TouchScreen Wireless Weather Station WS 2-550 Operating Instructions La Crosse Technology Contents . 2. 2.. General aspects and functioning, Quick Overview ...................................................... 4 Preparatory work ...................................................................................................................... 8 Preparing the weather station .............................................................................................. 8 Connecting to the mains ........................................................................................................ 8 Inserting batteries .................................................................................................................... 9 Installing/Mounting.................................................................................................................. 9 Start-up .......................................................................................................................................3 Combi-sensor TX 550 ............................................................................................................3 Operations ................................................................................................................................6 Log in/delete external sensors ...........................................................................................6 Operations ................................................................................................................................ 8 Configuration ............................................................................................................................20 "SENSOR" menu, Login/ Delete sensors ..........................................................................20 "TIME/DATE" menu, Set the time and date.....................................................................20 "UNITS" menu, Set the display units .................................................................................2 "POSITION" menu, Set position ..........................................................................................22 "TIMEZONE" menu, Set time zone .....................................................................................23 "LIGHTING" menu, time setting for the background lighting and ............................. regulating the brightness of the lightening ..................................................................23 "SYSTEM" menu, System settings ......................................................................................24 "BEEP", Activate/ deactivate beep......................................................................................24 "DST", Activate/ deactivate the daylight saving time switching .............................25 "INTERVALL", Set the recording interval for the datalogger .....................................25 "ALTITUDE", Adjust the location height above sea level ............................................25 "RAIN CAL", Enter the comparison value for the rain sensor ....................................26 "SUN CAL", Configure brightness threshold value for duration of sunshine ......26 "CLEANING" menu, Cleaning mode ..................................................................................27 "LIVE MODE" menu, call up the current weather data flow .....................................28 Other Functions and Displays .............................................................................................29 Display moon phases .............................................................................................................29 Oscar Outlook ...........................................................................................................................29 Weather forecast ......................................................................................................................29 Wind symbol display ..............................................................................................................29 Immediate Rain Display ........................................................................................................30 Comfort Indicator ....................................................................................................................30 History .........................................................................................................................................30 Data memory ...........................................................................................................................30 Data transfer to the combi-sensor "WAIT FOR TRANSMISSION" .............................30 Temperature trend display ...................................................................................................30 Sensor Status Display .............................................................................................................3 Warning against turbulent weather .................................................................................3 Frost warning ............................................................................................................................3 2 2.2. 3. 3.. 3.2. 3.3. 3.3.. 3.3.2. 3.3.3. 3.3.4. 3.3.5. 3.3.6. 3.3.7. 3.3.8. 3.3.9. 3.4. 4. 5. 6. 7. 7.. 7.2. 8. 9. 0. . 2. 3. Changing the batteries .........................................................................................................3 Troubleshooting .....................................................................................................................32 Range ..........................................................................................................................................34 Instructions for Maintenance and Care ..........................................................................34 Cleaning the rain quantity sensor .....................................................................................35 Setting the rain sensor...........................................................................................................36 Technical specifications ........................................................................................................37 Optional PC connection for third party software ........................................................38 Appendix ...................................................................................................................................39 Proper use, exclusion of warranty, Safety Instructions .................................................................................................................40 Wireless Technology BidCoS ...............................................................................................4 FCC Information .......................................................................................................................42 Appendix A: Menu Overview WS 2-550 .........................................................................43 Appendix B: Table of latitude/longitude of French counties ...................................44 Appendix C: Table of time zone difference from UTC.................................................62 . 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General aspects and Function The TouchScreen Wireless Weather Station WS 2-550 is a high-quality, highly comfortable universal weather measurement system that can record, process and display data from a maximum of 8 (currently not available) additional wireless temperature and humidity sensors as well as a combi-sensor up to a distance of 400 ft. (outdoor range). The combination sensor TX 550 belonging to the weather station is meant for outdoor use and captures the following: Temperature, humidity, direction of wind, wind velocity, set in of rain, rain quantity and duration of sunshine. The weather sensors for inside temperature, indoor humidity and air pressure are already located inside the weather station; hence no external sensor is required for these measurements. The operating concept is the most excellent feature of the weather station. It does not have any traditional operating elements; it is operated only with the help of a highly sensitive TouchScreen and simple menu structures. Even the weather sensors can easily log into the system. Weather data from the combi-sensor can be queried in real time; in "live mode" touching the respective display field triggers a data query (bi-directional wireless technology). Hence, the latest data is always available. Further, the combi-sensor can also be prompted in "live mode" to send its measurement data for 20 seconds at 2 seconds intervals. You can track in real time the wind direction and the wind velocity for 20 seconds. The display can be illuminated permanently or with time controls; thus the display is legible under almost all light conditions. The glass foot and the transparent design frame of the device are also illuminated. As the weather station has a large internal memory it is best suited for observation over long periods - a total of 3000 records can be stored in the internal memory. Please read this Operating Instructions manual carefully and in full to avoid functional disturbances and wrong operations. Please store this manual for future reference. Please follow the assembling and calibration instructions for the measure ment recorders. 4 Overview of the display and operating options of WS 2-550 : Display the inside temperature and humidity - Switch to displaying the dewpoint - Save the minimum and maximum temperature with time/date of occurrence - Save the minimum and maximum humidity with time/date of occurrence - Comfort zone indicator - Graphical trend display of the last 24 h (only for temperature) Display's outdoor temperature/humidity from Combi Sensor. - Can be switched: Display the dewpoint or wind-chill temperature - Save the minimum and maximum temperature with time/date of occurrence - Save the minimum and maximum humidity with time/date of occurrence - Graphical trend display of the last 24 h (only for temperature) - Frost warning (in "Oscar Outlook" display) Display the wind velocity with wind direction and fluctuation range - Units for selection: : km/h, m/s, mph - Save the maximum wind intensity with time/date - Display wind direction with fluctuation range as wind rose and in numeric format - Wind-sack symbol for prominent signaling of various wind intensities Display the rainfall quantity in mm, inch or l/m2 for: - Total quantity since the last reset / last hour / current hour / last 24 h / current 24 h (storage for hour: always at xx:30 hours; storage for day: always at 7:30 a. m.) - Save the maximum quantity per hour and per day - Additional display when it starts raining (Immediate rain display) Display the air pressure progress/ air pressure trend display: - Graphical display of the progress in the last 24 h - Display the air pressure trend in 5 stages: heavily increasing, increasing, uniform, decreasing, heavily decreasing Display symbols of the weather forecast: rainy, cloudy, bright, sunny Weather display "Oscar Outlook" Similar to the almost forgotten weather "house" where a person came out of the door with an umbrella if the weather was bad and wore light clothes if it was good, WS 2-550 has "Oscar Outlook". The behavior of this character is based on various weather factors; hence it is immediately possible to know the type of clothing one would need outdoors. Not only the current measured values for outside temperature, humidity, wind and rain are evaluated for this display. 5 The weather forecast also plays an equally important role. So "Oscar Outlook" has different displays and clothing depending on the weather situation. You will find a detailed description of the evaluation criteria in chapter 3.4 of this Operating Instructions manual. Display the sunrise and sunset time - Calculation can be done in the latitude range of -60° to +60° N depending on the location data that is to be entered. Moon phase display - Display the current moon phase: New moon, waxing moon, waning moon Display the total duration of sunshine or of the current day - Save the minimum and maximum duration per day ...