JDC ELECTRONIC SA SKYWATCH WIND User Manual

USER GUIDE
GETTING STARTED
Thank you for purchasing this Swiss-designed and Swiss-
manufactured wind instrument. To obtain the best results,
please read the instructions and follow the usage precautions.
This instrument is designed as an aid to users who are in an
open-air environment, but IT CANNOT replace advice and
warnings from the local weather station.
Open-air climatic conditions can sometimes change quite
dramatically, and this can happen very quickly indeed. Sunny
weather can, for example, change to thunderstorm conditions
in the space of half an hour and sometimes less. You should
therefore always follow basic safety rules whenever you
undertake open air activity.
SKYWATCH WIND KEY FEATURES
Beaufort
scale
Wind
units
On/Off
Mode select
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SWITCHING ON
To switch on the SKYWATCH® Wind press briefly on the
button. The instrument switches on and displays the software
version after which the instrument enters the last mode
displayed before the instrument was switched off (for first-
time use this defaults to actual and maximum wind speed.
SWITCHING OFF
Switching off automatically (Auto-off)
The SKYWATCH® Wind switches off automatically one minute
after either the button was last pressed or after the last non-
zero wind speed measurement.
Switching off manually
To switch the SKYWATCH® Wind off manually (valid in every
mode), hold the button depressed until the display flashes
briefly and it switches off, then release.
DISPLAY MODES
Momentary pressure on the button allows you to move
Wind impeller
between the display modes
Modes
1. Wind + maximum wind speed
2. Wind + lifetime maximum wind speed
Temperature
3. Wind + temperature
sensor
4. Wind + wind chill (perceived temperature)
Symbol key
Wind chill
MEASUREMENT
Selection of wind units (modes 1 & 2)
Switch between units by repeated longer button presses
Temperature
whilst observing the LCD display: km/h (kilometers per hour),
units
mph (miles per hour) knots (nautical miles per hour) and m/s
(meters per second). When the unit of choice appears, release
the button.
Selection of temperature units (modes 3 & 4)
Switch between units by repeated longer button presses
whilst observing the LCD display: °C or °F. When the unit of
choice appears, release the button.
Lanyard
Windspeed
For the measurement to be as exact as possible align the
instrument along the axis of the wind. Instantaneous,
maximum and lifetime wind speed are measured and may be
displayed.
Maximum wind Lifetime wind
V1.0, 8-Jun-2022