Rain Bird WS-PRO, Installation, Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual

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USING A LAPTOP
COMPUTER
When a Laptop computer is being used
to check the weather station it is
necessary to use a Serial cable between
the computer and the weather station, as
configured in FIGURE 24 shown below.
CAUTION ! Before “plugging” the
serial cable and computer into the Serial
I/O connector on the back panel of the
Enclosure - make certain that you have
disconnected the 9-pin ribbon cable from
the Short Haul Modem or the Phone
Modem. If you fail to do so, it is a
high possibility that you will damage the
modem.
FIGURE 24 - CONFIGURATION
OF SERIAL CABLE
•
Connect the Laptop computer, using
the serial cable as shown in FIGURE
25, to the Serial I/O connector on
the back panel of the Enclosure - the
same as shown for the Keyboard
Display in FIGURE 24.
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Start-Up the Weather Software and
set the configuration up for the
proper communication port.
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Be sure a direct connect weather
station has been configured.
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Enter a capital [ W ] from the main
menu.
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Enter the security code [ 6275 ].
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Choose a direct connect Weather
Station to monitor and the screen
will go “
BLANK ”.
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Press the [ ENTER ] key until you see
an (*).
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Enter [ 7240L ].
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Enter [ 7H ].
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Enter [ *6 ].
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[ ENTER ] [ ENTER ] - Continue to
[ ENTER ] and this will give you all
the data locations and the current
readings or each.
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Enter [ * ] to put the datalogger in a
low energy mode.