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- Page 1 USER MANUAL WeatherLink for APRS ™ ™ For Vantage Pro2 , Vantage Pro2 Plus , ™ Vantage Vue and Weather Envoy Product number 6540 Davis Instruments, 3465 Diablo Avenue, Hayward, CA 94545-2778 U.S.A. • 510-732-9229 • www.davisnet.com...
- Page 3 25-pin port labeled Computer on the TNC modem. If your TNC modem requires a 9-pin or different connection, please contact Technical Support for a wiring diagram. (See “Contacting Davis Technical Support” on page 6.) Note: Since WeatherLink for APRS will draw additional current from the Vantage Pro2 Console and Weather Envoy™, you should use the power adapter provided with your...
- Page 4 Find the Correct Serial Port In the streaming data logger’s Setup menu, click Communications Port Settings. Select the correct COM port and baud rate to communicate to the streaming data logger. The correct baud rate will be the one set in your console, and in WeatherLink.
- Page 5 Configure the Streaming Data Logger In the streaming data logger’s Setup menu, click Configure Streaming Data Logger. Time Out Period Normally, the streaming data logger will stream an ASCII character string according to the Transmission Rate setting to the ham radio TNC modem. However, the streaming data logger utilizes a time-out period for ceasing streaming whenever software attempts to communicate to the logger.
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Page 6: Transmission Rate
Transmission Rate Use this setting to determine how often to send APRS data packet. The default setting is 5 minutes. Consult the APRS website (www.usna.edu/Users/aero/ bruninga/aprs.html) for guidance on sending data more or less often. Latitude & Longitude For APRS reporting, you must enter your latitude and longitude information. Enter your latitude and longitude in degrees, minutes and seconds in the appropriate boxes. - Page 7 Solar Radiation (in watts per square meter) last 3 digits (see above), omitted if missing, The following character string inside the quotes (including the leading period): ".DsVP". This will indicate that a Davis Vantage Pro2 is sending the APRS data packet with its own proprietary device. Carriage Return character...
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Page 8: Contacting Davis Technical Support
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