La Crosse Technology WS-1515U-IT manual

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    72 PROFESSIONAL WE ATHER CENTER WS-1515U-IT Instructi on Manual Tabl e of Cont ent s Topic Page Featur es 3 Setting up 6 Functi on keys 12 LCD Screen 14 Manual Setting 16 Time alarm setting 24 Weather ala rm operation s 25 Hyster esis 31 Weather foreca st and weathe r tendency 32 Wind direction and wind spee d measure ment 36 Rainfall measurement 3[...]

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    76 4. Afterwards , the Weather C enter will start r eceiving data fro m the transmitter. The tr ansmission receptio n icon will be blinki ng to indicate that the station is try ing to get the t hermo-hy gro transmitter data. Th e outdoor tem peratur e, humidit y, wind dat a should t hen be displayed on the Weather Cen ter. If this does not happen a[...]

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    80 Air pressure histogram LCD SCREEN The LCD scree n is spli t into 5 sections displaying the following information: 1. Time and date / indoor te mp/ second 2. Wind data 3. Outdoor te mperature, Dew poin t and humidi ty, 4. Air pressure , Rainfall data, A ir pressure hi story and Weather forecast icon. * When t he si gnal from the tr ansmitter/ or [...]

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    84 WEATHER TENDENCY SENSITIVITY LEVEL SETTING You may select a definite switching sensitivity value , .06, .09, or .12 inHg for the change in the display of weather icons . This repres ents the "sensitivity" o f the weather for ecast (the smal ler the value se lected, the more sensitive the weather foreca st). The defau lt value is 0.09 i[...]

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    88 thereafter again i ncreases to bey ond +77°F, the da ta will be blinking, b ut no alarm will be activat ed. It has to d rop to below +75. 2°F (with a pre -set hyster esis of 1. 8°F) so that th e alarm can be produce d again. Hyst eresis values for the var ious weat her data typ es are giv e n in the fol lowing ta ble: Weather data Hysteresis [...]

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    92 following stored maximum and minimum weathe r data can be viewed by pressi ng the MIN/MA X key in norm al displa y mode. 1. Min outdoor tempe ra ture with th e date and time of reco rding 2. Max outd oor temperat ur e wi th the d ate a n d time o f rec or d in g 3. Min dew point temp erat ure with the dat e and time of reco rding 4. Max dew poin[...]

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    96 battery pow er is low. It is re commended t o replace the b atteries in all units on an annual ba sis to ensure optimum acc uracy of the sy s tem. Note: • After battery change, both th e Weather S tation and the transmitters need to be reset (see note ” Setting up ”) • The History data record will be clear a fter the battery change. OUTD[...]

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    100 Rain sensor : 5.67” x 2.15 ” x3.46” (144 x 54.6 x 88mm) LIABILITY DISCL AIMER • The elec trical and electron ic wastes c ontain h azardous substanc es. Dispos al of elect r onic wast e in wild c ountry and /or in u nauthori zed grounds str ongly da mages the en vironment. • Please contact y our local or/and re gional autho rities to r[...]