### Weather Instrument Configuration

The sensor connection and setup are performed in accordance with the {doc}`procedure </sections/sensors/navigation-sensors/index>`.

Ensure that in the receiver settings:

- Processing of received messages is correctly configured
- Header processing is enabled
- Checksum verification is configured

The anemometer transmits sentences with the following header:

1. ``WI`` — Weather Instrument

#### Recommended Sentences

![Wind Sentences](images/Wind_1.png)

Depending on the type of transmitted sentence, the wind sensor can generate the following wind types:

- `$--MWD` — True or magnetic wind direction, wind speed
- `$--MVW` — Relative wind direction and speed, Calculated wind direction and speed

For details on {doc}`wind direction recalculation </sections/sensors/weather-instrument/weather-instrument-features/index>`.
