Operating And Setting Of The; El Backlight; Buzzer; Alarm - La Crosse Technology WS-3610 Operation Manual

13 Operating and Setting of the EL Backlight, (Light), Buzzer (sound), and Alarm
history (fields in the WIND Section)
13.1 EL Backlight (Light)
For better readability of the LCD the EL backlight can be switched ON or OFF by touching the
LIGHT field once. When ON, the backlight will be switched on for approximately 20 seconds
every time any one of the LCD sections is being touched.
The switching condition (Enabled/Disabled) is shown in the text section for about 20 seconds.
Note: In case the Touch Screen Weather Station is battery operated, repeated use of the EL
backlight will result in a considerable decrease of battery lifetime. It is recommended to
either operate the Weather Station on the included AC adapter or entirely deactivate the EL
backlight (see above).
13.2

Buzzer

The keypad beep and the audible alarms of the Weather Station can be switched ON or OFF by
touching the BUZZER section.
The switching condition ON or OFF is displayed directly in the BUZZER section as well as for
about 20 seconds in the text section (Enabled/Disabled).
13.3

Alarm

Upon touching the ALARM field in the WIND section, all set and activated alarms (except time
alarm) will be shown numbered and sorted according to time of appearance, along with *NEXT*
and *EXIT*. For each alarm present, time and date of appearance can be displayed by touching
the Touch Screen in the center of the text display (last two lines on the LCD).
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PC Connection

In addition to the LCD monitor, the WS-3610 also allows all measured and displayed time
and weather data to be transferred to a PC via a Com port connection. The supplied
software provides complete history data sets, data graphing, and web update capability.
14.1

Data Storage

For a comprehensive weather history the Base Station allows the internal storage of up to 1750
complete sets of weather data with time and date. These data sets are being stored in non-
volatile ring buffer memory (EEPROM) and will not be lost even in case of an interruption of
power supply (e. g. change of batteries).
In case the memory capacity of the Weather Station is exhausted the oldest data sets stored will
be overwritten by the new ones entered.
14.2

Data Recall

The weather data stored can only be read out, processed and displayed by means of a PC. The
storage interval from 1 minute to 12 hours for data sets can also only be performed by means of a
PC.
14.3

Connections and Software

The wiring between Weather Station and PC takes place by means of an included COM port
cable. Furthermore the "Heavy Weather Pro 3610" software package also included in the
shipping contents must be installed on the PC.
This software allows the display of all present weather data with graphic symbols. It further allows
the display, storage and printing of history data sets, whose volume exceeding the maximum
1750 data sets of the Weather Station is only limited by the capacity of the PC's main memory.
Furthermore the present weather data can be updated to web sites by means of the "Web
Publisher" software. History data can be displayed as diagrams and graphs by means of the
"Weather Review" software.
For further details on the PC Connection please see the Help File on the installation disk.
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