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La Crosse WS-3650 Operation Manual

Manual is about: TOUCH SCREEN WEATHER STATION

Summary of WS-3650

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    28 touch screen weather station model ws-3650 operation manual « instant transmission+» is the up and coming state-of-the-art new wireless transmission technology, exclusively designed and developed by la crosse technology. “it +” offers you an immediate update of all your outdoor data measured from...

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    29 table of contents 1 ................... General 2 .................... Important touch screen operating notes generally applicable 3 ................... Putting into operation 3.1 ............. Power supply 3.2 ............. System start 3.3 ............. Placement 4 ................... Setting u...

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    30 1 general the shipping contents of the touch screen weather station ws-3650 include a base station (receiver), a thermo-hygro sensor (868 mhz transmitter), rain sensor (868mhz transmitter) and wind sensor, an ac/dc adapter and a pc software package on cd-rom. The base station is equipped with a t...

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    31 switching areas appearing in star ( ٭ ) symbols (only in the text section at the bottom of the lcd) or the displayed values respectively. • the setting of functions, values and units is in all modes performed by use of the switching areas ٭ on ٭ or ٭ off ٭ , ٭ up ٭ or ٭ down ٭ or by direct unit s...

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    32 icons, and air pressure value. "- - -" will be shown for outdoor data. 5. Afterwards, the weather station will start receiving data from the transmitters. The outdoor temperature, humidity windchill and wind speed should then be displayed on the weather station. If this does not happen after 45 s...

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    33 9. Radio interferences created by pc screens, radios or tv sets can in some cases entirely cut off radio communication. Please take this into consideration when choosing standing or mounting locations. Important : it is important to observe this order of succession since the sensors will send an ...

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    34 obstacles such as buildings, trees, vehicles, high voltage lines, etc. Radio interferences created by pc screens, radios or tv sets can in bad cases entirely cut off radio communication. Please take this into consideration when choosing standing or mounting locations. The thermo-hygro sensor an i...

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    35 firstly, check that the wind-fan and the wind-vane can rotate freely before fixing 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 screw or cable tie pr...

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    36 4 setting up: note: because of the default settings already determined by the manufacturer it may not be necessary for the majority of users to perform - outside possibly the relative air pressure (see further down) - any further basic settings. Changes however can easily be realized if desired. ...

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    37 units • temperature display (temp) in °c or °f (default °c) . • wind speed display (wind) in km/h, mph, m/s, knots or beaufort (default km/h). • rain amount display (rain) in mm or inch (default mm). • air pressure (press) in hpa or inhg (default hpa). Relative air pressure (rel. Pressure) → to b...

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    38 relearn mode (relearn tx) → allows to clear all weather data in non-volatile buffer memory (eeprom) and to newly recognize the outdoor transmitter (e. G. After a battery change in the transmitter) without the necessity of a comprehensive re-setup of all system components → acknowledge with ٭ conf...

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    39 the continuance of the recalling process is essentially self- explanatory. With ٭ minmax ٭ the below shown menu step is activated, which in return leads to the displays of the stored min/max values by use of ٭ min ٭ / ٭ max ٭ resp., which on their part again can be directly selected. Note: during...

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    40 6 radio controlled dcf77 clock the radio controlled dcf77 clock is normally controlled by the radio signal of the dcf77 time code transmitter and will thus set time and date automatically. Under bad reception conditions however both can be set manually as follows: setting the time the action is s...

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    41 note: by twice touching the date section the display will toggle between the following: • date in dd.Mm.Yy format (24 hour time format) or date in mm.Dd.Yy format (12 hour time format) • weekday (engl. Abbrev.), date of day, month (24 hour format) or weekday, month, date of day (12 hour time form...

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    42 note: • up and down arrow indicate weather tendency • advanced storm warning is displayed by rainy symbol with a flashing down arrow • every minute, when a new pressure reading is obtained, this value is compared to pressure readings from last 2 hours and the biggest resulting difference is displ...

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    43 important note! Since operating procedures and settings are identical all steps to be carried out on the touch screen weather station for above functions shall be explained only once by means of the following example “air pressure”. 9.1 air pressure (pressure) example for activating the displays ...

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    44 proceed with ٭ hi al ٭ in the menu section. Note: setting of the lo alarms is from here possible through ٭ lo al ٭ analog to this example. Setting of high alarm value with ٭ up ٭ or ٭ down ٭ . Proceed with ٭ on/off ٭ . Activate or deactivate the alarm with ٭ on ٭ or ٭ off ٭ . Terminate with ٭ exi...

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    45 • rain amount of the last hour • rain amount of the last 24 hours • rain amount of the last week • rain amount of the last month note: the rain amounts of the last week and of the last month do not represent the amounts collected up to the present point of time but those of the last complete week...

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    46 11 additional information to function outdoor temperature (outdoor temp) note: by twice touching the outdoor section the display will toggle between the following: • outdoor temperature (outdoor temp) • wind chill • dew point all setting and display facilities only pertain to the respective prese...

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    47 ٭ up ٭ or ٭ down ٭ and switched on or off with ٭ (wind direction) on/off ٭ in the upper left part of the menu display. Activation or deactivation of every respective wind direction alarm with ٭ on ٭ or ٭ off ٭ in the menu step shown below. Leaving the mode with ٭ exit ٭ . 13 operating and setting...

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    48 13.3 alarm upon touching the alarm display in the wind section will – numbered and sorted according to the time of appearance – with ٭ next ٭ all those set and activated alarms (outside the wake-up alarm) be displayed that have reached an alarm condition since their last deletion. Here for every ...

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    49 maximum 1750 data sets of the weather station is only limited by the capacity of the pc’s main memory. Furthermore the present weather data can be tied on to web sites by means of the “web publisher“ software. History data can be displayed as diagrams and graphs by means of the “heavy weather pro...

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    50 wind speed...................................... 0 to 180 km/h or 1 to 50 m/s resolution: ....................................... 0.1 km/h or 0.1 m/s wind direction: ................................. Graphic resolution 22,5 degrees, ......................................................... Numeri...

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    51 data volume: base station: .................1750 data sets max. In ring buffer eeprom pc: ................................Volume of main memory max. 16.5 dimensions: base station: ................. 154 x 30 x 255mm thermo-hygro-sensor:.. 57 x 62 x 156mm rain sensor:.................. 131 Ø x 151m...

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    52 • do not expose the units to extreme and sudden temperature changes, this may lead to rapid changes in forecasts and readings and thereby reduce their accuracy. 18 liability disclaimer • the electrical and electronic wastes contain hazardous substances. Disposal of electronic waste in wild countr...

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    53 r&tte directive 1999/5/ec summary of the declaration of conformity : we hereby declare that this wireless transmission device does comply with the essential requirements of r&tte directive 1999/5/ec..