WINDCRANE is designed to comply with the IEC-61400, which are the specs for wind turbine standards.

Why the IEC-61400? Because they have one of the highest standards for measuring wind speed on and off site. These are better than 1% accuracy and a resolution better than 0.1m/s, also data should be sampled at least at 1Hz.

WINDCRANE accuracy is better than 0.001% for its wind speed input sensors at low wind speeds and better than 0.007% accurate for high wind speeds.

Windcrane records the absolute Maximum, Average and Standard Deviation wind speed within the last 10 minutes time window. 

The data is collected and sampled every 1 second and produces the statistics within each 10 minutes window.

For example: 10 minutes = 600 seconds, each second is measured and the highest wind speed, the average and standard deviation wind speed of those 600 measurements are reported.

Wind speed data is refreshed every 10 minutes with the average wind speed, maximum ever wind speed within the 10 minutes and wind turbulence intensity.

The incab display unit will refresh the wind speed second-by-second.

Available on request:

• 1 minute recorded wind data
• 3 second wind speed refresh on speedometer​​ - View the wind speed: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kqmhyU_-zZ4

We host everything on a managed private cloud in ISO certified UK data centres with managed security (firewalls, patching and DDoS protection). Data is backed up daily and protected with point-in-time snapshots. If there’s a major issue in the primary site, our systems can be brought online in a second UK data centre, usually within under an hour of the issue being detected.

Average wind speed is the mean average during a 10 minutes period.

Maximum wind speed is the maximum wind speed ever recorded within 1 second during the 10 minutes period.

Why maximum, average and standard deviation? These provide an accurate profile of the wind at the site and with these we are able to calculate the turbulence intensity which is what usually causes damages and disruption to operations.

1. Login to your fleet dashboard here: https://fleet.windcrane.com
2. Find the device you want to generate a report for and click the left side to open the menu
3. Select Weekly report
4. Click the calendar icon and select the week you need data for
5. The weekly report is generated to view online, you can hover over parts of the report to view wind speeds and times of the day
6. Update the Red and Amber thresholds if required
7. Select the printer icon on the top right corner to download, share and export the historical wind speed reports specific to cranes and projects with your colleagues and customers.

To protect the data and privacy of our customers, you will need to log into the App to be able to add more devices. The good thing is that the list of devices is linked to your account and you will be able to access it every time you log in, regardless of the mobile device or computer you use.

If you do not have a WINDCRANE account, please request one to your crane provider, they will be able to assist with it. Or alternatively, send us and email with the IMEI number, project name/location and crane company and we will do it for you.

Yes, you can have colour coded email alerts and push notifications to your mobile phone with the WINDCRANE App.

• Green = Safe
• Amber = Cautionary
• Red = Danger

How to setup mobile phone notifications for high wind speeds

The Windcrane Max logger system includes a rechargeable battery when the system is powered from a solar panel. This is the basic estimation of the battery life, as the consumption depends on the WINDCRANE's network mobile conditions and the charging rate/time depends on how low the battery is.

Here are the estimates:

• Battery run time from fully charged = approx 15 days (WINDCRANE logger/telemetry only. Alarm/display are not powered from battery)
• Minimum charging time to maintain battery = min 4 hours every 14 days on average (and ideally as much as possible)
• Time to completely charge battery from flat = 6 hours

The data logger reports the battery voltage and our system can send you a low battery email alert to warn you when it's very low and not being charged. This will allow you to check the system and or replace the battery if needed.
 

The batteries have service life expectancy of 3-5 years in normal use and are recommended to replace after this time.

Yes WINDCRANE can measure wind speed in miles per hour (mph), knots (kn), meters per second (m/s) and kilometre per hour (km/h)

You can contact support if you need to update your wind speed metric.

The internal temperature, humidity and pressure sensors are digital integrated circuit chip sensors located on the Incrane data logger board.

The data is collected and sampled every 1 second (1 Hz) and calculates the mean average within each 10 minute window.

For example: 10 minutes = 600 seconds, each second is measured and the mean average of those 600 measurements are reported and logged.

Please contact Windcrane to activate these on your system. Note: Satellite systems do not have the option to calculate pressure.

These are the following power options:

• Electrical mains powered (WINDCRANE mini & max)
• Jib 24Vdc power air traffic light (WINDCRANE mini only)
• Solar battery powered (WINDCRANE max only)

The system is supplied inclusive of a SIM card and communication. All you need to do is install and power it up and it will start transmitting the data.

There is technical support available from the windcrane team via the following email address: support@windcrane.com.

For urgent queries, contact us via WhatsApp: +44 (0)7444 159463

All the data the Windcrane records is stored in its internal microSD card memory and you always can have access to it. 

The default system (10 minutes statistics update) will store to the uSD card and when in service we can request if needed to upload that data to the server retrospectively so you can access it on the platform too. 

Currently an unlimited amount of user accounts can be created for you and your customers when using the WDSP, IR, or SAT data service.
Permissions can be setup per user to control which devices they can see.

The WINDCRANE data logger uses built in GSM/4G communication to transfer information via the online network to our cloud software platform and mobile app.

The WINDCRANE data logger can also connect to a SATELLITE Modem to provide connections for remote locations with no ceulluar network available.

WINDCRANE provides downloadable daily, weekly historical and forecast wind reports in PDF format.

Historical wind data can also be downloaded in Exel format and for extended periods of time.

You access your data via the online portal or mobile app.

Please contact us for more details wind data service prices and options.

We buy this from reputable forecast suppliers worldwide and then apply height factors that comply with BS EN 13000 standards. 

Our weather model is run along with other meteorological models like European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, World Meteorological Organisation, NASA weather satellite imagery, NOAA GFS2 model, and JMA model for research and delivers the most accurate weather forecast possible.

WINDCRANE Mini can use 1 wind speed sensor.

WINDCRANE Incrane or Max can use 4 wind speed sensors, 2 wind directions and 4 other generic external sensors such as temperature, and rain gauge.

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Together the cable is about 3m in length.

There is a 1,5m pigtail cable with M12 connector connected to the sensor and a 1,5m pigtail cable with M12 connector connected to the data logger.

The WINDCRANE Max can connect up to a total of 14 sensors. 4 of these wind speed and 2 wind direction.

Additional sensor inputs available for power consumption, temperature, humidity and rain.

It depends on the cable used and the environment it is going to work with. In general we do not advise more than 100 meters without checking with us first. Cable must be supplied by WINDCRANE.

Generic sensors are randomly checked for accuracy, however no report is generated.

Calibrated Anemometer means that the anemometer is guaranteed to have an accuracy better than 1% and a resolution better than 0.1m/s and comes with a specific and unique calibration certificate from a recognised laboratory.

Our anemoemters are MEASNET calibrated. MEASNET stands for the Measuring Network of Wind Energy Institutes. In simple terms, it is a group of commercial institutions who continuously collaborate to ensure that each member offers measurements of equally high quality for the worldwide industry.

If you require a calibration certificate, please request this before ordering. 

The data logger records the millimetres of rain every 10 minute intervals and saves that value online.

You can view the recorded rain fall for any chosen time period: 10 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day, week, 1 month, 1 year. Export the data in CSV to calculate the total rainfall.

Designed to meet the guidelines of the World Meteorological Organization, this self-emptying tipping-bucket design is exceptionally accurate.

Rain enters the collector cone, passes through a debris-filtering screen, and collects in the tipping spoon. The spoon tips when it has collected an amount of water equal to the increment in which the collector measures (0.01" or 0.2 mm). As the spoon tips, it causes a switch closure. The rain water drains out through the screened drains in the base of the collector.

WINDCRANE Data Logger has a 3 years warranty

Sensors are provided by a external supplier to us and they come with the standard 1 year warranty.