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SWS-100 Visibility Sensor

SWS-100 Visibility Sensor

SWS-100 Visibility Sensor

Product catalog summary
Overview
The SWS-100 is a visibility sensor optimized for applications requiring accurate and reliable visibility measurements, incorporating WMO 4680 precipitation codes. Its forward scatter design ensures compactness, and it offers serial, analogue, and relay outputs for easy integration into various systems.

Applications
The SWS-100 is versatile, suitable for global applications, and used by national weather services for synoptic monitoring due to its wide measurement range and reliability. It is ICAO 9328 compliant, making it suitable for aviation, particularly in Runway Visual Range (RVR) systems.

Features
  • Selectable measurement range up to 75 km
  • Hood heating for extreme environments
  • Digital, analogue, and relay outputs
  • Comprehensive self-test and maintenance data
  • 3-year warranty

Measurement Specifications
  • Range: 10 m to 75 km
  • Accuracy: ≤ 4.5% at 600 m to ≤ 20% at 30 km
  • Principle: Forward scatter meter with a 39° to 51° angle

Outputs and Reports
  • Output rate: 10 to 300 seconds (selectable)
  • Digital outputs: RS232, RS422, RS485
  • Analog outputs: 0 to 10 V (optional 4 to 20 mA or 0 to 20 mA)
  • Relay outputs: Fault, visibility, precipitation/snow detection

Power Requirements
  • Supply: 9 to 36 VDC
  • Consumption: 3.5 W (basic sensor), 1.7 W (window heaters), 24 W (hood heaters)

Environmental and Physical Specifications
  • Operating temperature: −40 °C to +60 °C
  • Humidity: 0 to 100%
  • Protection: IP66
  • Material: Powder paint coated aluminum
  • Weight: 4.3 kg
  • Length: 0.81 m

Certification & Compliance
  • CE certified
  • EMC compliance with EN61326
  • RoHS and WEEE compliant

Included Accessories
  • Pole mounting kit
  • User manual and calibration certificates

Maintenance and Accessories
  • Self-test capability
  • User confidence check recommended every 6 months
  • Automatic window cleaning compensation and warnings
  • Optional field calibration kit
  • Additional accessories: Power and data cables, mains power adaptor, ALS-2 Ambient Light Sensor, hard shell transit case, spares kit
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Catalog excerpts

SWS-100 Visibility Sensor-1

Visibility Sensor The SWS-100 is optimised for use in applications where accurate and reliable visibility measurements are required with the addition of fundamental WMO 4680 precipitation codes. The forward scatter design allows the sensor to be compact whilst the inclusion of serial, analogue and relay outputs make the sensor easy to interface to almost any system. The SWS-100 is a versatile sensor suited to a very wide variety of applications across the globe. It is used by national weather services as part of synoptic monitoring networks due to its wide measurement range, reliability and measurement accuracy. In aviation the ICAO 9328 compliant design and seamless integration with the ALS-2 Ambient Light Sensor allow the SWS-100 to be used for both general visibility monitoring and as part of instrumented Runway Visual Range (RVR) systems. The SWS sensor family is designed to be easily installed by a single person and has an interface which simplifies system integration. Selftest features include window contamination monitoring which automatically corrects the output data and provides two stage warnings allowing maintenance to be performed most efficiently. Calibration checks and recalibration are simple and quickly accomplished in the field by a single person. Visibility and Precipitation Measurements Measurement range Visibility (MOR Meteorological Optical Range) Selectable measurement range up to 75km Hood heating for use in extreme environments Digital, analogue and switching relay outputs Comprehensive self-test and maintenance data 3 years warranty Measurement accuracy ≤ 4.5 % at 600 m ≤ 5.0 % at 1 500 m ≤ 5.1 % at 2 km ≤ 12.5 % at 15 km ≤ 20 % at 30 km Measurement principle Forward scatter meter with 39° to 51° angle, centred at 45° Switching relays (providing flexible configurations) Relay 1= Fault Relay 2 = visibility (user selectable value) Relay 3 = precipitation yes/ no or snow yes/no or visibility (user selectable) Selected WMO 4680 table codes Power Requirements Power supply Outputs and Reports Output rate (seconds) Digital (serial) outputs Analog outputs 9 to 36 VDC (AC with optional mains adaptor) Power consumption 24 V AC or DC (Hood heating power) 3.5 W (Basic sensor) 1.7 W (Window heaters) 24 W (Hood heaters) MicroStep-MIS, www.microstep-mis.com © 2016, All specifications subject to change

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SWS-100 Visibility Sensor-2

Visibility Sensor Options Window heaters Fitted as standard to both sensor head windows Window contamination monitoring Fitted as standard to the transmitter window. Optional on reciever Hood heaters Fitted as an option to both sensor head windows Environmental Operating temperature Operating humidity Protection rating Physical Material Powder paint coated aluminum Self-test capability User confidence check Window cleaning Automatic compensation and warnings Field calibration With optional calibration kit Power and data cables Mains power adaptor Calibration kit ALS-2 Ambient Light Sensor Hard...

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