The Outdoor Sensors - La Crosse Technology WS-2510 Operating Instructions Manual

Setting up/Wall mounting
Depending on requirements, the weather station can be hung on a vertical surface (wall) by means of the hanging eyes or
set up on a horizontal surface using the foldout desk stand. There are two possible latching positions (45º/60º) in the
hinge of the desk stand for when the unit is mounted on the desk. When using this method, any cables that are connected
should be laid tidily in the slots of the desk stand in order to ensure an inconspicuous and orderly routing of the cables.
Commissioning
- After the batteries have been inserted or the unit has been connected to the power supply, a short test of all the
display segments is carried out (all segments are displayed).
- Following this a short beep will be heard and the version number of the weather station will be shown in the top left of
the display.
- Next the display will go off and the weather station will go into the synchronization or initializing mode. In this mode, a
search is made both for weather sensors and also for reception of the integral radio clock (radio mast symbol
(reception indicator) flashes in the time field).
- Approximately 8 seconds after the segment test, the indoor temperature and indoor humidity will be displayed and
about 4 seconds after that the air pressure. The appropriate sensors are incorporated directly within the base station.
- The sensors (wind, rain, brightness and temperature/humidity) can now be activated. After activation, each sensor
transmits for a short period approximately for 10 minutes. This makes it easier for reception to be checked.
- If a signal from a wireless sensor is received, a short beep will be heard, the display will go off and then the
transmitted value will be displayed.
- This initialization mode is active for 35 minutes so that commissioning of all the weather sensors can be carried out. If
commissioning is finished sooner or if the station has received signals from all the sensors that have been installed
earlier, the initialization mode can also be terminated prematurely by touching any touch screen field.
However, this must never be done before the last sensor in the system has completed its test run (see following
description of sensors).
On completion of the initialization mode, the display goes off for approximately 1 second and then switches to the
normal display mode.
- In order to prevent an unintentional interruption of the initialization mode after inserting the batteries and setting up the
weather station (e.g. by accidentally touching the screen), the touch-sensitive contact surfaces are blocked against
any input for approximately 20 seconds after the batteries have been inserted.
Please note!
Previous weather sensors with software Version 1.1.
Depending on the type and the period of manufacture, the WS-2510 system sensors are supplied in two software versions
(see printing/sticker on the sensor or the packaging). The weather station is always set to Version 1.2 after
commissioning. If you are using Version 1.1 sensors (supplied before 5/2000), signals from these will not initially be
received. However, as the weather station can add new sensors to its sensor management at any time, it is possible to
add any sensors with software version 1.1.even retrospectively.
- When the weather station has automatically completed the initialization mode or the user has terminated it manually,
the configuration mode can be called up by pressing the "ALARM VALUES " key (bottom right of the control panel) for
approximately 3 seconds.
- In this mode, next press the "SENSOR ADMIN " key. The currently set version number for the outdoor sensors will be
displayed at the top left (factory setting 1.2).
- The version can be switched to 1.1 by touching this display field. In doing so however, signals from Version 1.2
sensors will continue to be received, the weather station being merely set up to receive signals from Version 1.1 in
addition.
- When this is done, the improved transmission reliability of Version 1.2 will be lost.
- You can subsequently exit the configuration mode by pressing the "END " key.
- The weather station now switches to normal operation, starts trying to receive signals from all sensors for 6 minutes in
the background and inserts these automatically into the sensor administration.
2.2.

The outdoor sensors

The outdoor sensors for wind and brightness measurement, for recording rainfall and for external temperature/humidity
measurement are equipped with a solar cell and a lithium backup battery to provide power during the hours of darkness
and periods of bad weather.
To prevent the batteries from discharging fully during a long period of storage without light falling on the solar cell (e.g.
when in the packaging), the power supply is activated by a small magnet that has to be inserted from the outside before
the initial start-up. Do not insert the sensor magnet until shortly before field site assembly of each sensor. Before being
used for the first time and when the battery is discharged, sensors should be exposed to strong light for one or more days
without the activation magnet being inserted so that the backup battery is charged via the solar cell.
After activation (insertion of the magnets, or batteries for battery supplied sensors), the sensors transmit for 10 minutes in
test mode. This means instead of the normal 3-minute scan, they transmit during this period in a 4-second scan. This
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