La Crosse Technology 2800 User Manual

LaCrosseTechnology® HeavyWeatherProSoftwareUser’sGuide(for2800seriesweatherstationswithUSBconnectivity)Revision:1.3

Page|10Whenthe‘ReadytoInstall’dialogappears,clickthe‘Install’buttontobeginthesoftwareinstallationprocess.Duringtheinstall

Page|11AlthoughtheUSBcommunicationdevicecanbeinstalledonanyUSBportconnectedtoyourcomputer,usinganon‐poweredUSBhuborextensio

Page|123. TheHeavyWeatherProsoftwareisinstalled.IFYOUHAVENOTYETINSTALLEDTHEHEAVYWEATHERPROSOFTWARE,pleaserefertothesection

Page|13WhenyouclicktheResynchronizemenuoption,theSynchronizedialogwillappear.Oncewehavethesynchronizedialogdisplayedonyourcom

Page|14DETAILEDINSTRUCTIONSTotelltheweatherstationtostartcommunicatingwiththesoftware,pressandholdthebuttonshowingadownarrow

Page|15IFSYNCHRONIZATIONISNOT SUCCESSFULIfthesynchronizationprocessisnotsuccessful;youwillseeamessagesimilartotheonetotheri

Page|16MENUThereareseveralmenuoptionsavailablefromtheHeavyWeatherPromainwindow.Thissectionbrieflydescribesthefunctionsaccess

Page|17 SaveasGraph:SavethecurrentdataplotasaGraphfile. Exportastext:Exportthehistoryrecordsasacomma‐delimitedtextfile

Page|18 HistoryFiles:showorhidetheHistorytabinthefilemanagementwindow. TemplateFiles:ShoworhidetheTemplatetabinthefil

Page|19GENERALSETTINGS Language:ThisoptionsetsthelanguageforallwindowsanddialogswithinHeavyWeatherPro.Ifanewlanguageisselect

Page|2CONTENTSContents...

Page|20buttonispressed,theHeavyWeatherProapplicationwilltransferthosesettingstotheweatherstation(iftheweatherstationandcomput

Page|21DIRECTORI ESHistoryFilesDirectory:Thisisthepathwherethehistorydatafilewillbewritten.Thepathforthehistorydatafilecan

Page|22MINMAX VALUESTheweatherstationcanalsostoredataregardingtheminimumandmaximumvaluesforseveralproperties.Theactualminan

Page|23TEMPERATUREAND HUMIDITYThetemperatureandhumiditysectionofthemaindialogshowsyou: Thecurrentindoorandoutdoortemperature.

Page|24Wealsofeeluncomfortablewhendealingwithlowdewpoints,butusuallyalowerdewpointisconsideredmorecomfortablebecauseoftheacc

Page|25RELATIVE(AIR)PRESSUREWHATISRELATIVEPRESSURE?Relative(alsoreferredtoasatmospheric)pressureisdefinedastheforceperunitare

Page|26RAINTheentirelowerportionofthemainHeavyWeatherProscreenisdevotedtorainfall.Thissectionwilltalkabouteachofthesevalue

Page|27LASTWEEKTheLastWeekrainfalltotalrepresentstheamountofrainthathasbeencollectedfromMonday12:00AMtoSunday11:59PMOFTHE

Page|28WINDSPEEDANDDIRECTIONWindspeedanddirectionisdisplayedintheupperrightsectionofthemainwindow.CURRENTWINDSPEEDThecurre

Page|29CHARTS,GRAPHSANDTRENDSHeavyWeatherProprovidestheabilitytoanalyzetheweatherdatacollectedfromtheweatherstationanditssen

Page|3Help...

Page|30WHATISAGRAPH?Agraphistheresultingimagecreatedwhenweplotoutandconnectthedatapointsinaparticularhistoryfile.Tocrea

Page|31MAINWINDOWTherearetwopartsofthemainwindow:Ontheleftisthefilemanagementsection,whichallowsyoutoselectandshowthe

Page|32THEFILEMANAGEMENTWINDOWHISTORYTABWhentheHistorytabisselected,itshowsallhistoryfileslocatedinthehistoryfolder(~\MyDoc

Page|33WORKINGWITHHISTORYDATAANDFILESBydefault,thehistoryfileisnamedhistory.datandislocatedinthe~\MyDocuments\HeavyWeather\His

Page|34WORKINGWITHTEMPLATEFILESTemplatefilesdefinethepropertiesneededtoconstructagraphfromaselectedhistorydatafileandit’sdat

Page|35MinandMax:UsetheMinandMaxcheckboxesifyouwanttolimitthedatasettorecordswithinaspecificrange.Indoor,Outdoor,Dewpoi

Page|36Minutes:The‘minutes’fieldcanonlybemodifiedifyouchooseaDataIntervalofUserDefined.Inthiscase,youcanspecifyhowmanymin

Page|37Anewtabwillappearnexttothetemplatetabdisplayingthegraphcreatedfromthetemplate.Thisisthepermanentcopyofthetemplate,

Page|38Whenyoureleasethemousebutton,thechartwillredrawtheareayoudrewaboxaroundatazoomlevelthatfillsthechartwindowwi

Page|39TROUBLESHOOTING/FAQHEAVYWEATHERPROLOSESCONNECTIONWITHMY WEATHERSTATIONOVERNIGHT.Manycomputerstemporarilydisableor“putto

Page|4Gust...

Page|40manuallyreconnectingtheweatherstationtoitssensors(initiatethere‐learnprocessontheweatherstation(pressandholdtheup^arr

Page|5TheWind,OutdoorTemp,DewpointandWindchillareBlank...39

Page|6OVERVIEWelcometoHeavyWeatherPro,thedisplayandmanagementsoftwareapplicationdesignedforusewithyourLaCrosse®Technologywire

Page|7GETTINGSTARTEDLet’sgooverthethingsneededtoprepareforinstallingtheHeavyWeatherProsoftwareapplication.LICENSINGeavyWeathe

Page|8SETUPYOURWEATHERSTATIONHARDWAREBeforeinstallingtheHeavyWeatherProsoftwareonyourcomputer,youshouldcompletethesetupofyo

Page|9Ifyouhavemettheserequirements,we’rereadytoinstallthesoftware.TherearetwopartstoinstallingtheHeavyWeatherProsoftware: