Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page1. INTRODUCTION TO THE NOMAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.1 Three Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.2 Features and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72. COMMISSIONING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.1 Schedule of Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.2 Siting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.3 Preparing for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.4 Deploying the Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113. OPERATION USING A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN PC AND NOMAD, VIAFLASH CARDS, CABLE, GSM MODEM, OR HIGH POWER RADIO . . 153.1 Start Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.2 Get Stored Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.2.1 Download Sensus Store . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.2.2 Download to a CompactFlash Card . . . . . . . 163.2.3 Download CompactFlash Cards . . . . . . . . . 163.3 Read Data from the Sensus Display . . . . . . . . . . . 163.4 Display Real-Time Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.5 View Downloaded (Cloned) Data . . . . . . . . . . . . 184. OPERATION USING A PASSIVE RADIO LINK BETWEEN PCAND NOMAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.1 Start Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.2 Display Real-Time Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.3 View Downloaded (Cloned) Data . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 ONLINE PRO APPLICATION SOFTWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.1 Introduction to Online Pro, Version 1.2 . . . . . . . . . 215.2 Installation / Un-Installation on WindowsTM 95, 98,ME, NT 4 & 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.2.1 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.2.2 Un-Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.2.3 Starting Online Pro for the First Time . . . . . . 235.2.4 Password Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.2.5 Loading a Default File . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.3 Operation in Real-Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.3.1 Viewing Pages and Operating in Real-Time . . . 265.3.2 Setting Up Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.3.3 Adding Real Time Display Items . . . . . . . . 295.3.4 Saving the Display File . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335.3.5 Web Page Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.4 Working with Historic Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355.4.1 Downloading (Cloning) Data . . . . . . . . . . 355.4.2 Downloading from CompactFlashTM Cards . . . . 365.4.3 Converting Online and CompactFlash Files . . . . 365.4.4 Viewing Historic Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375.5 Dynamic Data Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406. THE NOMAD SYSTEM COMPONENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416.1 The Sensors Used with Nomad Systems . . . . . . . . . 416.2 Combined Air Temperature and Relative Humidity Sensor 426.2.1 Temperature Sensor Specification . . . . . . . . 426.2.2 Humidity Sensor Specification . . . . . . . . . 426.2.3 General Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.3 Wind Speed Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43ContentsPage 5 of 68NOMAD Portable Weather StationUsers Handbook