User`s guide

Virtual Weather Station User's Guide
-5- 04/10/07
6.16.1
Image Quality....................................................................................................................................................... 31
6.16.2 Jpeg File Location................................................................................................................................................ 31
6.16.3 Jpeg File Naming Convention.............................................................................................................................. 31
6.17 ADVANCED PARAMETER SETTINGS ............................................................................................................................. 31
6.17.1 Degree Days Heating and Cooling....................................................................................................................... 31
6.17.1.1 Heating Threshold...................................................................................................................................... 32
6.17.1.2 Cooling Threshold ..................................................................................................................................... 32
6.17.2 Wind Run.............................................................................................................................................................. 32
6.17.3 Pressure Trend ..................................................................................................................................................... 32
6.17.4 Wind Gust Calculation......................................................................................................................................... 32
6.17.5 Filtered Average Time Constant........................................................................................................................... 32
6.17.6 New Wind Chill Calculation................................................................................................................................. 32
6.17.7 Use Channel 1 As Outdoor Temperature ............................................................................................................. 32
6.17.8 Rainfall Settings ................................................................................................................................................... 33
6.17.9 Dominant Wind Direction Counter ...................................................................................................................... 33
6.17.10 Resetting Daily Minimum and Maximum Values ........................................................................................... 34
6.18 COMPLETE PARAMETER LIST ...................................................................................................................................... 34
6.18.1 Daily Highs and Lows .......................................................................................................................................... 34
6.18.2 Average Values..................................................................................................................................................... 34
6.19 RATE OF CHANGE VALUES .......................................................................................................................................... 34
6.20 DAILY, MONTHLY AND YEARLY SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ 42
6.20.1 Recalling the Daily, Monthly and Yearly Summary.............................................................................................. 42
6.20.2 Recalling the Daily, Monthly and Yearly Summary 2........................................................................................... 42
6.20.3 Daily Summary..................................................................................................................................................... 42
6.20.4 Monthly Summary................................................................................................................................................. 42
6.20.5 Yearly Summary ................................................................................................................................................... 42
6.21 ALARMS AND MEMORY (WM-918 AND WX-200 ONLY).............................................................................................. 43
6.22 ICON SETTINGS ........................................................................................................................................................... 43
6.22.1 Display Attributes................................................................................................................................................. 43
6.22.2 Icon Automation................................................................................................................................................... 43
6.22.2.1 Manually Updating the Icon ...................................................................................................................... 43
6.22.2.2 Update Icon Based on Weather Station Prediction .................................................................................... 43
6.22.2.3 Update Icon Based on METAR Station (Internet Version only)................................................................ 43
6.22.2.4 Update Icon Based on Smart Forecast ....................................................................................................... 43
6.22.3 Jpeg Settings......................................................................................................................................................... 43
6.22.4 Editing Icon Images.............................................................................................................................................. 43
6.23 SMART FORECAST....................................................................................................................................................... 44
6.23.1 Smart Forecast Settings........................................................................................................................................ 44
6.23.2 Boolean Settings................................................................................................................................................... 44
6.24 ALARMS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 44
6.24.1 Alarm Settings ...................................................................................................................................................... 44
6.24.2 Launching Executable or Batch Files................................................................................................................... 45
6.25 SYNCHRONIZE DATE AND TIME ................................................................................................................................... 45
6.26 DESKTOP OPTIONS ...................................................................................................................................................... 45
6.26.1 The Taskbar.......................................................................................................................................................... 45
6.26.2 The Toolbar.......................................................................................................................................................... 45
6.27 RAINWISE SETTINGS.................................................................................................................................................... 45
6.27.1 Sea-level Barometer Adjustment (418 MHz systems only).................................................................................... 46
6.27.2 Reset Barom to Absolute Pressure ....................................................................................................................... 46
6.27.3 Reset Daily Min/Max Data................................................................................................................................... 46
6.27.4 Reset Daily and Monthly Rainfall......................................................................................................................... 46
6.27.5 Reset Total Rainfall to Zero.................................................................................................................................. 46
6.27.6 Reset High Windspeed.......................................................................................................................................... 46
6.27.7 Clear All Logged Data ......................................................................................................................................... 46
6.27.8 No. Items Logged.................................................................................................................................................. 46
6.27.9 Update Computer Interfaces Clock ...................................................................................................................... 46
6.27.10 Increment Logging Interval............................................................................................................................. 46
6.27.11 Battery Voltage ............................................................................................................................................... 46
6.27.12 Version............................................................................................................................................................ 46
6.28 RAINWISE DATA LOGGER............................................................................................................................................ 46