The Rainlogger 5 is designed to record the tips of a standard tipping-bucket rain gauge. Compact and waterproof, this durable field unit offers long-term reliability with a battery that lasts up to 10 years. The event time stamp and total rainfall per time period is logged in non-volatile memory, which holds up to 100,000 readings. Sampling is event based, as the Rainlogger 5records and saves each tip of the tipping-bucket as it happens.
The Rainlogger 5 is an inexpensive datalogger designed to record the tips of a standard tipping-bucket rain gauge. This compact and durable field unit offers long-term reliability and convenience with a battery that lasts up to 10 years, and ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection with an ABS housing.
The event time stamp and total rainfall per time period is logged in non-volatile memory, which holds up to 100,000 readings. Sampling is event based, as the Rainlogger 5 records and saves each tip of the tipping-bucket as it happens.
Compatible with Levelogger Software and Solinst Telemetry Systems, Rainloggers are excellent for measuring local precipitation, larger scale remote monitoring of watersheds and localized stormwater event monitoring. Levelogger customers can now add precipitation data to their water level monitoring networks.
Features
- Single-eye optical for fast, reliable communication
- ABS housing provides excellent ESD protection
- Memory for up to 100,000 time stamped readings
- Low maintenance with 10 year battery
- Designed to be used with most tipping-buckets
- Compatible with Solinst Telemetry Systems
Detailed Data
Levelogger customers can add rainfall data to their water level monitoring networks using the intuitive Levelogger Software. The Rainlogger 5 provides easy incorporation of precipitation data into existing Levelogger data. Rainfall data can allow correlation between precipitation events and changes in groundwater or surface water levels.
The Rainlogger 5 is compatible with all Solinst Levelogger 5 communication and deployment accessories. Logged data can be downloaded direct to a PC, your smart device using the Solinst Levelogger App, or to a DataGrabber 5 data transfer device. This versatile logger has the ability to integrate into a Solinst Telemetry System and has the option to communicate using SDI-12 protocol.
Applications
- Measuring local precipitation
- Determining peak rainfall events
- Stormwater management
- Remote monitoring of watersheds
- Ideal for correlating precipitation events to:
- Agricultural and forestry studies
- Watershed and drainage basin studies
- Groundwater and surface water data
The Rainlogger Edge is simply programmed with the user-friendly Levelogger Software. An Optical Reader connects the Rainlogger Edge to a laptop or desktop PC and the Levelogger Software automatically detects the attached Rainlogger.
The Rainlogger Edge is easily deployed in the field, using a 3-pin connector cable attached to the rain gauge.
Data downloading can be ‘All Data’, ‘Append Data’, or ‘Data Dump’ at any time. Data can be displayed in graph or table format and exported to other programs. The Rainlogger has self-test capability, a reliable EEPROM memory and FRAM back-up memory and the ability to upgrade firmware.
Technical Specifications
| Battery Life | 10 years (logging 2 parameters/10 minutes) | |
| Clock Accuracy | +/- 1 minute/year | |
| Operating Temperature | -20°C to 80°C | |
| Maximum # Readings | 100,000 readings | |
| Communication: | Optical high-speed: 57,600 bps with USB | |
| Memory | FRAM | |
| Size: | 22 mm x 160 mm (7/8"x 6.3") | |
| Weight: | 44 grams (1.6 oz) | |
| Wetted Materials: | ABS, Delrin®, Viton® | |
| Sampling Modes: | Event Based, Real Time View | |
| Sampling Rate: | Variable - records each tip | |
| Rain Gauge Requirement | Standard tipping-bucket with normally-open or closed style reed switch output | |