WeatherLink ® For Windows ® For Vantage Pro®, Weather Monitor II®, Weather Wizard III® and Perception II® Weather Stations Getting Started Guide Product # 6510C & 7862
FCC Part 15 Class B Registration Warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
WL Windows GSG content D009.fm Page 1 Friday, September 12, 2003 12:29 PM WELCOME TO WEATHERLINK! Welcome to Weathe rLink! Welcome to Davis Instruments’ WeatherLink for Windows. WeatherLink’s data logger and software connects a personal computer to your Davis weather station, allowing you to store, view, plot, analyze, export, and print your weather data.
WL Windows GSG content D009.fm Page 2 Friday, September 12, 2003 12:29 PM OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES Hardware Requirements O p ti on a l A cc es so rie s The following optional accessories, designed for use with WeatherLink, are available from your dealer or may be ordered directly from Davis. ▲ Telephone Modem Adapter For transmission of data from the data logger using a modem. ▲ Standard 4-Conductor Extension Cable For more flexibility in the placement of your console.
WL Windows GSG content D009.fm Page 3 Friday, September 12, 2003 12:29 PM LOCAL CONNECTION FOR VANTAGE PRO Hardware Requirements ▲ Telephone Modem Adapter The Telephone Modem Adapter is specially wired to provide the connection between the data logger and the modem. • Use a #6533 adapter with Vantage Pro Stations. • Use a #7870 adapter with Wizard III, Monitor II, and Perception stations.
WL Windows GSG content D009.fm Page 4 Friday, September 12, 2003 12:29 PM LOCAL CONNECTION FOR VANTAGE PRO Hardware Requirements 2. Remove the battery cover from the console back and remove all power by removing the batteries and AC-power adapter, if present. Failure to remove power to the console before installing the data logger may cause damage to the data logger or console. Vantage Pro console COM Ports (DB-9) 9-pin connector data logger battery cover 8' (2.
WL Windows GSG content D009.fm Page 5 Friday, September 12, 2003 12:29 PM REMOTE CONNECTION FOR VANTAGE PRO Hardware Requirements Note: You do not need to keep the console connected to the computer for the logging to work. You can connect the cable to the computer when you’re ready to download, then disconnect it if you want to place the console somewhere else. However, you can only run WeatherLink’s bulletin, summary, or other real-time windows if the console is attached to the computer. 8.
WL Windows GSG content D009.fm Page 6 Friday, September 12, 2003 12:29 PM REMOTE CONNECTION FOR VANTAGE PRO Hardware Requirements 2. At the station console site, put the external modem in a location where it can connect to both the logger and a phone jack and plug it into the phone jack. IMPORTANT: DO NOT TURN THE MODEM ON AT THIS TIME. The cable connecting the data logger to the modem is 8’ (2.4 m) long.
WL Windows GSG content D009.fm Page 7 Friday, September 12, 2003 12:29 PM LOCAL CONNECTION FOR MONITOR, WIZARD AND PERCEPTION Hardware Requirements ▲ Use the up and down arrows to set the desired baud rate. Use the fastest baud rate your modem can handle. 19200 is the fastest baud rate available and is the default setting on the console. ▲ Press DONE when you’ve got the correct baud rate on the console screen.
WL Windows GSG content D009.fm Page 8 Friday, September 12, 2003 12:29 PM REMOTE CONNECTION FOR MONITOR, WIZARD AND PERCEPTION Hardware Requirements 5. Connect the short data logger cable to the cable jack marked “WeatherLink” on the bottom of your weather station console. 6. Restore power to the console by reattaching the power adapter and battery backup. The console should beep three times. The third beep, which should occur within 30 seconds, indicates that the data logger is operating correctly. 7.
WL Windows GSG content D009.fm Page 9 Friday, September 12, 2003 12:29 PM REMOTE CONNECTION FOR MONITOR, WIZARD AND PERCEPTION Hardware Requirements At Your Weather Station Console: 3. Make a note of the barometric pressure, total rainfall, and (if applicable) calibration numbers. You must remove power from the weather station to install the WeatherLink data logger, which will cause these values to be erased. Use WeatherLink to reenter these values after restoring power to the station. 4.
WL Windows GSG content D009.fm Page 10 Friday, September 12, 2003 12:29 PM SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND SETUP Installing the Software Note: It is very important to follow the order of these instructions. The modem must be connected and turned on before you apply power to the weather station console. 12. Restore power to the weather station console by reattaching the power adapter and battery backup. The weather station should beep three times.
WL Windows GSG content D009.fm Page 11 Friday, September 12, 2003 12:29 PM SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND SETUP Station Setup Sta t ion S e t up To interact with your station, you must add your station to WeatherLink’s database, which means naming the station, configuring the software to work with that station and with your computer hardware, and setting station values such as time, barometric pressure, total rainfall, and calibration numbers. Adding a Station 1. Choose New Station from the File menu.
WL Windows GSG content D009.fm Page 12 Friday, September 12, 2003 12:29 PM UPDATING PREVIOUS VERSIONS Database Conversion 1. If necessary, disconnect the cable between your station and the adapter connected to the COM port. 2. Insert the loopback connector into the adapter. 3. In WeatherLink, click on Serial Port in the Setup menu. The software opens the Serial Port dialog box. Loopback connector 4. Click Loopback.
WL Windows GSG content D009.fm Page 13 Friday, September 12, 2003 12:29 PM UPDATING PREVIOUS VERSIONS Import Data Files Im por t D ata F il es This method allows you to select individual files or groups of files to be converted for use by WeatherLink 5.2+. 1. Open WeatherLink 5.2+ and choose Import Database Files from the File menu. 2. Select the data files you want to import. 3. 4. 5. You can select one file or multiple files in the same folder. Choose OPEN to have the selected files converted.
WL Windows GSG content D009.fm Page 14 Friday, September 12, 2003 12:29 PM TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE Recalculate THSW Index - Vantage Pro Only Re c al cu la t e TH SW In dex - Va nta ge P r o O nly WeatherLink 5.3 and later supports a new derived data parameter, the Temperature Humidity Sun Wind (THSW) Index.
WL Windows GSG content D009.fm Page 15 Friday, September 12, 2003 12:29 PM TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE Program Problems • Check the Baud Rate setting on the console and in the serial port dialog box in the software. Make sure they’re set to the same number. Note: Enter the console’s Setup Mode by pressing and holding the DONE key, then pressing the DOWN arrow key on the console. Scroll through the setup choices by pressing the BAR or DONE keys until you reach the Baud Rate screen.
WL Windows GSG content D009.fm Page 16 Friday, September 12, 2003 12:29 PM TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE Program Problems ? No wind direction reading (or dashes instead of a reading) appears in my database. Be aware that if there is no wind speed when the direction is being sampled, wind direction is not recorded. During intervals with no wind speed, no direction will be recorded. CAUTION: Since high wind speed is sampled more often, it is possible to have a high wind speed but no wind speed.
WL Windows GSG content D009.fm Page 17 Friday, September 12, 2003 12:29 PM TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE Contacting Davis Technical Support ? When viewing data, dashes appear in place of a value for functions other than wind direction. Why? If no data was recorded by a sensor (for example, the sensor was disconnected or radio interference blocked reception) or if bad data was recorded for a sensor (for example, the sensor was malfunctioning), the software dashes out the entry rather than showing invalid data.
WL Windows GSG bcover final.fm Page 17 Tuesday, April 15, 2003 9:19 AM Toolbar Icons Open Station Bulletin Window Download Plot Window Strip Chart Window Yearly Rainfall Database Window Alarm Indication On-Line (Hang Up) This MonthÕs NOAA Summary View Help Print Window Exit Program Hot Keys Main Program Window Strip Chart Window Ctrl-A . . . . . . Set Alarms ESC . . . . . . . Halt redraw Ctrl-B . . . . . . View Bulletin Ctrl-M . . . . . Make Default Ctrl-C . . . . . .
