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LaCrosseTechnolog y ® Heav Pro yWeather SoftwareUser’sGuide (for 2800 series weather stations with USB connectivity) Revision: 1.3 ...
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Page | 2 CONTENTS Contents ............................................................................................................................... ......................................... 2 Overview ........................................................................................................... ...
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Page | 3 Help ............................................................................................................................... ...................................... 18 Options ............................................................................................................................... ...
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Page | 4 Gust ............................................................................................................................... ...................................... 28 Max ............................................................................................................................... ... ...
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Page | 5 The Wind, Outdoor Temp, De wpoint and Windc hill are Blank ............................................................................... 39 Heavy weather pro does no t reconn ect to the weather station ...................................... ...
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OVERVIEW W elcome to Heavy Weather Pr o, the display and management software application designed for use with your La Crosse ® Technology wireless personal w eather station. Heavy Weather Pro allows yo u to use a PC ...
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GETTING STARTED Let’s go over the things needed to prepare for installing the Heavy Weather Pro software application. LICENSING eavy Weather Pro software is licensed to you free of charge with the qualifying purc ...
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SET UP YOUR WEATHER STATION HARDWARE Before installing the Heavy Weather Pro software on your computer, yo u should complete the setup of your La Crosse Technology ® wireless weather station. If you have not alrea ...
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If you have met these requirements, we’re r eady to install the software. There are two parts to installing the Heavy Weather Pro softwa re: • Installing the Heavy Weather Pro software application. • Installing or co ...
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Page | 10 rocess. When the ‘Ready to Install’ dialog appears, click the ‘Install’ button to begi n the software installation p During the installation, the ‘Installing’ shows the installation progres ...
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Although the USB communication device can be installed on any USB port connected to your computer, using a non ‐ powered USB hub or extension cable increases the chan ce for interruptions between the USB communicatio ...
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3. The Heavy Weather Pro software is installed. IF YOU HAVE NOT YET INSTALLED THE HEAVY WEATHER PRO SOFTWARE , please refer to the section on installing Heavy Weather before continuing. Ok, if the things listed abo ...
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When you click the Res ynchronize menu option, th e Synchronize dialog will appear. Once we have the synchroniz e dialog displayed on your computer we are ready to put the weather station in synchronize mode. DON? ...
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DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS To tell the weather station to start communicating with the software, press and hold the button showing a down arrow until the weather station beeps (a pproximately 3 ‐ 4 seconds). evice. device, ...
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IF SYNCHRONIZATION IS NOT SUCCESSFUL If the synchronization process is not successful; you will see a message similar to the one to the right. At this point, you will need to retry the EPEATING THE SYNCHRONIZAT ...
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MENU There are several menu option s available from the Heavy Weather Pro main window. This section briefly describes the functions accessible through these menu options. Page | 16 Wind Speed and ...
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FILE New Template: create a new template file . Open: Open an existing saved template or graph file . Save as Graph: Save the current data plot as a Graph file. Export as text: Export the ? ...
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VIEW Show Current Weather: Sho w or hide the Current Weather window. History Files: show or hide the History tab in the file management window. Template Files: Show or hide the Template tab in ? ...
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GENERAL SETTINGS Language: This option sets the language for all windows and dialogs within Heavy Weather Pro. If a new language is selected, the application must be restarted. Show Help as ToolTips: Check this ...
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Page | 20 button is pressed, the Heavy Weather Pro application will transfer those settings to the weather station (if the weather station and computer are synchronized a nd currently connected via the USB communica ...
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DIRECTORI ES History Files Directo ry: This is the path where the history data file will be written. The path for the history data file can also be modified through the Recording History File setti ng. ( ~My Docum ...
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MIN MAX VALUES The weather station can also store data regarding the minimum and maximum values for several properties. The actual min and max values are displayed in the main Heavy Weather Pro window , in t ...
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TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY The temperature and humidity section of the main dialog show s you: • The current indoor and outdoor temperature. • The current indoor and outdoor humidity levels. • Min and Max values for bo ...
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We also feel uncomfortable when dealing with low dew points, but usually a lower dewpoint is considered more comfortable because of the accompanying lower temperatures. MIN AND MAX DEWPOINT The minimum and ...
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Page | 25 RELATIVE (AIR ) PRESSURE WHAT IS RELATIVE PRESSURE? Relative (also referred to as atmospheric) pressure is defined as the force per unit area exerted against a surface by the weight of air above th ...
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RAIN The entire lower portion of the main Heavy Weather Pro screen is devoted to rainfall. This section will talk ab out each of these valu es and what they represent. LAST HOUR The last hour rain gauge ...
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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 PREVIOUS WEEK . The Last Wee k value will update each Mo nday at ? ...
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WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION Wind speed and direction is displayed in the upper right section of the main window. CURRENT WIND SPEED The current wind speed is displayed at the top of this section, above the ...
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CHARTS, GRAPHS AND TRENDS Heavy Weather Pro provides the ability to analyze the weather data collected from the weather station and its sensors using graphical charts of the data. The software collects data from th ...
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WHAT IS A GRAPH? A graph is the resulting image created when we plot out and connect the data poin ts in a particular history file. To create a graph, yo u must first select a history file and cre a ...
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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 history, template or graph files. On the right is the ...
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THE FILE MANAGEMENT WINDOW HISTORY TAB When the History tab is selected, it shows all history files located in the history folder ( ~My DocumentsHeavyWea therHistory by default). You ca n select the current history fi ...
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WORKING WITH HISTORY DATA AND FILES By default, the history file is named history.dat and is located in the ~My DocumentsHeavyWeath erHistory directory. This director y is where the Heavy Weather Pro applicati on looks for ...
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WORKING WITH TEMPLATE FILES Template files define the properties needed to construct a graph from a selected history data file and it’s data records (see What is a Template? for details). A sample template is ...
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Min and Max: Use the Min and Max che ckboxes if you want to limit the data set to re cords within a specific range. Indoor, Outdoor, Dewpoint and Windchill: For some data types, you can choose to dis ...
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Minutes: The ‘minutes’ field can only be modified if you choose a Data Interval of User Defined. In this case, yo u can specify how many minutes apart you wish to place the data points. The chart can ? ...
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A new tab will appear next to the template tab displaying the graph created from the template. This is the permanent copy of th e template, now referred to as a graph. The File Management ? ...
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When you release the mouse but ton, the chart will redraw the area you drew a box around at a zoom level that fills the chart window with your data. ZOOMING OUT To zoom back out, press ? ...
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Page | 39 TROUBLESHOO TING / FAQ HEAVY WEATHER PRO LOSES CONNECTION WITH MY WEA THER STATION OVERNIGHT. Many computers temporarily disable or “put to sleep” some of their hardware if they sit idle for awhile ...
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Page | 40 manually reconnecting the weather station to its sensors (initiate the re ‐ l earn process on the weather station (press and hold the up ^ arrow until the weather station beeps). HEAVY WEATHER PRO ? ...
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