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Bresser 4Cast PC Instruction Manual

Digital forecast weather station with wireless outdoor-transmitter, rain sensor, anemometer and pc-software
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  • Page 1 Instruction Manual Digital Forecast Weather Station with wireless outdoor-transmitter, rain sensor, anemometer and PC-software...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENT SECTION 1 SETTING UP METEOTIME WEATHER STATION Must Read before Getting Started. Introduction Getting Start Operation Instruction Weather Status Cities Critical Weather Message in Short Form Setup Manual in Short Form SECTION 2 SETTING UP WIRELESS INDOOR/OUTDOOR MEASURING DEVICE FOR WIND, RAIN, THERMOHYGROMETER AND THE ATOMSPHERE PRESSURE Introduction Features of Wireless In/Outdoor Measuring Devices...
  • Page 3 Your Professional Meteotime Weather Station consists of: • 4-Day Weather information, and • Wireless Indoor/Outdoor measuring device for Wind, Rain, Thermo-hygrometer and the atmosphere pressure. This package comes with • Main Display Unit (Main Console) • Wireless Wind-meter • Wireless Rain-Guage •...
  • Page 4 Section 1 Setting Up Meteotime Weather Station...
  • Page 5 1.0 MUST READ BEFORE GETTING START Your Meteotime Weather Station is different to traditional weather stations which measure the prevailing conditions only, the data of this weather station is based on the METEOTIME which is worked out on a daily basis by highly professional meteorologists using state-of-art instruments.
  • Page 6 POTENTIAL SOURCES OF INTERFERENCE With all Meteotime Weather Stations, we should take measures to provide best possible radio reception. HBG and DCF are long wave stations with a broad reach (for example, approximate 1500km for the DCF station). However, as with a long wave radio station, interference may occur which is often caused by the following influences: •...
  • Page 7 1.1 INTRODUCTION The Meteotime Weather Station LCD display shows: • Today Weather Information Window • Tomorrow, One-day-after, and Two-day-after Weather Information • Information Window which shows Time & Date, Sunrise & Sunset, Cities, and Critical Weather Information Description. Today Weather Information including Wind Speed, Wind Direction, and the probability of Rain/Snow/Hail, Day &...
  • Page 8 There are total 5 buttons at the Right side of main Unit for Setting up the Meteotime Weather Section, namely:...
  • Page 9 • Selected City Time + Date Sunrise + Sunset • Each press of [SET] will display the selected City, Time + Date or Sunrise + Sunset • Press and HOLD [SET] for 3 second to select your <1> Country, <2> Time Zone, <3> Language, <4>...
  • Page 10 1.2 GETTING STARTED • Insert the 4 batteries for remote units, and then insert batteries for the main unit. • The main unit will automatically scan for the radio-controlled clock signal and the Meteotime Weather signal. “ SUCHE SIG. “ (means Search Signal) will show in the INFORMATION WINDOW.
  • Page 11 In the event the Meteotime icon change to , that means there are potential sources of interference on the unit. The sources of interference may come from the electronics equipment such as TV-set, computers, household machines etc. It may also be due to lots of concrete, metal parts and electrical equipment in the building.

  • Page 12: Operation Instruction

    1.3 OPERATION INSTRUCTION You are able to use the TEST function to look for a better location • Press TEST button, “ SCAN “ is shown in the Information Window. • Pick the unit to find a good location. • flashing : The test is running and the Meteotime signal reception is good.
  • Page 13 • If the city ‘Frankfurt am Main’ is your selection, then press [ TEST √ ] key to confirm. A √ will be shown on top of your selected city, and it will be and ‘Frankfurt am Main’ will store into your personal memory list •...
  • Page 14 PERSONALIZE A PLACE NAME • Press and Hold [ SET ] for 3 second. In the information window, is shown, and then press [ ] or [ ] key to select the country. Let’s said you have selected the country Germany which is represented in •...
  • Page 15 SWITCH DAY WEATHER INFORMATION <- -> NIGHT WEATHER INFORMATION The device is able to base on the SUNRISE time and SUNSET time to automatically switch to DAY-WEATHER and NIGHT-WEATHER respectively. The unit is preset to show DAY-WEATHER after sunrise time, and NIGHT-WEATHER after SUNSET time. The user can press the [ DAY / NIGHT ] button to see the DAY-Weather (for 10-second period) if currently show the NIGHT-WEATHER, or vice verse.
  • Page 16 Sometimes there are more than one critical weather information in the 4-days. Press [ DAY / NIGHT ] key to read the critical weather information one by one. The special icon of the day will be flashed when you read the Information. [ DAY / NIGHT ] [ DAY / NIGHT ] flashing...
  • Page 17 1.4 WEATHER STATUS Significance Night Significance Night Sunny (Clear Heavy Rain at night) Light Cloudy Frontal Storms Mostly Heat Storms Cloudy Overcast Sleet Showers Stratus Snow Clouds Showers Sleet Showers Snow Light Rain...
  • Page 18 1.5 CITIES There are a total of 470 cities information included in memory. The cities of the name with * will only have 2-day weather status. CITY NAME CITY FULL NAME COUNTRY NAME at Information REGION Window ANDORRA LA VELLA* AND.LA.VELL* ANDORRA ST PÖLTEN...
  • Page 19 CITY NAME CITY FULL NAME COUNTRY NAME at Information REGION Window FRAUENFELD FRAUENFELD CH/SUISSE FRIBOURG FRIBOURG CH/SUISSE GENEVE GENEVE CH/SUISSE GLARUS GLARUS CH/SUISSE GRINDELWALD GRINDELWLD CH/SUISSE INTERLAKEN INTERLAKEN CH/SUISSE LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS LACHAUX-D.F CH/SUISSE LAUSANNE LAUSANNE CH/SUISSE LIESTAL LIESTAL CH/SUISSE LOCARNO LOCARNO CH/SUISSE LUGANO...
  • Page 20 CITY NAME CITY FULL NAME COUNTRY NAME at Information REGION Window BERCHTESGADEN BERCHTESGA D / GER BERLIN BERLIN D / GER BIELEFELD BIELEFELD D / GER BITBURG BITBURG D / GER BORKUM BORKUM D / GER BREMEN BREMEN D / GER BREMERHAVEN BREMERHAVN D / GER...
  • Page 21 CITY NAME CITY FULL NAME at Information COUNTRY NAME REGION Window KAISERSLAUTERN KAISERSLAU D / GER KARLSRUHE KARLSRUHE D / GER KASSEL KASSEL D / GER KEMPTEN KEMPTEN D / GER KIEL KIEL D / GER KOBLENZ KOBLENZ D / GER KÖLN KÖLN D / GER...
  • Page 22 CITY NAME CITY FULL NAME at Information COUNTRY NAME REGION Window D / GER VILLINGEN-SCHW. VILL.-SCHWE. D / GER WEIDEN WEIDEN D / GER WERTHEIM WERTHEIM D / GER WILHELMSHAVEN WILHELMSHA D / GER WUPPERTAL WUPPERTAL D / GER WÜRZBURG WÜRZBURG D / GER ZWICKAU...
  • Page 23 CITY NAME CITY FULL NAME COUNTRY NAME at Information REGION Window AURILLAC AURILLAC FRANCE AUXERRE AUXERRE FRANCE AVIGNON AVIGNON FRANCE BAR_LE_DUC BAR_LE_DUC FRANCE BASTIA* BASTIA* FRANCE BEAUVAIS BEAUVAIS FRANCE BELFORT BELFORT FRANCE BESANCON BESANCON FRANCE BEZIERS BEZIERS FRANCE BLOIS BLOIS FRANCE BOBIGNY BOBIGNY...
  • Page 24 CITY NAME CITY FULL NAME at Information COUNTRY NAME REGION Window LA_ROCHE_S LA_ROCHE_S FRANCE LAON LAON FRANCE LAVAL LAVAL FRANCE LE HAVRE LE HAVRE FRANCE LE MANS LE MANS FRANCE LILLE LILLE FRANCE LIMOGES LIMOGES FRANCE LONS_LE_S LONS_LE_S FRANCE LORIENT LORIENT FRANCE LYON...
  • Page 25 CITY NAME CITY FULL NAME COUNTRY NAME at Information REGION Window ST_BRIEUC ST_BRIEUC FRANCE ST_FLOUR ST_FLOUR FRANCE ST_TROPEZ ST_TROPEZ FRANCE ST-ETIENNE ST-ETIENNE FRANCE STRASBOURG STRASBOURG FRANCE TARBES TARBES FRANCE TOULON TOULON FRANCE TOULOUSE TOULOUSE FRANCE TOURS TOURS FRANCE TROYES TROYES FRANCE VALENCE VALENCE...
  • Page 26 CITY NAME CITY FULL NAME COUNTRY NAME at Information REGION Window LECCE* LECCE* I / ITALY MERANO MERANO I / ITALY MESSINA* MESSINA* I / ITALY MILANO MILANO I / ITALY NAPOLI* NAPOLI* I / ITALY PALERMO* PALERMO* I / ITALY PARMA PARMA I / ITALY...
  • Page 27 CITY NAME CITY FULL NAME at Information COUNTRY NAME REGION Window DEN HELDER DEN HELDER NL/NETHERL EINDHOVEN EINDHOVEN NL/NETHERL GRONINGEN GRONINGEN NL/NETHERL HAARLEM HAARLEM NL/NETHERL LEEUWARDEN LEEUWARDEN NL/NETHERL LELYSTAD LELYSTAD NL/NETHERL MAASTRICHT MAASTRICHT NL/NETHERL MIDDELBURG MIDDELBURG NL/NETHERL ROTTERDAM ROTTERDAM NL/NETHERL S.HERTOGENBOSCH S.HERTOGENB NL/NETHERL...
  • Page 28 CITY NAME CITY FULL NAME COUNTRY NAME at Information REGION Window MALMÖ MALMÖ S/SWEDEN ÖREBRO ÖREBRO S/SWEDEN ÖSTERSUND* ÖSTERSUND* S/SWEDEN STOCKHOLM STOCKHOLM S/SWEDEN SUNDSVALL* SUNDSVALL* S/SWEDEN UMEA* UMEA* S/SWEDEN UPPSALA UPPSALA S/SWEDEN VÄSTERAS VÄSTERAS S/SWEDEN VISBY VISBY S/SWEDEN BRANSKA* BRANSKA* SK/SLOVAKI BRATISLAVA BRATISLAVA...
  • Page 29 CITY NAME CITY FULL NAME COUNTRY NAME at Information REGION Window NORWICH NORWICH NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAM OXFORD OXFORD PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH PORTSMOUTH PORTSMOUTH READING READING SHEFFIELD SHEFFIELD SOUTHAMPTON SOUTHAMPTO ST_DAVIDS ST_DAVIDS SWANSEA SWANSEA VATICANO VATICANO V/VATICANO...
  • Page 31 CRITICAL WEATHER MESSAGE IN 10 LETTERS SHORT FORM IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ENGLISH SHORT FORM IN ENGLISH INFORMATION WINDOW HEAVY WEATHER HEAVY.WEATH. HEAVY WEATHER DAY HEAVY.WEATH. HEAVY WEATHER NIGHT HEAVY.WEATH. STORM STORM STORM DAYTIME DAY.STORM STORM NIGHTTIME NIGHT.STORM STRONG GUST DAYTIME DAY.GUST STRONG GUST NIGHTTIME NIGHT.GUST...
  • Page 32 GERMAN SHORT FORM IN GERMAN INFORMATION WINDOW SCHWERES WETTER UNWETTER SCHWERES WETTER TAG UNWETTER T SCHWERES WETTER NACHT UNWETTER N STURM STURM STURM AM TAGE STURM.TAG STURM NACHTS STURM.NACHT AM TAG BÖIGER WIND WINDBÖE.T NACHTS BÖIGER WIND WINDBÖE.N EISREGEN VORMITTAGS EISREGEN EISREGEN NACHMITTAGS EISREGEN...
  • Page 33 DUTCH DUTCH SHORT FORM IN (NIEDERLANDISCH) INFORMATION WINDOW ZWAAR WEER ZWAAR WEER ZWAAR WEER OVERDAG ZW WEER_D ZWAAR WEER'S NACHTS ZW WEER_N STORM STORM STORM OVERDAG STORM_D STORM'S NACHTS STORM_N WINDSTOTEN OVERDAG WINDST_D WINDSTOTEN'S NACHTS WINDST_N IJZEL IN DE OCHTEND IJZEL_O IJZEL IN DE MIDDAG IJZEL_M...
  • Page 34 SPANISH SHORT FORM IN SPANISH INFORMATION WINDOW AVISO METEOROLOGICO AVIS_METEO AVISO METEOROLOGICO DIA AVIS.MET_D AVISO METEOROLOG. NOCHE AVIS.MET_N TEMPORAL TEMPORAL TEMPORAL DIA TEMPORAL_D TEMPORAL POR LA NOCHE TEMPORAL_N RACHAS FUERTES DIA RACHAS_F_D RACHAS FUERTES NOCHE RACHAS_F_N LLUVIA HELADA MANANA LLUV.HEL_M LLUVIA HELADA TARDE LLUV.HEL_T LLUVIA HELADA NOCHE...
  • Page 35 ITALIAN SHORT FORM IN ITALIAN INFORMATION WINDOW CONDIZIONI DIFFICILI COND ESTR CONDIZIONI DIFFICILI GIORNO COND EST G CONDIZIONI DIFFIC.NOTTE COND EST N TEMPESTA TEMPESTA TEMPESTA DIURNA TPS DIURNA TEMPESTA NOTT. TPS NOTT. FORTI RAFFICHE DIURNE RAFF.DIURN FORTI RAFFICHE NOTT. RAFF.NOTT PIOGGIA GELIDA MATT.
  • Page 36 FRENCH SHORT FORM IN SWEDISH SHORT FORM IN FRENCH INFORMATION WINDOW INFORMATION WINDOW TEMPS LOURD TEMPS.LOURD KRIT. VÄDER TEMPS LOURD JOUR TEMPS.LOURD KRI. VÄD. D TEMPS LOURD NUIT TEMPS.LOURD KRI. VÄD. N TEMPETE TEMPETE STORM TEMPETE JOUR TEMPETE STORM D TEMPETE NUIT TEMPETE STORM N...
  • Page 37 SETUP MANUL IN 10 LETTERS SHORT FORM IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ENGLISH SHORT FORM IN ENGLISH INFORMATION WINDOW SEARCH SIGNAL SEARCH SIG. SELECT CITY CITY SELECT COUNTRY COUNTRY TIME ZONE ZONE HOURS RECEPTION TEST SCAN CONTRAST. CONTRAST. MEMORY FULL MEM.FULL EXIT SETMODE EXIT GERMAN SHORT FORM IN GERMAN...
  • Page 38 SPANISH SHORT FORM IN SPANISH INFORMATION WINDOW BUSCAR UNA SENAL BUSCAR.SEN SELECCIONAR LA CIUDAD SELEC.CIUD SELECCIONAR EL PAIS SELEC.PAIS ZONA HORARIA ZONA HORAS PRUEBA DE RECEPCION PRUEB.REC CONTRAST. CONTRAST. MEMORIA POR COMPLETO MEMO_COMP AJUSTE REALIZADO AJUST.REAL ITALIAN SHORT FORM IN ITALIAN INFORMATION WINDOW RICERCA SEGNALE...

  • Page 39: Wind, Rain, Thermohygrometer And The Atomsphere Pressure

    Section 2 Setting Up Wireless Indoor/Outdoor measuring device Wind, Rain,Thermo-hygrometer and the atmosphere pressure...

  • Page 40: Introduction

    2.0 INTRODUCTION MAIN UNIT It measures indoor temperature and humidity, and displays weather data collected by the remote weather sensors. It also provides indication of the indoor/outdoor temperature, pressure and humidity trends, and moon phase. The main console unit stores around 200 weather records without a computer connection. When linked to a computer using the USB cable and software provided, the records from wireless measuring devices can be displayed and saved onto the computer.

  • Page 41: Features Of Wireless In/Outdoor Measuring Devices

    2.1 FEATURES OF WIRELESS IN/OUTDOOR MEASURING DEVICES PRESSURE • Current or historical pressure (mBar/ hPa, mmHg or inHg) • Altitude or sea level pressure adjustment for atmospheric pressure compensation • Pressure trend indication • Sea-level pressure history for the last 24 days •...

  • Page 42: Installing Your Weather Station

    2.2 INSTALLING YOUR WEATHER STATION SETTING UP THE REMOTE WEATHER SENSORS Before starting up the main console unit, setup all the remote sensors first. When placing the sensors, make sure that they are within receiving range of the console unit. Ideally they should be within the line of sight of the Main Unit.

  • Page 43: Setting Up The Rain Sensor

    2.2.2 SETTING UP THE RAIN SENSOR 1. Unlock the funnel-shaped top of the rain sensor by turning both knobs on the sides of the rain sensor in an anti-clockwise direction. 2. Lift the top off the base and insert 2 x UM-3 or “AA” size 1.5V batteries into the battery holder.

  • Page 44: Setting Up The Main Unit

    PLACEMENT TIPS: • Check that wind can travel freely around the anemometer and is not distorted by nearby buildings, trees or other structures. • For better results, place the anemometer at least 3m above local structures and obstacles. The ground creates a frictional effect to wind flow and will attenuate readings. •...

  • Page 45: Buttons And Controls

    2.3 BUTTONS AND CONTROLS There are total 7 buttons at the Right side of main Unit for setting up the Wireless In/Outdoor Measuring Devices for Wind, Rain, Thermohygrometer, Pressure and Moon Phase, namely:...
  • Page 46 PLACEMENT TIPS: • Check that wind can travel freely around the anemometer and is not distorted by nearby buildings, trees or other structures. • For better results, place the anemometer at least 3m above local structures and obstacles. The ground creates a frictional effect to wind flow and will attenuate readings. •...
  • Page 47 2.3 BUTTONS AND CONTROLS There are total 7 buttons at the Right side of main Unit for setting up the Wireless In/Outdoor Measuring Devices for Wind, Rain, Thermohygrometer, Pressure and Moon Phase, namely:...

  • Page 48: Rain Mode

    2.4.3 RAIN MODE • Precipitation amount for last hour, last 24 hour, yesterday, last week and last month • Rainfall alert 2.4.4 WIND MODE • Wind Chill • Temperature at place of anemometer • Wind direction • Wind speed • Wind gust •...

  • Page 49: Setting Pressure Parameters During Initial Start-Up

    2.5 SETTING PRESSURE PARAMETERS DURING INITIAL START-UP This part of the display indicates the current pressure, sea level pressure, and moon phase. A number of historical statistics can also be viewed, such as the sea-level pressure values for the last 24 hours, moon phase for the previous and next 39 days, as well as a pressure/ temperature/ humidity history bar-chart.
  • Page 50 SETTING THE PRESSURE AND ALTITUDE UNITS 1. Set Local Pressure Units: press [ SET ] until local pressure is displayed Press and hold [ MEMORY ] ] or [ ] to adjust value. Press [ MEMORY ] to confirm your selection. 1.

  • Page 51: Indoor And Outdoor Temperature And Humidity

    VIEWING MOON PHASE HISTORY AND FORECAST 1. In Pressure Mode, press [ MEMORY ]. 2. “+ 0 days” should be flashing. 3. View Moon Phase History / Forecast: ] or [ ] to choose number of days forward (+ days) or backward (- days) from current date.
  • Page 52 ACCESSING TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY FROM DIFFERENT WIRELESS OUTDOOR THERMOHYGROMETER From the Main Unit: Press [ ] or [ ] until the IN icon on the upper right of the display starts flashing. VIEWING TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY DISPLAY FOR EACH CHANNEL For Static Display: In Temperature and Humidity Mode, each press of [ CHANNEL ] rotates display between different channels.
  • Page 53 DISABLING WHEN TEMPERATURE ALARMS ARE ACTIVATED To Disable Temperature Alarm(s): Press [ ALARM/CHART ] to disable the alarm (s). VIEWING THE MAX/MIN CHANNEL TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY Each press of [ MEMORY ] rotates channel temperature and humidity display between: • Current temperature and humidity at remote sensor •...

  • Page 54: Wireless Outdoor Rain Guage

    2.7 WIRELESS OUTDOOR RAIN GAUGE The Main Unit records the total amount of rainfall for the last hour, last 24 hours, yesterday, last week and last month. The rainfall may be displayed in mm or inches. A daily rainfall alert function is available which can be programmed to sound if the daily rainfall exceeds a pre-configured limit.

  • Page 55: Wireless Outdoor Anemometer (Wind Sensor)

    2.8 WIRELESS OUTDOOR ANEMOMETER (WIND SENSOR) The wind direction is shown by an animated compass display. Its angle can be displayed as compass points (i.e. NW) or in bearings from the north (i.e. 22.5º). The upper left of the wind display can be set to indicate the temperature at the anemometer or the temperature adjusted with a wind chill factor.
  • Page 56 ACTIVATING/DEACTIVATING WIND ALERTS 1. Each press of [ ALARM/CHART ] rotates wind speed display between: • Current wind speed • Wind speed alert (“ALARM HI” displayed) • Gust alert (“GUST ALARM HI” displayed) If the alert is deactivated, “OFF” will be shown, otherwise the alert value is shown. 2.

  • Page 57: Led Backlight Options

    3 LED BACKLIGHT OPTIONS The backlight of the Main Unit can be turned permanently on/off or automatically toggled when environment lighting level is low. Use the light sensor switch at the back of the unit to select lighting preferences.

  • Page 58: Linking The Weather Station To A Computer

    For the automatic backlight function, the sensitivity of the light sensor can be adjusted to high or low with the sensitivity switch also on the back of the Main Unit Note: Main Unit must be powered with AC/DC adaptor for automatic backlight control function 4 LINKING THE WEATHER STATION TO A COMPUTER Data collected by the weather station can be displayed and recorded on a computer by...

  • Page 59: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLESHOOTING “The display shows dashes “---” for weather parameter(s)” The display will show “---” when the wireless link is lost with the remote sensor for the following periods: Thermo-hygro Sensor – 15 minutes Anemometer (Wind Sensor) – 15 minutes Rain Sensor –...

  • Page 60: Technical Specification

    6 Technical Specifications Receiver (Supply=6.0V, Ta=23°C) and Sensor unit (Supply=3.0V, Ta=23°C) RF Transmission Frequency 434 MHz RF Reception Range Thermo-hygro Sensor 100 meters Maximum (Line of Sight ) Wind Sensor, Rain Sensor 30 meters Maximum (Line of Sight) Barometric Pressure Range 500 hpa to 1100hpa ( 14.75 inHg to 32.44 inHg ), (At sea level ) ( 374.5 mmHg to 823.8 mmHg )
  • Page 61 Hardware Requirement for running PC software WeatherView Operating System: Windows 98 se or above Memory: Ram 32 M byte or more Hard disk: 20 M byte free space or more Optical Device: 2x CD-Rom drive Power Main unit : use 4 pcs UM-3 or ”AA” 1.5V battery : AC/DC adaptor 7.5V 200mA (centre +) Remote Thermo.-Hygro unit : use 2 pcs UM-3 or “AA”...
  • Page 62 EC-DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Product : Bresser 4Cast PC Wheaterstation This product contains the approved transmitter and complies with the essential requirements of Article 3 of the R&TTE 1999/5/EC Directives, if used for its intended use and that the following standard(s) has/have been applied: Efficient use of radio frequency spectrum (Article 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive)
  • Page 64 Meade Instruments Europe GmbH & Co. KG Gutenbergstr. 2 · DE-46414 Rhede www.bresser.de · service@bresser.de...

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