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Salient Characteristics

PR #00400

Campbell Scientific High Data Rate GOES Transmitter (Model TX321-G-1) The USGS Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility needs to purchase some High Data rate GOES transmitters. This equipment will be used for transmitting water level, water flow, and water quality information from various sites all over the country via the GOES satellite.

High Data Rate (HDR) GOES Transmitter Shall be a drop-in replacement for the Campbell Scientific TX312 or TX320 GOES radio

Shall support NESDIS GOES V.2 specifications

Radio shall transmit at 300 or 1200 bits per second

Radio must be NOAA/NESDIS certified for GOES transmissions

Shall have at least one USB port

Shall have at least 1 RS-232 port for user interface or external devices

Shall have a type N GOES antenna connector Shall be configured for 9-11 dBi antenna Shall have a GPS antenna connector

Shall include facilities for diagnostic checking

Shall have an operating temperature range of at least -40 to 60 degrees C.

Shall maintain the clock and carrier frequency accuracy for at least 28 days Shall be powered by an external 12 VDC battery

Campbell Scientific CR-1000X Data Logger

This equipment will be used to collect environmental data from various water level, water flow, and water quality sensors at remote data collection gaging stations located near rivers and streams all over the United States.

Data Logger

Processor shall operate at 100 MHz or faster

Shall include SDI-12 communication interfaces

Shall include a minimum of 8 differential analog inputs, 2 pulse counter inputs, and 8 digital I/O ports

Analog measurement capabilities shall include ratiometric measurements for bridge-type sensors

Shall include at least 2 ea. RS-232 ports, and one I/O port, for communication with computer interfaces

Shall include switched 12 volt and switched voltage excitations

Shall include it least 4MB of SRAM memory

Shall operate from 12 VDC

Typical power usage shall be less than 1 mA in sleep mode Shall be capable of scanning inputs at a rate of 100 Hz

Shall include an analog to digital converter with a minimum of 24 bits

Shall be programmable and capable of performing complex schemes and equations

Shall be capable of executing custom routines from user-written source code

Shall be capable of communicating and measuring sensors simultaneously

Power inputs shall include reverse polarity protection

Memory and program shall be battery backed

Shall operate over a temperature range of at least -25 to 50 degrees C

Shall include an RS-485 port, a USB port, and an Ethernet port

Shall be warranted for at least 3 years

Campbell Scientific P/N: 33268-2 (Model CR1000X-ST-SW-NA) data logger.

Bubbler System (Model LevelVUE)

The USGS Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility needs to purchase gas purge bubbler systems. This equipment will be used for measuring water levels at data collections sites all over the country.

Bubbler System Shall meet USGS requirements for stage accuracy measurements and shall measure stage with a total measurement certainty of no more than 0.01 ft. or 0.1% of indicated reading, whichever is larger over a temperature range of at least -40° to 60°C.

Shall be available in a 0 to 15 PSI range and 0 to 30 PSI range.

Shall include a built-in keypad/display user interface.

Shall allow for programming the bubble rate from 30 to 120 bubbles per minute.

Shall allow for programming of the purge pressure rate from 30 to 90 PSI.

Shall be capable of an operating and storage temperature range of at least -40° to 60°C.

Shall be powered by 12 to 16 VDC.

Shall include SDI-12 and RS-485 interfaces.

Shall include a 1/8 in. female NPT fittings for the pressure inlet port and orifice line output port.

Non-Contact Radar (Model CS475A-L)

The USGS Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility needs to purchase non-contact radar water level sensors. This equipment will be used for measuring water levels at data collections sites all over the country.

Non-Contact Radar Shall meet USGS requirements for stage accuracy measurements and shall measure stage with a total measurement certainty of no more than 0.01 ft. or 0.1% of indicated reading, whichever is larger over a temperature range of at least -40° to 60°C.

Shall be capable of an operating range of 0 to 35m (0 to 114 feet).

Shall be capable of an operating and storage temperature range of at least -40° to 60°C.

Shall be powered by 12 to 16 VDC.

Shall include an SDI-12 interface.

Shall have a mechanical IP rating of at least IP68.

Shall weigh no more than 4 lbs.

Weather Sensor (Model ClimaVUE50)

The USGS Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility needs to purchase weather sensors. This equipment will be used for measuring weather data (including rainfall, barometric pressure, air temperature, solar radiation, wind direction, wind speed, and humidity) at various sites all over the country.

Weather Sensor Shall consist of an all in one unit that measures at least eight parameters including: wind speed and direction, liquid precipitation, barometric pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, and tilt.

Shall contain no moving parts

Shall include an SDI-12 interface

Shall have an operating temperature range of at least -50 to 60 degrees C

Shall operate from external 12 VDC

Campbell Scientific CR-850 Data Logger

This equipment will be used to collect environmental data from various water level, water flow, and water quality sensors at remote data collection gaging stations located near rivers and streams all across the US.

Data Logger

Shall have built-in keypad and display

Shall be SDI-12 compatible

Data and programs shall be stored in either Flash memory or in RAM

Shall operate from 12 VDC power

Shall have a lithium backup battery

Shall have 4Mbytes of data and program storage

Shall include analog, pulse counters, and digital ports

Inputs shall be protected by gas discharge tubes

Typical power usage shall be less than 1 mA in sleep mode

Shall be capable of scanning inputs at a rate of 100 Hz

Shall include an analog to digital converter with a minimum of 13 bits

Shall operate over a temperature range of -25 to 50 degrees C

Campbell Scientific P/N: CR-850 data logger.

Texas Electronics Rain Gage

This equipment will be used to measure precipitation at various remote data collection gaging stations all over the US.

Texas Electronics Rain Gage Shall be have tipping bucket/magnetic reed switch sensor.

Shall be made of anodized aluminum.

Shall have operating temperature range from 0° to 50°C.

Shall have resolution of 1 tip.

Shall be capable of 8.24 ml/tip (0.28 fl. oz/tip) volume per tip .

Shall be capable of 0.254 mm (0.01 in.) rainfall per tip.

Shall have accuracy at 1.0% up to 2 in./h (50 mm/h).

Shall have 10 ft, 2-conductor shielded cable with tinned wires.

Shall have funnel collector diameter no larger than 20.3 cm (8 in.).

Shall have height of at least 26.7 cm (10.5 in.).

Shall weigh no more than 1.0 kg (2.2 lb).

Texas Electronics Model TE525WS rain gage or equivalent.

SBS Rain Gage

This equipment will be used to measure precipitation at various remote data collection gaging stations all over the US.

SBS Rain Gage Shall be have tipping bucket/magnetic reed switch sensor.

Shall include aerodynamic features to minimize splash-out and reduce rainfall errors

Shall include an 8-inch nominal diameter funnel.

Shall have operating temperature range from 1° to 70°C.

Shall have resolution of 0,01 inch per tip.

Shall have accuracy at 99% up to 4.7 in./h (1750 mm/h).

Shall have a height of no more than 46.5 cm (18.3 in.).

Shall weigh no more than 5.5 kg (12.1 lb).

Model SBS314 rain gage or equivalent.

Campbell Scientific CR-300 Data Logger

This equipment will be used to collect environmental data from various water level, water flow, and water quality sensors at remote data collection gaging stations located near rivers and streams all over the United States.

Data Logger Shall be a measurement and control datalogger.

Shall have operating temperature range from -40° to +70°C.

Shall have six (6) single-ended or three (3) differential individually configured analog inputs.

Shall have eight (8) (P_SW, P_LL, C1, C2, and SE1 to SE4) pulse counters.

Shall have at least two (2) voltage excitation terminals.

Shall have USB and RS-232 communications ports.

Shall have at least one (1) Switched 12 Volt.

Shall have seven (7) terminals configurable for digital input and output including status high/low, pulse width modulation, external interrupt, and communication functions.

Shall have -100 mV to +2500 mV input limits.

Shall have analog voltage accuracy of ±0.04% of measurement + offset at 0° to 40°C and ±0.1% of measurement + offset at -40° to +70°C, does not include sensor or measurement noise.

Shall have 24-bit ADC.

Shall have 10 to 18 Vdc; 16 to 32 Vdc power requirements.

Shall communicate using PakBus, Modbus, DNP3, SDI-12, TCP, UDP, and other standard protocols.

Shall have real-time clock accuracy of ±1 min. per month.

Shall have Ethernet, PPP, RNDIS, ICMP/Ping, Auto-IP(APIPA), IPv4, IPv6, UDP, TCP, TLS, DNS, DHCP, SLAAC, NTP, Telnet, HTTP(S), FTP(S), SMTP/TLS, and POP3/TLS internet protocols.

Shall have 3-year warranty against defects in materials and workmanship.

Shall have 80 MB serial flash for CPU drive/programs.

Shall have 30 MB serial flash for data storage.

Shall have Idle Current Drain with Average at 1.5 mA (at 12 Vdc) , Active Current Drain, Average at 5 mA (at 12 Vdc for 1 Hz scan with 1 analog measurement), and 23 mA (at 12 Vdc with processor always on).

Shall be no larger than 13.97 x 7.62 x 4.56 cm (5.5 x 3.0 x 1.8 in.)and weigh no more than 249.5 g (0.55 lb).

Shall have built-in radio communications, cellular, or WIFI communication options.

Campbell Scientific P/N: CR-300 data logger.

RM Young Wind Monitor

This equipment will be used to measure wind speed at various remote data collection gaging stations located all over the United States.

RM Young Wind Monitor

Shall have operating temperature range from -50° to +50°C (assuming nonriming conditions).

Shall have mount to pipe no larger than 34 mm (1.34 in.) OD a standard 1.0-in. IPS schedule 40.

Shall have housing diameter no larger than 5 cm (2.0 in.).

Shall have propeller diameter no larger than 18 cm (7.1 in.).

Shall be no larger than 37 cm (14.6 in.) high by 55 cm (21.7 in.) long and weigh no more than 1.5 kg (3.2 lb).

Shall have wind speed range from 0 to 100 m/s (0 to 224 mph).

Shall have accuracy of ±0.3 m/s (±0.6 mph) or 1% of reading.

Shall have starting threshold at 1.0 m/s (2.2 mph).

Shall have distance constant at 2.7 m (8.9 ft) 63% recovery.

Shall have output ac voltage (three pulses per revolution) at 90 Hz (1800 rpm) = 8.8 m/s (19.7 mph).

Shall have resolution (0.0980 m s-1) / (scan rate in seconds) or (0.2192 mph) / (scan rate seconds).

Shall have wind direction mechanical range from 0 to 360°.

Shall have electrical range of 355° (5° open).

Shall accuracy at ±3°.

Shall have starting threshold of 1.1 m/s (2.4 mph) at 10° displacement

Shall have distance constant at 1.3 m (4.3 ft) 50% recovery.

Shall have damping ratio at 0.3.

Shall have damped natural wavelength at 7.4 m (24.3 ft).

Shall have undamped natural wavelength at 7.2 m (23.6 ft).

Shall have output that is analog dc voltage from potentiometer (resistance 10 kohm) with linearity at 0.25% and life expectancy of 50 million revolutions.

RM Young Model 05103 Wind Monitor or equivalent.

Campbell Scientific CR-6 Data Logger

This equipment will be used to collect environmental data from various water level, water flow, and water quality sensors at remote data collection gaging stations located near rivers and streams all over the United States.

Data Logger Shall have twelve (12) individually configured inputs for analog or digital functions universal inputs.

Shall have sixteen (16) (C1 to P4 and U1 to U12) pulse counters.

Shall have Ethernet, USB, CS I/O, RS-232, CPI, RS-485, and SDI-12 communications ports.

Shall have microSD data storage ports.

Shall have two (2) terminals switched 12 Volt.

Shall have sixteen (16) terminals (C1 to C4, U1 to U12) configurable for digital input and output. Terminals are configurable in pairs for 5 V or 3.3 V logic for some functions.

Shall have ±5 V input limits.

Shall have accuracy of ± (0.04% of measurement + offset) at 0° to 40°C, ±(0.06% of measurement + offset) at -40° to +70°C, and ±(0.08% of measurement + offset) at -55° to +85°C (extended temperature range).

Shall have 24-bit ADC.

Shall have 16 to 32 Vdc for charger input (CHG) power requirements.

Shall have 10 to 18 Vdc for battery input (BAT).

Shall have ±3 min. per year (optional GPS correction to 10 µs) real-time clock accuracy.

Shall have Ethernet, PPP, CS I/O IP, RNDIS, ICMP/Ping, Auto-IP(APIPA), IPv4, IPv6, UDP, TCP, TLS, DNS, DHCP, SLAAC, SNMPv3, NTP, Telnet, HTTP(S), FTP(S), SMTP/TLS, POP3/TLS internet protocols.

Shall have PakBus, Modbus, DNP3, SDI-12, TCP, UDP communication protocols.

Shall have 3-year warranty at least.

Shall have battery-backed SRAM for CPU usage and final storage of 4 MB or better.

Shall have at least 4 MB SRAM + 72 MB flash (storage expansion of up to 8 GB with removable microSD flash memory card) data storage.

Shall have idle current drain with average at 12 Vdc on BAT terminals; add 2 mA if using CHG terminals and less than 1 mA.

Shall have active current drain, average at assumes 12 Vdc on BAT terminals; add 2 mA if using CHG terminals, 3 mA (1 Hz scan), and 67 mA (20 Hz scan)

Shall support static vibrating-wire measurements.

Shall have operating temperature range of-40° to +70°C.

Shall weigh no more than 0.42 kg (0.92 lb).

Shall be no larger than 8.0 x 4.0 x 2.4 in.

Campbell Scientific P/N: CR-6 data logger.

Setra 278 Barometer This equipment will be used to measure barometric pressure at remote data collection gaging stations located near rivers and streams all over the United States.

Barometer

Shall be encased in a stainless-steel and polyester case fitted with an 1/8 in. barbed fitting for pressure connection.

Shall have pressure range from 600 to 1100 hPa.

Shall have long-term stability of ±0.1 hPa per year.

Shall have response time at less than 100 ms.

Shall have resolution at ±0.01 hPa.

Shall have excitation from 9.5 to 28 Vdc.

Shall have accuracy that refers to the root sum squared (RSS) of end point non-linearity, hysteresis, repeatability, and calibration uncertainty.

Shall have accuracy of ±0.5 hPa at +20°C, ±1.0 hPa at 0° to 40°C, ±1.5 hPa at -20° to +50°C, and ±2.0 hPa at -40° to +60°C.

Shall have inearity at ±0.4 hPa.

Shall have hysteresis at ±0.05 hPa.

Shall have repeatability at ±0.03 hPa.

Shall have warm-up Time of less than 1 s.

Shall have external trigger voltage at 0 Vdc in sleep mode and 3 to 28 Vdc in operating mode.

Shall have current consumption of less than 3 mA in active and less than 1 µΑ in sleep mode.

Shall have operating temperature range from -40° to +60°C.

Shall have cable at least 0.8 m (2.5 ft) long.

Shall be no larger than 9.1 x 6.1 x 2.5 cm (3.6 x 2.4 x 1.0 in.)and weigh no more than 135 g (4.8 oz).

Campbell Scientific P/N: 8738 Model Setra 278 Barometer.

Iridium 9522B Satellite Modem and Interface Kit

This equipment will be used to transmit environmental data, via Iridium Satellites, from various water level, water flow, and water quality sensors located at remote data collection gaging stations located near rivers and streams all over the United States.

Iridium Modem and Interface kit Shall include an iridium satellite modem interface with the following features:

Shall be compatible with Campbell Scientific data logger models: CR300, CR310, CR6, CR800, CR850, CR1000.

Shall have operating voltage from 9 to 18 Vdc, 12 Vdc nominal.

Shall have current drain at 12 Vdc 20 μA (quiescent, off state) and 32 mA (active, on state max).

Shall have maximum supply current at 2500 mA.

Shall have control input voltage less than 1.25 Vdc (guaranteed off) greater than 3.24 Vdc (guaranteed on) 18 Vdc (maximum voltage).

Shall have communication rate at 19200 bps (between datalogger above specs and transceiver below specs).

Shall have full-duplex operation.

Shall have operating temperature range from -40° to +70°C.

Shall have LEDs Power switched to Iridium Modem, TX and RX, Network Service.

Shall be CE Compliant.

Shall be no longer than 20.1 cm (7.9 in.) with mounting bracket 17.0 cm (6.7 in.) without mounting bracket and 3.8 cm (1.5 in.) wide.

Shall weigh no more than 476 g (17 oz).

Shall have transceiver with SIM card with following features:

· Shall have operating temperature range from -30° to +70°C.

· Shall have operating humidity at 25% to 75%.

· Shall have storage temperature range from -40° to +85°C.

· Shall have storage humidity at 93% (max).

· Shall be no larger than 16.2 x 8.1 x 2.8 cm (6.4 x 3.2 x 1.1 in.).

· Shall weigh no more than 420 g (14.8 oz)

· Shall have off state power supply of 20 uA.

· Shall have transmission current of 500 mA at 12 Vdc.

· Shall have operating power supply of 4 to 32 Vdc (333 mA at 12 Vdc).

· Shall have standby of 125 mA at 12 Vdc.

· Shall have RF Interface

· Shall have frequency range from 1616 to 1626.5 MHz.

· Shall have TDD (Time Domain Duplex) duplexing method.

· Shall have oscillator stability at ±1.5 ppm.

· Shall have Input/Output Impedance at 50 ohm.

· Shall have TDMA/FDMA multiplexing method.

Shall have an antenna with following features:

· Shall have TNC female connector.

· Shall have 0.75 in. IPS thread mount type.

· Shall have weatherable polymer white finish.

· Shall have operating temperature from -40° to +85°C.

· Shall have altitude at 6.10 km (20,000 ft).

· Shall have Impedance at 50 ohm.

· Shall have VSWR less than 2.0:1.

· Shall have frequency from 1616 to 1626 MHz.

· Shall have right-hand circular polarization.

· Shall have axial ratio at 3 dB (max).

· Shall have power handling at 1 W.

· Shall have radiation pattern at -0.25 dBic and 75 less than Zenith less than 82.

· Shall be no larger than16.3 x 7.6 cm (6.4 in x 3.0 in.) and weigh no more than 312 g (11 oz).

Shall have a mount with following features:

· Shall be made of Aluminum 1.9 cm (0.75 in.) IPS-threaded aluminum pipe fitting and spacer, stainless-steel U-bolt and washers, brass nuts.

· Shall have 14 gage cold-rolled steel, powder-coated black base.

· Shall be no larger than 8.89 x 5.48 x 8.89 cm (3.5 x 2.157 x 3.5 in.).

· Shall fit on a 1.0 to 1.5 in. OD pipe.

Campbell Scientific P/N: Iridium 9522B with Interface Kit.

Pressure Sensor Model CS451 This equipment will be used to water levels at remote data collection gaging stations located near rivers and streams all over the United States.

Pressure Sensor

Shall have measurement time of at less than 1.5 s.

Shall have SDI-12 (version 1.3) 1200 bps; RS-232 9600 bps output options.

Shall have water-level resolution at 0.0035% FS.

Shall have worst-case temperature resolution at 0.006°C.

Shall have operating temperature range from 0° to 60°C.

Shall have temperature accuracy at ±0.2°C.

Shall have overpressure at 2 x pressure range.

Shall have power requirements of 6 to 18 Vdc.

Shall have 50ft, Hytrel Jacket, five conductor, 26 AWG Cable.

Shall have 1/4-in. NPS Fitting.

Shall have Delrin top cone.

Shall have 316L stainless steel body.

Shall have element made of 316L stainless steel.

Shall be no larger than 21.34 mm (0.84 in.) in diameter.

Shall weigh no more than 0.17 kg (0.37 lb) without cable.

Shall have air gap.

-Shall have standard nose cone at 0.653 cm (0.257 in.).

-Shall have NPT Fitting no larger than 2.72 cm (1.07 in.).

Shall run on less than 50 µA when quiescent, 8 mA (1 s measurement) when measuring and communicating, and 40 mA maximum.

Shall have optional measurement ranges at fresh water depths of at least 0 to 20.4 m (67 ft) at 0 to 29 psig

Shall have high accuracy option at ±0.05% full-scale-range TEB.

Campbell Scientific P/N: CS451.

Pressure Sensor Model CS456 This equipment will be used to water levels at remote data collection gaging stations located near rivers and streams all over the United States.

Pressure Sensor

Shall have measurement time less than 1.5 s.

Shall have SDI-12 1200 bps and RS-232 9600 bps Output Options.

Shall have water-level resolution of 0.0035% FS.

Shall have worst-case temperature resolution of 0.006°C.

Shall have dry storage temperature range of -10° to +80°C.

Shall have operating temperature range of 0° to 60°C, could be damaged if encased in frozen ice.

Shall have temperature accuracy of ±0.2°C.

Shall have overpressure of 2 x pressure range.

Shall have power requirements of 6 to 18 Vdc.

Shall have Hytrel Jacket, five conductor, 26 AWG cable type.

Shall have 1/4-in. NPS NPT Fitting.

Shall have Delrin top cone material.

Shall have Titanium body material.

Shall have Hastelloy element material.

Shall have a diameter no more than 21.34 mm (0.84 in.).

Shall have length no more than 213.36 mm (6.875 in.) long.

Shall weight no more than 0.10 kg (0.23 lb) without cable.

Shall have power consumption in quiescent less than 50 µA, in measurement/communication 8 mA (1s measurement), and maximum 40 mA.

Shall have optional measurement ranges at fresh water depths of at least 0 to 20.4 m (67 ft) at 0 to 29 psig

Shall have high accuracy option at ±0.05% full-scale-range TEB Shall have tinned wires on cable.

Campbell Scientific P/N: CS456.