Change wind hat on wind meter

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Find desired gateway

In the menu bar, click Gateways.

Overview of gateways with details on tunnel, name, type, and serial number.

Find the gateway in the list for which you want to change the wind hat. You can search by name or by serial number.

Tip!

The serial number can be read from the sticker on the gateway.

If you have found the correct gateway, click on it. You can now proceed to the section Change gateway type of this article.
If you do not have the name or serial number of the gateway, you can find a gateway in another way.
To do this, click on Assets in the menu bar.

Overview of asset management interface displaying asset details and navigation options.

Find the asset whose wind hat you want to change and click on the name of the asset.
The Edit Asset panel opens. Go to the Data Sources tab.

Editing asset details including data sources and settings in a management interface.

Here you will see one or more data sources with pencil and arrow icons next to it.
Click on the arrow icon. This will take you to the correct gateway.

Change gateway type

If you have followed the previous step correctly, you will now see the Edit gateway panel.

Editing gateway settings with connection state, serial number, and configuration details displayed.

Click on the Options button and choose Change Gateway Type.
A panel opens where you can see the serial number, name, type, and settings of the gateway.

Editing gateway settings including name, type, and connection details for configuration.

To change the type of the gateway, click on the name of the current type and select the type you want.
Click the Change Gateway Type button.

Editing gateway settings with connection state and configuration details displayed.

Once you have changed the type of gateway, you still need to check for the correct data sources.
Click the Options button again, and choose Check Data Sources.
Click the Save button.

Customize asset data source

Finally, you need to make an adjustment to the data source of the corresponding asset.
To navigate to the Edit Asset panel to make this adjustment, please follow the steps in Find desired gateway.

Here you see Windmeter, Gateway and Modem with pencil and arrow icons next to them. This time click on the pencil icon next to Wind Meter.

Attention!

Each pencil icon points to a different data source.

You will be taken to the overview of the data source. Here you have to change the data source.
First click on the bar, belonging to the old wind hat. A menu pops up. Choose Stop.

Overview of data sources with options to edit, stop, or remove data entries.

Then click on the Add data source button. Here you can select the new data source for the anemometer.
Click on data source and search for the name of the gateway combined with the name of the new wind hat (Windsonic or Rika).

Overview of data sources with options to add and configure data settings.

Click the Save button in the bottom right.
Then, click the Close button in the bottom left.
Finally, click on the Save button in the bottom right corner again.