define new reports To use the report selections just press lt Enter gt upon
115. cessing System October 36 1992 Capture 10 47 47 Simulated Terminal Using COM 1 Simulated Terminal Using COM 2 Capture Data Using COM 1 and or COM 2 Conf igure COM Ports Please Enter Number of Selection Figure 9 10 Capture Menu Simulated Terminal Operation The Simulated Terminal with COM 1 and Simulated Terminal with COM 2 options allow emulation of a terminal on COM 1 and COM 2 respectively using the configured setup for that port This can be used to send commands to the ZEEMET Rack and receive the responses The Simulated Terminal screen can be seen in Figure 9 11 March 16 1993 Simulated Terminal Using COM 1 14 43 54 Baud Rate 9688 Parity N Data Bits 8 Stop Bits 1 Figure 9 11 Simulated Terminal Operation 9 12 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 9 Off Line Utilities Capture Data to Disk The Capture Data option allows the data being received to be captured to a file When you select this option you are prompted with Capture Data using COM 1 Y N If Y you are prompted for a file name The process is then repeated for COM 2 Figure 9 12 shows a capture for a two port capture March 16 1993 Capture Data Using COM 1 and or COM 2 14 44 16 COM 1 Baud Rate 9688 Parity N Data Bits 8 Stop Bits 1 COM 2 Baud Rate 9688 Parity N Data Bits 8 Stop Bits 1 F1 Select Active Port 2 Figure 9 12 Capture Data Commands can be typed to the active port in all modes
116. ch is used to store data files during a flight Under normal operation this directory will be c flights new This directory is erased each time a new flight is started SIMDATAPATH Environment Variable This variable specifies the directory which contains the flight data files for the current flight simulation This directory is commonly referred to as simulation directory CALDATAPATH Environment Variable This variable specifies the directory in which calibration files are stored Under certain configurations of the W 9000 system calibration files may be required for processing the radiosonde data This directory is usually referred to as the calibration directory 1 10 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 2 Software Installation Chapter 2 Software Installation 2 1 Computer Requirements The W 9000 system software can be supported by most 80386 80486 and Pentium microprocessor based computers meeting minimum Sippican requirements that are capable of running DOS Because of this versatility a number of different types of computers are currently used in a variety of applications A typical computer consists of e 80386 80486 or Pentium Processor e Math coprocessor e 8 MB RAM minimum e 40 MB Hard drive minimum with 20 MB free e Color VGA monitor minimum e One Serial port as COM1 e One parallel port as LPT1 Please note that many factors affect compatibility and performance Proper s
117. changed by pressing the Space Bar You may also press the PgUp and PgDn keys while in the Loran station window The PgUp and PgDn keys select another Loran chain without having to exit to the previous window containing the Loran chains Pressing PgUp causes the check mark to move up to the previous chain and the stations from the previous chain are displayed in the current window The PgDn key performs the same function except that the next Loran chain is selected Once you have made the desired Include and Exclude selections exit from the current window by pressing the Esc key The current window is removed from the screen and you are placed in the previous window All windows shown in Navaid Installation may be exited in the same manner 3 14 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities Enabling PVT GPS Operation PVT GPS is used when the system is mobile and the radiosonde contains a pressure sensor PVT GPS operation will only work with PVT GPS radiosondes 1 OE ON O Da 9 Run Setup From the Setup Menu select Wind Finding Installation Select PVT GPS for the ZEEMET System Save the Changes From the Setup Menu select Wind Computation Setup Select Wind Parameter Setting Set Raw Wind Sampling Interval to 1 00 Save the changes Select Wind Interval Selection PVT GPS Sippican recommends an interval based on time with a start at 0 a smoothing length of 60 m
118. command resets real time clocks on the interface and tracker modules and starts the switching to the remote Navaid signal on the trackers LD Allow the Loran trackers to commit to remote Navaid signal Request LD Response LD This command is sent automatically when launch is detected G Switch the tracking signal to local Request G Response G This command is used to switch the tracking signal from the remote to the local Navaid signal and to reset the real time clocks in the interface and trackers 8 8 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities IL Launch for the Mark II sonde Request IL Response IL or ILERRO04 This command resets the real time clock in the receiver module and arms it for a Mark II sonde launch If at the time the IL command is issued the receiver hasn t tuned in a sonde with a good data stream then a ILERRO004 is returned This means that Mark II sonde is no longer transmitting or the receiver is not tuned properly II Enter the ID of the sonde to be searched Request LE Response HI This command identifies the target Mark II sonde that the receiver searches for If no sonde ID is entered the receiver searches for the strongest Mark II sonde signal IN Request the Mark II sonde ID Request IN Response IN HHHHHHH or INERROO1 The ID returned is that of the Mark II sonde that is currently being received IC2 Request the Mark II ca
119. command sets the volume of that speaker The smaller the value the louder the sound The value range is 0 and 255 XW Get the times of the external launch signal Request XW Response XWPPPPPP lt sp gt PPPPPP lt sp gt lt sp gt PPPPPP lt sp gt Where PPPPPP is time in tenths of a second units There are 150 records total The unused records are zero An external signal may be used for either periodic synchronization or launch indicator When the active low signal comes the receiver would records the time in the next location of the XW buffer 8 8 Decoder Commands Some systems have a Decoder instead of a RX403 receiver These are the commands that can be used with the Decoder DP Dump PTU Data Request DP Response DP Where is 1 or 2 for Port 1 or Port 2 Begin data dump in PTU format Port 2 is enabled by default and Port 1 is not DA Dump ASCII data Request DAF Response DA Where is 1 or 2 for Port 1 or Port 2 Begin data dump in character based format Neither port has this dump enabled by default 8 20 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities DH2 Dump hexadecimal data Request DH2 Response DH2 Begin data dump in binary based format Only Port 2 can dump in this mode This dump is not enabled by default DN Stop dump Request DN Response DN Where is 1 or 2 for Port 1 or Port 2 Stop data dump at port specified XY Get the
120. complete b 0 indicates message body has not all been sent indicates message body has all been sent cdefg always 0 reserved for future use IBM Put message in buffer Request IBMnn Response IBM or IBMERR002 if nn is out of range or IBMERR005 if the accumulated buffer is bigger than 2048 bytes Where nn number of bytes in the message between 00 and 80 This puts the specified message in the buffer Messages can be of any length up to 80 characters The System Computer uses a fixed length for every command so a message shorter than 80 characters should be padded with zeros Padding characters are not stored in the buffer just the message is stored Also all carriage return and line feed characters embedded in the message should be converted to OxFE and OxFD The interface converts them back during transmission to the peripheral IBO Initiate message output Request IBO Response IBO or IBOERR001 if no data in buffer This starts the transmission of the messages that are in the interface s buffer IMC Set output character coding Request IMC 8 28 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities Response IMC Where is A for ASCII or B for Baudot This selects the character set used during message transmission Two character sets ASCII and Baudot are provided IMS Set output port parameter Request IMSnm Response IMS Where n 00 lt bit5 gt lt b
121. copy 3 Disk Save Esc to Cont Code New Military Messages 7 14 Computer oO A W N e Ballistic 2 Ballistic 3 Sound Ranging Target Acquisition Please select one Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 7 Data Analysis Figure 7 19 Code New Military Messages Menu The Code New Military Message menu allows the computation and encoding of any of the messages listed in the standard military format To start the coding process select the required message In this menu messages to encode are selected by pressing the number key associated with the desired message as displayed in the menu Press lt Ese gt to return to the Process Coded Messages Menu For example encoding could be started by selecting the Computer message Once this has been done the message will encoded and the completed message will appear on the screen as in Figure 7 20 EDIT MESSAGE METCM9 860066 888862 66486616 36821662 18451047 22838227 61481619 38688991 19469646 24138194 62519636 361986963 20486837 24396166 63499636 29898928 21479633 23686141 64476634 29688869 22427626 23266126 65475634 29236826 23422623 23566161 66476635 28858773 24546666 26176686 67481637 28616728 25167805 28366673 68566635 28256686 26227807 31370062 69564636 28820645 99999 16489642 276586087 11492647 27460576 12493648 26988519 1 Edit 13491646 26416457 2 Hardcopy 14471646 25758480 3 Disk Save 15459644 249883
122. ction Code meters Knots Knots Knots mils 6 6 6 08 8 08 8 08 6 1 2606 15 54 4 59 16 21 4588 2 4008 26 23 5 94 26 98 5827 3 6808 29 14 3 61 29 36 4926 4 8808 42 72 4 62 42 97 4916 5 190009 68 61 11 92 61 77 4682 6 12606 55 52 24 17 68 56 4382 7 14008 751 05 129 13 762 07 4627 8 16606 198 32 36 39 201 63 4615 9 18008 5 39 19 66 28 39 6128 18 20008 19 14 8 63 21 08 4369 11 22090 8 79 5 31 5 37 3351 12 24800 2 87 3 15 4 26 2447 13 26068 3 48 1 99 3 94 2139 Figure 7 21 Sample Message Generation Report The data contained in this report was that which was necessarily calculated to generate the military message it pertains to Press lt Esc gt to return to the View Military Message Reports menu Press lt Ese gt from the View Military Message Reports menu to return to the Code New Military Messages menu 7 18 Edit Message After the selected WMO or military message has been encoded the message is displayed within the Edit Message screen This screen can also be reached as described below by selecting Edit Coded Messages from the Process Coded Messages menu This screen allows the user to review the message as displayed on the screen and decide on further action The message can be edited printed or saved to disk See the description below under Edit Coded Message for instruction on the editing process If Hard Copy is selected the printer will feed to the top of the next page and print this message Using
123. d Disk not ready Feature unavailable Rename across disks Path File access error Path not found Feature removed Invalid name Table not found Index not found Invalid column No current record Duplicate value for unique index Invalid operation on null index Database needs repair Appendix B W 9000 Error Codes W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 100 105 200 242 244 246 248 250 252 getput Name filename Bad file name The root filename for system data files could not be constructed The file name is made from the System Name and the Flight Id in the DOS environment This is a fatal error causing the system to stop Enter a valid System Name using the program Setup and a valid flight identifier Also check to make sure that the correct version of the Start batch file is in use getput FLTDATAPATH is not set The path to the system data files could not be constructed because the Fltdatapath is equal to null in the environment Check to make sure that the correct version of the Start batch file is in use NAVAID GRI reset command not accepted by ZEEMET Rack Check all cable connections from the computer to the ZEEMET Rack and try again If this error repeatedly occurs re load the loran tracker programs using Setup MASTER Operator Aborted Interface Status Check The operator aborted the program during ZEEMET Rack Initialization MASTER ZRACK Init Failed On ZEEMET rack command The ZEEMET rack f
124. d There may be a significant delay before the report is displayed if serial port output or printer output was selected The beginning of the report is initially displayed Use the arrow keys and the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys to view other portions of the report When finished press lt Esc gt and the program exits back to the Data Display Menu Report Definition The DEFINE NEW REPORTS option in the Report Selection Menu is used to define new report formats permanently modify existing report formats or to delete report formats This option brings up the Report Definition display shown in Figure 6 16 August 67 1996 Report Definition 15 29 52 Report Name pust Serial Output NO Report Title pres vs time Printer Output NO Interval Type Time minutes Interval Amount 1 666 Tabular Data Tabular Data Selection Data Selected Time minutes Geopotential Height m Pressure hPa Temperature deg C Relative Humidity Dewpoint deg C Refractive Index N Grad Refract Index Mod Refract Index M Wind Speed knots Report Width 8 Print Type 88 Column Print Use Right Left Arrow Keys to move between Selection 4 Selected Windows F2 NextRpt F3 SaveRpt F4 DeleteRpt TAB NxtField Figure 6 16 Report Definition When first entered the Report Definition display is ready to accept a new report definition This is shown by the blank fields in the Report Def
125. d the ZEEMET logo is the first display on the screen You may press any key while this display is on to immediately continue on to the flight identifier screen This screen allows you to enter the flight ascension identifier and the radiosonde serial number After the flight identifiers have been entered the software enters the preflight program that allows access to all functions required to prepare for a radiosonde flight When all of the preflight activities have been completed the user selects Arm for Launch from the preflight menu to access the flight program The system will stay in the flight menu and its submenus throughout the flight The flight menu allows access to data analysis message coding the graphic flight data displays and other utilities You can return to the DOS command line from either the flight menu or the flight preparation menu by selecting Exit System 1 5 Computer Keyboard If you are unfamiliar with DOS or the system computer read the DOS manual and the system computer operators manual before you attempt to operate the system This W 9000 manual provides only a brief description of the keyboard and short explanations of the functions certain keys perform in your system An example of a standard 101 key keyboard usually used for the system computer is shown in Figure 1 6 Some systems have keyboards that differ in arrangement but still have the same basic keys and they perform the same functions as discussed below
126. d does not prevent a message from being selected and transmitted again June 61 1992 T 1 TEMP A T 2 TEMP B T 3 TEMP C T 4 TEMP D T 5 PILOT A T 6 PILOT B T 7 PILOT C T 8 PILOT D T 9 CT Transmit Coded Messages 66 61 1992 66 61 1992 66 61 1992 66 61 1992 66 61 1992 66 61 1992 66 61 1992 66 61 1992 66 61 1992 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 54 54 54 54 54 54 55 55 55 14 56 13 a Figure 7 24 Transmit Coded WMO Messages Select the WMO messages that you wish to transmit A asterisk will appear next to each selected When all required messages have been selected enter lt Ese gt You will be prompted to confirm that transmission of the selected messages is wanted as shown in Figure 7 25 message 7 20 June 61 1992 1 TEMPA 2 TEMP B 3 TEMP C 4 TEMP D 5 PILOT A 6 PILOT B 7 PILOT C 8 PILOT D 9 CT Transmit Coded Messages 66 61 1992 66 61 1992 66 61 1992 66 61 1992 66 61 1992 66 61 1992 66 61 1992 66 61 1992 66 61 1992 14 14 14 14 14 54 14 14 14 14 54 54 54 54 54 55 55 55 14 56 61 YA Enter Y to transmit selected message s Esc or N to quit Figure 7 25 Transmit Coded WMO Messages Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 7 Data Analysis Enter lt Y gt to confirm and the selected WMO messages will be transmitted Upon completion of the message tran
127. de toggle Antenna Selection toggle Antenna System toggle Antenna Switch Over meters Antenna Cycle Time Rotor Only seconds tenths Most Probable Sonde Azimuth Rotor Only degrees Cycle Time Determination Assistance Go to a location where the antenna can be observed Use the stop watch to note the time that the antenna stops turning The seconds and tenths should be then entered at the cycle time prompt in the above display YA Press lt ENTER gt to continue lt ESC gt to exit Figure 3 31 Stop Antenna Timing Most Probable Sonde Azimuth Rotor Only Once the cycle time has been entered Antenna Configuration prompts for the most probable sonde azimuth to be entered This parameter is only used for the rotor antenna This is the heading in degrees that the radiosonde is most likely to take from the station This is a function of the prevailing winds for your area Initialization Rotor Only This is the final action required for configuration of a rotor antenna Assuming you have determined and entered the antenna cycle time and all of the data has been entered on the Antenna Configuration screen this final step can be completed Press Esc to leave the Antenna Configuration screen If you have selected the rotor antenna as your Antenna System then you will be asked if you would like to initialize the antenna Responding N to the prompt skips the antenna initialization Responding Y to the prompt causes the s
128. display lt Shift Tab gt retreats the window in a nominal 5 decrement from current position Has the opposite effect of the Tab key lt Up Arrow gt moves the cursor backward one record If it is currently in the upper leftmost cell then the whole window scrolls one position towards the first frame lt Down Arrow gt moves the cursor forward one record If it is currently in the lower rightmost cell then the whole window scrolls one position towards the last frame lt L gt selects the highlighted frame pointed to by the cursor as the new launch frame An L will appear to the left of the data to mark the record as the launch record The L marker is then removed from any previously selected launch record The time of the newly selected launch frame is displayed as time zero 0 All other times are now displayed relative to this point lt E gt selects the frame at the cursor as the new end of flight point An E marker is placed at the left of the selected frame to indicate this This key can t be used to end a flight currently in progress subsequently this function is inhibited during a flight lt Esc gt exits the editing function To assist in determining the optimum flight terminus each displayed frame consists of the relative time of the frame since the last selected launch point the selected launch point becomes time zero and all flight times in the display are shown as their relative magnitude or to this point t
129. e a request for auto tuning is received while auto tuning is underway Comeuro Module not initialized The module being accessed has not been initialized For example the antenna status is being requested from the interface module when the antenna has not been initialized Software Version 4 2 B 9 Appendix B W 9000 Error Codes W 9000 Meteorological Processing System This page intentionally left blank B 10 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Appendix C Navigation Status Information Appendix C Navigation Status Information C 1 General Information Occasionally Navaid stations shut down for periodic maintenance or emergency repairs A free service called the Navigation Information Service Bulletin Board is offered to all modem users providing up to date information for your system Their web site http www navcen uscg mil has the same information C 2 Operating Parameters The Navigation Information Service Bulletin Board operates at full duplex 300 14400 baud no parity 8 data bits and 1 stop bit through a telephone line that is connected to a modem which is compatible with V 22 and V 32 standards The Navigation Information Service Bulletin Board is available on a 24 hour basis by calling USA 703 313 5910 After making a connection follow the prompts and instructions to register Once registered a series of choices are presented allowing access to information on Loran C along with ot
130. e Loran However no Loran Tracker was found WINDINIT Invalid Navaid Config Omega wind finding was selected but the Omega configuration is incorrect Either there is no Omega Tracker or no Omega common station was selected or more than one Omega common station was selected One and only one Omega station must be selected as common METREAD Division by 0 chigh freq chigh value A division by zero error has occurred during the frequency to pressure calculation This is caused by the chigh value being equal to zero METREAD Division by 0 capsden capsden value A division by zero error has occurred during the frequency to pressure calculation This is caused by the capsden value being equal to zero METREAD Division by 0 newL newH freq newL value newH value freq value A division by zero error has occurred during the frequency to pressure calculation This is caused by the newL value or the newH value being equal to zero METREAD Temperature measured temperature value is unreasonably high The value calculated for temperature is above the upper limit of the acceptable range The acceptable range for temperature is from 100 to 60 degrees Celsius METREAD Temperature temperature value thermistor probably broken The value calculated for temperature is below the lower limit of the acceptable range The acceptable range for temperature is from 100 to 60 degrees Celsius Software Version 4 2 B 7 Appendix B W 9000
131. e aiii id 1 10 SIMDATAPATH Environment Varlable ooooonnnccnnccnncccnoccnonccnonaconcconcnonnconnoo 1 10 CALDATAPATH Environment Variable ooooooonnccnnccinococonnconnnonnnconncconocanoos 1 10 Software Version 4 2 Contents 1 Table of Contents W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 2 Software Installation cosesseicteiecesssescvetecpsscessascensdscetensccssscssbiobeed ssetsabdessdacuongsbesssensenudse 2 1 2 1 Computer Requirements ssl did 2 1 2 2 Software Installation TaskKs ii de 2 1 2 3 Preparing the OA dls 2 2 2 4 Formatting the Ro 2 3 2 5 Installing System Software it A id AA did ii 2 3 2 6 Configuring System SO Wisin diia 2 3 2 7 Installing System Software Updates ocoooconiononnnnononnconncananona cono nannon anar nona cono nano 2 4 De ME REO Pl cos 2 4 2 9 Setting System Time and Date A ANA Esa 2 4 2 10 Printer COAUTOR AAA A EA A EE 2 5 Chapter3 System Setup US A tive jaGoucrasdadsiuecehnnnvencedes 3 1 Jt Systemi Set p Oyervie Wki teri aidan thane Meade aas 3 1 3 2 a aa a a a i ia A is 3 2 Customer Name sessista irket ir E aA ar a e ear a EESE 3 3 System Name Ai 3 3 A a e E a a me Macotunteee 3 4 London tds 3 4 pto ta Lo A O A Aa tee es 3 4 A O els os E E E a RE 3 4 Sonde O 3 4 PTU Selection 3 4 End Flight Automatically aeiiae ieoa n a a 3 5 Pangua OSS o T seta a T o 3 5 Geid Separation O 3 5 Automatic Flight Sarli aces 3 5 3 3 Military Message Coding Parameters ccccecsseessce
132. e directional antenna should be hand turned to point to the most probable radiosonde azimuth Use a compass if necessary When the directional antenna is oriented correctly the bolts should be tightened At this point the rotor antenna configuration is complete Use the antenna display program to verify that the antenna has been installed correctly Using the display move the antenna to various headings and verify the antenna is pointing correctly 3 30 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities 3 11 Transmission Parameters Transmitted Message Parameters is used to establish the communication parameters used for transmitting messages from the interface module connector IJ4 to an external device Message Transmission Parameters 69 26 27 Transmitted Data Format Units Speed toggle Data Bit toggle Stop Bit toggle Parity toggle Enable toggle Character toggle Please Select Speed with Space Bar Figure 3 34 Message Transmission Parameters The parameters shown in Figure 3 34 can be set by first using the up and down arrow keys to highlight the value to be changed and then repeatedly pressing Space Bar until the desired value is visible When all the parameters have the desired value press Ese and respond to the prompt l ONY ee 3 12 Speed The speed is measured in bits per second The settings which can be made using the speed option are 50 1
133. e of arrival in microseconds This file is used only in loran wind flights Loran wind raw data file from tracker 2 The same as the lw1 file except that the data is from tracker 2 This file is used only in cross chain loran wind flights Raw wind data files with text format for radar and radiotheodolite flights Each record contains four 7 character fields and a 2 character flag followed by CR and LF The first four fields are each 6 digits followed by a space They contain the time since launch in tenths of a second the azimuth and elevation in hundredths of a degree and the slant range in meters For radiotheodolite flights the slant range is set to zero Processed Flight Data Files mdc Meteorological Data Calculations File Stored in binary format Stores values computed from the data in the mt2 file Has one record for each entry in the mt2 file which has the same position in the file and which has the same time as the corresponding mt2 record mt2 Computed PTU and other data from the various data channels of the sonde Stored in binary format Includes a data quality indicator flag value for each channel value Also includes the time for the samples fsa Fine Structure Archive file Stored in the same binary format as the mt2 file However it contains a reduced data set that captures the fine structure of the data in the mt2 file with a data resolution equal to a nominal 25 of the size of the mt2 file wnd Computed
134. e report printing option is activated or deactivated Pressing the key with the number corresponding to this option toggles the serial output mode between ON and OFF If serial output is active copies of various reports accessed while in this menu are sent out the serial port The current serial output status is displayed at the bottom of the menu as shown in Figure 7 3 System Software Version 4 2 7 3 Chapter 7 Data Analysis W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 7 5 PTU Summary The PTU pressure temperature humidity Summary is shown in Figure 7 4 Itis accessed by selecting PTU Summary from the Data Analysis Output menu September 38 Time min 1994 PTU Summary 12 43 26 Pressure Height Temp DP Dep Humidity hPa M MSL gt deg C deg C percent 1006 6 85 25 6 11 1 58 8 835 7 1688 18 8 2 6 87 3 771 8 2339 6 4 4 7 72 6 713 1 2986 3 4 6 9 68 3 657 7 3636 1 3 13 4 35 8 644 4 3798 2 3 4 2 72 6 633 2 3938 2 6 11 4 41 5 638 6 3971 2 2 6 8 59 6 614 2 4181 3 4 7 3 56 8 687 1 4272 3 5 18 9 21 6 661 4 4347 3 8 15 6 28 9 599 7 4369 3 8 27 7 9 6 519 3 5487 12 2 12 2 35 9 459 8 6466 19 1 11 8 34 7 Figure 7 4 PTU Summary When displaying the PTU Summary the first two lines list the column titles for the PTU data that follows The data window lists the summary of meteorological parameters for all significant levels time in minutes relative to launch pressure in millibars geopotential height in
135. e the flight identifiers Exit the system The Preflight menu also provides an indication of the status of these items A question mark next to a menu item means that the item has yet to be processed An asterisk next to an item means that the function represented by the menu item has been completed Items that do not show a question mark or an asterisk are not required as part of the flight preparation A basic tenet of the preflight process is to automate as many steps as possible while giving you overall control Briefly put when the menu is first entered several processes are automatically initiated The system will automatically initialize the wind finding hardware The receiver will automatically tune to the correct sonde by searching for its serial number in any data streams encountered while sampling frequencies in the search band Software Version 4 2 5 3 Chapter 5 Flight Preparation W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Note that the first four items on the Preflight menu Navaid Status Surface Data Calibration and Receiver may be completed in any order However all four steps must be completed before arming the system for launch Flight Information Windows The Flight Information window is the second in the Flight Preparation display It contains information such as the sonde serial number the current frequency of the receiver and the signal strength measured at that frequency It also contains the frame number of the l
136. e used with the BINUTIL and AVGMET utilities to make printed graphs of W 9000 flight data See the Grapher manual for details 9 14 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 9 Off Line Utilities This page intentionally left blank Software Version 4 2 9 15 W 900 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 10 Flight Data Management Chapter 10 Flight Data Management 10 1 Introduction To Data Management This chapter gives a general description of the data files produced by the W 9000 System during flight operations The sections that follow explain where the system stores the data and how it is organized It explains how to save the data in a special space saving compressed form to a special subdirectory area on the hard disk of the system computer which is reserved for saved flight data There is also a description of how to copy flight data to floppy diskettes for saving or backing up the data external to the computer or for sending a copy of the data to be used in another computer Finally there is a description of how to delete flight data files from the hard disk of the system computer in order to make space available for new data During each flight the W 9000 System Software automatically writes the data for that flight to the hard disk to preserve it After the flight you must determine what to do with the data that has been stored on the disk This chapter explains the use of the W 9000 System utility progra
137. e user can code save edit print and transmit WMO or military messages 7 2 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 7 Data Analysis 7 2 Data Analysis Output The Data Analysis Output menu is shown in Figure 7 3 From this menu any of the various data summaries can be written to a disk file displayed and printed Hitting lt Esc gt from here exits Data Analysis resulting in return to the Flight menu February 17 1995 Data Analysis 14 34 25 Turn Report Printing On Turn Serial Output On PTU Summary Wind Summary Analysis Summary Standard Isobaric Surfaces Met Significant Levels Wind Significant Levels Regional Wind Levels Freezing Levels NCDC Flight Archive Current Monthly Means Summary Previous Monthly Means Summary Code and Process Messages BE OnmPuUOAnNTORUNe YA Report Printing is Off Serial Output is Off Figure 7 3 Data Analysis Output 7 3 Report Printing By selecting Turn Report Printing ON or Turn Report Printing OFF the report printing option is activated or deactivated Pressing the key with the number corresponding to this option toggles the printing mode between ON and OFF If report printing is active copies of various reports accessed while in this menu are sent to the printer The current report printing status is displayed at the bottom of the menu as shown in Figure 7 3 7 4 Serial Output By selecting Turn Serial Output ON or Turn Serial Output OFF th
138. e values are used to initialize the pressure computation for differential GPS operation Maneuver When the mode is maneuver launch has been detected and the system is computing pressure from the measured altitude along with Wind Speed and Direction Software Version 4 2 5 5 Chapter 5 Flight Preparation PVT GPS Status W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Hovember 13 1997 GPS HAVAID DISPLAY 14 10 58 UTC Csec 307090 307085 307086 307087 307088 307091 307092 307093 307094 307097 A Wo Wo Wo Sats Latitude Longitude SPEED CD M 9 CDM 5 Cm sec 6 22 48 23 639 43 14 9 38 0 3 6 22 48 23 70 43 14 9 38 0 3 6 22 48 23 71 43 14 9 39 0 3 6 22 48 23 72 43 14 9 39 0 3 6 72 48 273 72 43 14 9 40 0 3 6 272 48 23 74 43 14 9 42 0 3 6 72 48 23 75 43 14 9 43 0 3 6 22 48 23 75 43 14 9 43 0 3 6 22 48 23 75 43 14 9 44 0 7 6 22 48 23 39 43 14 9 81 7 3 GPS RAH DATA Direction CDeg 200 199 200 201 MLS ALA Loran Status Figure 5 5 PVT GPS Status When the system is set up for Loran flights the Loran Status screen appears The example shown in Figure 5 6 is that of the Navaid screen that comes up when the system has the optional cross chain Loran configuration The example shows two separate Loran chains that are used to determine the winds October 29 1992 Northeast U S Station Name Seneca Caribou Nantucket Ca
139. easured by the surface sensors is entered in the surface data display If the two pressure values agree a pressure offset is not required The Pressure Offset display presents several data boxes to aid you in determining the best pressure offset value if one is required Each data box is described in detail Software Version 4 2 5 13 Chapter 5 Flight Preparation W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Entered Surface Data Window This window shows the current values for the surface data These are the values entered in the surface data display Current Offset Information Window This window shows the current value of all offsets entered by the user as well as the sonde serial number PTU Data Window The PTU Data window is located in the lower right portion of the screen This shows the latest values of Pressure Temperature and Humidity with no offset applied Offsets Window The Offsets Window in the lower left portion of the screen displays a running average of the offset values These values are calculated by taking the difference between the surface data and a running average of all PTU data gathered while in the Pressure Offset display To enter a pressure offset value press lt P gt A data entry prompt appears at the bottom of the display for entering the pressure offset value You may enter the current pressure offset value calculated in the Offset window or enter another value Once a pressure offset value has been ente
140. ected report definition The title interval amount serial output switch and printer output switch can all be modified Modifications made by this method are used only for the current invocation of the report and do not permanently affect the selected report definition This is particularly useful for turning on the printer output or the serial output to get a permanent copy of a report without the danger of unexpectedly operating the printer or serial port when they are not desired Changing the report title may also be useful to document or call attention to a particular feature represented in the data of the report 6 16 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 6 Flight Operations To use the upper window for this purpose first move the highlight in the lower window to the name and title of the desired report definition Then press lt Tab gt and the highlight moves to the upper window to highlight the report title field An edit line with contents of the highlighted field appears at the bottom of the screen Use the edit line to change the currently displayed field or press the lt Tab gt key to go to the next field Note that the status of the serial output and printer output field is changed by pressing the lt Space Bar gt To generate the report with the modifications use the lt Tab gt key to return to the lower window and press lt Enter gt Report Browsing Reports are displayed after they are selecte
141. ed The range of the SNR values is between 0 and 99 The Loran status display is updated with new SNR values at a rate according to the value specified for the Raw Wind Sampling interval from the Setup Utilities State The Loran tracker begins to track the Loran signal when the ZEEMET Rack is powered on At this time the tracker begins a lockup cycle tracking according to current value of the Group Repetition Interval GRI During the lockup cycle the tracker progresses through specific steps leading up to lockup of the Loran stations These steps are defined through State values The State value starts at zero at power on and proceeds through State eight when the tracker has locked up on the station Software Version 4 2 5 7 Chapter 5 Flight Preparation W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Signal Source Message The Navaid Status display for Loran presents a message at the bottom of the screen which shows the source of the Loran signal In the following discussion each of the four possible messages will be described in detail Whenever the term local appears this refers to the Loran signal supplied by the Navaid whip antenna on the ground The term remote refers to the Loran signal supplied by the radiosonde Local Navaid Signal The Loran signal is supplied by the local antenna This message is displayed during preflight operation Transferring to Sonde The Loran signal is still supplied by the local antenna and the tracker
142. ed under the Wet Bulb Temperature in the Surface Data display the WMO Cloud Code the Standard Day and Hour and the Transmission ID 5 10 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 5 Flight Preparation WMO Cloud Code This code is used in the TEMP message Part B Section 8 Refer to the WMO manual on Codes Volume 1 for a complete description of this parameter Standard Day and Hour The standard day and hour entry specifies the WMO day and hour when the radiosonde was released This data will be included with the message head message tail or bulletins if these files contain symbolic information indicating that the Standard Day and Hour should be included Transmission ID The Transmission ID is used to identify a station when a WMO message is transmitted The Transmission ID will be sent with the message head or message tail if these files contain symbolic information indicating that the Transmission ID should be included Military Message Coding Parameters If your software contains the Military Message Coding option you will be presented with another menu when you select Surface Data from the Preflight menu This menu will contain choices for Surface Data entry and Military Message Coding parameters See Chapter 3 for a description of the Military Message Coding Parameters display 5 6 Calibration Data Calibration Functions There are two calibration functions available The first is the calibrati
143. edge an error and remove the error message from the bottom of the screen Additional function keys are explained where appropriate throughout the rest of the manual 1 6 Standard Editing Screen Most of the data entry screens in the W 9000 System operate using a standard data entry interface so there is a standard appearance methodology and definition of keys This makes the system easier to learn and use Scratch Pad The standard editing screens use a scratch pad concept The scratch pad is a small work area at the lower left side of the screen It allows an item to be changed while still having the previous value of the item visible in the main window on the screen Pressing Enter allows the change to be provisionally accepted When you have finished editing press Ese and the following prompt will appear Accept displayed values Y N lt Esc gt Pressing Y accepts the changes and exits the program Pressing N allows you to continue editing Pressing Esc exits the screen without accepting any of the changes All of the items that are part of the editing display are listed in the confines of a double lined data entry window Types of Data There are two types of data listed in a data entry window data that can be edited and data that cannot be edited The data that can be edited is displayed in dull white with the currently selected item shown in bright white The bright white item is then said to be highlighted This makes it easy
144. een In flight Launch Detected Data is available from the record marked as launch up to the latest available data The latest acquired data is scrolled on the screen as long as the last page of data is on the screen The message Launch detected is displayed on the application message line of the screen End of flight End Of Flight Detected Data is available from the record marked as launch up to the record marked as the end of flight The message End of Flight detected is displayed on the application message line of the screen The following keys are active while in the tabular displays lt Home gt displays the first available page of data lt End gt displays the latest available data on the first line of the view window lt PgUp gt displays the previous page of data in the view window An audible beep is heard if the top most page of data is being displayed lt PgDn gt displays the next page of data in the view window An audible beep is heard if the last page of data is being displayed lt Up Arrow gt scrolls the view window down one line and inserts a new line at the top of the view window An audible beep is heard if the window cannot scroll any further lt Down Arrow gt scrolls the view window up one line and inserts a new line at the bottom of the view window An audible beep is heard if the window cannot scroll any further lt Esc gt returns the user to the main menu of the Sonde View program shown in Figure 6
145. election of the computer and its component parts may dramatically effect performance Sippican guarantees that the W 9000 software will operate on computers sold by Sippican Customer supplied computers will probably work but operation cannot be guaranteed unless the units are sent to Sippican for evaluation and testing with the proper revision software Arrangements can be made with Sippican for this type of integration and testing The standard computers used in the W 9000 System are from DELL Computer Corporation Ifa DELL computer is not used other computer type interconnects are the same or similar 2 2 Software Installation Tasks The W 9000 System software is designed to run on drive C of the W 9000 System Computer Although the system is delivered with the software already installed this section is provided for several purposes 1 For users who supply their own computer it is necessary to prepare the hard drive and arrange the hard drive directory structure in such a way as to be compatible with the software when it is installed 2 In the event that there is a problem with the hard drive it may be necessary to reformat the drive and re install DOS the Disk Operating System and the W 9000 System software 3 From time to time software updates either an update to software that is already installed or a completely new version may be delivered In this case the new software must be installed to update or replace the version that is pre
146. em Appendix B W 9000 Error Codes Appendix B W 9000 Error Codes B 1 Introduction This appendix lists and describes the errors that may be generated by the system It is highly unlikely that a majority of these errors will ever happen however they are listed for the sake of completeness Should there be a serious error it should be reported to a Technical Service Representative at Sippican Inc There are two classes of errors in the W 9000 system Basic run time errors and system errors Basic run time errors are detected by the run time error trapping facility that is a standard part of the Basic programming language compiler that was used to develop the W 9000 software Run time errors occur when a program or module encounters a condition that was not expected For example if the result of processing some data causes a division by zero then a division by zero error will be generated System errors are generated by the W 9000 software in response to unusual situations System errors are caused by improper configurations hardware problems and incorrect operator data entry selections System error numbers are determined by the application program they are not part of the native error facility of the development environment that the program is written in ZEEMET Rack errors are system errors from the ZEEMET Rack They are listed separately in the last section of this appendix System errors and basic run time errors are often automatical
147. eparation Map Software Version 4 2 5 1 Chapter 5 Flight Preparation W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Figure 5 2 shows the Flight Identifiers Initialization This screen allows you to enter the radiosonde serial number and the flight ascension identifier for the current flight These values are entered using the rules of the standard editing screen October 29 1992 Flight Identifier Intitialization 11 66 51 Flight Identifiers Values Serial Number 535766 Ascension Identifier 4 Please Enter the Sonde Serial Number summm8 FA Input Mode Over Type Figure 5 2 Flight Identifier Initialization After the flight identifiers have been entered you enter the Flight Preparation display You may however still change the flight identifiers at any time before a flight by selecting Change Flight Identifiers from the Preflight menu Entering a Sonde Serial Number The W 9000 has an automatic tuning facility that requires the Mark II sonde serial number The sonde serial number is located on the outside of the sonde case Use the Flight Identifier Initialization menu to enter the serial number Entering a Flight Ascension ID The Flight Ascension Identifier Flight ID is required to assign a unique alphanumeric label to the data for each flight The number of characters available for the Flight ID F depends on the number of characters in the System Name S according to the formula F 8 S For example
148. er 6 Flight Operations W 9000 Meteorological Processing System September 11 1992 Raw Sonde Data Display 88 28 85 TIME RXCNT SDCNT REF PRESS TEMP HUMID SPR 1 SPR 2 SPR3 _ SPR 4 min sec count count count count count count count count count count 1287 2212 8651 12586 22169 6491 53298 53297 22169 53296 1268 2213 35363 12591 22188 6491 53298 53298 22198 53298 1289 2214 1165 12592 22261 6493 53297 53297 22266 53297 1218 2215 37424 12593 22218 6493 53297 53299 22265 53297 1211 2216 53296 12597 22213 6493 53297 53297 22211 53296 1212 2217 13031 1259 19 62 2 1196 2261 12958 12552 22636 6488 53297 53294 22628 53294 19 83 5 1197 2282 1178 12557 22835 6488 53297 53297 22033 53296 19 64 7 1198 2203 37427 12566 22046 6488 53297 53296 22649 53297 19 65 9 1199 2264 8649 12562 22666 6489 53295 53296 228067 53297 19 67 1 1288 2285 35308 12565 22681 6489 53296 53296 22685 53297 19 68 4 1261 2266 1169 12568 22165 6488 53297 53296 22164 53296 19 89 6 1262 2267 37426 12571 22119 6498 53297 53297 22117 53296 19 18 8 1263 2268 53294 12574 22128 6491 53297 53296 22126 53296 19 12 6 1264 2269 13627 12578 22133 6496 53297 53296 22136 53295 19 13 3 1265 2218 1166 12588 22141 6496 53298 53296 22142 53296 19 14 5 1266 2211 37426 12582 22156 6491 53298 53297 22157 53299 6 2 4 93 YA Launch Detected Figure 6 12 Raw Sonde Data Display Raw Sonde Data Display Select Raw Sonde Data Display to view a tabular display of the raw data as illustra
149. esseceeceseceeeeeeseecnseenseeeees 3 5 Octanto f the Globe staener dere 3 6 C ded PO is la a cs teed la at 3 6 Military Cloud Codes TR AA AAA AAA 3 6 E leas iaxs tas ARTE E A AEAEE AEA EERE SGASS 3 6 3 4 WMO message Coding Parametros 3 6 Maximum Number of Tropopauses ccccccescceesceeseecscecseeceneeeeeeeeseeeseeneenees 3 6 Lowest Tropopause Presstre Rie 3 6 O A ase a dae eae a aan as 3 7 WMO Station INI DET A oteedooanten Xe aee 3 7 WMO Sounding systems dat NR 3 7 SEM GE E EK neato aed a aa 3 7 Mobile L nd Stat dd lacio 3 7 Ship Call Sign and Mobile Station country town COdS ooooconoconocococococcnonnninnncnns 3 7 Number of COUPLE ida 3 8 Number of Blank Lines Between Messages ooonocccoococonccononononconncconocana nono ccnnncnns 3 8 Include Significant Winds PPBB and PPDD 0oooooncccoconcccnaccocononcnnnonncnnncnnccnnos 3 8 Include Last Wind in PILOT Section 4 ooooconccnnncococccoccnononcnnnoconoconn nono noon cnc nocnnos 3 8 Replace with 0 in PPBB station elevation ooooooooccinocinococoonoconaconc conc nconncconocnnos 3 8 Contents 2 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Table of Contents 3 5 3 6 3 1 3 8 3 9 3 10 Software Version 4 2 Do not generate 41414 in TTBB dit lib 3 8 Do not generate 52525 in TTBB Region ID oooonnconincnnoccnonccnnnnconncconacannnonnnoos 3 8 Add WMO number before first grOUP oooooccnnoconocononanonnnonnncconocana nono nonn coco nocnnnos
150. eteorological Processing System AL AR Move antenna left right Request AL AR Response AL AR AL moves the antenna left and AR moves the antenna right Movement stops at the rotor end or with command AS or AH AN Set the most likely wind azimuth Request AN Response AN This command is part of antenna installation The purpose for this command is to set the rotor s center of movement to the most likely wind direction AH Halt antenna movement Request AH Response AH S tops the antenna and without turning on the brake AS Stop antenna movement Request AS Response AS Stops the antenna and turns on the brake AT Read calibration table Request AT Response AT H HH 25 HHH This reads the calibration table The table is 0 before initialization 8 26 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities AW Read rotor voltage Request AW Response AWT H H The rotor voltage measures the direction the rotor is pointing the antenna The measurement is a three digit number from 0 to 256 which must be converted to degrees by the table of the AD AT commands 8 10 Coded Message Transmission Commands Coded messages can be transmitted from the IJ4 port of the ZEEMET Rack interface module to other peripherals with serial communication capability such as puncher printer and computer The interface module has 2048 bytes available to store message
151. eturn to the Edit Message menu To save your edited messages to disk select Disk Save from the Edit Message menu after you have completed the editing process If you do not save the message before pressing the lt Esc gt key again any changes that were made while editing will be discarded Moving the Editing Cursor Use the lt Ctrl gt key in conjunction with the left or right arrow key to move the cursor to the beginning of the adjacent group Use the lt Home gt key to move the cursor to the first character of the first group Use the lt End gt key to move the cursor to the last character of the last group Use the arrow keys left right up and down to move around one column or row at a time 7 18 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 7 Data Analysis Typeover and Insert Modes The normal key in mode is typeover In this mode when a character is keyed in it will appear on the screen in place of the character that was displayed at the cursor location This is the mode normally used to change the information displayed in a group To switch to insert mode select the lt Ins gt key While this mode is active the word INSERT is displayed in the upper right hand corner of the screen In this mode when a character is keyed in all of the characters on the line the cursor is on beginning with the character at the cursor position are shifted to the right and the new character is displayed at the c
152. f all the axis scales may be adjusted Each scale can be adjusted in three ways PAN ZOOM MIN and ZOOM MAX Since the Wind Speed and Direction Graphs have two horizontal scales the wind speed and wind direction scales and one vertical scale time or height there are a total of nine adjustments The lt Tab gt key selects each of the nine adjustments one at a time PAN adjustments change the minimum and maximum scale limits at the same time ZOOM MIN adjustments will change only the minimum scale limit ZOOM MAX adjustments will change only the maximum scale limit Once the desired adjustment method is selected with the lt Tab gt key the arrow keys can be used to increase or decrease the selected scale limit s There are three adjustment increments small medium and large The vertical scale time or height is adjusted in the small increments with lt Up Arrow gt and lt Down Arrow gt in the medium increments with the lt Shift Up Arrow gt and lt Shift Down Arrow gt and in large increments with the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys The horizontal scales wind speed and wind direction are adjusted independently one at atime For these scales the lt Right Arrow gt and lt Left Arrow gt make small increment adjustments the lt Shift Right Arrow gt and lt Shift Left Arrow gt make medium adjustments and the lt Ctrl Right Arrow gt and lt Ctrl Left Arrow gt make the large adjustments System Software Version 4 2 6 25 Chap
153. f frames from ems memory but the interrupt driver could not be found This is a fatal error NAVAID Com 2 interrupt handler not found The interrupt handler that receives input serial data could not be located WINDREAD Com 2 interrupt handler not found The interrupt handler that receives input serial data could not be located SCRIPT Invalid Script file command received The SCRIPT processing program received an invalid script command from the calling program SUMMARY Invalid re entry into data analysis An error condition occurred in message coding and the program returned to the SUMMARY program See the journal file entry for more details Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing system Appendix B W 9000 Error Codes 895 DISPANAL Invalid re entry into data analysis An error condition occurred in message coding and the program returned to the DISPANAL program See the journal file entry for more details B 5 List of W 9000 ZEEMET Rack Errors ERROO1 ERRO002 Comeuro Buffer Empty No information is available to fulfill the request sent to the ZEEMET Rack For example the latest MET data is requested when no MET data has been received Comeuro Invalid Command The ZEEMET Rack does not recognize the command sent to it ERR003 ERR004 Comeuro Request for Service Already Underway A request has been made to the ZEEMET Rack for a service that is currently in the process of being fulfilled For exampl
154. f the Flight Data File Management menu that will be displayed Note that the various functions available are listed along the bottom of the screen with an indication of the function key that should be used to select the corresponding function Note also that a list of the currently available archived flights is displayed on the left hand side of the display in a window under the heading Archived Flights Each line in the Archived Flights window lists information about an archive file for separate flight The information is arranged in three columns The first column is the flight data file name The second column is the size in bytes of the archive file The third column is the date month day year that the archive file was created Usually archive files are made at the end of a flight and the date corresponds to the date of the flight However as will be seen below archive files can also be made at other times September 29 1994 Flight Data File Management 17 46 65 Archived Flights 552 335 68 18 94 446 832 68 19 94 225 816 68 19 94 653 218 68 19 94 661 142 68 24 94 683 336 88 26 94 917 724 68 29 94 568 161 68 36 94 573 514 68 31 94 626 978 68 31 94 529 185 88 31 94 637 968 68 31 94 716 733 68 31 94 621 318 89 81 94 Flights 52 7 912 861 bytes 357 364 69 61 94 Flight Disk Space 8 241 286 bytes F2 CopyTo F3 CopyFrom F4 Delete FS Archive F6 Restore F7 Files Figure 10 5 Flight Data File Management Menu Software Version 4 2 10 9
155. face 4 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 General Description The ZEEMET W 9000 Meteorological Processing System is a highly sophisticated set of integrated modular hardware and software that provides the user with high resolution meteorological profiles through the use of telemetered radiosonde data and hyperbolic as well as other navigation techniques When optional WMO and or military message coding is installed radiosonde flight data can be further processed into coded messages that can then be transmitted The W 9000 graphically displays all levels selected as significant allowing the operator to apply additional quality control to the coded messages The system has been designed to allow the addition of custom software and hardware that can be made via arrangements with the Sippican marketing department The system generates data in the following formats e Tabular and optional graphic displays on the system display monitor e Printed reports generated by the system printer e Files of data stored on the hard disk of the system computer 1 2 System Components Hardware Several hardware configurations are possible because the W 9000 system is extremely modular in its design The following list shows some of the available hardware components e Preamplifier Antenna e Local Navaid Antenna and coupler e Local GPS Antenna e ZEEMET Rack This is a special
156. flag values with a bad quality indicator will not be written to the output ASCII data file Interactive Mode The Interactive mode is used to invoke any of the binary file utilities from a menu driven user interface The syntax for running the Binutil program in this mode is BINUTIL lt Enter gt The Binutil program will display the screen shown in Figure 9 4 This prompts you to enter the input file specification and the output file specification Enter the file specifications according to the same rules given above for the Command Line mode except that the wildcard character may not be used Again the output file specification is optional Press the lt Esc gt key when the file specifications have been entered and respond accordingly to the prompt October 36 1992 Binary File Utilities 16 47 22 File Designation File Specification Input File Spec C FLIGHTSNFLT3796NW983796 MTZ Output File Spec C NFLIGHTSNFLT3796 W9S83796 MTX Input File Spec NERO Input Mode Over Type Figure 9 4 Binutil File Specifications Once you have accepted the entered values you will see the menu shown if Figure 9 5 Each menu option is discussed below 9 6 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 9 Off Line Utilities October 38 1992 Binary File Utilities 18 45 13 Convert Input File to Text File Convert Input File to Custom Text File View Input File Change Input Output File Specs Please Enter Number
157. geopotential meters above mean sea level temperature in degrees Celsius dew point depression in degrees Celsius and relative humidity in percent The data is viewed in a collimated Browser format Thus you can scroll or page up or down through the rows of data or move left and right across the columns using the page and cursor control keys The control commands are summarized in Figure 7 5 lt Down Arrow gt Scroll down lt Up Arrow gt Scroll up lt PgDn gt Page down lt PgUp gt Page up lt Left Arrow gt Scroll left lt Right Arrow gt Scroll right lt Home gt Display the leftmost column lt Ctrl PgUp gt Display the top row lt Ctrl PgDn gt Display the bottom row 7 4 lt ESC gt Return to previous menu Figure 7 5 Summary of Browser Commands Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 7 Data Analysis The browser method of viewing data is common to viewing data for most options on the Data Analysis menu It is also used at other places in the W 9000 system where selections to review data are available You may press lt Esc gt at any time while browsing to return to the Data Analysis menu 7 6 Wind Summary The Wind Summary is shown in Figure 7 6 It can be accessed by selecting Wind Summary from the Data Analysis Output menu September 38 1994 Wind Summary 12 43 37 Time Height Direction Speed Height min M AS degrees knots FT MSL 8 08 6 6 6 6 6 278 9 1 88 374 6
158. ght Regional Wind Levels by Pressure Freezing Levels NCDC Summary CLIMAT TEMP Monthly Means Process Coded Messages Compute WMO Message Computed TEMP B Message Code New Military Messages Menu Sample Computer Message Sample Message Generation Report Edit Coded Messages Menu Transmit Coded WMO Messages Menu Transmit Coded WMO Messages Transmit Coded WMO Messages Transmit Coded Military Messages Menu Flight Utilities Menu Save Flight Data to Disk Save Flight Data to Disk Restore Flight Data Menu Flight Data Restored ZEEMET Rack Communication Receiver Status Display Receiver Spectrum Display Receiver Tune Display Antenna Display Antenna Display W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Page 6 26 6 28 6 29 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 4 7 5 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 9 7 9 7 10 7 11 7 11 7 12 7 13 7 14 7 15 7 15 7 16 7 18 7 19 7 20 7 20 7 21 8 1 8 2 8 2 8 3 8 4 8 5 8 32 8 34 8 35 8 36 8 37 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Figure 9 1 9 2 9 3 9 4 9 5 9 6 9 7 9 8 9 9 9 10 9 11 9 12 9 13 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 10 5 A 1 B 1 Title Post Flight Utilities Menu Screen Review and Print Utility Binutil Default File Extensions Binutil File Specifications Binutil Options File Conversion Taking Place Enter Field Number s Option Enter Reject Bad Records Option Input Binary Data File Capture Menu Simulated Terminal Operation Capture Data Configure COM P
159. h the W 9000 Language Utilities Option pressing SPACE will toggle between available installed language files After exiting the Station Installation Menu the W 9000 System will operate using the information in the selected language file Geoid Separation This is the difference between the mean sea level altitude of the local GPS antenna and the altitude of the antenna according to the WGS 84 model This value is determined during the installation site survey Automatic Flight Save When this is set to Y an automatic Flight Save is performed when Exit to DOS is selected from the Flight Menu provided no Flight Save was done previously 3 3 Military Message Coding Parameters If your software includes the Military Message Coding option parameters can be set by selecting Military Message Coding Parameters from the Station Installation Menu menu The screen shown in Figure 3 5 will be displayed when the Military Message Coding Parameters option is selected February 16 1995 Military Message Coding Parameters Military Coding Parameter Octant of the Globe B 7 9 numeric Coded Position alphanumeric Military Cloud Code alphanumeric Computer Validity Period 8 9 Ballistic 2 Validity Period 8 9 Ballistic 3 Validity Period 8 9 Sound Ranging Validity Period 8 9 Target Acquisition Validity Period 8 9 Nuclear Fallout Validity Period 4 9 numeric Octant of the Globe 6 7 9 um A Figure 3 5 Military Mes
160. he Flight Utilities menu 5 14 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 5 Flight Preparation 5 10 Flight Identifier Initialization The Flight Identifier Initialization screen may be accessed at any time during flight preparation by selecting Change Flight Identifiers from the Preflight menu See section 5 2 for a complete description of the Flight Identifier Initialization screen 5 11 Exit System Selecting Exit System from the Preflight menu allows you to exit the W 9000 System Software and return to the DOS command line without saving any data You are prompted for confirmation of the exit request before the system exits Once you enter lt Y gt in response to the prompt the system software exits to the DOS command line Software Version 4 2 5 15 Chapter 5 Flight Preparation W 9000 Meteorological Processing System This page intentionally left blank 5 16 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 6 Flight Operations Chapter 6 Flight Operations 6 1 Flight Display After arm for launch the W 9000 program moves from the Flight Preparation to the Flight This chapter describes the functions available from the Flight display Figure 6 1 is a map of these functions COORDINATE VECTOR PLOT COMPONENTS WIND DISPLAY PTU vs PROCESSED DATA TIME PLOT o Ay D REFRACTIVITY DATA EDIT LAUNCH END TIME ANALYSIS ARM FOR LAUNCH UTILITIES FLIGHT SURFACE DATA lt FROM
161. he pressure is shown in millibars the temperature in degrees Celsius and the humidity is shown as relative humidity See Figure 6 23 The flight frames are listed in blue in two columns of data Using the cursor white block appearing at the leftmost position of the column selects frames The data pointed to by the cursor is listed in white System Software Version 4 2 6 27 Chapter 6 Flight Operations W 9000 Meteorological Processing System September 11 1992 Launch End Flight Editing 68 26 38 Time Press Temp Humid Time Press Temp Humid 8 28 23 A 25 pa ja LO A UT O Y CO CO OO CO CO CO OO CO CO NoURRAINONVAINIDRYA DOSIS NOO0RWVROVANDVWVINDO DOWNHNONANOHWODONH VANA DINAR Figure 6 23 Edit Launch End Time The relative position indicator is a vertical solid blue bar attached to the right side of the second column The arrow displayed on this bar indicates the relative location in the flight data of the window listed on the screen Each row potential arrow position on the indicator is equal to approximately 5 of the flight data Thus the position of the arrow on the blue bar corresponds to the relative position of the window within the flight data Upon exiting an opportunity to save any edits is presented Saving the edits causes a recalculation of height and wind data 6 17 Exit System When you select Exit System from the preflight menu a verification message appears on
162. he previous data Insert Mode If you are in over type mode and you need to insert an item and don t want to lose the data to the right of the cursor then activate the insert mode by pressing the insert key While in the insert mode characters to the right of the cursor move one position to the right to make room for the new character If the last character is currently at the last available position no editing blocks visible then the editing field locks it can t expand without exceeding the maximum allowable size for the item being worked on In this case first delete any unwanted characters to make room for additional characters 1 7 Environment Variables The W 9000 system software uses several DOS environment variables to store a variety of system data including directory names used by the software In this manual these directory names are commonly referred to by their environment variable names or by other frequently used terms This section is used to explain the most commonly used environment variables and how they are referenced throughout the manual Refer to your DOS manual for more information about environment variables The W9000 environment variable specifies the directory which is used to store most of the executable programs and data files of the W 9000 system software It is commonly referred to as the W9000 directory or the system directory FLTDATAPATH Environment Variable This variable specifies the working directory whi
163. he receiver The range is 0 255 with 255 being the maximum audio level The audio level can be adjusted in the tune mode using the up and down arrow keys The audio level can sometimes be used as an aid when manually tuning the receiver Preamp Provides feedback as to the state of the preamplifier This state can be toggled in the receiver status display with lt Alt P gt AFC Indicates the current status of the AFC Automatic Frequency Control The AFC status can be toggled ON or OFF in the Status display by pressing lt Alt A gt AFC Reference Indicates the sensitivity of the AFC This value should only be adjusted by a trained technician The value can be adjusted in the Station Installation Utility Receiver Action Keys lt Esc gt While in the Receiver Status display returns to the Flight Preparation or Utility menus depending on whether a flight is in progress lt Alt S gt Activate the Receiver Scan display Software Version 4 2 8 33 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System lt Alt T gt Activates the receiver tuning display Receiver Spectrum Display lt Alt S gt invokes the Spectrum display It provides a spectrum analysis from 395 410 MHz The receiver samples each frequency in increments of 288 kHz and graphs the relative signal strength observed at each frequency with a yellow bar Figure 8 7 shows this display September 11 1992 Receiver Display 68 52 25 NEETI A ltd
164. her information of interest Software Version 4 2 C 1 Appendix C Navigation Status Information W 9000 Meteorological Processing System This page intentionally left blank C 2 Software Version 4 2
165. hift the display up or down in one minute increments To edit the significant levels use the lt F1 gt key to enter Point Select The lt F1 gt key toggles between Data Display and Point Select The lower right hand corner of the screen indicates the current display mode Figure 6 6 shows a typical Point Select display September 16 1992 Point Select B8 54 52 1000 996 sob 700 6006 SoG 460 3008 200 100 0 Namco 50 40 30 20 10 B 10 20 30 40 KA Min Sec 16 05 Pres 489 4 Temp 33 8 Hum 26 6 Point Select Figure 6 6 Point Select Significant levels may be inserted with lt F2 gt or deleted with lt F4 gt at the light blue horizontal hairline Pressing lt F2 gt also inserts tolerance bars see the lt F3 gt discussion below The lt Up Arrow gt and lt Down Arrow gt keys move the hairline up or down throughout the flight one data point at a time To move more quickly the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys move the hairline five data points at a time To edit a portion of the flight that is not displayed go back to Data Display with the lt F1 gt key and move to the desired portion of the flight To assist in testing a level for significance a set of tolerance bars can be placed on the display by pressing lt F3 gt The tolerance bars will appear as two light blue parallel lines that straddle the data between the point of interest and the previous significant level This is illustrated in Figure 6 6 Humidity p
166. ical Processing System Figure 3 2 shows the Setup menu To use any of the utility functions listed the operator presses the key that corresponds to the desired function When the key is pressed the selected utility will begin running and its display will appear on the screen See the following paragraphs in this chapter for a description of the use of these displays and for recommendations on parameters When finished press the Ese key from the Setup menu to return to DOS February 16 1995 System Setup Utilities 16 46 36 Station Installation Receiver Installation Event Manager Configuration Wind Finding Installation Wind Computation Setup Loran Chain File Antenna Configuration Transmitted Message Parameters Serial Interface Parameters Load ZEEMET Rack Printer Configuration Setup 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B Figure 3 2 Setup Menu 3 2 Station Installation Depending on the message coding options installed a variant of the Station Installation Menu as seen in Figure 3 3 may appear when Station Installation is selected from the Setup Menu The Military Message Coding Parameters selection is shown if the Military Coding Option is installed The WMO Coding Option selections are available if the WMO Coding Option has been installed If no message coding option is installed selecting Station Installation from the Setup Menu will go directly to the Station Installation display Figure 3 4 February 16 1995 Data Entry O
167. ield e Sonde Data was received from the sonde and you have not done any data entry in the field e User The field was manually changed either before or after the calibration data was received from the sonde Under certain circumstances you may want to enter new calibration values for either the temperature element or the humidity element or both One such case is when you have replaced one of the sensors When the temperature or humidity sensor is replaced you must enter a new calibration value for the sensor that was replaced The new calibration data for the replacement element should be entered into the appropriate field during the preflight procedures Calibration Pressure Offset Figure 5 13 shows the Pressure Offset display October 29 1992 Pressure Offset 16 56 46 Entered Surface Data Current Offset Information PRESS TEMP HUMIDITY Sonde Serial Number 168635 mb Cc x Current Pressure Offset 6 6 992 5 24 6 15 Offsets Running Averages PRESS TEMP HUMIDITY PTU Data No Offset Applied mb 7 x PRESS TEMP HUMIDITY 1 5 8 4 6 mb C z 994 1 24 4 16 A Press P to enter pressure offset Figure 5 13 Pressure Offset Display The Pressure Offset display allows you to enter an offset that represents the observed difference between the pressure measured by the surface sensors and the pressure measured by the sonde The pressure m
168. ight Data to Disk This option can be selected more than once and at any time during or after a flight If used during a flight only the data acquired up to that point would be saved If the flight data has been saved previously the computer gives the opportunity to save the flight under a different flight identification number as shown in Figure 8 3 September 11 1992 Save Flight Data to Disk 68 56 33 1 Overwrite existing flight data Flight ID 1234 2 Enter new Flight ID Please Enter Number of Selection YA ciNf lights f 1t1234 directory already exists Figure 8 3 Save Flight data to Disk 8 2 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities 83 Restoring Flight Data from Disk You may select to restore the flight data of another flight for data analysis This can be done whenever a real flight is not under way Figure 8 4 shows a list of flights that are available for restoration In order to be restored flight data must be in a subdirectory of the flights directory Also there must be a SAV file available for the flight which means that the flight data for that flight had been saved previously through the Save Flight Data Utility A flight is selected or de selected by pushing the lt Space Bar gt October 29 1992 Restore Flight Data from Disk 14 46 48 Flights Ba lt Space gt Select lt Enter gt Accept Selection Figure 8 4 Restore Flight Data Menu
169. inary data file into an ASCII text file This format can be read by many third party data analysis and editing programs e View the contents of a W 9000 binary data file on the screen in a tabular format The Binutil program may be executed in Command Line Mode and Interactive Mode Command Line Mode Command line mode is used exclusively to convert W 9000 binary data files into ASCII data files using parameters entered on the DOS command line The syntax for running Binutil in this mode is BINUTIL lt INPUT FILE SPECIFICATION gt lt OUTPUT FILE SPECIFICATION gt lt OPTIONS gt lt Enter gt Only the lt INPUT FILE SPECIFICATION gt is required in the Command Line mode and must be entered as the first command line parameter The lt OPTIONS gt parameter can be one or more options that are used to customize the output text file The specifications for each of the command line parameters is discussed in the following subparagraphs Input File Specification The Input File Specification identifies the W 9000 input binary data file to be converted The file specification may contain a drive letter and full DOS path name In addition the filename and or file extension may be replaced by the DOS wildcard character the asterisk Examples of acceptable input file specifications are c flights f1t05789 w9c05789 mt2 c flights flt05789 wnd c work viz4560 mdc 9 4 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing Syste
170. inds above 30 000 meters Ignore wind direction changes during calm winds The default for this option is N No This causes the wind analysis program to flag all significant levels including calm levels caused by changes in wind direction that exceed a given limit Changing it to Y Yes causes the wind analysis program to ignore wind direction changes when both the current wind and the previous wind are calm that is less than 5 m s 3 8 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities Incremental Level Selection To understand what this option does it is important to understand the meaning of significant levels Significant levels are used to characterize the MET and Wind data for an entire flight without having report the data at every single level Only the data at significant points need be included in the coded message The significant points are selected in such a way that within a specified tolerance the flight data between them lies on the straight line between consecutive significant points Certain levels are always considered significant by the W 9000 system and are called required significant levels Examples of required significant levels include the start and end points of a flight any tropopause level and any levels defined as significant by the operator There are three options in the Data Display menu See the Data Display section of chapter 6 that can be used by the operato
171. ing interval that is entered there are not at least this minimum number of good data points the station will not be used to compute the wind If data from the ZEEMET tracker is set to update once every ten seconds the Minimum Good Data Samples must be less than or equal to 1 10th of the Smoothing Length You should not enter a number less than 2 or you may get very poor results Computation Interval Seconds This parameter specifies how often a wind will be computed during the interval Please note that the system in the summary and message coding portions will use up to 900 computed winds Message coding versions before 3 3 use up to only 120 winds The 900 wind records allow complete wind processing for all flights of two and a half hours or less with one wind every 10 seconds With message coding versions less than 3 3 if you choose a computation interval less than 60 seconds and have a long flight all of the computed wind points will be available in the WND file but only the first 120 winds will be available to look at by the system With message coding versions 3 3 or later the full 900 wind records are available Interval Selection by Time Wind interval parameters as shown in Figure 3 16 tell the system to do the following Hovember 10 1997 Hind Interval Selection LORAH 11 59 12 Interval selection is by Time Section Smoothing Ninimun Computation Start Length Interval Interval seconds seconds Samples seconds
172. inimum samples as 20 and 60 for the output interval 10 Save the changes Enabling Differential GPS Operation Differential GPS is used when the system is stationary and the radiosonde contains no pressure sensor Differential GPS operation will only work with LOS GPS radiosondes 1 A A 9 based o for the 10 Run Setup From the Setup Menu select Wind Finding Installation Select Differential GPS for the ZEEMET System Save the Changes From the Setup Menu select Wind Computation Setup Select Wind Parameter Setting Set Raw Wind Sampling Interval to 1 00 Save the changes Select Wind Interval Selection Differential GPS Sippican recommends an interval n time with a start at 0 a smoothing length of 60 minimum samples as 20 and 60 output interval Save the changes Software Version 4 2 3 15 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 3 8 Wind Computation Setup Selecting Wind Computation Setup option 5 in the Setup menu brings up the Wind Interval Setup menu in Figure 3 14 November 10 1997 Wind Computation Setup 11 51 42 1 Wind Interval Selection Loran 2 Wind Parameter Setting Figure 3 14 Wind Interval Setup Selections in this menu allow you to customize how winds will be calculated during the flight Selecting option 1 in the Wind Interval Setup menu brings up a screen like Figure 3 15 Hovenber 17 1997 Hind Interval Selection LORAH 10
173. inition window To define the format of a new report fill in the fields of this window one by one and then save the format by pressing lt F3 gt If the Report Definition display is being used to modify or delete an existing report format retrieve the desire report first by pressing lt F2 gt until the desired report format is displayed Then delete it by pressing lt F4 gt or modify its fields and re save it by pressing lt F3 gt System Software Version 4 2 6 17 Chapter 6 Flight Operations W 9000 Meteorological Processing System To exit from the Report Definition display press lt Esc gt 6 18 Entering and Editing Fields Movement between the fields is accomplished with the lt Tab gt or lt Enter gt keys lt Enter gt updates the field that is currently displayed before advancing to the next field while lt Tab gt advances without saving The fields of the report definition window are filled out differently Report Name and Report Title Fields The report name is used by the program to distinguish which report definition is which and must therefore be unique for each definition The report title is the title that appears at the beginning of the report and does not have to be unique The report name and report title are entered by typing in the desired characters The right and left arrow keys move the cursor along the typed text and are provided for editing purposes Press lt Enter gt to accept the displayed text and move
174. ion 4 2 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 85 Version Identifier Commands IV Get the version number of the interface module and the tracker Request IV Response IVdmmmaaaxxxxx lt sp gt dmmmaaaxxxxx lt sp gt dmmmaaaxxxxx lt sp gt dmmmaaaxxxxx lt sp gt dmmmaaaxxxxx lt sp gt dmmmaaaxxxxx lt sp gt dmmmaaaxxxxx lt sp gt dmmmaaaxxxxx lt sp gt Where d module A Interface B Primary Loran C Secondary Loran D Omega Tracker mmm monitor software version number aaa application software version number XXXXX special value with this module This command provides the software version number of the interface module and all the tracker modules The response from the interface module for example would be IVA40040000000 B31232009960 000000000000 000000000000 if the ZEEMET Rack has a primary Loran tracker and interface module with 9960 GRI 3 12 monitor 3 20 software in the Loran tracker and 4 00 monitor 4 00 software in interface module itself XY Get the software version and status of the receiver Request XY Response Xymmmpppsssssss Where mmm monitor software version number ppp application software version number sssssss test status reserved for future use For example response XY3123290000000 means monitor version 3 12 with application version 3 29 8 6 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities 8 6 Norm
175. ion 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities When to Download There are several reasons for loading software into the ZEEMET Rack One reason is to update one or more ZEEMET Rack modules with the latest software release Another is to change the context of a module such as loading the Mark II receiver program into a receiver module which was previously running the Mark I program In the same manner a tracker can serve as either a Loran or Omega tracker In addition you may have to download a module which has been corrupted due to abnormal operation of the ZEEMET Rack In this case another download of the module should correct the problem Only those modules that are required by the current system setup are made available for downloading Note that the ZEEMET Rack downloading utility is used by both the setup program and the main system software For example if you type start to do a real flight and the setup that you have does not agree with the modules that are installed the ZEEMET Rack Downloading utility is automatically run You can then download the modules required for the current setup and continue with the flight without having to exit and run the Setup program Typically the modules installed and the setup will match when doing a real flight In this case when there is no apparent need to download modules the main system software will display the ZEEMET Rack Configuration screen momentarily bu
176. is from the Flight menu to access the meteorological data analysis computations print flight data summaries and gain entry to the message coding programs The maps illustrated in Figures 7 1 and 7 2 show the complete Data Analysis structure Note that some of the functions of the data analysis software shown in the map are separately purchased options The optional items are WMO message coding military message coding and WMO CLIMAT messages Also the organization of message coding may been configured to meet customer specific requirements Subsequently some systems may not have all of the facilities shown or the menu items may be different For example if bulletins are used for WMO messages the bulletin identifiers will appear on the menus instead of individual WMO message identifiers Figure 7 1 Data Analysis Map System Software Version 4 2 7 1 Chapter 7 Data Analysis W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Figure 7 2 Process Coded Messages Map As shown in Figure 7 1 the first thing that occurs after selection of Data Analysis is the computation of the complete set of data analysis output This data is saved in memory to be available for the summaries and for the message coding programs First the total number of minutes of PTU and Wind data that is available for use by the Data Analysis programs is displayed If there is not enough data available a warning message will be displayed and the system will return to the Flight menu
177. isplays this and other information about the modules on the screen A typical configuration and downloading screen is shown in Figure 3 35 August 87 1996 ZEEMET Rack Configuration 16 18 85 Hodu le ZEEMET Rack System Software Status MONITOR APPLICATION MONITOR APPLICATION VERS ION VERS ION VERS ION VERS ION Interface 481 441 46 441 match 463 Receiver 313 512 MKZ match Tracker 1 Omega 423 5AZ 42 5AZ match Tracker 2 Omega none none not in use Tracker 3 Omega none none not in use EE Select module to load Press Enter to download Esc to continue Figure 3 35 ZEEMET Rack Configuration Screen If an error occurs during the status check make certain that the cables are properly connected and turn the ZEEMET Rack off and then back on Press R to try again or press Esc to exit Introduction to Downloading The ZEEMET Rack is an integral part of the W 9000 System It includes several embedded intelligent microprocessor modules such as the receiver module and the tracker module There are also several non intelligent modules such as the navaid heads Using these modules the ZEEMET Rack is able to track the radiosonde and to receive and buffer the data which the system computer processes The system computer communicates with the ZEEMET Rack through the COM1 serial communication cable The standard configuration has the COM1 port of the system computer connected to the IJ1 port of the interface module 3 32 Software Vers
178. it4 gt lt bit3 gt lt bit2 gt lt bit1 gt lt bit0 gt lt bit5 gt 1 0 for two or one stop bit lt bit4 gt 1 0 for echo or no echo lt bit3 gt lt bit2 gt lt bit1 gt lt bit0 gt baud rate 0000 for 50 0001 for 109 2 0010 for 134 58 0011 for 150 0100 for 300 0101 for 600 0110 for 1200 0111 for 1800 1000 for 2400 1001 for 3600 1010 for 4800 1011 for 7200 1100 for 9600 1101 for 19200 1110 for 38400 1111 for extern clock continued Software Version 4 2 8 29 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System IMS continued m 1 lt bit6 gt lt bit5 gt lt bit4 gt lt bit3 gt lt bit2 gt lt bitl gt lt bit0 gt lt bit6 gt lt bit5 gt is the number of data bits 00 for 5 01 for 6 10 for 7 11 for 8 lt bit4 gt lt bit3 gt parity mode 00 for odd 01 for even 10 for mark 11 for space lt bit2 gt parity enable 1 0 for enable disable lt bitl gt DTR state 1 0 for high low lt bit0 gt RTS state 1 0 for high low This sets the output port parameters such as number of data bits parity bit and baud rate For Puncher GNT 3601 those two bytes are 24 and DC hex respectively IBP Select output port Request IB Response IBC Selects which port the data is transmitted from Two ports are possible use IBP4 to select IJ4 which is the standard message coding transmission port and use IBP2 to select IJ2 the alternate serial port IMP Set output protocol
179. lay with the Wind Data window is shown if Figure 6 3 The Wind Data window displays the latest wind speed and direction computed by the system The time shown in this window is the time associated with the last processed wind data since launch August 68 1996 Flight 2644816 68 51 44 Edit Launch or End Time FLIGHTCLOCK 8 39 Exit System 1 Wind Finding Status omega Sonde Serial Number 166635 2 Surface Data RX Frequency 463 646 3 Data Display RX Signal Strength 6838 4 Data Analysis Sonde Located 5 Utilities 6 7 PTU Data NM Wind Data TIME PRESS TEMP HUMIDITY HEIGHT TIME SPEED DIR min sec HPa E ya meters min sec knots deg 97 35 5 5 89 32 5 6 34992 7 97 68 15 3 68 YA Flight has ended at 97 minutes 35 seconds Figure 6 3 Flight Display with Wind Data Window The wind data is displayed as soon as it is calculated The wind computation is performed when the required number of wind samples have been received and the corresponding geopotential height has been computed The time of calculation depends on the selections made in the Wind Computation Setup The wind computation parameters may be changed during a flight However this will cause a complete wind recalculation The Wind Data window shows the re computation as it starts at from the beginning of the flight and works its way through the flight data until it gets back to real time processing From the
180. length enter three spaces in the System Name field The flight data files are given filenames according to the following format FILENAME SYSTEMNAME FLIGHTID EXTENSION The System Name Flight ID period and extension are combined to form the filename This filename is used for each of the flight data files The name portion of the filename which consists of the System Name plus the Flight ID can have a maximum length of eight characters as set by the operating system The files created during a flight are individually identified by the filename extension which can be up to 3 characters The System Name portion of the file name will be the same for all flights unless changed using Setup but the flight identifier should be unique for each flight for the system If two or more systems are being used to monitor the same flight the System Name in the filenames is used to distinguish the files of one system from another The Flight ID is entered by the user at the start of each flight The maximum number of characters available for the Flight Id F is calculated according to the number of characters in the System Name S Software Version 4 2 3 3 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System F 8 S If the System Name is entered as all spaces effectively creating a zero length System Name the Flight ID may then be up to eight characters As an example Sippican uses three character system names and f
181. libration data Request IC2 Response IC2 64X5 s or IC2ERR001 The calibration data from the Mark II Sonde data stream is saved when the sonde is tuned in This calibration information is checked by the receiver to guarantee that it is error free IT Request the current receiver module time Request IT Response THE The Mark II receiver responds to this command with the value of its real time clock in tenths of seconds Software Version 4 2 8 9 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System IWT Request the current interface module time Request IWT Response IWTHHHHHH This command returns the interface module s current time in tenths of seconds IZ Initialize the receiver for Mark II flight Request IZ Response IZ This command to resets the Mark II receiver Once sent the receiver synchronizes and processes the Mark II data stream if data exists when the command is issued LF Loran flight command Request LF Response LF This command configures the tracker modules to send only Loran wind data to the interface module and configures the interface to dump Loran wind messages to the system computer OF Omega flight command Request OF Response OF This command configures the tracker modules to send only Omega wind data to the interface module and configures the interface to dump Omega wind messages to the system computer OS Collect Single Frequency Omega dat
182. light Operations September 11 1992 Processed Sonde Data Display 68 28 19 TIME PRESSURE TEMP HUMIDITY SPR 1 SPR 2 SPR 3 SPR 4 min sec hPa c percent 19 15 7 425 8 37 8 26 7 53298 6 53297 B 22169 8 53296 B 19 17 8 424 3 37 9 26 7 53298 6 53298 6 22196 68 53298 08 19 18 2 424 2 37 9 26 8 53297 6 53297 6 222080 8 53297 08 19 19 4 424 0 38 08 26 7 53297 6 53299 6 22265 6 53297 6 19 28 7 423 5 38 8 26 7 53297 6 53297 6 22211 6 53296 6 19 21 9 423 3 38 8 26 7 53297 6 53297 6 22222 6 53296 80 19 23 1 422 9 38 08 26 7 53298 6 53299 6 22228 6 53297 08 19 24 4 422 6 38 08 26 7 533808 8 53298 6 22245 6 53297 6 19 25 6 422 3 38 1 26 7 53299 08 53299 08 22259 08 53299 08 19 26 8 422 0 38 1 26 8 53298 6 53298 6 22286 6 53299 08 19 28 08 421 5 38 2 26 7 53388 6 53298 6 22361 6 53299 08 19 29 3 421 1 38 2 26 8 53299 08 53299 6 22312 6 53299 08 19 38 5 428 7 38 3 26 7 53298 6 53298 6 22331 6 53298 6 19 31 7 428 3 38 3 26 7 53298 6 53299 6 22352 6 53298 6 19 32 9 419 9 38 4 26 8 53298 6 53299 08 223780 8 53298 08 19 34 2 419 8 38 4 26 8 53298 6 53298 6 22382 6 53299 08 19 35 4 419 3 38 5 26 8 533808 8 53299 08 22397 08 53298 08 A Launch Detected Figure 6 13 Processed Sonde Data Display The processed sonde data display reads the processed data and displays it in tabular columns Each of the columns is described below lt TIME gt Time ofthe data displayed in minutes and seconds relati
183. ly designed rack with a P90 bus back plane and a power supply The back plane has multiple slots to receive plug in modules A standard system contains the following modules Interface 403 MHz Synthesized Receiver 403 MHz Antenna Controller LORAN C or Amplifiers LORAN C Notch Filters Navaid Tracker s GPS Module e System computer with keyboard fixed disk drive and two diskette drives ooo ooo o e Color graphic display monitor Software Version 4 2 1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Printer W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Figure 1 1 1 2 and 1 3 shows the W 9000 system with several hardware configuration options Figure 1 1 W 9000 Block Diagram 403 MHz ANTENNA RADAR RADAR O RADIOTHEODOLITE SYSTEMS ONLY AA ZEEMET RACK e Sei E a K i l POWER AND i 42 l ANTENNA CONTROL l RADIOSONDE i BASEBAND l i SIGNAL l RADIOITHEODOLITE i 403 MHz l ONLY RECEIVER i T OR DECODER l l SERIAL DATA FROM l RADAR OR l RADIOTHEODOLITE RADAR i i MODULE l 1 i gt SERIAL SUMMARY SYSTEM Sel INTERFACE i TRANSMISSION COMPUTER i gt MODULE i i SERIAL CODED MESSAGE DEAD ay O TRANSMISSION PRINTER Figure 1 2 W 9000 System with a Radar Radiotheodolite Interface Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 1 Introduction LOCAL GPS ANTENNA
184. ly handled by the software However there are some rare cases that are so severe that the software cannot recover from such an error B 2 Journal File Entries The W 9000 system has been designed to be as fault tolerant as possible A great deal of development emphasis has been placed on the ability to predict and prevent errors from happening and to recover from a very high percentage of those that do happen Further the W 9000 system makes no attempt to conceal errors when they happen Subsequently a complete listing of errors if any that were encountered during a flight can be found in journal file If the system abnormally ends during a flight and you are at the DOS prompt then the journal file can be found in the Flights New directory journal txt Otherwise it is in the correct flight subdirectory with the JNL extension Anytime during flight preparation or during a flight the journal file can be viewed by accessing the flight utility menu and selecting the View Journal File option Figure B 1 is a representative sample entry from the journal file It illustrates the format of an entry that reports the occurrence of an error The sample error was generated by issuing an invalid command VU to the ZEEMET Rack in the ZEEMET Rack Communication program Software Version 4 2 B 1 Appendix B W 9000 Error Codes W 9000 Meteorological Processing System The first line of each error reporting entry has the date and time that the error
185. m Lists the tasks that have to be performed to start up the W 9000 system Chapter 5 Flight Preparation Provides instructions for preparing the system for a flight These steps are generally done for each flight Chapter 6 Flight Operations Describes met and wind data display and edit functions that can be used following launch or after a flight has ended Chapter 7 Data Analysis Describes the data analysis and message coding functions of the system Chapter 8 Flight Utilities Explains the purpose and operation of utility programs that allow the user to perform such tasks as saving and restoring flight data and troubleshooting the system The end of this chapter contains a list of all of the W 9000 System software commands Chapter 9 Off Line Utilities Describes several utility programs for working with the data files produced by the system during flights and for working with system hardware Also covers how to access and use the Report Generator and Graphic Display Generator software packages when the system is off line not running a flight Chapter 10 Flight Data Management Instructions on the management of the space on system computer s hard disk to store flight data files How to find the files how to save them on other media how to restore them to the hard disk if needed How to make the data available for use by other software that is not part of the W 9000 System Software Preface 2 Software Version 4 2 W 9000
186. m Chapter 9 Off Line Utilities Output File Specification This is the file specification for the W 9000 output ASCII data file The file specification may contain a drive letter and full DOS path name Also the filename and or file extension may be replaced by the DOS wild card character the asterisk Examples of acceptable output file specifications are c flights f1t05789 w9c05789 mtx c flights f1t05789 prn c work viz4560 mdx The output file specification may be omitted from the command line when running in the Command Line mode When it is omitted the Binutil program will create the output file specification in the following manner The output path will be the default directory from which the Binutil program was executed The output filename is the same as the input filename The output extension is created from a data set of default ASCII file extensions for each binary data file extension For example if e flights flt4400 viz4400 mt2 has been entered as the input file specification and the Binutil program was run from the root of the C drive the default output file specification is viz4400 mtx Figure 9 3 shows the complete list of default ASCII data file extensions for each binary data file It is recommended that the default extensions be used for the ASCII data files so that they are readily distinguished from other data files stored on the hard disk BINARY DATA ASCII DATA FILE FILE EXTENSION EXTENSION
187. meric Please Enter Maximum Number of Tropopauses m Figure 3 6 WMO Message Coding Parameters Maximum Number of Tropopauses Indicates the maximum number of tropopauses to be encoded in TEMP Section 3 All valid tropopauses will still appear in the MET Significant Levels summary regardless of the setting for this parameter Lowest Tropopause Pressure Indicates the lowest pressure in millibars for which a tropopause would be encoded in TEMP Section 3 All valid tropopauses will still appear in the MET Significant Levels summary regardless of the setting for this parameter 3 6 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities Local Station ID Local identifier for the station to be used in coding messages WMO Station Number Number identifying the station as a WMO station WMO Sounding System Used The WMO sounding system used is described in the WMO Manual on Codes 306 Volume I code table 3685 The default is 49 Sea Station If the station is at sea set Sea Station to Y Yes to generate TEMP SHIP and PILOT SHIP messages Otherwise set it to N No Setting this option to Y will allow the operator to enter the sea surface temperature in the Surface Data Entry screen and include it in the WMO TEMP SHIP section of the coded message Mobile Land Station If the station is mobile and on land set Mobile Land Station to Y Yes to generate TEMP MOBILE and PILOT MOBILE me
188. ms to efficiently manage the hard disk space and to ensure that space is available for new flights Several other utility programs are also discussed 10 2 W 9000 System Directory Structure In computer systems that run MS DOS files on the hard disk may be organized into separate areas called directories The use of a well structured design for directories and subdirectories makes working with the files of a system much more straight forward If you are not familiar with the concept of directories and subdirectories you should review the MS DOS user manual The manual explains the advantages of directories and the DOS commands used with them The most important commands to review are DIR display directory CD change directory and XCOPY Note that the W 9000 System software configures MS DOS to display the current directory as part of the command prompt for example c 1w9000 gt Figure 10 1 shows the W 9000 System directory structure Note that from the root directory of the hard disk c there are three subdirectories c 1w9000 c programs and c flights Figure 10 1 System Directory Structure Software Version 4 2 10 1 Chapter 10 Flight Data Management W 9000 Meteorological Processing System The c w9000 Subdirectory The c 1w9000 subdirectory is used to store the W 9000 System program and configuration files Figure 10 2 shows the structure of the subdirectories used under the c 1w9000 subdirectory Note that the c w9000 3
189. n on the wind data updates as new raw wind data is received 6 2 Wind Finding Status Select Wind Finding Status from the Flight Menu to get the latest navaid data This is the same function as that available during Flight Preparation Refer to Chapter 5 for a complete description Changing station selections during a flight will cause re computation of the wind 6 3 Surface Data Entry Select Surface Data from the Flight Menu to view or edit the Surface Data Chapter 5 has the complete description of Surface Data entry Changing the surface data during a flight will cause re computation of the geopotential height and the wind System Software Version 4 2 6 3 Chapter 6 Flight Operations W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 6 4 Data Display Menu Select Data Display from the Flight Menu to access the Data Display menu shown in Figure 6 4 While exercising any option in the Data Display Menu you can press lt Print Screen gt to save the current screen image Every time this is done an audible beep signals that the current screen image has been captured See the section Captured Screen Review in Chapter 9 on how to use an Off Line Utility to view the captured screen images that are saved at this point give them a meaningful name and print them You can use three menus to edit significant levels MET data significant levels can be defined and deleted using the PTU versus Time Plot option Wind data significant levels can be edited u
190. ncconocnnnconnnconnccononnnos 10 10 Copying Flight Data From Diskette oooonoocnnncninccnocccoccnononconncconccnnnonancconccnnos 10 10 Deleting Flight Data From Hard DR ds od 10 11 Restoring an Archived Plot acabas 10 11 Viewing the Files of an Archived Flight ooonocnnccninccicccnoncconncconoconnnonnnconnonos 10 11 Mark II Sonde Preparation sccccccsccscssccccsccsccsscsccssescsssecccssescessoscessoscessoees A 1 A l Unpacking and tE Ecos A 1 Ad Tuning the MICROSONDE 00020 Ds A 2 A 3 Final Check and Launch daa A 2 W 9000 Error Codes fiiicistenssctetecsietessssececccsievtedenseascdsssssieessotennessdeosedssseencvecssecsdeseeunse B 1 BL Introduction dt iaa B 1 B 2 Journal HS BAM dei B 1 B 3 Basic Run Time Error CO Ste sr a B 3 BA List of W 9000 System Errors iia ti iii B 3 B 5 List of W 9000 ZEEMET Rack Errors cooooooccnnonocccononancnononananccnonnnnccnonnancnonna B 9 Navigation Status Information cccccccssccccscccscssccccccssccssesccsssscessesceseesceseosees C 1 SA E a eae C 1 C 2 Operating Parameters ud ic C 1 Software Version 4 2 Contents 9 Table of Contents Lehane ts te Re ok CR ore ae eae NN 0 10D Uh Un KR UY UY UY UY Uy UY Uy Uy a a a a a I _DUA BUD OS E O 3 20 3 21 3 22 3 23 3 24 3 25 3 26 3 27 3 28 3 29 3 30 3 31 3 32 3 33 3 34 3 35 Contents 10 Figures Title W 9000 Block Diagram W 9000 System with a Radar Radiotheodolite Glo
191. ncrements with the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys The horizontal scales are adjusted independently one at a time For these scales the lt Right Arrow gt and lt Left Arrow gt make the small increment adjustments the lt Shift Right Arrow gt and lt Shift Left Arrow gt make medium adjustments and the lt Ctrl Right Arrow gt and lt Ctrl Left Arrow gt make the large adjustments Graph Definition The Graph Definition Program is used to define new graphs formats permanently modify existing graph formats or to delete graph formats It is accessed by selecting DEFINE NEW GRAPHS in the Graph Selection menu 6 22 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 6 Flight Operations Initially when entered the Graph Definition Program is ready to accept a new graph definition This is shown by the blank fields in the graph definition window see Figure 6 21 To define the format of a new graph fill in the fields of this window one by one and then save it by pressing lt F3 gt If the Graph Definition Program is being used to modify or delete an existing graph format retrieve the desired graph first by pressing lt F2 gt until the format of the desired graph is displayed Then delete it by pressing lt F4 gt or modify its fields and resave it by pressing lt F3 gt To exit from the Graph Definition Program press lt Ese gt Entering and Editing Fields Movement between the fields is accomplished with the lt
192. nds using 240 seconds of raw data for the least squares fit Any station with less than 12 good samples will not be used Interval Number 3 Starting at 20000 meters winds will be computed every 60 seconds using 360 seconds of raw data for the least squares fit Any station with less than 18 good samples will not be used Software Version 4 2 3 19 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Default Wind Interval Selection Loran When you choose Wind Interval Selection Loran option 1 in Figure 3 14 you will see a screen similar to Figure 3 18 September 16 1992 Wind Interval Selection LORAN 69 23 38 Interval selection is by Time Section Smoothing Minimum Computation Start Length Good Data Interval Seconds Seconds Samples Seconds a 120 6 68 A Use T H or SPACEBAR to select Height Time Figure 3 18 Loran Default Wind Interval Selection When the raw sampling interval for Loran is set to 3 seconds recommended the default Wind Interval Selection for Loran is to compute winds every 60 seconds using 120 seconds of raw data 40 frames for the least squares fit Any station with less than 30 good samples out of 40 75 will not be used Because of the increased accuracy of Loran reasonably good winds can be expected even with Smoothing Lengths of less than 1 minute although Smoothing Lengths less than 30 seconds should not be used Wind Parameter Setting
193. nfiguration in order set the output rate of the Loran tracker module The acceptable range for the Loran Raw Wind Sampling Interval is 3 to 60 seconds 3 9 Loran Chain File The Loran chain file LORCHAIN DAT contains information for every Loran chain throughout the world This information is subject to change as new Loran chains are installed or parameters for current chains are modified This utility allows the user to 1 edit an existing Loran chain 2 add a new Loran chain and 3 print a text copy of the Loran chain file Figure 3 21 shows the available options Software Version 4 2 3 21 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System September 16 1992 Loran Chain Data 69 23 55 Edit a Loran Chain Add a Loran Chain Print Loran Chain Data to File Please Enter Number of Selection Figure 3 21 Loran Chain Data Edit a Loran Chain Select Edit a Loran Chain in order to edit an existing Loran chain The screen shown in Figure 3 22 is displayed September 16 1992 Loran Chain Selection 69 24 81 Loran Chain Name Northeast U S North Pacific Gulf of Alaska Northuest Pacific Canadian West Coast U S West Coast Great Lakes Mediterranean Sea Southeast U S Labrador Sea Canadian East Coast Central Pacific Noruegian Sea Icelandic Commando Lion Saudi Arabian North A lt Space gt Select lt Enter gt Accept Selection Figure 3 22 Loran Chain Selection 3 22 Sof
194. ng arrow To tune to the frequency in which the sonde is transmitting as indicated in the Spectrum display move the arrow to the desired frequency The left cursor arrow cursor movement keys moves the tuning arrow left to a lower frequency The right cursor arrow moves the tuning arrow to the right to a higher frequency On the default tuning display each keystroke changes the location of the tuning arrow by 96 kHz Should a finer adjustment be desired the lt F3 gt key toggles to a mode that allows the receiver to be tuned in 32 kHz steps In addition to calling the Scan display you can control the volume and AFC status from the Tune display If a spectrum was done before entering the Tune Mode you can still see the old data traces yellow signal strength indications plotted in gray to indicate that the spectrum information is old To see these old traces turn up the contrast on the monitor Automatic Frequency Control Once the receiver has been tuned to the desired frequency press lt Alt A gt to turn on the Automatic Frequency Control AFC enables the receiver to continue to track the sonde transmission automatically Software Version 4 2 8 35 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System if its frequency starts to drift during the flight The AFC can be toggled on or off in either the Status Mode or the Tune Mode by pressing lt Alt A gt Receiver Volume Control The audio level of the receiver can
195. ng interval for one Loran station The point which deviates from the curve by the greatest amount in excess of the specified Curve Fit Variance is removed from the set of raw data The curve fit is iterated in this manner until all resulting points are within the variance limit The iteration of the curve fit will terminate if the resulting number of raw data points is less than the number of Minimum Good Data Samples specified in the Wind Interval Selection This procedure is performed for each of the included Loran stations in order to provide a complete raw data set for the wind computation When the ZEEMET System is set to RDF or Radar the Menu Selection for Loran will change to Radar or RDF Enter the appropriate values for these configurations using information supplied by Sippican for the supported wind finding methods Raw Wind Sampling Interval The Raw Wind Sampling Interval is the rate at which raw data is acquired by the system computer from the ZEEMET Rack or another external device If an external device is being used to provide the raw wind data the Raw Wind Sampling Interval will have no effect since the software will automatically set the interval based upon the data rate of the device Furthermore the Raw Wind Sampling Interval will only affect the Loran wind finding since the sampling interval of Omega is fixed at 10 seconds For Loran wind finding the Raw Wind Sampling Interval will be sent to the ZEEMET Rack during System Co
196. nt available space for new flights Remember if you exit from the W 9000 software returning to the MS DOS command line without running the flight save utility the files will only be stored in the e flights new directory If you do not save files before exiting the W 9000 System they will be automatically erased when the software is started again using the START command 10 4 Software Version 4 2 W 900 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 10 Flight Data Management 10 3 Files Used To Store Flight Data The data for each flight and other information about the operation of the system is written to the hard disk automatically during each flight In accordance with MS DOS file naming conventions each file is given a two part name the base name and the file name extension In the W 9000 System the base name for most of the data files of a flight is the same and is composed of the system name and the flight identifier Refer to Chapter 3 Section 3 2 Station Installation and Chapter 5 section 5 2 Overview of Flight Preparation for explanations of the system name and the flight identifier The file name extension is composed of a period and from one to three characters Note that MS DOS allows file names without extensions but the W 9000 System does not use this method In the W 9000 System the file name extension specifies the type of data contained in the file Each flight will result in 10 or more separate files depending on the s
197. nu If the encoded message is not saved prior to pressing lt Ese gt it will be discarded System Software Version 4 2 7 17 Chapter 7 Data Analysis W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 7 19 Edit Coded Messages Select Edit Coded Messages from the Process Coded Messages menu to edit or view messages which were processed or edited and saved earlier A screen similar to Figure 7 22 will appear It will display a list of all messages that have previously been saved from the edit message screen June 61 1992 Edit Coded Messages 14 55 31 1 TEMPA 66 61 1992 14 54 2 TEMP B 66 61 1992 14 54 3 TEMP C 66 61 1992 14 54 4 TEMP D 66 61 1992 14 54 5 PILOT A 66 61 1992 14 54 6 PILOT B 66 61 1992 14 54 7 PILOT C 66 61 1992 14 55 8 PILOT D 66 61 1992 14 55 9 CT 66 61 1992 14 55 Please select one a Figure 7 22 Edit Coded Messages Menu Enter the number of the message that you wish to edit and the message will be displayed on the screen for editing or review as shown above in Figure 7 22 7 20 Edit Select Edit from the Edit Message display to begin the editing a message After selecting Edit the menu will be removed from the screen and the edit portion of the screen will be displayed in reverse video You can then move the cursor around the screen within the edit portion to position it to where changes are to be made and enter the changes as described below Select the lt Esc gt key to exit the editing mode and r
198. nu with no changes made Add a Loran Chain Select Add a Loran Chain in order to add a new Loran chain Figure 3 24 September 16 1992 Loran Chain File Printing Utility 69 24 28 A Printing to file c flights newS lorcha in txt Figure 3 24 Add a Loran Chain Software Version 4 2 3 23 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to move the highlight to each of the fields and enter the parameters for the new Loran chain When all of the parameters have been entered press the Ese key to return to the menu You will be prompted to accept the displayed values Respond accordingly to return to the menu Print Loran Chain Data to File Inside the W 9000 system the loran chain data is a stored as an encoded data file To convert the file to an ASCII text file select option number 3 from the menu The screen shown as Figure 3 25 is displayed The contents of the lorchain dat file is converted to a text format and written to a file named c flights new lorchain txt September 16 1992 Loran Chain File Printing Utility 69 24 28 EE Printing to file c f lights news lorchain txt Figure 3 25 Print Loran Chain Data to File This file may be viewed on the screen from the DOS command line using the DOS TYPE command by entering TYPE C FLIGHTS NEW LORCHAIN TXT Enter or the file may be printed on the system printer using the DOS PRIN command by entering
199. o e eo e ec 7 18 Moving the Editing CU da 7 18 Typ ov r and Insert Modest ds 7 19 Deleting Characters dt a AA dace aes 7 19 7 21 Transmit Coded WMO Messages c ccecscessseeseceteceseeeeseecsaeceeeeeeeeeseeesaeens 7 19 7 22 Transmit Coded Military Messe ia 7 21 7 23 Set Transmit Data Parameters cs tsksecctessadeccyeudecntedaah cies choca ttumdleatstvhtosness 7 22 A A A E dues 7 22 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities ai aci a 8 1 8 1 Ds o A E 8 1 8 2 Save Flight Data to Dis o RA Scala 8 1 8 3 Restoring Flight Data from Disk inician aii 8 3 8 4 ZEEMET Rack COMMUNICIIONS lis td 8 4 8 5 Version Identifier Commands so 8 6 8 6 Normal Operational COMMAnNdS oooconoccnnoccnococonncconocnnnonanononccconocann nono n con nana nacnnno 8 7 See the Command Index following the List of Figures and on page 8 39 for commands and page locations 8 7 403 MHz Receiver Commands ati a ae eveitsaese 8 14 8 8 Decoder COMO RAT EERS 8 20 8 9 Antenna Commands ossiani nna a a a a 8 23 8 10 Coded Message Transmission Commands ccccccesseceseceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeesaeenes 8 27 8 11 Maintenance Commands paises snes dticatals hada ruen et tuotidank onan Satan celeuey tied She 8 31 8 12 Error Mess ii A ahd a AAA 8 31 BAB REC CI VICT A AA ba A 8 31 Receiver Status Displays a A 8 31 Sonde A A sangre a ea 8 32 Localia A lcd 8 32 Sonde SENO a AA A AA ahs 8 32 A A 8 32 Min Search Preg AS te Be 8 33 Max Search Pre ected tient ance asic e ai e inna
200. ocess Messages menu item will only appear as part of the Data Analysis Output menu if either the WMO Message Coding option or the Military Message Coding option is installed as part of the W 9000 software From the Process Coded Messages menu the various message coding routines can be accessed This menu is shown in Figure 7 16 September 38 1994 Process Coded Messages 16 16 39 Code New WMO Messages Code New Military Messages Edit Coded Messages Transmit Coded WMO Messages Transmit Coded Military Messages Print All Coded Messages Set Transmitted Data Parameters NOU AWN Figure 7 16 Process Coded Messages 7 12 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 7 Data Analysis From the Process Coded Messages menu depending on the options installed you can choose to code new WMO messages code new military messages edit coded messages transmit coded messages and print all coded messages Message coding optional features that have not been installed will not appear in the menu For example if the military message coding option has not been installed it will not appear and the menu items that appear below its position in the menu will have lower numbers The edit transmit and print items in the menu apply only to messages that have already been coded It is also possible to set the transmit data parameters for transmission although they will only be used for the flight in progress These same parameters
201. of Selection Figure 9 5 Binutil Options Select Convert Input File to Text File to convert all fields from the input binary file to an ASCII file In the FSA MDC and MT2 files any fields marked as bad will have values of 99 in the output text file The screen in Figure 6 9 indicates that a conversion is taking place As the conversion progresses each file is checked off when it has been successfully converted After the conversion has been completed you will be returned to the menu in Figure 9 5 October 38 1992 Binary File Utilities 18 45 15 Input file C NFLIGHTSNFLT3796 W983796 MT2 Output file C NFLIGHTSNFLT3796 W983796 MTX Total number of records 5433 Reading record number 241 List of input files C NFLIGHTS FLT3796NW983796 MTZ Figure 9 6 File Conversion Taking Place Software Version 4 2 9 7 Off Line Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Select Convert Input File to Custom Text File to convert selected fields and flags from the input binary file to the output ASCII file After selecting this option you will see the screen shown in Figure 9 7 This allows you to enter the f fields option October 36 1992 Binary File Utilities 16 45 47 This screen allows you to enter options which will customize the output text file You may enter the fields option and the reject bad records option The fields option specifies which fields columns from the input file are to be printed to the ou
202. of arrival TOA This command returns the latest time of arrival data collected by the primary tracker If no data has been collected then the response is LH1ERR001 The five data sets in this command are the arrival times TOA of the master station and up to four secondary stations The data of a secondary station will be zeros if that station s signal is not fully acquired The SNR value is a measure of the signal quality of the Loran station The TOA station status and SNR signal are taken from the indicated signal source local or remote LH2 Request the latest TOA from the secondary Loran tracker Request LH2 Response LH2 same as LH see above The command gets from interface module the latest time of arrival data collected by the secondary tracker See LH1 for details Software Version 4 2 8 13 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 8 7 403 MHz Receiver Commands XA Set AFC reference level Request XAH HH Response XA Sets the reference level of the automatic frequency control operating point Normally no change of this value is required Only trained technical personnel should use this command since the value is set individually for each unit at the factory XCY XCN Enable Disable receiver tuning Request XCY XCN Response XCY XCN or XCYERR003 Automatic tuning continuously optimizes the reception of an already acquired sonde signal by matching the local oscillator frequency
203. of the screen Data is plotted on the display as it is received and processed These graphs have two modes viewing editing mode and axis adjustment mode When the graph is first presented it can be viewed and edited and the graph will be automatically updated as new wind data is collected By pressing lt F1 gt the graph changes to the axis adjustment mode Subsequent pressing lt F1 gt will toggle between the two modes Viewing These graphs have a hairline that is used as a cursor for viewing and editing the wind profile Move the hairline up and down with the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys As the hairline moves the values of wind speed wind direction and time or height shown on the left side of the display change to show the values at the current hairline position When the hairline is moved to a point with missing data will be displayed as the value Wind Editing The data at the hairline position may be modified in several ways The lt F10 gt key edits the wind value at the hairline position This replaces the current wind value with a value interpolated from the point before and after The lt F10 gt key and cursor movement can be used repeatedly to edit a series of wind points There must be a valid point not missing before and after the point being edited or else the lt F10 gt key will have no effect 6 24 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter
204. oints may be marked as missing by pressing lt F6 gt This will remove the significant level indication for that level if the significant level was due to humidity If temperature or operator editing is 6 6 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 6 Flight Operations the cause of the significant level it will remain marked as significant The missing humidity point will not be plotted on the screen but will display as WM at the bottom of the display The lt F8 gt key removes the effect of any operator editing from the point at the cursor position For example if you mark a humidity point as missing with the lt F6 gt key pressing lt F8 gt will restore this value While automatic temperature trace offset is part of Concurrent Plot manual temperature trace offset is available in Data Display and Point Select If at some point the display becomes confusing due to overlapping lines or if the temperature trace begins to move off the edge of the screen lt F5 gt can move the temperature trace to a more suitable location When you press lt F5 gt you are prompted to enter an offset fraction in percent This value can be between 99 to 99 The offset feature moves the temperature trace according to the percentage offset entered The entire screen width is considered to be 100 percent To move the temperature trace half way across the screen to the left enter an offset value of 50 percent To move the trace half
205. omputer software is designed to run under Microsoft DOS Fixed disk drives that run under DOS are prepared for use in the following three step process l Perform a low level format This is done by the drive manufacturer or computer supplier so there is normally no need to do it However sometime unrecoverable errors are seen on fixed disk drives or the drive can fail completely In this case it may be necessary to perform this low level format This kind of format is best described as a surface analysis in which unusable sectors of the hard disk are flagged as bad If this step is necessary refer to the documentation that accompanied your computer and perform the low level format according to their instructions Partition the fixed disk so it can be formatted using the DOS FORMAT command for use as a DOS disk MS DOS 6 2 used for W 9000 Software starting with Version 3 3 can use the entire disk as a single partition and the computer should be set up this way The W 9000 Software expects to use a RAM DRIVE in drive D for certain operations No second drive or alternate partitioning scheme can be used without consulting Sippican first Partitioning is performed by the DOS FDISK program Refer to your DOS manual on how to run the FDISK program Run the DOS FORMAT program on each logical drive This operation is described in the next section Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 2 Software Installation
206. on data entry function This allows you to view and edit the temperature and humidity sensor lock in and ratio values as well as view the pressure coefficients The second is the pressure offset adjustment function Calibration Overview The source of the calibration information pressure coefficients temperature and humidity lock in values used to process the meteorological data is transmitted from the Mark II sonde as part of its data stream The process of acquiring this calibration information begins just after the sonde serial number has been accepted as input from the Flight Identifier Initialization screen At this point the software automatically issues a command instructing the receiver to search for the desired sonde automatic tuning Once the sonde has been located and the data stream has been verified as coming from the correct sonde the software automatically requests the calibration data As soon as the calibration data has been received and processed an asterisk appears next to the calibration item on the Preflight menu Once the asterisk is present the pressure offset can be computed and entered This is required for all radiosonde models except for the LOS GPS radiosonde If the calibration information has not been received and verified a question mark appears next to this menu item Software Version 4 2 5 11 Chapter 5 Flight Preparation W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Calibration Menu Entry to the calibra
207. on is handy when one is already in the system However 1f you want to restore a flight without going through the preflight initialization procedures use one of the following commands from the DOS prompt START lt restore gt lt Enter gt or START lt srestore gt lt Enter gt Typing START RESTORE at the DOS prompt initializes the ZEEMET Rack and brings you directly to the restore menu This allows you to transmit messages punch tape or perform any other function that requires access to the ZEEMET Rack Typing START SRESTORE does the same thing but without actually activating the ZEEMET Rack In this case the software simulates the ZEEMET Rack For further instructions on the use of the restore function see Chapter 8 4 6 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 5 Flight Preparation Chapter 5 Flight Preparation 5 1 Introduction This chapter describes the flight preparation portion of the W 9000 system software There are several steps involved in preparing for launch these include Entering flight identifiers Checking Navaid status Entering surface data Checking or entering calibration data Checking receiver status 5 2 Overview of Flight Preparation Figure 5 1 shows the flight preparation process in block diagram form This chapter begins with Flight Identifier Initialization The process before that is described in Chapter 4 FROM FLIGHT NEW FLIGHT Figure 5 1 Flight Pr
208. opopause level selected 32 Significant Met levels selected 1 Freezing levels identified yA Press any key to continue Figure 7 7 WMO Message Data Analysis When Data Analysis is selected from the Flight menu the W 9000 System software interpolates temperature humidity dew point height and wind data for all Standard Isobaric Surfaces reached selects the Tropopause s computes data for the selected PTU levels selects significant and maximum wind levels determines the freezing level data and computes any specified Regional Winds The number of occurrences for each type of level is displayed 7 8 Standard Isobaric Surfaces Select Standard Isobaric Surfaces from the Data Analysis Output menu to display the Standard Isobaric Surface data Data similar to that seen in Figure 7 8 showing the standard isobaric surfaces appears on the screen The following data is displayed for each Standard Isobaric Surface reached in the flight pressure in millibars height in meters above mean sea level temperature in degrees Celsius dew point depression in degrees Celsius humidity in percent wind direction in degrees and wind speed in either knots or meters per second After browsing this data on the screen press the lt Ese gt key to return to the Data Analysis Output menu 7 6 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 7 Data Analysis STANDARD ISOBARIC SURFACES Temperature C deg 38 23 18
209. ormally Flight Data Archive Files for a flight are made when the user selects Save Flight Data to Disk option in the on line flight utilities menu However in some cases while working with the flight data files off line the user may wish to save the files into a new or updated archive file The flight data currently stored in the e flights new subdirectory is the data that corresponds to the currently active flight data The Graphing Utility and the Report Generator Utility which can run both in the on line and off line mode always work on the active flight data set that is stored in that directory In some cases new files may be generated in the same directory for a report or a graph while the flight data is the active data set In these cases the user may wish to re save the flight data to include these new files The F5 function key is used to request that the current active data set be saved into a new flight archive file To use this function press the F5 function key If a flight archive for the same flight currently exists a message requesting confirmation of the overwrite of that file is displayed If the information in the message is correct hit the Y key otherwise hit the N or Esc key After the archive function has completed the new or updated archive file will appear in the Archived Flights window Restoring an Archived Flight The F6 function key is used to request that the flight data of an archived flight be moved to the c flights ne
210. orts System Directory Structure c w 9000 Sub Directories c programs Subdirectories c flights Subdirectories Flight Data File Management Menu Preparing a Radiosonde for a Flight Sample Journal File Error Entry Software Version 4 2 Table of Contents Page 9 1 9 3 9 5 9 6 9 7 9 7 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 12 9 12 9 13 9 14 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 10 9 A 1 B 2 Contents 13 Table of Contents W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Commands Note that all page numbers are in Chapter 8 that is 8 COMMAND PAGE COMMAND PAGE COMMAND PAGE AB 23 IMC 29 XGY 15 AC 24 IMH 12 23 XH 16 AD 24 IMP 30 XJN 16 AH 26 IMS 29 XJY 16 Al 23 IN 9 XL 16 AL 26 IOH 12 XMA 16 AM 24 IS 7 XMB 17 AN 26 rr 9 22 XMD 17 AO 24 IV 5 XMH 17 AP 24 IWT 10 XMN 17 AR 26 IZ 8 22 XMS 17 AS 26 LD 8 XNN 18 AT 26 LE 10 XNY 18 AW 27 LH1 13 XO1 18 AY 24 LH2 13 XO2 18 CA1 31 LR2 11 XPN 18 CH 31 MM 31 XPY 18 DA 20 OF 10 XQ 18 DH2 21 OM 11 XRD 19 DN 21 OS 10 XRN 19 DP 20 R 11 XRY 19 EF 11 RF 11 XS 7 F 8 RO 12 XT 19 G 8 XA 14 XU 19 IBA 27 XCN 14 XV 6 20 IBB 2T XCY 14 XW 20 IBC 28 SDN 14 XY 21 IBM 28 XDY 14 XZ 21 IBO 28 XEN 14 IBP 30 XEY 14 IBS 28 XFN 15 IC2 9 22 XFY 15 II 9 XGD 15 IL 9 22 XGN 15 Contents 14 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Preface Preface About This Manual This manual explains how to use the W 9000 Meteorological Processing System to record and evaluate meteorological data The manual
211. ositioning performance will be since the ZEEMET Rack bases rotor rotation times on this value AD Load the calibration table Request AD H HH 25 HHE Response AD This loads the calibration table that has been read previously and stored in system storage The 25 3 digit numbers are ADC readings of the rotor potentiometer at 15 degree increments Al Antenna initialization Request AI Response AI or AIERR003 This command is required when installing the system at a new site It builds the table of voltage reading from the antenna rotor Initialization takes two minute to complete AIERR003 is returned if initialization in progress To properly calibrate the antenna during installation follow this procedure 1 Use the AO command to get the antenna status and check if initialization has been done 2 If initialization is not done send the antenna rotation cycle time with the AC command the default values is 504 Send the AI command to initialize the antenna and wait for completion about 2 minutes Move the antenna by the stand so that it points in the most likely wind direction Secure the antenna stand Use the AN command to enter the degree of the most likely wind azimuth DN E The direction must match the direction of the center of antenna rotator After completing this initialization the calibration table can be read for future table loading Software Version 4 2 8 25 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 M
212. ough the file and select the printer that best matches the printer attached to your system For systems using the 9 pin Epson compatible printer edit the last three lines of the printer definition file to read COMPRESS 015 NORMAL80 018 GRAPHICS EPSON9H PRD To increase the printing speed at the cost of printing quality change the last line to GRAPHICS EPSON9M PRD 3 34 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities For systems using the 24 pin Epson compatible printer the last three lines of the printer definition file should read COMPRESS 015 NORMAL80 018 GRAPHICS EPSON2H PRD To increase the printing speed at the cost of printing quality change the last line to GRAPHICS EPSON2M PRD Epson compatible printers support other printer configurations than the ones mentioned here For more details see the options for Epson printers in the file called C W9000 4 2 0 GXPRINT DAT This file may also be helpful should you want to try using printers not supported by the W 9000 system Software Version 4 2 3 35 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System This page intentionally left blank 3 36 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 4 Starting Up The W 9000 System Chapter 4 Starting Up The W 9000 System 4 1 Summary This chapter describes how to start the W 9000 System If setting up the W 9000 System for
213. ould be labeled as follows W 9000 Update Programs Ver M m Update Disk 1 Updates must be installed in alphabetical order The update in the example above is update A If you receive update A update B and update C install update A first and after that B and then C Software updates are installed in much the same way as the system software although they usually contain only one disk Use the following procedure to install a system software update 1 Boot the computer from the fixed disk 2 Place Update Disk 1 for the update you wish to install in drive A and close the drive door 3 Atthe DOS prompt C gt type A Enter 4 At the DOS prompt A gt type INSTALL Enter The installation program will copy the files and directory structure of the disk in drive A to the fixed disk C If there is more than one disk for the update being installed you will be prompted to remove the first disk and put the second disk in the A drive This process is repeated until all of the disks have been installed 2 8 The README File Every effort has been made to have the W 9000 Operator s Manual accurately reflect the System Software that you are running There are times either due to late changes or new features in system software updates where there may be differences between the operation of the W 9000 software and its description in the manual In this case the system contains a README file that discusses these differences This file is updated
214. our character flight identifiers The flight identifiers are simply increased by one for each flight If a flight is reprocessed in simulation mode with different parameters the new flight is given the same flight identifier with a one letter suffix For example if a flight using 3382 for the Flight Identifier is reprocessed in simulation the simulated flight will be identified with a Flight ID of 3382A Since several systems are used for each Sippican flight the System Name is very useful in keeping the source of the data clear Latitude The latitude where the ground station is based Latitude is entered in Degrees Minutes Seconds and Hemisphere For north latitude enter N for the hemisphere For south latitude enter S for the hemisphere Longitude The longitude of the ground system Longitude is entered in Degrees Minutes Seconds and Hemisphere For west longitude enter W for the hemisphere For east longitude enter E for the hemisphere Station Height The height of the station in meters above sea level This value is critical to the computation of height data and should be entered as accurately as possible Surface Data Timer The maximum time in minutes for which surface data is considered valid The system records the time at which the surface data was entered during the Preflight If the Surface Data Timer elapses then the surface data is considered invalid and it must be reentered by the user A question mark replaces
215. pear in the Archived Flights Window and will also be available for other functions To use this function place the diskette with the flight archive file on it in either the A or B diskette drive Then press F3 key A message asking for the path to be used will be displayed The default is the A drive If B is to be used change the data in the data entry box from A to B With the proper drive letter displayed press the Enter key The archived flight file will be copied to the hard disk Deleting Flight Data From Hard Disk After you have copied off the saved flight data to a floppy diskette the flight data files can be deleted from the hard disk The F3 function key is used to request deleting a flight data archive file from the 10 10 Software Version 4 2 W 900 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 10 Flight Data Management hard disk This function deletes the selected flight archive file from the e flights zip subdirectory of the hard disk After the archive file has been deleted the flight archive file will no longer appear in the Archived Flights Window and the space that it used will be available as free space for new data To use this function select the flight archive file to be deleted by moving the highlight to its line in the display window Then press the F3 key A message will be displayed requesting confirmation of the deletion of the archive file Enter Y if the confirmation message is correct otherwise enter N or Esc N
216. pter 6 Flight Operations W 9000 Meteorological Processing System October G6 Pressure Temperature Humidity a ee Frnnssivsoscesseve pi secececeenaen Bi ssccernoetinei Earn incisos Pernia fh mincncccetensionl rinc n enricniccinitoa fe 130 0 Time FlightID minutes 125 87 Pressure lt hPa gt Fi AdjustXY Use Pgllp PgDn Arrowllp ArrowDn to move HairLine Figure 6 20 Graph Definition The vertical and horizontal axis may be adjusted in the XY Adjust mode entered by pressing lt F1 gt In this mode the upper and lower limits of all the axis scales may be adjusted Each scale can be adjusted in three ways PAN ZOOM MIN and ZOOM MAX Each horizontal scales there can be up to four may be adjusted independently The lt Tab gt key selects each of the adjustment one at a time PAN adjustments change the minimum and maximum scale limits at the same time ZOOM MIN adjustments will change only the minimum scale limit ZOOM MAX adjustments will change only the maximum scale limit Once the desired adjustment method is selected with the lt Tab gt key the arrow keys can be used to increase or decrease the selected scale limit s There are three adjustment increments small medium and large The vertical scale time pressure or height is adjusted in the small increments with lt Up Arrow gt and lt Down Arrow gt in the medium increments with the lt Shift Up Arrow gt and lt Shift Down Arrow gt and in large i
217. ptions 11 65 26 Station Installation Paraneters Military Message Coding Parameters WMO Message Coding Parameters WMO Message Coding Parameters 2 Figure 3 3 Station Installation Menu 3 2 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities Station Installation allows the user to configure the W 9000 system according to station specific parameters Each station parameter is described below Hovember 10 1997 Station Installation 06 36 19 Installation Parameters Customer Hame alphanumeric fmh System Hame alphanumeric Latitude dd mm s H d0 02730 0 H Longitude ddd mm ss s H 0757 1030 0 H Station Height meters 85 Surface Data Timer minutes Sonde Type PTU Processing End Flight Automatically Humidity Cutoff Temperature Language Geoid Seperation Automatic Flight Save Please Enter Customer Name HENNE A Figure 3 4 Station Installation Customer Name Identifies the customer by an alphanumeric name This customer code is recognized by the software in order to perform certain functions for the indicated customer The customer name can be a maximum of three characters System Name Identifies the system by an alphanumeric name The System Name is used as a prefix when forming the file names for flight data files The System Name can be a minimum of zero characters to a maximum of three characters in length If you want the System Name to be zero
218. r system operation if they are not invoked at the proper time or in the correct sequence For example a flight would be prematurely terminated if the G or the IZ command is invoked to the ZEEMET Rack with the system is in flight mode Figure 8 6 illustrates the ZEEMET Rack communications display A ZEEMET Rack command may be entered from this screen The response status is 0 if the command is successfully received and processed by the ZEEMET Rack To repeat a previous command press the lt Enter gt key 8 4 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities September 11 1992 Buffer Communications 68 51 19 Item Value Request xS Status 6 Response 23765611662883956664 166664636466 166291616161123661156612345678968 Please enter a buffer request BESEEEEEEEEE YA Input Mode Over Type Figure 8 6 ZEEMET Rack Communication The ZEEMET Rack communications utility is one of many ways to manually communicate with the ZEEMET Rack Alternatively communication with the ZEEMET Rack can be performed with a terminal emulation program Also the Simulated terminal with COM1 or Simulated terminal with COM2 in the LOADZRCK utility portion of SETUP provides ZEEMET Rack communications All responses from the ZEEMET Rack have the command header removed before they are displayed Also this utility requires that the commands be in capital letters Software Vers
219. r to edit significant levels In addition to required significant levels the system can automatically locate the minimum number of other significant levels needed to characterize the flight within a given tolerance The Incremental Level Selection option affects just how the W 9000 system calculates these automatically determined significant levels The default for Incremental Level Selection is N In this case the system deletes all previous automatically calculated significant points and recalculates them all from launch every time the operator selects one of the relevant options in the Data Display menu It is highly recommended that you run only in this default mode When you select Y instead of recalculating significant levels starting from launch the system recalculates them beginning from the most recent significant level This means that in this mode every time the operator selects one of the three relevant options in the Data Display menu a new significant level is determined at the level that is current at that time This is because the last level is always declared significant by the system This in turn affects how the system determines significant points near that level unless the operator explicitly deletes it at a later time 3 5 Receiver Installation Receiver Installation allows you to customize each of the receiver parameters Upon entering Receiver Installation the screen shown in Figure 3 8 is displayed September 16
220. racker 1 and lt Alt 2 gt to restart tracker 2 This will restart the lockup sequence for the corresponding tracker Radar Status When Navaid Status is selected and the system is configured for radar flights a Wind Status menu similar to Figure 5 9 is displayed Each line of the display is a set of data received from the radar The latest data is at the bottom Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 5 Flight Preparation February 17 1995 Wind Finding Status EEC Radar 16 33 19 Track Azimuth deg Elevation deg Range meters Time HH MM SS 62 62 Be 2 e 2 e 2 e 2 Be 2 62 6 2 62 62 62 62 Figure 5 9 Radar Status 5 5 Surface Data Entering Surface Data Surface Data can be changed or viewed using the Surface Data menu The data is entered using standard screen editing procedures The figure shows the measurements that can be entered Software Version 4 2 5 9 Chapter 5 Flight Preparation W 9000 Meteorological Processing System It is recommended that the surface data be entered before launching the sonde as a pre flight procedure However this display can be accessed at any time by selecting Surface Data from the Preflight menu or the Flight menu Note however that changing the surface data during a flight will cause a recalculation of the wind data file WND and the meteorological data calculations file MDC Figure 5 10 shows the Surface Data Entry screen October
221. red it appears in the Current Offset Information window Return to the Flight Preparation display to see the pressure data with the current offset applied The pressure value with the offset applied should now be in agreement with the entered surface value 5 7 Receiver Display There are three main functions available from the Receiver display receiver status receiver spectrum analysis and receiver tuning You can access these functions by selecting the Receiver display option from the Preflight menu Refer to the description of the Receiver display in Chapter 8 for a complete description If an asterisk appears next to the Receiver display option of the Preflight menu the receiver is in contact with the correct sonde If a question mark appears next to the Receiver display option the receiver has lost the sonde signal 5 8 Arm for Launch Select Arm for Launch from the Preflight menu once the Mark II sonde has been prepared that is wind finding is operating properly the receiver is tuned the calibration data is received and the surface data is entered This will bring up the Flight display The balloon and sonde can be released when reasonable data is being received according Flight display Further information about the flight phase of operation is in Chapter 6 5 9 Flight Utilities The Flight Utilities menu can be accessed from the Preflight menu at any time during flight preparation See Chapter 8 for a complete description of t
222. resynchronize with the Omega stations IMH Request the latest Mark II Met Data Request IMH Response IM2ttttttcccccfffffrrrrrppppptttttuuuuussssssssssssssssssss or IM2ERR001 Where tttttt Time ccecce Frame count of the receiver fffff Frame count of the sonde rrrrr Reference ppppp Pressure ttttt Temperature uuuuu Humidity sssss Spare Channel 1 sssss s Spare Channel 2 sssss Spare Channel 3 sssss Spare Channel 4 This request returns the latest Mark II MET data record If no data been collected IMHERROOI is returned IOH Request latest Omega Phase data Request IOH Response 1OHttttttnnnnnsspppsspppsspppsspppsspppsspppsspppssppp or IOHERROO1 Where tttttt time in tenths of seconds nnnnn data frame ss station SNR ppp station phase data The response is the latest omega phase values collected by the Omega tracker If no data has been collected IOHERROO1 is returned 8 12 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities LH1 Request latest primary Loran TOA Request LH1 Response LH1ttttttssnnccaaaaaassnnccaaaaa ssnnccaaaaa or LHIERROO1 Where tttttt time in tenths of a second ssnnccaaaaaa one of five sets of station information ss station status 00 to 10 nn Navaid SNR 00 to 99 cc Signal Source b local ground b blank local but waiting for remote b remote but not committed bb committed to remote aaaaaa time
223. rolina Beach NC Dana IN NY ME MA Great Lakes Station Name Dana Malone Seneca Baudette Boise City OK IN FL NY MN Key Key Master Include Include Include Include Navaid Status Loran GRI 9968 Status Master Include Include Include Include Status 10894 25439 38816 68397 78476 TOA ps TOA ps 6 2 4 5 Tracker 1 TD ps 4 6 15946 2 27418 4 43587 3 59612 6 Tracker 2 TD ps 6 6 15344 9 28721 5 58382 7 68381 8 16 57 42 SNR State SNR State YA Tracker 1 Transferring To Sonde Figure 5 6 Loran Status Tracker 2 Transferring To Sonde Each Loran station name is shown in the window with a key value Status Time Of Arrival TOA Time Difference TD Signal to Noise Ratio SNR and State 5 6 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 5 Flight Preparation Key The key value indicates whether the Loran station is Included Excluded or the Master station Only stations that are the Master or Included are used for computing wind data Each key value for the Loran stations may be changed using the toggle data entry mode In order to change the key values for the stations use the lt Up Arrow gt and lt Down Arrow gt keys to move the highlight to the desired key value and then press the lt Space Bar gt to toggle the key value When the key values have been selected press the lt Esc gt key
224. s The maximum individual message length is 80 bytes Preamble and postamble character strings up to 20 bytes each can be specified These are added to each message when transmitted Different baud rates data formats and character sets are available Also see W9000 Coded Message Transmission for reference IBA Set message postamble Request IBAnn Response IBA or IBAERRO02 if nn is out of range Where nn value between 00 to 80 are the postamble characters This sets the postamble as the first nn bytes of the 80 byte string Because of the System Computer uses a fixed length for every command those unused characters are padded with 0 if the postamble is shorter than 80 bytes IBB Set message preamble Request IBBnn Response IBB or IBBERR002 if nn is out of range Where nn is value between 00 to 80 are the preamble characters This sets the postamble as the first nn bytes of the 80 byte string Because of the System Computer uses fixed lengths for every command the message is padded with unused characters set to 0 IBC Clear message buffer Software Version 4 2 8 27 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Request IBC Response IBC This clears the 2048 byte message buffer IBS Check message buffer status Request IBS Response IBSabcdefg Where a 0 indicates message transmission still in progress indicates message transmission is
225. s are provided as part of the off line utility programs see Chapter 9 to view or print these saved images The system journal file called JOURNAL TXT in the FLTDATAPATH directory Stored in text format This file contains a record of flight events and information about system operation and operator actions Information summarizing operator entries flight events such as detection of launch software version being used and system errors is written to the file as the flight progresses This file can be viewed from a on option on the flight utility menu during a flight or after the flight this file can be displayed or printed to review the events of the flight This is the flight save file created when the Save Flight Data to Disk option is run from the Flight Utilities menu It contains among other things a current copy of the DOS environment selected areas of system memory and EMS memory and all the selected significant levels This information is saved here so that it can be restored when the Restore Flight Data From Disk option is selected from the Flight Utilities menu This file called SYSDAT DAT in the FLTDATAPATH directory is the system data file Stored in binary format It contains most of the parameters from the System Setup Installation programs including the type of Navaid used the Loran Chain or Chains and selected Loran or Omega Stations It also contains operator entered surface data The receiver status file Stored in
226. s no longer active If it is not active and the sonde transmission is no longer being received then manual tuning is indicated Location Status Indicates whether or not the receiver is currently detecting a sonde data stream In the case of the Mark II sonde the value Located means the receiver is detecting the sonde with the specified sonde serial number Sonde Serial No Shows the serial number of the Mark II sonde that is currently being received Serial No Status Indicates if the sonde serial number entered in the flight identifier initialization screen matches the sonde serial number detected in the sonde data stream If it does it will say Match Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities Min Search Freq Tells the frequency that the automatic tune mode begins its search for the Mark II sonde This value can be adjusted using the Station Installation Utility Max Search Freq Is the frequency that the automatic tune mode ends its search for the sonde Current Frequency Provides a digital indication of the frequency currently being monitored by the receiver Signal Strength Provides a digital indication of the signal strength at the indicated frequency The number is in the range of 0 to 255 It provides a measure of relative signal strength with 255 representing the maximum signal strength Audio Level Provides information regarding the current audio level of t
227. sage Coding Parameters Software Version 4 2 3 5 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Octant of the Globe Enter the octant of the globe in which your station is located Entering 9 indicates that your station location will be encoded by the Coded Position parameter Coded Position When Octant of the Globe is entered as 9 this six character field is encoded for position instead of using latitude and longitude Military Cloud Code Enter the appropriate cloud code as specified in Annex C to STANAG 4140 Table 2 Validity Periods Each of the validity period parameters indicate the number of hours for which the indicated message is valid 3 4 WMO Message Coding Parameters If your software includes the WMO Message Coding option you will be presented with several menu selections after you select Station Installation from the Setup menu This menu will include a selection for viewing or editing the WMO Message Coding Parameters for your station The screen shown in Figure 3 6 will be displayed when the WMO Message Coding Parameters option is selected July 25 1996 WMO Message Coding Parameters 13 42 31 WHO Coding Parameters Units Maximum Number of Tropopauses numerio Lowest Tropopause Pressure numer ic Local Station ID alphanumeric BHA i B WMO Station Number WHO Sounding System Used Sea Station Mobile Land Station Ship Call Sign or Mobile Station Country Town Code alphanu
228. sed only in omega wind flights vif Omega wind raw unprocessed data file for 3 omega frequencies in text format Each record is in the format of the response of the system interface module to the IWO command One new record for each of the 3 omega frequencies used is added to this file every 10 seconds Each record contains the time frame number frequency and the data as received for each station in the past 10 second period For each station the data includes the SNR signal to noise ratio and the relative phase in millicycles This file is used only in VLF omega wind flights wl Loran wind raw data file from tracker 1 Stored in text format Each record is in the format of the response of the system interface module to the LH1 command A new record is added to the file at the rate specified by the user during Wind Computation Setup under Raw Wind Sampling Software Version 4 2 10 5 Chapter 10 Flight Data Management W 9000 Meteorological Processing System lw2 rwd Interval Normally this parameter is set to either 3 seconds or 10 seconds The faster interval 3 seconds is the most common setup but uses more memory to store the data and the computation with the increased volume of data uses more computer time Each record contains the time frame number and information about the stations in the chain being tracked For each station the information includes the SNR signal to noise ratio state lockup state 8 locked up and TOA tim
229. sently running Software installation requires the following five tasks each of which is described in detail in the remainder of this chapter The tasks start with the most basic and progress through the installation and configuration of the software to updating a presently installed version of the software Software Version 4 2 2 1 Chapter 2 Software Installation W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 2 3 Preparing the Computer In the event of a fixed disk failure it may be necessary to perform a low level format of the drive This will destroy all information on the disk including all partitioning information After this has been done the disk will have to be partitioned to tell DOS that it is a DOS drive Formatting the Fixed Disk After the disk has been partitioned it must be formatted for use as a DOS device This is different from the low level formatting mentioned above Installing System Software Software installation is in two parts First the fixed disk is prepared as a bootable DOS disk with the DOS files installed and then the W 9000 System is installed Configuring System Software After the software is installed the system software needs to be set up to match the hardware options that make up the system Installing System Software Updates From time to time enhancements or options for the version of software that is installed in the system may become available Preparing the Computer The W 9000 System c
230. sing either the Wind Speed and Direction versus Time or Wind Speed and Direction versus Height See the Incremental Level Selection section of Chapter 3 for an important note relevant to editing significant levels October 66 1994 Data Display 14 27 08 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A PTU vs Time Plot Skeu T Display Refractivity Display Sonde View Report Generator Graph Generator Wind Speed and Direction versus Time Wind Speed and Direction versus Height Wind Vector Components Wind Coordinate Plot YA Flight has ended at 125 minutes 57 2 seconds Figure 6 4 Data Display Menu 6 5 PTU Versus Time Display Selecting PTU versus Time Plot graphs pressure temperature and humidity versus flight time as shown in Figure 6 5 On a color monitor the pressure is displayed in green the temperature in yellow and the humidity in dark blue The temperature scale yellow runs along the bottom of the display The relative humidity scale blue runs along the top left of the display The pressure scale green is on the top right hand side of the display The time since launch scale red is a vertical scale on the left hand side of the display Time is delineated in whole minutes 6 4 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 6 Flight Operations September 11 1992 Concurrent Plot 68 29 16 6 20 40 66 80 100 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 21 20 Si 19 18 gt 1
231. smission sequence the system will return to the Process Coded Messages menu To exit without transmitting any messages hit lt Esc gt without selecting any messages or enter lt N gt when asked to confirm transmission The exact sequence and format of WMO message transmission is determined by parameters set via the system Setup Menu and Message Coding Configuration files Messages are transmitted from the IJ4 port of the ZEEMET Rack Interface module The serial port parameters of this port can be set during a flight from the Set Transmit Data Parameters item of the Process Coded Messages menu see below or in advance from the appropriate section of the Setup menu Sippican will supply custom message coding configuration file diskettes to meet established customer requirements as needed with each new W 9000 system Contact Sippican marketing or technical support for information on obtaining your own copy or obtaining changes to an existing copy 7 22 Transmit Coded Military Messages To select and transmit coded military messages choose Transmit Coded Military Messages from the Process Coded Messages menu All military messages which have been coded and saved will appear in the Transmit Coded Military Messages menu as shown in Figure 7 26 September 38 1994 Transmit Coded Messages 13 38 42 T 1 MTCM 69 36 1994 13 29 T 2 MTB2 69 36 1994 13 29 3 MTB3 69 36 1994 13 38 4 MTSR 69 36 1994 13 38 T 5 MITA 69 36 1994 13 38 6 MTFM 69 36
232. software and hardware revisions Comeuro Response Length Does not Match Table A request to the ZEEMET Rack was made and a response was received by the system software However the length of the response was not the length expected This is due to either an incorrect revision level of Comtable dat in the system or it is due to a communication problem WINDREAD Incorrect Raw Wind Record Length Not Saved The PutRawWind sub program of windread has received raw data from the ZEEMET Rack that is not the correct length for the type of NAVAID being used The data is NOT saved to the raw wind file but is appended to the end of the error message Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing system Appendix B W 9000 Error Codes 703 710 711 780 781 800 805 810 830 835 WINDREAD Invalid Time Relationship in Raw Wind Record Not Saved The PutRawWind sub program of windread has received raw data from the ZEEMET Rack that has time that is not valid when compared to records already stored The new time is lower than the previous time but time must always go up The data is NOT saved to the raw wind file but is appended to the end of the error message WINDREAD Invalid Rad record An invalid raw wind data record received WINDREAD Invalid data An invalid raw wind data record was received WINDINIT Invalid Navaid Config Loran Selected but no tracker is Loran The system has been configured to us
233. software version Request XY Response XYmmmPPPSSSSSSS Where mmm monitor version PPP application version SSSSSSS test status reserved for future use For example response XY3123290000000 means monitor version 3 12 with application version 3 29 XZ Send pressure offset Request XZ Response XZsi Where s plus or minus offset in tenths of millibars Modifies the calculation for the dumped pressure For example XZ 10 will increase the dumped pressure by one millibar Software Version 4 2 8 21 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System IC2 Request the MK II calibration data Request IC2 Response IC2 64X5 s or ICZERROO1 The calibration data from the Mark II Sonde data stream is saved when the sonde data stream starts This calibration information is checked to guarantee that it is error free IT Request the current receiver time Request IT Response ITHHHHHH This is the time in tenths of a second since reset or launch IL Launch the Mark II sonde Request IL Response IL or ILERR004 This command arms for launch Mark II sonde IL resets the time clears the received data buffer and starts to collect data records IZ Initialize the receiver for Mark II flight Request IZ Response IZ This command is used to reset the Decoder 8 22 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utili
234. sooesoesoesooesossoesoossossoesoossosssessoesosssessose 4 1 AT SUMMAT rn taa 4 1 4 2 Powering Up the System Equipment ooooconocccnoccnoncconccconoconnnonnnconnoconocnnn conc ncnnncns 4 1 4 3 Starting System Programs a 4 2 4 4 Running the System Setup Utilities ocoononinonaniononannonan corn n naccnanonnan cono rana ncnn nono 4 3 4 5 Starting a Radiosonde Plain ii 4 3 A A E E den Oaea 4 3 Similated o 4 4 Flight PRE PArAtOn AMA sessieoepes 5 1 Del INTO UCA A eas 5 1 5 2 Overview of Flight Preparation mid 5 1 Entering a Sonde Serial Numer sc dao dro dra 5 2 Entering a Flight Ascension TD dado 5 2 5 3 Flight Preparation Display aria did dit aiii 5 3 PRETO Mt Men s ii a A EEA AE AAE ai aaa Sain Rae 5 3 Flight Information WINdO WS 5 4 A chet EEEE EE EE EE E EE E A 5 4 e A area a a a T a a aa tote 5 4 DifTerentia GP SAUS tt Saas eens A ida 5 4 PVEGPS A cau e oc clgus a aE tee ees 5 5 LAA e Ge a al na 5 6 TO 5 7 A IN 5 7 A AA Ba uae A woe a ENS 5 7 Time Difference NA A E ne a Rn 5 7 Signal to Noise Ratio SNR isidro 5 7 MA AR REES 5 7 Signal Source Message a pci 5 8 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Table of Contents Chapter 6 Restarting Navaid Lock 5 8 Radar a did 5 8 Dee Suracs Dita oi Soa ca o a o e o le e Seta 5 9 Entera Surface Dita ad ia 5 9 PLUTO ALC NATION aii ld 5 10 WMO Message coding Parameters cccceccceesceesseceneceseeceseeeeeeeeseeeaecneenaaes 5 10 WMO NOC OAS a os ccc cres
235. ssages Otherwise set it to N No Ship Call Sign and Mobile Station Country Town Code If you have set Sea Station to Y Yes set Ship Call Sign and Mobile Station Country Town Code to the ship s call sign If you have set Mobile Land Station to Y set Ship Call and Mobile Station Country Town Code to the country and town code of the station s current location Otherwise accept the default because in this case this parameter is not used The screen shown in Figure 3 7 will be displayed when the WMO Message Coding Parameters 2 option is selected WHO Message Coding Parameters WMO Coding Parameters Number of Groups per Line numeric Number of Blank Lines Between Messages numeric Include Significant Winds PPBB and PPDD Include Last Wind in PILOT Section 4 Replace with A in PPBB station elevation Do not generate group 41414 in TTBB Do not generate group 32525 in TTBE Region II Add WHO number before first group Change Height Coding Units to 588M after 38 B06BM Ignore wind direction changes during calm winds Incremental Level Selection oe zZz ZZZZZZZZ TITZTZIZZZ A OA Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y w Please Enter Number of Groups per Line mum Figure 3 7 WMO Message Coding Parameters 2 Software Version 4 2 3 7 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Number of Groups per Line Indicates the number of five character groups which are placed on each line of a
236. ssed Software Version 4 2 B 5 Appendix B W 9000 Error Codes W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 606 607 608 609 611 612 613 614 615 702 B 6 Comeuro Not Found in Table A request was issued to the ZEEMET Rack that was not recognized Either the request was ill formed or a version of Comtable dat is being used which does not match the system revision level Comeuro Request Length does not Match Table A request was issued to the ZEEMET Rack that is not in the expected format This format is defined in the Comtable Dat file in the system directory The request has either been ill formed or the version of the comtable does not match the system version level Comeuro Invalid COM Port Number A request for a COM port was made that was undefined to the system Comeuro Unexpected ZEEMET Rack Err Code The ZEEMET error code listed in below section is undefined Comeuro Time Out on Sending Request Comeuro Time Out on Receiving Response Comeuro Fatal Error Program for Handling Serial Communication is not Installed The comxint program has not been executed This may be due to starting the software incorrectly Or the comxint file may be missing Comeuro Not Found in Table A request to the ZEEMET Rack was issued for which the response was ill formed It does not match the format defined in the Comtable dat file This is the result of either a communication problem or a mismatch between
237. ssing System 3 7 Wind Finding Installation Wind Finding Installation allows you to select the wind finding method for the system as well as for each tracker installed in the ZEEMET Rack refer to Figure 3 10 February 16 1995 Wind Finding Installation 14 43 38 Target Wind Finding Method ZEEMET System Loran Chain 1 9968 Chain 2 8978 Figure 3 10 Wind Finding Installation Menu Figure 3 10 shows a typical wind finding setup for the system and for each tracker installed in the ZEEMET Rack The selection made for the ZEEMET System determines the wind finding method used for all subsequent flights The selection made for each tracker determines the wind finding software to be used if any in each of the tracker modules Changes may be made to the current wind finding selections by using the keystrokes indicated at the bottom of the display for the toggle data entry mode Press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow keys to move the highlight to the desired item and then press the Space Bar to toggle through the available selections for the item Wind finding methods available for the ZEEMET System include Loran PVT GPS Differential GPS Meisei Radiotheodolite Plessey Radar EEC Radar and Gematronik Radar See the W 9000 Installation Reference Manual to learn how to distinguish the particular wind finding method appropriate to your hardware The Not in Use selection for the ZEEMET System should be used if no wind finding is to be
238. st flight e SETUP To edit or review the W 9000 system configuration This program configures the W 9000 system for a particular ground station location radiosonde type and for the ground equipment hardware being used SETUP also permits the user to customize receiver operation antenna operation wind computation and automatic message coding e UTILITY To run off line utilities that manage flight files generate reports and graphs and print captured screens As shown in Figure 1 4 any program installed in the computer can be started from the DOS command line This includes programs obtained from other sources and installed by the system owner Note that DOS is supplied with the system software so any of the standard DOS commands can be entered when the DOS command line is displayed See the DOS reference manual for documentation on the available commands 1 4 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 1 Introduction Software Options Throughout the operators manual references are made to items that appear in menus or options that are available because a software option is installed Information on software options is available from your Marketing Representative W 9000 Options are listed and described in this section Refractivity Display Option This option will cause an additional menu selection to appear in the Data Display Menu The menu selection gives access to a graphical and tabular display of refr
239. t The file could not be found in the directory from which the simulation files are located Check the simulation directory to make sure that all of the data files are present master Interrupt handler not found The interrupt handler that receives input serial data could not be located CHAINER Stack Overflow CHAINER Pulling from empty stack destination not defined NAVAID Invalid NAVAID specified in SYSDAT DAT file The navaid selection has been corrupted in the sysdat dat data file Run setup and select the desired navaid from the navaid installation program PFLIGHT INITFILES Fatal Error Serial Communication Handler not Installed COM 1 The interrupt handler that receives input serial data could not be located WINDINIT Wind smoothing interval too long automatically shortened Comeuro Response Length Incorrect The length of the response from the ZEEMET Rack does not match the expected length based on the request for information that was made This can be caused by an occasional character dropping out due to a communication error Also it can be caused by using a comtable dat which does not match the current revision level of the software COMEURO Command Retry Twice Two attempts were made to issue a request to the ZEEMET Rack This can be caused by communication errors Comeuro Time Out Error There was a time out error because an unreasonable time period elapsed without a response from the device being acce
240. t downloading is not made available Once you set up a new environment by loading software all the ZEEMET Rack module application programs are maintained in memory after power off It is not necessary to reload the programs each time the system is powered on In summary ZEEMET Rack downloading is required when the system computer cannot communicate with the ZEEMET Rack or if there are updates requiring new configurations and or installations Then it shall be necessary to reload the ZEEMET Rack modules Selecting a Module to Download In the ZEEMET Rack Configuration display the first module that is available for downloading will be highlighted Only those modules that have a status of match or download are able to be highlighted Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to select the module that you wish to download Press enter to begin downloading that module Downloading Operation Once you select a module to download a series of screen prompts will direct you through the whole process of downloading During the course of the downloading operation you will be required to move the COM1 cable from its normal operating position so the module to be downloaded and then back again The program will tell you when to switch the cable and to which port The first thing you will be prompted to do is to move the COMI cable to the port specified and then once in place press any key to continue The program will attempt to interrogate the module
241. t form and then call Grapher to prepare and print a graph of system flight data AVGMET Command Line Syntax AVGMET lt path gt filename MT2 fields MDC fields lt averaging interval gt Where filename does not include an extension MT2 fields and MDC fields are those to be included in the output file expressed as integers of up to eight digits for MT2 and six digits for MDC or the letter n to indicate that the corresponding file is not to be included lt averaging interval gt is an optional field expressed in whole seconds If not specified the default is 15 seconds Following entry of this command to DOS AVGMET reads filename MT2 and filename MDC files and produces the single ASCII text file filename AVG Data will be averaged according to the averaging interval parameter AVGMET considers only records after launch and before the end of flight AVGMET reads the filename SDT file to acquire launch and end of flight information 9 5 The Capture Program The Capture program is distributed as part of the W 9000 System software Its primary purpose is to emulate a terminal for ZEEMET Rack diagnostic purposes It allows terminal emulation using COM1 or COM2 for communication with the ZEEMET Rack The program can also capture data to a file To run the program type CAPTURE lt Enter gt The Capture program displays the menu choices shown in Figure 9 10 Software Version 4 2 9 11 Off Line Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Pro
242. ta Display Menu The Graph Generator can also be accessed from the menu of the Utility program which runs off line The graph generator provides the ability to make customized graphs Up to four data types may be plotted on the same graph They may be plotted versus time pressure or height Up to 100 different graph formats can be defined During a flight new data is shown on the graph as it is collected It is possible for the operator to change the scale used in drawing the graphs When this is done the new scale is the one used when Graph Generator is selected again later in the flight System Software Version 4 2 6 19 Chapter 6 Flight Operations W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Graph Selection Menu The Graph Selection Menu is displayed when the graph generator is selected from the Data Display Menu The screen display of the Graph Selection Menu is shown in Figure 6 18 This shows the default graph format definitions as delivered from Sippican The first menu option DEFINE NEW GRAPHS which is initially highlighted allows the operator to delete graph definitions permanently modify graph definitions as well as define new ones To run this just press lt Enter gt upon entering the Graph Selection Menu and refer to the section Graph Definition in this chapter for instructions July 31 1996 Graph Selection Menu 13 57 36 Graph Name Red Graph Title Yellow Green Y Axis Blue NEW DE
243. ted sd dass 6 8 End of flight End of flight detected ooooocninncninnoconccconnconncnoncconnccono cana connnoos 6 9 Software Version 4 2 Contents 5 Table of Contents Chapter 7 Contents 6 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Graphic POr 6 10 Pre flight Launch not detected ctjcics at diccdunctieaincakenadectnmae ty evbanlinehties 6 10 In flight Launch detected e Seat enlaues acs 6 10 End of flight End of flight detected ooooooncccnnccinocinooccnonononcconnconncoonccconacnnos 6 10 08 Sonde VISW ati EAS 6 11 Raw Sonde data Display iii ta 6 12 Processed sonde Data Display ooooonoocninccincccoococoncconnconncconccconocnncnnn ccoo ncconncns 6 12 Tabular Display Attrib te Swe sscsei ecto crake cas tok sual clans acetal nena ac 6 13 Pre flight Launch not detected uni ia 6 14 In flight Launch detected miii ieee 6 14 End of flight End of flight detected ooooccnonoconanonaconnnconanonanoconanonaconncc nnonns 6 14 6 9 Global Positioning system GPS Operation ooooconoccnoccnooccnoncconncconacanononnncnnnnos 6 15 6 10 REPO Cenar cr li aos 6 15 Report Selection Met 2 A A a A a 6 16 REPO Eo Nicole cia 6 17 a esis cai te acho E a E ee ER 6 17 G1 Graph Generate a A 6 19 Graph Selection Menu oia 6 20 Viewing a Graph sesca a a a E A a eT R a ee Ss 6 21 Graph DENI ON aieeaa A idas 6 22 Entering and Editing Piola ali 6 23 Graph Name and Graph Title Pidldsiuii A 6 23 Y AXIS Fielde tasn ae e E a E N 6 23
244. ted in Figure 6 12 The raw sonde data display reads the raw radiosonde data and displays it in tabular columns Each of the columns is defined as follows lt TIME gt Time of the data displayed in minutes and seconds relative to launch of the radiosonde lt RXCNT gt The receiver frame count This is frame number as determined by the ZEEMET Rack Receiver For every new frame received by the receiver the receiver frame count is incremented by 1 lt SDCNT gt The radiosonde frame count Every new frame transmitted by the radiosonde is given a new count The count starts at zero upon radiosonde power up and increments by 1 with each frame transmitted lt REF gt The measurement count of the reference channel lt PRESS gt The measurement count of the pressure channel lt TEMP gt The measurement count of the temperature channel lt HUMID gt The measurement count of the humidity channel lt SPR 1 gt The measurement count of first spare channel lt SPR 2 gt The measurement count of the second spare channel lt SPR 3 gt The measurement count of the third spare channel lt SPR 4 gt The measurement count of the fourth spare channel Processed Sonde Data Display Select Processed Sonde Data Display from the Sonde View menu to display the processed radiosonde data The screen shown in Figure 6 13 is displayed when this menu option is selected 6 12 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 6 F
245. ter Printer Configuration The W 9000 system uses a generic printer interface to allow graphics images to be output on a variety of printers This requires that the system printer be defined so that graphics can be printed The default system printer is a 9 pin Epson FX compatible printer If the printer attached to your system is not a 9 pin Epson compatible printer use the following procedure to select the proper printer 1 Type PRINTCFG Enter A file GXPRINT DAT in the current W9000 System directory will be displayed showing a list of printers Using the cursor movement keys locate your printer and the resolution you want to use For example if you have a black and white HP LaserJet printer and you want it to print at 300 x 300 resolution you would notice that the entry is HPLSRVH PRD If your specific printer is not listed check your printer documentation an select the priinter that most closely matches your printer Press ESC The DOS EDIT program will load the file PRINTER DEF in the current W9000 System directory The last line in the file will say something like GRAPHICS EPSON9M PRD Change this to GRAPHICS HPLSRVH PRD Save the changes Software Version 4 2 2 5 Chapter 2 Software Installation W 9000 Meteorological Processing System This page intentionally left blank 2 6 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities 3 1 System Set
246. ter 6 Flight Operations W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 6 13 Wind Vector Components Select Vector Components to display the Northerly and Easterly vectors of the wind components as shown in Figure 6 23 September 30 1994 Vector Components Plot Height FlightID CGPM E B 4089 28833 04 h Fi AdjustXY Use Pglle PgDn Arrowllp ArrowDn to move HairLine Figure 6 22 Wind Vector Components In this graph the north south wind vector component is plotted in yellow and the east west vector component is plotted in green The scale for the both vector components is located at the bottom of the screen These scales are fixed However the vertical scale for height in white on the left can be changed in the axis adjustment mode The instruction for the axis adjustment mode are described above in the section for the Wind Speed and Direction Graphs 6 14 Data Analysis Refer to Chapter 7 for a complete description of Data Analysis 6 15 Flight Utilities Refer to Chapter 8 for a complete description of Flight Utilities 6 16 Edit Launch or End Time Select Edit Launch or End Time to edit the launch record or the end of flight record As an overview the Launch End Flight Editing display can be thought of as a window gliding over the flight data in which up to 32 met frames in two columns can be viewed at any one time The window is moved forwards or backwards through the flight data until the desired frame is in the window
247. ter currently under the cursor position It collapses data to the right one position toward the left filling the space left by the deleted character Different than the backspace key the cursor does not retreat one block to the left it stays on the same editing block Left Arrow This key moves the cursor one position to the left It is non destructive it does not erase any characters in the process of moving one position to the left Right Arrow This key moves the cursor one position to the right Enter This key accepts data in the editing field as input subject to verification when exiting the program Esc This key exits the data entry screen and displays the previously mentioned Accept displayed values Y N lt Esc gt prompt F2 This key places the current value of the data item into the scratch pad This is useful if you only want to make a slight change to a data item Software Version 4 2 1 9 Chapter 1 Introduction W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Data Entry Modes There are two modes of operation in the standard data entry screen The over type mode and the insert mode The insert key acts as a toggle between these two modes Over Type Mode When starting in the over type mode characters to the right of the cursor are deleted when you enter the first character The over type mode is useful for entering data that is completely different from the existing data in the field as it saves having to erase t
248. the application line of the display to verify the exit request This is the only warning the operator receives before exiting All desired functions should be performed before exiting from the software since once you verify that you wish to exit the system software exits to the DOS command line 6 28 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 6 Flight Operations 6 18 End Flight When End Flight is selected from the flight menu a data window is displayed on the screen showing the last processed data as shown in Figure 6 24 To end the flight at this point enter lt Y gt at the prompt This ends the flight and presents the Edit Launch End Flight display which allows you to change the end record as discussed in section 6 7 Press lt Esc gt to return to the flight display September 11 1992 End Flight 68 25 57 Last Frame Processed Units Value Met Time Min Sec 12 54 5 Pressure mb 575 4 Temperature Deg C 25 3 Humidity z 26 Height meters 1463 2 Wind Speed Knots 25 8 Wind Direction Degrees 288 A Terminate data acquisition at this point Y N lt Esc gt Figure 6 24 End Flight System Software Version 4 2 6 29 Chapter 6 Flight Operations W 9000 Meteorological Processing System This page intentionally left blank 6 30 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 7 Data Analysis Chapter 7 Data Analysis 7 1 Introduction Select Data Analys
249. the first time refer to the hardware instructions in the W 9000 Installation Manual the software installation instructions in Chapter 2 and the setup instructions in Chapter 3 before continuing with this section This chapter explains how to power up the system equipment Then there are instructions on how to initiate the operation of the system software packages and to set the optional modes of operation Later chapters cover the details of using the optional packages 4 2 Powering Up System Equipment These instructions for powering up your system assume you have connected and tested system components according to the installation instructions provided in Chapter 2 and the W 9000 Installation Manual Open the doors on Drive A and Drive B of your system computer to ensure that it boots from the hard disk drive Most systems are set up with a power strip that controls the power to all the system components If your system has a power strip the individual power switches are always left on and the power is controlled via the power strip If your system does not have a power strip turn on your system in the following order l Turn on the power switch on the monitor Refer to Figure 4 1 For Dell Super VGA Monitors the power switch is located at the lower right of the front of the monitor N lt A lt AS Figure 4 1 Front View Display Monitor Software Version 4 2 4 1 Chapter 4 Starting Up The W 9000 System W 9
250. the menu in Figure 9 5 Press the lt Esc gt key to exit the Binutil program and return to the DOS prompt 94 The AVGMET Program Like BINUTIL the AVGMET program is a utility designed to make data from the system binary files available in text form for input to other programs or for printing However AVGMET is a time oriented data format converter You must supply the averaging interval the file name used for the flight files and a list of the meteorological data fields that you want as parameters No file name extension is needed since AVGMET will read the files it needs from the set of flight files available for the specified flight file name Using the specified averaging interval AVGMET finds all data within each time interval of the specified length starting from launch It then computes the average for each requested field and writes a record to its output file giving the average of each of the data fields over that time interval Next the cycle repeats writing new records for each averaging interval until all available flight data for the specified time has been considered The output file is named filename AVG where filename is the input flight file name parameter and AVG is the file extension 9 10 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 9 Off Line Utilities AVGMET is designed to work well in an MS DOS Batch file For example a batch file could call AVGMET to convert the data of a flight into tex
251. ties IMH Request the latest Mark II meteorological data Request IMH Response IMHttttttcccccfffffrrrrrppppptttttuuuuussssssssssssssssssss or IMHERRO01 Where tttttt Time ccecce Frame count of the receiver fffff Frame count of the sonde rrrrr Reference ppppp Pressure ttttt Temperature uuuuu Humidity sssss Spare Channel 1 sssss s Spare Channel 2 sssss Spare Channel 3 sssss Spare Channel 4 This returns the latest Mark II data record If no data been collected IMHERRO01 is returned 8 9 Antenna Commands Antenna pointing is controlled by the interface software In this section only the AB AM AO AP and AY commands apply to both the electronic and rotor antennas The rest of the commands are used with rotor systems only The software knows the position of the rotor antenna by measuring a potentiometer built into the antennas rotor The antenna position is modeled in software by a table of potentiometer readings one reading every 15 degrees the rotors cycle time the time required by the rotor to go is a complete circle and the most likely wind direction During antenna initialization the cycle time and most likely wind direction is entered by the operator and the table of readings is generated automatically AB Select 1680 MHz band Request AB Response AB Where is the band 1 through 4 This command selects a portion of the 1680 MHz meteorological frequency range that is converted down to
252. tion functions is achieved via the Calibration option of the Preflight menu Figure 5 11 shows the calibration menu October 29 1992 Calibration Menu 16 48 16 Calibration Menu 1 View modify calibration factors 2 View modify pressure offset AS Calibration Data Entry Figure 5 11 Calibration Menu Figure 5 12 shows the Calibration Data Entry screen that displays the thermistor and hygristor lock in values and ratios as well as the pressure calibration coefficients September 38 1994 Calibration 69 52 19 Temperature Sonde Humidity Sonde 59680 72 353 8811 5635 31 11751 74 5548 384 2224 84 8 2027304 6 6661194585 6 64627532 3 385526E 666 Lock in 14297 Lock in 15163 CF2 1 CF2 1 66 CF3 1 CF4 1 6 6618529 1 36E 665 B 14969 Humidity CF4 mmmannnnnnnnnn A Figure 5 12 Calibration Data Entry The temperature and humidity calibration values can be edited using the rules described in the Standard Data Entry Editing section of this manual The pressure calibration data cannot be changed by the operator 5 12 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 5 Flight Preparation Calibration Data Source The calibration data for the temperature element and the humidity element can come from three sources default sonde or user e Default Data was not received from the sonde and you have not done any data entry in the f
253. titude of the duct the M units versus altitude plot is examined The starting altitude of the duct is found where the M units value is less than the M units value at the ending altitude of the duct When this altitude is found the duct is plotted by filling the duct window from the starting altitude to the ending altitude of the duct This type of duct is called an elevated duct If no M units value can be found which is less than the M units value at the ending altitude of the duct then the duct is called a surface duct In this case the duct window is filled from the bottom of the duct window to the ending altitude of the duct The only active key in the graphic display is the lt Esc gt key which causes the Refractivity Display Menu in Figure 6 8 to be displayed 6 8 Sonde View Sonde View Figure 6 11 displays raw and processed radiosonde data in a tabular format Figure 6 12 and Figure 6 13 Access to Sonde View is provided during flight preparation as well as during the flight During flight preparation Sonde View is accessed via the utilities option of the Flight Preparation menu During flight Sonde View is accessed via the Data Display option of the Flight menu Figure 6 11 shows the main Sonde View menu September 11 1992 Sonde View 68 27 49 1 Raw Sonde Data Display 2 Processed Sonde Data Display Please Enter Number of Selection Figure 6 11 Sonde View Menu System Software Version 4 2 6 11 Chapt
254. to return to the Preflight menu The standard acceptance prompt is displayed when the lt Esc gt key is pressed Press lt Y gt if you wish to save the values lt N gt to continue editing and lt Esc gt to exit without having changed the values Changing the key status of any of the Loran stations while a flight is in progress causes a recalculation of the wind file WND The wind file is deleted and then recalculated using the new key values for the Loran stations Status The Status value indicates the lock condition of the Loran station A Loran station gets a Status of locked if it satisfies two conditions a the TD value for the station is within 5000 microseconds of its delay value as stored in the Loran chain file LORCHAIN DAT b the station has reached State value eight If either of these conditions is not met the station gets a 2 unlocked status value Time Of Arrival TOA The Time Of Arrival value is the time in which a Loran station is detected relative to a reference point established by the ZEEMET Rack clock The TOA value is in microseconds Time Difference TD The Time Difference value is the Time Of Arrival of a slave station minus the Time Of Arrival of the master station The TD value is in microseconds Signal to Noise Ratio SNR The SNR value for each station indicates the relative signal strength of each Loran station and can be used to determine which stations should be Included or Exclud
255. to see which field is in the scratch pad The data that cannot be edited for example a field computed by the system is displayed in blue On a monochrome screen the changeable and non changeable fields are not distinguished from each other The currently selected item on a monochrome screen is shown in high intensity At the end of the scratch pad line there is either a value present with a small white blinking cursor or there is a series of small blocks with a blinking cursor on one of them The blocks indicate the maximum 1 8 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 1 Introduction size of the data that can be entered Pressing the up and down arrow keys determines which item goes in the scratch pad Movement through an editing window and in the scratch pad area is performed using the following keys Action Keys Up Arrow This key highlights the item in a menu above the currently highlighted item The highlighted item is the one selected when you press Enter Down Arrow This key highlights the item in a menu below the currently highlighted item The highlighted item is the one selected when you press Enter Backspace This key erases the character to the left of the cursor position and moves one position to the left It pulls all data to the right of the cursor one position to the left filling the space left by the erased character Known as a destructive backspace Del This key erases the charac
256. to the next field Interval Type Field Reports show flight data at uniform intervals of pressure time or height The interval type field selects which of these is used In addition to the pressure time or height interval types there is the standard pressures interval type Standard pressures reports the flight data at the standard isobaric levels instead of at constant intervals used by the other interval types The interval type is selected from the list in the Interval Selection Window that appears when the Interval Type Field is highlighted To select an interval type move the cursor with the lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt and up and down arrow keys to the desired type and press lt Enter gt Interval Amount Field The interval amount specifies the interval between each row of the report It is entered in minutes millibars or meters for interval types time pressure and height respectively The interval amount is ignored when the standard pressure interval type is selected The interval amount is entered by typing in the desired amount and the pressing lt Enter gt Serial Output and Printer Output Fields These fields control sending reports generated by this definition to the serial port and or the printer With the default settings of NO no such output will occur Press the spacebar to toggle between NO and YES Tabular Data Field Use this field to select the data types to be inserted into the report When this field is selected
257. tput file Each field value must be seperated with a space In addition you may enter the letter f after any field value in order to print the data flag for that field to the output file Example if 3 Sf 7 fields 1f 2 3 Sf 6f 7f Input file spec C NFLIGHTSNFLT3796 W983796 MTZ Output file spec C NFLIGHTSNFLT3796 W983796 MTX Figure 9 7 Enter Field Number s Option The field values should be entered in the same manner as described in the command line mode except that spaces should be used between field values instead of commas and the f should not be entered If you are unsure of which fields to convert run the View Input File option to display the binary file The columns shown in the tabular display are the fields within the file Just as in the command line mode adding an f after any of the field number causes the flag for that field to be printed as well Press the lt Enter gt key after entering the field number s After pressing the lt Enter gt key the screen shown in Figure 9 8 is displayed This allows you to enter the r reject bad records option Enter lt Y gt if you want to reject bad records and lt N gt if you do not want to reject bad records followed by the lt Enter gt key 9 8 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 9 Off Line Utilities October 38 1992 Binary File Utilities 16 45 47 The reject bad records option specifies that any records which contain one
258. ts tetas aneavc tet io ca 5 11 Standard Day e 5 11 Transmission AAA a a a a a 5 11 Military Message Coding Parameters ooococccocccooccconncoonoconncconocnnn cono conocio no nocnnnos 5 11 A A O 5 11 Calibration Functions cds 5 11 Calibration Overview id OS E ES A iaa 5 11 A O Seaaeec vette at EAEE 5 12 Calibration Data BT yy gos a a iio 5 12 Calibration Date SOS a 5 13 Calibration Pressure Offsets nininini a a a et 5 13 Entered Surface Data Window s dscessssescientecsateesjecenasdeschandessosoatieeensesndeandeauases 5 14 Current Offset Information Window iii 5 14 PEU Data window a EESE 5 14 Offs ts Wido Wiese i 5 14 S t Receiver Display acess acess tetsu n a O E E E E es eee aus 5 14 58 Arm for Launcha ninrin ennn n a a a 5 14 59 ES Utilities ina A E A E E eia 5 14 5 10 Flight Identifier ntaliz2a O dada 5 15 SEI A A A A A 5 15 Flight Operations esclarecido 6 1 6U AD AA e e E AN e E O 6 1 Flight Met Window susi daa 6 2 Flight Information Window cccccccccesscsssceesceeneecesecesecseeeeeseecsaeceeeseeeenseeeaeees 6 2 PTU aba WIN ler dao 6 2 O O 6 3 6 2 Wind Finding Status Omega sviiiodniinn tdi dd 6 3 03 S rface Data E iio 6 3 64 Data Display Menus da Roda 6 4 6 PTU Vers s Time o y A A i a a 6 4 Conciente las 6 5 Point Select and Data Displays iii it da 6 6 66 Skew A ees a ss a aR 6 7 6 1 Refr ctivity DISPO a i a 6 7 Tabular Format iia 6 8 Pre flight Launch not detected iia di a delas 6 8 In flight Launch detec
259. tware Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities The window shows all of the Loran chains currently included in the Loran chain file Press the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to scroll through the list of Loran chains and then press the Space Bar to select a Loran chain After you have selected a Loran chain press the Enter key to access the parameters for the selected chain The screen shown in Figure 3 23 is displayed for the selected chain October 14 1992 Display Modify Chain Parameters 14 86 18 Loran Chain Name Northeast U S Station Name Latitude Longitude Seneca NY 42 42 58 76 49 33 Caribou ME 46 48 27 67 55 37 Nantucket MA 69 56 39 Carolina Beach NC 77 54 46 Dana IN 3 i 87 29 12 a a Input Mode Over Tupe Figure 3 23 Edit a Loran Chain Each station within the selected chain is shown as well as its Latitude Longitude and Delay Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to move the highlight onto the parameter to be modified enter the desired value and press Enter When you have completed editing press the Esc key to exit the edit mode and return to the menu You will be prompted to accept the changes you have made Entering Y accepts the displayed values updates the lorchain dat file and returns you to the menu Entering N does not accept the displayed values and keeps you in edit mode Entering Ese returns you to the me
260. ual If the Antenna Mode is automatic the system will switch from the omnidirectional antenna to the directional antenna at the range specified by the Antenna Switch Over parameter Antenna System Use the Space Bar to toggle through the list of possible antenna systems until your specific antenna system is displayed Antenna Switch Over The antenna switch over parameter determines when the active antenna switches from the omnidirectional antenna to the directional antenna in automatic mode This point is determined by the horizontal distance between the ground station and the radiosonde in meters The default value is 10 000 meters Cycle Time Rotor Only This parameter is only used for rotor antenna systems since it specifies the time required for the rotor to pass through its full range of motion The antenna cycle time is used to accurately position the directional antenna Therefore the first step is to enter the antenna cycle time in seconds to the nearest tenth of a second Since there are slight variations for each individual antenna rotor the cycle time must be determined for each rotor The Antenna Configuration software provides a mechanism explained below to simplify this process For a one man rotor antenna setup it is recommended although not necessary to have the antenna rotor in sight of the system computer for cycle time determination For multi person setup the rotor can be mounted in its final location 3 26 Softw
261. ular display 2 Graphic display Please Enter Number of Selection Figure 6 8 Refractivity Display Menu Tabular Format The tabular display Figure 6 9 shows time pressure temperature humidity dew point temperature geopotential height N units N per Km M units and refractive condition in a tabular format Upon entering the tabular display the latest data is always displayed on the first line of the display area The newly acquired data is then displayed after it is processed When the entire screen is full of data the top line of data scrolls off the screen and a new line is inserted at the bottom of the screen The starting and ending data records which are available for the tabular display are determined by the flight status Pre flight Launch not detected Data is available from the beginning of the MDC file up to the latest available data The latest acquired data is scrolled on the screen as long as the last page of data is on the screen The message Launch not detected is displayed at the bottom of the screen In flight Launch detected Data is available from the Launch record up to the latest available data The latest acquired data is scrolled on the screen as long as the last page of data is on the screen The message Launch detected is displayed at the bottom of the screen 6 8 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 6 Flight Operations End of flight End of Flight
262. up Overview The System Setup Utilities are used to establish or modify system parameters which will be applied for subsequent radiosonde flights These parameters allow the user to customize the W 9000 system according to the particular requirements of the station Parameters changed using Setup are considered permanent and will be used as starting parameters for all flights Some parameters can be changed during a flight using the Utilities menu and other displays However changes made outside of Setup are considered temporary and will only apply to the current flight Setup should be used to establish parameter values before typing Start in order to insure that system operation will be as required for the particular installation site Run Setup by typing SETUP Enter SERIAL INTERFACE PARAMETERS PRINT CONFIGURATION SETUP ANTENNA CONFIGURATION EVENT RECEIVER MANAGER INSTALLATION CONFIGURATION WIND TRANSMITTED MESSAGE SETUP PARAMETERS DOS LINE FINDING INSTALLATION WIND STATION COMPUTATION INSTALLATION SETUP COMMAND LORAN CHAIN FILE Figure 3 1 Map of System Setup Utilities Figure 3 1 shows a map of the functions that are available from the Setup menu As illustrated by the figure after running a Setup utility you are returned to the Setup menu Press Ese to return to the DOS command line Software Version 4 2 3 1 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorolog
263. urations such as a ZEEMET Rack with an external receiver for example a radiothedolite do not provide all information that this window normally displays The Flight Information window contains blank lines in place of information that is unavailable Line 1 The sonde serial number that the user has entered in Flight Identifiers Initialization Line 2 The current frequency of the receiver Line 3 The sonde signal strength received at the current frequency Line 4 The location status indicates if the receiver has located the sonde Line 5 The ascent rate of the sonde in Meters Minute This value appears after launch has been detected when the geopotential height calculation is caught up Line 6 The flight clock Before launch has been detected this is the time since the system was armed for launch After launch has been detected it is the time relative to launch of the radiosonde PTU Data Window The PTU Data window displays the latest pressure temperature humidity and height processed by the system The time shown in the PTU Data window that associated with the displayed PTU data Before launch is detected PTU time is the relative to arm for launch After launch detection it is the time of the last processed PTU data since launch 6 2 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 6 Flight Operations Wind Data Window The Wind Data window is not displayed until launch has been detected The flight disp
264. ursor position The cursor will also shift one to the right staying with the character it was on as it is shifted To return to normal typeover mode hit the lt Ins gt key again Deleting Characters Use the lt Del gt key to delete the character at the current cursor position Use the lt Backspace gt key to delete the character to the left of the cursor When a character is deleted all of the characters to the right of it on the same line will shift one position to the left 7 21 Transmit Coded WMO Messages To select and transmit coded WMO messages choose Transmit Coded WMO Messages from the Process Coded Messages menu All WMO messages which have been coded and saved will appear in the Transmit Coded WMO Messages menu as shown in Figure 7 23 June 61 1992 Transmit Coded Messages 14 55 46 1 TEMPA 66 61 1992 14 54 2 TEMP B 66 61 1992 14 54 3 TEMP C 66 61 1992 14 54 4 TEMP D 66 61 1992 14 54 5 PILOT A 66 61 1992 14 54 6 PILOT B 66 61 1992 14 54 7 PILOT C 66 61 1992 14 55 8 PILOT D 66 61 1992 14 55 9 CT 66 61 1992 14 55 a Figure 7 23 Transmit Coded WMO Messages Menu System Software Version 4 2 7 19 Chapter 7 Data Analysis W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Any WMO messages that have been already transmitted will be shown in the menu with a T next to them Figure 7 24 shows the Transmit Coded WMO Messages menu with the messages all tagged as having been transmitted This tag is for information only an
265. ve to launch of the radiosonde lt PRESSURE gt Pressure in units of hPa hecto Pascals lt TEMP gt Temperature in units of degrees Celsius lt HUMIDITY gt Relative humidity expressed as a percentage lt SPR 1 gt Spare channel number 1 lt SPR 2 gt Spare channel number 2 lt SPR 3 gt Spare channel number 3 lt SPR 4 gt Spare channel number 4 Tabular Display Attributes Data acquisition and processing continue while the sonde view program is running so the tabular displays are continuously updated with the latest data Upon entering the tabular displays the latest data is always displayed on the first line of the view window The newly acquired data is then displayed after it is processed When the view window is full of data the screen scrolls up one line and a new line is inserted at the bottom of the screen The following subsections describe the starting and ending data records and the application messages for the tabular displays as determined by the flight status System Software Version 4 2 6 13 Chapter 6 Flight Operations W 9000 Meteorological Processing System 6 14 Pre flight Launch Not Detected Data is available from the beginning of the file up to the latest available data The latest data is scrolled on the screen as long as the last page of data is on the screen After the system has been armed for launch the message Monitoring For Launch is displayed on the application message line of the scr
266. version of the software loaded by the monitor into RAM The left hand column indicates the software currently installed The right hand column indicates the software that should be installed usually the latest release Figure 4 7 shows the ZEEMET Rack Configuration screen October 22 1992 Zeemet Rack Configuration 16 16 28 Module ZEEMET Rack System Software Status MONITOR APPLICATION MONITOR APPLICATION VERS ION VERS ION VERS ION VERSION Interface 461 435 461 435 match 403 Receiver 313 585 MK2 313 585 MK2 match Primary Loran 423 436 423 436 match Secondary Loran 423 436 423 436 match Omega none none NA NA not in use A Figure 4 7 ZEEMET Rack Configuration If any of the ZEEMET Rack software is out of date the ZEEMET Rack downloading utility is automatically run See Chapter 3 for more on this utility You can continue using the present software residing in the ZEEMET Rack not recommended or download the modules that are required When the download completes initialization for a flight will continue To meet Navaid requirements for the flight if any it is critical that the software resident in the tracker modules in the ZEEMET Rack process the Navaid signals sent from the sonde For example if the flight is to be Omega the tracker must have the Omega software rather than the Loran software Section 4 4 covers how to restore a previously flown flight via the system utility menu Access to the restore functi
267. vity Format The following keys are active in the Tabular Display lt Home gt displays the first available page of data lt End gt displays the last available data on the first line of the view window lt PgUp gt displays the previous page of data in the view window An audible beep is heard if the topmost page of data is being displayed lt PgDn gt displays the next page of data in the view window An audible beep is heard if the last page of data is being displayed lt Up Arrow gt scrolls the view window down one line and inserts a new line at the top of the view window An audible beep is heard if the window cannot scroll any further lt Down Arrow gt scrolls the view window up one line and inserts a new line at the bottom of the view window An audible beep is heard if the window cannot scroll any further lt Esc gt Returns you to the Refractivity Display menu shown in Figure 6 8 System Software Version 4 2 6 9 Chapter 6 Flight Operations W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Graphic Format The graphic display Figure 6 10 plots N units versus altitude M units versus altitude and duct location versus altitude The starting and ending data points available for the graphic display are determined by the flight status September 16 1992 Refractivity Display 11 41 54 36K 4 A L T 4 I T U 20K D E M 4 E 16K T E 4 R S 6 38 138 238 338 438 366 866 1388 18688 23608 2800 REFRACTIVITY N M
268. w counts in the im2 file to the processed values in the mt2 file Summary and Message Coding Files idx An index to the saved coded message files which also contains information on which files have been transmitted This file is named CODEMSG IDX in the FLTDATAPATH directory sum A text file of the PTU Summary wsm A text file of the Wind Summary csm A text file of the Analysis Summary fls A text file of the Freezing Levels rwl A text file of the Regional Wind Levels mt A text file of the Met Significant Levels swd A text file of the Wind Significant Levels sis A text file of the Standard Isobaric Surfaces cds A text file of the Climatic data Summary for NCDC cmt A text file of the CLIMAT TEMP Monthly Means Summary pa Called PA SAV in the FLTDATAPATH directory this file is the saved PILOT A message pb Called PB SAV in the FLTDATAPATH directory this file is the saved PILOT B message pe Called PC SAV in the FLTDATAPATH directory this file is the saved PILOT C message pd Called PD SAV in the FLTDATAPATH directory this file is the saved PILOT D message ta Called TA SAV in the FLTDATAPATH directory this file is the saved TEMP A message tb Called TB SAV in the FLTDATAPATH directory this file is the saved TEMP B message tc Called TC SAV in the FLTDATAPATH directory this file is the saved TEMP C message td Called TD SAV in the FLTDATAPATH directory this file is the saved TEMP D message mem Called MTCM SA
269. w subdirectory and be made the active flight data set This function includes reading the sav file for the flight and updating EMS memory and the MS DOS Environment Area with information about the flight These memory areas are used by the Graphing and Report Generating software to find information concerning the flight data files To use this function select the flight to be restored as the active flight by moving the highlight to the line in the Archived Flights display window for that flight Press the F6 key Viewing the Files of an Archived Flight The F7 key is used to request viewing the files stored within a selected flight archive To use this function move the highlight to the line in the Archived Flights window corresponding to the flight wanted Then press the F7 key Software Version 4 2 10 11 Chapter 10 Flight Data Management W 9000 Meteorological Processing System A new window will be opened which will list the files that are stored in the selected archive file The cursor can be moved up and down using the arrow keys and the PgUP PgDn keys To view the contents of a file saved in text format hit the Enter key while the highlight is on that file If the file is a text file the entire screen will be replaced with a display of the first portion of the selected file To view other portions of the file use the up down left right arrow keys the PgUP PgDn keys and the Home End keys When finished hit the Esc key to return to the Flight D
270. wind data file Stored in binary format Includes the present wind speed and direction along with the computed wind speed and direction they may be different due to data editing quality indicators flag values and computation information regarding wind for each frame Control Files ctd The CONTROL DAT file in the FLTDATAPATH directory controls the sequence of operations performed to compute the mt2 file from the im2 file Stored in text format omg This is the Wind Interval Selection file used for an Omega flight The WINDAVG OMG file is in the FLTDATAPATH directory Stored in text format or This is the Wind Interval Selection file used for a Loran C flight This file is named WINDAVG LOR in the FLTDATAPATH directory Stored in text format 10 6 Software Version 4 2 W 900 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 10 Flight Data Management Sonde Calibration Files cal Contains sonde calibration data for the flight and stores operator entered sensor values or sensor values transmitted by the sonde Stored in text format This file is named CALIB DAT in the FLTDATAPATH directory ic2 Mark II Sonde calibration data file Stored in text format This file is the response of the RX403 to the IC2 command after it has received the calibration data from the sonde data stream It is an image in character form of the calibration data memory of the sonde This data is used to calibrate the W 9000 software processing of the sonde data from the ra
271. with the sonde frequency Automatic tuning is enabled by default and should not be disabled except by trained technical personnel XDY XDN Enable Disable diagnostic data output Request XDY XDN Response XDY XDN or XDYERR003 Enable or disable the receiver to dump maintenance and debugging information to serial port 2 This is only for diagnostic purposes The dump includes time frequency deviation AFC reading smoothed AFC values baud rate LO1 value and LO2 value XEY XEN Enable Disable decode by Mark II data Request XEY XEN Response XEY XEN or XEYERR003 Enables and disables the receiver ability to decode the raw Mark II data stream By default it is enabled This command is useful for problem checking and should be used by technical personnel only 8 14 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities XFY XFN JEnable Disable search by signal strength Request XFY XFN Response XFY XFN or XFYERRO03 Enable and disable the receiver to find the sonde signal that is greater than the default threshold It will stop searching when it finds a suitable signal Alternately the command XFN could be used to stop it before that During the finding procedure the receiver dumps the status reports to serial port 2 This command is not for normal situations It is recommended that only technical people could use this command because sonde data is lost during the signal search XGY
272. wnloading After all of the desired modules are downloaded simply press the Ese key to exit the ZEEMET Rack Configuration display The program will do a final check to make sure that the modules that are installed agree with the system setup If they do not then an error message is displayed You then have the opportunity to exit by pressing Esc or check the cables and press R to retry If the modules installed match the system setup then the control returns to the calling program either the Setup menu or the main system software 3 14 Print configuration The Print Configuration option in the Setup menu is used to print a report that gives the status of the currently selected options needed run a flight This includes parameters specified using the following Setup Utilities and Flight menus Station Installation Antenna Configuration Receiver Installation Event Manager Configuration Serial Interface Wind Finding Installation and Message Coding 3 15 Printer Definition The W 9000 system supports most printers via a generic software interface The default is the 9 pin Epson printer Which printer the system actually uses is determined by the last three lines in the printer definition file PRINTER DEF in the W 9000 System directory To view or change the printer defined for use with the W 9000 system type PRINTCFG Enter This will display the file GXPRINT DAT which lists the supported printers Use the cursor movement keys to go thr
273. y c AFC on off status This sets the receivers frequency and gets the signal strength at that frequency For example command XQ403000 would set the receiver to 403MHz 8 18 Software Version 4 2 W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Chapter 8 Flight Utilities XRY XRN Enable Disable spectrum scan Request XRY XRN Response XRY XRN or XRYERROO3 Enable and disable the receiver to scan the frequency range 395 to 410 MHz in 288 kHz steps The signal strength is measured at every frequency Data loss with XRY is unavoidable since the receiver performs the scan periodically XRD Request frequency spectrum Request XRD Response XRODffffffsssfffffisss ffffffsss Where ffffff frequency sss signal strength Gets the result of the signal strength spectrum established by the XRY command There are 53 records in total XT Set signal strength threshold Request XTH HH Response XT This sets the receiver s threshold value used during tuning or searching The default value is 30 XU Set highest search frequency Request XU HHHHH Response XU This sets the high boundary of the frequency scan The default values is 410000 kHz Using this command is not recommended Software Version 4 2 8 19 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System XV Set audio level Request XVHHH Response XV The speaker in the ZEEMET Rack allows the operator to hear the received baseband signal This
274. y validated sonde data frames are dumped XMH Enable hexadecimal raw met data dumping Request XMH Response XMH This enables the receiver to dump to serial port 2 the raw Mark II data frames in hexadecimal format XMN Disable Port 2 data dumps Request XMN Response XMN This disables the receiver Port 2 dumps XMS Disable Port 1 data dumps Request XMS Response XMS This disables the receiver Port 1 dumps XNY XNN Enable Disable data formatting Software Version 4 2 8 17 Chapter 8 Flight Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System Request XNY XNN Response XNY XNN or XNYERROO3 Enable and disable the receiver to validate format and store the sonde data stream This feature is enabled by default and use of these commands is not recommended X0O1 XO2 Set frequency of Local Oscillator Request XO1 HH orXO2 Response XO1 or X02 There are two local oscillators LO1 and LO2 that can be set by these receiver commands to specific frequencies LO1 is varied in 512 kHz steps while LO2 in 32 kHz step It is strongly suggested that only technical people use these commands The XQ command performs the same function XPY XPN Turn on off preamplifier power Request XPY XPN Response XPY XPN Switches preamplifier power on and off power on is the default XQ Set the local oscillator frequency Request XQ HHHHHH Response XQsssc Where sss signal strength at the selected frequenc
275. ystem computer to issue a command to the ZEEMET Rack to cause the antenna system to initialize This will cause the rotor to make movements through its range and in a minute or two the antenna will come to a complete stop at the mid point of its range The directional antenna should now be pointed to the most probable sonde azimuth as discussed in the next section Orientation Rotor Only After the antenna initialization process is complete and the antenna has stopped at the mid point of its range the following two screens will appear Figures 3 23 and 3 33 Software Version 4 2 3 29 Chapter 3 System Setup Utilities W 9000 Meteorological Processing System October 19 1992 fmtenna Configuration 15 12 21 Antenna Initialization During Antenna Initialization the yagi antenna makes movements through its range When this process is complete it will stop at the mid point in its range CONTINUED next screen EE Press a key to continue Figure 3 32 Antenna Orientation Help Screen 1 October 19 1992 fmtenna Configuration 15 12 25 Antenna Initialization Loosen the bolts which secure the antenna mast and turn the yagi antenna to point to the most probable wind azimuth When this is done tighten bolts Verify installation with Antenna Display EE Press a key to exit Figure 3 33 Antenna Orientation Help Screen 2 The bolts that secure the antenna mast should be loosened and th
276. ystem configuration The following is an example of a full file name specification for a W 9000 data file C FLIGHTS NEW W9P3389 WND In this example C FLIGHTS NEW is the directory used the store the files The system name IS W9P and the flight identifier is 3389 The WND portion of the name indicates that the file contains computer wind data The Raw Flight Data Files in the next subsection provides a list of the file name extensions used by the W 9000 System Software to identify the data contents of files stored in the archive files of the c flights zip subdirectory Where files are renamed during the Save Flight Data process the name of the file when it is in the e flights new subdirectory is also given Raw Flight Data Files im2 The raw unprocessed PTU channel and reference data for the flight Stored in text format each record is time tagged and includes one reference and 7 channel value samples This data can be read from the RX403 module of the ZEEMET Rack using the IM2 command Jiwo Omega wind raw unprocessed data file stored in text format Each record is in the format of the response of the system interface module to the IWO command A new record is added to this file every 10 seconds Each record contains the time frame number and the data as received for each station in the past 10 second period For each station the data includes the SNR signal to noise ratio and the relative phase in millicycles This file is u

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