User manual

8 Capricorn 2000EX Weather Station
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Columbia Weather Systems, Inc.
I NSTALLING ADDITIONAL T EMPERATURE S ENSORS ........................................ 34
T EMPERATURE S ENSOR I NITIALIZATION ......................................................... 34
I NSTALLING THE W IND S ENSOR ...................................................................... 36
Assembling the Wind Speed Sensor............................................................ 36
Installing the Mast ..................................................................................... 38
Location ..................................................................................................... 38
Mounting Method....................................................................................... 38
Routing Cable ............................................................................................ 38
I NSTALLING THE R AIN G AUGE S ENSOR .......................................................... 40
I NSTALLING THE L EAF W ETNESS S ENSOR ...................................................... 41
I NSTALLING THE S OLAR R ADIATION S ENSOR ................................................. 41
C ONNECTING THE C ONTROL M ODULE TO A C OMPUTER ................................. 42
C ONNECTING THE C ONTROL M ODULE TO THE W EATHER M ICRO S ERVER ...... 43
C ONNECTING THE C ONTROL M ODULE TO A M ODEM ...................................... 44
C ONNECTING THE C ONTROL M ODULE TO C OMPUTER AND M ODEM ............... 44
U SING W IRELESS T RANSCEIVERS ................................................................... 45
SECTION 4: OPTIONAL SENSOR MOUNTING
HARDWARE ...............................................................................47
R OOF M OUNTING ........................................................................................... 47
W ALL M OUNTING ........................................................................................... 49
T RIPOD ........................................................................................................... 51
Specifications ............................................................................................. 52
SECTION 5: OPERATION ........................................................55
RS-232 M ODEM SERIAL PORT ......................................................................... 55
RS-232 A UX SERIAL PORT .............................................................................. 55
C OMMUNICATION S ETTINGS ........................................................................... 55
O PERATING SOFTWARE ................................................................................... 55
S ETTING DATE AND TIME ................................................................................ 56
D ISPLAYING DATE AND TIME .......................................................................... 56
D ISPLAYING CURRENT SENSOR READINGS ...................................................... 56
The POLL command .................................................................................. 56
The SAMPLE command ............................................................................. 57
The Short commands.................................................................................. 58
D ATALOG ....................................................................................................... 58
S ETTING DATALOG INTERVALS ....................................................................... 59
S ETTING H I /L O INTERVALS ............................................................................. 59
D ISPLAYING THE DATALOG ............................................................................. 59
R ESETTING H I /L O ........................................................................................... 60
R ESETTING THE DATALOG .............................................................................. 60
D ISPLAYING CURRENT H I /L O ......................................................................... 60
S ETTING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE ALTITUDE AND OFFSET ............................... 61
D ISPLAY CURRENT SETTINGS .......................................................................... 61
C ONTINUOUS DISPLAY OF DIRECTION ............................................................. 62
C ONTINUOUS DISPLAY OF WEATHER INFORMATION ........................................ 62