Froggit WH1080SE, Manual

Page 1: ...ch is accurate to 10 billion of one second LCD LCD is an acronym for Liquid Crystal Display This is a common type of display screen used in televisions computers watches and digital clocks BAROMETER BAROMETRIC PRESSURE A barometer is a device that measures the pressure of the air pushing on it this measurement is called the barometric pressure We don t actually feel the barometric pressure because...

Page 2: ...sor USB cable 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 Ala...

Page 3: ...itter will make a data transmission and then start radio controlled time reception routine If time signal can be detected correctly the LED will start to flash 5 times and then the LED will be on for 20s indicating time signal has been found correctly When time signal is bad and reception is not possible the transmitter will terminate radio controlled time reception within one minute and resume no...

Page 4: ...the signal the RCC icon will not be display Register transmitter If no outdoor weather data is displayed or the signal to the sensors is lost during setting up mounting hold the RESET button of outdoor sensor and re insert the batteries of base station to synchronize the base station to sensors Without being synchronized weather data will not be received NOTE Wait two minutes before re insert the ...

Page 5: ...sor package on a pole requires installation of an included metal plate to receive the U bolt ends The metal plate visible in Figure 3 has four holes through which the ends of the two U Bolts will fit The plate itself is inserted in a groove on the bottom of the unit opposite side of solar panel Note that one side of the plate has a straight edge which goes into the groove the other side is bent at...

Page 6: ...ne and wind speed cups later on Handling of the sensor package with wind vane and speed cups installed to install these bolts is more difficult and more likely to lead to damage 2 Install wind speed cups Push the wind speed cup assembly onto the shaft on the top side of the sensor package as shown in Figure 5 on the left side Tighten the set screw with a Philips screwdriver size PH0 as shown on th...

Page 7: ... from the axle Make sure the wind vane can rotate freely The wind vane s movement has a small amount of friction which is helpful in providing steady wind direction measurements Figure 6 Wind vane installation diagram 4 Install Batteries Open the battery compartment with a screwdriver and insert 2 AA batteries in the battery compartment The LED indicator on the back of the sensor package will turn...

Page 8: ... correct way and inserted fully starting over if necessary Do not install the batteries backwards as it may permanently damage the outdoor sensor Note We recommend Lithium batteries for cold weather climates but alkaline batteries are sufficient for most climates Rechargeable batteries have lower voltages and should never be used ...

Page 9: ...tdoor mounting If issues show up after outdoor mounting they are almost certainly related to distance obstacles etc Reference Figure 8 the mounting assembly includes two U Bolts and a bracket that tightens around a 1 to 2 diameter pole not included using the four U Bolt nuts Figure 8 Sensor package mounting diagram Note Beside the antenna there is an arrow icon with NORTH words Figure 9 representi...

Page 10: ... sensor package and the top of the mounting pole to achieve the desired result this will require loosening the bolts and some experimentation Make sure you check and correct if necessary the northly orientation as the final installation step and now tighten the bolts with a wrench 6 Reset Button and Transmitter LED Using a bent open paperclip press and hold the RESET BUTTON see Figure 10 to affect...

Page 11: ...cally you will get 100 feet maximum under most real world installations which include passing through barriers or walls 4 Metal Barriers Radio frequency will not pass through metal barriers such as aluminum siding If you have metal siding align the remote and console through a window to get a clear line of sight The following is a table of reception loss vs the transmission medium Each wall or obs...

Page 12: ... 3 Touch the INDOOR TEMPERATURE section the third time to set the indoor temperature low alarm function the ON OFF and button will be flashing LO 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 Touch the ON OFF button to choose the alarm on or off if alarm is enabled the speaker icon will be turned on indicati...

Page 13: ...dicating the alarm function has been enabled 4 Touch the OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE section the fourth time to set the outdoor temperature low alarm function the ON OFF and button will be flashing LO 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 Touch the ON OFF button to choose the alarm on or off if alarm is enab...

Page 14: ...tton 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 ...

Page 15: ...direction alarm 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 button will be flashing Touch the button or button to Shift the dis...

Page 16: ...URE section button and button will be flashing Touch the button or button to Shift the display between Absolute pressure and Relative pressure 2 Touch the PRESSURE section again button and button will be flashing Touch the button or button to Shift the display unit between hPa inHg and mmHg 3 Touch the PRESSURE section the third time to set the Relative Pressure value The and button will be flashi...

Page 17: ...um value will be flashing MIN icon will light up as well Hold the minimum value for 3s the minimum value will be reset to current reading Note when absolute pressure is selected step 3 will be skipped since absolute pressure is selected for display Pressure bar graph Touch the PRESSURE BAR GRAPH section and then press or to toggle the bar graph time scale between 12hrs or 24 hrs for pressure histo...

Page 18: ...ton will be flashing Touch the button or button to set the alarm hour Hold the button or button for 3s to change the number in great step 7 Touch the DATE section the seventh time button and button will be flashing Touch the button or button to set alarm minute Hold the button or button for 3s to change the number in great step Touch ON OFF to enable or disable time alarm function Memory Touch Mem...

Page 19: ...tive compound on the battery terminals available at most hardware stores 5 In snowy environments spray the top of the weather station with anti icing silicon spray to prevent snow build up PC Connection As an important feature in addition to the display on the Touch Screen the Weather Station allows the read out of all measured and displayed time and weather data in form of complete history data s...

Page 20: ...history data sets whose volume exceeding the maximum 4080 data sets of the Weather Station is only limited by the capacity of the PC s main memory PC software installation The installation 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 PC platform Otherwise the graphic fun...

Page 21: ...ll 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 ...

Page 22: ...in volume 1000mm 1mm if rain volume 1000mm Wind speed 0 50m s 0 100mph show if outside range Accuracy 1m s wind speed 5m s 10 wind speed 5m s Measuring interval thermo hygro sensor 48 sec Water proof level IPX3 Indoor data Measuring interval pressure temperature 48 sec Indoor temperature range 0 C 50 C 32 to 122 show if outside range Resolution 0 1 C Measuring range rel Humidity 1 99 Resolution 1 ...

Page 23: ...mperature and humidity wind and rainfall Operation of these units is by wireless transmission to the Base Station After installing the EasyWeather program your PC can display all indoor data as well as the weather data from the Base Station received from the external sensors For operation simply use the USB cable supplied and connect the Base Station to the PC From now on you can start to track cu...

Page 24: ...ick next and select the additional tasks 6 Click next and setup is now ready to begin installing Easyweather on your computer 7 Click install software will be installed automatically 8 Press Finish to finish the installation process and exit If you tick Launch Easyweather the software will start to run 9 From Start All Programs EasyWeahter path and double click the EasyWeather icon to start applic...

Page 25: ...u wanted from the PC and download the changes into the base station the setting change will be refreshed when next full minute arrives on the base station When base unit is connected to PC it shows USB Connected at the bottom of screen If no base station is connected it shows USB Uncnnected Tool Bar The tool bar at the top of the screen has 4 options System Record upload and Help 4 1 System option...

Page 26: ... 26 This section is used to set up PC software display base station units Once you made your choice press Save to make the setting effective 4 1 2 Click Alarm button enters the Alarm menu ...

Page 27: ...ose Save to make the setting effective If you don t want to make any change just press Cancel and exit without change 4 1 3 Click Max Min button enters the Max Min menu 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 4 1 4 Click Language button enters the Language menu ...

Page 28: ...option 4 2 1 Click History button enters the History menu 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 ...

Page 29: ... upload all data before pressing this button If you wanted to start a new weather history record press Clear Data button to clear up the data base all history weather data will be deleted if you would like to keep a back up history file before deleting all weather data you can make a copy of the EasyWeather mdb file into another folder or just rename the EasyWeather mdb file such as Jan 07 dat for...

Page 30: ... 30 With the Export as image button you can export the selected graph into jpeg format file You can change the Y axel by scrolling the mouse up and down roller ...

Page 31: ... file and it should register the graphic driver again If successful then the following window will be displayed 4 3 Upload option Note This feature is only available in EasyWeather Version 8 3 or greater To upload weather data to the internet from EasyWeather select Upload from the menu bar 4 3 1 Upload to WeatherUnderground com Select Upload WeatherUnderground from the menu bar User can upload da...

Page 32: ...nderground com website Registration is free 1 Visit http www wunderground com and select Join if you do not have an account 2 Once registered with Wunderground com you will need to sign up your station To get started visit http www wunderground com weatherstation setup asp ...

Page 33: ... enter the ID in all capitals and the password exactly as you chose it both fields are case sensitive 4 3 2 Upload to WeatherCloud 4 3 3 Upload your weather data to WeatherObservationWebsite WOW Select Upload WeatherObservationWebsite from the menu bar To upload data to wow metoffice gov uk you must first register on the wow metoffice gov uk website Registration is free ...

Page 34: ...71450 df53 e611 9401 0003ff5987fd Authentication Key This is a 6 digit number that is used to ensure data is coming from you and not another user Begin setting up a new site by clicking Enter a Site You will be presented with a form where you detail your station s location and a bunch of other settings related to how you wish the site to operate After you complete the setup you should see Make sur...

Page 35: ...plication navigate to the Device List page and tap on the device you want to configure WOW for You will then be shown the wunderground com configuration Please ignore and tap Next to see the Weathercloud configuration Please press Next one more time and you will now be on the screen where you will configure WOW On this screen you will fill out Station ID with the WOW Site ID value and Station Key ...

Page 36: ...on the main interface as below will be opened The functions of MAC OS are the same to the windows version Once the device is connected to MAC PC by USB cable settings alarms of all weather parameter can be done here Max Min record all history record can be viewed History records can be exported as excel or PDF file as well ...

Page 37: ... 37 5 1 Setting option Please refer to 4 1 1 5 2 Alarm option Please refer to 4 1 2 ...

Page 38: ... 38 5 3 Max Min option 5 4 History option Please refer to 4 2 1 ...

Page 39: ... 39 5 5 Graph Please refer to 4 2 2 5 6 Upload option Please refer to 4 3 ...

Page 40: ...er written If history weather memory on the base station is cleared by manual setting then the history weather data since last uploading is lost permanently Before memory is used up memory icon on LCD display showing 100 full remember to upload weather history data to PC periodically If there is a reset happened for the rain fall on the base station then there will be rain fall value discrepancy b...

Page 41: ...structions If not there is a risk of electric shock Danger of fire explosion Use only recommended batteries Never short circuit the unit or batteries Never throw the device or batteries into a fire Overheating and improper handling may result in short circuits which can cause fires and explosions Important If there is a defect contact your dealer immediately Never disassemble the device The dealer...

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Page 43: ...icht Amtsgericht Koeln HRB 64734 Geschaeftsfuehrer Peter Haefele Carl Schulte UStId DE237971721 WEEE Reg Nr 66110125 declaration of conformity Hereby we declare HS Group GmbH Co KG Escherstr 31 50733 D Cologne that this product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 2014 53 EU The declaration of conformity for this product can be found at www fr...