1.0 General Information
This weather station is a high quality, easy to use weather monitoring system that reads, displays and records
the weather data from three external sensors. One sensor will take data for temperature and humidity; one for
wind and the other for rainfall measurement. Operation of this unit can either be by cable connection or by
wireless 433MHz to the base station.
In stalling the “Heavy Weather” program on this CD-ROM will display all the weather data from the base
station received from the three external sensors onto your PC. For operation, simply use the PC cable
supplied and connect the base station to the PC using the desired COM port on your PC (see Installing the
4.0
Installing
PC Software
below).
2.0 System Requirements
To install the “Heavy Weather” software onto your PC, the minimum system requirement is:
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Operating system: Windows 98 or above
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Processor: Pentium 166 MHz or above processor
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RAM: 32MB of Ram or above
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Hard disk: 20MB free space
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CD-ROM
drive
3.0 Basic settings of the base station and sensors:
This section describes the set up and settings of the weather station and sensors necessary for operation with
the Heavy Weather software. For a complete and detailed explanation of the weather station,
please refer to
the main instruction manual enclosed with the purchase of this set.
3.1 Base station (receiver)
The base station reads the indoor and outdoor weather the data from the thermo-hygro, wind and rain
sensors. Together with the radio controlled time, all the data is displayed on the large LCD with LED back-
light.
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The base station can be battery operated using 3 x AA, IEC LR6, 1.5V batteries or with the AC/DC
adapter provided.
3.2 Thermo-hygro sensor
The thermo-hygro sensor measures the temperature and the humidity of it’s surrounding outdoor environment
and at the same time, collects the data from the rain and wind sensors before transmitting all the weather data
to the base station by wireless 433MHz or by a cable connection.
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Using wireless 433MHz, the thermo-hygro sensor requires 2 x AA, IEC, LR6, 1.5V batteries.
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Using cable connection from the base station to the sensors, power is supplied by either the AC/DC
power adaptor (included) or 2 x AA, IEC, LR6, 1.5V batteries.
3.3 Wind sensor
The wind sensor collects both the wind speed and wind direction data at the point of mounting and sends this
to the thermo-hygro sensor for transmitting to the base station.
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Install the wind sensor onto an outdoor mast in open space since it is important for the wind sensor to be
fully exposed to allow for accurate wind measurements from unhindered wind directions
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For operation, it is necessary to connect the wind sensor to the thermo-hygro sensor for transmission of
data and also for operating power.
3.4 Rain sensor
The rain sensor collects rainfall data and displays this on the base station.
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It is recommended to install the rain sensor on a flat surface securely in the open and free from any
obstructions (i.e. falling leaves, roof coverings and etc.)
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For operation, it is necessary to connect the rain sensor to the thermo-hygro sensor for transmission of
data and also for operating power.
