Observator OMC-160 Wind Speed & Direction Sensor

The popular and often used wind sensor OMC-160 is a combined wind speed and direction sensor, based on the cup and vane principle. Having chosen for the highest quality stainless steel materials and internal non-contact measuring devices, this sensor stands for a long life time, having the highest accuracies within both the low range as well as the high range wind speeds. This sensor is commonly used within the shipping and offshore industry but can also be found on many airfields, container terminals and harbors, along highways and on bridges. The OMC-160 comprises a combined in-line wind speed and wind direction sensor. The system is robust, corrosion resistive and easy to install. The wind speed sensor is a rotary-cup type, made UV resistant high quality polycarbonate. The wind direction sensor is a wind vane type, made from stainless steel. The wind sensor is supplied with a RS422 NMEA0183 output. Output frequency standard 4 Hz. Option 1 Hz. Baudrate standard 4800 option 9600. The wind sensor comes with a vertical mounting bracket which includes a junction box and two u-bolds for mast mounting. The OMC-160 is a cup and vane anemometer. Cup and vane anemometers are the most common instrumentation for measurement of wind speed and direction. Cup and vane anemometers are the primary sensors for wind measurement used by the leading meteorological services all over the world. Therefore the readings of the OMC-160 anemometer are inter-comparable with the readings of other cup and vane anemometers without any conversions.