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  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 1

       LaCrosseTechnolog y  ® Heav Pro yWeather SoftwareUser’sGuide  (for  2800  series  weather  stations  with  USB  connectivity)  Revision:  1.3  ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 2

    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  ...................................... ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 6

    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 ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 8

    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 ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 9

    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 ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 10

      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 ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - 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  on  installing  Heavy  Weather  before  continuing.  Ok,  if  the  things  listed  abo ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 13

    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 ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 16

         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  ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 17

    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 ? ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 18

    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  ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 20

    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 ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 21

    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 ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 22

    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 ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 24

    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 ? ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - 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  current  wind  speed  is  displayed  at  the  top  of  this  section,  above  the  ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 29

    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 ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 30

    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 ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - 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  history,  template  or  graph  files.  On  the  right  is  the  ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - 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  DocumentsHeavyWea therHistory  by  default).  You  ca n  select  the  current  history  fi ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 33

    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  ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 35

    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 ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 36

    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 ? ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - 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  th e  template,  now  referred  to  as  a  graph.         The  File  Management ? ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 38

        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 ? ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 39

    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 ...

  • La Crosse Technology 2800 series - page 40

    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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2. Contents - index of all tips concerning the La Crosse Technology 2800 series, that we can find in the current document
3. Tips how to use the basic functions of the device La Crosse Technology 2800 series - which should help us in our first steps of using La Crosse Technology 2800 series
4. Troubleshooting - systematic sequence of activities that will help us diagnose and subsequently solve the most important problems with La Crosse Technology 2800 series
5. FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
6. Contact detailsInformation about where to look for contact to the manufacturer/service of La Crosse Technology 2800 series in a specific country, if it was not possible to solve the problem on our own.

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