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Note:
If you have not already set up and powered your Vantage Vue console, do so before continuing with the
sensor suite installation. For best reception, the console and sensor suite should be at least 10 feet
(3 meters) apart.
4. The console or WeatherLink Live acquires the radio signal and populates data fields. This
usually occurs quickly, but in some environmental conditions it can take up to 10 minutes.
Advanced Installations: Confirm the Transmitter ID of the sensor suite
Your Vantage Vue console can be used to listen to a Vantage Pro2 sensor suite instead of a
Vantage Vue sensor suite, and an optional anemometer transmitter kit.
Note:
If you are using only the Vantage Vue console and sensor suite, and there are no other Davis weather
stations nearby, you can skip to “Verify Data from the Sensor Suite” on page 6.
In order to communicate, the console and
sensor suite must have the same transmitter
ID. At the factory, both IDs are set to a
default of ID 1. To confirm the transmitter ID
of your Vantage Vue sensor suite:
1. Push and release the transmitter ID button
once. It will illuminate and go off when
you release it.
2. After a short pause, it will blink one or
more (up to 8) times. Note the number of
times the transmitter ID LED blinks,
which indicates its transmitter ID number.
Unless you have intentionally changed your transmitter ID, the LED should blink
one time
because the default transmitter ID for the sensor suite is 1. If you have changed the ID, the
LED should blink the number of times equal to the ID you have set (i.e., twice for an ID of
2, three times for an ID of 3, etc.).
After blinking the transmitter ID, the light will begin to flash every 2.5 seconds, indicating
packet transmission.
Note:
The transmitter on the sensor suite and receiver on the console will communicate with each other only
when both are set to the same transmitter ID.
Note:
If you hold the button too long and accidentally enter the “set new transmitter ID” mode when you did not
want to, simply release the button and wait four seconds. As long as you do not press the button again,
the original transmitter ID will remain in effect.
Advanced Installations: Set a New Transmitter ID on the Sensor Suite
Note:
In most cases, it will not be necessary to change the transmitter ID. If it is necessary to change the
transmitter ID,
you must use the same ID for the sensor suite and console
.
The Vantage Vue sensor suite transmits weather information to the Vantage Vue console using
one of eight selectable transmitter IDs. The default transmitter ID for both the sensor suite and
the Vantage Vue console is 1. Change the transmitter ID if another Davis Instruments wireless
weather station is operating nearby and already uses transmitter ID 1, or if you have an
optional Anemometer Transmitter Kit with ID 1.
To set a new transmitter ID:
Transmitter ID
button
Transmitter ID
LED
