La Crosse Technology WS-9035TWC User Manual

WS-9035TWC

Wireless 433 MHz

Radio-controlled Weather Station

Instruction Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Topic Page

Inventory of Contents/Additional Equipment 3 About WWVB 3 Quick Set-Up Guide 4

Detailed Set-Up Guide

Battery installation 5 Program Mode Program Sequence and Default Settings 6 Function Keys 6 Setting the LCD Contrast 6-7 Setting the Time Zone 7 Daylight Saving Time Setting 7 Radio-controlled Time Setting 7 12/24-hour Time Setting 8 Setting the Time 8 Setting the Year, Day and Month 9 Setting the Snooze 9 Setting the Temperature Format 9 Setting the Forecast Sensitivity 10

Features

Weather Forecast Icons and Tendency Arrows 11 Indoor Temperature, Humidity, & Comfort Level Indicator Outdoor Temperatures 11 Minimum & Maximum Records (Indoor, Outdoor, & Resetting) Moon Phase 13 Current, minimum and maximum Dew Point 13 Wind speed, wind chill and minimum and maximum 13-14 Beaufort Scale 14-16 Time Alarm 16 Mounting 17-18 Troubleshooting 19 Maintenance & Care 19 Specifications 20 Warranty Information 21

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INVENTORY OF CONTENTS

1. The WS-9035U weather station (Figure 1).

2. One TX8U remote temperature/humidity sensor (Figure 2).

3. One TX15U wind speed sensor (Figure 3).

4. Mounting hardware

5. Instruction manual and warranty card.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Time LCD

Date LCD

Wind Speed LCD

Figure 3

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT (not included)

1. Three fresh AA 1.5V batteries for the indoor weather station.

2. Two fresh AA 1.5V batteries for the remote temperature/humidity sensor. The remote temperature/humidity sensor powers the wind speed sensor so no batteries are required.

3. One Philips screwdriver for mounting.

ABOUT WWVB (Radio Controlled Time)

The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology—Time and Frequency Division) WWVB radio station is located in Ft. Collins, Colorado, and transmits the exact time and date signal continuously throughout the United States at 60 kHz. The signal can be received up to 2,000 miles away through the internal antenna in the Weather Station. However, due to the nature of the Earth’s Ionosphere, reception is very limited during daylight hours. The weather station will search for a signal every night when reception is best. The WWVB radio station derives its signal from the NIST Atomic clock in Boulder, Colorado. A team of atomic physicists is continually measuring every second, of every day, to an accuracy of ten billionths of a second per day. These physicists have created an international standard, measuring a second as 9,192,631,770 vibrations of a Cesium-133 atom in a vacuum. For more information on the atomic clock and WWVB please see the NIST website at http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/stations/wwvb.htm

QUICK SET-UP GUIDE

Hint: Use good quality Alkaline Batteries and avoid rechargeable batteries.

1. Have the indoor weather station, remote temperature/humidity sensor and wind speed sensor 3 to 5 feet apart.

2. Insert the telephone plug (RJ-11) from the wind speed sensor into the receptacle on the remote temperature/humidity

sensor.

3. Batteries should be out of both the indoor weather station and remote temperature/humidity sensor units for 10 minutes.

4. Place the batteries into the remote temperature/humidity sensor first then into the indoor weather station.

5. DO NOT PRESS ANY BUTTONS FOR 15 MINUTES.

In this time the indoor weather station and remote temperature/humidity sensor will start to talk to each other and the display will show the indoor temperature/humidity, outdoor temperature/humidity and wind speed. If the indoor weather station does not display all information after the 15 minutes please retry the set up as stated above. After all information has been displayed for 15 minutes you can place your sensors outdoors and set your time.

Important Notes on Set-up and Operation

• The remote temperature/humidity sensor is both the source of power for both outdoor sensors and source of transmission for all

remote sensor data.

• The remote temperature/humidity sensor should be placed in a dry, shaded area.

• Fog and mist will not harm your remote temperature/humidity sensor but direct rain must be avoided.

• Direct rainfall will not harm the wind speed sensor.

• The remote temperature/humidity sensor has a range of 300 feet. Any walls that the signal will have to pass through will reduce

distance. An outdoor wall or window can have up to 30 feet of resistance and an interior wall can have up to 20 feet of resistance. Your distance plus resistance should not exceed 300 ft. in a straight line.

• The remote temperature/humidity sensor transmits a signal every minute. After the batteries have been installed, the indoor

weather station will search for the signal for a duration of 15 minutes. If there is no temperature or humidity reading in the OUTDOOR LCD or wind speed in the WIND SPEED LCD after 15 minutes, make sure the units are within range of each other, or repeat the battery installation procedure.

• If a button is pressed before the indoor weather station receives the signal from the remote temperature/humidity sensor, you will

need to follow the battery installation procedu re again.

To complete the set up of your new wireless weather station after the 15 minutes have passed please follow the steps that follow in the Detailed Set-Up Guide.

DETAILED SET-UP GUIDE

BATTERY INSTALLATION

The first step to powering up the weather station is to in sert the connector (RJ11) at the end of the wire attached to the wind speed sensor to the remote temperature/humidity sensor. Please ensure when doing this that the connector is inserted with the proper orientation. When seated properly you will hear the connector ‘click’ in place.

A. REMOTE TEMPERATURE/HUMIDITY SENSOR

1. Remove the mounting bracket and humidity hood.

2. Remove the battery cover by sliding the cover down.

3. Observing the correct polarity install 2 AA batteries. The batteries will fit tightly (to avoid start-up problems make

sure they do not spring free).

4. Replace the battery cover by sliding upwards. Be sure battery cover is on securely.

5. Replace the humidity hood.

B. INDOOR WEATHER STATION

1. Remove the battery cover. To do this, insert a solid object in the space provided at the lower-central position of the

battery cover, then push up and pull out on the battery cover.

2. Observe the correct polarity, and install 3 AA batteries.

3. Replace the battery cover.

Note: Immediately after the batteries have been installed, the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) will flash. Within 15 seconds the indoor temperature, indoor relative humidity, and the weather icons (sun and clouds) will be displayed. If not, remove batteries for 10 seconds and reinstall. If the outdoor temperature is not displayed within four minutes, remove batteries from both units, wait 30 seconds, and reinstall making sure to install batteries into the remote temperature sensor first. The time will show -:-- and start searching for the WWVB signal. If it successfully receives the time signal (usually at night), it will display the correct time (default time-zone is Eastern). You will need to adjust the time zone to match your local time.

PROGRAM MODE

Programming Note: If 30 seconds are allowed to pass, or the WIND/SNZ button is pressed during the programming mode, the

unit will confirm/set the last information entered—the display will stop flashing and return to normal time-date readings. If you don’t leave the program mode during the programming of sections IV through XI, you can advance to step 4 of the next program setting. If you do leave the program setting (or want to program a specific setting) follow each instructional step to program that setting.

I. PROGRAMMING SEQUENCE AND DEFAULT SETTINGS

The programming sequence and default (factory) settings are as follows:

LCD Contrast 5 Time Zone -5 (Eastern) Daylight Saving Time ON Radio-controlled time reception ON 12/24-hour time 12 Time – Hour 12 Time – Minute :00 Year 2003 Month 1 Day 1 Snooze 10 minutes Temperature Format Forecast Sensitivity 2

II. FUNCTION KEYS

The function keys are located on the front of the unit directly below the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display).

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III. SETTING THE LCD CONTRAST

1. Press and hold the SET button for 5 seconds.

2. “LCD” will show in the TIME LCD and the number setting will flash.

Note: There are 8 LCD contrast levels to choose from—“Lcd 0” is the lightest, and “Lcd 7” is the darkest.

3. Press and release the ALM/+ button to select the level you desire.

4. Press and release the SET button to confirm and advance to the Time Zone setting.

IV. TIME ZONE SETTING

1. Press and hold the SET button for 5 seconds.

2. “LCD” will show in the TIME LCD and the number setting will flash.

3. Press and release the SET button again.

4. The time zone will flash in the DATE LCD.

5. Press and release the ALM/+ button to select your time zone.

Note: It is possible to select any time zone from –12 GMT to +12 GMT (for example to see the time in another country)

TIME ZONES

GMT 0

Atlantic -4 EST; Eastern -5 CST; Central -6

MST; Mountain -7

PST; Pacific -8

ALA; Alaska -9

HAW; Hawaii -10

6. Press and release the SET button to confirm and advance to the Daylight Saving Time setting.

V. DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME (DST) SETTING

1. Press and hold the SET button for 5 seconds.

2. “LCD” will show in the TIME LCD and the number setting will flash.

3. Press and release the SET button twice.

4. “DST” will appear in the DATE LCD and either “ON” or “OFF” will

flash in the TIME LCD.

5. Press and release the ALM/+ button to select DST on or off.

Note: “DST OFF” indicates that the feature is off an d th e W WVB will not change times automatically. “DST ON” indicates that the feature is on and the WW VB will change times automatically.

Note: Some locations (Arizona and parts of Indiana) do not follow Daylight Saving Time, and should select “DST OFF”.

6. Press and release the SET button to confirm and advance to the radio-controlled time on/off setting.

VI. RADIO-CONTROLLED TIME ON/OFF SETTING

1. Press and hold the SET button for 5 seconds.

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