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Alecto WS-4900 User Manual

Weather station with wireless outdoor sensor
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  • Page 1 User Manual WS-4900 Weather station with wireless outdoor sensor...
  • Page 2 WARRANTY For the Alecto WS-4900 you have a warranty of 24 months from the date of purchase. During this period, we guarantee the free repair of defects caused by material and workmanship errors. All this subjected to the final assessment of the importer.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENT OVERVIEW 2.1 Indoor unit .............................. 4 2.2 Outdoor unit ............................6 2.3 Rain meter ............................. 6 2.4 Temperature and humidity sensor ......................6 2.5 Wind sensor ............................6 INSTALLATION 3.1 Power supply ............................7 3.2 Pairing indoor unit / outdoor unit ......................7 3.3 Positioning .............................

  • Page 4: Overview

    2. OVERVIEW 2.1 Indoor unit: 1. SNOOZE / LIGHT button: snooze button for the alarm clock function and for switching on the display lighting Attention: the light sensor for the au- tomatic display lighting is also located here, see paragraph 4.10, so make sure not to cover this button.
  • Page 5 Desk stand 10. Suspension hole for wall-mounting 11. Button : alarm setup button 12. Button : alarm clock setup button 13. Button : clock setup button 14. HI-LO-AUTO: setup button for display lighting 15. °C / °F switch: to switch the temperature display between degrees Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit 16.

  • Page 6: Outdoor Unit

    2.2 Outdoor unit: 1. Rain meter 2. Spirit level (to mount the outdoor unit as horizontally as possible) 3. Antenna 4. Wind speed meter 5. Mounting pole 6. Air guides for the temperature and humidity sensor 7. Wind vane for the wind direction 8.

  • Page 7: Installation

    0°C, the use of standard alkaline batteries in the outdoor unit is not recommended. For the outdoor unit, we therefore recommend installing Lithium batteries that have been designed to function at a temperature range of -20°C to 60°C. These batteries are available through the service department of Alecto via internet www.alecto.info The lifespan of Lithium batteries with a capacity of 2900mAh is well over a year.

  • Page 8: Positioning

    3.4 Clock: Introduction The WS-4900 is provided with a built-in DCF receiver which receives the DCF time signal from Frankfurt. This signal ensures that the clock shows the time very accurately, provided a strong enough signal is being received.

  • Page 9: To Reset The Rain Data

    After several seconds or minutes the WS-4900 will start showing the correct time. In extreme cases, it can take over a day before the DCF time is shown.

  • Page 10: Display

    4. DISPLAY 4.1 Time and date: 2 3 4 1. Display of the actual time 2. Illuminates when DST is enabled (DST = Daylight Saving Time) 3. Illuminates when the DCF clock radio signal is being received and indicates the reception strength good signal strength acceptable signal strength average signal strength...

  • Page 11: Barometer (Air Pressure)

    4.5 Barometer (air pressure): If this screen isn’t visible, first briefly press the button 1. ‘barometer’ indication 2. Actual air pressure 3. This shows the air pressure trend over the last 24 hours 4. Air pressure per hour over the last 24 hours 5. Indicates whether the relative or absolute air pressure is shown (see also * add 5) 6.

  • Page 12: Wind (Direction + Speed)

    4.7 Wind (direction + speed): 1. Indication ‘wind’ 2. Actual wind direction 3. Wind speed, expressed in colloquial language (see also * add 3) 4. Illuminates when the max. wind speed alert is set 5. Wind speed, according to the Beaufort scale 6.

  • Page 13: Moon Phase

    4.8 Moon phase: The moon phase display is linked to the date, month and year setting. The following moon phases can be displayed: New moon Full moon Crescent moon Waning moon First quarter Last quarter Waxing moon Ashen moon 4.9 Maximum / Minimum memory: Use the MAX/MIN button to display the following maximum and minimum values one after the other: Max.

  • Page 14: Max-Min Alert

    6. ALARM CLOCK 6.1 Introduction: You may program an alarm (wake-up) time in the WS-4900. You may then also enable a frost alert: when the outdoor temperature falls below -3°C, the wake-up signal will sound 30 minutes before the set wake-up time.

  • Page 15: Operation

    6.4 Operation: • At the set time, the alarm will sound for up to 120 seconds • Press the button to stop the alarm signal beforehand or press the SNOOZE/LIGHT button on top of the indoor unit to enable the snooze function; the symbol will flash and the wake-alarm will then sound again after 5 minutes •...

  • Page 16: Troubleshooting

    9. TROUBLESHOOTING Problems Solutions • Check the drainage hole in the rain meter. It must be open. • Check whether the rain meter is placed horizontally. No or strange measurement values from the rain sensor • For as long as the weather station is searching for the correct time, no rain information is transmitted.

  • Page 17: Specifications

    11. SPECIFICATIONS Indoor unit: dimensions 118 x 192.5 x 22mm (excl. desk stand) weight: 260g power 5V DC 500mA mains power adaptor, model number: HX12-0500500-AG, incl. backup battery CR2032, incl. Backup battery lifespan: 4 years (provided the power adapter is connected, otherwise 2 months).
  • Page 18 Outdoor humidity: display range: 1% to 99% resolution: accuracy: 1% ~ 20% RH ± 6.5% RH at 25°C (77°F) 20% ~ 80% RH ± 3.5% RH at 25°C (77°F) 80% ~ 99% RH ± 6.5% RH at 25°C (77°F) memory display: history of the past 24 hours, MIN/MAX humidity with time and date Air pressure: units of measurement:...
  • Page 20 Service Help WWW.ALECTO.NL SERVICE@ALECTO.NL Hesdo, Australiëlaan 1 5232 BB, ‘s-Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Service WWW.ALECTO.NL SERVICE@ALECTO.NL Help Hesdo, Australiëlaan 1, 5232 BB, The Netherlands ‘s-Hertogenbosch, V1.0...

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