TP2700WC PROFESSIONAL WEATHER STATION Operation Manual About this manual Thank you and congratulations on selecting this professional weather station! We are positive you will enjoy the benefits of accurate weather readings and the precise radio controlled time information that our instruments offer. This manual will guide you step-by-step through setting up your device. Use this manual to become familiar with your professional weather station, and save it for future reference.
OVERVIEW Base Station / Display console 5VDC connector USB interface Note: The unit can be powered with USB or via the 5VDC Connector in addition to 3 AA batteries.
MAX, MIN value with time stamp. High / low alarms. With message panel showing indication of alarms/Min/Max data, with time stamps Light and UV index Data saved in non-volatile memory. Unlimited storage on PC. Windows software Upload weather data to Weather Underground Set up Guide Before placing and installing all components of the weather station at their final destination, please set up the weather station with all parts nearby in order to test for correct function.
transmitter, it will display outdoor temperature, humidity, rain, and wind readings. The light readings are a separate RF channel and may appear before or later than the other outdoor readings. 2. Base station receives the temperature, humidity, wind speed and rain data each 48s and receives light data each 60s. If there is no signal received from the transmitter for 10 minutes, the outdoor temperature and humidity will display “----”.
Mounting the sensor Important Notes: On the edge of wind direction sensor, there are four alphabet letter of “N”,”E”,”S” and “W” representing the directions of North, East, South and West. These are located just under the rotating hub. The entire sensor array has to be rotated so that the direction indicators on the wind direction sensor are aligned with North, South East and West at your actual location. The screw head attaching the wind direction sensor will be pointing North in a proper install.
Mounting the dual wind sensor holder Mounting the rain sensor Transmitter with solar panel Mounting the Transmitter is same as rain sensor. Fix the whole set to a pole with the two adjustable hose clamps. Note: The tilt in the solar panel cover should be facing toward the Equator. South in the Northern hemisphere and North in the Southern hemisphere.
rotating the entire transmitter assembly around the pole. The anemometer’s cable is connected to the input on the wind direction sensor. The wind direction sensor’s cable is connected to the input marked Wind on the Transmitter The rain sensor’s cable is connected to the input marked Rain on the solar panel The solar panel’s cable is connected to the input marked Rain on the Transmitter The Solar Panel Module The solar panel module makes use of solar energy to power the Transmitter.
22 1.Time 2. Indoor Temperature 3. Indoor Humidity 4. Barometric Pressure 5. Barometric Pressure graph 6. Forecast icon 7. Message panel showing indication of alarms/Min/Max data 8. Minimum 9. Time / Date stamp 10.RF signal – Signal from Transmitter 11. Memory status 12. RCC Clock signal 13. Wind direction 14. Rain fall 15. Wind speed 16. Dew point 17. Outdoor Humidity 18. Outdoor Temperature 19. UV index 20. Light 21. Date 22. Moon Phase 2.
2.2 Full display 2.
LEFT: Move to previous segment / move to main menu during setting. RIGHT: Move to next segment / move to sub menu during setting. Base Station / Display Console Operation Program mode The screen is divided into 10 segments for selection and there is a message display panel on the bottom. There are six program modes: normal, setting mode, history mode, alarm mode, max/min mode and calibrated mode.
a) b) c) d) e) f) Day of week and year (TUESDAY 2014) Alarm time Moon phase. (see moon phases section later in this manual) If device has received the RCC time successfully and the time is DST, it will display “DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME”. If no RCC received and the DST setting is ON, it will also display “DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME”. If device is connected to an outdoor transmitter successfully, it will display the transmitter ID for 120 second.
b) Barometric a) b) c) d) The max wind speed of the day. The max wind speed since last reset. The max gust of the day. The max gust since last reset. Wind chill, dew point, heat index a) b) c) d) The max and min absolute barometric of the day. The max and min absolute barometric since last reset. The max and min relative barometric of the day. The max and min relative barometric since last reset. Wind and gust speed a) b) c) d) The max and min temperature / humidity since last reset.
a) b) The max Rainfall of rainfall rate of the day. The max Rainfall since last reset (including rainfall rate during 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, and 1 year). 2. Setting Mode 2.1 In normal mode, press SET key for 3 seconds to enter the setting mode.
a) b) c) d) e) Light unit select (lux, fc, w/m2) Temperature unit select (C, F) Pressure unit select (hpa, inhg, mmhg) Wind speed unit select (km/h, m/s, bft, mph, knots) Rainfall unit select (mm, inch) Save record interval time setting: 16S, 32S, 48S, 1M, 2M, …, 239M, 240M. S: Seconds M: Minute RAIN SEASON BEGIN (JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC) Default: January. The total rain falls before that will be cleared once it comes to 0:00 of January 1st.
g) ABS PRESS CORRECT Absolute pressure can be calibrated within measuring range. h) REL PRESS CORRECT Relatively pressure be calibrated within measuring range. i) WIND DIR CORRECT Wind direction can be adjusted by 0-359°.For southern hemisphere installations, the wind direction need to change by 180°. j) WIND FACTOR Wind speed calibration coefficient: default 1 (range is Range is 0.1-2.5) k) RAIN FACTOR Rain factor calibration coefficient: default 1 (range is Range is 0.1-2.
b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) l) m) n) o) LIGHT HIGH ALARM – Set light high alarm UVI HIGH ALARM – Set UVI high alarm In TEMP HIGH ALARM – Set indoor temperature high alarm In HUMI HIGH ALARM – Set indoor humidity high alarm Out TEMP HIGH ALARM – Set outdoor temperature high alarm Out HUMI HIGH ALARM – Set outdoor humidity high alarm ABS BARO HIGH ALARM – Set absolute barometric pressure high alarm REL BARO HIGH ALARM – Set relative barometric pressure high alarm WIND HIGH ALARM – Set wind speed high ala
IN HUMI TODAY MAX, IN HUMI TOTAL MAX – Maximum Indoor humidity. OUT TEMP TODAY MAX, OUT TEMP TOTAL MAX – Maximum Outdoor temperature. OUT HUMI TODAY MAX, OUT HUMI TOTAL MAX – Maximum Outdoor humidity. ABS BARO TODAY MAX, ABS BARO TOTAL MAX – Maximum Absolute barometric. REL BARO TODAY MAX, REL BARO TOTAL MAX – Maximum Relative barometric. WIND SPEED TODAY MAX, WIND SPEED TOTAL MAX – Maximum Wind speed. GUST SPEED TODAY MAX, GUST SPEED TOTAL MAX – Maximum Gust speed.
Other Console Functions Weather Tendency indicators There are tendency indicators which appear next to the indoor/outdoor temperature and humidity segments.
0-1mph(0-1.6kph) 0 Calm 1-3mph(1.6-4.8kph) 1 Light air 3-7mph(4.8-11.3kph) 2 Light breeze 7-12mph(11.3-19.3kph) 3 Gentile breeze 12-18mph(19.3-29.0kph) 4 Moderate breeze 18-24mph(29.0-38.6kph) 5 Fresh breeze 24-31mph(38.6-49.9kph) 6 String breeze 31-38mph(49.9-61.2kph) 7 Near gale 38-46mph(61.2-74.1kph) 8 Gale 46-54mph(74.1-86.9kph) 9 Strong gale 55-63mph(88.5-101.4kph) 10 Storm 64-73mph(103-117.5kph) 11 Violent storm 74mph or above(119.
23) Indoor humidity low alarm: 1% 99% (default: 35%, disable) 24) Outdoor temperature high alarm: -40.0 60.0C (-40F 140F) (default: 30.0C, disable) 25) Outdoor temperature low alarm: -40.0 60.0C (-40F 140F) (default: -10.0C, disable) 26) Outdoor humidity high alarm: 1% 99% (default: 75%, disable) 27) Outdoor humidity low alarm: 1% 99% (default: 45%, disable) 28) Wind chill temperature low alarm: -40.0 60.0C (-40F 140F) (default: 0.0C, disable) 29) Dew point temperature high alarm: -40.
Troubleshooting Guide Problem Solution Transmitter (outdoor unit) not reporting in to console. Check the transmitter and/or solar panel LED for flashing. You must remove the radiation shield to view the LED on the transmitter. There are dashes (--) on the display console. The transmitter has a LED just above the battery compartment. The solar panel has a led just below the solar panel. The LED should flash every 48 seconds.
Problem Solution 3. 4. 5. 6. Temperature sensor reads too high in the day time. environmental conditions. Move the sensor and base station closer together. If the sensor assembly is too close (less than 5’), move the remote sensor assembly away from the base station. Make sure the remote sensors are not transmitting through solid metal like aluminum siding (acts as an RF shield), or earth barrier (down a hill).
WeatherSmart PC Software User Manual 1.0 General Information The Weather station is a weather monitoring device that displays and records the weather data from internal and external sensors. Besides the indoor temperature, indoor humidity and air pressure measured by internal sensor, it will receive the outdoor temperature and humidity, wind and rainfall. Light & UVI and Heat index are transmitted by outdoor sensor as well.
9. Press Finish to finish the installation process and exit. If you tick “Launch Weather Smart” the software will start to run. 10. Normally the installation process will install a launch icon on your desktop. Double click this icon to open WeatherSmart anytime. Note: The graphic function needs the software to be installed under the administrator account. If it is installed under limited user accounts, the graphic function of the software might not be working correctly. 3.
4.1 System option 4.1.1 Click System button, enters the Setting menu This section is used to set up PC software display and base station unit of measure, time zone and other settings. Once you made your choice, press Save to make the settings effective.
4.1.2 Select Alarm to enter the Alarm page This section is used to set the desired time alarm, high or low alarm values for the base station, as well as enable or disable the corresponding alarm functions. Once you made your choice, choose Save to make the setting effective. If you don’t want to make any change, just press Cancel and exit without change. 4.1.3 Max / Min Data Select Max / Min Day to open the Max / Min Day page This is where you can clear all the min/max readings from the base station.
Select Max/Min to enter the Max/Min page This section is used to display the recorded min and max value recorded with time stamp. 4.1.4 Click Language button, enters the Language menu 4.2 Record option 4.2.
This page is used to display recorded historical data in a spread sheet format. If you wanted to see all history data in a desired time period, choose the time duration and press Search to reload the history data. With the Export button, you can export the selected history data into an excel compatible format file for other application purposes.
On this page, you can see the history data plotted in graph format for easier observation. If you want to see more detail, just use your mouse to select the area you want and the display will zoom to that area. Note: The software won’t show your mouse movements as a box but it will accept your drawn invisible box and zoom the display. To go back to original just draw a straight invisible line on the display with your mouse. With the Export as image button, you can export the selected graph into a .
Click UPLOAD to open the Upload Page. This is where you can set the software to upload the data to Weather Underground. First you must create a free account for your weather station at wunderground.com. Then you enter your Weather Underground credentials in ID and PASSWORD. Be sure to check Auto Upload to automatically upload real time data to Weather Underground.
Special Notes about time synchronization between PC and sub-station: The PC software obtains its own time scale through the time interval marker from the base station history data, and the PC software automatically synchronizes the weather data with a time stamp calculated. Thus the history data file can have a different time when the PC time and base station time are not the same.