DAVIS WeatherLink Mac OS X Started Guide
For Davis weather stations including
Vantage Pro2™, Vantage Vue™
Weather Envoy™, and Vantage Pro
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FCC Part 15 Class B Registration Warning
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to
Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and,
if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the
equipment on and off, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Changes or modifications not expressly approved in writing by Davis Instruments may void the user’s authority
to operate this equipment.
EC EMC Compliance
This product complies with the essential protection requirements of the EC EMC Directive 2004/108/EC; Low
Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC; and Eco-Design Directive 2005/32/EC> 0.5 watt no-load adapter.
Product Number: 6520
Part Number: 7395.280 Rev. D August 26, 2009
WeatherLink
Vantage Pro and WeatherLink, are registered trademarks of Davis Instruments Corp. Vantage Pro2, Vantage
®
for Vantage Pro, Vantage Pro2, & Vantage Vue, Mac OS X Version
Vue and Weather Envoy are trademarks of Davis Instruments Corp. Hayes is a registered trademark of Hayes
Microcomputer Products, Inc. Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer Corporation.
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Contents of Package
Welcome to WeatherLink!
Welcome to Davis Instruments’ WeatherLink™ for Macintosh OS X. The
WeatherLink software and data logger allow you to connect your Apple
Macintosh computer running OS X to a Davis weather station so you can
store, view, plot, analyze, export, print, and put on the Internet the weather
data collected by your station.
Contents of Package
Before continuing, please make sure your WeatherLink package contains
the following listed items:
• USB Data Logger
' (2.4 m) cable with connector to link your station to your computer.
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• WeatherLink software CD ROM
Hardware Installation
You can connect a computer directly to your weather station using the
WeatherLink data logger (local connection), or you can connect a computer
to a remote weather station using a phone modem (remote connection).
Requirements and installation for each type of connection differ, and are
explained separately below.
Hardware Requirements
The hardware requirements for local and remote connections are listed
below.
Local Connection Hardware Requirements
In addition to the provided hardware, the following are required for a
direct connection.
• Macintosh computer running OS X v10.1 or newer with at least 5 MB of
free disk space.
The amount of space necessary for the data files depends on the archive
interval. Database files containing data stored at a 30 minute archive
interval require approximately 36K of disk space per month of data. The
file size changes in a linear fashion depending on the archive interval. For
example, data stored at a 1–minute interval requires approximately 1
MB/month while the data stored at a 2–hour interval requires
approximately 9K/month.
• One free USB port
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Connecting Vantage Pro, Vantage Pro2, or Vantage Vue Console
Remote Connection Hardware Requirements
In addition to the provided hardware and the computer equipment listed
above, the following hardware is required for a phone modem connection.
• One external modem to connect to the data logger at the remote site.
• One internal or external modem connected to your Macintosh computer
• Telephone Modem Adapter - The Telephone Modem Adapter is specially
wired to provide the connection between the data logger and the
modem. Use a #6533 adapter.
Connecting Vantage Pro, Vantage Pro2, or Vantage
Vue Console
The instructions below explain how to connect your Vantage Pro, Vantage
Pro2, or Vantage Vue console directly to your computer.
Complete the local USB connection by using the instructions below.
Note: For Weather Envoy, see your Envoy Manual for instructions on how to install the data
logger and connect to the computer.
1. Enter the console’s Setup Mode by pressing and holding DONE, then
pressing the down arrow (-).
Entering Setup Mode ensures that the station is not writing any data
and saves the current daily weather information to memory.
2. Remove the battery cover from the console and remove all power by
removing the batteries and AC-power adapter, if present.
Note: Failure to remove power to the console before installing the data logger may cause
damage to the data logger or console. Plugging or unplugging the data logger while
power is applied can lock up or damage the logger.
3. Firmly insert the USB data logger into the large receptacle marked
EXPANSION inside the battery compartment.
4. Guide the data logger cable through the square slot below the recepta-
cle.
5. Restore power to the console by reinstalling the batteries and reattach-
ing the power adapter, if present. The console beeps three times in Vantage Pro, four times inVantage Vue; each beep occurs within one second
of the others.
6. Replace the battery cover, ensuring that the data logger cable exits
through the square slot.
7. Locate a free USB port on your computer and connect the USB connec-
tor to the port.
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