La Crosse Technology 2800 series manual

   LaCrosseTechnolog y  ® Heav Pro yWeather SoftwareUser’sGuide  (for  2800  series  weather  stations  with  USB  connectivity)  Revision:  1.3 [...]

Page |  2   CONTENTS  Contents  ............................................................................................................................... .........................................  2  Overview  ...........................................................................................................[...]

Page |  3   Help  ............................................................................................................................... ......................................  18  Options  ...............................................................................................................................[...]

Page |  4   Gust  ............................................................................................................................... ......................................  28  Max  ............................................................................................................................... ...[...]

Page |  5   The  Wind,  Outdoor  Temp,  De wpoint  and  Windc hill  are  Blank  ...............................................................................  39  Heavy  weather  pro  does  no t  reconn ect  to  the  weather  station  ......................................[...]

OVERVIEW   W elcome  to  Heavy  Weather  Pr o,  the  display  and  management  software  application  designed  for  use  with  your  La  Crosse ®  Technology  wireless  personal  w eather  station. Heavy  Weather  Pro  allows  yo u  to  use  a  PC  [...]

GETTING  STARTED  Let’s  go  over  the  things  needed  to  prepare  for  installing  the  Heavy  Weather  Pro  software  application.   LICENSING  eavy  Weather  Pro  software  is  licensed  to  you  free  of  charge  with  the  qualifying  purc[...]

SET  UP  YOUR  WEATHER  STATION  HARDWARE  Before  installing  the  Heavy  Weather  Pro  software  on  your  computer,  yo u  should  complete  the  setup  of  your  La  Crosse  Technology ®  wireless  weather  station.  If  you  have  not  alrea [...]

If  you  have  met  these  requirements,  we’re  r eady  to  install  the  software.  There  are  two  parts  to  installing  the  Heavy  Weather  Pro  softwa re:  • Installing  the  Heavy  Weather  Pro  software  application.  • Installing  or  co[...]

  Page |  10   rocess.  When  the  ‘Ready  to  Install’  dialog  appears,  click  the  ‘Install’  button  to  begi n  the  software  installation  p     During  the  installation,  the  ‘Installing’  shows  the  installation  progres[...]

 Although  the  USB  communication  device  can  be  installed  on  any  USB  port  connected  to  your  computer,  using  a  non ‐ powered  USB  hub  or  extension  cable  increases  the  chan ce  for  interruptions  between  the  USB  communicatio[...]

3. The  Heavy  Weather  Pro  software  is  installed.  IF  YOU  HAVE  NOT  YET  INSTALLED  THE  HEAVY  WEATHER  PRO  SOFTWARE ,  please  refer  to  the  section  on  installing  Heavy  Weather  before  continuing.  Ok,  if  the  things  listed  abo[...]

When  you  click  the  Res ynchronize  menu  option,  th e  Synchronize  dialog  will  appear.  Once  we  have  the  synchroniz e  dialog  displayed  on  your  computer  we  are  ready  to  put  the  weather  station  in  synchronize  mode.   DON?[...]

DETAILED  INSTRUCTIONS  To  tell  the  weather  station  to  start  communicating  with  the  software,  press  and  hold  the  button  showing  a  down  arrow  until  the  weather  station  beeps  (a pproximately  3 ‐ 4  seconds).  evice.  device, [...]

IF  SYNCHRONIZATION  IS  NOT  SUCCESSFUL  If  the  synchronization  process  is  not  successful;  you  will  see  a  message  similar  to  the  one  to  the  right.  At  this  point,  you  will  need  to  retry  the  EPEATING  THE  SYNCHRONIZAT[...]

     MENU  There  are  several  menu  option s  available  from  the  Heavy  Weather  Pro  main  window.  This  section  briefly  describes  the  functions  accessible  through  these  menu  options.    Page |  16   Wind  Speed  and [...]

FILE   New  Template:  create  a  new  template  file .    Open:  Open  an  existing  saved  template  or  graph  file .    Save  as  Graph:  Save  the  current  data  plot  as  a  Graph  file.    Export  as  text:  Export  the ?[...]

VIEW    Show  Current  Weather:  Sho w  or  hide  the  Current  Weather  window.    History  Files:  show  or  hide  the  History  tab  in  the  file  management  window.     Template  Files:  Show  or  hide  the  Template  tab  in ?[...]

GENERAL  SETTINGS  Language:  This  option  sets  the  language  for  all  windows  and  dialogs  within  Heavy  Weather  Pro.  If  a  new  language  is  selected,  the  application  must  be  restarted.   Show  Help  as  ToolTips:  Check  this [...]

Page |  20   button  is  pressed,  the  Heavy  Weather  Pro  application  will  transfer  those  settings  to  the  weather  station  (if  the  weather  station  and  computer  are  synchronized  a nd  currently  connected  via  the  USB  communica[...]

DIRECTORI ES  History  Files  Directo ry:  This  is  the  path  where  the  history  data  file  will  be  written.  The  path  for  the  history  data  file  can  also  be  modified  through  the  Recording  History  File  setti ng.  ( ~My  Docum[...]

MIN  MAX  VALUES  The  weather  station  can  also  store  data  regarding  the  minimum  and  maximum  values  for  several  properties.  The  actual  min  and  max  values  are  displayed  in  the  main  Heavy  Weather  Pro  window ,  in  t[...]

TEMPERATURE  AND  HUMIDITY  The  temperature  and  humidity  section  of  the  main  dialog  show s  you:  • The  current  indoor  and  outdoor  temperature.  • The  current  indoor  and  outdoor  humidity  levels.  • Min  and  Max  values  for  bo[...]

We  also  feel  uncomfortable  when  dealing  with  low  dew  points,  but  usually  a  lower  dewpoint  is  considered  more  comfortable  because  of  the  accompanying  lower  temperatures.       MIN  AND  MAX  DEWPOINT  The  minimum  and [...]

Page |  25   RELATIVE  (AIR )  PRESSURE  WHAT  IS  RELATIVE  PRESSURE?  Relative  (also  referred  to  as  atmospheric)  pressure  is  defined  as  the  force  per  unit  area  exerted  against  a  surface  by  the  weight  of  air  above  th[...]

RAIN  The  entire  lower  portion  of  the  main  Heavy  Weather  Pro  screen  is  devoted  to  rainfall.  This  section  will  talk  ab out  each  of  these  valu es  and  what  they  represent.   LAST  HOUR  The  last  hour  rain  gauge [...]

LAST  WEEK  The  Last  Week  rainfall  total  represents  the  amount  of  rain  that  has  been  collected  from  Monday  12:00  AM  to  Sunday  11:59  PM  OF  THE  PREVIOUS  WEEK .  The  Last  Wee k  value  will  update  each  Mo nday  at ?[...]

WIND  SPEED  AND  DIRECTION  Wind  speed  and  direction  is  displayed  in  the  upper  right  section  of  the  main  window.  CURRENT  WIND  SPEED  The  current  wind  speed  is  displayed  at  the  top  of  this  section,  above  the  [...]

CHARTS,  GRAPHS  AND  TRENDS  Heavy  Weather  Pro  provides  the  ability  to  analyze  the  weather  data  collected  from  the  weather  station  and  its  sensors  using  graphical  charts  of  the  data.  The  software  collects  data  from  th[...]

WHAT  IS  A  GRAPH?  A  graph  is  the  resulting  image  created  when  we  plot  out  and  connect  the  data  poin ts  in  a  particular  history  file.   To  create  a  graph,  yo u  must  first  select  a  history  file  and  cre a[...]

MAIN  WINDOW  There  are  two  parts  of  the  main  window:     On  the  left  is  the  file  management  section ,  which  allows  you  to  select  and  show  the  history,  template  or  graph  files.  On  the  right  is  the  [...]

THE  FILE  MANAGEMENT  WINDOW  HISTORY  TAB  When  the  History  tab  is  selected,  it  shows  all  history  files  located  in  the  history  folder  ( ~My  DocumentsHeavyWea therHistory  by  default).  You  ca n  select  the  current  history  fi[...]

WORKING  WITH  HISTORY  DATA  AND  FILES  By  default,  the  history  file  is  named  history.dat  and  is  located  in  the  ~My  DocumentsHeavyWeath erHistory directory.  This  director y  is  where  the  Heavy  Weather  Pro  applicati on  looks  for[...]

WORKING  WITH  TEMPLATE  FILES  Template  files  define  the  properties  needed  to  construct  a  graph  from  a  selected  history  data  file  and  it’s  data  records  (see  What  is  a  Template?  for  details).  A  sample  template  is [...]

Min  and  Max:  Use  the  Min  and  Max  che ckboxes  if  you  want  to  limit  the  data  set  to  re cords  within  a  specific  range.   Indoor,  Outdoor,  Dewpoint  and  Windchill:  For  some  data  types,  you  can  choose  to  dis[...]

Minutes:  The  ‘minutes’  field  can  only  be  modified  if  you  choose  a  Data  Interval  of  User  Defined.  In  this  case,  yo u  can  specify  how  many  minutes  apart  you  wish  to  place  the  data  points.  The  chart  can ?[...]

A  new  tab  will  appear  next  to  the  template  tab  displaying  the  graph  created  from  the  template.  This  is  the  permanent  copy  of  th e  template,  now  referred  to  as  a  graph.         The  File  Management ?[...]

    When  you  release  the  mouse  but ton,  the  chart  will  redraw  the  area  you  drew  a  box  around  at  a  zoom  level  that  fills  the  chart  window  with  your  data.   ZOOMING  OUT  To  zoom  back  out,  press ?[...]

Page |  39   TROUBLESHOO TING  /  FAQ   HEAVY  WEATHER  PRO  LOSES  CONNECTION  WITH  MY  WEA THER  STATION  OVERNIGHT.  Many  computers  temporarily  disable  or  “put  to  sleep”  some  of  their  hardware  if  they  sit  idle  for  awhile[...]

Page |  40   manually  reconnecting  the  weather  station  to  its  sensors  (initiate  the  re ‐ l earn  process  on  the  weather  station  (press  and  hold  the  up  ^  arrow  until  the  weather  station  beeps).   HEAVY  WEATHER  PRO ?[...]