Davis Instruments Perception II Getting Started Manual Download

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W e a t h e r L i n k

F o r W i n d o w s

For Vantage Pro

, Weather Monitor II

, Weather Wizard III

and

Perception II

Weather Stations

Product # 6510C & 7862

G e t t i n g S t a r t e d
G u i d e

Summary of Contents for Perception II

Page 1: ...WeatherLink For Windows For Vantage Pro Weather Monitor II Weather Wizard III and Perception II Weather Stations Product 6510C 7862 Getting Started Guide...

Page 2: ...ouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the eq...

Page 3: ...ation to your computer 9 pin DB 9 PC COM Port Adapter blue Use the 9 pin adapter to connect the data logger to a 9 pin serial port Note If you need a 25 pin adapter contact Davis Instruments Technical...

Page 4: ...hardware is required for a local connection Computer running Windows 95 98 ME NT 4 0 2000 or XP with at least 5 MB of free disk space The amount of disk space necessary depends on the archive interva...

Page 5: ...olbar or choose Hang Up from the File menu By default WeatherLink will hang up the connection to the modem after one minute without any communication with the station Use the Serial Port dialog box in...

Page 6: ...tation should beep three times each beep should occur within about one second of the others 5 Replace the battery cover ensuring that the data logger cable exits through the square slot 6 Locate a fre...

Page 7: ...if needed Press and hold DONE to return the console to current weather mode Remote Connection for Vantage Pro Use a remote modem installation to connect your computer to a remote Vantage Pro station A...

Page 8: ...ough the square slot below the data logger receptacle CAUTION Make sure that whenever you connect or disconnect the data logger from the console that the console is NOT powered up Plugging or unpluggi...

Page 9: ...beyond 48 14 4 m the software may have difficulty com municating with the station 1 Make a note of the barometric pressure total rainfall and if applicable calibration numbers You must remove power fr...

Page 10: ...ong data logger cable to the DB9 adapter connector The cable connecting the data logger to the computer is 8 2 4 m long If you need to place the station console more than 8 from the computer use a 40...

Page 11: ...kup Failure to remove power before installing the data logger may cause damage to the data logger and or station 7 A small switch on the data logger near the cables controls the baud rate The default...

Page 12: ...and setup WeatherLink on your computer Installing the Software 1 Place the Install Disk in your CD ROM drive 2 The install program should start automatically If the install program does not start choo...

Page 13: ...u whether or not you want to be walked through the configuration procedure You can of course choose No and set up the station by choosing all of the necessary commands from the menus A Walkthrough com...

Page 14: ...later If you are updating from version 5 0 or 5 1 there are also instructions on how to retrieve additional existing data from your Vantage Pro data logger and incorporate it with your weather data f...

Page 15: ...on the download icon WeatherLink will do a full download of all data stored in the data logger 3 Choose Browse in the Window menu or click on the Browse icon 4 Scroll to the beginning of the data fil...

Page 16: ...nly The data logger uses non volatile memory so you won t lose any data you ve already recorded However make sure to put the con sole in Setup Mode by pressing and holding the DONE key then pressing t...

Page 17: ...ow to proceed contact your PC vendor or PC technical support You have a hardware device conflict Check the device manager tab in the Windows system properties dialog box to ensure that Windows recogni...

Page 18: ...the sta tion CAUTION Make sure to put the console in Setup Mode by pressing the DONE and DOWN arrow keys before removing the batteries The ensures the station will not try to write any data when the...

Page 19: ...nfiguration setup dialog box before the data will be displayed in WeatherLink If you are not seeing data from a sensor that is installed in your weather station be sure check the Station Configuration...

Page 20: ...dow F1 Context Sensitive Help F2 Sunrise Sunset Report F7 NOAA This Month F8 NOAA This Year Strip Chart Window ESC Halt redraw Ctrl M Make Default Ctrl P Print Strip Chart F1 Context Sensitive Help F3...