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Weather Station User Guide 

Model:  VENTUS  W928-ULTIMATE 

 

    Version  3.0          Date  25.9.2008        Page  2  of  193 

 

Content: 

 

Section 1  

Setting Up Meteotime Weather Station 

1.0   

 

Must Read before Getting Start 

 

Introduction 

 

Getting Start 

 

Operation Instruction 

 

Weather Status 

 

Cities 

 

Critical Weather Message in Short Form   

 

Setup Manual in Short Form 

 

Section 2 

Setting  Up  Wireless  Indoor/Outdoor  Measuring  Device  for  Wind,  Rain, 

Thermohygrometer and the Atomsphere Pressure 

2.0   

 

Introduction 

2.1   

 

Features of Wireless In/Outdoor Measuring Devices 

2.2   

 

Installing your Weather Station 

 

 

 

2.2.1  

Setting up the Thermo-hygro sensors 

 

 

 

2.2.2  

Setting up the Rain Sensor 

 

 

 

2.2.3  

Setting up the Anemometer (wind sensor) 

 

 

 

2.2.4  

Setting Up the Main Unit 

2.3   

 

Buttons and Controls 

2.4     

 

Navigating between Different Modes 

 

 

 

2.4.1  

Pressure Mode 

 

 

 

2.4.2  

Temperature and Humidity Mode 

 

 

 

2.4.3  

Rain Mode 

 

 

 

2.4.4  

Wind Mode 

2.5   

 

Setting Pressure parameters during initial start-up 

2.6   

 

Indoor and Outdoor Temperature and Humidity 

2.7   

 

Wireless Outdoor Rain Guage 

2.8   

 

Wireless outdoor Anemometer (Wind Sensor) 

 

 

3

 

LED Backlight Options 

4

 

Linking the Weather Station to a Computer 

5

 

Maintenance 

6

 

Technical Specification 

 

Summary of Contents for W928-ULTIMATE

Page 1: ...W928 ULTIMATE Version 3 0 Date 25 9 2008 Page 1 of 193 PROFESSIONAL WEATHER STATION EQUIPOS DE PRECISI N GIS IBERICA S L Avda de Espa a n 11 2 C C ceres 10004 Tlfe 927 224600 Tlfe Fax 927 212207 www g...

Page 2: ...es of Wireless In Outdoor Measuring Devices 2 2 Installing your Weather Station 2 2 1 Setting up the Thermo hygro sensors 2 2 2 Setting up the Rain Sensor 2 2 3 Setting up the Anemometer wind sensor 2...

Page 3: ...ygrometer Indoor Thermo hygrometer Wireless Outdoor Wind speed and direction Wireless outdoor Rain Guage Sunrise and sunset display Moon phase History Record of wireless outdoor Temperature Humidity a...

Page 4: ...Weather Station User Guide Model VENTUS W928 ULTIMATE Version 3 0 Date 25 9 2008 Page 4 of 193 Section 1 Setting Up Meteotime Weather Station...

Page 5: ...one network or Radio TV broadcasts it is possible that the Meteotime Weather Stations do not receive signals all the time and everywhere The following are some tips you should follow by all means to m...

Page 6: ...at distance from the station areas like Southern Italy or Northern Scandinavia are critical So called dead spots which make reception impossible can appear everywhere There is less interference in rur...

Page 7: ...day after Weather Information Information Window which shows Time Date Sunrise Sunset Cities and Critical Weather Information Description Information Window Tomorrow One day after and Two Day after W...

Page 8: ...Model VENTUS W928 ULTIMATE Version 3 0 Date 25 9 2008 Page 8 of 193 There are total 4 buttons at the Right side of main Unit and 2 buttons at the backside on the main station for Setting up the Meteot...

Page 9: ...anguage 4 Contrast of the LCD display DAY NIGHT Critical Whether Information Time Date Day Night Weather Status Change increasing the value during setting Chose one of the pre selected cities decreasi...

Page 10: ...he Meteotime signal successfully the Meteotime icon is appeared in the second row of display Otherwise the Meteotime will be In the event the Meteotime icon change to that means there are potential so...

Page 11: ...the INFORMATION WINDOW then press or to select your desired language There are total seven languages to select namely German English Spanish French Italian Dutch Swedish Press SET two times to exit th...

Page 12: ...TEST key SWITCH CITY SUNRISE SUNSET TIME TIME DATE After inserting the batteries the weather station searches for the Radio controlled Time signal as well as the MeteoTime signal After it has successf...

Page 13: ...ble to select maximum FIVE cities to display If you want to add more cities then will show in the Information Window OR press SET KEY to quit and will shown at the information window REMARK If you hav...

Page 14: ...Press and Hold SET for 3 second In the information window is shown and then press or key to select the country Let s said you have selected the country Germany which is represented in Press SET key to...

Page 15: ...mode The Information Window will show City Sunrise Sunset Time Time Date SWITCH DAY WEATHER INFORMATION NIGHT WEATHER INFORMATION The device is able to base on the SUNRISE time and SUNSET time to aut...

Page 16: ...display of CITY SUNRISE SUNSET TIME TIME DATE If you would like to read the Weather Information in the information window then press DAY NIGHT Key to display Day Night Weather information and also the...

Page 17: ...THER STATUS There are total 15 weather status for Day and 15 weather status for Night Significance Day Night Significance Day Night Sunny Clear at night Heavy Rain Light Cloudy Frontal Storms Mostly C...

Page 18: ...DT EISENSTADT 49 AU AUSTRIA GRAZ GRAZ 46 AU AUSTRIA INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK 47 AU AUSTRIA KITZB HEL KITZB HEL 48 AU AUSTRIA KLAGENFURT KLAGENFURT 46 AU AUSTRIA LANDECK LANDECK 47 AU AUSTRIA LIENZ LIENZ 46...

Page 19: ...31 CH SUISSE GLARUS GLARUS 35 CH SUISSE GRINDELWALD GRINDELWLD 33 CH SUISSE INTERLAKEN INTERLAKEN 33 CH SUISSE LA CHAUX DE FONDS LACHAUX D F 11 CH SUISSE LAUSANNE LAUSANNE 31 CH SUISSE LIESTAL LIESTA...

Page 20: ...BACH 28 D GER AUGSBURG AUGSBURG 25 D GER BAD_T LZ BAD_T LZ 48 D GER BAYREUTH BAYREUTH 28 D GER BERCHTESGADEN BERCHTESGA 48 D GER BERLIN BERLIN 52 D GER BIELEFELD BIELEFELD 14 D GER BITBURG BITBURG 13...

Page 21: ...EIFSWALD GREIFSWALD 24 D GER HAGEN HAGEN 13 D GER HALLE HALLE 29 D GER HAMBURG HAMBURG 19 D GER HANNOVER HANNOVER 22 D GER HEILBRONN HEILBRONN 59 D GER HILDESHEIM HILDESHEIM 22 D GER HOF HOF 30 D GER...

Page 22: ...BURG REGENSBURG 25 D GER ROSENHEIM ROSENHEIM 26 D GER ROSTOCK ROSTOCK 24 D GER R GEN R GEN 24 D GER SAARBR CKEN SAARBR CKE 13 D GER SIEGEN SIEGEN 13 D GER SIGMARINGEN SIGMARINGE 26 D GER SPIEKEROOG SP...

Page 23: ...S SPAIN GIRONA GIRONA 69 ES SPAIN IBIZA IBIZA 67 ES SPAIN LLORET DE MAR LLORET D MA 69 ES SPAIN MADRID MADRID 64 ES SPAIN MAHON MAHON 67 ES SPAIN PALMA DE MALLORCA PALMA D MA 67 ES SPAIN SEVILLA SEVIL...

Page 24: ...E CAEN CAEN 17 FRANCE CAHORS CAHORS 0 FRANCE CANNES CANNES 43 FRANCE CARCASSONN CARCASSONN 5 FRANCE CERGY_PONT CERGY_PONT 2 FRANCE CHAMBERY CHAMBERY 10 FRANCE CHARTRES CHARTRES 2 FRANCE CHAUMONT CHAUM...

Page 25: ...FRANCE METZ METZ 7 FRANCE MILLAU MILLAU 4 FRANCE MONT_MARSAN MONT_DE_MA 0 FRANCE MONTAUBAN MONTAUBAN 0 FRANCE MONTELIMAR MONTELIMAR 8 FRANCE MONTLUCON MONTLUCON 4 FRANCE MONTPELLIER MONTPELLIE 5 FRANC...

Page 26: ...ES TROYES 2 FRANCE VALENCE VALENCE 9 FRANCE VERSAILLES VERSAILLES 2 FRANCE VESOUL VESOUL 7 H HUNGARY BUDAPEST BUDAPEST 63 H HUNGARY DEBRECEN DEBRECEN 63 H HUNGARY GY R GY R 49 H HUNGARY MISKOLC MISKOL...

Page 27: ...O 40 I ITALY NAPOLI NAPOLI 60 I ITALY PALERMO PALERMO 66 I ITALY PARMA PARMA 40 I ITALY PERUGIA PERUGIA 41 I ITALY PESCARA PESCARA 61 I ITALY PIACENZA PIACENZA 40 I ITALY PISA PISA 41 I ITALY REGGIO C...

Page 28: ...HERL DEN HELDER DEN HELDER 19 NL NETHERL EINDHOVEN EINDHOVEN 42 NL NETHERL GRONINGEN GRONINGEN 19 NL NETHERL HAARLEM HAARLEM 42 NL NETHERL LEEUWARDEN LEEUWARDEN 19 NL NETHERL LELYSTAD LELYSTAD 42 NL N...

Page 29: ...EBORG G TEBORG 53 S SWEDEN HALMSTAD HALMSTAD 53 S SWEDEN J NK PING J NK PING 56 S SWEDEN KALMAR KALMAR 55 S SWEDEN KARLSTAD KARLSTAD 56 S SWEDEN LINK PING LINK PING 55 S SWEDEN MALM MALM 23 S SWEDEN R...

Page 30: ...15 UK IPSWICH IPSWICH 18 UK ISLE_OF_MAN ISLE_O_MA 77 UK JERSEY JERSEY 3 UK KINGSTON KINGSTON 18 UK LEEDS LEEDS 16 UK LEICESTER LEICESTER 16 UK LIVERPOOL LIVERPOOL 16 UK LONDON LONDON 18 UK MANCHESTER...

Page 31: ...Weather Station User Guide Model VENTUS W928 ULTIMATE Version 3 0 Date 25 9 2008 Page 31 of 193...

Page 32: ...Weather Station User Guide Model VENTUS W928 ULTIMATE Version 3 0 Date 25 9 2008 Page 32 of 193...

Page 33: ...AIN EISREGEN NACHTS EISREGEN FINE PARTICLES PM10 PARTICLES FEINSTAUB PM10 FEINSTAUB OZONE OZONE OZON OZON IRRADIATION IRRATE RADIOAKTIVE STRAHLUNG RA STRAHL FLOOD FLOOD HOCHWASSER HOCHWASSER DENSE FOG...

Page 34: ..._D RACHAS FUERTES DIA RACHAS_F_D WINDSTOTEN S NACHTS WINDST_N RACHAS FUERTES NOCHE RACHAS_F_N IJZEL IN DE OCHTEND IJZEL_O LLUVIA HELADA MANANA LLUV HEL_M IJZEL IN DE MIDDAG IJZEL_M LLUVIA HELADA TARDE...

Page 35: ...TEMPS LOURD KRIT V DER CONDIZIONI DIFFICILI GIORNO COND EST G TEMPS LOURD JOUR TEMPS LOURD KRI V D D CONDIZIONI DIFFIC NOTTE COND EST N TEMPS LOURD NUIT TEMPS LOURD KRI V D N TEMPESTA TEMPESTA TEMPETE...

Page 36: ...KR REGN D TEMPESTA DI NEVE DIURNA TPS NEVE D FORTE CHUTE NEIGE JOUR FORTE NEIGE KR SN D FORTE TEMPORALE DIURNO TPR DIURNO ORAGE VIOLENT JOUR ORAGE ASKV DER FITTA NEBBIA NOTT NEBBIA NOT BROUILLARD EPA...

Page 37: ...REN HR RECEPTION TEST SCAN EMPFANGSTEST EMPF TEST SIGNAAL TEST SIGN TEST CONTRAST CONTRAST KONTRAST KONTRAST DISPLAY CONTRAST CONTRAST MEMORY FULL MEM FULL SPEICHER VOLL SPEICHER_V GEHEUGEN VOL GEH VO...

Page 38: ...n Window Swedish Short Form in Information Window CHERCHE SIG CHERCHE SIG S K SIGNAL CHOIX DE LA VILLE CHOIX_VILL V LJ STAD CHOIX DU PAYS CHOIX_PAYS V LJ LAND FUSEAU HORAIRE FUSEAU ZONE HRS H HR TEST...

Page 39: ...tation User Guide Model VENTUS W928 ULTIMATE Version 3 0 Date 25 9 2008 Page 39 of 193 Section 2 Setting Up Wireless Indoor Outdoor measuring device For Wind Rain Thermo hygrometer and the atmosphere...

Page 40: ...the computer Wireless Outdoor Measuring Devices The remote weather sensors include a thermo hygrometer anemometer wind sensor and rain sensor All data collected by the sensors is transmitted to the m...

Page 41: ...nt display Max and Min memory for temperature and relative humidity Comfort level indicator Analyzes current environmental conditions Comfort Wet and Dry Rainfall measurement Records rainfall amount f...

Page 42: ...e latch and mount unit at desired location Placement tips The thermo hygro sensor should be in an area with free air circulation and sheltered from direct sunlight and other extreme weather conditions...

Page 43: ...lar cell wind sensor 1 Assemble the wind cups to the anemometer arm 2 Attach the assembled anemometer to the base 3 Remove the 4 x screws on the battery compartment 4 To plug the re chargeable battery...

Page 44: ...ctronic appliances Test reception before permanently mounting your weather station The Main Unit measures indoor temperature humidity pressure and receives signals from all remote sensors and radio cl...

Page 45: ...25 9 2008 Page 45 of 193 2 3 Buttons and Controls There are total 6 buttons at the backside of main Unit and 1 button at the right side on main station for setting up the Wireless In Outdoor Measuring...

Page 46: ...s display for current mode Press and hold to enter setup or change units Confirmation for setting parameters MEMORY Shows records for moon phase temperature humidity rain and wind HISTORY Shows histor...

Page 47: ...direction respectively To navigate between the different modes from the remote control press the corresponding button s or press UP to cycle through the modes in a clockwise direction or DOWN to cycle...

Page 48: ...Alert for wind speed and wind gust speed Customizing your Weather Station To fully customize the weather station to your local settings and personal preferences the following settings are required Pl...

Page 49: ...following steps 1 Choose Pressure Units The unit icon inHg or mmHg or hPa mBar should be flashing or to select pressure unit as inHg hPa mBar or mmHg Press SET to confirm your selection 2 Choose Alti...

Page 50: ...ess and hold MEMORY or to adjust value Press MEMORY to confirm your selection Viewing the Sea Level Pressure History 1 In all modes pressing HISTORY will toggle the sea level pressure display 2 When s...

Page 51: ...e flashing 3 View Moon Phase History Forecast or to choose number of days forward days or backward days from current date Press and hold either button for fast advance The corresponding moon phase wil...

Page 52: ...teresis to deactivate the alert Accessing Temperature and Humidity from different Wireless outdoor Thermohygrometer From the Main Unit Press or until the IN icon on the upper right of the display star...

Page 53: ...d To Disable Temperature Alarm s Press ALARM CHART to disable the alarm s Viewing the Max Min Channel Temperature and Humidity Each press of MEMORY rotates channel temperature and humidity display bet...

Page 54: ...Weather Station User Guide Model VENTUS W928 ULTIMATE Version 3 0 Date 25 9 2008 Page 54 of 193 Press and hold to enforce a search...

Page 55: ...ood as inch hr or mm hr Resetting the Rainfall Statistics Memory Press and hold MEMORY to reset all rainfall statistics Setting Units for Rain Display inch or mm Press and hold SET to convert units be...

Page 56: ...er Station User Guide Model VENTUS W928 ULTIMATE Version 3 0 Date 25 9 2008 Page 56 of 193 Disabling when Daily Rainfall Alert is Activated To Disable Rainfall Alert Press ALARM CHART to disable the a...

Page 57: ...wind gust speed alert has a 7 mph hysteresis The hysteresis is to prevent the alerts from sounding constantly due to small fluctuations near the alert value This means that after the wind speed reach...

Page 58: ...a wind alert is displayed pressing or will activate deactivate it Setting up the Wind Alerts 1 Press ALARM CHART to select alarm which you wish to configure 2 Press and hold ALARM CHART until alert a...

Page 59: ...e backlight of the Main Unit can be turned permanently on off or automatically toggled when environment lighting level is low Use the light sensor switch at the back of the unit to select lighting pre...

Page 60: ...for automatic backlight control function 4 Linking the Weather Station to a Computer Data collected by the weather station can be displayed and recorded on a computer by connecting the main console u...

Page 61: ...nning water Anemometer Check that the wind vane and wind cups can spin freely and are free from dirt debris or spider webs Rain Gauge Like all rain gauges the rain sensor is prone to blockages due to...

Page 62: ...vice if you handle it carefully Here are a few precautions 1 Do not immerse the unit in water 2 Do not clean the unit with abrasive or corrosive materials They may scratch the plastic parts and corrod...

Page 63: ...e Display Range 9 9 C to 60 C 14 2 F to 140 F Operating Temperature 5 C to 50 C 23 F to 122 F Storage Temperature 20 C to 70 C 4 F to 158 F Temperature accuracy 1 C or 2 F Temperature resolution 0 1 C...

Page 64: ...dows 98 se or above Memory Ram 32 M byte or more Hard disk 20 M byte free space or more Optical Device 2x CD Rom drive Power Main unit use 4 pcs UM 3 or AA 1 5V battery AC DC adaptor 7 5V 200mA centre...

Page 65: ...d Efficient use of radio frequency spectrum Article 3 2 of the R TTE Directive applied standard s EN 300 220 2 V2 1 2 2007 06 Electromagnetic compatibility Article 3 1 b of the R TTE Directive applied...

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