LG Electronics WS-2080 manual

Ambient W eather WS-2080 W ireless Home W eather S tation User Manual T able of Contents 1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................. ....... 3 2. W arnings and Cautions ..................................................................................[...]

V ersion 1.10 ©Copyright 201 1, Ambien t LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 2 6.5.5 Historical Data ................................................................................................................. 32 6.5.6 Graph Data .......................................................................................................................[...]

1. Int rod uct ion Thank you for y our purchase of the Am bient W eather WS-2080 wireless weather s tation. The following user gui de provides step by step instructions f or installati on, operation an d troublesho oting. T o download the latest m anual and addi tional troubl eshooting tips, please visit: http://ambient weather .wikispaces.com /ws2[...]

V ersion 1.10 ©Copyright 201 1, Ambien t LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 4 QTY Item 4 Zip ties 2 Hose clamps (2 ¾” diam eter) 3.2 Recommend T ools • Precision screwdriver (fo r small Phillips screws) • Pliers • Phillips screwdriver • Flat blade screwdriver • T ack (small) ham mer or rubber mallet • Compass or GPS (for wind direction [...]

V ersion 1.10 ©Copyright 201 1, Ambien t LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 5 2. Connect the wind vane asse mbly to the ot her end of the anemometer mounti ng arm. Align the holes, and fasten w ith long bol t and nut. T ighten with precision screwdriver whi le securing the nut with pl iers, as shown in Figur e 2 . Figure 2[...]

3. Connect the anemometer assem bly to the top mounting pole, align th e holes, and fa sten with short set screw (option al, we recomm end NOT connecting th is) and long bo lt and nut. T ighten with precision screwdriver while securing the nut with pliers, as shown in Figure 3 . Note: This may be a tig ht fit – rotate th e pole back and f orth to[...]

V ersion 1.10 ©Copyright 201 1, Ambien t LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 7 4. Connect the rain gauge with long set screw . Tighten with precision screwdriver , as shown in Figure 4 . Note: There may be a slight “play” in the rain g auge and the scre w may not be flush. Do not force the screw . Attach the rain gauge mountin g arm to the upper m [...]

V ersion 1.10 ©Copyright 201 1, Ambien t LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 8 5. Connect the thermo-hygrom eter with short bolt and n ut. T ighten wi th precision screwdriver , as shown in Figure 5 . Slide the rain shie ld over the therm o-hygrometer after connecting th e cables from the anem ometer and rain gauge (s tep 7) . Attach to the thermo-hy g[...]

V ersion 1.10 ©Copyright 201 1, Ambien t LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 9 6. Fasten the l ower mountin g pole (which is swaged on the top end) to your mounting pole or bracket (purchased separa tely) with the ho se clamps. T ighten the lower mounting po le to your mounting pol e with the ho se clamps w ith a flat head screw driver , as shown in Fi[...]

Connect the w ind speed cabl e to the wind direction phon e jack, as sho wn in Figure 7 . Connect the wind direc tion cable to the therm o -hygrometer phone ja ck (reference the labe l on the thermo-hy grometer). Connec t the rain gau ge cable to the thermo-hygrom eter phone jack (reference the label on the thermo-hygrometer). F igure 7 Insert two [...]

V ersion 1.10 ©Copyright 201 1, Ambient LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 1 1 Figure 8[...]

Install the rain shiel d over the therm o-hygrometer/transm itter , as shown in Figure 9 , and use the enclosed zip ties to cl ean up the cables. Figure 9 3.4 Display Console 3.4.1 Display Console L ayout The display console layo ut is shown in Figure 10 . V ersion 1.10 ©Copyright 201 1, Ambient LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 12[...]

7 . 1 . 8 . 9 . 2. 1 0 . 3. 1 1 . 4. 5 . 1 2 . 1 3 . 6. 1 4 . Figure 10 1. Ti me 2. W ind direction 3. Barometric Pressure 4. Barometric trend 5. Indoor T em perature 6. Outdoor T emperature 7. Memory 8. Radio Control led Cl ock (RCC) 9. Date 10. Rainfall 11. W eather Forecast 12. Indoor Hum idity 13. Outdoor recep tion signal 14. Outdoor Hum idity[...]

3.4.1 Initial Display Console Set Up Note: The sensor array must be powered and updating before powering up the console, or the console will ti meout searching for th e sensors. Perform this step last. Make certain t he weather sta tion sensor arr ay is at le ast 10’ away from the console and within 300’ of the console. If the weather st ation [...]

for both sensors to stab ilize. 4. W eather S t at ion Inst all at ion 4.1 Pr e Installation Checkout Before installing your weather station in the pe rm anent location, we re commend operating the weather station for one week in a te mporary location with easy access. This will allow you to check out all of the functions, insure proper operati on,[...]

setting by pressing the menu key again. Holding th e up or down key when in the Set m ode will increase/decre ase values rapidly . 5.1 Time Press the menu key to enter the TIME Set Mod e. Y ou can skip over any setting by selecting t he enter key . Figure 1 1 1. Display (LCD) Contrast Leve l . The display contrast value will begin flashing (example[...]

V ersion 1.10 ©Copyright 201 1, Ambient LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 17 Hours from GMT Tim e Z on e Ci ti e s 8 CCT : China Coast Bejing 9 JST : Japan Standar d T okyo 10 GST : Guam S tandard Sydney 1 1 --- Magadan 12 IDLE: International Date Line East NZST : New Zealand Standard W ellingto n, New Zealand 3. 12/24 Hour Form at . Press the enter [...]

5. Change Day . Press the enter key to set the day . The day will begin flashing. Press the up key or down key to change the day setting. 6. Change Alarm Hour . Press the enter key to set the ala rm hour . The alarm hour an d ALARM will begin flas hing. Press the up key or dow n key to change t he alarm hour set ting. 7. Change Alar m Minute. Press[...]

direction alar m and Direct (wind directi on) will begin f lashing. Press the up key or down key to adjust the wind direct ion alarm. Press the ON/OFF key to select the alarm on or off (if the alarm is enabled, the alarm icon will be turned on). 5. Wind Speed Record High . Press the enter key to displ ay maxim um wind speed record si nce the last r[...]

5.5 Barometric Pressure Note: The weather station con sole displays two di fferent pressures: absolute (m easured) and relative (corrected to sea-level). T o compare pressure conditions fro m one location to another , meteorologists correct press ure to sea-level conditions. Beca use the air pressure decrease s as you rise in altitu de, the sea-lev[...]

Press the up key or down key to change the value. 4. Pressure High Alarm . Press the enter key to set the pressure high alarm function. Pressu re and HI AL (high alarm ) icon will flash. Press the up key or down key to change the value. Press the ON/OFF key to select the alarm on or off (if the alarm is enabled, the alarm icon will be turned on). 5[...]

and varies from locati on to location . The tendency is si mply a tool for projecti ng weather condit ions and is never to be relied upon as an ac curate method to predict the weather . Note: This is a c ontinuation of t he previous secti on. T o enter this mode, you must begin at Section 5.1 and proceed to this secti on. Press the menu ke y to ent[...]

1. Indoor Temperature Units . Press the up key or down k ey to alternate th e display unit between °C a nd °F. 2. Indoor Temperature High Alarm . Press the enter key to set the indoor tem perature high alarm function. The indoor tem perature an d HI AL (high alarm ) will begin flas hing. Press the up key or down key to change the value. Press the[...]

Press the up key or down key to change the value. Press the ON/OFF key to select the alarm on or off (if the alarm is enabled, the alarm icon will be turned on). 2. Indoor Humidity Low Alarm . Press the enter key to set the indoor hum idity low alarm function. The indoor humidity a nd LO AL (high alarm ) will begin flashing. 3. Press the up key or [...]

Press the ON/OFF key to select the alarm on or off (if the alarm is enabled, the alarm icon will be turned on). 4. Outdoor Temperature Low Alarm . Press the enter key to set the outdoor temperature low alarm function. The outdoor tem perature an d LO AL (high a larm) will begin f lashing. 5. Press the up key or down key to change the value. Press t[...]

V ersion 1.10 ©Copyright 201 1, Ambient LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 26 Press and hold enter key fo r 3 seconds to clear memory. 5.13 Cali brat ion Mod e In addition to the sea-level barom eter calibration in the previous secti on, the followi ng parameters ca n also be calibrated: • Indoor T emperature • Outdoor T em perature • Indoor Hum[...]

Distance = 4 x (20 – 5)’ = 60’. Many instal lations are not perfect and ins talling the weather statio n on a roof c an be dif ficult. T hus, you can calibr ate for this error with a wind speed m ultiplier . In addition to the instal lat io n chal le nges, wind cup bearings (m oving parts) wear over time. W ithout a calibrated s ource, wind s[...]

For EasyW eather updates and alternate PC applications, visit: http://ambient weather .wikispaces.com /ws2080 6.1 EasyW eather Overview EasyW eather allows you to display real-time data, program the displa y console, set alarm s, view and export historical data and creat e graphs. Whereas the weather st ation conso le is lim ited to 4080 records, E[...]

6.5.1 Main Display When you launch Heavy W eather , the main display will be shown. The main dis play shows current weather condi tions, alarm setti ngs and m inimum and m aximum data. Figure 20 When console is co nn ected to PC, the conn ected icon will be display ed on the main display panel. If the con sol e is not connected, the no t con nect e[...]

Figure 21 6.5.3 Alarm V alues Select System | Alarm from the menu bar to program general t o set the alarm ranges, or select the icon. V ersion 1.10 ©Copyright 201 1, Ambient LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 30[...]

Figure 22 6.5.4 Historical Highs and Lows Select System | Scope from the m enu bar to view t he historical hi ghs and lows, or select the icon. V ersion 1.10 ©Copyright 201 1, Ambient LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 31[...]

Figure 23 6.5.5 Historical Data Select Record | History from the m enu bar to view th e historical data , or select the icon. This window disp lays the recorded history data in a spread shee t format. If you want to see all history data in a speci fied time period, enter the tim e duration and press Sear ch to relo ad the historical data. Y ou can [...]

deleting all w eather data, you can make a co py of the “EasyW eather .dat” file into another fo lder or just rename the “EasyW eather .dat” file, such as “Jan-07.dat”, fo r future reference. Figure 24 6.5.6 Graph Data Select Record | Graph from the m enu bar to view the graphical data, or select t he icon. 6.5.7 Cl earing Rainf all fro[...]

Figure 25 6.5.8 EasyWeat her Legal Notes • We reserve the right to delete or chang e any im age whether or not p urposely uplo aded onto the server by a user of the E asyWeather software products. • The EasyWeather s oftware products are protected by c opyright laws and internation al copyright treaties as well as other intellect ual property l[...]

V ersion 1.10 ©Copyright 201 1, Ambient LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 35 1 inch of mercury = 33.86 millibars Radio Controlled Cl ock (RCC) The United S t ates go vernm ent distributes tim e-of-day to the publ ic using radio br oadcasts. The low frequency (LF) station WWVB is located in Fort Col lins, Colorado an d broadcasts on 60 kHz. The hig h [...]

V ersion 1.10 ©Copyright 201 1, Ambient LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 36 8.4 Cable Lengths • Anemometer to Thermo-Hygrom eter -T ransmitter: 8.5 fe et • Rain Gauge to Thermo-Hygrom eter -T ransmitter: 8. 5 feet 9. Maintenanc e 1. Clean the rain gauge once e very 3 months 2. Replace the thermo-hygrometer transm itter batteries once ev ery 1-2 [...]

V ersion 1.10 ©Copyright 201 1, Ambient LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 37 Problem Solution radiation shie ld: http://www .ambientweather .com/am wesrpatean .html Indoor and Outdo or T emperature do not agree Allow up to one hour for the sens ors to stabilize due to signal filterin g. The indoor and outdoor temperature sensors should agree withi n [...]

11. Acce ss or ie s The following software and hardware accessori es are available for this weat her station at www .AmbientW eather .com . Accessory Image Description Ambient W eather BCY29 4 in 1 Pocket Precision Screwdriver This precision screwdrive r kit is a must for assembling th is weather statio n due to the small, precision screws. W eathe[...]

V ersion 1.10 ©Copyright 201 1, Ambient LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 39 Accessory Image Description Ambient W eather SRS100LX T emperature and Hum idity Solar Radia t ion Shield Solar Radiation Shi eld improves tem perature accuracy for hot weather clim ates. Remove the rain guard and instal l over thermo-hygrometer . Cable Extensi ons Cable ext[...]

V ersion 1.10 ©Copyright 201 1, Ambient LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 40 This product is desi gned for use in t he home only as i ndication of we ather conditio ns. This product is not to be used for medical purposes or for public inform ation. The specificat ions of this prod uct may cha nge without prior notice. This product is not a toy . Keep[...]

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