Precision Weather Instruments See our new Davis weather products: • Envoy8X (page 11) Our industrial data logger • Vantage Connect (page 12) Weather data sent by cellular connection • Integrated Pest Management Module for Grapes (page 22) Weather Monitoring Systems for Home, School, Industry & Agriculture DAVIS INSTRUMENTS 2011 Catalog ISO 9001 CERTIFIED COMPANY
what's new | which davis weather station is right for you? From Elegantly Simple to the Ultimate in Flexibility. All Davis Instruments weather stations are designed to provide the high level of accuracy, reliability and ruggedness our customers have come to expect. But they are also designed to suit a wide range of weather observers’ needs.
table of contents | contact info Table of Contents Contact Us What's new in this catalog........................................................................................... 2 Which Davis weather station is right for you ................................................................. 2 Please contact one of our customer service representatives if you have any questions. We’re always glad to help. Complete Weather Station Systems Vantage Vue ......................................................
Vantage Vue Weather Station Vantage Vue: Features: Perfect for the home weather-watcher. • Easy-to-read, backlit 3" × 43⁄8" (8 × 11 cm) LCD screen Our newest weather station provides accurate, reliable weather monitoring in a self-contained, easy-to-install system. Vantage Vue™ gives you all the weather data you need. Sleek but tough—your outdoor sensor suite sets up in minutes and starts sending data wirelessly to your console anywhere in your home, school or business.
Vantage Vue Weather Station Multiple features included at an affordable price. Vantage Vue includes a compact outdoor sensor array and an indoor LCD console. The fully-integrated, corrosion-proof sensor suite is built to take all the weather your location can give—freezing winters, springtime thunderstorms, blistering summer sun, and brisk autumn winds. The smaller profile sensor suite is designed to minimize visual impact in your yard or on your roof.
Vantage Pro2 Weather Station Vantage Pro2: Professional and rugged. Features: • Large, backlit 3½" × 6" (9 × 15 cm) LCD screen Vantage Pro2™ offers the professional weather observer and the serious weather enthusiast rugged performance and a wide range of options and sensors. You’ll get your own local forecast, highs and lows, totals or averages, and graphs for virtually all weather variables over the past 24 days, months or years—all without using a PC.
Vantage Pro2 Weather Station The ultimate in versatility and options. All Vantage Pro2 stations include a console and a versatile integrated sensor suite that combines our rain collector, temperature and humidity sensors and anemometer into one package. You can customize your Vantage Pro2 by adding consoles or the special-purpose options shown on the following pages. Vantage Pro2 weather stations are available in both wireless and cabled versions. Vantage Pro2 stations: (See page 8 for models.
Choose the station that’s right for you—from 7 different Vantage models. The Davis line of Vantage weather stations is built to provide a full weather system. To maximize your weather watching, a variety of additional sensors and stations are available to make your weather station even more comprehensive. Vantage Vue Vantage Pro2 Vantage Pro2 Plus Davis accuracy in a self-contained, easyto-install system. Create a customized professional station with a wide range of options and sensors.
Vantage Pro2 & Vantage Vue Options Add another console and get the weather report wherever you are. Vantage Vue and Wireless Vantage Pro2 Console/Receivers Add additional Vantage Pro2 or Vantage Vue consoles to display weather data in the den, bedroom, kitchen, or even in your neighbor’s house, if it’s closer than 1,000 ft. (300 m). Vantage Vue transmitters are radiocompatible with Vantage Pro2 so you can mix and match components.
Weather Envoy and Envoy8x Free up your console—send data directly from outdoor sensors to your computer with Envoy. Weather Envoy™ Weather Envoy, when used along with WeatherLink software, will collect and store the same data set as a Vantage Pro2 console. Connect it to your computer with hardware included with WeatherLink for easy and convenient downloading without a console/receiver.
Weather Envoy and Envoy8x NEW! Envoy8X: Designed for customers with multiple stations and lots of data.
NEW! Vantage connect Introducing Vantage Connect: Bringing Even the Most Remote Weather Stations “Within Range” with Cellular Updates. Up until now, the only way to get data back from a very remote transmitting station was to install a Weather Envoy in a shelter near the station, then drive out to the station and download the data directly. With new Vantage Connect™, you can have your remote Vantage Vue or Vantage Pro2 data sent to any computer or smartphone in the world.
Vantage Pro2 Options integrated sensor suites Vantage Vue Integrated Sensor Suite Because Vantage Vue’s transmitters are radiocompatible with Vantage Pro2, you can mix and match components. Can transmit to Vantage Vue, wireless Vantage Pro2 consoles, wireless Weather Envoy, Envoy8X and Vantage Connect. Mounting pole not included.
Vantage Pro2 sensor Options 1 2 9 5 6 10 11 7 3 1. Solar Radiation Sensor 4. Soil Moisture Sensor 8. Anemometer To measure solar radiation and solar energy. Diffuser element and housing are carefully designed for accurate cosine response. Silicon photo diode provides good match to solar spectrum. Two-piece housing minimizes radiation heating, allows convection cooling of the sensor, and prevents the trapping of water or dust.
ANtennas and repeaters Extend the range of your wireless station—for miles on end! For longer distances or to improve reception in troublesome areas, add one or more wireless repeaters. Use repeaters in a daisy chain, retransmitting from a single Vantage Pro2 or Vantage Vue Integrated Sensor Suite or special-purpose station. Or build a network of repeaters and wireless stations, with some repeaters listening to multiple stations, each with their own unique ID.
Installation Options Installing your Vantage Vue or Vantage Pro2 console, Weather Envoy or Envoy8X outside? Add solar power and shelter. 6 4 3 2 7 5 1 1. Solar Power Kit for Wireless Consoles or Wireless Weather Envoy Powers the wireless console/receiver or Weather Envoy. (Outdoor sensors are powered by the solar panel that is included with the station.) Includes solar panel, regulator circuit, rechargeable battery, and 20 ft. (6 m) cable.
INSTALLATION DIAGRAMS | Extension Cables | surge protectors FIELD STATION SHOWING SOLAR POWER KIT & SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS Integrated sensor suite Wireless Vantage Pro2 ISS Leaf & Soil Moisture/ Temperature Station Wireless console/receiver in complete system shelter Each Vantage Pro2, Weather Envoy, Envoy8X and Vantage Connect console/receiver can receive data from up to eight different transmitting stations.
weather station compatibility | wind speed indicators What sensors can you use with your transmitter? Optional 4 Maximum sensors for that transmitter Integrated Rain Collector Rain Collector 7852 Integrated Anemometer -- Detachable Anemometer 6410 Sensor Options and Accessories Integrated Temperature/Humidity -- 6332 Anemometer/Sensor Transmitter Kit 6163 Vantage Pro2 Plus with Fan-Aspirated Rad Shield 6328 Vantage Pro2 Plus ISS with Fan-Aspirated Rad Shield 6382 Temperatur
Weather Station compatibility What transmitters can you use with your receiver? systems & receivers Installation Options Cabled Options Wireless Options Product No.
Weatherlink Your weather data, your computer. What could be better? For the ultimate in weather monitoring, add WeatherLink to any of our weather stations. The data logger fits neatly into the weather station console, Weather Envoy or Envoy8X, storing weather data even when it’s not connected to your PC. Later, download the data and use the software for detailed analysis and graphing. Available in eight different models.
WEATHERLINK ip WeatherLink with Standard Data Logger Easily view your weather data on the web. Our most popular models, for everyone from the home weather buff to the most demanding scientific user. Available in versions for both PC and Mac. (Mac versions do not include all features; see the “Notes” in the chart on page 23.) All models include data logger, download cable, software on CD, Getting Started Guide, and on-line help.
NEW! weatherlink add-on software modules Integrated Pest Management Module for Grapes The new Integrated Pest Management Module for Grapes provides the final step in linking your weather data to actual pest risk, giving you a powerful new tool in the battle against crop pest damage.
WEATHERLINK Critical real-time data right when you need it. WeatherLink WITH connector blockS WeatherLink streaming data loggerS WeatherLink for Alarm Output with Connector Block WeatherLink for Emergency Response Teams with Streaming Data Logger and CAMEO link Now you can automatically turn heaters, fans, and other devices on or off using your weather station. For each of four outputs, you can enter up to eight different weather parameters.
case studies How Will You Use Your Weather Station? Davis weather stations are used around the world to keep weather observers informed. While real user stories are highlighted in our Davis E-Newsletter, we’ve created a few “typical” customers to give you an idea of the many ways you can create the perfect weather system. The Weather Buff The Buff’s System He loves to watch the weather, and over the years has installed more than one drugstore thermometer on his patio.
case studies The Vintners They found the perfect vineyard on a rolling hillside and sank their savings into the dream of raising grapes and producing award-winning wines. Even though their climate, with its foggy, cool summers, mild winters and infrequent frosts, is ideal, they still have to make the daily weather-based decisions that determine the success—or failure—of their crop.
Weather Station Comparison Data Outside Humidity Dew Point Rainfall Amount Rain Storm Amount Rain Rate Inside Temperature Outside Temperature Heat Index Wind Chill Wind Speed Wind Direction Direction of High Speed Evapotranspiration Humidity (Extra) Leaf Wetness Soil Moisture Solar Radiation Temperature (Extra) Temp-Hum-Sun-Wind UV Radiation UV MEDs 10 sec 20 sec 20 sec 20 sec 1 min 10 sec 10 sec 10 sec 2½ sec 2½ sec 2½ sec 1 hour 50 sec 15 sec 75 sec 50 sec 10 sec 10
WIND TIME/DATE TEMPERATURE SOLAR & UV RAINFALL HUMIDITY BAROMETRIC PRESSURE AGRICULTURAL Evapotranspiration Vantage Vue Function Vantage Pro2 Weather Station Sensor Accuracy, Resolution and Range U.S.A. Units Metric Units Except for rainfall, all variables are measured in U.S. units of measure and rounded to the nearest metric unit shown in the “Resolution” column. RESOLUTION RANGE ACCURACY ± RESOLUTION RANGE ACCURACY ± 0.01" 0 to 199.99" 5% 0.1 mm 0 to 1999.
reasons to buy Things to consider when purchasing a weather station. 1. What weather variables are measured and recorded? Most other stations offer barometric pressure, outside humidity and dew point, daily and yearly rainfall, wind speed and direction, wind chill, and outside temperature. Some also offer inside temperature and humidity, and a few even give you extra outside temperatures and rain rate.
NEW! CARCHIP connect CarChip Connect’s cellular communication allows you to view your car’s location in real time on the web. New CarChip® Connect lets parents of teen drivers, employers—or anyone who owns a car—know when, where, and how their car is being driven, in real time. Simply plug the very small, but very powerful, GPS-enabled unit into the vehicle’s OBD II (on-board diagnostics) port and log on to a secure, private, user-friendly web site.
CARCHIP pro Think your teen is a safe driver? Wish you could read your Don’t wait to find out. car’s mind? Don’t wait for a speeding ticket—or worse—to find out how your teen is driving. CarChip® Pro plugs instantly into the OBD II (on-board diagnostics) port in your car or truck, where it continuously logs vehicle and driver performance. Download the data to your PC, and you’ll get complete details for each trip plus details on engine performance when and if the vehicle’s check engine light comes on.
CARCHIP pro CONTACT INFO & WARRANTY Davis manufactures a complete line of vehicle monitoring systems. CarChip Pro is the all-in-one driving and engine performance monitor. For larger commercial vehicle fleets, Davis makes a fleet version of CarChip, CarChip Fleet Pro, which works with our Fleet Management Software to rank drivers and vehicle performance. Wireless and GPS accessories are also available. For truck and heavy equipment needs, our DriveRight products are the ideal choice.
ISO 9001 CERTIFIED COMPANY Davis Instruments 3465 Diablo Avenue Hayward CA 94545-2778 USA PR57 Rev. C January 2011 The Way to Watch Weather Tough • Accurate • Affordable Vantage Vue and Vantage Pro2 weather stations • 1,000 ft. (300 m) wireless range (3X farther than competing stations) • 2.5 second update (up to 10X faster than the competition) • Post your weather to the Internet without a PC Join the weatherlink.
