Setup Mode
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Screen 12: Rain Collector
The tipping bucket in the Vantage Pro2 rain collector has been calibrated at the
factory to measure 0.01'' of rain with each tip. The ISS comes equipped with a
metric adapter that, once installed, takes 0.2 mm readings for every tip of the
bucket. Determine which measurement you want your rain collector to take
and configure your console and rain collector accordingly.
Screen 12: Rain Collector Settings
To configure your console for inch measurements:
1. Press the up and down arrows to display the .01'' setting.
2. Press DONE to use the selected setting and move to the next screen.
To configure your console for 0.2 mm measurements:
1. Press the up and down arrows to display the 0.2 mm setting.
2. Press DONE to use the selected setting and move to the next screen.
Note:
See the Integrated Sensor Suite Manual for instructions on installing the metric rain adapter. The
0.1mm setting does not provide correct rain measurements with either the standard measure-
ment or the metric adapter installed in the rain bucket.
Note:
If necessary, the console can be configured to calculate the 0.01'' measurements and convert
these to metric measurements, rounding to the nearest 0.1 mm or can be configured to calculate
the 0.2 mm measurements and convert them to the U.S. standard, rounding to the nearest .01''.
To Display Rain in Metric Units on the Console
Even if you configure to read 0.2 mm measurements set in screen 12 of the
Setup Mode, you have to configure your Current Weather Mode to display the
same readings. To display metric rain readings in the Current Weather Mode,
once you have completed or exited the Setup Mode:
1. Press RAINYR to display the current rain rate.
Selecting Metric units for one rain variable also sets all the other
rain variables to Metric units.
2. Press and release 2ND and press UNITS once.
The units used to display rain data toggle between inches
and millimeters each time you repeat this key sequence.
To Display Rain in Metric Units in WeatherLink
Refer to WeatherLink online help for instructions to set the rain collector to
0.2 mm and to select millimeters as the unit for rain.
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