La Crosse Technology WS1506, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...essure and various alarm settings for different weather conditions this weather station will provide you with various weather information and weather forecast Pages after pages you will discover that...

Page 2: ...te month year Time alarm function Weather forecasting function with 3 weather icons and weather tendency indicator Indoor temperature display in C F Outdoor temperature display in C F Outdoor Humidity...

Page 3: ...ve air pressure displayed in hPa or inHg Air pressure tendency indicator for the past 12 hour bargraph format LCD contrast selectable Low battery indicator Wind direction displayed in 16 steps Wind sp...

Page 4: ...asing Wall mounting case to be mounted in a sheltered place Avoid direct rain and sunshine The Wind Sensor Connected to the thermo hygro transmitter by cable Can be installed onto a mast or a horizont...

Page 5: ...on at 868 MHz Rain sensor to weather station Weather station Wind sensor Rain sensor hermo hygro transmitter SETTING UP T Note When putting the Weather Station into operation it is important to perfor...

Page 6: ...to the Thermo hygro transmitter and Rain sensor see How to install and replace the batteries into the Thermo hygro transmitter How to install and replace batteries into the Rain sensor below 3 Then in...

Page 7: ...e components for correct function by manually turning the wind gauge by moving the wind vane tilting the rain sensor to hear the impact of the internal moving seesaw etc see Positioning below 7 Time a...

Page 8: ...eceive signal successfully from the transmitters In this case user will need to reinstall the batteries from all the transmitters to redo set up procedure After batteries are installed there will be s...

Page 9: ...ollow the steps below 1 Remove the battery compartment cover 2 Insert the batteries observing the correct polarity see the marking in the battery compartment 3 Replace the battery cover HOW TO INSTALL...

Page 10: ...ACE THE BATTERIES INTO THE THERMO HYGRO TRANSMITTER The outdoor Thermo hygro transmitter works with 2 x AA IEC LR6 1 5V batteries To install and replace the batteries please follow the steps below 1 U...

Page 11: ...cifications Please participate in the preservation of the environment Return used batteries to an authorised depot Note The stored History record will not be kept after the battery change is done on t...

Page 12: ...ally In normal display mode press and hold to switch on off the Buzzer In the weather alarm setting mode press and hold to adjust different alarm value and switch the alarm On Off Press to activate th...

Page 13: ...ing the time alarm or weather alarm ringing Press to exit max min record display mode MIN MAX key Press to display minimum and maximum records of various weather data Press to adjust decrease the leve...

Page 14: ...elative humidity in Weather forecast icon Relative air pressure display in inHg or hPa or total and 24h rainfall display in inch or mm Wind speed or gust in mph km h or m s Wind Chill in F or C Wind s...

Page 15: ...icon or not OFF icon On the other hand the short blinking of the icon shows that a reception is being done at that time In normal display user may press the SET key shortly to toggle between Mode1 an...

Page 16: ...e setting 12 24 hour time display Calendar setting C F temperature unit setting Wind speed unit Rainfall unit setting Air pressure unit setting Relative pressure reference value setting Weather tenden...

Page 17: ...and enter the MANUAL TIME SETTING MANUAL TIME SETTING You then may manually set the time of the clock by following the steps below 1 The hour digit will start flashing 2 Use the or MIN MAX key to set...

Page 18: ...AR SETTING The date default of the Weather Station is 1 1 of year 2005 The date can be set manually by proceeding as follows 1 The year digit starts flashing 2 Use the or MIN MAX key to set the year T...

Page 19: ...selected to show temperature data in C or F default C 1 The temperature unit is flashing 2 Use the or MIN MAX key to toggle between C or F 3 Confirm with the SET key and enter the WIND SPEED UNIT SET...

Page 20: ...an be set as hPa of inHg The default unit is hPa 1 Use the or MIN MAX key to toggle between the unit hPa or inHg 2 Confirm the unit with the SET key and enter the RELATIVE PRESSURE REFERENCE VALUE SET...

Page 21: ...1 The current relative pressure value will start flashing 2 Use the or MIN MAX key to increase or decrease the value Keep holding the key will allow the value to increase faster 3 Confirm with the SET...

Page 22: ...e the or MIN MAX key to select the value 3 Confirm with the SET key and enter the STORM WARNING SENSITIVITY SETTING STORM WARNING THRESHOLD VALUE SETTING You may also define a switching threshold valu...

Page 23: ...so see clause WEATHER TENDENCY INDICATOR below TO EXIT THE MANUAL SETTING MODE To exit the manual setting anytime during the manual setting modes press the ALARM key or HISTORY key anytime or wait for...

Page 24: ...time alarm setting mode again Then press shortly the SET key to switch on or off the time alarm The showing of the icon means that the time alarm is switched on 6 Press the HISTORY key or wait for ab...

Page 25: ...owing Weather Alarm settings can be adjusted in the ALARM setting mode High outdoor temperature alarm Low outdoor temperature alarm High outdoor humidity alarm Low outdoor humidity alarm High wind spe...

Page 26: ...rding to your needs Set the Outdoor temperature alarm value High or Low alarm value 1 In the normal display mode press the ALARM key twice The High Outdoor Temperature alarm display will be shown 2 Pr...

Page 27: ...of the icon means that the alarm is switched on 7 Press the HISTORY key or wait for about 30 seconds and the display will return to normal display mode automatically In case the temperature value meet...

Page 28: ...r about 2 seconds The humidity digit will start flashing Press the or MIN MAX key to set the low outdoor humidity alarm value 6 Press the ALARM key to confirm the setting The digit will stop flashing...

Page 29: ...nce to return to the normal display mode In case the wind speed exceeds the condition for high wind speed alarm the value will be flashing along with the corresponding high alarm icon HI AL And the bu...

Page 30: ...eep on flashing even after a key has been pressed to stop the alarm or buzzer has been switched off to indicate that the current weather condition is out of the pre set limit s WEATHER FORECAST AND WE...

Page 31: ...e icons are already at their extremes The icons displayed forecasts the weather in terms of getting better or worse and not necessarily sunny or rainy as each icon indicates For example if the current...

Page 32: ...ators the upward and downward arrows located on the right hand side of the weather girl icon When the indicator points upwards it means that the air pressure is increasing and the weather is expected...

Page 33: ...the trend over the recorded period The scale on the right compares the result The 0 in the middle of this scale determines the current air pressure The vertical axis represents the air pressure change...

Page 34: ...he next 48 60 hours shall be discarded WIND DIRECTION AND WIND SPEED MEASUREMENT In normal display mode the second section of the LCD shows the following wind data Wind direction shown on the a compas...

Page 35: ...Rel pressure reading VIEWING THE HISTORY DATA The weather station can store up to 140 sets of weather data which are recorded automatically at 3 hour intervals after the weather station is powered up...

Page 36: ...alter the recorded time of recording of each history record which may lead to confusion To view the weather history 1 In normal display press the HISTORY key The latest weather record will be shown wi...

Page 37: ...ew Previous and Next record respectively The records are made at 3 hour intervals Note The stored history records will not be retained after battery change or whenever battery is removed The total rai...

Page 38: ...and date of recording automatically The following stored maximum and minimum weather data can be viewed by pressing the MIN MAX key in normal display mode 1 Min outdoor temperature with the date and t...

Page 39: ...102 3 Min dew point temperature with the date and time of recording 4 Max dew point temperature with the date and time of recording MIN icon MIN Dew Point temp DEW POINT DATE...

Page 40: ...103 5 Min outdoor humidity with the date and time of recording 6 Max outdoor humidity with the date and time of recording MAX icon MAX outdoor humidity value Time and date of recording...

Page 41: ...104 7 Min Wind chill temperature with the date and time of recording 8 Max Wind chill temperature with the date and time of recording MIN icon MIN wind chill value Time and date of recording...

Page 42: ...105 9 Min Relative pressure with the date and time of recording 10 Max Relative pressure with the date and time of recording MAX icon MAX relative pressure value Time and date of recording...

Page 43: ...106 11 Maximum wind speed with the date and time of recording MAX icon MAX wind speed value Time and date of recording...

Page 44: ...107 12 Maximum Gust with the date and time of recording MAX icon MAX Gust value Time and date of recording GUST...

Page 45: ...tly 1 Press MIN MAX key to show the desired weather data For instance if you want to reset the minimum humidity in the normal display you shall press the MIN MAX key five times to show the min humidit...

Page 46: ...measurement is displayed in the fourth section of the LCD in the unit of mm or inch It shows the total rainfall accumulated since last reset of the weather station In normal display mode press the MIN...

Page 47: ...zer will not sound but we can still see the alarm icon flashing on the LCD for time alarm On the other hand when the buzzer is turned off and any weather alarm is activated the particular weather digi...

Page 48: ...of the system Note After battery change both the Weather Station and the transmitters need to be reset see note Setting up The History data record will be clear after the battery change OUTDOOR TRANSM...

Page 49: ...reception 4 Neighbours using electrical devices operating on the 868 MHz signal frequency can also cause interference 5 Visibility of weather station and transmitter e g through a window increases th...

Page 50: ...Weather Station has been designed to be hung onto wall or free standing with the two kinds of foldout stand To wall mount Choose a sheltered place Avoid direct rain and sunshine Before wall mounting...

Page 51: ...nditions To wall mount use the 2 screws to affix the wall bracket to the desired wall plug in the thermo hygro sensor to the bracket and secure both parts by the use of the supplied screw and ensure t...

Page 52: ...mast connect the cable to the corresponding thermo hygro sensor socket so that operating power supply can be received and data can be transmitted to the base station Secure cord from blowing Do not us...

Page 53: ...ies Injuries burns or property damage may be resulted if the batteries are in contact with conducting materials heat corrosive materials or explosives The batteries shall be taken out from the unit be...

Page 54: ...solution 32 F to 139 8 F with 0 2 F resolution OF L displayed if outside this range Outdoor 40 C to 59 9 C with 0 1 C resolution 40 F to 139 8 F with 0 2 F resolution OF L displayed if outside this ra...

Page 55: ...seconds from rain sensor Air pressure checking interval every 15 seconds Transmission range up to 100 meters in open space Power Weather Station 3 x AA IEC LR6 1 5V Thermo hygro transmitter 2 x AA IEC...

Page 56: ...be thrown in general rubbish collection points The manufacturer and supplier cannot accept any responsibility for any incorrect readings and any consequences that occur should an inaccurate reading ta...