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Products » Dataloggers » SATLINK2 TRANSMITTER/LOGGER » DESCRIPTION
 
SATLINK2 SATELLITE TRANSMITTER W/LOGGER & 3 YEAR WARRANTY
BASIC FEATURES SL2-G312-1B
 
SL2’s innovative design provides everything needed to collect high quality data, without costly options. Our standard unit includes a Built-in Logger, SDI-12 Interface, Dedicated Tipping Bucket Input, 4 Analog Inputs, & a powerful Mathematical Equation Editor.
 

SL2-1B w/Airtight Enclosure, SD Card Slot & Interactive Display

OVERVIEW

  • Built to operate for a decade, SatLink2 has the lowest life-cycle cost & the highest ROI of any GOES Transmitter available.

  • Manufactured in the USA by Sutron to exacting ISO 9001 quality standards, our satellite transmitters provide long-term, reliable operation even in the harshest climates.

  • Intuitive data view makes set up & data collection incredibly straightforward.

 
 
OVERVIEW continued
  • You’ll collect & transmit data more accurately, using one of the lowest power consumption DCPs available!

  • 16 Independent Measurements: 4 Analog Inputs, SDI-12, Tipping Bucket & more (page 2....)

  • USB port for PCs without RS-232 ports. NOTE: RS232 port is not operational when the USB port is active.

  • SATLINK2 HDR TRANSMITTER HAS A BUILT-IN DATA LOGGER & CAN OPERATE AS A STANDALONE DCP.

     In many applications, SatLink2 can function as a stand-alone DCP, thus saving about $2000 per station by eliminating the need for a separate datalogger.

    SL2 Logger: 16 Independent Measurements, Easy Data Merge (logs its own measurements & receives data from other loggers), an SDI-12 Interface, dedicated Tipping Bucket Input, 4 Analog Inputs, & a powerful Mathematical Equation Editor.

     When integrated into a station with another datalogger, SL2 provides critical data redundancy & expansion options.
  • Battery backup for the Real Time Clock for proper ‘time tagged’ logging at powerup before GPS resynchronization.
  • Front Panel Programming
  • Min/Max Processing
  • Process Non-Linear Sensors - simply copy & paste a formula without any programming!
  • Two-Level Password Protection
  • Multiple Models for multiple applications
  • Multi-satellite certified :
    GOES High Data Rate 100/300/1200 bps
     GOES Int’l
     INSAT/METSAT
     METEOSAT 2nd Gen. (MSG)
     GMS /MTSAT
     FY2C
     ARGOS/SCD NEW
 
  • SL2 IS THE GOES TRANSMITTER OF CHOICE for OFFICIAL NOAA/NOS-APPROVED TIDE STATIONS

  • NOAA CHOSE SUTRON TO DEVELOP 2-WAY COMMUNICATIONS & COMMAND CAPABILITY FOR GOES TRANSMITTERS.

     Sutron Corporation won the SBIR to design 2-way communications capability for GOES Transmitters, currently (8/2009) in development.

     Design & manufacture of the communications capability for the next generation of GOES Transmitters has been pioneered by Sutron.

     When Sutron releases the new 2-way GOES Receiver (DCP Command), SL2 will support the new receiver with a software upgrade, with no hardware change necessary.
  • SATLINK2 is the only Transmitter that has 30-day turn around on repairs. Others average 3 MONTHS.

     Most other GOES Transmitters are manufactured by 3rd parties & sold through providers who do not & cannot repair the equipment. Thus, the average turn around on repairs for other Transmitters is 3 months.

     One-Stop Accountability. SatLink GOES Transmitter/ Logger is designed by Sutron, manufactured by Sutron, supported by Sutron, & frequently installed & integrated into systems by Sutron.We have control over our own equipment & repair it all in-house within 30 days.
  • SATLINK2 IS THE ONLY HDR TRANSMITTER WITH “NO MORE HARDWARE SWAPS” CONTROL.

     Most other vendors rely on 3rd party manufacturers who may arbitrarily change size, functionality & design of their transmitters.

     Manufacturing our own Transmitter allows Sutron to maintain high quality standards keeping the product in the GOES-Transmitter leadership position.

     SatLink is stable. It was one of the first High Data Rate GOES Transmitter certified by NESDIS in 2001. The SL2-1B size & design are field-proven & very stable.

     Sutron intends for future upgrades of SL2, including transition to higher data rates & 2-way command communications, to be made via software downloads.

End Plate of Basic SL2-1B
 
EASILY INTEGRATES INTO EXISTING SYSTEMS

SL2 is also frequently integrated into existing networks to upgrade & expand system capabilities.

Sutron designs & manufactures our equipment & systems with commonality of components & uniform interfaces for modular, open, distributed system architecture providing excellent performance regardless of the number of sensors, field stations or base stations added.

TRANSMISSION FORMATS

Because SatLink2 communicates with all major weather satellites worldwide, it makes possible earth and ocean observation, data collection, and data exchange in real-time, without delays caused by national differences in software format, etc. Of course, global, real-time monitoring and modeling of weather and other environmental phenomena helps provide early warning of natural disasters such as the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean region.

SatLink2 is a stand-alone logger and transmitter. For many simple applications, SatLink2 handles all functions alone - measuring, logging, formatting and transmitting the data. The built-in SDI-12 interface gives SatLink2 the ability to make measurements for a wide range of sensors including water level, water quality, wind, and temperature. The built-in tipping bucket interface also allows you to measure precipitation without adding an expensive SDI interface. SatLink2 supports multiple measurement schedules to provide data any time it is needed. After making measurements, SatLink2 can perform simple scaling of the data and then log the data into its secure flash memory. The log in SatLink2 is capable of holding over 120,000 readings. If there is ever any problem retrieving the data through the satellite, the data can always be retrieved from the log memory.

As a stand-alone logger/transmitter, SatLink Logger supports both scheduled transmissions and Sutron’s popular adaptive random reporting transmissions. Scheduled transmissions can be configured for any satellite and the data can be formatted in SHEF or Pseudobinary formats. After each measurement is made, the data is tested and used to control random transmissions. Random transmissions can be configured to make frequent transmissions when data are changing rapidly or are in alarm conditions, and to make infrequent transmissions when the data are not in alarm.

SatLink2 can also be connected to a Sutron 9210 or Xpert Data Logger (and a wide variety of competitors' loggers). These data recorders can make their own measurements and format their own data for transmission. SatLink's Data Merge Mode then combines data SatLink collected from its sensors with data collected and formatted by other recorders for transmission.

 
 
 
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