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 Meteorological Station

The IPS meteorological interface displays a variety of weather parameters  and allows the user to track and record meteorological station data and integrates that data into   vessel navigation. The weather station dialog’s easy to use interface displays true and relative wind speed in knots or miles, wind gust averages and current wind direction. Relative humidity, air temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit, barometric pressure and ship heading are also shown. All data including ship position, heading and speed can be recorded. This record of weather data can help meet navigation safety requirements.

The IPS inputs either NMEA 2000 or 0183 output and saves the data in a log file after processing and display. The weather data log is named based on local date-time, for example: METLog_20180422_075150.txt. The data can also be viewed in Excel by changing the file extension to .csv.

Example of IPS Meteorological Log File: Type DateTime Lat Long Head COG SOG RelWndSp RelWndDr TrWindSp

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2minAVG TrWindDr AVGWindir GUST TempC RH MB $PIMET,2018-04- 22T14:51:50.678Z,48.0633333,-121.9388334,10.00,0.00,0. $PIMET,2018-04- 22T14:51:51.685Z,48.0633333,-121.9388334,10.00,0.00,0. $PIMET,2018-04- 22T14:51:52.683Z,48.0633333,-121.9388334,10.00,0.00,0.

 

An example of a weather station unit compatible with the IPS is the Airmar Weather Station 200WX. However any unit that outputs NMEA $IIMDA and $IIMWV files should work. An Actisense NGW-1 NMEA 2000 Gateway or comparable instrument can be used to convert the NMEA 2000 data to NMEA 0183 data. Actisense NGW-1 NMEA 2000 Gateway manual.

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