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Page 1: ...3465 Diablo Avenue Hayward CA 94545 2778 U S A 510 732 9229 Fax 510 732 9188 E mail info davisnet com www davisnet com For more detailed information see your Vantage Vue Console manual...

Page 2: ...side Humidity Barometric pressure trend Rain data ET Wind Chill Dew Point Heat Index Weather Center with additional information Wind Rose Compass Graph of selected variable Antenna icon shows active t...

Page 3: ...t icons Moon Phase Icons Moon phase icons are for Northern Hemisphere Icon order is reversed in the Southern Hemisphere Mostly Clear Partly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy Snow Rain New Moon First Quarter Full M...

Page 4: ...key functions printed above or below each key can be used Antenna Displays the current status of the console s reception Antenna with waves indicates signal from a station Antenna with no waves indica...

Page 5: ...UNITS to change from 12 hour to 24 hour clock TIME ZONE Press and to cycle through time zones Press 2ND then and to set UTC offset DAYLIGHT SAVING SETTINGS Press or to choose MANUAL or AUTO DAYLIGHT...

Page 6: ...ess or to move between segments Press or to change the value of the flashing segment Press 2ND and UNITS to toggle between NORTH and SOUTH for latitude or EAST and WEST for longitude ELEVATION Press o...

Page 7: ...ress or to move between segments Press or to change the value of the flashing segment To clear press 2ND and CLEAR Default is dashed COMMENTARY Press or to toggle between the OFF and ON setting KEY BE...

Page 8: ...on until you turn it off If the console is running on battery power The backlight will remain on as long as you continue pressing various keys If you press any key while the light is on it will stay...

Page 9: ...F 0 C 0 0 C All temperature related readings outside and inside temperature wind chill heat index and dew point will read in the same unit of measure Changing one from F to C or vice versa changes al...

Page 10: ...measure for wind speed 0 mph 0 0 m s 0 km h 0 knots On the compass rose Current Wind Direction Dominant Wind Direction for a ten minute period within the last hour If dominant wind direction varies u...

Page 11: ...Rain Month rain accumulated month to date Rain Year rain accumulated year to date Press 2ND and UNITS to change unit of measure There are two different units of measure for rain values 0 00 in 0 0 mm...

Page 12: ...0 mm 0 0 hPa and 0 0 mb Barometric Trend Arrow shows change over the last three hours Increase of 0 06 Hg 2 0 hPa or mb 1 5 mm Hg or more Increase of 0 02 Hg 0 7 hPa or mb 0 5 mm Hg or more Change of...

Page 13: ...f you wish to select another second key function you must press 2ND again The icon will also time out and disappear from the screen if you do not press another key within a few seconds Whenever you se...

Page 14: ...Press 2ND and UNITS to change unit of measure There are two different units of measure 0 F 0 C All temperature related readings outside and inside temperature wind chill heat index and dew point will...

Page 15: ...nd ET while listening to a Vantage Vue ISS the console will not display ET readings and you will hear an error beep Press 2ND and ET to toggle between ET Day ET Month ET Year Press 2ND and UNITS to ch...

Page 16: ...eather Center section of the console Each variable may have one or multiple screens displayed in the Weather Center Press a variable key and then press WxCen multiple times to scroll through the avail...

Page 17: ...or left on the graph The selected data point flashes and the reading in the weather variable field changes The time and or date will also change as you move backward and forward 3 Press or to change t...

Page 18: ...r or to scroll between Day Highs Day Lows Month Highs Month Lows Year Highs Year Lows The time and date changes as you move between the various highs and lows NOTE Not all highs and lows are available...

Page 19: ...unset Press DONE to Accept an alarm setting Silence an alarm Exit the alarm screen Exit the graph screen Exit the high low screen Accept a calibration setting Go to the next screen in the Setup Mode P...

Page 20: ...time alarm the arrow icon displays next to the variable you have selected 3 Press HI LOW to switch between high and low alarms Note Not all alarms are available for all weather variables See Vantage...

Page 21: ...s running on battery power For one minute for a time alarm And you will see visible alarms The alarm bell icon will blink on and off A message will appear in the Weather Center Press DONE to silence t...

Page 22: ...hange Alarm or Calibration Press 2ND and SET to Enter or change an alarm or calibration setting Choose Alarm Mode or a weather variable 1 Use and to change the digit within a field Use or to move to t...

Page 23: ...alarm setting 1 Press 2ND then ALARM 2 Select the alarm reading you wish to clear 3 Press 2ND then CLEAR holding CLEAR down until the digits stop flashing and dashes appear in the fields 4 Press DONE...

Page 24: ...t of measure Changing one from F to C or vice versa changes all the others All RAIN and ET readings will read in the same unit of measure if ET is available for viewing Press 2ND and UNITS in Setup Mo...

Page 25: ...24 Press 2ND and SETUP to Enter Setup Mode Enter Setup Mode...

Page 26: ...ter reed switch 2 Date or number of open anemometer reed switch 3 CRC errors 4 Firmware version 5 Longest streak of bad packets 6 Console resynchs 7 Good packets 8 Total bad packets 9 Current streak o...

Page 27: ...Reception Diagnostic Screen 1 8 bit timer value 2 Radio frequency error of last packet 3 Frequency correction factor 4 Signal strength of last packet 5 Times Phase Lock Loop did not lock 6 Good packet...

Page 28: ...Number 7395 260 Rev A 6 18 09 2009 Davis Instrument Corp All Rights Reserved Vantage Vue is a trademark of Davis Instruments Corp 3465 Diablo Avenue Hayward CA 94545 2778 U S A 510 732 9229 Fax 510 7...