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TOUCH SCREEN WEATHER STATION (WIND AND
AIR PRESSURE) WS-3512
Operation Manual
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Table of Contents i……………….About this Manual ii………………Glossary of Common Terms 1..................... General 2......................Important Operating Notes 3..................... Getting Started 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............... System Start 3.4............... Positioning 4..................... Setting Up 5..................... Display o
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i. About this Manual Thank You and Congratulations on selecting a La Crosse Technology Professional Weather Station! We are positive you will enjoy the benefits of accurate weather readings and the precise, radio- controlled time information that our instruments offer. La Crosse Technology introduced radio-controlled instruments to the US market in 1991 and continues to be on the cutting-edge of this technology in America. This manual will guide you step-by-step through setting up
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RADIO-CONTROLLED TIME* A radio-controlled time device is often confused with an atomic clock. However, a radio-controlled time device receives its time information from the atomic clock each day through an internal antenna. The radio- controlled time device searches for an exact time signal every night when the signal from the WWVB is the strongest. The signal can be received up to 2,000 miles away through a radio-controlled time device. LCD “LCD” is an acronym for ”Liquid Cryst
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*For more information regarding the NIST, WWVB, atomic clock, and radio-controlled time, please visit the NIST official website: http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/stations/wwvb.htm 1 General Important Note: Before inserting batteries, please carefully read the operation manual. The Touch Screen Weather Station WS-3512 includes a Base Station (Receiver), a Transmitter unit, one Wind Sensor, Connecting Cables, an AC/DC Adapter, and a PC Software Package on CD-ROM. The Ba
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as the ability to upload the data to Internet Web Sites. 2 Important Operating Notes • All actions and functions of the Weather Station are started on the Touch Screen by slightly touching (not pressing!) the switching areas appearing with star (٭) symbols (only in the text section at the bottom of the LCD) or the displayed values. • The setting of functions, values, and units is performed by use of the switching areas ٭ON٭ or ٭OFF٭, ٭UP٭ or ٭DOWN٭ or by direct unit selectio
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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 key Backlight section Alarm history key selection key Text Display (Set up Display) Note: The presence of the "Alarm-On icon" i
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components work properly before positioning them in their final locations. 3.1 Wiring the System AC/ DC adapter Transmitter unit PC COM Port cable Wireless Transmission Direct cable connection Independent of the final operating mode at first, the fixed cable of the Wind Sensor has to be connected to the Transmitter unit by plugging it into the marked receptacle. 8 OUTDOOR TX
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The direct cable connection of Transmitter unit and Base Station can be used if: • the flexibility of 433 MHz radio transmission is not needed and • data transmission absolutely free of any environmental interferences is wanted. 3.2 Power Supply The Weather Station can be powered by the use of batteries, by the AC/DC adapter or, by direct cable connection. 3.2.1 Batteries: • First insert (2) "C" batteries into the battery compartment of the Transmitter unit. • Immediatel
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Note: In both cases it is important to power the units in this order because 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. 3.2.3 Cable Connection: An additional feature of the direct cable connection (mentioned in Item 3.1 above) is when using the AC/DC adapter, power i
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3.3 System Start After inserting the batteries and connecting the AC/DC adapter, the LCD of the Weather Station will, for a few seconds, display all possible display segments for checking. Immediately after this, the unit will enter the “play mode”, during which for about 15 minutes all measured and received weather data are being switched through, updated, and displayed. During this time period there will be no reception of the WWVB time information. Note: The play mode phase a
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Note: Commonly the radio communication between receiver and transmitter in the open field can reach a distance of up to 330 feet providing that there are no interfering obstacles such as buildings, trees, vehicles, high voltage lines, etc. Radio interferences such as PC screens, radios or TV sets can, in bad cases, entirely cut off radio communication. Please take this into consideration when choosing standing or mounting locations. 4 Setting Up Note: Because of the default se
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Time Zone → Time Zones can be set in the range from -12 to +12 hours (Default EST). WWVB Radio-Controlled Clock (RCC) → ON/OFF. In setting “OFF“ the clock is operating as a normal Quartz clock (Default RCC OFF). 12/24 hour Time Display Format (Default 12h Format). Units • Wind Speed Display (Wind) in km/h, mph, m/s, knots or Beaufort (Default mph). • Air Pressure (Press) in hPa or inHg (Default inHg). Relative Air Pressure (Rel. Pressur
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Weather Tendency (Tendency) → Setting to a definite switching threshold (2 hPa to 4 hPa) for a change in display of weather icons (Default 3 hPa). 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). Relearn Mode (Relearn Tx) → Allows recognition of
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Default Settings (Factory Reset) → Allows clearing of all weather data in non-volatile buffer memory (EEPROM) and to reset of all set and/or stored values to the factory settings set prior to shipment → Acknowledge with ٭CONFIRM٭. 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.
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With ٭MINMAX٭ the below shown menu step is activated, which in return leads to the displays of the stored Min/Max values by use of ٭MIN٭ / ٭MAX٭, which on their part again can be directly selected. Note: During individual displays of the stored Min/Max values the top line of the LCD screen will automatically display the time and date of their storage. The following menu item will appear upon touching the display labelled ٭ALARMS٭. Because of the constant access
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Start ٭TIME٭ in the menu section (last 2 lines on the LCD). 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٭. 17
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Note: By touching the DATE section twice, the display will toggle between the following: • Date in MM.DD.YY format (12 hour time format) or Date in DD.MM.YY format (24 hour time format) • Weekday, Month, Date of Day (12 hour time format) or Weekday (in English abbreviation), Date of Day, Month (24 hour format) • Seconds • Set Wake-up Alarm Time Setting of Wake-up Alarm The action is started by touching the time display in the TIME section. Start ٭ALARM٭ in the menu section (last t
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The text section (last 2 lines on the LCD) will show because (with time and date) the weather condition corresponds to the presently displayed weather symbol Sunny, Fair (Cloudy with sunny intervals) or Rainy. Note: • Up and down arrow indicate weather tendency • Advanced storm warning is displayed by Rainy symbol with a flashing down arrow • Every minute, when a new pressure reading is obtained, this value is compared to pressure readings from last 2 hours and the biggest resultin
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9 Features and Operations • Air Pressure (Pressure), Relative and Absolute • Wind Speed, Wind Gust Important Note! Because the operating procedures in all measurements are identical, the various functions of the weather station will be explained once here by the following example of “Air Pressure”. 9.1 Air Pressure Example for Activating the Displays of Stored Maximum Values Call up the menu on the text section by touching the PRESSURE section. (Similarly, if user wants t
