Tycon Power Systems TP2700WC, Operation Manual

Page 1: ... this manual to become familiar with your professional weather station and save it for future reference Glossary of Common Terms DCF WWVB MSF The DCF WWVB or MSF time signal is an AM modulated time of day signal broadcasted by the Federal Government of Germany NIST from USA or National Physical Laboratory The time base is generated from an atomic time generator which is accurate to 10 billions of ...

Page 2: ...ir pressure is the actual air pressure on the barometer without regard to altitude INCHES OF MERCURY inHg Inches of Mercury is the common unit of measurement for air pressure in the United States HECTOPASCALS hPa Hectopascals are the common units of measurement for air pressure in the International System SI of measurement Important Note The Professional weather station includes a Base Station rec...

Page 3: ... AA batteries QTY Item 1 Display Console Base Station 1 Outdoor Sensor Array Thermo hygrometer Transmitter with Solar Panel Rain Gauge Wind Speed Sensor Wind Direction 1 CD contains PC software 1 USB Cable for connecting to a PC 1 Pole 1 Pole mounting clamps 1 User manual 2 AA rechargeable batteries for the Transmitter 5VDC USB interf ...

Page 4: ...dew point and heat index temperature display Barometric Pressure History weather forecast MAX MIN value with time stamp High low alarms With message panel showing indication of alarms Min Max data with time stamps Light and UV index Data saved in non volatile memory with unlimited storage on PC Windows software Upload weather data to Weather Underground Set up Guide Before placing and installing a...

Page 5: ... light up for 3 4 seconds If no LED light or it is lit permanently make sure the battery is inserted the correct way Try resetting by removing the batteries waiting 2 mins and re inserting 2 When the Base Station is powered up the LCD display activates for 3 seconds and after the Beep it begins measuring indoor temperature humidity and air pressure The unit then enters the RF Radio Frequency state...

Page 6: ...receives light data each 60s If there is no signal received from the transmitter for 10 minutes the outdoor temperature and humidity will display If the Base Station doesn t receive the signal in 240 minutes the Base Station will start to search for and register a new transmitter 3 If the outdoor data is lost or a battery is changed in the transmitter press the reset button on the bottom of the so...

Page 7: ...sfully captured by the outdoor transmitter In some locations RCC reception could take a couple days before the signal is received successfully 4 If RCC is received successfully the signal icon will be displayed near the memory indicator window Otherwise the icon will be hidden If the RCC isn t received it could be due to the location of outdoor transmitter or possibly that the proper RCC signal is...

Page 8: ...g locations Mounting the Sensor Important Notes On the edge of wind direction sensor there are four alphabet letter of N E S and W representing the directions of North East South and West These are located just under the rotating hub The entire sensor array has to be rotated so that the direction indicators on the wind direction sensor are aligned with North South East and West at your actual loca...

Page 9: ...8000040 Rev 3 9 Anemometer Wind direction sensor Mounting the dual wind sensor holder ...

Page 10: ...00040 Rev 3 10 Transmitter with solar panel Mounting the rain sensor Attach the sensor array to the pole with the two adjustable hose clamps Mounting the transmitter is similar to mounting the rain sensor ...

Page 11: ...ter The rain sensor s cable is connected to the input marked Rain on the solar panel The solar panel s cable is connected to the input marked Rain on the Transmitter The Solar Panel Module The solar panel module makes use of solar energy to power the Transmitter Note It can be used with AA size alkaline rechargeable batteries or AA Lithium Batteries For the solar panel modules to function properly...

Page 12: ...n hemisphere Display Unit 1 Base Station Display Console Layout 1 Time 2 Indoor Temperature 3 Indoor Humidity 4 Barometric Pressure 5 Barometric Pressure graph 6 Forecast icon 7 Message panel showing indication of alarms Min Max data 8 Minimum 9 Time Date stamp 10 RF signal Signal from Transmitter 11 Memory status 12 RCC Clock signal 22 ...

Page 13: ... three AA Alkaline or Lithium batteries to the Base Station Observe proper battery polarity 2 1 The unit will turn on all segments of the LCD for 3 seconds after power reset and display setting value RCC and RF frequency option Then the unit will start to register the outdoor Transmitter which takes about 3 minutes When the registration process is finished the unit will enter the RCC receive mode ...

Page 14: ... function turn on off the alarm MAX MIN Display the MAX MIN value Increase the setting parameter Move to next message of the selected segment on the message panel decrease the setting parameter Move to previous message of the selected segment on the message panel LEFT Move to previous segment move to main menu during setting RIGHT Move to next segment move to sub menu during setting ...

Page 15: ...ltiple parts press SET key to choose a different part Example the current section is RAIN you can press SET key to select among RAIN RATE RAIN EVENT DAY WEEK MONTH YEAR and TOTAL 1 Quick Display Mode Updates every 5 Seconds In the normal mode and once a segment is selected Different segments can be chosen by pressing Left or Right key The default selected segment is time and date there will be dif...

Page 16: ...ate a Day of week and year TUESDAY 2014 b Alarm time c Moon phase see Moon phases section later in this manual d If device has received the RCC time successfully and the time is DST it will display DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME e If no RCC received and the DST setting is ON it will also display DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME f If device is connected to an outdoor transmitter ...

Page 17: ...Eastern Time zone 6 for Central Time Zone 7 for Mountain Time zone 8 for Pacific time zone 9 for Alaska time zone 10 for Hawaii time zone Light and UVI a The max light of the day b The max light since last reset c The max UVI of the day d The max UVI since last reset Indoor temperature a The max and min temperature humidity of the day b The max and min temperature humidity since reset Outdoor temp...

Page 18: ... min temperature humidity since last reset Barometric a The max and min absolute barometric of the day b The max and min absolute barometric since last reset c The max and min relative barometric of the day d The max and min relative barometric since last reset Wind and gust speed ...

Page 19: ...point of the day c The max of dew point heat index since last reset d The min of wind chill dew point since last reset Rainfall a The max Rainfall of rainfall rate of the day b The max Rainfall since last reset including rainfall rate during 1 day 1 week 1 month and 1 year 2 Setting Mode 2 1 In normal mode press SET key for 3 seconds to enter the setting mode Then press Left button this will allow...

Page 20: ...b menu Press key to transfer the unit or change the value Hold the key for 2 seconds to increase decrease digits in large steps Press HISTORY key or wait for 30 seconds at any time the Display Console will then return to normal mode Sub menus of every option TIME SETTING a 12H 24H format select b MM DD YYYY DD MM YYYY YYYY MM DD select c Set time hour minute d Set clock month day year e Time Zone ...

Page 21: ... OCT NOV DEC Default January The total rain falls before date will be cleared once it comes to 0 00 of January 1st This means the new annual statistic of rain fall begins from 0 00 on January 1st Users can choose any month from January to December PRESSURE SETTING a Current weather setting b Select the synoptic chart Pre set the value of weather and Pre storm value c Select the historical time coo...

Page 22: ... within measuring range d IN HUMI CORRECT Indoor humidity can be calibrated within measuring range e OUT TEMP CORRECT Outdoor temperature can be calibrated within measuring range f OUT HUMI CORRECT Outdoor humidity can be calibrated within measuring range g ABS PRESS CORRECT Absolute pressure can be calibrated within measuring range h REL PRESS CORRECT Relatively pressure be calibrated within meas...

Page 23: ...AY CORRECT Calibration for total rain falls of 1 day Range is 0 9999mm m RAIN WEEK CORRECT Calibration for total rain falls of 1 week Range is 0 9999mm n RAIN MONTH CORRECT Calibration for total rain falls of 1 month Range is 0 9999mm o RAIN YEAR CORRECT Calibration for total rain falls of 1 year Range is 0 9999mm p RAIN TOTAL CORRECT Calibration for total rain falls since last reset Range is 0 99...

Page 24: ...idity high alarm f Out TEMP HIGH ALARM Set outdoor temperature high alarm g Out HUMI HIGH ALARM Set outdoor humidity high alarm h ABS BARO HIGH ALARM Set absolute barometric pressure high alarm i REL BARO HIGH ALARM Set relative barometric pressure high alarm j WIND HIGH ALARM Set wind speed high alarm k GUST HIGH ALARM Set gust speed high alarm l DEW POINT HIGH ALARM Set dew point high alarm m HE...

Page 25: ...h alarm and low alarm setting Press HISTORY key or wait for 30 seconds at any time you will return to normal mode When alarm occurs the alarm information will be displayed in real time on the message panel You can press any key to stop it But the alarm ICON will still flash until the weather data returns to normal range 3 Max Min Mode In Normal Mode press the MIN MAX key to enter the max min mode ...

Page 26: ...idity g ABS BARO TODAY MAX ABS BARO TOTAL MAX Maximum Absolute barometric h REL BARO TODAY MAX REL BARO TOTAL MAX Maximum Relative barometric i WIND SPEED TODAY MAX WIND SPEED TOTAL MAX Maximum Wind speed j GUST SPEED TODAY MAX GUST SPEED TOTAL MAX Maximum Gust speed k DEW POINT TODAY MAX DEW POINT TOTAL MAX Maximum Dew point temperature l HEAT INDEX TODAY MAX HEAT INDEX TOTAL MAX Maximum Heat ind...

Page 27: ... ABS BARO TODAY MIN ABS BARO TOTAL MIN Minimum Absolute barometric f REL BARO TODAY MIN ABS BARO TOTAL MIN Minimum Relatively barometric g WIND CHILL TODAY MIN WIND CHILL TOTAL MIN Minimum Wind chill temperature h DEW POINT TODAY MIN DEW POINT TOTAL MIN Minimum Dew point temperature Each maximum minimum value can be cleared by pressing the SET key for 3 seconds during this mode Press the HISTORY k...

Page 28: ...Press the key to switch to next previous record Press the LEFT RIGHT key to switch to next previous page Other Console Functions Weather Tendency indicators There are tendency indicators which appear next to the indoor outdoor temperature and humidity segments They are defined below Tendency indicators Meaning Humidity Temperature Rising Rising rate 10 within 30 minutes Rising 1 change within 30 m...

Page 29: ...play console after any Base Station reset Icon Northern Hemisphere Moon Phase Description Icon Southern Hemisphere NEW MOON WAXING CRESCENT MOON FIRST QUARTER MOON WAXING GIBBOUS MOON FULL MOON WANING GIBBOUS MOON LAST QUARTER MOON WANING CRESCENT MOON Beaufort Scales Wind Speed Wind speed Beaufort number Description ...

Page 30: ...74 1kph 8 Gale 46 54mph 74 1 86 9kph 9 Strong gale 54 63mph 88 5 101 4kph 10 Storm 66 73mph 103 117 5kph 11 Violent storm 74mph or above 119 1kph 12 Hurricane Specification Factory Default Settings EU DCF MSF Version 1 Time 1 1 2000 0 00 00 31 12 2099 23 59 59 default 1 1 2014 0 00 00 WED 2 Time zone 12 12 default DCF 1 MSF 0 3 12 24 hour format default 24hr 4 DD MM YYYY MM DD YYYY YYYY MM DD form...

Page 31: ... point 15 Light units lux fc w m2 default w m2 16 Rainfall units mm inch default mm 17 Rainfall display rainfall rate rainfall event 24H WEEK MONTH YEAR default RAINFALL RATE 18 Rainfall of year season begin default JAN 19 Time alarm 0 00 23 59 default 0 00 disable 20 Indoor temperature high alarm 40 0 60 0C 14F 140F default 20 0C disable 21 Indoor temperature low alarm 40 0 60 0C 14F 140F default...

Page 32: ...emperature high alarm 40 0 60 0C 40F 140F default 27 0C disable 32 Rainfall alarm rainfall rate and rainfall 24H 0 999 9mm default 0 0mm disable 33 Wind speed alarm 0 50 0m s default 1 8km h disable 34 Guest speed alarm 0 50 0m s default 3 6km h disable 35 Light high alarm 0 to 300000 default 200000lux disable 36 UVI high alarm 0 to 15 default 10 disable USA WWVB Version difference with EU version...

Page 33: ...index 0 to 20000 w m2 Troubleshooting Guide Problem Solution Transmitter outdoor unit not reporting in to console There are dashes on the display console Check the transmitter and or solar panel LED for flashing You must remove the radiation shield to view the LED on the transmitter The transmitter has a LED just above the battery compartment The solar panel has a led just below the solar panel Th...

Page 34: ...nce or other location factors or the batteries may have been changed in the remote and the Base Station has not been reset The solution may be as simple as powering down and up the Base Station 1 Make sure you have fresh batteries in the Base Station 2 With the sensor array and Base Station 10 feet away from each other remove the batteries from the Base Station and wait 10 seconds Put the batterie...

Page 35: ...ion issues 1 Install a fresh set of batteries in the remote sensor array and Base Station For cold weather environments install lithium batteries 2 The maximum line of sight communication range is 300 but most users will get 100 or less due to environmental conditions Move the sensor and Base Station closer together 3 If the sensor assembly is too close less than 5 move the remote sensor assembly ...

Page 36: ...the transmitter without shading the solar panel Indoor and Outdoor Temperature do not agree 1 Allow up to one hour for the sensors to stabilize due to signal filtering The indoor and outdoor temperature sensors should agree within 4 F the sensor accuracy is 2 F 2 Perform a temperature calibration reference Section 2 1 Indoor and Outdoor Humidity do not agree 1 Allow up to one hour for the sensors ...

Page 37: ...non linearity error Time is incorrect Make sure your time zone and daylight savings time setting is correct The forecast icon is not accurate The weather station console must run for several days to trend barometric pressure The weather forecast is an estimation or generalization of weather changes in the next 24 to 48 hours and varies from location to location The tendency is simply a tool for pr...

Page 38: ...it will receive the outdoor temperature and humidity wind and rainfall Light UVI and Heat index are transmitted by outdoor sensor as well After installing the WeatherSmart program on your windows computer you can see all the weather data from the Base Station including data from both indoor and outdoor sensors For operation simply use the supplied USB cable and connect the Base Station to the PC A...

Page 39: ... ROM Drive Base Station and PC must be connected by USB cable 3 0 Installation of the WeatherSmart Software First the Base Station and the Outdoor Sensors should be installed and checked for correct function After successful checking install the WeatherSmart software as follows 1 Switch on your PC and insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM Drive 2 Double click Weather Smart exe 3 Select the installatio...

Page 40: ...will start to run 10 Normally the installation process will install a launch icon on your desktop Double click this icon to open WeatherSmart anytime Note The graphic function 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 be working correctly 4 0 Basic Settings of the WeatherSmart Sof...

Page 41: ...er you can still easily make any setting changes you wanted on the PC and the Base Station will be updated automatically the setting changes will be refreshed after 1 minute When the Base Station is connected to the PC it shows USB Connected at the bottom of screen If no Base Station is connected it shows USB Unconnected Tool Bar The tool bar at the top of the screen has 4 options System Record Up...

Page 42: ...8000040 Rev 3 42 4 1 System option 4 1 1 Clicking System button enters the Setting menu ...

Page 43: ...lect Alarm to enter the Alarm page This section is used to set the desired time alarm high or low alarm values for the Base Station as well as enable or disable the corresponding alarm functions Once you made your choice choose 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 Max Min Data Select Max Min Day to open the Max Min ...

Page 44: ...8000040 Rev 3 44 This is where you can clear all the min max readings from the Base Station Press clear to clear the data or exit to return to the main page Select Max Min to enter the Max Min page ...

Page 45: ...v 3 45 This section is used to display the recorded min and max value recorded with time stamp 4 1 4 Click Language button enters the Language menu 4 2 Record option 4 2 1 Select History to enter the History page ...

Page 46: ...Base Station is full press Clear Memory button to refresh the memory space on the Base Station remember to upload all data before pressing this button If you wanted to start a new weather history record press Clear Data button to clear the data base on the PC all historical weather data will be deleted if you would like to keep a backup history file before deleting all weather data you can make a ...

Page 47: ...to see more detail just use your mouse to select the area you want and the display will zoom to that area Note The software won t show your mouse movements as a box but it will accept your drawn invisible box and zoom the display To go back to original just draw a straight invisible line on the display with your mouse ...

Page 48: ...ion to move the scale up and down What to do if graph function is not working To get the graph function working properly please follow the following steps 1 Find the folder where the WeahterSmart exe file is located 2 Create a file name reg_graph bat file with the wordpad or notepad editor program 3 Type regsvr32 WeatherSmart ocx and save the reg_graph bat file ...

Page 49: ...nderground com Then you enter your Weather Underground credentials in ID and PASSWORD Be sure to check Auto Upload to automatically upload real time data to Weather Underground Your weather station must be connected to your PC which must be on and connected to the internet the WeatherSmart software must be running in order to upload data to Weather Underground If your PC is turned off and it canno...

Page 50: ...main screen you will see a success icon if the data is being successfully uploaded to weather underground Help option Click About weather smart Button to see the program version number Special Notes about time synchronization between PC and ...

Page 51: ...used up memory icon on LCD display showing 100 full remember to upload the weather history data to the PC periodically If the Base Station is connected to the PC full time through the USB port and the weather station software is running on the PC then the weather station data will upload automatically in real time and there is no need to clear the memory If the rain fall readings on the Base Stati...