This manual will guide you step-by-step through setting up your PCE-FWS 20 device. Use this manual to become familiar with your professional weather station, and save it for future reference.
info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk The Base Station is equipped with a Touch Screen LCD Monitor and allows the display of a large variety of time and weather data. Left Top LCD: IN-OUT temperature and humidity Right Top LCD: Wind and Rain measurement Left Middle LCD: Weather Forecast (Tendency) Right Middle LCD: Air Pressure and Air Pressure History Bottom Line LCD: Time and Date, Memory Data Usage Note: The presence of the "Alarm-On icon"...
info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk Important Notes: On the edge of wind direction sensor, there are four alphabet letter of “N”,”E”,”S” and “W” representing for the direction of North, East, South and West. Wind direction sensor has to be adjusted so that the directions on the sensor are matching with your real location. Permanent wind direction error will be introduced when the wind direction sensor is not positioned correctly during installation.
info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk If no RCC signal is detected in the initial setup, the transmitter will try once every hour to get an RCC signal until a signal is received. Once the transmitter receives the RCC signal it will transmit the signal to the monitor. On the monitor the RCC icon will be displayed, if the monitor doesn’t receive the RCC signal or loses the signal the RCC icon will not be display.
info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk Activate the indoor temperature related setting by 1) Touch the INDOOR TEMPERATURE section, + button and – button will be flashing. Touch the + button or – button to Shift the display unit between C and F 2) Touch the INDOOR TEMPERATURE section again to set the indoor temperature high alarm function, the +, ON/OFF and –...
info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk 3) Touch the OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE section the third time to set the outdoor temperature high alarm function, the +, ON/OFF and – button will be flashing, HI AL icon will light up. Touch the+ button or – button to change the value, hold the+ button or – button for 3s to change the number in great step.
info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk button to change the value, hold the + button or – button for 3s to change the number in great step. Touch the ON/OFF button to choose the alarm on or off (if alarm is enabled, the speaker icon will be turned on indicating the alarm function has been enabled). 3) Touch the INDOOR HUMIDITY section the third time to display maximum indoor humidity record, the recorded maximum value will be flashing, MAX icon will light up as well.
info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk 5) Touch the Wind SPEED section the fifth time to display maximum wind speed record, the recorded maximum value will be flashing, MAX icon will light up as well. Hold the maximum value for 3s, the maximum value will be reset to current reading. Rain Activate the rain related setting by 1) Touch the rain section, + button and –...
info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk Weather forecast 1) Touch the WEATHER FORECAST section, + button and – button will be flashing. Touch the + button or – button to Shift the display between SUNNY, PARTLY CLOUDY and CLOUDY, RAINY icon. 2) Touch the WEATHER FORECAST section again, + button and – button will be flashing. Touch the + button or –...
info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk 4) Touch the PRESSURE section the forth time to set the pressure high alarm function, the +, ON/OFF and – button will be flashing, HI AL icon will light up. Touch the+ button or – button to change the value, hold the+ button or – button for 3s to change the number in great step.
info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk 4) Touch the TIME section the fourth time, + button and – button will be flashing. Touch the + button or – button to set the DST ON or OFF (this function is only available for WWVB version, while for DCF version, this feature is not activated). Note: “DST OFF”...
4080 data sets of the Weather Station is only limited by the capacity of the PC’s main memory. PC software installation The installation of PCE-FWS 20 software is very simple: double click the setup.exe file and follow the steps popped up. Make sure you are running the program under the administrator accounts of your windows...
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info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk Otherwise the graphic function might not be working when graph display mode is needed to display all history data. If you run the program for the first time, the current weather display will be displayed and at the sub line of the window, the program will show related information regarding the read of all history data into the PC.
info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk When memory is full, it will take about two minutes to upload all history data into PC and it takes another two minutes to process all history data for graphic display. Further detailed PC software user manual can be found from the help menu. Specifications Outdoor data Transmission distance in open field: 100m (330 feet)
Installation of the “EasyWeather” Software Firstly, the Base Station and the Outdoor Sensors should be connected and checked for correct function (see Operation Manual for PCE-FWS 20 Touch Screen Weather Station for setting up the Weather Station). After successful checking, install the “EasyWeather” software as follows: 1.
info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk Basic Settings of the “EasyWeather” Software After the “EasyWeather.exe” program has been started, the following main window will appear on the PC screen: All the settings from the base unit is mirrored into the PC software, so once you have done your setting on the base unit, then you don’t need to make any setting changes on the PC software.
info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk Function button: : display and setup system configuration This section is used to set up PC software display, base station units, as well as able or disable the corresponding alarm function. Once you made your choice, press Save to make the setting effective.
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info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk : display and setup system alarm value This section is used to set the desired time, high or low alarm value for the base unit. Once you made your choice, choose Save to make the setting effective. If you don’t want to make any change, just press Cancel and exit without change.
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info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk : display min and max recorded value This section is used to display the recorded min and max value recorded with time stamp. Min/Max reset can only be done through key operation on the base station.
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info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk display listed history data This section is used to display recorded history data in a spread sheet. If you wanted to see all history data in a desired time period, choose the time duration and press Search to reload the history data.
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info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk : display history data in graph mode In this section, you can see the history data plotted in graph format for easier observation. If you want to see more details, just use your mouse to select the area you wanted and the display will be automatically updated in more detailed scale:...
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info@tursdaletechnicalservices.co.uk Also you can see the graph in 3D mode by selecting the 3D check box: You can change the Y axel by scrolling the mouse up and down roller. What to do if graph function is not working This is the most encountered problem with this software. To make the graph function working properly, please check the following step: 1.
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