DAVIS Vantage Vue, Quick Reference Manual

Page 1: ... For more detailed information see your Vantage Vue Console manual ...

Page 2: ...tside Humidity Barometric pressure trend Rain data ET Wind Chill Dew Point Heat Index Weather Center with additional information Wind Rose Compass Graph of selected variable Antenna icon shows active transmission Moon phase alarm forecast icons ET optional available only when used with a Vantage Pro2 Plus or Vantage Pro2 ISS with Solar Radiation sensor Current Weather Mode ...

Page 3: ...st icons Moon Phase Icons Moon phase icons are for Northern Hemisphere Icon order is reversed in the Southern Hemisphere Mostly Clear Partly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy Snow Rain New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter New Moon Waxing Crescent Waning Crescent Waxing Gibbous Waning Gibbous ...

Page 4: ... key functions printed above or below each key can be used Antenna Displays the current status of the console s reception Antenna with waves indicates signal from a station Antenna with no waves indicates resynchronization No antenna means loss of signal Arrow Indicates the current variable selected or the variable currently being graphed if in graph mode Umbrella Appears when it is currently rain...

Page 5: ...d UNITS to change from 12 hour to 24 hour clock TIME ZONE Press and to cycle through time zones Press 2ND then and to set UTC offset DAYLIGHT SAVING SETTINGS Press or to choose MANUAL or AUTO DAYLIGHT SAVING STATUS If daylight savings setting AUTO displays current status If daylight savings setting MAN press or to turn DST on or off RECEIVING FROM Displays the transmitter IDs the console is curren...

Page 6: ...DE Press or to move between segments Press or to change the value of the flashing segment Press 2ND and UNITS to toggle between NORTH and SOUTH for latitude or EAST and WEST for longitude ELEVATION Press or to move between segments Press or to change the value of the flashing segment Press 2ND and UNITS to toggle between FEET and METERS BAROMETRIC REDUCTION Press or to change barometric setting ty...

Page 7: ...DAY BASE Press or to move between segments Press or to change the value of the flashing segment To clear press 2ND and CLEAR Default is dashed COMMENTARY Press or to toggle between the OFF and ON setting KEY BEEP Press or to toggle between the OFF and ON setting Press or to change the volume tone of sound BAUD RATE Optional displays with WeatherLink Data logger Press or to set the available baud r...

Page 8: ...n on until you turn it off If the console is running on battery power The backlight will remain on as long as you continue pressing various keys If you press any key while the light is on it will stay on for 60 sec onds Otherwise it will stay on for 15 seconds The backlight will not come on when battery power is low Light ...

Page 9: ...0 F 0 C 0 0 C All temperature related readings outside and inside temperature wind chill heat index and dew point will read in the same unit of measure Changing one from F to C or vice versa changes all others Only outside and inside temperature can be displayed in tenths of a degree Press HUM to toggle between Outside Humidity Inside Humidity Temperature Humidity ...

Page 10: ...f measure for wind speed 0 mph 0 0 m s 0 km h 0 knots On the compass rose Current Wind Direction Dominant Wind Direction for a ten minute period within the last hour If dominant wind direction varies up to six arrows representing six ten minute periods may be shown Current wind direction is the same as one of the dominant wind directions Wind ...

Page 11: ... Rain Month rain accumulated month to date Rain Year rain accumulated year to date Press 2ND and UNITS to change unit of measure There are two different units of measure for rain values 0 00 in 0 0 mm Changing the unit of measure for rain changes ET units as well See ET for more information Rain ...

Page 12: ... 0 mm 0 0 hPa and 0 0 mb Barometric Trend Arrow shows change over the last three hours Increase of 0 06 Hg 2 0 hPa or mb 1 5 mm Hg or more Increase of 0 02 Hg 0 7 hPa or mb 0 5 mm Hg or more Change of less than 0 02 Hg 0 7 hPa or mb 0 5 mm Hg Decrease of 0 02 Hg 0 7 hPa or mb 0 5 mm Hg or more Decrease of 0 06 Hg 2 0 hPa or mb 1 5 mm Hg or more Barometer ...

Page 13: ...If you wish to select another second key function you must press 2ND again The icon will also time out and disappear from the screen if you do not press another key within a few seconds Whenever you see Press 2ND and Another Key Press and release 2ND and then immediately press the other key Press 2nd and or to Change the console s contrast lighter or darker The changes are subtle and may require s...

Page 14: ...l Press 2ND and UNITS to change unit of measure There are two different units of measure 0 F 0 C All temperature related readings outside and inside temperature wind chill heat index and dew point will read in the same unit of measure Changing one from F to C or vice versa changes all others Wind Chill Heat Index Dew Point ...

Page 15: ...and ET while listening to a Vantage Vue ISS the console will not display ET readings and you will hear an error beep Press 2ND and ET to toggle between ET Day ET Month ET Year Press 2ND and UNITS to change unit of measure There are two different units of measure for ET values 0 00 in 0 0 mm Changing the unit of measure for ET changes RAIN units as well ET Optional Evapotranspiration ...

Page 16: ...Weather Center section of the console Each variable may have one or multiple screens displayed in the Weather Center Press a variable key and then press WxCen multiple times to scroll through the available screens See the Vantage Vue Console Manual for more information on all the screens available in the Weather Center Weather Center ...

Page 17: ... or left on the graph The selected data point flashes and the reading in the weather variable field changes The time and or date will also change as you move backward and forward 3 Press or to change the graph to the highs and lows for the current and last 25 hours days months or years Press HI LOW to switch between highs and lows The time and date change as you move backward and forward in time N...

Page 18: ...or or to scroll between Day Highs Day Lows Month Highs Month Lows Year Highs Year Lows The time and date changes as you move between the various highs and lows NOTE Not all highs and lows are available for all weather variables See Vantage Vue Console Manual for details 4 Press or to scroll through the dots on the graph The time and date will change and the corresponding dot on the graph will flas...

Page 19: ...Sunset Press DONE to Accept an alarm setting Silence an alarm Exit the alarm screen Exit the graph screen Exit the high low screen Accept a calibration setting Go to the next screen in the Setup Mode Press and hold DONE to Exit Setup Mode Sunrise Sunset Time Date Done ...

Page 20: ...e time alarm the arrow icon displays next to the variable you have selected 3 Press HI LOW to switch between high and low alarms Note Not all alarms are available for all weather variables See Vantage Vue Console Manual for details 4 Press 2ND then SET to enter or change an alarm setting Use or to change the digit within a field Use or to move to the next field Press DONE to accept the alarm setti...

Page 21: ...is running on battery power For one minute for a time alarm And you will see visible alarms The alarm bell icon will blink on and off A message will appear in the Weather Center Press DONE to silence the alarm To clear all alarm settings Press 2ND then ALARM to enter the alarm mode Press 2ND then press and hold ALARM until dashes appear in all the fields Press DONE to exit the alarm screen To clea...

Page 22: ...Change Alarm or Calibration Press 2ND and SET to Enter or change an alarm or calibration setting Choose Alarm Mode or a weather variable 1 Use and to change the digit within a field Use or to move to the next field ...

Page 23: ...ng 1 Press 2ND then ALARM 2 Select the alarm reading you wish to clear 3 Press 2ND then CLEAR holding CLEAR down until the digits stop flashing and dashes appear in the fields 4 Press DONE to return to the current weather screen To Clear All 1 To clear all highs and lows and all alarms press WIND until wind speed appears then 2ND then CLEAR holding CLEAR down for the entire 6 second countdown unti...

Page 24: ...it of measure Changing one from F to C or vice versa changes all the others All RAIN and ET readings will read in the same unit of measure if ET is available for viewing Press 2ND and UNITS in Setup Mode to Change from 12 to 24 hour clock and from month day to day month Change latitude from north to south Change longitude from west to east Change elevation from feet to meters Change Units of Measu...

Page 25: ...24 Press 2ND and SETUP to Enter Setup Mode Enter Setup Mode ...

Page 26: ...eter reed switch 2 Date or number of open anemometer reed switch 3 CRC errors 4 Firmware version 5 Longest streak of bad packets 6 Console resynchs 7 Good packets 8 Total bad packets 9 Current streak of bad packets 10 Current streak of good packets 11 Station number 12 Transmitter domain 13 Repeater ID 14 Total good packets received 15 Longest streak of good packets am 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 10 12 1...

Page 27: ... Reception Diagnostic Screen 1 8 bit timer value 2 Radio frequency error of last packet 3 Frequency correction factor 4 Signal strength of last packet 5 Times Phase Lock Loop did not lock 6 Good packets 7 Frequency index of next packet 8 Background noise level 9 Console battery voltage Used by Davis engineers Please see your Vantage Vue Console Manual for more information on console diagnostic scr...

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