DAVIS Vantage Pro2 Sensor Suite User Manual page 16

Verify Data from the Sensor Suite Sensors
1. Near the center of the screen, look for the outside temperature (TEMP OUT).
2. Spin the wind cups to check wind speed, pressing WIND if necessary to alternate
between speed and direction in the compass rose.
3. Turn the wind vane and allow five seconds for the wind direction display to
stabilize before moving it again.
4. Approximately one minute after power-up the outside relative humidity (HUM
OUT) reading should be displayed on the console.
5. Check to see if your console is receiving rain readings. On your console screen,
look for the DAILY RAIN display. Remove the rain collector cone and tip the
spoon, then wait to see if the display registers a rain reading. Each tip indicates
0.01" or 0.2 mm of rain and may take up to a minute to register at the console. If
the spoon is tipped too quickly, the number on the console display may not
change.
6. If the sensor suite contains a UV sensor and/or solar sensor, press 2ND and then
press RAIN YR for current ultraviolet readings or press 2ND then press RAIN
DAY for solar radiation readings.
The UV reading displays in the center of the console. The solar reading displays
in the bottom right corner of the console display. UV and solar readings should be
zero or close to zero if the sensor suite is inside. Zero is a valid reading. Dashes(-
-) are displayed if no data comes from the sensors.
7. Current weather data displayed on the console confirms communication.
Once the sensor suite has been powered and the console has successfully received
accurate readings from all the sensors, prepare the sensor suite for installation.
Continue on to "Plan the Sensor Suite Installation" on page 19.
If there is a communication problem between the wireless sensor suite and the
console, see below: "Troubleshooting Cabled Sensor Suite Communication" on
page 13.
To make installation easier at a location, disconnect the console cable from the
sensor interface. Remove the foam and slide the cable out through access port. Once
a location for both the sensor suite and the console has been arranged, reinsert the
cable through the access port, into the console connector, and reinsert the foam.
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