Davis Instruments Weather Station; Connecting The Davis To The Rc210; Using The Davis Instruments Weather Station - Arcom RC210 Operation Manual

The following Davis Instrument systems are supported by the RC210:
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Vantage Vue
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Vantage Pro
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Vantage Pro2
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Vantage Pro Plus
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Vantage Pro2 Plus
Using the above units (Consoles) will allow you to recall the following information:
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Current wind speed & direction
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Current Outdoor temperature
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Indoor humidity
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Outdoor humidity
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Wind Speed high & direction (since Midnight)
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Outdoor Temp High (since Midnight)
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Outdoor Temp low (since Midnight)
In addition to the Weather Station itself, you will also need Davis Instruments DataLogger cable Model 6510SER which is available from
many sources. And while the cable also comes with a companion software CD, this software is not needed for use with the RC210. You
will also need a DB9 male to DB25 male adapter
Connection between the Davis Console and RC210 is accomplished by first connecting the 6510SER cable to the console as per the
Davis Manual. Once this is done, use the DB9 to SB25 adapter to connect the Davis cable to the RC210's RS232 connector (labeled
"Programming" on the back of the RC210R Rack Mount). That's all there is to it!
Note: The Davis Console needs to be set to 9600 baud. Refer to the documentation that came with it for instructions on how
to do this.
In order to communicate with the Console, you must first program some Macros to call the readings you desire. For example, let's say
we want our users to be able to find out what the current outside temperature is at the repeater site. We'll use Macro 10 in our example
but you can use anyone you wish.
*4002 10 593 Program Macro 10 to recall the current outdoor temperature from the Davis Console
Now we can assign this Macro the DTMF code of "123".
Users can now enter DTMF "123 and the RC210 will read back the current outside temperature
*2050 10 123
Hint: You may find it useful to include a Message Macro in the above Command Macro to confirm the recall. For example, you
could record a DVR Track with "Outside Temperature is" and then recall the outdoor temperature Macro Function.

Davis Instruments Weather Station

Connecting the Davis to the RC210

Using the Davis Instruments Weather Station

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