Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product WS-1517 La Crosse Technology
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Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 1 Professional W ireless W eather Statio n La Crosse T echnology ® , the world lead er in atomic time and weather instruments, introduces a Professional W irel ess Weather Station that provides acc urate, real-tim e weather data straight from y o ur back y ard.
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 2 Carefully open the package and check that the following contents are complete: Wind Sensor TS805 Rain Sensor TS906 Thermo-Hygro Sensor TS21 Wi.
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 3 Comfort Level Stat ement 13 Rain W indow 13 Rain Statistics 14 Select Rain Displa y: inches or mm 14 24 Hour Rainfall Alert 14 W ind W indow 1.
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 4 Note: Setup al l three remote sensors and allow them t o run for at least two minutes before powerin g the weather station. Ensure all sensor readings ar e received on the weather station before m ounting sensors outside.
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 5 IMPORT A NT : Mak e sure to observe the corr ect polarity when insert ing batteries ( not included). The + m arkings on the batteries m ust line up with the diagr ams inside the batter y compartments.
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 6 LCD Screen The LCD screen illustr ates the five pro grammable sections of the d isplay . Each section will flash an icon while active and available to have f eatures programm ed.
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 7 1. The default cit y co de, LAX (Los Angeles) will flash. Use the UP and DOW N buttons to sel ect the desired cit y c ode for your time z one. 2. Refer to table in the back of this manual f or a list of available cities.
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 8 Month/Day/Y ear or Da y/ Month/ Y ear Current UTC (Universa l Coordinated T ime Simply press and release the SET button to change the .
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 9 3. T o enable or disable any of these a larms, press the UP or DOW N button arrow button. 4. Press the ALARM/CH AR T button to conf irm your setting. The alarm symbol will show when that alarm is active.
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 10 3. Press the UP or DOW N button arrow buttons to set alt itude in feet or m eters 4. Press MEMORY button once to conf irm your selection 5. Hold the SET button unti l the altitude digits are f lashing.
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 11 For every sudde n or significant change in the air pressure, the for ecast icons will update accordingly to repres ent the change in weather .
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 12 T emperature and Humidity Window Indoor and Outdoor T emperature can be displa yed in either Fahrenhei t (ºF) or Celsius (ºC). Indoor and Outdoor Hum idity (%RH) ar e displayed. The weather station ca lculates indoor com fort level—Wet, Com fort or Dry .
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 13 Set T emperature A larm 1. W ith tem perature and humidit y ico n flashing, press an d release the ALARM/CH AR T button o nce selecting the desired al arm limit–-Upper or Lower 2. Hold the ALARM/CHART button until the temperature alarm icon starts flashing.
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 14 Rain Statistics View: With the rain icon fla shing, press either the SET or the MEMORY button to recall a rain statistics for the past hour , past 24 hours, yesterda y , p ast week or past month.
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 15 W ind Direction W ind Direction is set to North during setup . Failure to set the wind direction or mount the wind sensor f acing north will result in incorrect wind direction readings.
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 16 Backlight Option s The weather st ation includes a light sensor th at detects low light conditions a nd will turn the back ligh t on autom atically (A/C power cord us e required).
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 17 W h en the batteries are properl y ins talled, the remote sensor will resume sending s ignals to the weather station. Hold the DOW N arrow button for 4–5 sec onds on the weather s tation to search for the rem ote sensors.
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 18 Ground Mounting : Place at least 6 feet up on a pole in an open area. Higher is better . The wind sensor should be the highest item in the immediate area. Mount the wind sens or away from all o bstacles that will block wind ac tivity , such as trees and h ouses.
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 19 Specifications Radio Frequenc y : 433 MHz RF Reception range : 100 feet ( 30 m) open air Barometric Pressu re Measuring Range: 14.75 inHg to 32.44 inHg ( 500 hPa to 1 1 00hPa); (374.5 mmHg to 823.
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 20 Battery Life ( Alkaline) Weather Station 2 months (witho ut AC adapter) TS21 Thermo- hy gro sens or: Over 12 months TS 805 Anem ometer: 2 years TS 906 Rain Sensor: 2 years Dimensions Weather Station 7.
Model: W S- 1517 www .lacrossetechnolog y .com/s upport 21 City Codes Time zone is based on a city code. Select a cit y near you, in the sam e time zone.
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