User manual LA CROSSE TECHNOLOGY WS9040

[. . . ] WEATHER STATION Instruction Manual INTRODUCTION: Congratulations on purchasing this state-of-the-art weather station as an example of innovative design and quality piece of engineering. Providing radio controlled time, date, calendar, Moon phase, indoor and outdoor temperature, indoor and outdoor relative humidity, and air pressure history information, this unit will never keep you guessing on current and future weather conditions. By reading this operating manual, the user will receive a better understanding of the Weather Station together with the optimum benefit of all its features. « Instant Transmission+» is the up and coming state-of-the-art new wireless transmission technology, exclusively designed and developed by LA CROSSE TECHNOLOGY. "IT +" offers you an immediate update of all your outdoor data measured from the transmitters: follow your climatic variations in real-time! 19 FEATURES: The Weather Station Hanging hole LCD Display Battery compartment Stand Function keys 20 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · DCF Radio controlled time with manual setting option Time reception ON/OFF (user selectable) 12/24 hour time display Time zone option ±12 hours Weekday and day calendar display (year and month only in setting mode) Display 12 Moon phases throughout the year Weather forecasting with weather tendency indicator Indoor comfort indicator Temperature display in ºC/ºF Indoor and outdoor temperature display with MIN/MAX records and time of reception Humidity data display as RH% Indoor and outdoor humidity display with MIN/MAX records Relative air pressure hPa/ inHg with adjustable reference value Weather icon sensitivity setting Relative air pressure history for the past 24 hours (electronic barometer with barometric pressure trend) Wireless transmission at 868 MHz 21 · · · · · Signal reception intervals at 4 seconds LCD contrast selectable Can receive up to 3 outdoor transmitters Low battery indicator Table standing or wall mounting · · · · The Outdoor Thermo-hygro Transmitter Remote transmission of outdoor temperature and humidity to Weather Station by 868 MHz Display alternately the outdoor temperature and humidity readings on LCD Shower proof casing Wall mounting case (Mounting at a sheltered place. [. . . ] They are always expressed in hPa. 41 RELATIVE AIR PRESSURE VALUE SETTING The default relative pressure value is 1013 hPa (29. 92 inHg). This can be manually set to another value within the range of 960 ­ 1040 hPa (28. 35 ­ 30. 72 inHg) for a better reference. Flashing 1. 3. The current relative pressure value will start flashing Use the OUT/+ key to increment and IN key to decrement the value. Confirm with the SET key and enter the Weather forecast icon sensitivity setting. 42 WEATHER FORECASTING ICON SENSITIVITY SETTING: For locations with rapid changes of weather conditions, the weather icons sensitivity can be set to a different level for faster display of weather conditions. Flashing 1. The value corresponds to the change of air pressure in hPa before the weather icon will switch to another state. Level 2 is the most sensitive setting, level 4 is the slowest recording setting (default setting is "3"). 43 3. Confirm with the SET key and exit the Manual settings. TO EXIT THE MANUAL SETTING MODE To exit the manual setting mode anytime during the manual setting, press the CH key or wait for automatic timeout. The mode will return to normal time display. MOON PHASES SYMBOL The Moon icon of the Weather station will also display all 12 Moon phases throughout the year according to the set calendar. 44 New Moon Small Waxing Crescent Large Waxing First Quarter Crescent Small Waxing Gibbous Large Waxing Gibbous Small Waning Crescent Large Waning Crescent Last Quarter Small Waning Large Waning Gibbous Gibbous Full Moon INDOOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND INDOOR TEMPERATURE: The indoor temperature and humidity data, the indoor comfort indicator are automatically updated and displayed on the second section of the LCD. 45 MAX icon Indoor temperature in ° or ºF C Indoor relative humidity in RH% THE COMFORT LEVEL INDICATOR: Comfortable : Uncomfortable : 1. A happy face icon "" indicating a temperature level between 20° and 2 5. 9° and relative C C humidity reading between 45% and 65%. A sad face icon " " indicating any value outside the comfortable range. TOGGLING AND RESETTING THE INDOOR READINGS: Press the IN key to toggle between the indoor current, MAX/MIN temperature and humidity data. The time and dates of the recorded data will also be displayed in the time and calendar sections (for temperature data only). Once to show the MAX indoor temperature and humidity data with the recorded time and date. Twice to show the MIN indoor temperature and humidity data with the recorded time and date. Three times to return to the current displayed values 46 Once the MIN or MAX data is displayed, press and hold the SET key for 3 seconds to reset the respective MIN or MAX record to current temperature and humidity data, and current time, date display. Note: The MIN or MAX data needs to be reset individually. 2. WEATHER FORECAST AND WEATHER TENDENCY: WEATHER FORECASTING ICONS: Weather icons in the third section of LCD can be displayed in any of the following combinations: FORECAST FORECAST FORECAST Sunny Cloudy with sunny intervals Rainy For every sudden or significant change in the air pressure, the weather icons will update accordingly to represent the change in weather. If the icons do not change, then it means either the air pressure has not changed or the change 47 has been too slow for the Weather station to register. However, if the icon displayed is a sun or raining cloud, there will be no change of icon if the weather gets any better (with sunny icon) or worse (with rainy icon) since the icons are already at their extremes. The icons displayed forecasts the weather in terms of getting better or worse and not necessarily sunny or rainy as each icon indicates. For example, if the current weather is cloudy and the rainy icon is displayed, it does not mean that the product is faulty because it is not raining. It simply means that the air pressure has dropped and the weather is expected to get worse but not necessarily rainy. Note: After setting up, readings for weather forecasts should be disregarded for the next 12-24 hours. This will allow sufficient time for the Weather station to collect air pressure data at a constant altitude and therefore result in a more accurate forecast. Common to weather forecasting, absolute accuracy cannot be guaranteed. [. . . ] If no reception is possible despite the observation of these factors, all system units have to be reset (see "Setting up" above). 55 POSITIONING THE WEATHER STATION The Weather station provides the option of table standing or wall mounting the unit. Before wall mounting, please check that the outdoor data can be received from the desired locations. Fix a screw (not supplied) into the desired wall, leaving the head extended out by about 5mm. Place the weather station onto the screw, using the hanging hole on the backside. [. . . ]