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- Page 1 TOUCH SCREEN WEATHER STATION (WIND AND AIR PRESSURE) WS-3502 Operation Manual...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents 1 ..... General 2 ...... Important Touch Screen Operating Notes generally applicable 3 ..... Putting into Operation 3.1 ....Wiring the System 3.2 ....Power Supply 3.2.1 ..Batteries 3.2.2 ..AC/DC Mains Adapter 3.2.3 ..Cable Connection 3.3 .... -
Page 3: General
Before inserting batteries into the units, please carefully read the operation manual. The shipping content of the Touch Screen Weather Station WS-3502 includes a Base Station (Receiver), a Relay Transmitter (433 MHz Transmitter), one Wind Sensor, the respective Connecting Cables, an AC/DC Mains Adapter and a PC Software Package on CD-ROM. -
Page 4: Important Touch Screen Operating Notes Generally Applicable
Important Touch Screen Operating Notes generally applicable • All actions and functions of the Weather Station are activated on the Touch Screen by slightly touching (not pressing!) the switching areas appearing in star ( )٭symbols (only in the text section at the bottom of the LCD) or the displayed values. •... -
Page 5: Putting Into Operation
Symbol showing Storm- warning alarm is On Alarm-On symbol for time alarm Date section Time section Pressure Weather History section Tendency section Pressure section Alarm-On symbol for pressure Wind direction / Wind speed / Wind gust Alarm-On symbol for wind Buzzer selection speed/ gust/ wind direction Backlight section... -
Page 6: Wiring The System
operation before placing and mounting them at their final destinations. Wiring the System AC/ DC adapter RelayTransmitter PC COM Port cable Wireless Transmission Direct cable connection Independently of the final power supply mode, the fixed cable of the Wind Sensor has first to be connected to the Relay Transmitter by plugging it into the marked receptacle. -
Page 7: Power Supply
The direct cable connection of Relay Transmitter and Base Station can be used in the following cases: the flexibility of 433 MHz radio transmission is not needed • data transmission absolutely free environmental • interferences is wanted. Power Supply The provision of power to the Weather Station can be performed by using batteries or by AC/DC mains adapter. -
Page 8: Cable Connection
Note: In both cases, it is important to respect this order of succession since the transmitter will send an identification code which has to be received and stored by the Base Station within the first few minutes of operation. After doing this, full operation of the entire Weather Station System is ensured. -
Page 9: Placement
After completing the play mode, the Touch Screen Weather Station will automatically switch to the normal display mode from which all further settings can be carried out by the user. At this point of time the unit will also automatically start reception of the DCF77 time information. Important Note: Reception of the radio-controlled time information will only take place after completion of the play mode (approx. - Page 10 manufacturer, it may not be necessary for the majority of users to carry out – apart from the Relative Air Pressure (see further down) - any further basic settings. Changes however can easily be made if desired. For basic settings the following menu is started by touching the Touch Screen in the center of the text display (last two lines on the LCD).
- Page 11 12/24 hour Time Display Format (Default 24 h Format). Units • Wind Speed Display (Wind) in km/h, mph, m/s, knots or Beaufort (Default km/h). • Air Pressure (Press) in hPa or inHg (Default hPa). Relative Air Pressure (Rel. Pressure) → To be set to the locally valid reference air pressure with regard to the local height above sea level (Default 1013,0 hPa).
- Page 12 Storm Warning (Storm) → Setting to a definite switching threshold for storm warning display at a decrease of air pressure from 3 hPa to 9 hPa over 6 hours (Default 5 hPa). Activate/Deactivate storm warning alarm with ٭ON٭ / ٭OFF ٭resp. (Default OFF).
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Page 13: Display Of Stored Min/Max Values And Alarm Value Settings
Note: It will take 5 minutes for the factory reset process. During this period, the text “Factory Reset In Progress” will be shown. After the reset process is finished, the LCD will switch off and the text “Remove Battery” will be displayed. Remove the battery and perform system start again. -
Page 14: Radio Controlled Dcf77 Clock
The following menu item will appear by touching the display ٭ALARMS ٭and will similarly to the last described step lead through ٭LO AL ٭resp. ٭HI AL ٭to the displays of the set low resp. high alarm values, which on their part again can be directly selected. Because of the constant access to the respective opposite menu item ٭MINMAX... - Page 15 Set the hours and minutes. Leave the mode with ٭EXIT ٭or wait for automatic time-out. Setting the Date The action is started by touching the date display in the DATE section of the Touch Screen. Set the year, month and date of day. Leave the mode with ٭EXIT.٭ Note: By twice touching the DATE section the display will toggle between the following: •...
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Page 16: Weather Tendency
Set hours and minutes of the wake-up time. Leave the mode with ٭EXIT.٭ Note: The wake-up alarm is activated/deactivated by twice touching the TIME section. Here the alarm symbol (((•))) will show or disappear after ٭EXIT( ٭or automatic time-out). Weather Tendency Call up the tendency display by touching the weather symbol in the TENDENCY section. -
Page 17: Air Pressure History
Air Pressure History (Pressure History) The air pressure history shows the progress of the air pressure over a time period of 24 or 72 hours in the form of a 7-step bar graph, where the length of the utmost right bar represents the current air pressure and the remaining bars show the progress of the air pressure with regard to the current air pressure. - Page 18 Start with ٭MAX ٭in the menu section. Note: Display of the stored minimum values is from here possible through ٭MIN ٭as in this example. Display of stored value. Proceed with ٭MAX PRESSURE.٭ Resetting of the displayed value to the current value with ٭CONFIRM.٭ Without resetting advance with ٭EXIT.٭...
- Page 19 Then touch the ٭ALARM ٭key in the menu section. Proceed with ٭HI AL ٭in the menu section. (Similarly, setting of the LO alarms is here possible by touching the ٭LO AL ٭key in this example.) Adjusting the high alarm value with the key ٭UP ٭or ٭DOWN.٭ Proceed with ٭ON/OFF.٭...
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Page 20: Additional Information To Wind Function
End of Example Note: Twice touching the PRESSURE section toggles the displays of the Relative (rel) and Absolute (abs) air pressure value. All setting and display facilities only pertain to the respective presently displayed value. Additional Information to the Wind Function Note: By twice touching the WIND section the display will toggle between the following: •... -
Page 21: Operating And Setting Of Wind Direction Function
Operating and Setting of Wind Direction Function Apart from high or low alarm of the wind speed, the wind direction alarm is available on the WS-3502. Note: On the other hand, alarm for wind gust is also available. When the Wind display is showing the wind direction, touch the center of Wind section once. -
Page 22: Operating And Setting Of Backlight, Buzzer And Alarm History Functions
Activation or deactivation of each respective wind direction alarm can also be done with the ٭ON ٭or ٭OFF ٭key in the menu step shown below. Leave the setting mode with ٭EXIT.٭ Operating and Setting of EL Backlight (Light), Buzzer and Alarm History Functions 11.1 EL Backlight (Light) For better readability of the LCD the EL backlight can be switched ON... -
Page 23: Alarm History
BUZZER section as well as for about 30 seconds in the text section (Enabled/Disabled). 11.3 Alarm History (Alarm) Touch the ALARM display in the WIND section, then touch ٭NEXT ٭to display all the set and activated alarms, numbered and sorted according to the time of appearance (outside the wake-up alarm) since their last modification. -
Page 24: Technical Data
Heavy Weather Program. (The temperature, humidity and rain measurements are not applicable to the model WS-3502.) Prior to manual setting or reception of DCF radio-controlled time information there will be no recording of weather history data. -
Page 25: Time Alarm
Wind measure intervals: 128 s (for Wind Factor <10 km/h, here no Wind Gust display) or 32 s (for Wind Factor ≥10 km/h, here Wind Gust display) If the base station does not receive data after 5 successive attempts, "- -"... -
Page 26: Dimensions
Data Processing: by use with PC only Software: “Heavy Weather Pro“ (included) Storage Intervals: 1 min through 24 h, settable Data Volume: Base Station: 1750 Data sets max. in Ring Buffer EEPROM wrt capacity of PC 13.6 Dimensions (L x W x H): Base Station: 142 x 32.3 x 185 mm Relay Transmitter :... - Page 27 This product is not a toy. Keep out of the reach of children. • No part of this manual may be reproduced without written • authorization of the manufacturer. R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC Summary of the Declaration of Conformity : We hereby declare that this wireless transmission device does comply with the essential requirements of R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC.