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La Crosse Technology WS-2310 Software Manual

La Crosse Technology WS-2310 Software Manual

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For use with the Weather Station (English version CD-ROM)
Contents
1.0
2.0
3.0
3.1
3.2
3.3
Wind sensor
3.4
Rain sensor
4.0
Installing the "Heavy Weather" software
5.0
Features and displayed information
5.1
Weather forecasting
5.2
Storm warning
5.3
Weather tendency indicator
5.4
Absolute and relative air pressure
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
5.10
6.0
Using the Heavy Weather program
6.1
Activating the Heavy Weather program
6.2
7.0
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
Heavy Weather Setting - Weather history tab
- Creating history file
7.5
7.5.1
7.5.2
7.5.3
7.5.4
8.0
8.1
8.2
Absolute or relative high pressure alarm
8.3
Absolute or relative low pressure alarm
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.7
8.8
8.9
Indoor temperature low alarm
8.10
"HEAVY WEATHER" SOFTWARE
Changing the history file
Saving history data as text file
Setting history interval recording
Setting interval for next set data recording

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    “HEAVY WEATHER” SOFTWARE For use with the Weather Station (English version CD-ROM) Contents General Information System requirements Basic settings of the base station and sensors Base station (receiver) Thermo-hygro sensor Wind sensor Rain sensor Installing the “Heavy Weather” software Features and displayed information Weather forecasting Storm warning Weather tendency indicator...
  • Page 2 Contents 8.11 Outdoor temperature low alarm 8.12 Dew point high alarm 8.13 Dew point low alarm 8.14 Wind chill high alarm 8.15 Wind chill low alarm 8.16 Wind speed high alarm 8.17 Wind speed low alarm 8.18 Wind direction alarm 8.19 Rainfall 24 hour alarm 8.20...

  • Page 3: General Information

    1.0 General Information This weather station is a high quality, easy to use weather monitoring system that reads, displays and records the weather data from three external sensors. One sensor will take data for temperature and humidity; one for wind and the other for rainfall measurement. Operation of this unit can either be by cable connection or by wireless 433MHz to the base station.
  • Page 4 4.0 Installing the PC software AC/DC jack Thermo-hygro jack PC COM port cable jack First, the weather station and the outdoor sensors should all be connected for operation and checked that it is functioning correctly. After checking, install the “Heavy Weather” PC software as follows: 1) Switch on your PC and insert the Heavy Weather CD-ROM into the ROM drive and the program will begin to auto install 2) The “Heavy Weather Installation”...

  • Page 5: Indoor And Outdoor Temperature And Humidity

    5.2 Storm Warning The “lightening” icon next to the weather icon will appear when the storm alarm has been reached to indicate a possible storm according to the user settable air pressure values set in the base station (see storm warning alarm setting below).

  • Page 6: Rainfall

    The wind speed unit is user selectable to display the wind speed in km/h, mph, meters-per-second and knots. The bft (Beaufort scale) at the top of the wind section displays the velocity of each wind measurement in the form of a bar for easy reference. The recorded minimum and maximum wind speed values within a period are also displayed along with the corresponding dates and times and are automatically updated when a new minimum or maximum values are reached.

  • Page 7: Main Heavy Weather Window

    During High Frequency Reception (reception of data from the outdoor sensors to the base station), the HF icon on bottom right hand corner of the Heavy Weather window will flash in red to indicate that high frequency reception is taking place between the sensors and the base station and the received data will soon be received and displayed by the Heavy Weather program.

  • Page 8: Heavy Weather Setting - Global Tab

    7.1 Heavy Weather Settings - Global tab: 1) The COM Port used for connection from the PC the base station must be selected in order for correct operation 2) Screen tips On/Off can be selected here. If selected On, screen tips will automatically pop-up to familiarize users with the first time operations of the Heavy Weather program when the mouse is dragged specified areas of the main Heavy Weather window 3) Clock setting for 12 or 24 hour is for displaying the time format in the history file and will not effect the time...

  • Page 9: Heavy Weather Setting - Pressure Tab

    Rain (mm/inch) 7.3 Heavy Weather Settings - Pressure tab: Selected the air pressure display required. The air pressure display unit set on the Heavy Weather program from the PC does not affect the air pressure display unit on the base station Note: For actual air pressure settings on the base station, please see the main instruction manual 7.4 Heavy Weather Settings - History tab: Changing history files:...

  • Page 10: Changing History File From The History Window

    7.5 Changing of the history file from the history window: As described in features and displayed information above, the weather data is automatically saved from the current period to form a history of the weather events. The illustrations below provide the full setting features of the history file for the Heavy Weather program: Right click to enter History File 7.5.1 Changing the history file from the history window...
  • Page 11 7.5.3 Recording interval setting from 1 minute up to 60 hours (default setting 1 hour) 1) Click the change settings button to open the change history settings window 2) Select the desired hour and minutes setting in the history period box and click the change button to confirm and return back to the history file window 7.5.4 Setting of interval for reading the next set of weather data from 1 minute up to 60 hours 1) Click the change settings button to open the change history settings window...

  • Page 12: Alarm Setting

    8.0 Alarms setting The Weather Station has a total 13 alarm modes: 1. Time alarm 2. Storm warning alarm 3. Indoor temperature alarm (high) and Indoor temperature alarm (low) 4. Outdoor temperature alarm (high) and Outdoor temperature alarm (low) 5. Indoor humidity alarm (high) and Indoor humidity alarm (low) 6.
  • Page 13 8.2 Relative or Absolute Pressure High Alarm Setting 1) Place your cursor over the relative or absolute pressure high alarm box and right click the mouse to open the relative or absolute pressure alarm high window 2) Drag the cursor over the sliding scale to set the desired inHg pressure high or enter the inHg quantity in the box provided 3) Click the alarm active box to set the relative or absolute pressure high alarm 4) Click the set button to confirm...
  • Page 14 8.4 Indoor Humidity High Alarm Setting 1) Place your cursor over the indoor humidity high alarm box and right click the mouse to open the indoor humidity high alarm window 2) Drag the cursor over the sliding scale to set the desired indoor humidity high or enter the humidity in the box provided 3) Click the alarm active box to set the indoor humidity high alarm 4) Click the set button to confirm...
  • Page 15 8.6 Outdoor Humidity High Alarm Setting 1) Place your cursor over the outdoor humidity high alarm box and right click the mouse to open the outdoor humidity high alarm window 2) Drag the cursor over the sliding scale to set the desired outdoor humidity high or enter the humidity in the box provided 3) Click the alarm active box to set the outdoor humidity high alarm 4) Click the set button to confirm...
  • Page 16 8.8 Indoor Temperature High Alarm Setting 1) Place your cursor over the Indoor temperature high alarm box and right click the mouse to open the indoor temperature high alarm window 2) Drag the cursor over the sliding scale to set the desired indoor temperature high or enter the temperature in the box provided 3) Click the alarm active box to set the indoor temperature high alarm 4) Click the set button to confirm...
  • Page 17 8.10 Outdoor Temperature High Alarm Setting 1) Place your cursor over the outdoor temperature high alarm box and right click the mouse to open the outdoor temperature high alarm window 2) Drag the cursor over the sliding scale to set the desired outdoor temperature high or enter the temperature in the box provided 3) Click the alarm active box to set the outdoor temperature high alarm 4) Click the set button to confirm...
  • Page 18 8.12 Dew Point High Alarm Setting 1) Place your cursor over the dew point high alarm box and right click the mouse to open the dew point high alarm window 2) Drag the cursor over the sliding scale to set the desired dew point temperature or enter the temperature in the box provided 3) Click the alarm active box to set the dew point high alarm 4) Click the set button to confirm...
  • Page 19 8.14 Wind Chill High Alarm Setting 1) Place your cursor over the wind chill high alarm box and right click the mouse to open the wind chill high alarm window 2) Drag the cursor over the sliding scale to set the desired wind chill temperature or enter the temperature in the box provided 3) Click the alarm active box to set the wind chill high alarm 4) Click the set button to confirm...
  • Page 20 8.16 Wind Speed High Alarm Setting 1) Place your cursor over the wind speed high alarm box and right click the mouse to open the wind speed high alarm window 2) Drag the cursor over the sliding scale to set the desired wind speed or enter the wind speed in the box provided 3) Click the alarm active box to set the wind speed high alarm 4) Click the set button to confirm...

  • Page 21: Rainfall 24 Hour Alarm

    8.18 Wind Direction Alarm Setting 1) Place your cursor over the wind direction alarm box and right click the mouse to open the wind direction alarm window 2) Click on the wind direction(s) required for activating the wind direction alarm (the example below uses North East, East and South East direction settings, if these wind directions are reached, then the alarm will activate) 3) Click the alarm active box to set the alarm...

  • Page 22: General Alarm Icon

    8.20 Rainfall 1 Hour Alarm Setting 1) Place your cursor over the rain 1 hour alarm box and right click the mouse to open the rain 1 hour alarm window 2) Drag the cursor over the sliding scale to set the desired rainfall level or enter the rainfall in the box provided 3) Click the alarm active box to set the alarm 4) Click the set button to confirm...

  • Page 23: Dew Point

    Important! If any alarm has been programmed through the Heavy Weather program to the base station, the alarm status will remain in the PC if there is no connection between the base station and the PC or if the base station did not read the alarm setting before the PC is switched off.
  • Page 24 9.2 Resetting the min/max indoor humidity 1) Right click the min/max button to open the indoor humidity min/max details window 2) Click clear min/max details button to return to the Heavy Weather window Note: The reset values will flash and may not register on the heavy weather display immediate because the program is still reading the current data from the base station.
  • Page 25 9.4 Resetting the min/max indoor temperature 1) Right click the min/max button to open the indoor temperature min/max details window 2) Click clear min/max details button to return to the Heavy Weather window Note: The reset values will flash and may not register on the heavy weather display immediate because the program is still reading the current data from the base station.
  • Page 26 9.6 Resetting the min/max dew point 1) Right click the min/max button to open the dew point min/max details window 2) Click clear min/max details button to return to the Heavy Weather window Note: The reset values will flash and may not register on the heavy weather display immediate because the program is still reading the current data from the base station.
  • Page 27 9.8 Resetting the min/max wind speed 1) Right click the min/max button to open the wind speed min/max details window 2) Click clear min/max details button to return to the Heavy Weather window Note: The reset values will flash and may not register on the heavy weather display immediate because the program is still reading the current data from the base station.
  • Page 28 9.10 Resetting the rain counter for the rain 24 hour 1) Right click the rain 24 hour count button to open the clear rain 24 hour window 2) Click clear rain counter button to return to the Heavy Weather window Note: The reset values will flash and may not register on the heavy weather display immediate because the program is still reading the current data from the base station.
  • Page 29 9.12 Resetting the maximum record for rain 24 hours 1) Right click the max button to open the rain 24h max details window 2) Click clear max details button to return to the Heavy Weather window Note: The reset values will flash and may not register on the heavy weather display immediate because the program is still reading the current data from the base station.
  • Page 30 10.0 Exiting the Heavy Weather program To close the “Heavy Weather” software, simply click on the “Exit” icon 11.0 Technical Data The following information provides an overview of the technical data of the weather station. Outdoor data Transmission Distance in Open Field Outdoor Temperature Range Resolution Measuring Range Rel.
  • Page 31 Indoor data Pressure/ temperature Indoor Temperature Range Resolution Measuring Range Rel. Humidity Resolution Relative humidity checking interval Measuring Range Air Pressure Resolution Alarm duration Power consumption Base Station Batteries or AC power Thermo-hygro sensor Dimensions (L x W x H): Base Station: Thermo-hygro sensor Rain sensor...
  • Page 32 Weather program only displays the information received by the base station and does not receive any data directly from the sensors. 14.0 Problems and Solutions Problems Undefined values after starting up on the PC No 433MHz reception No reception within a short distance Batteries of sensors or receiver empty...
  • Page 33 Appendix 1 The following is a working example of how to save text files and create charts on other applications. 1. Using the Heavy Weather program, open the History window and save the weather data from the desired history file as a text file by clicking on the Save as text button, enter a text file name and click OK.
  • Page 34 2. Then open the text file that you have just saved (in Heavy Weather directory or your specific directory) using a spreadsheet program like Excel. 3. The text import wizard window will open. Choose delimited as the separator for each data column and click the next button.
  • Page 35 5. Next, select the appropriate data type (such as text or numbers) for each column of data. The default setting General and this is usable and click the Finish button 6. The data is then imported into the Excel ready for the user to plot a graph. In this example we will use the indoor temperature.
  • Page 36 7. Next, the user has to create a valid time column as X-axis. In this example we have typed a date which can be recognize by Excel manually in the cell M3, “2002/5/25 1:30” 8. Since the weather data in this example is generated with a 1-minute interval, we can use a formula to generate the time column, we type “+M3+1/(24*60)”...
  • Page 37 9. Then we copy this formula to all cells in column K. The time axis is now complete. Before plotting weather graph, please check that the decimal separator of the weather data is comma or point. If comma is used (preferred by some European users), Excel will not be able to read the weather data directly. Excel will define the data with comma as text format and thus will not be suitable for graph plotting as co- ordinates.
  • Page 38 A) Use the indoor temperature as the example. Go into to a new cell (for example, N3), type “=VALUE(SUBSTITUTE(B3,”,”,”.”))” . Then an Excel readable indoor temperature reading is created B) Then we copy this formula to all cells in column N. A set of valid indoor temperature readings are ready for graph plotting...
  • Page 39 10. Next step is to make the plotting. From Excel, select Insert from the pull down menu then select Chart. You will see the below screen. Then select XY as the chart type and click next 11. The Chart Source Data window is now open then select “Series” tab and click Next...
  • Page 40 12. Next, select the X-axis data by clicking the right-most icon in the “X Values :" And then, Choose the appropriate data range. In this example, we select the time column we just made as the X-axis, since it is located in a sheet named history1 and is from cell M3 to M62 (plot a graph between 1:30 to 2:29.
  • Page 41 15. Click next to enter the below screen to dress up the chart, you can customize the Titles / Axes / Gridlines / Legend / Data Labels. 16. Click next, then select whether you want a separate sheet or a chart inside the data sheet. 17.

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