La Crosse Technology WS-3610, Quick Setup Manual

Page 1: ...o transmission Base Station uses batter ies Thermo Hygro Sensor uses batteries With 433 MHz radio transmission Base Station uses AC DC adapter Thermo Hygro Sensor batteries With cable connection Base Station and Thermo Hygro Sensor use the AC DC adapter The last mentioned cable connection eliminates the need for batteries they may still be used as backup if there is a power outage and provides dat...

Page 2: ...lso automatically start searching for the WWVB time signal 6 Placement After the Weather Station has been checked for correct function with regard to the above points and found fit the mounting of the system components can take place It must be ensured however that all components work properly together at their chosen mounting or standing locations If there appear to be problems with the 433 MHz r...

Page 3: ... must be installed on the PC This software allows the display of all present weather data with graphic symbols It further allows the display storage and printing of history data sets whose volume exceeds the maximum 1750 data sets of the Base Station and is only limited by the capacity of the PC s main memory Furthermore the present weather data can be uploaded to web sites by means of the Web Pub...

Page 4: ...1 TOUCH SCREEN WEATHER CENTER MODEL WS 3610 Operation Manual ...

Page 5: ...ious Functions 9 1 Air Pressure 10 Operating and Setting the Rain Function 11 Additional Information Outdoor Temperature Display 12 Additional Information Wind Display 12 1 Operating and Setting the Wind Direction Alarm 13 Operating and Setting the Backlight Buzzer and Alarm in the WIND Section 13 1 EL Backlight 13 2 Buzzer 13 3 Alarm 14 PC Connection 14 1 Data Storage 14 2 Data Recall 14 3 Connec...

Page 6: ...lendar Date Weather Forecast with Tendency Arrow Tendency Barometric Pressure and 72 Hour History Bar Graph Pressure Pressure History Indoor Temperature and Humidity Indoor Temp Humidity Wind Rain Rain Outdoor Temperature and Humidity Outdoor Temp Humidity Additional data can by displayed by certain touch screen field combinations that are explained later Note When the menu is touched and activate...

Page 7: ...ted by touching a switchable area on the screen is acknowledged by an audible beep when the buzzer option is switched to ON During any menu operation if no active area is touched for 20 seconds the menu is automatically deactivated and the screen will return to the normal display mode 3 To Begin Operation To begin it is necessary to decide whether to use AC power adapter included or batteries to o...

Page 8: ...ly together 3 2 1 Use Batteries for Power First insert two Type C alkaline 1 5 V batteries into the battery compartment of the Thermo Hygro Sensor Immediately after insert three Type AA alkaline 1 5 V batteries into the battery compartment of the Touch Screen Base Station 3 2 2 Use AC Adapter for Power First insert two Type C alkaline 1 5 V batteries into the battery compartment of the Thermo Hygr...

Page 9: ...ries is not recommended due to the considerably higher power consumption of the wired configuration The batteries may however remain in the Base Station for emergency supply in case of a power failure A change from cable operation to 433 MHz radio transmission or vice versa is possible in any case since the Base Station will recognize this change and will automatically switch to the appropriate op...

Page 10: ...er to perform all other settings At this point the Base Station will also automatically start searching for the WWVB time signal 3 4 Placement Once the Base Station and Sensors have been checked and validated for correct function as mentioned in 3 3 all the system components are ready to be permanently mounted It is critical to ensure that all components work properly together at their chosen moun...

Page 11: ...n below Touching the SETUP field will enter the setup mode The basic settings can now be performed in the following successive order LCD Contrast Contrast can be set in 8 steps from 0 to 7 Default is 4 Time Zone Time Zones can be set in a range from 12 to 12 hours Note U S A time zones will be displayed not in hours but in the respective time zone abbreviations 4 h ATL Atlantic Time 5 h EST Easter...

Page 12: ... selected the clock is operates as a normal Quartz clock Default is RCC ON 12 24 hour Time Display Format When 12h format is selected the hour is shown with A M between midnight and noon and PM between noon and midnight Default is 12 hour format Units Temperature Temp is displayed in F or C Default is F Wind Speed Wind is displayed in mph km h m s knots or Beaufort Default is mph Rain Amount Rain ...

Page 13: ... Warning Storm Storm Warning sensitivity has 7 steps of sensitivity increments of 0 03 inHg from 0 09 inHg to 0 27 inHg for storm warning display at a decrease of air pressure over 6 hours Default 0 18 inHg Activate or Deactivate storm warning alarm with ON OFF Default is ON Relearn Mode Relearn Tx Allows the WS 3610 to relocate the outdoor sensor for example after a changing a battery in the Ther...

Page 14: ... the LCD Touching the MINMAX or ALARMS field will display the corresponding values The Min Max values can also be recalled individually by touching the respective area of the display Example Touching the Indoor section of the display will activate the menu shown below Min Max and Alarm values can then be displayed by touching the corresponding field Note When individual Min Max values are displaye...

Page 15: ...A tower located there transmits the exact time and date signal continuously throughout the United States at 60 kHz The signal can be received up to 2 000 miles away through the internal antenna in the Base Station The WWVB radio station derives its signal from the NIST Atomic clock in Boulder Colorado A team of atomic physicists is continually measuring every second of every day to an accuracy of ...

Page 16: ...trolled by the radio signal of the WWVB time code sensor and will thus set time and date automatically Under bad reception conditions however both time and date can be set manually Setting the Time To set the time touch the time display Next touch the TIME field in the bottom section of the LCD Set the hours and minutes by touching either UP or DOWN To leave the mode touch EXIT or wait for automat...

Page 17: ...o set the Time Alarm first touch the time field Then touch the ALARM field in the bottom section of the LCD Set the hours and minutes for the time alarm To leave the mode touch EXIT Note The time alarm is activated or deactivated by touching the TIME section of the LCD twice The alarm symbol will show or disappear To leave the mode touch EXIT or wait for the automatic time out 7 Weather Tendency C...

Page 18: ...bar graph The length of the right most bar represents the present air pressure and the remaining bars to the left show the progress of the air pressure in regards to the present air pressure Note The time resolution of the bar graph can be changed from fine 0 to 24 h to coarse 0 to 72 h and back by touching the PRESSURE HISTORY section once 9 Operating and Setting of the following Functions Air Pr...

Page 19: ...m Values Call up the corresponding menu in the bottom section of the LCD by touching the PRESSURE field Start by touching in the bottom section of the LCD Note It is possible to display the stored minimum values in the bottom section of the LCD in the same fashion by touching the MIN field After touching MAX the stored value is displayed Proceed by touching the MAX PRESSURE field The displayed val...

Page 20: ... AL in the menu section Note Setting of the low alarms is possible from here in the same fashion by touching the LO AL field Set the high alarm value with UP or DOWN Proceed with ON OFF Activate or deactivate the alarm with ON or OFF Return to normal display by touching EXIT Note Activation or deactivation of the alarm Display or deletion of the symbol only pertains to the presently displayed valu...

Page 21: ...ast week and the last month do not represent the amounts collected up to the present point of time but to those for the last complete week or the last complete month All setting and display functions pertain only to the presently displayed value Important Note Operation and settings of the Rain function are essentially identical to the ones described in Item 9 above Therefore a short description o...

Page 22: ... of the LCD followed by CONFIRM 11 Additional Information regarding the Outdoor Temperature Display Outdoor Temp Note Touch the OUTDOOR field to toggle the display between the following Outdoor Temperature Outdoor Temp Wind Chill Dew Point All setting and display options only pertain to the presently displayed value 12 Additional Information regarding the Wind Display Note Touch the WIND field to ...

Page 23: ...Proceed by touching DIR AL In the following menu up to 16 separate alarms can be set clockwise around the compass rose from N through NNW in steps of 22 5 0 through 337 5 Here the wind direction can be selected by touching UP or DOWN and switched ON or OFF with Wind Direction by touching ON OFF in the upper left part of the menu display The wind alarm feature can be enabled or completely deactivat...

Page 24: ... in a considerable decrease of the life of the batteries It is recommended either to operate the Base Station with the included AC adapter or deactivate the EL backlight see above 13 2 Buzzer The keypad beep and the audible alarms of the Base Station can be switched ON or OFF by touching the BUZZER section The switching condition ON or OFF is displayed directly in the BUZZER section as well as in ...

Page 25: ...ase that the memory capacity of the Base Station is exhausted the oldest data sets stored will be overwritten by the new ones recorded 14 2 Data Recall The weather data stored can only be output processed and displayed on a PC The user selectable storage interval of 1 minute to 12 hours for data sets can also only be performed on a PC 14 3 Connections and Software An included COM port cable provid...

Page 26: ...oaded to web sites by means of the Web Publisher software History data can be displayed as diagrams and graphs using the Weather Review software For further details on the PC Connection please see the Help File on the installation disk for the software ...

Page 27: ...p the weather station is to insert the connector RJ11 at the end of the wire attached to the wind speed sensor to the remote thermo hygro sensor Please ensure when doing this that the connector is inserted with the proper orientation When seated properly you will hear the connector click in place The Rain Sensor does not need batteries to operate Simply insert the telephone plug RJ 11 of the rain ...

Page 28: ... located below the three sockets and insert 2 x AA IEC LR6 1 5V batteries and close the cover 4 Open the base station s battery cover located at the back of the unit and insert 3 x AA IEC LR6 1 5V batteries into the battery compartment and close the battery cover Every time the thermo hygro sensor is powered up for example after a change of batteries a random security code is transmitted and this ...

Page 29: ...y pouring clean water After mounting the rain sensor connect the cable to the thermo hygro sensor at the corresponding socket so power supply can be received and data be transmitted to the base station The rain sensor is now operable For testing purposes very slowly pour a small amount of clean water into the rain sensor funnel The water will act as rainfall and will be received and displayed at t...

Page 30: ...er and transmit information to the wireless weather station The TX12U wind sensor measures the wind speed and direction and sends the information to the remote sensor This sensor then sends all outdoor weather information from the outdoor sensor s to the display indoors INVENTORY OF CONTENTS 3 TX12U wind sensor 4 Mounting bracket 5 Mounting hardware SETTING UP First choose to use the adaptor inclu...

Page 31: ...28 Base Station Setting up using batteries Sensor sockets Battery compartment Socket for remote sensor Socket for Adaptor PC COM Port ...

Page 32: ...e mains outlet and power up the base station by inserting the adaptor jack into the DC 6 0V socket located on the side of the base station Every time the thermo hygro sensor is powered up for example after a change of batteries a random security code is transmitted and this code must be synchronized with the base station to receive weather data When the base station is powered up a short beep will...

Page 33: ...irst check that the wind fan and the wind vane can rotate freely before mounting the unit For correct and accurate readings it is important to mount the sensor so that the front marked E is pointing in East West direction The wind sensor should now be mounted using the screws provided onto a mast to allow the wind to travel around the sensor unhindered from all directions ideal mast size should be...

Page 34: ...Crosse Technology for repairs The TX13U Thermo Hygro Sensor is used in conjunction with the TX12U wind sensor and TX11U rain sensor to gather and transmit information to the WS 3610 series wireless weather station The TX13U Thermo Hygro sensor measures the temperature and humidity of the location it is mounted This sensor then transmits all outdoor weather information from the three outdoor sensor...

Page 35: ...operation Both these methods allow for operation using wireless 433MHz transmission or cable connection between the base station and the sensors and setting up for both methods is as follows Base Station Battery compartment Socket for Thermo Hygro Sensor Socket for Adaptor PC COM Port ...

Page 36: ...interrupt the WWVB time reception 1 Pull away the rain cover of the thermo hygro sensor to reveal the three sockets for the wind sensor rain sensor and the base station 2 Connect the attached cables of wind and rain sensors to the corresponding sockets of the thermo hygro sensor by clicking them into place 3 Open the battery cover of the thermo hygro sensor located below the three sockets and inse...

Page 37: ...must be synchronized with the base station to receive weather data When the base station is powered up a short beep will sound and all LCD segments will light up for about 5 seconds before it enters into a 15 minute learning mode to learn the sensors security code After the learning mode or by pressing the MIN MAX key at anytime the base station will start the WWVB radio controlled time reception ...

Page 38: ...d wall plug in the thermo hygro sensor to the bracket and secure both parts by the use of the supplied screw and ensure that the cables from the wind and rain sensors are correctly plugged in otherwise data transmission errors could occur NOTE For best 433 MHz reception mount the thermo hygro sensor on an outside wall near the location of the base station MAINTENANCE AND CARE 1 Extreme temperature...

Page 39: ...acing them in the oven or freezer 5 Opening the casings invalidates the warranty Do not try to repair the unit Contact La Crosse Technology for repairs 6 Place the outdoor sensor in a well shaded area that is protected from direct rainfall as it will read high if exposed to the sun If the sensor gets too wet it won t receive accurate humidity readings Take care to ensure that it will not be expose...

Page 40: ...n total volume Resolution approx 0 02 in Wind Speed 0 to 111 8 mph or 1 to 50 m s Resolution 0 1 m s Wind Direction Graphic Resolution 22 5 Degrees Numeric Resolution Character Format 15 2 Data Transmission by 433 MHz Signal Measuring Interval Thermo Hygro Sensor 128 s at Wind speed 6 2 mph or 32 s at Wind speed 6 2 mph or on Wind Gust display 10 Min if the Base Station does not receive any data a...

Page 41: ... 2 minutes 15 5 Power Supply Base Station Batteries 3 ea 1 5 V Batteries Type AA IEC LR6 Alkaline Batteries recommended Life Cycle without EL backlight approx 1 year or AC power AC Adapter INPUT 120VAC 60HZ use only the included AC Adapter Recommended for PC Connection and frequent use of EL Backlight Thermo Hygro Sensor Batteries 2 ea 1 5 V Batteries Type C Alkaline Batteries recommended Life Cyc...

Page 42: ... included Storage Intervals 1 min through 12 h settable Data Volume Base Station 1750 Data Sets max in Ring Buffer EEPROM PC Volume of Main Memory max 15 7 Dimensions Base Station 8 86 x 6 10 x 1 38 in Thermo Hygro Sensor 5 35 x 2 87 x 2 81 in Rain Sensor 5 51 x 5 39 x 2 76 in Wind Sensor 11 46 x 7 76 x 2 36 in ...

Page 43: ...for all repairs covered by this warranty If necessary repairs are not covered by this warranty or if a product is examined which is not in need or repair you will be charged for the repairs or examination The owner must pay any shipping charges incurred in getting your La Crosse Technology Ltd product to a La Crosse Technology Ltd authorized service center La Crosse Technology Ltd will pay ground ...

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