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- Page 1 V2 Expansion Kit Assembly and Operation Manual Version 1.1 December 2019 www.switchdoc.com Page 1 of 34 December 2019...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
What is in the OurWeather Box? ....................5 ....................Error! Bookmark not defined..................... Error! Bookmark not defined..................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Step By Step Assembly ......................12 Building the Weather Sensors ............ Error! Bookmark not defined. Testing the OurWeather Weather Station ................. 15 Power Up OurWeather ............... - Page 3 www.switchdoc.com Page 3 of 34 December 2019...
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- Page 5 What is in the OurWeather Expansion Kit Box? Following is a list of all the parts included in the OurWeather Expansion Kit. A – ThunderBoard Lightning Detector www.switchdoc.com Page 5 of 34 December 2019...
- Page 6 B – 6 Port I2C Hub C – Indoor Air Quality Sensor www.switchdoc.com Page 6 of 34 December 2019...
- Page 7 D – TSL2591 Sunlight Sensor www.switchdoc.com Page 7 of 34 December 2019...
- Page 8 E – HDC1080 Temperature / Humidity Sensor F – 5 20cm Grove Cables www.switchdoc.com Page 8 of 34 December 2019...
- Page 9 G – 1 50cm Grove Cables www.switchdoc.com Page 9 of 34 December 2019...
- Page 10 H – Single RGBW Pixel LED www.switchdoc.com Page 10 of 34 December 2019...
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Page 12: Step By Step Assembly
Step By Step Assembly Building the Computer Module. Step 1 – Assembly and test the Base OurWeather Kit and unplug the power from the unit. www.switchdoc.com Page 12 of 34 December 2019... - Page 13 Step 2 – Using M2 screws from the OurWeather base kit, attach the 6 Port I2C Hub (Part B) to the Base unit as shown and then attach the Indoor Air Quality (Part C) to the base unit as shown. www.switchdoc.com Page 13 of 34 December 2019...
- Page 14 Step 3 – Attach a 20cm Grove Cable (Part F) to the Input port on the Single Pixel RGBW LED (Part H). Note we often clip the buckles off the Grove cables as they annoy us, but don’t take the buckle off of this Grove cable. It will fit snuggly with the. Next Slide the Connected Single Pixel RGBW LED (Part H) into the the slot shown on the OurWeather base unit.
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Page 15: Testing The Ourweather Weather Station
Step 4 – Take on 20cm Grove Cable (Part F) and plug in into the remaining I2C Grove connector on the WeatherPlus2 Board and plug it into the slot shown on the 6 Port I2C Hub (Part B) (any port will do as it is a bus on the hub). www.switchdoc.com Page 15 of 34 December 2019... - Page 16 Step 5 – Take the TSL2591 Sunlight Sensor (Part D) and plug in 20cm Grove Cable (Part F) to the back of the TSL2591 board. Take the other end of the 20cm Grove Cable and plug it into another Grove connector on the 6 Port I2C Hub (Part B). www.switchdoc.com Page 16 of 34 December 2019...
- Page 17 Step 6 – Take the HDC1080 Indoor Temperature / Humidity Sensor (Part E) and plug in one end of a 20cm Grove Cable (Part F) into the Grove connector on the HDC1080. The plug the other end of the Grove cable into a slot on the 6 port I2C Hub (Part B). www.switchdoc.com Page 17 of 34 December 2019...
- Page 18 Step 7 – Take a Grove 50cm Cable (Part G) and plug it into the I2C Port on the ThunderBoard Lightning Detector (Part A). Make sure you plug the Grove cable into the I2C Port on the ThunderBoard Lightning Detector. If you plug it into the Digital port, it won’t hurt anything, but the ThunderBoard will not work.
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- Page 20 Step 8 – Take a 20cm Grove Cable (Part F) and plug one end into the port marked Grove A3 on the WeatherPlus2 board as shown and the other end into the Indoor Air Quality Sensor (Part C) Grove connector – The Air Quality Sensor was installed in Step 2. Step 9 –...
- Page 21 Testing the OurWeather Weather Station Expansion Step 1 - Plug in the micro USB Cable into the micro USB Plug on the WeatherPlus2 Board. Step 2 - Plug in the Wall unit of the 5V Power Supply (A) into a 110V AC outlet. You will then see the OurWeather Logo on the OLED Display (B).
- Page 22 Step 3 – After about 30 seconds, you will see the screen below. This screen indicates which devices have been detected. If you haven’t set up the WiFi yet, this could take a couple of minutes. A “+” means present and a “-“ means not present. SAP –...
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Page 23: Looking At The Ourweather Webpage
Step 2: Find the OurWeather local IP number. To do this, either turn OurWeather on and off using the power supply or hit the RESET button on Our Weather. Step 3: As Our Weather powers up, you will see a window similar to the following: www.switchdoc.com... - Page 24 192.168.1.140 is the local IP number showing in the above picture. Your IP number will be different. www.switchdoc.com Page 24 of 34 December 2019...
- Page 25 Step 4: Open a browser window and type in the following URL: http://www.switchdoc.com/OurWeatherPage.html This will bring up the following page. Step 5: Look under “Setup OurWeather” and enter your IP number gathered in Step 3 and put in the provided box next to the “Which IP Address is OurWeather at?” button Step 6: Click on the button “Which IP Address is OurWeather at?”...
- Page 26 Step 7: Click the button at the top of the page saying “Get Current Weather” Step 8: You are now able to read OurWeather on your computer! Note: This procedure needs to be repeated on each computer (or mobile device) that you wish to read OurWeather from.
- Page 27 Description of the other “Setup OurWeather” buttons: Metric Units - Change all units to Metric on this page English Units - Change all units to English on this page Set Small Weather Display - Change the OurWeather Display to Small type Set Medium Weather Display - Change the OurWeather Display to Medium type size Set Large Weather Display - Change the OurWeather Display to Large type size Set Demo Weather Display - Change the OurWeather Display to demo mode.
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Page 28: Advanced Usage - Ourweather Administration Page
Advanced Usage - OurWeather Administration Page For OurWeather Administrators: Note: IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU SET AN ADMINISTRATION PASSWORD IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT YOUR OURWEATHER STATION FROM BEING CHANGED BY UNAUTHORIZED PEOPLE. Step 1: Open a browser and type in the following URL: http://www.switchdoc.com/OurWeatherAdmin.html This will open a page as follows. - Page 29 Step 2: Change your Admin password. The default password for OurWeather is “admin” Now you have set a new password (38555533 in our example page above), you can use all the other functions. Button Descriptions Any of these buttons (with the exception of “Check For Latest OurWeather Version”) requires the use of the Admin password that you set in Step 2 above.
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Page 30: Updating The Ourweather Software
The final buttons on the OurWeatherAdmin page are for doing an update of the onboard OurWeather Software. Check For Latest OurWeather Version - clicking this button checks the SwitchDoc Labs OurWeather Server to check the latest version available for update. - Page 31 During boot you can see the software version number that OurWeather is running as seen below: You can compare this version number to the available update version shown by clicking on the “Check For Latest OurWeather Version” button. www.switchdoc.com Page 31 of 34 December 2019...
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Page 32: Buttons And Lights On The Ourweather Board
Buttons and Lights on the OurWeather Board V2 The OurWeather Weather Kit is built upon the SwitchDoc Labs WeatherPlus2 board. There is one button on the WeatherPlus2 board. Reset - Push this button to reboot the OurWeather Kit www.switchdoc.com Page 32 of 34... - Page 33 www.switchdoc.com Page 33 of 34 December 2019...
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Page 34: Troubleshooting Guide
Troubleshooting Guide Q: My wind direction and speed is not working. I am getting a lot of rain A: You have the RJ45 plugs on OurWeather Reversed Q: I can’t get my WiFi to connect on OurWeather A: Make sure your WiFi password has no special characters or quote marks. OurWeather does not like those.
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