AM-100

Digital Anemometer System

USER’S MANUAL

NEW SUNRISE

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 Modify Record

No. Modify by Date Paragraph Version Reason

1 Q/A 2010/07/09 01 First edition

a. System diagram
revised from DC24V
2 Q/A 2016/03/04 2, 3, 5.1, 5.5 02
to AC220V.
b. Photos increased

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 Table of Contents

1. GENERAL ............................................................................................................................. 1
2. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................. 2
3. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................................................... 3
4. OPERATION ......................................................................................................................... 4
4.1 DIRECTION INDICATORS .......................................................................................................... 4
4.2 DIGIT WINDOW ....................................................................................................................... 4
4.3 CONTROL BUTTONS ................................................................................................................ 4
5. INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................... 5
5.1 INSTALLATION OF TRANSMITTER ............................................................................................ 5
5.2 INSTALLATION OF DISPLAY UNIT............................................................................................. 5
5.3 INSTALLATION OF REMOTE BUTTON ....................................................................................... 5
5.4 INSTALLATION OF JUNCTION BOX ........................................................................................... 5
5.5 CABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN UNITS .................................................................................... 6
APPENDIX INSTALLATION DRAWINGS & DIAGRAMS ................................................. 8

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1. General

AM-100 digital anemometer system is specially designed for marine use. The transmitter
installed on radar mast is made of special nylon to protect from strong wind and salty air at
sea. With 72 LED indicators, both relative and true wind direction can be clearly displayed.
For large vessels, up to four display units can be installed on bridge and other locations on
board. For easy operation, a remote button can be installed at operator’s to control the display
unit.
The digital anemometer can provide six ports of RS-422 wind data to various externals,
including (S)VDR, INS, etc.

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2. System Configuration

The system consists of four main parts:

- AM-100T Anemometer Transmitter
- AM-100D Display Unit
- AM-100R Remote Button (Optional)
- AM-100J Junction Box
- AM-100TJ Watertight box for Transmitter

Normally one Display Unit is connected to Junction Box, but four ports are available for
maximum 4 sets of Display Units to be connected, especially for some large vessels.
Each Display Unit can be connected with one Remote Button for easy operation.

AM-100R AM-100D
Remote Compass
Button Display Unit

AM-100J Speed Log

Additional Junction
Display Box VDR

NMEA
OUT
AM-100T

Transmitter

Power Supply AC220V NOTE: ------ Optional or Yard Supplied

Fig 2.1 Block Diagram of Anemometer System

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3. Technical Specifications

NO ITEM Wind Speed Wind Direction

1 Wind Range 0～60 m/s 0～360°
2 Accuracy ±(0.5+V×5%) m/s ±5°
3 Display Capacity Up to 4 Display Units can be connected
Heading data input (Compass):
NMEA0183, RS422, 4800bps
4 Input Interface
Speed data input (Speed Log):
NMEA0183, RS422, 4800bps
Port Number: RS422 6 ports
Output Format: NMEA0183
5 Output Interface
Baud Rate: 4800bps
Output Sentence: $WIMWV,180.00,R,30.5,M,A*2D
Operating Indoor 0～+40℃
6
Environment Outdoor -30℃～+70℃
7 Power Supply AC220V
8 Power Consumption Max 12W
Transmitter (AM-100T) 3kg
Display Unit (AM-100D) 0.2kg
9 Weight
Remote Button (AM-100R) 0.1kg
Junction Box (AM-100J) 1.5kg

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4. Operation

4.1 Direction Indicators

There are totally 72 LED indicators. Each LED represents 5 degrees in wind direction.
Among 72 LEDs, 12 LEDs are in yellow, representing 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180
degree, and the right LEDs are in green and left LEDs are in red.
Depending the direction in which the wind comes from, all the LEDs in the sector from 0
degree to that direction will light on.

The brightness of the LEDs can be adjusted by pressing the button.

4.2 Digit Window

In the Digit Window, three digits can be displayed.
The displayed contents can be Heading degree or wind speed or ship speed. The change

among three values is controlled by button.

The default value displayed is wind direction. If no button is pressed in 5 minutes, wind
speed will be displayed no matter what the current status is.

4.3 Control Buttons

There are four control buttons, which are described as below.

4 steps to adjust the brightness of all LED indicators:

Most Bright Bright Dark Darker

Continuously press the button to select the following functions:

① k/n indicator on. Either wind speed or ship speed is displayed in
k/n.
② m/s indicator on. Only wind speed can be displayed in m/s.
③ HEADING indicator on. Heading data is displayed in window.
④ SHIP SPEED indicator on. Ship speed is displayed in window.

Change between True wind and Relative wind. Both direction and speed
will be changed accordingly.

Press “RESET” to reset the display unit or switch off it. When the display
unit is switched off, LED on the button will light on.

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5. Installation

5.1 Installation of Transmitter

The Transmitter should be installed in clear space to avoid any obstacle of wind.
There is an installation base and installation plate supplied together with the Transmitter.
The steel base should be welded directly or through a support pole on the radar mast.
There are five long holes on the round base. The center of one of five holes should be
pointed to ship bow. Keep the base horizontal while welding. The installation plate is to
protect the Transmitter base from cracking while fastened.

There are five round holes on the Transmitter base. Fix the transmitter on the mount base
with five M10X45 bolts. The long-holes on mount base are used to for the transmitter to
adjust until the “N” mark on Transmitter base points to bow direction.

The transmitter should be grounded through the small junction box with a grounding
cable.

5.2 Installation of Display Unit

The Display Unit is flush mount-type. Make a cutting area as attached drawing. Usually
the Display Unit can be installed on bridge console or up the bridge.

5.3 Installation of Remote Button

Same as the Display Unit, the Remote Button is also flush mount-type. Make a cutting
area as attached drawing.
Remote Button is optional part. When the Display Unit is installed up the bridge, in
which case, panel operation is impossible, a Remote Button is necessary to operate the
Display Unit.

5.4 Installation of Junction Box

Junction Box can be mounted on table or wall. Enough space should be kept for cabling.

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5.5 Cable Connection between Units

- Connect Transmitter to Junction Box

A watertight box is used to connect Transmitter and Junction Box.

Fig 5.1 Connection between Transmitter and Junction Box

Rubber cable is recommended for outdoor environments. After cable connecting, it is

suggested to use rubber tape to wrap the cable gland for water-tight treatment.

- Connect Display Units to Junction Box

A 4-wire cable is supplied in length of 10m for connection between AM-100D Display
Unit and AM-100J Junction Box. Interface between the units is also RS422.
Max four Display Units can also be connected to Junction Box. Each Display Unit can
operate independently.

J4
RX B 7 1 24V+
RX A 8 2 GND
GND 9
24V+ 10 J2
1 TX A
AM-100D Display Unit 2 TX B

AM-100J Junction Box

Fig 5.2 Connection between Display Unit and Junction Box

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- Connect Remote Button to Display Unit

RST 1 1 FUNC
DIM 2 2 T/R
FUNC 3 3 DIM
T/R 4 4 RST
GND 5 5 +5V
+5V 6 6 GND

AM-100R Remote Button AM-100D Display Unit

Fig 5.3 Connection between Remote Button and Display Unit

A 6-wire cable is supplied in length of 10m for connection between AM-100D and
AM-100R. The AM-100R Remote Button is an optional part of the system. All the panel
operating function can be realized through AM-100R Remote Button.

- Connect with Compass and Speed Logger

Heading data and Ship Speed data should be input into AM-100J Junction Box in order
to calculate the true wind’s speed and direction. Refer to manuals of Speed Logger and
Compass for connections. The input data should be in NMEA0183 format/RS422, at
baud rate of 4800bps.

- Connect with (S)VDR and other externals

Totally there are six output ports of wind data. The data format is NMEA0183 at baud
rate of 4800bps. The data sentence is as follows:
$WIMWV,180.00,R,30.5,M,A*2D

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Appendix Installation Drawings & Diagrams

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