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of, any accessory or decorative surface; (4) damage resulting 
from failure to follow instructions contained in your owner’s 
manual; (5) damage resulting from the performance of repairs or 
alterations by someone other than an authorized La Crosse 
Technology, Ltd authorized service center; (6) units used for 
other than home use (7) applications and uses that this product 
was not intended or (8) the products inability to receive a signal 
due to any source of interference.  This warranty covers only 
actual defects within the product itself, and does not cover the 
cost of installation or removal from a fixed installation, normal 
set-up or adjustments, claims based on misrepresentation by the 
seller or performance variations resulting from installation-related 
circumstances. 

 

LA CROSSE TECHNOLOGY, LTD WILL NOT ASSUME 
LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, 
OR OTHER SIMILAR DAMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE 
OPERATION OR MALFUNCTION OF THIS PRODUCT.  THIS 
PRODUCT IS NOT TO BE USED FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES 
OR FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION.  THIS PRODUCT IS NOT A 
TOY.  KEEP OUT OF CHILDREN’S REACH. 

 

This warranty gives you specific legal rights.  You may also have 
other rights specific to your State.  Some States do no allow the 
exclusion of consequential or incidental damages therefore the 
above exclusion of limitation may not apply to you. 

 

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Summary of Contents for WS-3610U

Page 1: ...1 TOUCH SCREEN WEATHER CENTER MODEL WS 3610 Operation Manual ...

Page 2: ...Graph 9 Operating and Setting of various Functions 9 1 Air Pressure 10 Operating and Setting the Rain Function 11 Additional Information Outdoor Temperature Display 12 Additional Information Wind Display 12 1 Operating and Setting the Wind Direction Alarm 13 Operating and Setting the Backlight Buzzer and Alarm in the WIND Section 13 1 EL Backlight 13 2 Buzzer 13 3 Alarm 14 PC Connection 14 1 Data ...

Page 3: ... Calendar Date Weather Forecast with Tendency Arrow Tendency Barometric Pressure and 72 Hour History Bar Graph Pressure Pressure History Indoor Temperature and Humidity Indoor Temp Humidity Wind Rain Rain Outdoor Temperature and Humidity Outdoor Temp Humidity Additional data can by displayed by certain touch screen field combinations that are explained later Note When the menu is touched and activ...

Page 4: ...ted by touching a switchable area on the screen is acknowledged by an audible beep when the buzzer option is switched to ON During any menu operation if no active area is touched for 20 seconds the menu is automatically deactivated and the screen will return to the normal display mode 3 To Begin Operation To begin it is necessary to decide whether to use AC power adapter included or batteries to o...

Page 5: ...ly together 3 2 1 Use Batteries for Power First insert two Type C alkaline 1 5 V batteries into the battery compartment of the Thermo Hygro Sensor Immediately after insert three Type AA alkaline 1 5 V batteries into the battery compartment of the Touch Screen Base Station 3 2 2 Use AC Adapter for Power First insert two Type C alkaline 1 5 V batteries into the battery compartment of the Thermo Hygr...

Page 6: ...ries is not recommended due to the considerably higher power consumption of the wired configuration The batteries may however remain in the Base Station for emergency supply in case of a power failure A change from cable operation to 433 MHz radio transmission or vice versa is possible in any case since the Base Station will recognize this change and will automatically switch to the appropriate op...

Page 7: ... to perform all other settings At this point the Base Station will also automatically start searching for the WWVB time signal 3 4 Placement Once the Base Station and Sensors have been checked and validated for correct function as mentioned in 3 3 all the system components are ready to be permanently mounted It is critical to ensure that all components work properly together at their chosen mounti...

Page 8: ...n below Touching the SETUP field will enter the setup mode The basic settings can now be performed in the following successive order LCD Contrast Contrast can be set in 8 steps from 0 to 7 Default is 4 Time Zone Time Zones can be set in a range from 12 to 12 hours Note U S A time zones will be displayed not in hours but in the respective time zone abbreviations 4 h ATL Atlantic Time 5 h EST Easter...

Page 9: ... selected the clock is operates as a normal Quartz clock Default is RCC ON 12 24 hour Time Display Format When 12h format is selected the hour is shown with A M between midnight and noon and PM between noon and midnight Default is 12 hour format Units Temperature Temp is displayed in F or C Default is F Wind Speed Wind is displayed in mph km h m s knots or Beaufort Default is mph Rain Amount Rain ...

Page 10: ...ld be set to 0 06 near the ocean and 0 012 in desert areas Storm Warning Storm Storm Warning sensitivity has 7 steps of sensitivity increments of 0 03 inHg from 0 09 inHg to 0 27 inHg for storm warning display at a decrease of air pressure over 6 hours Default 0 18 inHg Activate or Deactivate storm warning alarm with ON OFF Default is ON Relearn Mode Relearn Tx Allows the WS 3610 to relocate the o...

Page 11: ...ctions Min Max and alarm values are recalled from the menu shown below which must be activated by touching the Touch Screen in the center of the text display section last two lines at the bottom of the LCD Touching the MINMAX or ALARMS field will display the corresponding values The Min Max values can also be recalled individually by touching the respective area of the display Example Touching the...

Page 12: ...ST National Institute of Standards and Technology Time and Frequency Division WWVB radio station is located in Ft Collins Colorado A tower located there transmits the exact time and date signal continuously throughout the United States at 60 kHz The signal can be received up to 2 000 miles away through the internal antenna in the Base Station The WWVB radio station derives its signal from the NIST...

Page 13: ...olled by the radio signal of the WWVB time code transmitter and will thus set time and date automatically Under bad reception conditions however both time and date can be set manually Setting the Time To set the time touch the time display Next touch the TIME field in the bottom section of the LCD Set the hours and minutes by touching either UP or DOWN To leave the mode touch EXIT or wait for auto...

Page 14: ...o set the Time Alarm first touch the time field Then touch the ALARM field in the bottom section of the LCD Set the hours and minutes for the time alarm To leave the mode touch EXIT Note The time alarm is activated or deactivated by touching the TIME section of the LCD twice The alarm symbol will show or disappear To leave the mode touch EXIT or wait for the automatic time out 7 Weather Tendency C...

Page 15: ...bar graph The length of the right most bar represents the present air pressure and the remaining bars to the left show the progress of the air pressure in regards to the present air pressure Note The time resolution of the bar graph can be changed from fine 0 to 24 h to coarse 0 to 72 h and back by touching the PRESSURE HISTORY section once 9 Operating and Setting of the following Functions Air Pr...

Page 16: ...m Values Call up the corresponding menu in the bottom section of the LCD by touching the PRESSURE field Start by touching in the bottom section of the LCD Note It is possible to display the stored minimum values in the bottom section of the LCD in the same fashion by touching the MIN field After touching MAX the stored value is displayed Proceed by touching the MAX PRESSURE field The displayed val...

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Page 18: ... AL in the menu section Note Setting of the low alarms is possible from here in the same fashion by touching the LO AL field Set the high alarm value with UP or DOWN Proceed with ON OFF Activate or deactivate the alarm with ON or OFF Return to normal display by touching EXIT Note Activation or deactivation of the alarm Display or deletion of the symbol only pertains to the presently displayed valu...

Page 19: ...ast week and the last month do not represent the amounts collected up to the present point of time but to those for the last complete week or the last complete month All setting and display functions pertain only to the presently displayed value Important Note Operation and settings of the Rain function are essentially identical to the ones described in Item 9 above Therefore a short description o...

Page 20: ... of the LCD followed by CONFIRM 11 Additional Information regarding the Outdoor Temperature Display Outdoor Temp Note Touch the OUTDOOR field to toggle the display between the following Outdoor Temperature Outdoor Temp Wind Chill Dew Point All setting and display options only pertain to the presently displayed value 12 Additional Information regarding the Wind Display Note Touch the WIND field to ...

Page 21: ...Proceed by touching DIR AL In the following menu up to 16 separate alarms can be set clockwise around the compass rose from N through NNW in steps of 22 5 0 through 337 5 Here the wind direction can be selected by touching UP or DOWN and switched ON or OFF with Wind Direction by touching ON OFF in the upper left part of the menu display The wind alarm feature can be enabled or completely deactivat...

Page 22: ... in a considerable decrease of the life of the batteries It is recommended either to operate the Base Station with the included AC adapter or deactivate the EL backlight see above 13 2 Buzzer The keypad beep and the audible alarms of the Base Station can be switched ON or OFF by touching the BUZZER section The switching condition ON or OFF is displayed directly in the BUZZER section as well as in ...

Page 23: ...ase that the memory capacity of the Base Station is exhausted the oldest data sets stored will be overwritten by the new ones recorded 14 2 Data Recall The weather data stored can only be output processed and displayed on a PC The user selectable storage interval of 1 minute to 12 hours for data sets can also only be performed on a PC 14 3 Connections and Software An included COM port cable provid...

Page 24: ...oaded to web sites by means of the Web Publisher software History data can be displayed as diagrams and graphs using the Weather Review software For further details on the PC Connection please see the Help File on the installation disk for the software ...

Page 25: ...n total volume Resolution approx 0 02 in Wind Speed 0 to 111 8 mph or 1 to 50 m s Resolution 0 1 m s Wind Direction Graphic Resolution 22 5 Degrees Numeric Resolution Character Format 15 2 Data Transmission by 433 MHz Signal Measuring Interval Thermo Hygro Sensor 128 s at Wind speed 6 2 mph or 32 s at Wind speed 6 2 mph or on Wind Gust display 10 Min if the Base Station does not receive any data a...

Page 26: ... 2 minutes 15 5 Power Supply Base Station Batteries 3 ea 1 5 V Batteries Type AA IEC LR6 Alkaline Batteries recommended Life Cycle without EL backlight approx 1 year or AC power AC Adapter INPUT 120VAC 60HZ use only the included AC Adapter Recommended for PC Connection and frequent use of EL Backlight Thermo Hygro Sensor Batteries 2 ea 1 5 V Batteries Type C Alkaline Batteries recommended Life Cyc...

Page 27: ... included Storage Intervals 1 min through 12 h settable Data Volume Base Station 1750 Data Sets max in Ring Buffer EEPROM PC Volume of Main Memory max 15 7 Dimensions Base Station 8 86 x 6 10 x 1 38 in Thermo Hygro Sensor 5 35 x 2 87 x 2 81 in Rain Sensor 5 51 x 5 39 x 2 76 in Wind Sensor 11 46 x 7 76 x 2 36 in ...

Page 28: ...ty period specified above All replaced parts and products become the property of La Crosse Technology Ltd and must be returned to La Crosse Technology Ltd Replacement parts and products assume the remaining original warranty or ninety 90 days whichever is longer La Crosse Technology Ltd will pay all expenses for labor and materials for all repairs covered by this warranty If necessary repairs are ...

Page 29: ...rom a fixed installation normal set up or adjustments claims based on misrepresentation by the seller or performance variations resulting from installation related circumstances LA CROSSE TECHNOLOGY LTD WILL NOT ASSUME LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL PUNITIVE OR OTHER SIMILAR DAMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATION OR MALFUNCTION OF THIS PRODUCT THIS PRODUCT IS NOT TO BE USED FOR MEDICAL PURP...

Page 30: ...nology info 3610 All rights reserved This handbook must not be reproduced in any form even in excerpts or duplicated or processed using electronic mechanical or chemical procedures without written permission of the publisher This handbook may contain mistakes and printing errors The information in this handbook is regularly checked and corrections made in the next issue We accept no liability for ...

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