La Crosse Technology TX4U, TX5U, WS-7095U User Manual

WS-7095U

Wireless 433 MHz

24” Wall Hanging Wireless Weather Center

Instruction Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Topic Page

Inventory of Contents/Additional Equipment: 3 Quick Set-Up Guide: 3

Detailed Set-Up Guide

Battery Installation: 4 LCD Screens: 5

Program Mode

Function Buttons: 6 LCD Contrast: 6 12/24-hour Time Display: 6

Time Setting: 6-7 Time Zone Setting: 7 Date Setting: 7

Date Display: 7 Selecting °F or °C and Inches or Millimeters:

7-8 Setting Forecast Sensitivity: 8 Displaying Relative/Absolute hPa/inHg: 8-9 Manually Setting Relative Air Pressure: 9

Setting Bar Graph Display: 9 Features & Operations

Moon Phase: 10-11 Minimum & Maximum Records (Indoor, Outdoor, Resetting): 11-12 Weather Forecast and Weather Icons: 12-14

Bar Graph Histories (Air Pressure and Rainfall): 14-16 Rainfall (Quantity & Resetting): 16-17

Manual setting of Rain Multiplicator: 17 Hard Reset of EEPROM Weather Center Memory: 17-18 Adding Sensors: 18-19 Mounting: 19-22 Maintenance and Care: 23 Troubleshooting: 23 Specifications: 24-25 Warranty Information: 26

INVENTORY OF CONTENTS

1. WS-7095U—24” Wall Hanging

Wireless Weather Center (Figure 1).

2. TX4U—Remote Thermo-Hygro

(temperature-humidity) Sensor: includes a mounting bracket/receptor, rain cover, two mounting screws, and adhesive tape (Figure 2).

3. TX5U—Rainfall Sensor: includes a

base, rainfall collector, and two mounting screws (Figure 3).

4. Instruction manual and warranty card.

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT (not included)

1. Three fresh 1.5V C batteries.

2. Four fresh 1.5V AA batteries.

3. Philips screwdriver.

4. Flathead screwdriver.

5. Four wall-mounting screws.

QUICK SET-UP GUIDE

1. Insert two AA batteries into the Remote Thermo-Hygro Sensor.

2. Insert two AA batteries into the Rainfall Sensor.

3. Insert three C batteries into the Weather Center.

4. Wait 12 minutes, or until the Weather Center has received signals

from the Remote Thermo-Hygro, and Rainfall Sensors.

5. Set time and date.

6. Mount the units, ensuring they are sending and receiving signals.

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DETAILED SET-UP GUIDE

I. BATTERY INSTALLATION

Batteries will fit tightly. To avoid start-up problems, make sure that the batteries do not spring free.

A. REMOTE THERMO-HYGRO SENSOR

Mounting Bracket/Receptor

Rain Cover

Thermo-Hygro Sensor

1. Pull the cylindrical rain cover off the sensor.

2. Remove the battery cover (located on the backside of the sensor,

above the mounting post and bracket). Press the arrow and slide the battery cover off.

3. Observing the correct polarity install 2 AA batteries.

4. Replace battery cover, and place rain cover snugly onto the sensor.

B. RAINFALL SENSOR

1. Remove the flat-head screw and battery cover, located on the

underside of the base.

2. Observe the correct

polarity, and install two

Battery Compartment

AA batteries.

3. Make sure the rubber

weather seal is in place and replace the battery cover and screw.

Battery Cover

C. WEATHER CENTER

1. Remove the battery cover. To

do this, place a solid object in the space provided at the lowercentral position of the battery cover (the cover has white writing on it) then push up and pull out on the battery cover.

2. Observe the correct polarity, and

Battery Cover

install three C batteries.

3. Replace the battery cover.

Battery Compartment

THE LCD SCREENS

Immediately after the batteries have been installed, the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Screens will completely light up for a brief moment. There are 6 LCD Screens, each displaying different information.

Note:

After the LCD Screens briefly light up, “267” will appear in the LCD 1, then the LCD’s will display the default settings. A low-battery warning-icon appears in LCD 1 beside the “TIME” icon (this should not be on). There is also a satellite icon that appears in LCD 6, under the “MAX” icon—this icon informs the user that the Weather Center is receiving signals from the sensors. Within 12 minutes the Outdoor temperature and humidity should be displayed— if not, remove batteries from all units and repeat battery installation.

Following is a general display description of each LCD. Details concerning the LCD Screens will be

LCD 1

explained during the complete Programming sections and the Features & Operations sections.

LCD 2

LCD 1—shows the time. LCD 2—moon phases and dates. LCD 3—indoor temperature/humidity. LCD 4—forecast icons and air pressure. LCD 5—rainfall/air pressure histories,

and rain quantity.

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LCD 3

LCD 4

LCD 6—outdoor temperature/humidity.

LCD 5

LCD 6

PROGRAM MODE

The Program Mode is laid out in a manner that allows you to program each function separately, or you can follow the instructions entirely to program the Weather Center. Complete programming is usually done for the initial set-up, and will require you to skip step 1 of each programming section (from section III to XII). The programming mode can be exited at any time by either pressing the MIN/MAX button, or waiting for the 20-second timeout to take effect.

**Important note: Due to a programming error, the WS-7095U will not properly recognize the dates March 1 or 2. When the date switches from February 28 (February 29 in leap years), the unit will reset all information to the default values. Any attempt to set this unit to March 1 or 2 will give the same result. To prevent this, set the unit to March 3 on February 28 o r sooner. Once the actual date is March 3, you may then reset it. As of this prin ting , no softwar e changes are scheduled, and we apologize for that. This product is very specialized, and volumes do not allow us to easily change the software. We appreciate your business, and strive to maintain our quality of products. We hope that you will find this unit has enough good features to help you overloo k the missed programming. Feel free to call or e-mail us with any further questions.

I. FUNCTION BUTTONS

There are 5 function buttons located on the front of the Weather Center, under the LCD Screens. The function buttons are labeled: SET, MOON,

MIN/MAX, RAIN, and CH/+.

II. SETTING THE LCD CONTRAST

1. Hold down the SET button for 3 seconds, the default setting

“LCD 7” will flash in LCD 2.

2. Press the CH/+ button to advance through the LCD settings.

There are 16 settings to select from—“LCD 0” is the lightest and “LCD 15” is the darkest.

3. Press the SET button to confirm, and to advance to select

12/24-hour time display.

III. 12/24 HOUR TIME DISPLAY SELECTION

1. Press the SET button twice to enter the 12/24-hour selection mode.

2. The default setting “12” will flash in LCD 1.

3. Use the CH/+ to select either “12” or “24” hour time display.

4. Press the SET button to confirm, and to advance to the Time

setting mode.

IV. TIME SETTING

Note:

The default time, after battery installation is “12:00.” The

Weather Center will begin to keep track of time after this.

1. Press the SET button three times to enter the Time setting mode.

2. The hour digit will flash in LCD 1.

3. Press the CH/+ button to advance the hours.

Note:

When setting the hours notice that there is no “AM” icon to indicate that the time being set is in the AM. There is only a “PM” icon. Be sure to set the time accordingly.

4. Press the SET button to confirm, and advance to set the minutes.

5. The minute digit will flash in LCD 1. Press the CH/+ to advance

the minutes (holding the CH/+ down will advance the minutes in increments of five).

6. Press the SET button to confirm, and to advance to the Time Zone

setting.

V. TIME ZONE SETTING

This is a feature available on the WS-7095U, it is designed for use in Germany. You may ignore this feature.

1. Press the SET button five times to enter this setting mode.

2. “Zo 0” will flash in LCD 1.

3. Press the SET button again to advance to set the date.

VI. DATE SETTING

1. Press the SET button six times to enter the Date Setting mode.

2. The default year “98” will flash in LCD 2.

3. Press the CH/+ to change the year.

4. Press the SET button to confirm the year, and to advance to set the

month. The default month digit “1” will flash in LCD 1.

5. Press the CH/+ to change the month.

6. Press the SET button to confirm, and to advance to set the date.

The default date digit “1” will flash in LCD 1.

7. Press the CH/+ to change the date.

8. Press the SET

button to confirm, and to advance set the Date

Display.

VII. DATE DISPLAY SETTING

1. Press the SET button nine times to enter the Date Display setting

mode.

2. The default “month/date/year” display will flash in LCD 2.

3. Press the CH/+ button to toggle between the default setting and the

“weekday/month/day” setting.

4. Press the SET button to confirm, and to advance to select °F or °C.

VIII. SELECTING °F OR °C AND INCHES OR MILLIMETERS

1. Press the SET button ten times to enter the °F/°C setting mode.

2. The default “F” will flash in LCD 1.

3. Press the CH/+ button to toggle between “F” and “°C.”

Note:

When °F is selected, the rainfall measurement will change to inches. When to millimeters. When the selection is made the effects are seen immediately in temperature and rainfall measurement reading s found in other LCD screens.

4. Press the SET button to confirm, and to advance to set the Weather

Forecast Sensitivity.

IX. WEATHER FORECAST SENSITIVITY SETTING

Note:

A higher hPa (Hekto Pascal) setting decreases the forecasting sensitivity of the unit, this feature is available for persons living in areas where air pressure changes are significant. (not necessarily related to a change of weather). A lower hPa setting is available for areas with a more constant air pressure. This designates that it takes 2 hP a of pressure change to change the forecast icon. Note that 1 hPa change =

0.03 inHg (Inch Column of Mercury) change. 1 hPa= 1 mb (millibar). The hPa options that appear in LCD 4 are “2” hPa= 0.06 i nH g, “3” hPa= 0.09 inHg, and “4” hPa= 0.12 inHg.

1. Press the SET button eleven times to reach the Weather Forecast

Sensitivity setting mode.

2. The default sensitivity level of “3” will flash in LCD 4.

3. Press the CH/+ button to select a weather forecast sensitivity level

(2 through 4).

4. Press the SET button to confirm, and to advance to the Relative or

Absolute display setting.

C is selected, the rainfall measurement will change

X. DISPLAYING RELATIVE hPa/inHg OR ABSOLUTE hPa/inHg

Note: Air pressure can be displayed in four different measures: Relative hPa/inHg and Absolute hPa/inHg. Absolute settings give a true and real-time air pressure reading (at user’s location) that cannot be manually calibrated. Relative air pressure is measured in relation to sea level and is the standard meteorological form of measure. Relative air pressure settings must be manually programmed to suit the users needs. Relative air pressure can be found from local weather services. Absolute air pressure decreases by about 0.01 inHg for every 10 feet in altitude. In higher altitudes (above 6,500 feet), this effect is less noticeable. The WS-7095U will measure absolute pressure reliably up to 7,500 feet. There is no limit for relative air pressure since the user sets it.

1. Press the SET button twelve times to reach Relative or Absolute

Display setting mode.

2. The default “rel 29.91 inHg” will flash in LCD 4. Press the CH/+

button to toggle through “abs --.-- inHg”, “rel 1012.55 hPa”, “abs --.-- hPa”.

3. Press the SET button to confirm, and to advance to the next setting

mode. The next setting mode depends on which was chosen, Absolute or Relative. If Absolute is displayed, the next setting mode will be to set the Bar Graph Display. If Relative is displayed, the next setting mode will be to Manually set the Relative Air Pressure.

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