User Guide Weather station with wireless outdoor sensor WS-4800
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY The declaration of conformity is available on the website WWW.ALECTO.NL ENVIRONMENT At the end of its lifespan, this product should not be discarded as normal domestic waste, but is must be taken to a collection point for the recycling of electric and electronic equipment.
1. INDEX 2. OVERVIEW 2.1 Indoor unit.......................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Outdoor unit....................................................................................................................................... 5 3. 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 INSTALLATION Power supply....................................................................................................................................
2. OVERVIEW 2.1 Indoor unit: 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1. SNOOZE/LIGHT button: snooze button in alarm mode, also for activating the display lighting 2. Display (the following pages will explain what everything on the display means) 3. Alert LED for the MAX/MIN alarm 4. HISTORY button: displays the data of the past 24 hours 5. MAX/MIN button: displays the measured minimum and maximum values, including at what time and on which date the measurement was taken 6.
2.2 Outdoor unit: 20 21 22 24 23 25 26 27 Side view Bottom view 24. Wind direction vane 25. LED (transmit indicator) 26. RESET button 27. Battery compartment 20. Rain meter 21. Antenna 22. Wind speed meter 23. Temperature + air humidity sensor 3. INSTALLATION Attention: after the installation, it may take several hours up to a day before the correct values are displayed. Additionally, after replacing exhausted batteries in the indoor unit, all measured data in the indoor unit will be erased. 3.
Indoor unit: Slide down the battery cover at the rear of the unit and insert 3 AA 1.5V batteries according to the markings inside the battery compartment. Slide the battery cover back onto the indoor unit. (Batteries are not included) The indoor unit will now start a 1 minute scan to search for the outdoor unit. Therefore, you’ll need to insert the batteries into the outdoor unit within that minute.
3.4 Clock: Introduction The WS-4800 is provided with a built-in DCF receiver which receives the DCF time signal from Frankfurt. This signal ensures that the clock shows the time very accurately, provided a strong enough signal is being received. Automatically: As soon as you insert the batteries into the indoor unit, the clock will start searching for the DCF radio signal for the time while the antenna symbol is flashing. After several seconds or minutes the WS-4800 will start showing the correct time.
4. OPERATION 4.1 Basic functions: The display shows the following basic functions/data: 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8 9 10 11 1. illuminates when the battery of the indoor unit is running low 2. display of the actual time 3. illuminates when the alarm clock is set to ice alert (see chapter 5) 4. illuminates when the DCF clock radio signal is being received 5. illuminates when the daylight saving time is enabled 6. display of the moon status (*1) 7. display of the day of the week 8.
4.2 Indoor temperature and humidity: 1 2 3 4 1. 2. 3. 4. relative indoor air humidity illuminates when the max or min alarm is set indoor temperature comfort icon, this is a combination of temperature and humidity (*3) *3: comfortable comfort not OK (too cold/too dry) comfort not OK (too warm/too humid) there’s no comfort indication at temperatures <0°C (32°F) or >60°C (140°F) 4.3 Outdoor temperature and air humidity: 1 2 3 4 5 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
4.5 Barometer (air pressure): If this window is not visible, please first press the button 2 1. 2. actual air pressure indicates whether the relative or absolute (*5) air pressure is displayed 3. indicates whether the air pressure is shown in hPa (hecto Pascals), in inHg (inches of mercury) or in mmHg (millimetres of mercury) (*6) 4+5.
4.7 Wind (direction + speed): 2 3 1 4 5 6 9 7 8 *9: AVERAGE = average speed GUST = wind gust You can switch between these indications by briefly pressing the button. *11: 1. actual wind direction 2. measured wind directions (max 6) of the last 5 minutes 3. wind direction 4. indicates whether the displayed wind speed is an average speed or a wind gust (*9) 5. Wind speed 6.
5. ALARM CLOCK 5.1 Introduction: The WS-4800 allows you to program an alarm (wake-up) time. You may also enable an ice alert for this wake-up function: when the outdoor temperature is below -3°C, the alarm signal will sound 30 minutes before the time you’ve programmed. 5.2 Alarm time setup: 1. press and hold the button at the rear of the indoor for 2 seconds until the hour display starts flashing 2. use / to set the hours, briefly press and the minute display starts flashing 3.
7.2 To set Hi-Lo limits: 1. repeatedly press the button until the desired display is flashing with the indication ‘HI AL’ or ‘LO AL’ next to it (if applicable) 2. use / to set the limit 3. briefly press the button again to save the value 4. press the button again to select the next display or wait several seconds for the setup mode to end automatically 7.3 Hi-Lo Alarm function setup: 1.
10. MAINTENANCE 10.1 Rain meter: You can disassemble the rain meter as follows to remove any spiders or other insects: 1. Rotate the upper ring of the rain collector 30° anti-clockwise, making sure that the star sign in the bottom of the funnel is in the “Unlock” position. You can now remove this ring and look at the interior of the rain meter. N N N N 2. Use a soft brush with long hairs to clean the rain meter. 3.
Indoor humidity: display range: functional range: resolution: accuracy: memory display: alarm: 20% to 90% (‘LO’ at <20%: ‘Hi’ at >90%) (at temperatures between 0°C and 60°C) 20% to 90% relative humidity 1% +/-5% at 25°C (77°F) history of the past 24 hours, MIN/MAX humidity with time and date HI/LO alarm Indoor humidity: display range: functional range: resolution: accuracy: memory display: alarm: 1% to 99% (‘LO’ at <1%: ‘Hi’ at >99%) 1% to 99% relative humidity 1% +/-3% at 25°C (77°F) history of the past
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