La Crosse Technology WS-2310 Software Manual Download Page 3

1.0 General Information 

This weather station is a high quality, easy to use weather monitoring system that reads, displays and records 
the weather data from three external sensors.  One sensor will take data for temperature and humidity; one for 
wind and the other for rainfall measurement.  Operation of this unit can either be by cable connection or by 
wireless 433MHz to the base station. 
 
In stalling the “Heavy Weather” program on this CD-ROM will display all the weather data from the base 
station received from the three external sensors onto your PC.  For operation, simply use the PC cable 
supplied and connect the base station to the PC using the desired COM port on your PC (see Installing the 

4.0

 

Installing

 

PC Software

 below). 

 
 

2.0 System Requirements

 

To install the “Heavy Weather” software onto your PC, the minimum system requirement is: 

  

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Operating system: Windows 98 or above

 

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Processor: Pentium 166 MHz or above processor

 

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RAM: 32MB of Ram or above

 

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Hard disk: 20MB free space 

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CD-ROM drive 

 
3.0 Basic settings of the base station and sensors: 

This section describes the set up and settings of the weather station and sensors necessary for operation with 
the Heavy Weather software.  For a complete and detailed explanation of the weather station, 

please refer to 

the main instruction manual enclosed with the purchase of this set. 
 
3.1 Base station (receiver) 

The base station reads the indoor and outdoor weather the data from the thermo-hygro, wind and rain 
sensors.  Together with the radio controlled time, all the data is displayed on the large LCD with LED back-
light.  
 

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The base station can be battery operated using 3 x AA, IEC LR6, 1.5V batteries or with the AC/DC 
adapter provided. 

 

3.2 Thermo-hygro sensor  

The thermo-hygro sensor measures the temperature and the humidity of it’s surrounding outdoor environment 
and at the same time, collects the data from the rain and wind sensors before transmitting all the weather data 
to the base station by wireless 433MHz or by a cable connection. 
 

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Using wireless 433MHz, the thermo-hygro sensor requires 2 x AA, IEC, LR6, 1.5V batteries.  

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Using cable connection from the base station to the sensors, power is supplied by either the AC/DC 
power adaptor (included) or 2 x AA, IEC, LR6, 1.5V batteries. 

 
 

3.3 Wind sensor 

The wind sensor collects both the wind speed and wind direction data at the point of mounting and sends this 
to the thermo-hygro sensor for transmitting to the base station. 
 

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Install the wind sensor onto an outdoor mast in open space since it is important for the wind sensor to be 
fully exposed to allow for accurate wind measurements from unhindered wind directions 

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For operation, it is necessary to connect the wind sensor to the thermo-hygro sensor for transmission of 
data and also for operating power. 

 

3.4 Rain sensor 

The rain sensor collects rainfall data and displays this on the base station. 
 

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It is recommended to install the rain sensor on a flat surface securely in the open and free from any 
obstructions (i.e. falling leaves, roof coverings and etc.) 

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For operation, it is necessary to connect the rain sensor to the thermo-hygro sensor for transmission of 
data and also for operating power. 

 

Summary of Contents for WS-2310

Page 1: ...Heavy Weather program 6 2 Main Heavy Weather window 7 0 Basic Settings 7 1 Heavy Weather Setting Global tab 7 2 Heavy Weather Setting Units tab 7 3 Heavy Weather Setting Pressure tab 7 4 Heavy Weather...

Page 2: ...weather values 9 1 Absolute or relative air pressure 9 2 Indoor humidity 9 3 Outdoor humidity 9 4 Indoor temperature 9 5 Outdoor temperature 9 6 Dew point 9 7 Wind chill 9 8 Wind speed 9 9 Rain count...

Page 3: ...ith the radio controlled time all the data is displayed on the large LCD with LED back light The base station can be battery operated using 3 x AA IEC LR6 1 5V batteries or with the AC DC adapter prov...

Page 4: ...nd will display the weather data in the appropriate boxes Note In the event the auto install did not start double click the set exe file found in the root directory of the CD ROM to start the installa...

Page 5: ...nd times and are automatically updated when a new minimum or maximum values are reached 5 5 Indoor and Outdoor Temperature Humidity The weather data recorded by the thermo hygro sensor for outdoor dat...

Page 6: ...a consists of pressure indoor temperature indoor humidity outdoor temperature outdoor humidity dew point wind chill wind speed wind direction total rain time and date The user can also select to recor...

Page 7: ...station and the received data will soon be received and displayed by the Heavy Weather program 6 2 Main Heavy Weather window Below are two windows of the Heavy Weather program before and after recepti...

Page 8: ...sers of countries that recognizes the comma or point as the decimal separator When the decimal point or comma is selected the data digits on the main Heavy Weather window and history file s will be up...

Page 9: ...es since there must be more than one file saved in order to select a file change Creating new history files 1 Click Change History File button to open the Select History File window 2 Type in a new fi...

Page 10: ...tory window 1 Click the change history file button to open the select history file window 2 Click the file name to highlight selection or type in the file name and click OK to confirm and return to th...

Page 11: ...rn back to the history file window 7 5 4 Setting of interval for reading the next set of weather data from 1 minute up to 60 hours 1 Click the change settings button to open the change history setting...

Page 12: ...ty alarm Rainfall 24 hour Rainfall 1 hour Dew point alarm Pressure alarm Wind chill alarm Wind velocity alarm Wind direction alarm Set each alarm as follows 8 1 Storm Warning alarm setting 1 Place you...

Page 13: ...pear after a short delay due the constant data communication between all the sensors base station and the PC 8 3 Absolute or Relative Pressure Low Alarm Setting 1 Place your cursor over the absolute o...

Page 14: ...ar after a short delay due the constant data communication between all the sensors base station and the PC 8 5 Indoor Humidity Low Alarm Setting 1 Place your cursor over the indoor humidity low alarm...

Page 15: ...ear after a short delay due the constant data communication between all the sensors base station and the PC 8 7 Outdoor Humidity Low Alarm Setting 1 Place your cursor over the outdoor humidity low ala...

Page 16: ...fter a short delay due the constant data communication between all the sensors base station and the PC 8 9 Indoor Temperature Low Alarm Setting 1 Place your cursor over the Indoor temperature low alar...

Page 17: ...after a short delay due the constant data communication between all the sensors base station and the PC 8 11 Outdoor Temperature Low Alarm Setting 1 Place your cursor over the outdoor temperature low...

Page 18: ...fter a short delay due the constant data communication between all the sensors base station and the PC 8 13 Dew Point Low Alarm Setting 1 Place your cursor over the dew point low alarm box and right c...

Page 19: ...fter a short delay due the constant data communication between all the sensors base station and the PC 8 15 Wind Chill Low Alarm Setting 1 Place your cursor over the wind chill low alarm box and right...

Page 20: ...fter a short delay due the constant data communication between all the sensors base station and the PC 8 17 Wind Speed Low Alarm Setting 1 Place your cursor over the wind speed low alarm box and right...

Page 21: ...base station s LCD but will appear after a short delay due the constant data communication between all the sensors base station and the PC 8 19 Rainfall 24 Hour Alarm Setting 1 Place your cursor over...

Page 22: ...arm icon will light up when any weather condition has been met for the weather alarm settings This notifies the user that a set weather alarm condition has been reached To cancel and prpapre the gener...

Page 23: ...bsolute or relative air pressure Indoor and outdoor humidity Indoor and outdoor temperature Dew point Wind chill Wind speed Rainfall in past 24 hours Rainfall in the last 1 hour 9 1 Resetting the min...

Page 24: ...ng the records on the Heavy Weather program also resets the same recorded data on the base station 9 3 Resetting the min max outdoor humidity 1 Right click the min max button to open the outdoor3 humi...

Page 25: ...ng the records on the Heavy Weather program also resets the same recorded data on the base station 9 5 Resetting the min max outdoor temperature 1 Right click the min max button to open the outdoor te...

Page 26: ...ng the records on the Heavy Weather program also resets the same recorded data on the base station 9 7 Resetting the min max wind chill 1 Right click the min max button to open the wind chill min max...

Page 27: ...g the records on the Heavy Weather program also resets the same recorded data on the base station 9 9 Resetting the rain counter for the rain total 1 Right click the total rain count button to open th...

Page 28: ...tting the records on the Heavy Weather program also resets the same recorded data on the base station 9 11 Resetting the rain counter for the rain 1 hour 1 Right click the rain count 1 hour button to...

Page 29: ...the records on the Heavy Weather program also resets the same recorded data on the base station 9 13 Resetting the maximum record for rain in the past 1 hour 3 Right click the max button to open the r...

Page 30: ...greater than 95 it will display 19 or 96 Resolution 1 Rain Volume Display 0 to 39 37 inch 1h and 24h rainfall 0 to 98 38 inch Total rainfall Resolution 0 01 inch Wind Speed 0 to 111 8mph Resolution 0...

Page 31: ...objects that give radiation characteristic and thus the range Neighboring using units operating on the same frequencies may affect the receiver Poorly screened PCs may affect the receiver and reduce t...

Page 32: ...l between sensor and receiver thick walls Find a new location for the transmitter or receiver or use cable connection between the base station and the sensors Batteries of sensors or receiver empty Fa...

Page 33: ...ve text files and create charts on other applications 1 Using the Heavy Weather program open the History window and save the weather data from the desired history file as a text file by clicking on th...

Page 34: ...y using a spreadsheet program like Excel 3 The text import wizard window will open Choose delimited as the separator for each data column and click the next button 4 The Heavy Weather program uses tab...

Page 35: ...s text or numbers for each column of data The default setting General and this is usable and click the Finish button 6 The data is then imported into the Excel ready for the user to plot a graph In th...

Page 36: ...5 25 1 30 8 Since the weather data in this example is generated with a 1 minute interval we can use a formula to generate the time column we type M3 1 24 60 in the cell M4 This means adding 1 minute w...

Page 37: ...e able to read the weather data directly Excel will define the data with comma as text format and thus will not be suitable for graph plotting as co ordinates There are two solutions to solve this pro...

Page 38: ...into to a new cell for example N3 type VALUE SUBSTITUTE B3 Then an Excel readable indoor temperature reading is created B Then we copy this formula to all cells in column N A set of valid indoor temp...

Page 39: ...ting From Excel select Insert from the pull down menu then select Chart You will see the below screen Then select XY as the chart type and click next 11 The Chart Source Data window is now open then s...

Page 40: ...om cell M3 to M62 plot a graph between 1 30 to 2 29 The history1 M 3 M 62 is now written in the box 13 Next select the weather data as Y Axis we choose the indoor temperature as Y Axis so we have the...

Page 41: ...customize the Titles Axes Gridlines Legend Data Labels 16 Click next then select whether you want a separate sheet or a chart inside the data sheet 17 Click finish to see the chart In this chart the...

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