Determining sensor status, Software; see section – Vaisala Hydromet Data Collection Platform User Manual
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Determining Sensor Status
Sensor status values give indication about the general status of the
sensor interfaces. You have two alternatives to view the status value for
a sensor:
1.
For any sensor, enter the following service terminal command:
LASTVAL <measurement_name> status
For example:
/ > LASTVAL TAMeasQMH101_1 status
Status:1 Value:0
For details on the LASTVAL command, refer to section
.
2.
For conventional sensors, open the Calibration window from the
Settings menu in the AWS Client software; see
. The sensor list is displayed on the left side of the window. The
Status field shows the status of the selected sensor. To read the
latest sensor status and measurement values, click the Refresh
button.
describes the other fields in the
Calibration window.
NOTE
Sensors with their own measurement interfaces and algorithms, for
example, Vaisala Ceilometer or Vaisala Present Weather Detector, do
not appear in the sensor list of the Sensor Calibration tab.
where
Status:1
=
Status field in the output is the value status.
Value:0
=
Value field shows the sensor status value.