Kenwood TM-D710GE - Manual (Page 43)

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APRS in Action 05
Base Station (Weather Station)
Weather observation equipment intended for use at home is becoming more common. Using this equipment, you
can observe and measure wind direction, wind velocity, air temperature, humidity, rainfall, atmospheric pressure,
etc. This information can be useful to others when the data is gathered and transmitted in real time via APRS beacon
transmissions.
These kinds of weather stations are installed in many parts of the world. Some stations transmit NWS (National Weather
Service) information that is dispatched and converted for beacon use. Local important information, such as locations of
nearby tornados as they are forming, which has not been registered with central weather bureaus can be transmitted by
APRS beacon.
Weather observation equipment can be connected to a TM‑D710 or RC‑D710 in place of a GPS receiver via the GPS
connector. The weather observation equipment transfers the meteorological information with serial data and this data
is transmitted via beacon transmissions using the APRS weather format. Or you can monitor the meteorological data
locally on the screen of the TM-D710 or RC-D710. The TM-D710 and RC-D710 can display six different meteorological
measurements: rainfall, air temperature, wind direction, wind velocity, atmospheric pressure and humidity.
Using Meteorological Equipment
Select Menu 602 (APRS - GPS PORT) and configure the GPS terminal settings.
• Baud Rate: 9600 bps (same as weather equipment being used)
• Input: WEATHER (Davis) or WEATHER (Peet Bros.)
• Output: OFF
Fig. 5-11 Menu 602 (GPS PORT) used with Weather Equipment
Equipment that has been verified with our transceiver includes the following models.
Davis Instruments Corp.
The weather station, Vantage Pro2 from Davis Instruments ( http://www.davisnet.com/weather/products/vantage‑pro‑
professional‑weather‑stations.asp ) can be used with TM‑D710 or RC‑D710.
“WeatherLink for Vantage Pro2, Windows, Serial Port” (Davis Part #.06510SER) or “WeatherLink for APRS with
Streaming Data Logger” (Davis Part #.06540) is required for TM‑D710 and RC‑D710. Install the adaptor that comes with
the above accessories to work with TM‑D710 or RC‑D710.
To communicate with Vantage Pro2, configure the communication baud rate of Vantage Pro2 for 9600 bps using the
panel keys and then configure the TM-D710 communication baud rate (Menu 602) to 9600 bps as well.
Note:
◆ 4800 bps (06540/ 06510SER) or 2400 bps (06510SER) may work with TM‑D710 but we recommend using 9600 bps for
stable operation.