La Crosse Technology 2800 series Weather Radio manual

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   LaCrosseTechnolog y  ® Heav Pro yWeather SoftwareUser’sGuide  (for  2800  series  weather  stations  with  USB  connectivity)  Revision:  1.
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Page |  2   CONTENTS  Contents  ............................................................................................................................... .........................................  2  Overview  ........
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Page |  3   Help  ............................................................................................................................... ......................................  18  Options  ............................
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Page |  4   Gust  ............................................................................................................................... ......................................  28  Max  ................................
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Page |  5   The  Wind,  Outdoor  Temp,  De wpoint  and  Windc hill  are  Blank  ...............................................................................  39  Heavy  weather  pro  does  no t  reconn ect  to  the  weather  station  .
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OVERVIEW   W elcome  to  Heavy  Weather  Pr o,  the  display  and  management  software  application  designed  for  use  with  your  La  Crosse ®  Technology  wireless  personal  w eather  station.
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GETTING  STARTED  Let’s  go  over  the  things  needed  to  prepare  for  installing  the  Heavy  Weather  Pro  software  application.
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SET  UP  YOUR  WEATHER  STATION  HARDWARE  Before  installing  the  Heavy  Weather  Pro  software  on  your  computer,  yo u  should  complete  the  setup  of  your  La  Crosse  Technology ®  wireless  weather  station.
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If  you  have  met  these  requirements,  we’re  r eady  to  install  the  software.  There  are  two  parts  to  installing  the  Heavy  Weather  Pro  softwa re:  • Installing  the  Heavy  Weather  Pro  software  application.
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  Page |  10   rocess.  When  the  ‘Ready  to  Install’  dialog  appears,  click  the  ‘Install’  button  to  begi n  the  softwa.
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 Although  the  USB  communication  device  can  be  installed  on  any  USB  port  connected  to  your  computer,  using  a  non ‐ powered �.
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3. The  Heavy  Weather  Pro  software  is  installed.  IF  YOU  HAVE  NOT  YET  INSTALLED  THE  HEAVY  WEATHER  PRO  SOFTWARE ,  please  refer  to  the  section  on  installing  Heavy  Weather  before  continuing.
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When  you  click  the  Res ynchronize  menu  option,  th e  Synchronize  dialog  will  appear.  Once  we  have  the  synchroniz e  dialog  displayed  on  your  computer  we  are  ready  to  put  the  weather  station  in  synchronize  mode.
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DETAILED  INSTRUCTIONS  To  tell  the  weather  station  to  start  communicating  with  the  software,  press  and  hold  the  button  showing  a  down  arrow  until  the  weather  station  beeps  (a pproximately  3 ‐ 4  seconds).
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IF  SYNCHRONIZATION  IS  NOT  SUCCESSFUL  If  the  synchronization  process  is  not  successful;  you  will  see  a  message  similar  to  the  one  to  the  right.
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     MENU  There  are  several  menu  option s  available  from  the  Heavy  Weather  Pro  main  window.  This  section  briefly  describes  the  functions  accessible  through  these  menu  options.
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FILE   New  Template:  create  a  new  template  file .    Open:  Open  an  existing  saved  template  or  graph  file .    Save  as  Graph:  Save  the  current  data  plot  as  a  Graph  file.
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VIEW    Show  Current  Weather:  Sho w  or  hide  the  Current  Weather  window.    History  Files:  show  or  hide  the  History  tab  in  the  file  management  window.
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GENERAL  SETTINGS  Language:  This  option  sets  the  language  for  all  windows  and  dialogs  within  Heavy  Weather  Pro.  If  a  new  language  is  selected,  the  application  must  be  restarted.
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Page |  20   button  is  pressed,  the  Heavy  Weather  Pro  application  will  transfer  those  settings  to  the  weather  station  (if �.
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DIRECTORI ES  History  Files  Directo ry:  This  is  the  path  where  the  history  data  file  will  be  written.  The  path  for  the  history  data  file  can  also  be  modified  through  the  Recording  History  File  setti ng.
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MIN  MAX  VALUES  The  weather  station  can  also  store  data  regarding  the  minimum  and  maximum  values  for  several  properties.
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TEMPERATURE  AND  HUMIDITY  The  temperature  and  humidity  section  of  the  main  dialog  show s  you:  • The  current  indoor  and  outdoor  temperature.  • The  current  indoor  and  outdoor  humidity  levels.
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We  also  feel  uncomfortable  when  dealing  with  low  dew  points,  but  usually  a  lower  dewpoint  is  considered  more  comfortable  because  of  the  accompanying  lower  temperatures.
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Page |  25   RELATIVE  (AIR )  PRESSURE  WHAT  IS  RELATIVE  PRESSURE?  Relative  (also  referred  to  as  atmospheric)  pressure  is  defined .
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RAIN  The  entire  lower  portion  of  the  main  Heavy  Weather  Pro  screen  is  devoted  to  rainfall.  This  section  will  talk  ab out  each  of  these  valu es  and  what  they  represent.
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LAST  WEEK  The  Last  Week  rainfall  total  represents  the  amount  of  rain  that  has  been  collected  from  Monday  12:00  AM  to  Sunday  11:59  PM  OF  THE  PREVIOUS  WEEK .
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WIND  SPEED  AND  DIRECTION  Wind  speed  and  direction  is  displayed  in  the  upper  right  section  of  the  main  window.
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CHARTS,  GRAPHS  AND  TRENDS  Heavy  Weather  Pro  provides  the  ability  to  analyze  the  weather  data  collected  from  the  weather  station  and  its  sensors  using  graphical  charts  of  the  data.
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WHAT  IS  A  GRAPH?  A  graph  is  the  resulting  image  created  when  we  plot  out  and  connect  the  data  poin ts  in  a  particular  history  file.
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MAIN  WINDOW  There  are  two  parts  of  the  main  window:     On  the  left  is  the  file  management  section ,  which  allows  you  to  select  and  show  the  history,  template  or  graph  files.
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THE  FILE  MANAGEMENT  WINDOW  HISTORY  TAB  When  the  History  tab  is  selected,  it  shows  all  history  files  located  in  the  history  folder  ( ~My  DocumentsHeavyWea therHistory  by  default).
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WORKING  WITH  HISTORY  DATA  AND  FILES  By  default,  the  history  file  is  named  history.dat  and  is  located  in  the  ~My  DocumentsHeavyWeath erHistory directory.
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WORKING  WITH  TEMPLATE  FILES  Template  files  define  the  properties  needed  to  construct  a  graph  from  a  selected  history  data  file  and  it’s  data  records  (see  What  is  a  Template?  for  details).
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Min  and  Max:  Use  the  Min  and  Max  che ckboxes  if  you  want  to  limit  the  data  set  to  re cords  within  a  specific  range.
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Minutes:  The  ‘minutes’  field  can  only  be  modified  if  you  choose  a  Data  Interval  of  User  Defined.  In  this  case,  yo u  can  specify  how  many  minutes  apart  you  wish  to  place  the  data  points.
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A  new  tab  will  appear  next  to  the  template  tab  displaying  the  graph  created  from  the  template.  This  is  the  permanent  copy  of  th e  template,  now  referred  to  as  a  graph.
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    When  you  release  the  mouse  but ton,  the  chart  will  redraw  the  area  you  drew  a  box  around  at  a  zoom  level  that  fills  the  chart  window  with  your  data.
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Page |  39   TROUBLESHOO TING  /  FAQ   HEAVY  WEATHER  PRO  LOSES  CONNECTION  WITH  MY  WEA THER  STATION  OVERNIGHT.
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Page |  40   manually  reconnecting  the  weather  station  to  its  sensors  (initiate  the  re ‐ l earn  process  on  the  weather  station  (press  and  hold  the  up  ^  arrow  until  the  weather  station  beeps).

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