Technoline WS 2307 Operation Manual

Operation Manual

Professional Remote Weather Station

Table of Contents

Page

1. Introduction................................................52

2. Intended use..............................................52

Weather Station.........................................52

System requirements for PC use...............53

Features of the base station......................53

Features of the thermo-hygro sensor ........54

Features of the wind sensor ......................54

Features of the rain sensor........................54

3. Safety Notes..............................................54

4. Packaged contents....................................55

5. Setting up...................................................57

6. Operation using cable connection or

wireless 433MHz.......................................59

7. LCD overview ............................................61

8. Function test..............................................62

9. Mounting....................................................63

10. Resetting & factory settings.......................66

11. Function description ..................................68

12. Operation keys ..........................................71

13. Basic programming modes........................73

14. MIN/MAX programming modes .................74

15. Alarm programming modes .......................76

16. Auto-memory for stored values .................84

17. Accessories: extensions cables.................85

18. Changing batteries ....................................85

19. Problems and interference with operation.86

20. Transmission range...................................88

21. Cleaning and maintenance........................88

22. Specifications ............................................89

23. Liability disclaimer .....................................90

This Operation Manual is part of this product and should be kept in
a safe place for future reference. It contains important notes on
setup and operation.

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Please visit our web site www.heavyweather.info for downloads of
complete instruction manuals and the most current version of the
'Heavy Weather' software.

1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing this Professional Remote Weather
Station.

Designed for everyday use, the weather station will prove to
be an asset of great value for your personal use in the home
or office.

Please read this instruction manual thoroughly to fully under­stand the features and functions so that you can enjoy the
safe and correct operation of this unique product.

2. Intended Use

Weather Station

The base station measures the indoor environment of its
surrounding area and receives weather data from the follow­ing three outdoor sensors:

1) Thermo-Hygro Sensor

2) Wind Sensor

3) Rain Sensor

The received data is continuously updated to bring you the
latest weather information on the base station’s LCD. The
thermo-hygro sensor is the main data communication unit
since both the wind and rain sensors are connected to the
thermo-hygro sensor for operating power and rely on it to
communicate to the base station. Weather data sent from the
thermo-hygro sensor can be done by wireless 433MHz trans­mission (up to 100 meters in open space) or by cable connec­tion.

Using the enclosed 2 meter computer cable and CD-ROM,
you can install the Heavy Weather software to your PC and
upload all the received weather data from the base station.
Access the latest weather information from your PC and
upload up to 175 sets of recorded weather data by the base
station and generate useful statistics and charts onto your

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spreadsheets (175 sets of data is stored in the base even if
the PC is switched OFF). The software itself does not set any
limits as to how many data sets that can be transferred to PC.

This weather station is designed to work easily with your PC.
There are no tedious requirements to turn your PC ON or
OFF, simply connect and disconnect the PC cable at any time.

System Requirements for PC use:

The minimum system requirement for use of this “Heavy
Weather” software is:

Operating system: Windows 98 or above
Processor: Pentium 166 MHz or above
RAM: 32MB of RAM or above
Hard disk: 20MB free space
CD-ROM drive

For full details on operation and installation of the “Heavy
Weather” software refer to the PC manual in PDF format on
the CD-ROM.

Features of the base station:

• Receives and displays the DCF77 radio controlled time

and date

• Display of extensive weather data, in all cases with

programmable alarm functions for certain weather condi­tions as well as records of all minimum and maximum
values along with time and date of their recordings

• Indoor and outdoor temperature and relative humidity

displays in degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius (user select­able)

• Indoor and outdoor relative humidity displays

• Air pressure reading in inHg or hPa, absolute or relative

(user selectable)

• Detailed display of rainfall data in 1 hour, 24 hours, total

since last reset (user selectable in mm or inch)

• Wind speed in mph, km/h, m/s, knots or Beaufort (user

selectable)

• Wind direction display with LCD compass as well as

numerical (e.g. 225°) and abbreviated characters (e.g.
SW)

• Wind chill temperature display

• Dew point temperature display

• Weather forecast display by weather icons (sunny,

cloudy, rainy)

• Weather tendency indicator

• Storm warning alarm

• LED back light

• Simultaneous display of all weather data with individual

settings by the user

• COM port for easy connection to your PC

• All the weather data from the base station and up to 175

sets of weather history data with user adjustable measur­ing intervals can be recorded and uploaded to your PC

Features of the Thermo-Hygro Sensor

The thermo-hygro sensor measures the outdoor temperature
and relative humidity. It also collects the readings from the
rain and wind sensors before transmitting the data to the base
station by wireless 433MHz or by the 10 meter cable included
in this set.

Features of Wind sensor

The wind sensor measures wind speed and wind direction and
sends the data to thermo-hygro sensor which in turn transmits
the data to the base station. Operating power is taken from
the thermo-hygro sensor using a 10 meter cable connection.

Features of Rain sensor

The rain sensor measures the rainfall and sends the data to
thermo-hygro sensor which in turn transmits the data to the
base station. Operating power is taken from the thermo-hygro
sensor by a 10 meter cable connection.

3. Safety Notes

• Damage caused by failure to comply with this instruction

manual will invalidate any guarantee! The manufacturer
and supplier will not be held liable for actions due to fail­ure to comply with this instruction manual or from data
inaccuracies that may occur with this product!

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• In case of harm or damage to a person or property

caused by improper handling or failure to comply with
this instruction manual, the manufacturer and supplier
cannot be held liable.

• For reasons of safety and operation, alterations to this

device are strictly prohibited.

• To operate the weather station, use only supplied adap-

tor and batteries of the recommended type.

• Do not leave used-up batteries in the device as these

may corrode and release chemicals that may damage
the unit.

• Inserting batteries in an incorrect polarity will cause

damage to this product.

• This product is not a toy kept out of the reach of children.

• Do not depose new or used batteries to fire as they may

explosion or release dangerous chemicals.

• This product is not to be used for medical purposes or for

public information.

4. Packaged Contents

Before setting up, carefully unpack the contents onto a table
or flat surface and check that the following are complete:

Item: Consisting

of:

Fittings: Illustration:

Base
Station

• Main unit

• AD/DC 230V

power Adap­tor - optional
use (in­cluded)

Thermo­Hygro
Sensor

• Main unit

• Rain

protection
cover

• 10 meter
cable - op­tional connec­tion to the
base station
(included)

• Wall mount­ing screws

•

Plastic

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anchors for
screws

Wind
Sensor

• Main unit
with wind
vane

• 10 meter
cable (al­ready at­tached to
the main
unit)

• Mast
holder

• 2 x U-bolts for
mast holder

• 4 x Washers

• 4 x Nuts

• 1 x screw (to

fix main unit
to the mast
holder

Rain
Sensor

• Main unit
(base and
funnel)

• 10 meter
cable (al­ready at­tached to
the main
unit)

Heavy
weather
PC
software

CD-Rom
format
(English,
German and
French
languages
only)

• 2 meter PC
cable for PC
connection ­optional use
(included)

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5. Setting up

Firstly, choose to use the adaptor (included in this set) or
batteries for operation. Both these methods allow for opera­tion of using wireless 433MHz transmission or cable connec­tion between the base station and the sensors and setting up
for both methods is as follows:

Base Station:

Socket for
Adaptor

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Battery
compartment

PC COM
Port

Socket for sensor

Setting up using batteries:

Battery
Compartment

Battery Cover

Thermo-Hygro Sensor

Sensor
sockets

Sensor
sockets

Important: To avoid operating problems, please take note

of battery polarity if inserting any batteries

1) Pull away the rain cover of the thermo-hygro sensor to
reveal the three sockets (for the wind sensor, rain sensor
and the base station)

2) Connect the attached cables of wind and rain sensors to
the corresponding sockets of the thermo-hygro sensor by
clicking them into place

3) Open the battery cover of the thermo-hygro sensor
located below the three sockets and insert 2 x AA, IEC
LR6, 1.5V batteries and close the cover

4) Open the base station’s battery cover located at the back
of the unit and insert 3 x AA, IEC LR6, 1.5V batteries into
the battery compartment and close the battery cover

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Setting up using the AC adaptor:

1) Power up all the sensors as described in setting up using
batteries above

2) Using the AC adaptor (included), plug it into the mains
outlet and power up the base station by inserting the
adaptor jack into the 6.0V DC socket located on the side
of the base station

Every time the thermo-hygro sensor is powered up (for exam­ple after a change of batteries), a random security code is
transmitted and this code must be synchronized with the base
station to receive weather data.

When the base station is powered up, a short beep will sound
and all LCD segments will light up for about 5 seconds before
it enters into a 15 minute learning mode to learn the sensors
security code. After the learning mode (or by pressing the
MIN/MAX key at anytime), the base station will start the
DCF77 radio controlled time reception.

Note for DCF77 Radio Controlled Time:

The time and date display is based on the signal provided by
a highly accurate Caesium atomic clock operated by the
Physikalisch Technische Bundesamt in Braunschweig (Ger­many). This radio-controlled clock does not only provide for
the weather station’s time and date display but also functions
as the time source for all of this weather station’s memory and
history values using time and date information.

LED backlight:

When using the power adaptor or under battery operation, the
LED backlight will switch on for 15 seconds when any key is
pressed.

6. Operation using cable connection or wireless

433MHz

Cable Connection:

Using this method of operation will provide interference free
transfer of the weather data from the sensors to the base
station. The data sending interval from the sensors to the
base station will also be more frequent compared to using

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433MHz transmission and will result in higher power con­sumption. Therefore batteries will have a shorter life span for
cable connection compared to using 433MHz.
To operate using cable connection, simply use the enclosed
10 meter cable and connect the thermo-hygro sensor to the
base station. Once the connection is detected, the base sta­tion will automatically continue reading the data from the
sensor.

The user may at any time switch from cable connection to
using 433MHz (or vice versa) by simply disconnecting (or
connecting) the cable from the base station to the sensor.
When the base station detects no cable connection to the
sensors, the existing data reading interval is changed to the
new reading interval, i.e. using cable connection is every 8
seconds data reading interval or from 32 seconds - 128 sec­onds intervals when using 433MHz (depending on wind
speed)

Using the AC adaptor to operate the base station will also
supply power to the sensor if the cable is connected to it.
Batteries used for 433MHz transmission may be left in the
sensor when using cable connection for power back-up in
case of AC power failure. A loss of power would desynchro­nize the base station and the sensor and no weather data will
be received. To Synchronize the units so that the weather
data can be received, press and hold the PLUS(+) for 2 sec­onds. However in general, batteries that will not be used for
long periods should be removed to avoid leakage.

Wireless 433MHz transmission:

Using 433MHz wireless transmission of weather data from the
sensor to the base station will provide users greater freedom
as to where units can be positioned without the need to be
restricted by cable.

Note:

If no outdoor weather data is displayed or the signal to the
sensors is lost during setting up, mounting, changing of batter­ies to the sensor or plugging or unplugging cables, simply
press and hold the PLUS(+) key for 2 seconds and a short
beep will sound to synchronize the base station to sensors.

Without being synchronized, weather data will not be re­ceived.

7. LCD Overview

The following illustration shows the full segments of the
LCD for description purposes only and will not appear
like this during normal operation and use.

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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

13

12

14

15

17

23

11

19

20

22

21

18

24

25

26

27

1. Low battery indicator

17. Rainfall units (inch or mm)

2. DCF77 radio controlled time
icon

18. Temperature display units
(ºC or ºF)

3. Date display

19. Outdoor tempera­ture/humidity display

4. Time zone display

5. Date, seconds, alarm time
and time zone

20 Indoor temperature/humidity

display

6. Alarm icon

21. Dew point temperature
display

7. Weather forecast icons

8. Weather tendency indicator

9. Pressure alarm display

22. Wind chill temperature
display

10. hPa/inHg air pressure unit

23. Wind alarm icon

11. Pressure units (relative or
absolute)

24. Wind information for
Min/Max speed and wind
speed low, high, direction
alarm

12. 433MHz reception icon

13. Rainfall display

14. Indoor, outdoor, humidity,
dew point, wind chill, rainfall
alarm icon

25. Wind direction and speed
(m/s, knots, Beaufort, km/h
or mph) display

15. 24h, 1h or total hour display

26. Alarm buzzer ON/OFF icon

16. Humidity display as RH%

27. General alarm icon

8. Function test:

Once the weather station is powered up, perform a function
test by checking that the weather data is received. To do this,
press the either DISPLAY, PRESSURE or WIND keys to
toggle through the relevant LCD sections:

1) Indoor temperature and humidity

2) Outdoor temperature and humidity

3) Outdoor wind chill

4) Dew point

5) Rainfall 24 hour

6) Rainfall 1hour

7) Rainfall Total

8) Relative and absolute pressure

9) Wind speed, wind direction and wind direction in degrees
If any readings cannot be received from the sensors, lines (- -

-) will be displayed in the respective weather sections of the
LCD. In this case, check that all cables are correctly inserted
into the correct sockets and press and hold the PLUS(+) key
for 2 seconds and a short beep will sound to synchronize the

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base station to the sensors otherwise no weather data will be
received.

Some weather readings such as wind speed and direction
may not appear immediately on the LCD if the wind-fan or
vane of the wind sensor is moved. This is due to the set
reading time intervals for the wind readings. However the
current wind speed or direction will be displayed once the time
reading interval is reached. For rainfall, the interval readings
may take up to 2 minutes before the data is displayed on the
LCD.

9. Mounting

Important Note

Prior to drilling mounting holes and permanently affixing any of
the units, please ensure the following points are considered:

• Cable lengths of the units meet with your distance re­quirements at the point of fixing

• Signals from the sensors can be received by the base
station at points of mounting

• Radio controlled time signal can be received at the point
of mounting

Base Station

With two foldable legs at the back of the unit, the base station
can be placed onto any flat surface or wall mounted at the
desired location by the hanging holes also at the back of the
unit. It is important to check that the 433MHz (if using wireless
connection) and the DCF77 radio controlled time signal can
be received before permanently mounting any of the units.
Should the base station not display the 433MHz weather data
from the sensors or the radio controlled time from the desired
location, then relocate the units. Once the signals are re­ceived, the system can be affixed. Also if you have selected to
use cable connection, ensure that distances can reach all
desired locations before affixing any unit permanently

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