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    1 | P a g e WS -2816U - IT Wireless Profes sional Weather Center Hardware Manual Instruction Manual DC: 100214[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 2 I N T R O D U C T I O N ongratulations on purc hasing this state - of - the -art weather station. Feat uring time, date, weather forecast, wind gust a nd wind speed, indoor/ou tdoor tem perature and hum idity, air pressure and rainfall, t[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 3 Storm Alarm on/ off set ................................................................ .......................................... 13 W ind direction display type ..........................................................................[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 4 W eather Station ...................................................................................................................... 24 Gateway ................................ ..........................................................[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 5 I N V E N T O R Y O F C O N T E N T S CAREFULLY OPEN T HE P A CK AGE AND LOC A TE T HE FOLLOWING CONTENTS: Wireless Solar Powered Wind Sensor TX63U- IT Wireless Self-Emptying Rain Sensor TX58UN- IT Wireless Thermo-Hygro Senso r TX59UN-1- [...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 6 F E A T U R E S W E A T H E R S T A T I O N WS - 2 8 1 6 U - IT 1. (OPTION 1 ) Stand -alone weather station with wireless back yard weather sensor s. Included Gatewa y Set and Activation Car d is not required. W ireless w eather sta tion [...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 7 Follow the instructions on www.lacros sealerts.com to set up the gatewa y and register the displa y. All website connections are browser- based. Condensed system requirem ents: W indows Internet Browser: IE8 or later, Chrome 12 or later, [...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 8 Press Reset But ton on Bottom of Wind Sensor (Solar Panel M ust Face Light) STEP 1: Com plete initial setup o n a table with all com ponents within 10 feet of each other. STEP 2:  It is important to allo w sufficient light to reach the[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 9 S E T B U T T O N  Hold for 3 seconds t o enter the SET mode, where the f ollowing can be changed : LCD contrast, Manual time setting, 1 2/24 hour tim e display, Date sett ing, °F/°C temperature u nit, W ind speed unit, Rainfall unit[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 10 L C D S C R E E N W hen the si gnal f rom an outdoor transm itter is suc cessfully received b y the W eather Station, the corresponding icon will be switched on. (If not success ful, the icon will not be s hown on the LCD) . The user can[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 11 M A N U A L T I M E S E T The time will be upda ted autom atically with the tim e from the Internet when the display is synchron ized with the gateway. The tim e can be set m anually by following the steps be low. 1. The hour digit will [...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 12 R A I N F A L L U N I T The rainfall unit can be set to read in inch or mm . The default unit is inch. 1. Press the ▲ /DAT E button or ▼ /R AIN button to togg le between the un it “inch” or “mm ” 2. Press the SET butt on to c[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 13 1. The sensitivit y value will flash. 2. Press the ▲ /DAT E button or ▼ /R AIN button to sele ct the value. 3. Press the SET button t o confirm and to enter t he STORM ALARM ON/OFF S ET . S T O R M A L A R M O N / O F F SET The storm[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 14 7. Press the SET butt on to conf irm and a countdown timer will b egin counting down from "127" W hen the timer displays " dO nE ", you must rem ove the batteries from the display for 10 m inutes. W hile the batteries[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 15 D E F A U L T W E A T H E R A L A R M V A L U E Pressure Low 28.35 inHg Wind Gust High 62.0mph High 30.71 inHg Wind Direction North Temperature (In or Out) Low 32  F Rainfall in 24 hour s High 1.96 in High 104  F Relative Humidit y[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 16 5. Press the SET butt on to switch th e alarm on or of f. The icon indicates the al arm is switched on. 6. Pr ess the AL ARM button o nce . The low i ndoor humidity alarm display wil l show. 7. Press and hold the SET button for about 2 s[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 17 W I N D G U S T A L A R M 1. The wind gust alarm display will sho w. 2. Press and hold the SET button for about 2 seconds. Th e wind gust digit will flash. 3. Press the ▲ /DAT E button or ▼ /R AIN button to set t he wind gust alarm v[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 18 H Y S T E R E S I S To compensate f or fluctuation of the weather data ( which m ay cause the weather alarm to ring constantl y if the measured read ing is c lose to the alarm level), a hysteresis f unction has been implem ented for each[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 19 W E A T H E R F O R E C A S T A N D T E N D E N C Y W E A T H E R F O R E C A S T I N G I C O N S For every sudden or sig nificant change in the air pressure, the weat her icons will upd ate accordingl y to represent the change i n weath[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 20 Note: Once the weat her tendenc y indicator has registered a chan ge in air pressur e, either the upward or down ward tendency arrow will be d isplayed until the tendenc y chang es again. A I R P R E S S U R E H I S T O R Y G R A P H The[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 21 R A I N F A L L M E A S U R E M E N T The 1hour, 24-ho ur, week, m onth or total rainfall m easurement is displa yed in the unit of inch or m m. For all measurem ents, it is important time and date are set co rrectly on your displa y. ?[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 22 Note: Until the firs t rainfall total reset is perf ormed, the time and date of the total rainf all are displa yed as "- - -.-- . ---- ". After the rai nfall total is reset, the rai nfall total display will in dicate the date a[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 23 If the sensor wireless rec eption icons drop from the weather station as you move them into their intended locations, the se nsors m ay be too far f rom the wireless weather station. T ry m oving the weather station or the sensors c lose[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 24 R A I N S E N S O R Mount the rain sensor on a level surf ace in an open ar ea within the 200 foot wireless range of the thermo-h ygro sensor and on the sam e side of the hous e.  Mount the rain sensor at least 6 f eet off the ground [...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 25 Position:  Choose a location 6 f eet or m ore from electronics such as cordless p hones, gaming s ystems, televisions, microwav es, routers, bab y monitors, etc., which ca n prevent signal re ception.  Place within range of the out[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 26 S P E C I F I C A T I O N S I N D O O R T E M P E R A T U R E 41°F to 104°F (5°C to 40°C) ( “OF.L” displa yed if outside this range) I N D O O R H U M I D I T Y 3% to 99% ( “ - - ” displayed if < 1%, "99" display[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 27 T H E R M O - H Y G R O T R A N S M I T T E R 2 x C size batteries (IE C LR14, 1.5V) Ap proxim ately 24 months (Alkaline b atteries recomm ended) R A I N S E N S O R 2 x AA size batteries (IEC LR6, 1.5V) Approxim ately 24 months (Alkalin[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 28 A L E R T S A N D M O N I T O R I N G D I S C L A I M E R * Disclaimers : La Crosse Technolog y, LTD. (“La Crosse”) prov ides various alert a nd monitoring ser vices to aid users. (1) Serv ice providers m ay charge users for alert se[...]

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    M o d e l W S - 2 8 1 6 U - I T w w w . l a c r o s s e t e c h n o l o g y . c o m / s u p p o r t P a g e | 29 F C C S T A T E M E N T This equipm ent has been tested and foun d to compl y with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. Thes e limits are designed to pro vide reasonable prote ction against harm [...]