Vaisala AviMet User manual

MAINTENANCE MANUAL
Vaisala AviMet®
Low-Level Windshear Alert System
M210886EN-G

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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Contents of This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Structure of the Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Version Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Related Manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Documentation Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Product Related Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ESD Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Regulatory Compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CHAPTER 2
PRODUCT OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
AviMet® Product Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Single-CDU System with Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Single-CDU System without Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Duplicated System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Use of Anti-Virus Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
End-user Software Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Viewing Current Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Weather View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Graphical Windshear Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Viewing Past Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ASCII Log View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Monitoring System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
System Maintenance Software Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
IO Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Sensor Selector (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Playback Feature (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Workstation Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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CHAPTER 3
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Data Collector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Central Data Unit (CDU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
CDU Hardware Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
CDU Software Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
UPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Serial/LAN Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Log Printer (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Data Output to External Systems (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Digital Displays (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
System Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Components in ROA Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
ROA Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
System Processes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Meteorological Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Data Storing Processes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
External System Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
ROA Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
System Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Sensor Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Meteorological Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Alarm Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
External System Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Data Flow in ROA Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sensor Data Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Alarm Data Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
History Data Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
CHAPTER 4
GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Logging In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Starting and Exiting Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Diagnostics Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
AviMet Application Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Typical Daily Maintenance Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Checking System Status and Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Checking History Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Checking Log Printer (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
CHAPTER 5
DIAGNOSTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Introduction to Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Diagnostics User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
System Status Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Lists of Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
List of Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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List of Objects: Object Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Object Details Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Events Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Events Panel Tabs/Event Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Events Panel Statuses and Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Events Panel Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Overview Panel (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Device Details Panel (In Overview Panel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Tools Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Operating Diagnostics Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Starting and Exiting Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Monitoring CDU Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Manually Changing the Active CDU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Changing the Switch-over Mode to Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Changing Back to Automatic Switch-over Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Monitoring ROA Processes and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Monitoring ROA Object Status and Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Monitoring Sensor Data Status and Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Monitoring with the Overview Panel (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Monitoring System Status in Overview Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Zooming In/Out the Overview Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Displaying Whole Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Moving the Image (Panning) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Viewing Device Details in Overview Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Viewing Events from Selected Device in Overview Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Monitoring and Acknowledging Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Viewing Stored Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Dealing with Technical Event Messages (TECH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Event Messages Related to Missing Field Device Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Device-Specific Event Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Event Messages Related to History Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
ASCII DATABASE SERVICE: DISK SPACE LOW (NN MEGABYTES
AVAILABLE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
ASCII DATABASE SERVICE: OUT OF DISK SPACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
ASCII DATABASE SERVICE: OUTPUT DIRECTORY ERROR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Dealing with Messages Related to CDU(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
ABNORMAL SERVER STATUS, MISSING ROA SERVER OR NETWORK
PROBLEM DETECTED BY SERVER X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
OBJECT CONFLICT DETECTED BY SERVER X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
MISSING OR TOO MANY PROCESSES DETECTED BY SERVER X . . . . . . . . . . 84
REMOTE OBJECT MONITOR FAULT OR ERROR REASON FOR
SWITCHOVER DETECTED BY SERVER X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Dealing with Operational Event Messages (OPER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Dealing with Message Notifications (MESG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Checking Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Restarting a Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Restarting the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Missing Data After System Restart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
System Status for External Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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CHAPTER 6
IO TERMINAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Introduction to IO Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
IO Terminal User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Connection Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Terminal Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Operating IO Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Starting IO Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Exiting IO Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Field Device Connection Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Data Line versus Maintenance Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Connection via Active or Hot Standby Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Connection via Data Collector or Direct Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Auto-Send or Polled Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Check List before Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Opening and Closing Connection to Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Opening and Closing Connection Directly to Field Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Opening and Closing Connection via a Data Collector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Sending Commands to Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Saving Field Device Messages (Logging) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Modifying Terminal Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
CHAPTER 7
ASCII LOG VIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Introduction to ASCII Log View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
ASCII Log View User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
ASCII Log View Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Weather Parameter Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Reports Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Events Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Toolbar Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Operating ASCII Log View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Starting and Exiting ASCII Log View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Opening and Viewing History Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Viewing Several Files at the Same Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Refreshing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Exporting History Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Troubleshooting ASCII Log View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
CHAPTER 8
SENSOR SELECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Introduction to Sensor Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Sensor Selector User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Operating Sensor Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Disabling Data Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Enabling Data Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

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CHAPTER 9
PLAYBACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Introduction to Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Playback User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Operating Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Playing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Pausing/Stopping Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Sliding to Specific Point in Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Troubleshooting Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
CHAPTER 10
REMOTE MONITORING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Introduction to Remote Monitoring Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Enabling Remote Monitoring Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Disabling Remote Monitoring Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Troubleshooting Remote Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
APPENDIX A
GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
APPENDIX B
SOFTWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Vaisala AviMet® Software End User License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

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List of Figures
Figure 1 A Typical Vaisala AviMet System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 2 Single-CDU System with Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 3 Single-CDU System without Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 4 Duplicated System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 5 Typical ROA Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 6 ROA Architecture: Meteorological Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 7 ROA Architecture: Alarm Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 8 ROA Architecture: History Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 9 Diagnostics Application (Showing All Options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Figure 10 Diagnostics: System Status Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Figure 11 Diagnostics: List of Processes Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Figure 12 Diagnostics: List of Applications Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Figure 13 Diagnostics: Object Browser Example (All Objects) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Figure 14 Diagnostics: Selecting Server for Object Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Figure 15 Diagnostics: Object Details Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Figure 16 Diagnostics: Object Details Panel in Object Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Figure 17 Tiled Object Details Panels in Object Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Figure 18 Diagnostics: Events Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 19 Diagnostics: Overview Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Figure 20 Diagnostics: Overview Panel with Device Details Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Figure 21 Diagnostics: Device Details Panel (In Overview Panel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Figure 22 IO Terminal User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Figure 23 IO Terminal: Connection Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 24 IO Terminal: Terminal Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Figure 25 ASCII Log View Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Figure 26 ASCII Log View: Weather Parameter Files (Tile Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Figure 27 ASCII Log View: Example Events Files (Tab Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Figure 28 ASCII Log View: Opening History Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Figure 29 Sensor Selector User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Figure 30 Playback Feature as Part of Weather View Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Figure 31 Playback Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

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List of Tables
Table 1 Chapter Structure of the Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Table 2 Manual Revisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Table 3 Related Manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Table 4 Software Applications in Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Table 5 Vaisala AviMet LLWAS System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Table 6 Example ROA System Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Table 7 Meteorological Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table 8 Data Storing Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table 9 External System Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table 10 ROA System Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Table 11 Sensor Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Table 12 Meteorological Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Table 13 Alarm Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Table 14 External System Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Table 15 Symbols Used in Data Flow Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Table 16 Vaisala AviMet Application Buttons (RCM Workstation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 17 System Status Panel Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Table 18 System Status Panel Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Table 19 Server Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Table 20 List of Processes Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Table 21 List of Processes: Statuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Table 22 Applications Window Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Table 23 List of Applications: Statuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Table 24 Object Browser Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Table 25 Object Browser Statuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Table 26 Object Browser File Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Table 27 Object Browser View Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Table 28 Object Details Panel: Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Table 29 Object Details Panel: Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Table 30 Object Details Panel: Data Item Statuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Table 31 Events Panel Tabs /Event Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Table 32 Events Panel Statuses and Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Table 33 Events Panel Columns and Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Table 34 Overview Panel Icons and Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Table 35 Device Details Panel Columns/Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Table 36 Diagnostics: Device Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Table 37 An Example of the Event Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Table 38 Example Technical Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Table 39 Event Messages Related to CDU(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Table 40 Example Operational Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Table 41 IO Terminal: Connection Control Panel Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Table 42 IO Terminal: Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Table 43 IO Terminal: Terminal Panel Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Table 44 IO Terminal: Terminal Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Table 45 IO Terminal: File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Table 46 IO Terminal: Log Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

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Table 47 IO Terminal: Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Table 48 IO Terminal: Checklist before Connecting to Field Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Table 49 ASCII Log View: Weather Parameter File Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Table 50 ASCII Log View: Status Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Table 51 ASCII Log View: LLWAS Reports Screen Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Table 52 ASCII Log View: LLWAS Reports Processing Status Codes . . . . . . . . . . 109
Table 53 ASCII Log View: Reports File Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Table 54 ASCII Log View: Events Screen Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Table 55 ASCII Log View Toolbar Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Table 56 Sample ASCII Log View File Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Table 57 Troubleshooting ASCII Log View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Table 58 Sensor Selector Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Table 59 Playback Status Icon Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Table 60 Error States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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CHAPTER 1
GENERAL INFORMATION
This chapter describes the structure of this manual, and provides safety,
contact, and version history information.
About This Manual
This manual provides you with the information necessary to properly
maintain the Vaisala AviMet® software.
This manual is mainly intended for system software maintenance
personnel, and provides instructions for using the AviMet system
maintenance software applications. It also describes the system
architecture and the general operating principle of the system.
Contents of This Manual
This manual consists of the following chapters:
- Chapter 1, General Information: This chapter describes the structure
of this manual, and provides safety, contact, and version history
information.
- Chapter 2, Product Overview: This chapter gives an overview of the
AviMet system and its components.
- Chapter 3, Functional Description: This chapter describes the typical
hardware components of the AviMet systems and the basic principles
and components of the ROA software architecture.
- Chapter 4, Getting Started: This chapter describes logging into the
system, starting and exiting the applications, and the user environment
common to all applications.
- Chapter 5, Diagnostics: This chapter contains instructions for
monitoring the system operation with the Diagnostics application.

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- Chapter 6, IO Terminal: This chapter contains instructions for
monitoring sensors and other field devices.
- Chapter 7, ASCII Log View: This chapter contains instructions for
viewing history files with the ASCII Log View application.
- Chapter 8, Sensor Selector: This chapter contains instructions for
disabling and enabling sensors with the Sensor Selector application.
- Chapter 9, Playback: This chapter gives instructions for replaying
data with the Playback feature.
- Chapter 10, Remote Monitoring: This chapter contains instructions
for enabling and disabling the remote monitoring software.
- Appendix A, Glossary: This glossary contains descriptions and
definitions for unique terms and abbreviations used in this manual.
- Appendix B, Software End User License Agreement.
- Index
Structure of the Manual
The chapters that introduce end-user applications and provide instructions
for using the applications, are structured in the way described in Table 1 on
page 12.
Table 1 Chapter Structure of the Manual
Section Contents
Introduction to the application Describes what the application is used for.
The user interface of the
application
Describes the user interface of the application
and how data is presented in the application.
Operating the application Provides step-by-step instructions on how to
use the application.

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Version Information
Related Manuals
The typical manual set available for the AviMet products is presented in
Table 3 on page 13.
This manual only includes a brief introduction to the end-user applications.
For more information on the end-user applications, see the appropriate
AviMet User's Guide.
Table 2 Manual Revisions
Manual Code Description
M210886EN-A Applicable for Vaisala AviMet® Low-Level Windshear Alert
System from software version 4.0.1 onwards.
M210886EN-B Applicable for Vaisala AviMet® Low-Level Windshear Alert
System from software version 5.1 onwards.
M210886EN-C Applicable for Vaisala AviMet® Low-Level Windshear Alert
System from software version 6.0 SP3 onwards.
M210886EN-D Applicable for Vaisala AviMet® Low-Level Windshear Alert
System from software version 6.1 onwards.
M210886EN-E Applicable for Vaisala AviMet® Low-Level Windshear Alert
System from software version 6.1 SP1 onwards.
M210886EN-F Applicable for Vaisala AviMet® Low-Level Windshear Alert
System from software version 6.1 SP3 onwards.
M210886EN-G This manual. Applicable for Vaisala AviMet® Low-Level
Windshear Alert System from software version 6.2 onwards.
Table 3 Related Manuals
Manual Code Manual Name
M210885EN Vaisala AviMet® Low-Level Windshear Alert System, User’s
Guide
M210886EN Vaisala AviMet® Low-Level Windshear Alert System,
Maintenance Manual
M210881EN Vaisala AviMet® Automated Weather Observing System,
User’s Guide
M210882EN Vaisala AviMet® Automated Weather Observing System,
Maintenance Manual
M210887EN Vaisala AviMet® Runway Visual Range System, User’s
Guide
M210888EN Vaisala AviMet® Runway Visual Range System, Maintenance
Manual
M211032EN Vaisala AviMet® Vertical Windshear Detection System User’s
Guide

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Documentation Conventions
Throughout the manual, important safety considerations are highlighted as
follows:
Safety
Product Related Safety Precautions
This manual is a software guide that provides instructions for using the
AviMet software maintenance applications. Technical instructions for
field device maintenance are not included in this manual. However, if you
locate a technical field device error with software maintenance
applications, you may need to perform technical maintenance tasks. In
such a situation, you must refer to the manual of the field device in question
for detailed instructions. You must also check the appropriate safety
considerations before starting any maintenance operations.
NOTE For information concerning the use of data collectors, sensors, or other
installed hardware, refer to the appropriate device manuals.
WARNING Warning alerts you to a serious hazard. If you do not read and follow
instructions very carefully at this point, there is a risk of injury or even
death.
CAUTION Caution warns you of a potential hazard. If you do not read and follow
instructions carefully at this point, the product could be damaged or
important data could be lost.
NOTE Note highlights important information on using the product.
WARNING This manual does not include technical instructions and safety
precautions for working with field devices. In case you need to perform
technical maintenance operations to field devices, you must first check
the safety precautions in the field device manual and act accordingly.
Vaisala assumes no liability for the customer's failure to comply with
safety precautions presented in field device manuals.

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ESD Protection
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can cause immediate or latent damage to
electronic circuits. Vaisala products are adequately protected against ESD
for their intended use. However, it is possible to damage the product by
delivering electrostatic discharges when touching, removing, or inserting
any objects inside the equipment housing.
To make sure you are not delivering high static voltages yourself:
- Handle ESD sensitive components on a properly grounded and
protected ESD workbench. When this is not possible, ground yourself
to the equipment chassis before touching the boards. Ground yourself
with a wrist strap and a resistive connection cord. When neither of the
above is possible, touch a conductive part of the equipment chassis
with your other hand before touching the boards.
- Always hold the boards by the edges and avoid touching the
component contacts.
Regulatory Compliances
The AviMet systems are designed according to the recommendations of
international air traffic authorities as presented in the following sources.
The algorithm used for calculations in the Vaisala AviMet® Low-Level
Windshear Alert System (LLWAS) is the latest version of the phase III
windshear algorithm developed for the U.S. Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) by UCAR:
- United States Patent number 5,221,924: "Wind shear alert system",
W. Wilson, UCAR, CO.
- United States Patent number 5,208,587: "Low level wind-shear alert
system", L. Cornman, UCAR, CO.
- FAA LLWAS-III Specification.
The wind sensors of the LLWAS system are positioned and implemented
in accordance with the M.I.T., Lincoln Laboratories and the National
Center for Atmospheric Research system design guidelines specified in:
- Siting Guidelines for Low Level Windshear Alert System (LLWAS)
Remote Facilities. FAA Document Nr 6560.21A.

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Trademarks
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Windows®, Windows® Server 2008, Windows® 7, Windows® XP, and
Windows® Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in
U.S. and/or other countries.
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CHAPTER 2
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
This chapter gives an overview of the AviMet system and its components.
System Introduction
Vaisala AviMet® Low-Level Windshear Alert System (LLWAS) is a
ground-based low-level windshear alert system. It provides visual and
audio alerts on calculated windshear and microburst conditions for air
traffic controllers and other airport personnel.
The system measures, processes, displays, stores, and distributes
meteorological information. It consists of sensors located along the
runway, one or two central data unit computers (CDUs), and one or several
workstations.
The sensors are located along the runways at specific measurement sites
and communicate with the central data units (CDUs), which distribute the
data to the workstations. The system can be single-CDU or duplicated, that
is, it can include one or two CDUs. The CDU validates the measurement
data, calculates the values based on the data, and distributes the weather
data and alarms to user workstations.
Vaisala AviMet® Low-Level Windshear Alert System (LLWAS) consists
of wind speed and wind direction sensors located around the runway area
perimeter. The CDU processes the horizontal wind speed and direction
data using the LLWAS III algorithm, developed by NCAR for the U.S.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Windshear and microburst alerts
are provided when the data generated by the system exceeds the airport-
specific threshold values for possible windshear conditions.

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In user workstations, users can view weather data and alerts with the
Weather View application. The values can be viewed in the ASCII Log
View application. The Diagnostics application is for monitoring and
handling system error situations.
A typical Vaisala AviMet® system is presented in Figure 1 on page 18.
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Figure 1 A Typical Vaisala AviMet System
AviMet® Product Platform
Vaisala AviMet® Low-Level Windshear Alert System (LLWAS) is part of
the AviMet technology platform. Other major systems based on the
platform are:
- Vaisala AviMet® Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS)
- Vaisala AviMet® Runway Visual Range System (RVR)
The LLWAS system can be an independent system or fully integrated into
the AviMet® AWOS system. The instructions in this manual generally
cover both versions, but if using the integrated version, note the differences
specified in the manual.
The following numbers refer to Figure 1 on page 18:
1 = Sensor data
2 = Central data unit(s)
3 = Local Area Network
4 = Workstations