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PROFESSIONAL WEATHER CENTER WS-1611 Operation Manual 1 Table of Contents Topi c Page Featu res 3 Setting up 6 Function k eys 12 LCD Scree n 15 Manual Setting 17 Time alarm settin g 25 W eather alarm operati ons 26 Hysteresis 32 W eather forec ast and weather te ndenc y 33 W ind direction and wind sp eed meas urem ent 37 Rainfall meas urement 38 Vie[...]
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2 PROFESSIONAL WEATHER CENTER Instruction Manual Congratulation s on purc hasing this stat e-of-t he-art Pr ofessional W eather Ce nter as a n example of excellent d esign and innov ative tech nolog y. Featuri ng time , date, calendar, weat her forecast , wind directi on and speed, rainf all, outdo or temperatur e and outdoor humidit y, air pressur[...]
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4 x MIN/MAX value of outdo or tempera ture and hum idity display with time & date of recordi ng x Low/High outdoor tem peratu re and hu midity alarm x Relative air pres sure displayed in i nHg or hPa x Air pressure te ndency in dicator for the past 12 hour s (bar g raph form at) x LCD contrast selectable x Low batter y indicator x W ind directi[...]
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6 Cable c onnec tion betw een the wind sensor an d the thermo -hygro se nsor Cable c onnec tion betw een the rain s ensor and t he thermo -hygro se nsor Wireless tra nsmission at 915 MH z - ther mo- hygro sensor to the Weather Center Weather Center Wind Sensor Rain Sensor SETTING UP: Note: W hen putting the W eather C enter i nto ope ra tion, it is[...]
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8 displayed o n the W eather Ce nter. If t his does not happ en aft er 30 s econd s, the batteries will ne ed to be removed from bot h units. You will have to start again from step 1. 5. You m ay then c heck all cabl es for correct co nnection a nd all com ponents f or correct fu nction b y manuall y turning t he wind -gauge, m oving the weat her -[...]
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10 x After batteries ar e installed, there will be synchroni zation bet ween W eather Center an d the sens or. At t his time, th e signal r eception ic on will be blinking . W hen the signal is su ccessfull y receiv ed b y the W eather Cen ter, the ic on will be switched on. ( If it is not suc cessful, the ic on will no t be sho wn in LCD) So the u[...]
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12 and this co de mus t be recei ved a nd stored by the W eather Cen ter in t he first 3 0 seconds of power bei ng supplied to it. BATT ER Y CHAN GE: It is recomme nded to r eplace the batter ies in all units eve ry 24 mo nths t o ensure optimum accu racy of these unit s. Please par ticipa te in the pres ervati on of the en vironmen t. Return used [...]
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14 x In the weat her al arm settin g mo de, pre ss and hold to adj ust diff erent ala rm value and s witch the al arm On/O ff x Press to activ ate the r eset mod e when m ax or min reco rd is sh own x Stop the alarm during t he time alarm or weat her al arm ri nging + key x Press to cha nge the c alenda r displa y to the pr eset al arm time, date, [...]
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16 Air pres sure histogram Outdoor temper atur e in °F or ºC Wind dir ecti on dis play and wind spee d in Beaufo rt scale Calendar d isplay W eather tend ency indica tor Time display Time ala rm icon Outdoor re lative humidit y in % W eather fo recas t icon Relative air pr essure display in inHg or hPa Ot d lt i Wind speed i n mph, km/h or m/s Wi[...]
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18 MANUAL TIME SETTING: You then m ay manu ally set t he time of the cl ock by follo wing the steps belo w: 1. The h our digit will start flashin g. 2. Use t he + or MI N/MAX ke y to set the hour. 3. Press the SET ke y to switch to the minutes. The minut e digit will start fla shing. 4. Use t he + or MI N/MAX ke y to set the minut e. 5. Confirm the[...]
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20 °F/°C TEMPERATURE UN IT SETTING The temp erature displ ay can be selecte d to sho w temperat ure data i n °F or °C. (defaul t °F) 1. The tem peratu re uni t is flashi ng 2. Use t he + or MI N/MAX ke y to toggle betwee n “°F” or “°C” . Confirm with the SET key an d enter t he WIND SPEED UNIT SETTING WIND SPEED UNIT SETTING The win [...]
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22 RELATIVE PRESSURE RE FERENCE VALUE SET TING Note: The default refere nce press ure value of the barom eter is 2 9.91inHg when b atteries are first ins erted. For an exa ct measur emen t, it is necessar y to first ad just the baromet er to your local relati ve air pressur e (relate d to elevation ab ove s ea level) . Ask for the current atmosph e[...]
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24 STORM WARNING THRESHOLD VALUE SET TING You may also define a switching sensitivit y value for the storm warning displa y at a decrease of air pre ssure from .09 i nHg to . 27 inHg ove r 6 hour s (Default 0.15 inHg) . 1. The sensitivit y value will start flashing . 2. Use t he + or MIN/MAX k ey to selec t the value. 3. Confirm with the SET ke y a[...]
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26 4. Press the + or MIN/MAX ke y to set the minute of t he ala rm time . Press the ALARM key to confi rm. W ait for abo ut 30 seco nds and t he displ ay will retur n to normal dis play mo de autom aticall y. 5. In the norm al display m ode, p ress the ALARM onc e key to g o to the tim e ala rm setting mo de again. T hen pr ess shortl y the SET key[...]
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28 Default a larm values: Tempera ture Low 32 q F High 104 q F Relative Humidity Low 45% High 70% W ind speed High 62.0mph HIGH AND LOW OU TDOOR TEMPERATURE AL ARM SETTING Note: The High a nd Low o utdoor tem per ature alarm can be set O n/Off indep ende ntly, according t o you r needs . Set th e Outdoo r temper ature alarm value ( High or Lo w ala[...]
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30 HIGH AND LOW OU TDOOR HUM IDITY ALARM SET TING Note: The High a nd Low o utdoor h umidity ala rm can be set On/Off indep endentl y accordi ng to your needs . Set th e Outdoo r temper ature alarm value ( High or Lo w alarm val ue): 1. In the norm al display m ode, p ress th e ALARM ke y 4 times. T he High Outdoor Humidity alarm displa y will be s[...]
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32 4. Press the ALARM k ey once to return t o the normal di spla y mode. In case the wind spee d exceeds the co ndition for high win d speed alarm , the value will be flashing, al ong with the c orrespo nding high ala rm ico n ("HI A L"). A nd the buzzer will ring for 2 m inutes. Use r may pr ess any ke y to stop th e sound. HYST ERESI S [...]
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34 However, if t he icon displayed is a sun or raining cloud, there will be no c hange of icon if the weather g ets any be tter (with sunny icon ) or worse (with rain y icon) since the icons are alr eady at their e xtremes. The icons displayed fo recasts th e weat her in term s of getti ng bette r or worse and not necessaril y sunn y or rainy as ea[...]
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36 The hori zontal a xis repres ents th e last 12 hou rs air pr essure rec ordin g (-1 2, -9, -6, -3 and 0 ho ur). T he ba rs are pl otted at ea ch of th e 5 ste ps and giv e the trend ov er th e recorded period. T he scale on the rig ht compa res the r esult. The " 0" in the mid dle of this scale det ermines t he cu rrent air pressu re. [...]
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38 RAIN FALL MEASU REMENT The total rainfall measu rement is displayed i n the fou rth section of the LCD , in the unit of mm or i nch. (s ee VIEWING THE MI N/MAX WEATHER DAT A below) VIEWIN G T HE HI STOR Y DA T A The W eather Cen ter can st ore up t o 200 set s of weath er data which are recorded automaticall y at 3-hour inte rvals afte r the wea[...]
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40 2. Press MIN/ MAX to view olde r records. (Press MIN/MAX an d + key to vi ew "Previous" an d "Next" record respec tively. The reco rds are m ade at 3 -hour int erva ls) Note: x The stored histo ry record s will not be retained afte r battery chan ge or whenev er bat tery is remov ed. x The total rainfall valu e will be exhibi[...]
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42 4. Max out door hum idi ty with th e date and ti me of rec ording MAX i con MAX out door humidity value Time and dat e or record ing 43 5. Min Wi nd chill tem pera ture with the da te and tim e of recor din g 6. Max wi nd c hill tem perat ure wit h the date an d time of rec ordin g 7. Mi n relati ve pres sure wi th the date and time of re cordin[...]
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44 8. Max r elati ve pres sure wi th the d ate a nd time o f recor ding MAX i con MAX r elative pressure value Time and dat e or record ing 45 9. Maximum wi nd spee d RESET THE MIN/MAX WE ATHER DATA To reset t he af orementi oned MIN/MA X weat her data 1. to 9., you shall need to reset each of the data indepen dentl y. 1. Press MIN/MAX ke y to show[...]
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46 2. Press and h old the SET k ey for about 2 seconds, t hen the "RE SET" icon will appear a t the bott om pa rt of the LCD. 3. Press the + ke y once, then th e stored v alue will be reset to th e current value a nd current tim e. 4. Press the ALARM ke y to return t o norm al display mo de. 10. Tot al ra inf all a mount The total rainfal[...]
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48 To re-en able t he bu zzer: 1. W hen the BU ZZER OF F icon is s hown on LCD, pr ess the SET k ey s h or tl y a nd the BUZ ZER OFF ico n will disappear . 2. Press AL AR M key once to return to the no rmal displa y mode. T he "BUZZER OFF" icon will no l onger be shown. Then th e alarm will s ound no rmall y. LOW BATTERY IND ICATO R The l[...]
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50 reset all uni ts (see Setting up above) other wise transmissio n problem s may occur. x During norm al oper ation, aft er the ou tdoor dis play shows " - - -", the W eather Center will change t o receive t he outd oor dat a every 1 5 minutes, un til the dat a is read ag ain. Then the rece ption peri od will return to 4.5 sec onds. x Th[...]
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52 Therm o-h ygro Sens or An ideal mounti ng place for the therm o-h ygro sensor woul d be the outer wall beneath the extensi on of a roof, as this will prot e ct the sen sor from direct sunlight and oth er extreme weat her conditions . To wall mount, use the 2 scre ws to affix the wall bracket to the desir ed wall, plu g in the thermo- hygro sen s[...]
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54 Rain Sens or For best res ults, the r ain sens or should be securel y mou nted onto a hori zontal surf ace about 1 meter ab ove the ground an d in an open are a away from trees or other coverings where rainf all may be reduce d causin g inacc urate readin gs. W hen securing i nto place, check that rain e xcess will not collect and st ore at th e[...]
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56 W ind speed : 0 to 111. 8 mph (0 to 50 m /s) (displayed "O F.L" when > 50m /s) W ind chill : -40°F to +139.8 °F (-40 ºC to +59.9ºC ) (displayed "O F.L" if outside t his) Relative pressur e pre-s et range : 27.14 to 31. 90 inHg (919 to 1080 hPa) Rainfall : 0" to 39 3.7" (0 to 9999 mm ) (displa yed "OF.L&q[...]
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58 WAR RANTY INFOR M AT ION Warran ty Info rmation La Crosse Techn ology, Ltd provid es a 1- year limited warra nty on this product agai nst manufactu ring defects i n materials and workmanshi p. This limited warrant y begins on the ori ginal d ate of p urchas e, is valid onl y on products purchased and used in No rth America and onl y to the origi[...]
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60 This warrant y gives you s pecific le gal ri ghts. You m ay also ha ve other rights specific to your State. S ome States do not all o w the exclusion of cons equen tial or inciden tal damages t herefor e the ab ove e xclusion of limitati on ma y not ap ply to you. For warr anty work , technical support, or inform ation con tact: La Crosse T echn[...]