Hey There,
Any way that you could post a picture of how you have the sensor hooked up? The type of output coming out of the 10HS is just a raw voltage output, which is then plugged into a calibration equation to get volumetric water content (we use the Topp equation for most soils). Here's the general process:
1. The 10HS requires a data logger with a power source, a ground, and another port that can read a voltage output.
2. The white cable is your "power" cable, the red cable is your "output" cable, and the bare cable is your ground cable. All three cables must be connected to the appropriate ports for the sensor to function.
3. Power the white cable with a voltage between 3VDC and 15 VDC (with about 12-15 mA).
4. After at least 10 mS (with the sensor still powered), take a reading from the red cable. This will be a voltage between 300-1250 mV.
5. You can power down after you take a reading.
6. If you're using a mineral soil, you can plug this voltage output into this
equation to get volumetric water content.
VWC (m3/m3) = 2.97 X 10-9 * mV3 – 7.37 X 10-6 * mV2 + 6.69 X 10-3 * mV – 1.92

I hope that this is helpful! If not, feel free to post the specs of your data logger and we'll go from there. The 10HS is a good sensor for both non-Decagon and Decagon data loggers and we've got experience integrating it into a good few.

Roman,
That design sounds fine. I could not see the image, however. You can power the 10HS with 9 V, but not the MPS-1 (it has a maximum of 5V excitation). The 10HS has an analog output and must be read in a different port than the 5TE sensor; specifically, a port that can read an analog, or voltage output. The 10HS manual goes into detail about integrating this sensor with a non-Decagon data logger. You'll want to look on page 8 to get details similar to the 5TE integrators guide. The 5TE is much more complex, which is why we wrote a separate integrator's guide. The manual can be found here. http://www.decagon.com/education/10hs-manual/

Feel free to post your voltage output measurements and I can help you interpret them.

Roman,
Can you just send me the raw voltage values from the 10HS? These should be between 300-1250 mV. I am not sure how you are getting the letters in the data. I talked to our engineers about the data that you are seeing. What is the model number of the chip that you are using to read the 10HS? Do you have access to a multimeter that you can use and touch the output wire during a reading to get just a raw voltage?

Hi, Virgil,

Yes, I am looking for a serial string from 10HS similar to 5TE.
Now, I have been closely with firmware engineer on getting the raw data (voltage) from 10HS.
We are closing to get the proper data.

Thanks.

Regards,
Roman