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15. C-WEATHER SERVICE
C-Weather is a free service available on the CP590. C-Weather service gives excellent
coverage for the whole World. Weather forecasts are based on data received from the
leading meteorological centers. This data is processed by Jeppesen server and made
available via INTERNET connection to be transferred by using the C-Map B
Planner Windows Application. Then the weather data can be saved into a User C-CARD
to be loaded by the GPS Chart Plotter (see Par. 15.0.1).
Features: 5-day weather forecast updated every 6 hours; coverage of 180x180 NM with
information frequency of 0.5° Lat/Lon; wind direction and strength; wave height and
direction; ground temperature; level of humidity; visibility in miles.
15.0
C-WEATHER SERVICE MENU
To select the menu:
1. Press [MENU], move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight SETUP MENU and press [ENT].
2. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight C-WEATHER SERVICE and press [ENT] or
move the ShuttlePoint knob to the right.
The C-Weather menu is shown on the screen, the items are described in the following
paragraphs.
15.0.0 Download
Allows to connect the software to the weather server and to download weather data directly
via C-COM.
Select Country To Call : Allows the selection of the country to call. The whole telephone number set is automatically
SIM Pin
Download Area
CP590
Data Type
WIND (Speed & Dir)
WAVE Height & Dir
TEMPERATURE
HUMIDITY (%)
VISIBILITY
WEATHER TYPE: Sun
WEATHER TYPE: Rain
WEATHER TYPE: Fog
WEATHER TYPE: Snow
WEATHER TYPE: Clouds
WEATHER TYPE: Partly Cloudy
WEATHER TYPE: Thunderstorm
Figure 15 - Weather data package
updated after every download.
: Allows inserting of the Pin of the SIM.
: Allows the weather download: a squared grey area, where the weather data will be
downloaded, is centered on cursor position. See the following picture.
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