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Page 2: ...Weather Sensors 24 Testing the OurWeather Weather Station 36 Power Up OurWeather 39 Setting up your OurWeather WiFi Connection 40 Looking at the OurWeather Webpage 44 Advanced Usage OurWeather Administration Page 49 Updating the OurWeather Software 51 Buttons and Lights on the OurWeather Board 53 55 Troubleshooting Guide 56 ...

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Page 5: ...www switchdoc com Page 5 of 56 February 2020 What is in the OurWeather Box Following is a list of all the parts included in OurWeather A Micro USB 5V Power Supply ...

Page 6: ...www switchdoc com Page 6 of 56 February 2020 B Grove OLED Display ...

Page 7: ...www switchdoc com Page 7 of 56 February 2020 C WiFi Antenna ...

Page 8: ...www switchdoc com Page 8 of 56 February 2020 D Grove Outdoor Temperature and Humidity Sensor SHT30 ...

Page 9: ...www switchdoc com Page 9 of 56 February 2020 E M2 Box of Nylon standoffs screws and bolts F Grove Cable One included ...

Page 10: ...www switchdoc com Page 10 of 56 February 2020 G Wind Direction Wind Vane H Bracket for Anemometer and Wind Vane ...

Page 11: ...www switchdoc com Page 11 of 56 February 2020 I Rain Bucket J Wind Speed Anemometer ...

Page 12: ...www switchdoc com Page 12 of 56 February 2020 K Rain Gauge Mounting Assembly L Wire Ties ...

Page 13: ...www switchdoc com Page 13 of 56 February 2020 M Metal Mounting Tubes M Metal Mounting Mast for Weather Instruments N No Part ...

Page 14: ...www switchdoc com Page 14 of 56 February 2020 O Mounting Brackets for Metal Mast P Screws for Mounting Weather Instruments to Brackets Contains two small self tapping screws and three screws with bolts ...

Page 15: ...www switchdoc com Page 15 of 56 February 2020 Q OurWeather Base Stand ...

Page 16: ...www switchdoc com Page 16 of 56 February 2020 R WeatherPlus2 Computer Board ...

Page 17: ...Computer Module Step 1 Take the OurWeather Base 3D Print Q and put four standoffs and bolts from the Nylon Spacers E into each of the four corners of the Base Print Step 2 Using Super Glue place a standoff E in each of the remain pylon holes on the OurWeather Base 3D Print Q Let dry ...

Page 18: ...board on if you can t get the screws and nuts on the board Step 4 Attach the WiFi Antenna C to the OurWeather Base Q from the bottom removing the Red cap if present and attach it to the Base using the brass nut and screw Route the wire up through the O in the SwitchDoc Labs Logo on the OurWeather Base Q Screw on the black antenna on the connector from the top of the OurWeather Base as shown below ...

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Page 20: ...age 20 of 56 February 2020 Step 5 Attach the WeatherPlus2 Board R to the OurWeather Base unit Q using four screws from the M2 Nylon box E Take the small gold part of the WiFi Antenna Wire C and push it gently down on the ...

Page 21: ...com Page 21 of 56 February 2020 Step 6 Plug a Grove Cable F in the OLED Display B and then into the I2C Grove Connector on the WeatherPlus2 Board R any I2C socket will work use the front one on the WeatherPlus2 Board ...

Page 22: ...February 2020 Step 7 Plug in the Grove connector from the SHT30 Outdoor Temp Humidity Sensor D into the I2C Grove Connector Slot on the WeatherPlus2 Q Any I2C Grove socket will work use the one on the back of the WeatherPlus2 Board Q ...

Page 23: ...www switchdoc com Page 23 of 56 February 2020 Step 8 This completes the assembly of the OurWeather Base Computer Module Check your work over at this point ...

Page 24: ...www switchdoc com Page 24 of 56 February 2020 Building the Weather Sensors Step 9 Pick up the Metal Mounting Mast M with the mounting holes drilled in the top of the mast ...

Page 25: ... Anemometer H into the Mounting Mast M from Step 9 Note the Mounting tab in the bracket and Key in the Mounting Mast and make sure they are aligned Step 11 Take a screw and bolt P remove the bolt slide the screw through the hole in the Mounting Mast M from step and tighten the bolt to the Mast ...

Page 26: ...in Gauge Mounting Assembly K and slide it on the Mounting Mast M to about 5 inches from the top of the Mast as shown Tighten the bolts to secure the Rain Gauge Mounting Assembly to the the Mounting Mast Note that the Square Bracket points towards the top of the Mast ...

Page 27: ...www switchdoc com Page 27 of 56 February 2020 Step 13 Take the Anemometer J and place it at the left end Wind Vane and Anemometer Bracket H Note the alignment tab on the Anemometer ...

Page 28: ...www switchdoc com Page 28 of 56 February 2020 Step 14 Take a screw and bolt P slide it into the Wind Vane and Anemometer Bracket H under the Anemometer J and tighten in place to secure the Anemometer J ...

Page 29: ...Vane G and place it on the other end of the Wind Vane and Anemometer Bracket H Note the alignment tab on the Wind Vane Step 16 Take a screw and bolt P slide it into the Wind Vane and Anemometer Bracket H under the Wind Vane G and tighten in place to secure the Wind Vane ...

Page 30: ...itchdoc com Page 30 of 56 February 2020 Step 17 Take the RJ45 plug on the cable from the Anemometer J and snap it into the bottom of the Wind Vane G The plug will only fit one way and it will snap into place ...

Page 31: ...www switchdoc com Page 31 of 56 February 2020 Step 18 Take the Rain Gauge I and place it on the Rain Gauge Mounting Assembly K perpendicular to the Rain Gauge Mounting Assembly K as shown ...

Page 32: ...age 32 of 56 February 2020 Step 19 Take a self tapping screw and screw it in the bottom of the Rain Bucket Mounting Assembly to secure the Rain Bucket Step 20 Push the second Mounting Mast M into the first Mounting Mast M ...

Page 33: ...www switchdoc com Page 33 of 56 February 2020 Step 21 Stand the Mounting Mast up and secure it with books wood or bricks to keep it secure for testing ...

Page 34: ...e WeatherPlus2 board R Note that there are two RJ54 Plug receptacles on the WeatherPlus3 board R One is labeled Rain Bucket and the other is labeled Anemometer Wind Vane If you plug them in the wrong position nothing will be damaged but the Weather sensors will not work until you plug them in correctly This is the number one mistake people make Check your work ...

Page 35: ...om the Rain Bucket I into the RJ54 Plug receptacle on the WeatherPlus board R One is labeled Rain Bucket and the other is labeled Anemometer Wind Vane If you plug them in the wrong postition nothing will be damaged but the Weather sensors will not work until you plug them in correctly ...

Page 36: ...to install the WeatherRack assembly outdoors and use the wire ties to secure the cables from the WeatherRack to the Computer Assembly You will also have a power pack left over Next we will power up OurWeather test our sensors and then hook it up to your local area network Testing the OurWeather Weather Station Step 1 Plug in the micro USB Cable A into the micro USB Plug on the WeatherPlus Board R ...

Page 37: ...bruary 2020 Step 2 Plug in the Wall unit of the 5V Power Supply A into a 110V AC outlet You will then see the OurWeather Logo on the OLED Display B If you don t see the Logo then see the Troubleshooting section at the end of this manual ...

Page 38: ... see if it has changed Step 5 Spin the Anemometer J and you will see the wind speed and wind gust change Step 6 Breath on the Outdoor Temperature and Humidity Gauge and you will see the outdoor temperature and humidity change on the display Step 7 Tilt the Rain Gauge and hear it click Do this 10 times Then the rain total on the display will change This completes testing If something doesn t work c...

Page 39: ..._________________________________ WiFi Access Point Password ________________________________ Step 2 Plug the power supply into the micro USB power plug on the WeatherPlus board Note If you don t want to connect up to a WiFi just wait 5 minutes and OurWeather will start displaying your local weather information Step 3 Continue with the next chapter Setting up your OurWeather WiFi Connection ...

Page 40: ...ng all this information now to set up OurWeather on your local WiFi connection Step 1 Unplug the OurWeather power supply Note Hitting reset or unplugging your OurWeather system will disconnect your from the OurWeather WiFi You will need to do step 5 Step 2 Wait 10 seconds Step 3 Plug the OurWeather power supply back into the outlet Step 4 You will see a very similar screen to the below ...

Page 41: ...www switchdoc com Page 41 of 56 February 2020 Step 5 Connect your computer or laptop WiFi to the Wireless Access Point name OurWeather AA61 in our example above Example on a Mac below ...

Page 42: ... and 6 Rebooting the OurWeather computer by power cycle or using the Reset button may be required depending on your network Step 8 Fill out the displayed form to set up OurWeather WiFi connection Each of these fields is described below Your Station Name The name of your OurWeather Station ex Howard Residence WiFi Name The name SSID of your local WiFi connection WiFi Password The password for your ...

Page 43: ...y 2020 Example filled out page follows Step 9 Hit Save OurWeather will try to connect If it doesn t connect for example if you typed a bad password or WiFi name watch the screen then it will reset it self back to Step 4 and you can try again ...

Page 44: ... OurWeather Webpage Step 1 You must connect OurWeather to a local WiFi network as in the previous chapter to see the OurWeather Webpage Step 2 Find the OurWeather local IP number To do this either turn OurWeather on and off using the power supply or hit the RESET button on Our Weather Step 3 As Our Weather powers up you will see a window similar to the following ...

Page 45: ...www switchdoc com Page 45 of 56 February 2020 192 168 1 140 is the local IP number showing in the above picture Your IP number will be different ...

Page 46: ...c com OurWeatherPage html This will bring up the following page Step 5 Look under Setup OurWeather and enter your IP number gathered in Step 3 and put in the provided box next to the Which IP Address is OurWeather at button Step 6 Click on the button Which IP Address is OurWeather at Next to the IP number you just entered ...

Page 47: ...procedure needs to be repeated on each computer or mobile device that you wish to read OurWeather from The OurWeather Page station is only available on the local network An advanced procedure is required to be able to see this page and information on the general Internet outside of the local WiFi See the application note Seeing OurWeather on the Internet For Advanced Users for information ...

Page 48: ...r Display Change the OurWeather Display to Medium type size Set Large Weather Display Change the OurWeather Display to Large type size Set Demo Weather Display Change the OurWeather Display to demo mode Demo mode cycles through the easily changeable weather sensors quickly Temperature Humidity Wind speed Wind Direction quickly if you are having students hand manipulate the sensors This is also the...

Page 49: ...OTECT YOUR OURWEATHER STATION FROM BEING CHANGED BY UNAUTHORIZED PEOPLE Step 1 Open a browser and type in the following URL http www switchdoc com OurWeatherAdmin html This will open a page as follows Note that the IP number will be filled in if you completed the procedure above for the OurWeatherPage If not enter the IP number of your OurWeather Station and click the Which IP Address is OurWeathe...

Page 50: ... SetOurWeatherTo Defaults Reserved for future versions This does nothing in software Version 014 and below You can reset OurWeather entirely including Admin password by rebooting pushing the GPIO0 button when you seethe OurWeather Logo and holding it until you see the following page Reset WiFi Access Point Resets the WiFi SSID and Password to XXX and XXX OurWeather can then be reset to a different...

Page 51: ...ck For Latest OurWeather Version clicking this button checks the SwitchDoc Labs OurWeather Server to check the latest version available for update Update OurWeatherSoftware Fill out the Admin password and click the button to Update the OurWeather Software Follow the directions on the screen below Note Depending on your Internet connection you may have to repeat the Update several times ...

Page 52: ...uary 2020 During boot you can see the software version number that OurWeather is running as seen below You can compare this version number to the available update version shown by clicking on the Check For Latest OurWeather Version button ...

Page 53: ... Kit Resetting OurWeather to Default Values There is a REST command to do this in the Advanced Programming manual Lost your admin password There is a second way for this situation A second way of resetting your OurWeather back to the factory defaults if you have lost your admin password for example is to With the power off connect a jumper from D25 Presented as Pin 1 on the J15 Grove Connector to ...

Page 54: ...e 54 of 56 February 2020 Pin 1 is the one inside the board and Pin 4 Ground is on the outside of the board Turn your power on the board and remove the jumper when you see Trying WIFI AP your preferences are completely gone ...

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Page 56: ...t get my WiFi to connect on OurWeather A Make sure your WiFi password has no special characters or quote marks OurWeather does not like those Q My Inside temperature value is too high A The inside temperature is taken at the Barometer and will read high because of board self heating Look at getting the OurWeather Expansion kit that has a separate Inside Temperature and Humidity Sensor the HDC1080 ...

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