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La Crosse Technology WS-3502 Operation Manual

Manual is about: Touch Screen Weather Station (Wind And Air Pressure)

Summary of WS-3502

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    25 touch screen weather station (wind and air pressure) ws-3502 operation manual.

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    26 table of contents 1 ..................... General 2 ......................Important touch screen operating notes generally applicable 3 ..................... Putting into operation 3.1 ............... Wiring the system 3.2 ............... Power supply 3.2.1 ......... Batteries 3.2.2 ......... Ac/...

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    27 1 general important note: before inserting batteries into the units, please carefully read the operation manual. The shipping content of the touch screen weather station ws-3502 includes a base station (receiver), a relay transmitter (433 mhz transmitter), one wind sensor, the respective connecti...

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    28 2 important touch screen operating notes generally applicable • all actions and functions of the weather station are activated on the touch screen by slightly touching (not pressing!) the switching areas appearing in star (٭) symbols (only in the text section at the bottom of the lcd) or the disp...

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    29 alarm history selection key time section weather tendency section date section pressure history section pressure section wind direction / wind speed / wind gust backlight section key buzzer selection key text display (set up display) alarm-on symbol for time alarm alarm-on symbol for pressure ala...

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    30 ac/ dc adapter pc com port cable relaytransmitter operation before placing and mounting them at their final destinations. 3.1 wiring the system independently of the final power supply mode, the fixed cable of the wind sensor has first to be connected to the relay transmitter by plugging it into t...

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    31 the direct cable connection of relay transmitter and base station can be used in the following cases: • the flexibility of 433 mhz radio transmission is not needed • data transmission absolutely free of any environmental interferences is wanted. 3.2 power supply the provision of power to the weat...

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    32 note: in both cases, it is important to respect this order of succession since the transmitter will send an identification code which has to be received and stored by the base station within the first few minutes of operation. After doing this, full operation of the entire weather station system ...

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    33 after completing the play mode, the touch screen weather station will automatically switch to the normal display mode from which all further settings can be carried out by the user. At this point of time the unit will also automatically start reception of the dcf77 time information. Important not...

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    34 manufacturer, it may not be necessary for the majority of users to carry out – apart from the relative air pressure (see further down) - any further basic settings. Changes however can easily be made if desired. For basic settings the following menu is started by touching the touch screen in the ...

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    35 12/24 hour time display format (default 24 h format). Units • wind speed display (wind) in km/h, mph, m/s, knots or beaufort (default km/h). • air pressure (press) in hpa or inhg (default hpa). Relative air pressure (rel. Pressure) → to be set to the locally valid reference air pressure with rega...

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    36 storm warning (storm) → setting to a definite switching threshold for storm warning display at a decrease of air pressure from 3 hpa to 9 hpa over 6 hours (default 5 hpa). Activate/deactivate storm warning alarm with ٭on٭ / ٭off٭ resp. (default off). Relearn mode (relearn tx) → allows newly recog...

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    37 note: it will take 5 minutes for the factory reset process. During this period, the text “factory reset in progress” will be shown. After the reset process is finished, the lcd will switch off and the text “remove battery” will be displayed. Remove the battery and perform system start again. See ...

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    38 the following menu item will appear by touching the display ٭alarms٭ and will similarly to the last described step lead through ٭lo al٭ resp. ٭hi al٭ to the displays of the set low resp. High alarm values, which on their part again can be directly selected. Because of the constant access to the r...

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    39 set the hours and minutes. Leave the mode with ٭exit٭ or wait for automatic time-out. Setting the date the action is started by touching the date display in the date section of the touch screen. Set the year, month and date of day. Leave the mode with ٭exit٭. Note: by twice touching the date sect...

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    40 set hours and minutes of the wake-up time. Leave the mode with ٭exit٭. Note: the wake-up alarm is activated/deactivated by twice touching the time section. Here the alarm symbol ((( •))) will show or disappear after ٭exit٭ (or automatic time-out). 7 weather tendency call up the tendency display b...

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    41 8 air pressure history (pressure history) the air pressure history shows the progress of the air pressure over a time period of 24 or 72 hours in the form of a 7-step bar graph, where the length of the utmost right bar represents the current air pressure and the remaining bars show the progress o...

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    42 start with ٭max٭ in the menu section. Note: display of the stored minimum values is from here possible through ٭min٭ as in this example. Display of stored value. Proceed with ٭max pressure٭. Resetting of the displayed value to the current value with ٭confirm٭. Without resetting advance with ٭exit...

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    43 then touch the ٭alarm٭ key in the menu section. Proceed with ٭hi al٭ in the menu section. (similarly, setting of the lo alarms is here possible by touching the ٭lo al٭ key in this example.) adjusting the high alarm value with the key ٭up٭ or ٭down٭. Proceed with ٭on/off٭. Activate or deactivate t...

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    44 end of example note: twice touching the pressure section toggles the displays of the relative (rel) and absolute (abs) air pressure value. All setting and display facilities only pertain to the respective presently displayed value. 10 additional information to the wind function note: by twice tou...

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    45 12.1 operating and setting of wind direction function apart from high or low alarm of the wind speed, the wind direction alarm is available on the ws-3502. Note: on the other hand, alarm for wind gust is also available. When the wind display is showing the wind direction, touch the center of wind...

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    46 activation or deactivation of each respective wind direction alarm can also be done with the ٭on٭ or ٭off٭ key in the menu step shown below. Leave the setting mode with ٭exit٭. 11 operating and setting of el backlight (light), buzzer and alarm history functions 11.1 el backlight (light) for bette...

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    47 buzzer section as well as for about 30 seconds in the text section (enabled/disabled). 11.3 alarm history (alarm) touch the alarm display in the wind section, then touch ٭next٭ to display all the set and activated alarms, numbered and sorted according to the time of appearance (outside the wake-u...

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    48 installed on the pc. This software allows the display of all current weather data with graphic symbols. It further allows the display, storage and printing of history data sets, whose volume exceeding the maximum 1750 data sets of the weather station is only limited by the capacity of the pc’s ma...

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    49 wind measure intervals: 128 s (for wind factor here no wind gust display) or 32 s (for wind factor ≥10 km/h, here wind gust display) if the base station does not receive data after 5 successive attempts, "- -" will be shown and the communication period will be changed to 10 min. Air pressure meas...

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    50 data processing: by use with pc only software: “heavy weather pro“ (included) storage intervals: 1 min through 24 h, settable data volume: base station: 1750 data sets max. In ring buffer eeprom pc: wrt capacity of pc 13.6 dimensions (l x w x h): base station: 142 x 32.3 x 185 mm relay transmitte...

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    51 • this product is not a toy. Keep out of the reach of children. • no part of this manual may be reproduced without written authorization of the manufacturer. R&tte directive 1999/5/ec summary of the declaration of conformity : we hereby declare that this wireless transmission device does comply w...