La Crosse Technology WS-2310 manual

Quick Set Up Manual – WS-2310 Weather Station Using cable c onnection or 4 33MHz for wireless trans mission of weather da ta, this unique w eather statio n can be po wered using batteri es or AC po wer (or both at th e same time) for all your weather nee ds in the home or office. Carefully open and check that the fo llowing conten ts are complete[...]

1) Check that the wind-van e an d fan of the wind sensor can freel y rotate by movin g the vane gen tl y and also blo wing into the f an to emu late wind speed an d direc tion 2) Holding the rain sensor in bo th han ds with the longes t side facing you , tilt the unit fr o m side to side and hear the rain counter flip which emul ates rainf all 3) T[...]

Operation Manual Professional Remote Weather Station This Operation Manual i s part of this pro duct and shoul d be kept in a safe place for future reference. I t contains important notes o n setup and operation. Please see www .heavyweather.info for a complete IM, F AQ and downloads of the mos t current softw are. Table of Contents Page 1. Introdu[...]

1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing t his Professional Remote Weat her Station. Designed for everyd ay use, the weather st ation will prove to be a n asset of great value for your personal use in the home or of fice. Please read this instruction manual thorou ghly to fully unde rstand the correct operation of your weather st ation and benefit [...]

Features of the Therm o-Hygro Sensor The thermo-hygro sens or measures the outdoor t emperature and relative humidit y. It also collects t he readings from the rain and wind sensors before transmitt ing t he data to the base stat ion by wireless 433MHz or by the 32ft cab le included in this set . Features of Wind sen sor The wind sensor measur es w[...]

5. Setting up First, choose to use the adaptor (i ncluded in this set) or batter- ies for operation. Both these methods allow for opera tion us- ing wireless 433MHz transmission o r cable connection be- tween the base station and the sen so rs and setting u p for both methods is as follows: Base Station: Setting up using batteries: Important: To av[...]

Setting up using t he AC adaptor: 1) Power up all th e sensors as described in setting up using batt er- ies above 2) Using the AC adapt or (included), plug it into the mains outlet and power up the base stat ion by inserti ng the adapt or jack into the DC 6.0V socket located on t he side of the base station Every time the thermo-h ygro sensor is p[...]

1. Low battery indicator 2. WWVB radio controlled time icon 3. Date display 4. Time zone display 5. Date, seconds, alarm time and time zone 6. Alarm icon 7. Weather forecast icons 8. Weather tendency indicator 9. Pressure alarm display 10. hPa/inHg air pressure unit 11. Pressure units (rel ative or absolute) 12. 433MHz reception i con 13. Rainfall [...]

• Signals from the sensors can be rece ived by the base stati o n at points of mount i ng • Radio controlle d time signal can be rec eived at t he point of mounting NOTE: The WWVB receiver is located i n the base station. Base Station With two foldab le legs at the back of the un it, the base station ca n be placed onto an y flat surface or wal[...]

After mounting the rain s ensor, connect the cabl e to the ther mo-hygro sensor at the correspond ing socket so power supply ca n be received and data be transmitt ed to the base statio n The rain sensor is now operable. For testing pur poses, very slo wly pour a small amount of clean water into the rain sensor funnel. T he water will act as rainf [...]

Sunny Rainy Cloudy Indoor humidity alarm 35%RH (low) 65%RH (high) Outdoor humidit y alarm 45%RH (low) 70%RH (high) Wind chill alarm 50ºF (low) 86ºF (high) Dew point alarm 32ºF (low) 68ºC (high) Rainfall 24h al arm 1.96 inches Rainfall 1h alar m 0.03 inches Wind Speed 1.0 mph (low) 62 mph (h igh) Wind direction alarm None set Note: All alarm def[...]

8.85 inHg to 32.45 inH g (standard air pressur e at an altitude of 30,000ft is around 8. 85 inHg). Relative air pre ssure is t he one value that is calcul ated back to sea level from the local absol ut e air pressure and can thus be t aken as a reference for weather cond ition and weather deve lopment for the entire country. I t can be programmed t[...]

12. Operation keys The base station h as 8 keys for eas y operation. Pl ease refer to the following table for use and function of each key: Further descript ions of the key fun ctions with reg ard to their immedi ate range of ap plica- tion can be found in the Pr ogramming mode s: SET - key - In normal mode to enter the manual basic programming mod[...]

13. Basi c Programming Modes Manual Setting modes The manual set ting mode al lows the user to change sev eral basic settings, which is do ne by accessing one mode aft er the other simply by pressing the SET key. Aft er the final mode, or if no key is pressed for 30 seconds, t he manual setting retur ns to the norm al display mode. The manual setti[...]

When in any of the abov e modes, press the MI N/MAX key to toggle between the maximum or mini mum values of those records and t heir respective time and dates will also be shown. For the wind and pressure minimum a nd maximum reading s, the same would apply except t hat the WIND or PRESSURE keys would be used instead of the DISPLAY KEY. Exiting the[...]

4) Press ALARM key to confirm and press the MIN/MAX key to re- turn to the normal dis play mode or press the ALARM once more to toggle to the indoor t emperature lo w alarm set mode. 5) Press and hold the SET ke y to enter the indoor temperat ure low setting values (t emperature digits will start flashing) and s et the desired indoor temperatur e l[...]

Dew point al arm high al arm and low alarm setti ng 1) Press the ALARM key to enter the normal ti me alarm 2) Continue to press t he ALAR M key until you reach the d ew point high alarm set mode 3) Press and hold the SET ke y to enter t he d ew point setting values (digits will start flashin g) an d set the desired de w point high by us- ing the PL[...]

4) Using the PLUS (+) or MINUS (-) keys select the desired wind direction and use t he SET key to confirm or cancel eac h direction input 5) Press ALARM key to confirm and press the MIN/MAX key to re- turn the normal displa y mode or press the ALARM once more t o toggle to another alarm set ting mode. Storm warning alarm s etting Unlike the othe r [...]

Hysteresis To compensate for fluctuat ion of the measure d data, which may cause the weather a larm to sound consta ntly if the measur ed reading is close to user set leve l, a hysteresis functi on has been implem ented for each weather alarm. For example, if t h e high temperatu re alarm is set to +77°F and the curr ent value moves t o +78°F, th[...]

18. Changi ng b atteries: Battery change onl y in the thermo-hygro- sensor: 1. Open the battery cover 2. Remove the ol d batteries a nd insert with new ones of the rec- ommended type and repl ace the cover Once the sensor is powered up, press and hold the PLUS (+ ) key for approx. 2 seconds in the n ormal display m ode, the base st ation will sound[...]

20. Transmissio n Range The transmission distance from the t hermo-hygro se nsor to the bas e station in open space under optimum conditions is 100ft. Although the signal transmission ma y travel though solid surfaces or object s, the following point s should be avoided if possible: - High frequency int erferences of any kind. - High densities of t[...]

Measuring Range Rel. Humidity : 20% to 95% (if the relative humidity is less than 20% or greater than 95%, it will dis- play 19 % or 96%) Resolution : 1% Measuring Range Air Pressure : 8.85 inHg to 32.45 inHg (Standar d air pressure at an altit ude of 30,000 ft is around 8. 85 inHg) Resolution . 0.01 inHg Relative humidit y checking interval : ever[...]

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“HEAVY WEATHER” SOFTWARE For use with the WS-2310 Weather Station (English version CD- ROM ) 1.0 General Information 2.0 System requirements 3.0 Basic settings of the base station and sensors 3.1 Base station (receiver) 3.2 Thermo-hygro sensor 3.3 Wind senso r 3.4 Rain sensor 4.0 I nstalling the “Heavy Weather” software 5.0 Feature s and di[...]

8.11 Outd oor temperature low alarm 8.12 Dew point high alarm 8.13 Dew point low alarm 8.14 W ind chill high alarm 8.15 W ind chill low alarm 8.16 W ind speed high alarm 8.17 W ind speed low alarm 8.18 W ind direction alarm 8.19 Ra infall 24 hour alarm 8.20 Ra infall 1 hour alarm 8.21 General alarm icon 8.22 Weath er Alarm notes 9.0 Resetting recor[...]

1.0 General Information This weather station is a high quality, easy to use weathe r monitoring system that reads, displays and records the weather data from three external sensors. One sen sor will take data for temperature and humidity; one for wind and the other for r ainfall measurement. Operation of this unit can either be by cable connection [...]

4.0 Installing the PC software First, the weather station and the outdoor sensors should all be connected for operation and checked that it is functioning corr ectly. After che cking, install the “Heavy Wea ther” PC software a s follows: 1) Switch on your PC and insert the Heavy Weather CD-ROM into the ROM drive and the program will begin to au[...]

5.2 S torm Warni ng The “lightening” icon next to the weather icon will a ppear when the storm alarm has been reached to indica te a possible storm according to the user settable air pressure values set in the base station (see storm warning alarm setting below) . For storm warning air pressure sensitivity setting on the base, please refer the [...]

The wind speed unit is user selectable to display the wind speed in km/h, mph, meters-per-second and knots. The bft (Beaufort scale) at the top of the wind section d isplays t he velocity of each wind measurement in the form of a bar for easy reference. The recorded minimum and maximum wind speed values within a period are also displayed along with[...]

During High Frequency Reception (reception of data from the outdoor sensors to the base station), the HF icon on bottom right hand corner of the Heavy Weather window will flash in re d to indicate that high frequency reception is taking place between the sensors and the base station and the received data will soon be received and displayed by the H[...]

7.1 Heavy Weather Settings - Global tab: 1) The COM Port used for connection from the PC th e base station must be selected in order for correct operation 2) Sc reen tips On/Off can be selected here. If selected On, screen tips will au tomatically pop-up to familiarize users with the first time operations of the Heavy Weather program when the mouse[...]

Rain (mm /inch) Wind speed (m/s, km/h, mph, knots ) 7.3 Heavy Weather Settings - Pressure tab: Selected the air pressure display required. The air pressure display unit set on the Heavy Weather program from the PC does not affect the air pressure display unit on the base station Absolute/Relative Air Pressure Note: For actual air pressure settings [...]

Histor y file Right click to ent er History File 7.5 Changing of the history file from the history windo w: As described in features and displayed information above, the weather data is automatically saved from the current period to form a history of the wea ther events. The illustrations below provide the full setting featu res of the history file[...]

7.5.3 Recording interval setting from 1 minute up to 60 hours (default setting 1 hour) 1) Clic k the change settings button to open the change history settings window 2) Sele ct the desired hour and minutes sett ing in the history period box and click the change button to confirm and return back to the history file window 7.5.4 Setting of interval [...]

8.0 Al arm s set t ing The Weather Station has a total 13 alarm modes: 1. Time alarm 2. Storm warning alarm 3. Indoor temperature alarm (high) and Indoor temperature alarm (low) 4. Outdoor temperature alarm (high) an d Outdoor temperature alarm (low) 5. Indoor humidity alarm (high) and Indoor humidity alarm (low) 6. Outdoor humidity alarm (high) an[...]

8.2 Re l ati ve o r Abs olu te Pres sure H igh Alarm Setti ng 1) Plac e your cursor over the relative or absolute pressure high alarm box and right click the mouse to ope n the relative or absolute pressure alarm high window 2) Dr ag the cursor over the sliding scale to set the de sired inHg pressure high or e nter the inHg quantity in the box prov[...]

8.4 I ndoor Hu midit y High A l arm Se tt i ng 1) Place your cursor over the indoor humidity h igh al arm box and right click the mouse to open the indoor humidity high alarm window 2) Dr ag the cursor over the sliding scale to set th e desired indoor humidity high or enter the humidity in the box provided 3) Click the al arm a ctiv e box t o set t[...]

8.6 Outdoor Humidity High Alarm Setting 1) Place your cursor over the ou tdoor humidity high alarm box and right click the mouse to open the outdoor humidity high alarm w indow 2) Dr ag the cursor over the sliding scale to set th e desired outdoor humidity high or enter the humidity in the box provided 3) Click the ala rm active box to set the outd[...]

8.8 I ndoor Tempera tur e H i gh Al arm S et t ing 1) Plac e your cursor over the Indoor temperature high alarm box and right click the mouse to open the indoor temperature high alarm window 2) Dr ag the cursor over the sliding scale to set th e desired indoor temperature high or enter the temperature in the box p rovided 3) Clic k the alarm active[...]

8.10 Outdoor Temperature High Alarm Setting 1) Plac e your cursor over the outdoor temperature high alarm box and right click the mouse to open the outdoor temperature high alarm window 2) Dr ag the cursor over the sliding scale to set the de sired outdoor temperature high or enter the temperature in the box provided 3) Clic k the alarm active box [...]

8.12 Dew Point High Alarm Setting 1) Plac e your cursor over the dew point high alarm box and right click the mouse to open the dew point high alarm wind ow 2) Dr ag the cursor over the sliding scale to set th e desired dew point temperature or enter the temper ature in the box provided 3) Click the al arm acti ve box to s et the de w poi nt hi gh [...]

8.14 Wind Chill High Alarm Setting 1) Place your cursor over the wind chill high alarm box and right click the mouse to ope n the wind chill high alarm wind ow 2) Dr ag the cursor over the sliding scale to set th e desired wind chill temperature or enter the temperature in the box provided 3) Click the alarm active box to set the wind ch ill high a[...]

8.16 Wind Speed High Alarm Setting 1) Plac e your cursor over the wind speed high alarm box and right click the mouse to open the wind speed high alarm window 2) Dr ag the cursor over the sliding scale to set the de sired wind speed or enter the wind speed in the box provided 3) Clic k the alarm active box to set the wind speed high alarm 4) Click [...]

8.18 Wind Direction Alarm Set ting 1) Plac e your cursor over the wind direction alarm box and right click the mouse to open the wind direction alarm wind ow 2) Clic k on the wind direction(s) required for activating the wind direction alarm (the example below uses North East, East and South East direction settings, if these wind direction s are re[...]

8.20 R ain f all 1 Hour Al arm Sett ing 1) Plac e your cursor over the rain 1 hour alarm box and right click the mouse to open the rain 1 hour alarm wind ow 2) Dr ag the cursor over the sliding scale to set th e desired rainfall level or enter the rainfall in the box provided 3) Click the al arm a ctiv e box t o se t the ala rm 4) Click the s et bu[...]

Important! If any alarm has been programmed through the Heavy Weather program to the base station, the alarm status will remain in the PC if there is no connection between the base statio n and the PC or if the base station did not read the alarm settin g before the PC is switched off. In any powe r res et, for ex ampl e a cha ng e of ba tte ries, [...]

9.2 Resetting the min/max indoor humidity 1) Right c lick the min/max button to open the indoor humidity min/max details window 2) Clic k clear min/max details button to return to the Heavy Weather window Note: The reset values will flash and may not registe r on the heavy w eather display immediate beca use the program is st ill reading t he curre[...]

9.4 Resetting the min/max indoor temperature 1) Right click the min/max button to o pen the indoor te mperature min/max details window 2) Clic k clear min/max details button to return to the Heavy Weather window Note: The reset values will flash and may not registe r on the heavy w eather display immediate beca use the program is st ill reading t h[...]

9.6 Re settin g th e min/ma x d ew p oint 1) Right c lick the min/max button to open the dew point min/max details window 2) Clic k clear min/max details button to return to the Heavy Weather window Note: The reset values will flash and may not registe r on the heavy w eather display immediate beca use the program is st ill reading t he current dat[...]

9.8 Re setti n g th e min/ma x w in d speed 1) Right c lick the min/max button to open the wind speed min/max details window 2) Clic k clear min/max details button to return to the Heavy Weather window Note: The reset values will flash and may not registe r on the heavy w eather display immediate beca use the program is st ill reading t he current [...]

9.10 Resetting the rain c ounter for the rain 24 hour 1) Right c lick the rain 24 hour count button to open the clear rain 24 hour window 2) Clic k clear rain counter button to return to the Heavy Weather window Note: The reset values will flash and may not registe r on the heavy w eather display immediate beca use the program is st ill reading t h[...]

9.12 Resetting the maximum record for ra in 24 hours 1) Right c lick the max button to open the rain 24h max details w indow 2) Clic k clear max details button to return to the Heavy Weather window Note: The reset values will flash and may not registe r on the heavy w eather display immediate beca use the program is st ill reading t he current dat [...]

10.0 Exiting the Heavy Weather program To close the “Heavy Weather” software, simply click on the “Exit” icon 11.0 Technical Data The following information provides an overview of the technical da ta of the weather station. Outdoor data Transmission Distance in Open Field : 82ft max. Outdoor Temperature Range : -21.8ºF to +157.8ºF (show ?[...]

Indoor data Pressure/ temperature : 4 times per min ute Indoor Temperature Range : -14. 1ºF to +139.8ºF (shows “OFL” if outside range) Resolution : 0.2ºF Measuring Range Rel. Humid ity : 2 0% to 95% (if the re lative humidity is less than 20 % or greater than 95%, it will display 19% or 96%) Resolution : 1% Relative humidity checking interva[...]

Weather program only displays the information received by the base station and does not receive any data direc tly from t he sens ors. 14.0 Problems and Solut ions Problems Cause Solutions Undefi ned values after start ing up on th e PC Loose connec tion of cable s - Ens ure that the PC CO M port cabl e is properly connec ted to the bas e station ([...]

The following is a working example of how to save text files and create charts on other applications. 1. Using the Heavy Weather program, open the History window and save the weather data from the desired history file as a text file by clicking on the Save as text button, enter a text file name and click OK. Appendix 1[...]

2. Then open the text file that you have just saved (in Heavy Weather directory or your specific directory) using a spreadsheet program like Excel. 3. The text import wizard window will open. Choose delimited as the sep arator for each data column and cli ck th e next butt on. 4. The Heavy Weather program uses “tab” to separate data, so yo u sh[...]

5. Next, sele ct the appropr iate data type (such as te xt or nu mbers) for each colu mn of data. The d efault setting General and this is usable and click the Finish bu tton 6. The data is then imported into the Excel ready for the user to plo t a graph. In this example we will use the indoor temperature.[...]

7. Next, the user ha s to create a valid time column as X-axis. In this example we have typed a date which can be recognize by Excel manually in the cell M3, “2002/5/25 1:30” 8. Since the w eather data in this example is generated with a 1-minute interval, we can use a formula to generate the time column, we type “+M3+1/(24*60)” in the cell[...]

9. Then we copy this formula to all cells in column K. The time axis is now complete. Before plotting weather graph, please check that the decimal sep arator of the weather data is comma o r point. If comma is used ( preferred by some European users), Excel w ill not be able to read the weather data directly. Excel will define the data with comma a[...]

A) Use the indoor temperature as the example. Go into to a new cell (for example, N3), type “=VALUE(SUBSTITUTE(B3,”,”,”.”))” . Then an Excel readable indoor temperature reading is created B) Then we copy this formula to all cells in column N. A set of valid indoor temperature readings are ready for graph plotting[...]

10. Next step is to mak e the pl ott ing. From E xcel, se lect Insert from the pull down menu then select Chart. You will see the below screen. Then select XY as the chart type and click next 11. The Chart Source Data window is now open then select “S eries” tab and click Next[...]

12. Next , sel ect the X -axi s dat a by c lick ing the right -mos t ic on in t he “X Values :" And then, Choose the appropriate data range. In this example, we select the time column w e just made as the X-ax is, since it is located in a sheet named history1 and is from cell M3 to M62 (plot a graph between 1:30 to 2:29. The “=history1!$M$[...]

15. Clic k next to ent er t he belo w sc reen t o dress up t he cha rt, y ou can cust omiz e the T itl es / Axes / Grid lines / Legend / Data Labels. 16. Click next, then select whether you w ant a separate sheet or a chart inside the data sheet. 17. Click finish to see the chart. In th is chart, the variation of indoor temperature with in 1 hour ([...]