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1. text menu by pressing the right mouse button Enlarge increases the resolution and decreases the time span of the displayed data If you start with the display of the monthly average values they will be stretched to the weekly average values and those in turn will be stretched to the daily average values Reduce increases the representation period and reduces the time span of the displayed values If you start with the single measuring values 12 minute values they will be shrunk to hourly average values and those in turn will be shrunk to four hour average values Go to Beginning of Data has the graph start at the first recorded value of your weather database Go to End of Data has the graph stop at the last recorded value of your weather database Redraw Screen initiates a redrawing of the screen This is necessary in case of defects in the repre sented graph RelHum Brightness LeafWetness Rain 28 08 98 06 48 00 8 29 99 bright wet 0 0 28 08 98 07 00 00 99 bright wet 0 2 28 08 98 07 12 00 99 bright wet 0 0 28 08 98 07 36 00 8 78 99 bright wet 0 0 28 08 98 07 48 00 9 50 99 bright wet 0 0 28 08 98 08 00 00 9 26 99 bright wet 0 0 31 7 The MetWinII Graphics Table The table shows the weather data in a tabular form similar to a spreadsheet The scroll bar on the right side of the window makes it possible to move up and down within the data The scroll bar on the bottom of the window makes it possi ble to mo2. View Settings and Help The MetWinlI Graphic Menu puts all of the main functions of the program at your disposal grapp Se 41 Display Table Shows the data from the sensor or sensor group selected in the as Edit Read Data Starts up the communication module MetCom and reads the weather data of the station selected in the Explorer into the PC 4 After reading the data the hourly daily and weekly aver age values the evapotranspiration and the selected disease prognosis are calculated and data are then exported into the various formats selected in the settings for conversion Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual Station Registration Starts up the weather station management module and enables to enter new weather stations or change an entry of a station Metos Communica Starts up the communication module 4 and enables you to tion Read weather data from the weather stations 1 Conduct single measurements at the weather stations 2 Read status information from the weather stations 2 Program the alarms into the weather stations 3 Initialise the weather stations 5 Convert Data Starts up the data conversion module from which you can se lect the formats that you wish the data of your weather station to be converted to This conversion of the weather data into other file formats enables prognosis programs from other manufac Settings 15 where ie s
3. 51 Weather Station Management The Screen Elements Weather Station Name User selected name of the weather station We recommend that the location of the weather station be selected as the name If you click Edit on the description you may change the name Station Connection and Extended Descriptions of the various pages of the Station Administration Station On this page you will find all the entries concerning the weather station itself Connection Under this tab you will find all the entries referring to the telephone or radio connection to the weather station Extended Under this tab you will find the entries for special features of the program such as drawing up test files during communication or communication with MetWin weather data server 5 2 Weather Station Administration Station Registration Greh Under this page tab can specify the directory path the password the communications settings and the day Station Connection I Extended length method E maT Edit s 4 Metos port ModematCom1 Com 1 Standard Hayes Directory The path to the weather data on your PC If a Crt you click the Edit button the data path i you may change the data path taetae Derive from solar radiation Password password of your weather station This S pa
4. SE 2 oden Our Weald quon oumu 0 1 2 U J Starts the weather station management module MetWinlII and enables you to enter your new weather station or change entries in the weather station man agemen Starts the module MetWinII Graphic and displays the data from the selected weather station Starts the module MetConv This transfer of the weather data into other file formats enables prognosis programs from other manufacturers to be used Causes MetCom to calculate the average values of the weather station anew Causes MetCom to start the calculation of the disease prognosis over again fro the beginning of the weather data 41 5 MetCom Station Information Settings Extended Display The MetCom Station Information informs you in the summary window about the extent of the data that are on your PC In the expanded window you will get an overview of all the most important settings that were made when the weather station was registered Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual 14 Modem type 41 6 MetCom Announcement window MetWin 1 x gt PESSL Communication wit Metos This window is displayed whenever communication Wake Metos x is initiated between the the weather station MetCom informs you about which communications functions are being performed ie Reading sensors Reading alarms etc You can terminate the connection at any time by pressing the cancel key 0 417
5. MetCom Status Information Read System Status The status information gives you information about the micro processor controlling your weather station METOS program version the device and it s internal variables METOS Information the sensors con nected to your station METOS sensor information and the data saved in your device METOS data status METOS Program Version This field contains important information should you notice errors in the running the program and therefore have to inform Pessl Instruments Ltd or an agent about your discovery METOS Information Your station type the setting of the internal clock the next wake time the pass word or name you entered during initialization only shows if the station is connected via ca ble to the PC and the path to the weather data on your PC are located here METOS Sensor Information This is where you can find a description of the sensors that have been initialized with this station METOS Data Base The date of the first and last measurement contained in the database of the METOS station is shown here 4 1 8 MetCom METOS Initialization Initialize Metos The initialization informs the weather station about the sensors connected synchronizes date and time between PC and METOS and determines the password of the weather station The initialization screen adjusts automatically to the selected type of weather station Initialization must be done for new stations Pessl Inst
6. has been higher than 15 Beside of this the window shows you the accumulated precipitation within the selected period and the distribution of infection rain and negative prognosis This information allows you to assess whether your spry coverage was protecting the crop from most of the infections or if a curative spray is indicated Please note in the early stages canopy growth is more important than fungicide degra dation Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual 10 4 MetWinll Communication MetWinII Communication is responsible for the communication between the weather station and your PC With this program you can 1 Download the weather data from your weather station to a PC Read Data Depending on the model your weather station can save weather data from nine days up to six months In order to have the data available for the computer program you must transfer the data from the weather station to the PC This is the main function of MetWinII communication MetWinII communication makes the connection to the weather station and wakes it up After that the PC calls up some status information model version of the equipment program registration battery level and so on and starts download ing the weather data When the station has transferred all available weather data the connection will be closed 4 1 1 0 4 1 4 2 Arrange for the weather station to make a single measurement and show the results S
7. the calculation of the disease prognosis selected on the registration card and the conversion of the data to the selected export format Conversion 6 This module converts the weather data into different file MetConv formats for export to other databases or to disease prog nosis applications of other manufacturers Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual 3 Graphics When you start MetWinII you will find yourself in MetWinII Graphics The other modules of MetWinlI are accessed from this module With this module you can display the data of your weather station and the results of the disease prognosis and the evapotranspiration calculation as a graph and or as a table 31 Graphics The screen elements SEE aas LSI alee D Dale Hardin Versuc a GEtStation E Germuth Lackner Mauthner Greith Stationssensore For ease of use all the main screens of MetWinII are set up using the same format On the first line of the program window you will find the user menu with which you can operate the program 3 1 1 Under neath you will find a tool bar with various icons 3 1 2 that will put the most important functions of at your disposal by just clicking on it On the left side the weather stations are displayed in an Explorer by means of a tree structure similar to Win dows Explorer 3 1 3 Use a double click to open a weather station and the sensors of the selected weather station
8. Language English Spanish Italian Extended Display Gives you an overall view in the MetCom window of all settings regarding the weather station Shows the Index of MetWin Help Enables you to search in the index of MetWin Help Info Contact Information for Pessl Instruments Registration Card Enables you to register the software 6 1 2 The MetConv Tool Bar The MetConv Tool Bar only contains the button End With this button you can leave the program Met Conv 6 1 3 The MetConv Explorer The Explorer shows the weather stations and their sensors as recorded in the weather station registration The operations of the module and the formats contained in the target format list refer to the weather sta tion selected in the Explorer 6 1 4 The MetConv Explorer Context Menu The Explorer Context Menu is at your disposal by clicking the right mouse button when the mouse cursor is located anywhere within the Explorer pane Update Conversions Checks if all set conversions were carried out and if necessary carries out the con versions that have not been done yet Convert starting with beginning of year Carries out conversions beginning with January T of the cur rent year Convert starting at beginning of data Carries out conversions on the entire record Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual
9. be shrunk to hourly average values and those in turn will be shrunk to four hour average values Redraw Screen causes the screen to be redrawn This is necessary in case of defects in the represented graph Station Registration starts the weather station management and enables you to enter new weather stations or change entries in the weather station management module METOS Communication starts the communication module 4 and enables you to Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual Read weather data from the weather stations on the computer 1 Conduct single measurements at the weather stations 2 Read status information from the weather stations 2 Program the alarms in the weather stations 3 Initialise the weather stations 5 Convert Data enables you to adjust the file formats in which the data of your weather station may be transferred This transfer of the weather data into other file formats enables prognosis programs from other manufacturers to be used 6 Exit closes the module MetWinll Graphic all other modules started through MetWinll Graphics olx 31 3 MetWinlII Graphic Explorer i Edit Setup Windows elp Yi The MetWinll Graphics Explorer is a tree graph which lists the weather stations 8 entered in the weather station management module and the respective data sets G Dale Hardin for each station The data sets can be E Et Station DE GGermuth 1 Indivi
10. formats copy the weather data and the results of the disease prognosis and the evapo transpiration calcula tion into other programs as a graph or table print the weather data and the results of the disease prognosis and the evapo transpiration calcula tion as a graph or table MetWinlII consists of several individual programs that are accessed using common windows interface You can call up some of these programs directly while other programs work in the background and do not need to be called up Registration card 1515 Company ruments GmbH 11 MetWinll the Registration Card First Name Address 1 Werksweg 107 aie Address 2 The first tme you start up MetWinll the progr am will Code Postale 16 Weiz 433172 5521 0 Fax 23 ask you to fill out the registration card The registra Telephone 031725521 Fax 13172550123 Pessi Computerhaus at tion card requires the input of your name your mailing 1 a 9 address your telephone and fax number and your e T X cance mail address In addition to that the program needs to FF M2021 Network up E S know which program version and which prognosis gt M30202 Server more than 10 stations module you want to use While the cost of the basic T program is included in the purchase of your eee M8035 I
11. will be listed E Pero Prim rinf 204 5 25 Aug 00 00 26 Aug 00 00 27 Aug 00 DATETIME RelHum Brightness LeafWetness Rair 28 08 98 15 36 00 14 26 66 bright 28 08 98 15 48 00 13 54 64 bright 28 08 98 16 00 00 13 20 71 bright 28 08 98 16 12 00 12 96 88 bright 28 08 98 16 24 00 13 20 89 bright 28 08 98 16 36 00 13 69 69 bright 4 Mauthner Greith Krankheitssensoren Normal values Zoom 1 m Leaf Wetness Brightness 85585344 The Explorer has context based menu whose contents change according to the selected sensor or weather station that can be opened by clicking the right mouse button anywhere within the Graphic Ex plorer frame 3 1 4 Underneath the Explorer on the main screen of Graphics you will find the legend 3 1 5 on the main screen of MetWinlII Graphic It lists the sensors and their units that are shown in the active graph or table The remaining free screen is available for displaying graphs 3 1 6 or tables 3 1 7 You can change the size of Explorer and legend by positioning the cursor over the border and when the bisected arrow appears pressing and holding down the left mouse button and dragging the bor der to the desired location 3 1 1 MetWinII Graphic Menu File Edit View Setup Windows Help T Tersi i The MetWinlII Graphic Menu includes the menu items File Edit
12. 7 53 MetWin 1 x 25 True Start Read init Direct connection weather station Each communi 100159 16 17 54 MetWin 1 x 100 True open R5232 9600 cation is registered in the log 10 01 99 16 1734 1180 True Manual termination 10 01 99 16 17 56 MetWin 1 x 8100 True Close RS232 9600 book in order to inform you about the success or failure and possible reasons for the failure 7 10 01 99 16 17 5906 1 x 9025 False End Read init Date This field contains the date and time of the performed communication step Name This field contains the name of the addressed weather station Procedure This field contains the numerical code of the performed communication step Result This field contains the results of the performed communication step It can accept the entries True and False Verbal Procedure Contains the description of the communication step in the selected language Verbal Result This field contains statements about the success of the performed communication step in the selected language Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual 17 5 Weather Station Management Station Administration MetWinII Weather Station Administration is the control center where all the information of the re spective weather station is collected and managed The information collected here is essential for operat ing all other parts of MetWinII This module is accessed from the Station Administration icon
13. ASC th This program controls the transformation of Lare Baa ere Mauthner Greith scu gt METOS weather data into other file formats This KR P arand DAL SAD way MetWinlI allows the weather data to be used Automet DALEH ATM with other manufacturers programs The transfor i aan Strizyk DALEHRALZYK DALEHTEM ZYK mation of the weather data is done automatically 1 Proplant after reading the data from the weather station Gunga Lama I Welte DALEHyy You can transform the total weather data of a sta Dale Hardin Ascii Dale Hardin DBase ALL tion the data of a sensor group or individual weather sensors or disease calculations into exter 8 7 Click the desired conversion nal formats If you want to transfer all the weather data from a station the following target formats are available ASCII all measuring values in 12 minute Intervals Dbase all measuring values in 12 minute Intervals ASCII hh the hourly average values Synoptical Automet Strytzik Adem Proplant Welte G 94 E M Individual sensors sensor groups or the results of the disease calculation and the evaporation calculation can be transformed into the target formats ASCII or Dbase 6 1 The MetConvy Screen Elements To achieve a uniform user interface all main sc
14. METWINII Data Transfer Program Vers 2 0le User Manual Pessl Instruments Ltd Weiz Austria Dear Customer As President of the Pessl Instruments Ltd I welcome you as a new owner of Met our latest disease and pest warning software I congratulate you for being a progressive individual who invests in the most advanced technology available today to insure that your efforts produce the best possible results Your software and your Metos weather station will provide reliable and accurate data that will allow you to make the best management decisions whether your responsibilities include insect disease or weed pest management turf or crop production or commercial or research data analysis The software is the most versatile on the market and can be tailored to meet your specific needs Our commitment to quality and technological advance ment is evident in the wide variety of user settings reporting and automatic con trol options available with your MetWinlIl software We will continue to work with leading scientists and researchers throughout the world to insure the most reliable model results Our world wide network of METOS distributors is well trained and ready to meet your service and technical support needs They will be happy to answer any ques tions you may have regarding the operation and application of your new MetWinll software Please carefully read the License Agreement and feel free to contac
15. ONNECTION THE SCREEN ELEMENTS 18 5 4 METWINIT WEATHER STATION MANAGEMENT EXTENSION sss sss sss esse essen onenn nenen 19 541 METWINII WEATHER STATION MANAGEMENT EXTENSION THE SCREEN ELEMENTS 19 6 MET WINE 0 5 6 20 Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual 6 1 6 1 1 6 1 2 6 1 3 6 1 4 THE METCONV SCREEN ELEMENTS sss sss sss sss 20 THEME CONV TEST E R AE 20 THE METCONY TOOL BAR 21 EXPLORER 6 21 THE EXPLORER CONTEXT 020 00050000000000 21 Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual 1 Overall View MetWinII provides a graphical interface for accessing and using the weather data from your METOS station a personal computer PC running the Windows 95 98 operating system With you can operate your weather station download the weather data from the weather station to a PC using various options prepare temperature totals rain totals and average values over hours days and weeks calculate disease prognosis calculate the potential evapotranspiration display the weather data and the results of the disease prognosis and evapo transpiration calcula tion as a graph or table export the weather data into other file
16. Y BLIGHT 8 2 9 4 METWINII 22 662005 10 4 1 METWINIT THE SCREEN ELEMENTS cccccscsssssssssssssscssessescsscscsesssssensssesscssessesessesecees 11 4 1 1 cont tre 11 4 1 2 THE TOOL BAR Toor 12 4 1 3 THE METCOM EXPLORER 13 414 THE EXPLORER CONTEXT MENU 13 4 1 5 METCOM STATION INFORMATION 13 4 1 6 THE METCOM ANNOUNCEMENT WINDOW 14 4 1 7 METCOM STATUS INFORMATION 14 4 1 8 METCOM METOS INITIALIZATION 120000 0200 0 00000 14 4 1 9 METCOM LOGBOOK 16 5 WEATHER STATION MANAGEMENT 17 5 1 METWINIT WEATHER STATION MANAGEMENT THE SCREEN ELEMENTS sss ss sss sassa assan 17 5 2 WEATHER STATION ADMINISTRATION STATION sss sss ss sese essen nnn ennonn onnenn ennonn 17 5 2 1 METWINII WEATHER STATION MANAGEMENT CHANGE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL 18 5 3 METWINIT WEATHER STATION MANAGEMENT CONNECTION ccccssscssssoccseccescccsccesccsecscossences 18 5 3 1 METWINII WEATHER STATION MANAGEMENT C
17. ase temperature if the daily result is 0 gt Negative degree days are a summation of the average daily temperature minus the base temperature if the daily result is lt 0 Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual 3 1 9 and Precipitation Settings Crop small vegetable Form This form allows you to estimate crop water use and Cropstage the soil water deficit of many different crops over a Start of Season i End of Season selected time period Daily Etc daily crop water use is calculated as Eto reference crop ET X Kc crop coefficient Eto is calculated by MetWin from Cropcoefficientin 79 Efficacy of Rain in Bs Z the ET sensor values using the modified penman Stat End Rain Deficit ComDef equation A data base of standardized crop coeffi vegetabilis 11592 170598 cients from the FAO is used to obtain crop coeffi cient values for different crop growth stages Daily crop water use is accumulated over the selected time period to obtain an estimate of crop water use vegetables solanum 11 05 98 17 05 93 13mm vegetables cucumber 11 05 98 17 05 93 11mm vegetables ugumes 11 05 98 17 05 93 13mm artichokes 11 05 98 17 05 98 18mm Posna Calculation interval The corrected water deficit 18 calculated as the crop water use minus effective precipitation 11 05 98 IS 170598 tt Evaporation Evaporation These results be
18. calculated degree days and hours or the evapotranspiration calcula tion as a graph or table It shows you the individual value and the average determined over hours four hours twelve hours days and weeks You can call up other modules of MetWinII from this module Thus for most MetWinll users it will never be necessary to call up one of the other modules from directly WEATHER Your weather station is managed with this module Be MetReg STATION fore you can operate a weather station through MetWinll MANAGEMENT 5 or display the weather data from a weather station Met Winll needs information about the weather station The weather station management module enables you to input this information which is then passed on to the other parts of the program Communication 4 With this module you can load the weather data from MetCom your weather station into the PC have the weather station conduct single measurements and view the results of these measurements You can also call up the status in formation of the weather station program the alarms of your weather station and initialize the weather station MetCom supports the various methods of communication between your weather station and the PC such as serial cable radio telephone and mobile telephone cellular When you are loading the weather data from your weather station into the PC the communication module automatically starts the calculation of the various average values
19. collected into a report ready for Precipitation corrected 4 1 Evaporation Precipitation Precipitation printout or copying into spreadsheets or documents form is opened by selecting ET Value the Explorer and clicking the right mouse button to open the context menu Chose the menu item ET Crop and Rain to enter this form The form consists of three parts 1 Settings First choose the crop for which evapo transpiration will be assessed Next select the ap proximate crop stage using the rectangular cursor on the graph of crop coefficient The crop coeffi cient that is shown in the small picture increases with leaf coverage Drag the cursor to a position which approximates the current canopy percentage The crop coefficient in the bottom left hand cor ner of the picture will change as you move the cursor Next estimate the effectiveness of rainfall in terms of soil infiltration Rain effectiveness is influenced by slope soil coverage and soil structure Rain effectiveness can be selected within a range from 55 to 95 Choose the calculation interval for which evapotranspiration and water deficit will be assessed and calculate the values by clicking the mouse on the calculate button The results can be copied into a grid by clicking accept Repeat this sequence for each crop for which you wish to obtain an estimated deficit Then click on Results and you can view a table of the re
20. dual sensors E Lackner 2 Groups of sensors Mauthner Greith Station sensors 2 Calculated values for disease or ET models selected weather station or data set is highlighted in blue E Pero Primarinf Downy Mildew E Dniie A double click on the weather station opens closes the list of available data sets If the weather station is closed all of the graphs and tables belonging to the weather station are also closed A double click on a data set opens the graph and the table associated with that data set The Explorer Context Menu puts the most important weather station specific functions of MetWinlII graphic at your disposal by simply clicking the right mouse button anywhere within the Graphic Explorer frame Sensor groups In Graphic Explorer you will find the sensors for the graph and the table repre sentation grouped in three ways 1 All sensors of the weather station Station sensors 2 sensors relevant for plant disease Disease sensors Temperature at 2m height Relative Humidity at 2 m height Precipitation Leaf wetness Daylength 3 sensors relevant for evapotranspiration ET Sensors Temperature at 2 m height Relative Humidity at 2 m height Wind speed Solar radiation Precipitation Please note The pull down menu items File Display Graphic File Display Table and the buttons Display Graphic and Display Table always refer to the sensors a
21. e Radio modems can be used to make the connections when there are moderate distances between the weather station and the PC Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual 11 METCOM Metos online 1515 41 MetWinII MetCom The Screen Elements Dale Hardin Versuch Data 13039402 1200 Sa 150394211200 ar Area AWin2MWDATA Mauthner Greith Password PESS1 Sensors AIRTEMP F To achieve a uniform user interface all main screens Metos Demo of MetWinlI have a consistent format In the first line me of the program window you will find the user menu which is mainly used to operate the program 4 1 1 S Underneath the user menu is a tool bar with various buttons 4 1 2 These buttons put the most important functions of at your disposal by just clicking on them On the left side of the screen you will find your weather stations displayed in a tree structure 4 1 3 called the Explorer The Explorer has a context menu 4 1 4 which you can open by right clicking the mouse anywhere within the Explorer pane BRIGHTNESS LEAFWET1 PRECIPIT YOLTMY S Metos port Coml 9600 XModem 1024 No testfile Radio Target devic 411 The MetCom Menu File Edit Setup Help ste Le The Menu covers the menu items File Edit Settings and Help The MetCom Menu with its menu items puts all th
22. e basic functions of MetCom at your disposal Menu Item PO Downloads weather data from the station selected in the MetCom xplorer to the P Read Metos Status Reads the status information such as Metos Type Metos Date Time Metos Wake Time Metos Password Area Standard sensors and Additional sensors 5 Initialize Metos Initializes the weather station Before your can work with your weather station you must give it a password name tell it which sensors are connected and set the clock and date If you want to communicate via telephone network with your weather station ou must fi it how to initialize the modem Station Registration Starts the weather station management module of and enables you to enter your new weather station or change entries 2 1 Dine wea auon man en Starts the module MetWinlII Graphics Convert Data Starts the module MetConv This transfer of the weather data into other file formats enables prognosis programs from other d DE ed Restart calculation Causes MetCom to calculate the average values of the weather station anew Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual 12 Recalculate Dis Causes MetCom to start the calculation of the disease prognosis ease over again beginning of the v Settings Language Choose the language for working with MetWin Extended Display Gives you an overall view in the MetCom window of all settings in station managem
23. e select the extension if your telephone is connected to a switchboard Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual 19 Outside Line Enter the digit for accessing an outside line You do not need to do this if the weather sta tion is also connected to a switchboard Ringing Tone Define if the modem should wait for a ringing tone when it is communicating with the weather station or if it should generally wait several seconds before continuing to dial or if it is not necessary to wait for a ringing tone If the weather station is also located within a switchboard system no outside line is needed Tone Dial Pulse Dial Select the dialling procedure Pulse dialing is only necessary in the old analogue telephone networks Modern digital telephone networks tolerate both dialing procedures Telephone Number Enter the telephone number of the weather station Telephone RPS960 Codes Select this box if your weather station has a radio modem type RPS960 that in turn is connected to a telephone modem Radio Address Enter the radio address of the radio modem connected to your weather station 5 4 MetWinII Weather Station Management Extension On this page of the weather station registration settings are made concerning communications between MetWinll and the weather data server or the creation of a test file during a communication with the weather station 5 41 MetWinlIl Weather Station Management Extension the Screen Elements Ta
24. elect the units of measurement in which m for Windows Displays list of open Displays list of open windows and options for formatting windows 3 1 2 Graphic Tool Bar TSTS File Edit View Windows The tool bar enables fast access to the most im a portant functions of MetWinII and the MetWinII Graphic module The functions of the keys refer to the selected weather station Read Data the selected sensor or sensor group Display Graph Display Table the displayed graph Enlarge Reduce New set up of screen or the keys call up additional modules from MetWinll Station registration METOS Communi cation Read Data starts the communication module MetCom and reads the weather data of the station selected in Explorer into the PC 1 Display Graphic shows the data from the sensor or sensor group for a selected weather station as a graph Display Table shows the data from the sensor or sensor group for a selected weather station as a table Enlarge increases the resolution and reduces the time span of the presented data If you start with repre senting the monthly average value they will be stretched to weekly average values and those in turn will be stretched to daily average values Reduce reduces the resolution and increases the time span of the represented values If you start with the single measurement values 12 minute values they will
25. ent regarding the weather station Help Shows the index of MetWin Help Enables you to search the index of MetWin Help Contact details for Pessl Instruments Enables you to register the software Metos online Iof x 4 1 2 The MetCom Tool Bar File Edit Setup Help The tool bar gives you fast access to the most important functions of MetWinII and the fea tures of MetCom Read Data downloads the weather data from the station selected in the MetCom Explorer to the PC Conduct single measurement conducts a single measurement and shows the results as a table in the re sult window Read Metos Status reads the status information such as Metos Type Metos Date Time Metos Wake Time Metos Password Area Standard sensors and Additional sensors i Metos Index Read Set Alarms makes programming of Metos alarms possible Initialise Metos initialises the weather station Before your can work with your weather station you must give it a password name tell it which sensors are connected and set the clock and date If you want to communicate via telephone network with your weather station you must first tell it how to initialise the modem Station Registration starts the weather station management module MetWinlII and enables you to enter your new weather station or change entries in the weather station management Graphic starts the module MetWinII Graphic Convert starts the module MetConv T
26. his transfer of the weather data into other file formats enables prognosis programs from other manufacturers to be used Exit closes the module MetCom Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual 13 41 3 MetCom Explorer Explorer is represented as tree diagram which lists the weather stations entered in the station regis tration The selected weather station is highlighted in blue The MetCom Explorer context menu is called up by clicking the right mouse button when the cursor is within the MetCom Explorer 41 44 MetCom Explorer Context Menu Puts all the functions of MetCom and few functions of other MetWinII modules regarding the selected Downloads weather data from the station selected in the MetCom Explorer to he Read Metos Status Conduct single measuremen Alarm Initialise Metos Scag Station Registra tion Graphic Convert Recalculate aver age values Recalculate dis eases Reads the status information such as Metos Type Metos Date Time Metos Wake Time Metos Password Area Standard sensors and Additional sensors dG LO Makes single measurement and displays the results as table in the result win Initialises the weather station Before your can work with your weather station you must give it a password name tell it which sensors are connected and set the clock and date If you want to communicate via telephone network with
27. his weather station 3 Temperature sensors 0 2 2 Humidity sensors RHO and 2 Leaf Wetness sensors BN1 and BN2 1 Soil Wetness sensor Soil 1 Sensor for solar ra diation Pyr 1 Sensor for Wind Direction WD 1 Sensor for Wind Speed WS 1 Precipitation sensor Rain 1 Daylength sensor LDR and 1 Barometer sensor Ba rometer Temperature sensors 2 could 41 Air Temperature 42 Leaf Temperature 43 Soil Temperature 44 SoTemF 45 Temp 70 Wet Tempera ture 71 So F4k7 72 Air Temperature in 20 cm Height 73 Soil Temperature in 5 cm Depth 74 Soil Temperature in 25 cm Depth 75 Soil Temperature in 50 cm Depth Standard The sensors selected as standard for temperature humidity rain leaf wetness and day length can not be changed with this station Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual 16 Temp MiniMetos enables you to connect an additional temperature sensor Choose the nected sensor in this field Analogous 1 5 Choose the sensors connected to the analogue input of the weather station from the list of possible sensors Digital Choose the connected digital sensor from the list of possible sensors T2 Choose the temperature sensor connected to the temperature input 0 to 2 from the list of possible sensors RHO Choose whether a humidity sensor is connected to the humidity input 0 or 1 BNO BN1 Choose whether se a leaf we
28. hlighted headline Pal 100 You can copy the legend into the clipboard in order to integrate it into report or article To do this use the Context Menu of the legend which you can access with the right mouse button then click on copy to clipboard LeafVetness Brightness 3 1 6 Graphic ma 1004 50 80 The graphic representation enables you to quickly get a very meaningful overall view of the weather data You can have all sensors sensor groups or single sensors as well as the results of evapotranspi ration calculations and disease prognosis of a Gha 0000 0000 0000 weather station displayed graphically You can copy the graph into the clipboard in order to integrate it into a report or article To do this use the Context Menu of the graph which you can access with the right mouse button then click on copy to clipboard Move the graph through time If the mouse is located on the right border of the graph the mouse pointer turns into a bisected arrow Now you can proceed forward through the data using the left mouse button If the mouse is located on the left border of the graph the mouse pointer also turns into a bisected arrow You can then proceed backwards through the data using the left mouse button Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual The Graphic Context Menu If the mouse pointer is located the active graph you call up
29. ly two interrupt lines are available If the PC s are working in a network a higher number of serial ports are also possible since the serial ports of other PCs are available through the network The MetWinll modem definitions contain configurations for several current market modems that are suit able as connected devices PESSL Instruments also supports various radio modems and modems for GSM telephones Most of the modems can be operated with the standard Hayes settings on the PC Hayes de fines the standard modem commands to be used by all modems Please get in touch with your METOS dealer in case your modem does not work with these settings or none of the other modems are comparable to your modem MetWinII Weather Station Management Change Communication Channel the Screen Elements Connection List A list of all current defined connections between PC and Metos PC and modem or PC and radio modem Connection Description The name of the selected connection Connection The serial port used by the selected connection Modem The modem used by the selected connection 5 3 Weather Station Management Connection On this page you can enter information about the communications device connected to your if you are using a remote connection between the weather station and your computer 5 31 Weather Station Management Connection the Screen Elements Telephone These lines refer to the telephone connection Extension Pleas
30. nd sensor groups selected in the Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual Explorer The pull down menu items Metos Read Data and the button Read Data always refer to the weather station selected Graphic Explorer 3 1 4 Explorer Context Menu The Explorer Context Menu can be called up by clicking the right mouse button anywhere within the Graphic Explorer frame If a weather station is selected the Explorer Context Menu enables you to Read Data Start MetCom and download the data of the selected station to the PC Station Registration Edit the station registration of the selected weather station with the key board If a sensor is selected you can Display Graph Display data from this sensor as a graph Display Table Display data from this sensor as a table If the selected sensor is a temperature sensor you can additionally calculate Degree days Display degree days or degree hours as selected from the menu If you selected sensor is the Etmm sensor you can enter the ET Crop and Rain dialogue box ET Crop and Rain Calculates evapotranspiration and crop water use over a selected period 3 1 5 MetWin Graphics Legend File Edit View Setup Windows Help The legend informs you about the sensors displayed in the graph or al al table and their line color and unit The sensors of the active graph or Ia a EE table are always shown You can recognize the active graph or table on the blue hig
31. reens of have a consistent format In the first line of the program window you will find the user menu which is mainly used to operate the program Menu Underneath you will find a bar with various buttons Tool Bar that will put the most important functions of MetWinII at your disposal by just clicking on the icon Explorer You can open a weather station by double clicking on it On the left side the weather stations are displayed in an Explorer by means of a tree structure similar to Windows Explorer Use a double click to open a weather station and the sensors of the weather station will be listed The Explorer has a context menu which you can open using the right mouse button it s contents change according to selected sensor context specific 6 1 1 The MetConv Menu File Edit Setup Help The MetConv Menu encloses the menu items File Edit Settings and Help The MetCom Menu with its menu items puts all main functions of the pro gram at your disposal Menu ltem ub menu Oooo Purpose Edit Update Conversions Checks if all file conversions were carried out and if necessary carries out the file conversions that have not been done yet Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual 21 Convert starting Carries out file conversions beginning with January 1 of the with beginning of current year Convert starting at Carries out file conversions on the entire record beginning of data Settings
32. rget Device Determine whether the target device is a weather station METOS or a weather data server data server User ID Insert your user name when calling up weather data from the weather data server Password Insert your password when calling up weather data from the weather data server Server Address Insert your server address when calling up weather data from the weather data server Data Path The transmission of weather data from a weather data server to your PC allows you to receive messages in addition to weather data Establish a directory to which the files with the transmitted messages should be saved Edit Data Path This button allows other directories to be chosen for saving messages Service Determine if you want to create a test file during the communication with a weather station and where the file should be saved The test file records the data flow during the communica tion This way any communication problems can be easily observed Create Test File Mark this box if you want to create a test file when communicating with a weather sta tion Path to Test File Shows the directory where the test file is located Edit Path to Test File This button enables you to change the directory to which the test file is saved Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual 20 Settings conversion olx Fie Edit Setup Help 6 MetConv LE Et Station Ascii DALEHDAT ASC DALEHINF
33. rrimet Lite Metos weather station there are additional charges for various network options and for various disease prog nosis modules You may select only those additional features you purchased from your local Metos dealer or purchase additional features at the time you send in your completed registration card You may pur chase additional features at any time Please send the completed registration card to PESSL Instruments Ltd by fax or by mail You will be sent a registration number that activates the features you purchased Important Only the prognosis modules which are registered on the registration card will function They will be automatically calculated each time you communicate with the weather station All other mod ules will be non functional If you passed over the registration card when first starting the program you can call it up at any time with the Menu Help Sub menu Registration Card Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual 2 MetWinll the Individual Modules MetWinll is a user interface that contains several individual program modules Taken as a whole these modules make it easy to operate the weather station s and use the obtained weather data successfully for your agronomic requirements Each module is described below MetWinll Visi Purpose Module ble Graphic 3 With this module you can display individual weather Met Graph parameters the results of a disease prognosis
34. rs manual 18 longer at your disposal MetWinlI Graphic Nor can you read from the weather station with MetCom Finish Use this key to install a new weather station End Registration Use this key to end the module MetWinll weather station management and return to the program from which you accessed weather station management 5 21 MetWinII Weather Station Management Change Communication Channel Edit Metos Port v Registration In this part of the program you can change the set Com 1 direct 1 direct connection tings of the connection between the serial port and Con 2 direct HRZ direct conection x rect connection the connected weather station a connected modem Ere E R odem at Com andard Hayes T or radio modem You can define ten different con ie THe es Cancel nections altogether The definition of a connection consists of 5 Connection Descripti Metos port A description of the connection chosen Modem at Com 1 com 1 serial port where the device is con o y Standard Hayes 4 connected device The devices can be connected to serial ports 1 to 9 With most PCs 2 or 4 serial ports are possible Please note that for a trouble free operation of 4 serial ports an intelligent interface card is necessary The standard PC does allow four serial ports however on
35. ruments Ges m b H Operators manual and whenever the sensor configuration is changed New systems are initialized at the factory but should POs Odem User define reinitialized after field installation in order to clear data and reset the time 0 41 airtemp sorf O o H Password The password consists of 5 letters figures RHO 46 Rel mum PYR Ze or special characters It is possible to 5 WD ve use all characters that are allowed as E file names the operating system BNI LDR 200 Brightness DOS MetCom takes the password i from your entry in the station registra Metos initialization MetWin 1 x gt PESSL Metos type 02252132080 Standard 144 alizanion x Cancel Weather station not connected or recognized tion If you want to initialize a new weather station you must first enter data in the station registration for the new station The password for the new station is entered here Then you should choose this station for initialization in MetCom Id Password Button This button is used to accept a new password entered in the registration without reinitializing the system Modem Button This button is used to accept the modem initialization string without reinitializing the system METOS Type Determines the model of your weather
36. ssword is established when initializing the weather station It also serves as the name for the weather database If you should try to read weather data from a weather station without knowing the password the communication will disconnect Edit Port This is where you select the connection from the weather station to the PC Possible connec tions are direct cable modem with serial interface 1 or 2 and radio with serial interface 1 or 2 If you click the Edit Port button you can change the connection between the weather sta tion and the communication device connected to it 5 3 Baudrate Select the speed at which you want to communicate with the weather station Please note METOS only supports a speed of 2400 Baud Daylength This is where you can have the program calculate values for daylength day or night by using the geographical latitude if you don t have a daylength sensor If you want MetWinlI to calculate the daylength you must enter the degree of latitude of the location of your weather station Xmodem Block size Set the size of data blocks for data transfer Normally you select 1024 Bytes For difficult communications over radio or phone smaller data blocks are recommended 128 Byte Delete Metos With this button you can erase a weather station from the registration and from the weather station management Once accomplished the data from an erased weather station are no Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operato
37. station The number and type of additional sensors available change depending on the selected METOS model Possible entries are Sensors Metos Compact small DAT 5 additional analogue sensors and one additional digi tal sensor can be connected with this weather station Additional analogue sensors could be 41 Air Temperature 42 Leaf Temperature 43 Soil Temperature 44 SoTemF 45 Temp 48 Soil Moisture Watermark 49 Soil Moisture Tensiome ter 52 Luxmeter 53 Solar Radiation 54 Barometer 55 Wind Direction 56 Wind Speed 57 Wind Direction 65 Spannung in mV 66 Spannung in 67 Spannungsreferenz 68 Stromst rke 4 20 mA 69 Power 70 Wet Tempera ture 71 So F4k7 72 Air Temperature in 20 cm Height 73 Soil Temperature in 5 cm Depth 74 Soil Temperature in 25 cm Depth 75 Soil Temperature in 50 cm Depth 76 Solar Radiation Quantum 77 Air Pressure Metos Classic MET This station initialises the additional sensors with the device keyboard MiniMetos An additional temperature sensor such as one of the following sensors can be mounted on this station 41 Air Temperature 42 Leaf Temperature 43 Soil Temperature 44 SoTemF 45 Temp 70 Wet Temperature 72 Air Temperature in 20 cm Height 73 Soil Temperature in 5 cm Depth 74 Soil Temperature in 25 cm Depth 75 Soil Temperature in 50 cm Depth Metos Compact large 096 The following sensors be connected to t
38. sults by crop This table can be printed or copied into a clipboard The commands for printing and copying can be assessed from the context menu by right clicking the mouse on the table The estimated water deficit is a rough estimate of the depth of water over the entire field area which needs to be replaced with irrigation This is the net irrigation amount and the gross applicatiomeeds to be ad justed for irrigation system efficiency Warning This method of estimating water use is not exact The crop coefficients provided are general ized and should be adjusted for local conditions For perennial crops these coefficients are for fully ma ture plants The accuracy of the Reference ET value can be affected by weather station site conditions The crop coefficients only apply to well watered conditions and healthy plants and will over estimate water use under conditions of plant stress Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual Recommendation We recommend that you monitor soil water content or suction in order to verify the effectiveness of your irrigation program The monitoring program should be designed to provide the following information 1 Depth of infiltration of irrigation and rainfall 2 Relative dryness of soil in the rootzone This will help you decide when to irrigate INDICATION OF WATER INFILTRATING BELOW THE ROOTZONE We also recommend that you obtain the assistance of your Metos distributor in implementation of yo
39. t me personally if you have any comments suggestions or need additional service Thanks again for choosing software and our Metos weather stations We will try our best to earn your continued confidence and business Warmest Welcome Gottfried Pessl Pessl Instruments Ges m b H Operators manual Table of Content 1 METWINII OVERALL VIEW 1 1 1 THE REGISTRATION 220 0 4 enn 1 2 METWINII THE INDIVIDUAL MODULES siisissssssssssctsavisnsdastossasnssvsovesassucntensnesosaundeisbessonesessisniucns 2 3 5 5 3 3 1 GRAPHICS THE SCREEN ELEMENTS 3 3 1 1 THE METWINII GRAPHIC MENU occ 3 3 1 2 THE METWINII GRAPHIC TOOL 20 2 4 4 3 1 3 THE METWINIT GRAPHIC EXPLORER 0 0 00 5 3 1 4 THE EXPLORER CONTEXT MENU 6 3 1 5 THE METWIN GRAPHICS LEOEND 6 3 1 6 THE MET WINIE 6 3 1 7 THE METWINII GRAPHICS TABLE A Rd 7 3 1 8 METWINII GRAPHIC DEGREE DAYS DEGREE 6 20 00000 0100000000101 7 3 1 9 METWINII AND PRECIPITATION 07707000 8 3 2 METWIN GRAPHIC ACCUMULATED FR
40. table sensors in addition to several standard sensors In addition to that the weather station is protected against unauthorized access over the telephone by means of a password that is required in order to access the weather station The in ternal clock of the weather station must be set when powering it up for the first time so that the weather station has the right date and time If the weather station is connected by modem to a tele phone line it makes sure that the modem is always ready In order to achieve this the weather station sends the modem settings to the modem after every measurement During the process of initializing the weather station the modem settings must also be entered 4 1 1 0 4 1 4 4 1 8 MetCom supports various means of communication between your PC and your weather station The weather station can be connected to the PC with a special serial cable For short distances an RS 232 interface cable can be used Distances from 25 m to 1000 m require an RS 485 connection An external PC modem connected to the telephone network at the weather station site can also be used to connect the weather station to your PC This option allows different users to have access to the weather station How ever the weather station cannot be initialized using the telephone access This way an unauthorized new initialization can be prevented Besides the normal network telephone access via an analogue or digital mobile telephone is also possibl
41. tart Sin gle Reading MetWinII Communication makes the connection to the weather station wakes it up and requests the weather station to make a measurement The weather station delivers the results of the single measurement to the PC MetWinII Communication disconnects The results of the measurement are displayed on the screen 4 1 1 0 4 1 4 3 Call up the status information for your weather station Read Metos Status MetWinII Commu nication makes the connection to the weather station asks for the weather station status information and disconnects again The requested status information is displayed on the screen 4 1 1 0 4 1 4 4 1 5 4 Program the alarms of your weather station Set Read Alarms The METOS weather stations have seven freely programmable alarm outputs and one general alarm output at their disposal which can be integrated with weather events in order to turn devices on and off To accomplish this you will need to add a device MetControl to the weather station to amplify the small current capacity of the alarm outputs in order to operate higher current power relays With the help of MetControl you can use the alarm outputs to turn on frost freeze irrigation or sound a siren when the wet bulb tem perature drops below a prior set level 4 1 1 0 4 1 4 5 Initialize the weather station Initialize Metos The METOS weather stations are highly configur able Various models can accommodate from one to fourteen adjus
42. tness sensor is connected to the leaf wetness input 0 or 1 SOIL Choose whether a soil wetness sensor is connected to the soil wetness input PYR Choose whether a sensor is connected for solar radiation WD Choose whether a sensor is connected for wind direction WS Choose whether a sensor for wind speed is connected RAIN Choose whether a sensor for precipitation is connected LDR Choose whether a daylength sensor is connected Barometer Choose whether a sensor for air pressure is connected Additional Buttons Standard Resets the configuration to the standard sensors Restore Use this button to restore the settings back to the values which were read off the weather station during initialization Initialization Use this button to accept the carried out settings The device will be re initialized Cancel Use this button to stop the process The device will not be initialized 4 1 9 MetCom Log Book a oa DATE NAME PROCEDURE RESULT VERBALPROCEDURE VERBALRESULT Logbook 10 01 99 16 17 49 Met Win 1 x 10 True Start Read condition Direct connection 10 01 99 16 17 49 MetWin 1 x 100 True open R5232 coml 9600 The MetCom Log Book informs 2110 01 99 16 17 50 MetWin 1 x 1180 True Manual termination th f x 10 01 99 16 17 50 MetWin 1 x 8100 True Close R5232 coml 9600 you on the success OF communi 16 17 50 MetWin 1x 9010 False End Read condition cations between the PC and the 1001 99 16 1
43. ur irrigation management program He will be able to assist you in customising the crop coefficients for your particular field if necessary and can assist you in implementing a soil moisture monitoring program 3 2 MetWin II Graphic Accumulated FRY Blight Units j Calculation interval The Late Blight Accumulated Infection win End dow is window allows you to accumulate SS FRY Blight Units over a selected time inter val You can start this window from the ex plorer context menu if Potato or Tomato is selected FRY Blight Units can range form Resistance Susceptible moderate 5 to 7 for a day A value of 0 is indicating no 2012 008 Blight infection could have happened Val _ Inf within Riskp ues from 1 to 7 are indicating the severity of aec Ran 07 40 infection The accumulated FRY Blight Units can be used to assess weather a new E spry is needed The thresholds for suscepti negativ Prognosi ble moderate susceptible and moderate re ai CL sistant cultivars are 30 35 and 40 A new spray is indicated if the threshold is exceeded and the last spry is longer than 6 days away The window shows you the accumulated values for this three susceptibility groups It shows you how many of the accumulated FRY Blight Units have been within a period when for Potato the Phytophtora Negative Prognosis Value has been higher than 150 for tomato the IPI Value
44. ve right and left within the data You can also move within the table by using the arrow keys and page keys 3 1 8 MetWinII Graphic Degree Days Degree Hours iatoryal Start time End 712 17 06 99 16 00 00 enables you to calculate degree days and degree hours over any time period easily Select a temperature Start Base pos Thresh neg Thresh Positive egative sensor from the Graphics Explorer then click on the right mouse button to access the Explorer Context Menu Select com degree days to access the degree days dialogue box jpo pa 0 00 20 00 20 10 10 00 60 Degree days J al amp 00 00 For degree day calculations MetWinlII accumulates posi tive and negative degrees above and below the base tem perature on a daily average basis For degree hour calcula tions MetWinII accumulates positive and negative degrees above and below base temperature on hourly average basis x Exit i Calculations are done for the default base temperatures shaded values of 0 5 and 10 degrees C Calcu lations can be done for 2 additional base temperatures which are user defined lt if the calculation interval begins part way through the season a starting value of degree days or degree hours if known can be entered under the start column Positive degree days are a summation of the average daily temperature minus the b
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