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Optional Device Installation

Section 5

Optional Device Installation

This section describes how to setup a rain gauge to the Sampler as well as how to connect, program, calibrate, and maintain the optional water quality probes:

Rain Gauge (section 5.1 on

Dissolved Oxygen Probe

 

page 69

 

(section 5.4 on page 74)

pH Probe

Conductivity Probe

 

(section 5.2 on page 70)

 

(section 5.5 on page 76)

ORP Probe

(section 5.3 on page 72)

5.1 Rain Gauge

An external “tipping bucket” rain gauge (Cat. No. 2149) can be connected to the Rain Gauge connector of the sampler (Figure 21). The rain gauge provides a dry contact closure to the sampler.

As rainfall collects in the 20 cm (8 in.) diameter funnel, it is directed into one side of a “tipping bucket” assembly. As each bucket fills, it causes the bucket assembly to tip and empty out into the bottom of the rain gauge. Each tip of the bucket causes a single contact closure to the rain gauge and sends a short 12 V dc pulse into pin C of the Rain Gauge connector. Each pulse (tip) represents 0.025 cm (0.01 in.) of rain.

Figure 21 Rain Gauge Tipping Bucket

 

Table 7 Rain Gauge Base Board Connections (J5)

 

 

 

Pin

 

Signal Description

 

 

 

A

 

+12 V dc source output

 

 

 

B

 

not used

 

 

 

C

 

+12 V dc pulse input

 

 

 

D

 

not used

 

 

 

E

 

not used

 

 

 

F

 

not used

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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