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IPC PACE Central Processor

The PACE weather monitoring system is a PC based data acquisition, processing, display The PACE weather monitoring system is a PC based data acquisition, processing, display

and logging system. The heart of the system is the Advantech IPC PACE Central Processor and logging system. The heart of the system is the Advantech IPC PACE Central Processor

running Windows operating system, typically using a Pentium processor provided with a va-running Windows operating system, typically using a Pentium processor provided with a va-

riety of additional processing cards. The system can include serial comms expander cards riety of additional processing cards. The system can include serial comms expander cards

(for data from sensors with serial outputs) and a network interface card (NIC) to provide (for data from sensors with serial outputs) and a network interface card (NIC) to provide

networked weather data to remote display PCs.networked weather data to remote display PCs.

The PACE central processor acquires the data from the sensors and carries

out various processing techniques to generate the appropriate weather pa-

rameters for display and logging. These processes can include averaging

(data is displayed as either instantaneous or 10 minute means), selecting

maxima, data quality checking and correcting for sensor elevation.

The processed weather information is then displayed locally at the Pace

Central Processor on a PC monitor and made available to remote display

PCs (where required). The information for the remote displays can be pro-

vided over the local area network (LAN). The remote displays run the same

display program used by the central processor itself thereby ensuring that

all weather display screens have the same functionality as the display at the

central processor but operate entirely independently of each other.

All configuration facilities are available at the central processor only.

Remote display PCs have full independent control of and access

to the various display screens but have no access to

configuration utilities.

The central processor carries out data archiving.

The archived data files are automatically stored

on the hard drive and can if required be

logged to a remote networked location.

These *.CSV files can be viewed using any

text editor file or can be imported into

programs such as Excel in order generate

graphs of historical data. For a full

explanation of the data archiving facility

please refer to appropriate guide

document within this manual.

IPC PACE Central Computer in

19” Rack with Display above and

keyboard Power supply/

Interface drawer below.