Products for Software Developers and Researchers
LTS-2 Timestamp Option Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1699.00
Includes LTS-2 Timestamp Board, GPS Receiver, 100 Feet of GPS Cable, GPS Mounting Bracket, DLL Software Library, Demo Software, and Manual. Requires StormTracker PCI card.
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StormTracker with LTS-2 GPS Timestamp Option Board Installed
LTS-2 GPS Timestamp Option Board
ENC-1 Antenna Enclosure with GPS Receiver mounted on an Antenna Tripod
The LTS-2 Timestamp Board plugs onto your StormTracker PCI card to capture the exact time StormTracker receives the lightning radio signals. Using a high accuracy timing GPS receiver the data is timestamped with an accuracy of hundreds of nanoseconds (billionths of a second).
StormTracker Lightning Detector
LD-250 Lightning Detector
EFM-100 Atmospheric Electric Field Monitor
In the usual configuration, data from multiple distributed lightning detectors is sent over the internet to a central server for processing. Once the exact strike location is calculated the data is both stored in a database on the server and sent back over the internet to live display clients. Static and animated lightning maps can also be created for display on a web site.
The LTS-2 Timestamp Option Kit includes a LTS-2 timestamp Board, GPS Receiver and 100 feet of GPS cable.
RS-232 Data Output
The LD-250 outputs strike and status data at 9600 baud in NMEA style sentences, similar to a GPS. Status messages are output once a second, strike and noise messages are output as strikes and noises are detected. No special hardware or driver is required to capture this data. Computers lacking a COM port can connect using the LD-250's (included) RS-232 to USB adapter cable. A device driver makes the data available through a virtual com port. More information on the LD-250 commands and sentences can be found in Appendix A of the LD-250 Operation Manual.
Alarm Output Relay Interface
The LD-250's Close Storm Alarm and Severe Storm Alarm can be interfaced to external hardware such as a PLC or other external alarm indicator using the LD-250's optional RLO-10 Relay Interface. No computer is required. More information can be found on the RLO-10 Relay Interface page.
NOTE: Boltek lightning detectors are not intended for use as lightning-safety warning devices.
See Boltek Terms and Conditions of Sale.
RS-232 Data Output
The EFM-100 transmits its electric-field data down a fiber optic cable to a computer for display and analysis. An EFA-10 Fiber Optic Adapter (included with the EFM-100) converts the fiber optic data to RS-232 data at 9600 baud.
EFA-10 Fiber Optic Adapter
LTS-2 Timestamp Option Kit
The LTS-2 Timestamp Option Kit for StormTracker allows software developers and researchers to create their own lightning detection network.
Programmer's Toolkit
The StormTracker Programmer's Toolkit include StormTracker device drivers, DLL library with data access and processing functions, and sample C++ programs, giving software developers access to the processed and raw data available from the StormTracker PCI card. This is the same DLL used by Aninoquisi and Astrogenic to develop Lightning/2000 and NexStorm.
It is also possible to access the EFM-100 data stream through a socket connection to a computer running Boltek's EFM-100 Display Software. For a demonstration Telnet into Boltek's Demo Field Mill. From the Windows Command Prompt type:
telnet efm.lightningmaps.com 3000
Data is in the format:
$+12.34,0*AB
where
+12.34 is the current electric field reading in kV/m,
0 is the fault status
AB is the checksum in hexadecimal