Summary of SAT ARGOS
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Sat argos instruction manual 7/01 copyright (c) 2000-2001 campbell scientific, inc..
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Page 3: Warranty and Assistance
Warranty and assistance the sat argos is warranted by campbell scientific, inc. To be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service for twelve (12) months from date of shipment unless specified otherwise. Batteries have no warranty. Campbell scientific, inc.'s obligatio...
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Page 5: Sat Argos Table of Contents
I sat argos table of contents 1. Overview ..................................................................... 1 1.1 physical .................................................................................................... 2 1.2 electrical ..........................................................
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Page 7: Sat Argos
1 sat argos 1. Overview this service argos certified ptt satellite transmitter is well suited for remote data collection applications. Service argos data transceivers fly aboard two of nasa’s polar orbiting satellites. Argos carrier frequency is 401.650 mhz. With an orbit altitude close to 800 kilom...
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Sat argos 2 1.1 physical the sat argos ptt is housed in an aluminum enclosure measuring 3” x 2.75” x 1” . There are two electrical connections. The db9 port connects to the datalogger cs i/o port. The sma female port connects to the 50 ohm impedance antenna. 1.2 electrical the sat argos ptt uses the...
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Sat argos 4 each, total of 32 data points, the ptt will alternate between each data packet. If you send four data packets, the ptt will send packet one, wait the repeat interval, send packet two, wait the repeat interval, send packet three, wait the repeat interval, send packet four, wait the repeat...
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Sat argos 5 2.3.4 using result codes in the program after p125 has executed, check the result codes. If the result code is greater than or equal to two, execute p125 again. Recheck the result code on the next pass of the program table. Example algorithm: if time to write data write data to final sto...
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Sat argos 6 ; load more values in input locations 2: bulk load (p65) 1: 99 f 2: 101 f 3: 102 f 4: 103 f 5: 104 f 6: 105 f 7: 106 f 8: 107 f 9: 11 loc [ start_9 ] ; if top of the hour, write 16 data point to fs1 3: if time is (p92) 1: 0 minutes (seconds --) into a 2: 60 interval (same units as above)...
Page 13: 3. Sat Argos Configuration
Sat argos 7 3. Sat argos configuration the sat argos ptt must be configured before you deploy it. Service argos uses two numbers to track your data through the service argos system. The first number is your program id; the second number is your argos id. The ptt can use up to four argos id numbers. ...
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Sat argos 8 if you are using more than one argos id, the “ number of additional id’s” will need to be changed. Valid inputs of additional ids are 0, 3, 5, and 7. The number of additional ids should be 0 if using 1 id, 3 if using 2 ids, 5 if using 3 ids, and 7 if using 4 argos id numbers. Save the co...
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Sat argos 9 provides coverage each pass. Each satellite passes over the poles 14 times a day providing 28 satellite passes per day. Coverage decreases with latitude. At the equator the ptt will “ see” a satellite six or seven times a day. The duration of satellite visibility depends on the angle fro...
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