WatchDog 525 Operation Manual - Mounting The Station
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Mounting The station
The weather station should be located in an open, unobstructed, grassy
area to ensure accurate measurement of wind, rainfall, sunlight, and
evapotranspiration.
Mounting hardware is provided to attach the weather station to a 4” x
4” treated wooden post or to a mast/pole up to 1.25 inches in diameter.
The mounting pole should be securely anchored perpendicular to the
ground.
If you are using the mounting tripod (item # 3396TP), open it and
place it where the weather station is to be located. The tripod feet can
also serve as mounting brackets if the unit is located on a solid
surface. Slide the 3’ post through both center screw clamps, adjust the
height as desired and tighten the screws such that the post is
perpendicular to the ground. Finally, attach the weather station to the
post with the u-bolts.
Weather Station mounted
on tripod
SpecWare Software
To use the WatchDog Weather Station, SpecWare 6.0 software is
required. SpecWare software is an integral part of the WatchDog
logger family.
- Use SpecWare software to initially program or configure the
weather station for the specific external sensors being used.
- Use SpecWare software to launch the weather station to record
specified parameters at chosen measurement intervals. Interval
choices offered are 1, 10, 15, 30, 60, and 120 minutes.
- Use SpecWare software to read-out and save the logged data.
- Once the data has been downloaded to the computer, SpecWare
software offers a wide variety of Report options and Disease and
Insect Model options.
Refer to the SpecWare Software User’s Guide for more detailed
instructions.