Outdoor Weather Station - Wind Direction sensor

[PeterACox]

Does the Outdoor Weather Station Wind Direction Sensor need to be calibrated to account for the orientation of the hardware when it has been installed?

[rtrbt]

The sensor operates mechanical and the station does not have any facility to calibrate for non-horizontal orientation, so you must install the station as horizontal as possible. On top of the rain fall sensor, there is a small bubble level that can help you orient the station.

[rtrbt]

In case you mean the orientation of the cardinal directions: The Outdoor Weather Bricklet does not support remapping the directions (i.e. north, east, south, west -> east, south, west, north).

[PeterACox]

Thanks rtrbt for your replies.  I am sorry, I didn't make my question clear enough. 

I was asking whether the sensor has the ability to measure the true cardinal direction (and therefore must have an inbuilt compass or some sort) or whether I have to make a correction in my data collection program to take account of the installed orientation of the hardware.

[rtrbt]

Hi,

You have to correct this in your program, the outdoor weather station can't correct this itself.

[mikr0chip]

Hello could someone tell me in which direction I have to direct the wind sensor? My weatherstation is already installed and I need to program an offset since I am not able to change the sensor direction anymore. thanks