TESA WS1081, User Manual

Page 1: ...tches 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 the air pressure is pushing equally in every direction RELATIVE AIR PRESSURE Relative air pressure is the same as the barometric pressure The calculation of relati...

Page 2: ... a PC software package on CD ROM 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 ...

Page 3: ...o make the corresponding selection or increase the value Every time a programming step is activated by touching a switching area on the Touch Screen a tone will sound and the back light is switched on for a few seconds as well If no areas are pressed for 30 seconds the LCD will automatically revert to the normal display mode automatic time out Getting Started Setup Sensors Figure 1 Figure 2 ...

Page 4: ...e 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 a 90 degree angle and has a curved profile which will end up hugging the mounti...

Page 5: ...the top side of the sensor package as shown in Figure 5 left side image Tighten the set screw with a Philips screwdriver size PH0 right side image Make sure the cup assembly can rotate freely There should be no noticeable friction when it is turning Figure 5 Wind speed cup installation diagram 3 Install wind vane Push the wind vane onto the shaft on the opposite side to the wind cups until it goes...

Page 6: ...a screwdriver and insert 2 AA batteries in the battery compartment The LED indicator on the back of the sensor package will turn on for four seconds and then flash once every 48 seconds indicating sensor data transmission the sensor transmission update period Figure 7 Battery installation diagram Note If LED does not light up or is on permanently make sure the battery is inserted the correct way a...

Page 7: ...sier and avoids any distance or interference related issues from the setup After setup is complete and everything is working return here for outdoor 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 th...

Page 8: ... the 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 af...

Page 9: ...roubleshooting purposes You may need to relocate the transmitters or receivers to avoid intermittent communication 3 Line of Sight Rating This device is rated at 300 feet line of sight no interference barriers or walls but typically 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 throug...

Page 10: ...or button to Shift the display unit between and 2 Touch the INDOOR TEMPERATURE section again to set the indoor temperature high alarm function the ON OFF and button will be flashing HI 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 greater steps Touch the ON OFF button to choose the alarm on or off if alarm is enabled t...

Page 11: ...tween and 3 Touch the OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE section the third time to set the outdoor temperature high alarm function the ON OFF and button will be flashing HI 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 greater steps Touch the ON OFF button to choose the alarm on or off if alarm is enabled the speaker icon will be tur...

Page 12: ...uch the INDOOR HUMIDITY section again to set the indoor humidity 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 greater steps 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 func...

Page 13: ...bled the speaker icon will be turned on indicating the alarm function has been enabled 4 Touch the Wind SPEED section the fourth time to set wind direction alarm function the wind direction arrow will start to flashing Touch or to select desired alarm for wind direction press ON OFF to enable or disable the wind direction alarm 5 Touch the Wind SPEED section the fifth time to display maximum wind ...

Page 14: ...hen 1h 24h week month and total rain will be reset to 0 Weather forecast 1 Touch the WEATHER FORECAST section button and button will be flashing Touch the button or button to Shift the display between the SUNNY PARTLY CLOUDY CLOUDY and RAINY icons 2 Touch the WEATHER FORECAST section again button and button will be flashing Touch the button or button to set the pressure threshold from 2 4hPa defau...

Page 15: ...ay maximum pressure record to display maximum pressure 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 7 Touch the PRESSURE section the seventh time to display minimum pressure record to display minimum pressure record the recorded minimum value will be flashing MIN icon will light up as wel...

Page 16: ... the sixth time button and button 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 greater steps 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 greater steps Touch ON OFF to enable or disable ...

Page 17: ...eventive 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 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 the form of complete history data sets viewable on ...

Page 18: ...ded the maximum 4080 data sets 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 function might not work when the graph display mode is needed to display all history data When you run the program for ...

Page 19: ...s full it will take about two minutes to upload all history data into PC and it will take another two minutes to process all history data for graphic display A detailed software user manual can be found in the help menu ...

Page 20: ...m 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 Measuring range...

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Page 22: ... To install the EasyWeather software onto your PC the minimum requirements are as follows Operating System Windows NT4 Service Pack 6a Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 8 10 MAC OS Internet Explorer 6 0 or above Processor Pentium III 500 MHz or above Memory at least 128MB 256MB recommended Base Station and PC must be connected by USB cable 3 0 Installation of the EasyWeather Software...

Page 23: ...n needs the software to be installed under the administrator account If it is installed under limited user accounts the graphic function of the software might not work correctly 4 0 Basic Settings of the EasyWeather Software After the EasyWeather exe program has been started the following main window will appear on the PC screen All the settings from the base unit is mirrored into the PC software ...

Page 24: ...If there isn t a base station connected it shows USB Unconnected Tool Bar The tool bar at the top of the screen has 4 options System Record Upload and Help 4 1 System option 4 1 1 Click the System button to enter the Setting menu This section is used to set up the PC software display and base station units Once you have made your choices press Save to make the setting effective ...

Page 25: ...onding alarm function Once you made your choices select 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 a time stamp Min Max reset can only be done through key operation on the base station ...

Page 26: ... 26 4 1 4 Click Language button enters the Language menu 4 2 Record option ...

Page 27: ...e old version data to the new version data to migrate the two different data base data by press the Import button When memory on the base station is full press the Clear Memory button to refresh the memory space on the base station remember to upload all data before pressing this button If you want to start a new weather history record press Clear Data button to clear up the data base all historic...

Page 28: ...h menu In this section you can see the history data plotted in graph format for easier observation If you want to see more details just use your mouse to select the area you want and the display will automatically update to a more detailed scale ...

Page 29: ...em with this software To make the graph function working properly please check the following step 1 find the folder where the EasyWeahter exe file is located 2 Create a file name reg_graph bat file with WordPad or notepad editor program 3 Type regsvr32 easyweather ocx and save the reg_graph bat file 4 Double click reg_graph bat file and it should register the graphic driver again If successful the...

Page 30: ...elect Upload from the menu bar 4 3 1 Upload to WeatherUnderground com Select Upload WeatherUnderground from the menu bar You can upload data to website www wundergound com or their own website If you choose www wundergound com you do not need to set the server server type and port If you choose custom you will need to set the server server type and port ...

Page 31: ...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 32: ... 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 33: ...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 34: ...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 35: ...e icon 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 parameters can be done here Max Min record all history record can be viewed History records can be exported as excel or PDF file ...

Page 36: ... 36 5 1 Setting option Please refer to 4 1 1 5 2 Alarm option Please refer to 4 1 2 ...

Page 37: ... 37 5 3 Max Min option 5 4 History option Please refer to 4 2 1 ...

Page 38: ... 38 5 5 Graph Please refer to 4 2 2 5 6 Upload option Please refer to 4 3 ...

Page 39: ...r over written If the history weather memory on the base station is cleared by manual settings then the history weather data since the last upload 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 a reset happens for the rain fall on the base station then there will be rain fall value discrepancy b...