Fine Offset Electronics WH18B Operation Manual

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PROFESSIONAL WEATHER STATION
(WIND AND AIR PRESSURE)

Operation Manual

About this manual

Thank you and congratulations on selecting this professional weather station! We are positive
you will enjoy the benefits of accurate weather readings that our instruments offer.
This manual will guide you step-by-step through setting up your device. Use this manual to
become familiar with your professional weather station, and save it for future reference.
Glossary of Common Terms
LCD
―LCD‖ is an acronym for ‖Liquid Crystal Display‖. This is a common type of display screen
used in televisions, computers, watches, and digital clocks.
BAROMETER & BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
A barometer is a device that measures the pressure of the air pushing on it—this
measurement is called the barometric pressure. We don't actually feel the barometric
pressure because the air pressure is pushing equally in every direction.
RELATIVE AIR PRESSURE
Relative air pressure is the same as the barometric pressure. The calculation of relative air
pressure is a combination of the absolute air pressure and the altitude.
ABSOLUTE AIR PRESSURE
Absolute air pressure is the actual air pressure on the barometer without regard to altitude.
INCHES OF MERCURY (inHg)
Inches of Mercury is the common unit of measurement for air pressure in the United States.
HECTOPASCALS (hPa)
Hectopascals are the common units of measurement for air pressure in the International
System (SI) of measurement. The hectopascal holds the same value
Important Note:
The Professional weather station includes a base station (receiver), a transmitter unit, one
wind direction sensor, one wind speed sensor, one rain gauge, USB cable and a PC software
package on CD-ROM.
An added feature of the Weather Station is the readout of all measured and displayed
time and weather data on a PC.
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  • Page 1: Operation Manual

    PROFESSIONAL WEATHER STATION (WIND AND AIR PRESSURE) Operation Manual About this manual Thank you and congratulations on selecting this professional weather station! We are positive you will enjoy the benefits of accurate weather readings that our instruments offer. This manual will guide you step-by-step through setting up your device. Use this manual to become familiar with your professional weather station, and save it for future reference.
  • Page 2: Display Console

    OVERVIEW Display console DC connector USB interface Item Display Console Outdoor sensor(Thermo-hygrometer with solar panel / Rain Gauge / Wind Speed Sensor/ Wind Direction) CD contains PC software Pole pole mounting clamps User manual AA rechargeable batteries Note: Adaptor is not included. Features ...
  • Page 3: Setting Up The Base Station And Transmitter

     High/ low alarm.  With message panel showing indication of alarms/Min/Max data, with time stamps  Light and UV index  Save the data when batteries are changed  PC software  Upload the data to internet (optional) Set up Guide Before placing and installing all components of the weather station at there final destination, please set up the weather station with all parts being nearby for testing the correct function.
  • Page 4: Mounting The Sensor

    station didn’t receive the signal in 240 minutes, the base station will start search and register new sensor. 3. If the outdoor data lost or a battery change for the transmitter, press the reset button on the solar power cabinet to re-send the signal and set the reregister on at display console to register new transmitter.
  • Page 5 Anemometer wind direction sensor Mounting the dual wind sensor holder Mounting the rain sensor Thermo-hygro sensor with solar panel...
  • Page 6: Display Unit

    Mounting thermo-hygro sensor Fix the whole set to a pole same rain sensor with the two adjustable hoops.  The anemometer’s cable is connected to the input on the wind direction sensor.  The wind direction sensor’s cable is connected to the input marked Wind on the thermo-hygro sensor ...
  • Page 7 1.Time 2.Indoor Temperature 3.Indoor Humidity 4.Barometric Pressure 5. Barometric Pressure graph 6.Weather icon 7. Message panel showing indication of 8. Minimum alarms/Min/Max data 9.Time stamp 10.RF signal 11.Memory status 12.Wind direction 13.Rain fall 14.Wind speed 15.Dew point 16. Outdoor humidity 17.Outdoor Temperature 18.UV 19.Light...
  • Page 8 2.3 Key function SET: Enter the setting mode HISTORY: Display history records / return to normal mode ALARM: Display high or low alarm function / turn on/off the alarm MAX/MIN: Display the MAX, MIN value Increase the setting parameter/ Move to next message of the selected segment on the message panel Decrease the setting parameter/ Move to previous message of the selected segment on the message panel...
  • Page 9: Console Operation

    Console Operation Program mode The screen is divided into 10 segments for selection and there are message display panel on the bottom. There are six program modes: normal, setting mode, history mode, alarm mode, max/min mode and calibrated mode. All the modes can be exited at any time by pressing the HISTORY key, or waiting for a 30 second timeout to take effect.
  • Page 10  Time and date Week and year (TUESDAY 2013) Alarm time Moon phase. (see moon phases part illustration on Page 19) The DST flag is ON, will display ―DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME‖. If device is connected to outdoor transmitter successfully, it will display transmitter ID for 120 second.
  • Page 11 The max and min absolute barometric of the day The max and min absolute barometric since last reset. The max and min relatively barometric of the day The max and min relatively barometric since last reset.  Wind and gust speed The max wind speed of the day The max wind speed since last reset.
  • Page 12 The max Rainfall since last reset (including rainfall rate during 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, and 1 year). 2. Setting Mode 2.1 In normal mode, press SET key for 2 seconds to enter the setting mode. Then press ‖ ‖button, you will transfer among the main menu with options of : TIME SETTING UNIT SETTING...
  • Page 13  RAIN SEASON BEGIN (JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC) Default: January. The total rain falls before that will be cleared once it comes to 0:00 of January 1 . Means the new statistic annual of rain fall begins from 0:00 of January 1 .Users can choose from January to December ...
  • Page 14 Wind direction can be adjusted by 0-359°.For southern hemisphere installations, the wind direction need to change by 180°. WIND FACTOR Wind speed calibration coefficient: default 1 (range is Range is 0.1-2.5) RAIN FACTOR Rain factor calibration coefficient: default 1 (range is Range is 0.1-2.5) RAIN DAY CORRECT Calibration for total rain falls of 1 day.
  • Page 15 DEW POINT HIGH ALARM --Set dew point high alarm m) HEAT INDEX HIGH ALARM --Set heat index high alarm RAIN RATE HIGH ALARM --Set rainfall rate high alarm RAIN DAY HIGH ALARM --Set rainfall day high alarm  LOW ALARM SETTING In TEMP LOW ALARM--Set indoor temperature low alarm In HUMI LOW ALARM --Set indoor humidity low alarm In TEMP LOW ALARM --Set outdoor temperature low alarm...
  • Page 16: Other Console Functions

    temperature. m) RAIN RATE TODAY MAX, RAIN RATE TOTAL MAX -- Maximum Rainfall rate. RAIN 24H TOTAL MAX -- Maximum Rainfall within 24 hours. RAIN WEEK TOTAL MAX -- Maximum Rainfall within 1 week RAIN MONTH TOTAL MAX -- Maximum Rainfall within 1 month RAIN YEAR TOTAL MAX -- Maximum Rainfall within 1 year.
  • Page 17 indicators Rising rate>= 10% Rising >= 1℃ within 30 Rising within 30 minutes minutes Change rate < 10% Change rate < 1℃ within Steady within 30 minutes 30 minutes Falling rate >= 10% Falling >= 1℃ within 30 Falling within 30 minutes minutes ...
  • Page 18: Specification

    Specification  Factory Default Settings Time: 1/1/2000 0:00:00  31/12/2099 23:59:59 (default: 1/1/2014 0:00 00 WED) Time zone: -12  +12 12/24 hour format (default: 24hr) DD-MM-YYYY / MM-DD-YYYY / YYYY-MM-DD format (default: DD-MM-YYYY) Temperature unit C or F (default: C) Wind speed units: km/h, m/s, bft, mph, knots (default: km/h) Average wind speed / gust wind speed (default: average wind speed) Pressure units: hpa, mmHg, inHg (default: hpa)
  • Page 19: Troubleshooting Guide

    33) Wind speed alarm: 0-50.0m/s (default: 1.8km/h, disable) 34) Guest speed alarm: 0-50.0m/s (default: 3.6km/h, disable) 35) Light high alarm: 0 to 300000 (default: 200000lux, disable) 36) UVI high alarm: 0 to 15 (default: 10, disable)  Specifications Indoor temperature measure range: -10 to 60C Outdoor temperature measure range: -40 to 60C Humidity measuring range: 10% to 99% Wind speed measure range: 0 to 50.0m/s...
  • Page 20 Problem Solution from the display console and wait 10 seconds. Put the batteries back in. 3. Do not touch any buttons for several minutes. 4. The remote sensor search icon will splash on the display. Wait several minutes for this icon to turn off. 5.
  • Page 21 Problem Solution agree due to signal filtering. The indoor and outdoor humidity sensors should agree within 10 % (the sensor accuracy is ± 5 %) 2. Perform a humidity calibration (reference Section 2.1) Relative pressure does not agree with 1. You may be viewing the relative pressure, not official reporting station the absolute pressure.
  • Page 22: General Information

    WeatherSmart PC Software User Manual 1.0 General Information The Weather station is a weather monitoring device that achieves displays and records the weather data from internal and external sensors. Besides the indoor temperature, indoor humidity and humidity, and air pressure measured by internal sensor, it will receive the outdoor temperature wind and rainfall.
  • Page 23 3.0 Basic Settings of the “Weather Smart” Software After the ―WeatherSmart.exe‖ program has been started, the following main window will appear on the PC screen: All the settings from the base unit is mirrored into the PC software, so once you have done your setting on the base unit, then you don’t need to make any setting changes on the PC software.
  • Page 24 4.1.1 Click System button, enters the Setting menu This section is used to set up PC software display, base station units. Once you made your choice, press Save to make the setting effective. Click Alarm button, enters the Alarm menu 4.1.2...
  • Page 25 This section is used to set the desired time, high or low alarm value for the base unit, as well as able or disable the corresponding alarm function. Once you made your choice, choose Save to make the setting effective. If you don’t want to make any change, just press Cancel and exit without change.
  • Page 26: Record Option

    4.1.4 Click Max/Min button, enters the Max/Min menu This section is used to display the recorded min and max value recorded with time stamp. Min/Max reset can only be done through key operation on the base station. 4.1.5 Click Language button, enters the Language menu 4.2 Record option...
  • Page 27 4.2.1 Click History button, enters the History menu This section is used to display recorded history data in a spread sheet. If you wanted to see all history data in a desired time period, choose the time duration and press Search to reload the history data.
  • Page 28 In this section, you can see the history data plotted in graph format for easier observation. If you want to see more details, just use your mouse to select the area you wanted and the display will be automatically updated in more detailed scale:...
  • Page 29: What To Do If Graph Function Is Not Working

    With the Export as image button, you can export the selected graph into .jpeg format file. You can change the Y axel by scrolling the mouse up and down roller. What to do if graph function is not working This is the most encountered problem with this software. To make the graph function working properly, please check the following step: 1, find the folder where the ―WeahterSmart.exe‖...
  • Page 30 4.3 Upload option Click Upload button, enters the upload menu Note: This feature is only available in WeatherSmart Version 1.8 or greater. 4.3.1 Select Upload|Wunderground.com from the menu bar. User can upload data to website. www.wunderground.com or their own website. If user choose www.wunderground.com, he do not need to set the server, server type and port.
  • Page 31 To upload data to Wunderground.com, you must first register on the Wunderground.com website. Registration is free. Note: How to create a Wunderground.com® account and station ID. 1. Join the Wunderground.com® Community. Visit: https://www.wunderground.com® /members/signup.asp and sign up with Wunderground.com.
  • Page 32 2. Join the Personal Weather Station (PWS) network. Visit: http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/signup or select More | Register Your PWS from the menu at the top of the WeatherUndeground.com website:...
  • Page 33 Enter your ID obtained and password and select Auto Upload checkbox and Save. Please Note: Make sure you enter the ID in all capitals, and the password exactly as you chose it, both fields are case sensitive. 4.3.2 Upload to WeatherBug Select Upload | WeatherBug from the menu bar.
  • Page 34 To upload data to Weatherbug.com, you must first register on the Weatherbug.com website. Registration is free. Visit http://backyard.weatherbug.com/ and select Join if you do not have an account. Once registered with Weatherbug.com you will need to sign up your station. To get started visit: http://backyard.weatherbug.com/group/backyardstations/page/backyardstations Enter your ID, password and station number and select Auto Upload checkbox and Save.
  • Page 35: Help Option

    4.4 Help option Click About ―WeatherSmart‖ button, enters the About menu 5.0 “WeatherSmart” Software on MAC OS Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM Drive and double click the WeatherSmart software icon, the main interface as below will be opened: The functions of MAC OS are the same to the windows version. Once the device is connected to MAC PC by USB cable, settings, alarms of all weather parameter can be done here.
  • Page 36 5.1 Setting option: Please refer to 4.1.1 5.2 Alarm option: Please refer to 4.1.2 5.3 Max/Min option...
  • Page 37 5.4 History option: Please refer to 4.2.1 5.5 Graph Please refer to 4.2.2...
  • Page 38 5.6 Upload option: Please refer to 4.3 5.7 Check software version...
  • Page 39: Fcc Statement

    Click About WeatherSmart button, enters the About menu to check version information, Special Notes about time synchronization between PC and sub-station: The PC software obtained its own time scale through the time interval marker from the base station history data, and the PC software automatically synchronizes the weather data with a time stamp calculated.
  • Page 40: Legal Notes

    Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. Legal Notes  We reserve the right to delete or change any image whether or not purposely uploaded onto the server by a user of the and the WeatherSmart software touch screen weather station...

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