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Other Keypad
Operations
The most common use of the keypad is to view the weather sta-
tion
’
s current sensor readings, calculated parameters, and ar-
chived data. Pressing the
Display
key once brings the LCD dis-
play to life. The screen will initially display descriptive information
about the station. The screen then displays current conditions.
Current conditions are refreshed every 20 seconds. Pressing the
Display
key a second time will deactivate the display. The sta-
tion continues to record data when the display is not active. To
conserve battery power, the display goes off after 2 minutes of
inactivity. The weather station only records the measurements
from the sensors. Parameters calculated and displayed on the
LCD by the firmware (such as Growing Degree Days) are only
retained in the Daily Archive (see Daily Archive, p. 25).
In addition to being able to configure parameters needed by
SpecWare, the keypad is also used to set the date/time, calibrate
the wind vane, reset the running rain counter, configure the radio
and select options for parameters calculated and displayed by
the station
’
s firmware.
The keypad sequences to set each parameter are described on
the following pages.