WIRELESS 433 MHz TEMPERATURE STATION Instruction Manual Cat. No. 30.3015 Thank you for choosing this wireless temperature station from TFA. BEFORE YOU USE IT Please be sure to read the instruction manual carefully. This information will help you to familiarise yourself with your new device, learn all of its functions and parts, find out important details about its first use and how to operate it, and get advice in the event of faults.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Time zone option ±12 hours Indoor and outdoor temperature display with MIN/MAX records and time of reception Indoor and outdoor humidity display as RH% with MIN/MAX records Data logging function – with adjustable recording intervals, can store up to 3000 sets of Temperature/Humidity data Connectable to PC (Com port) – data can be transferred to PC with the software (in CD ROM) provided Can receive up to 5 outdoor transmitters Time reception ON/OFF selectable Dew point temper
Caution! Risk of injury: • • • Keep this instrument and the batteries out of reach of children. Batteries must not be thrown into the fire, short-circuited, taken apart or recharged. Risk of explosion! Batteries contain harmful acids. Low batteries should be changed as soon as possible to prevent damage caused by a leaking battery. Never use a combination of old and new batteries together or batteries of different types. Wear chemical-resistant protective gloves and glasses when handling leaked batteries.
ELEMENTS: The temperature station Hanging Hole LCD screen Battery Compartment Function keys Foldout stand Cable socket (to PC) The outdoor transmitter (purchased separately) • • • • Remote transmission of outdoor temperature and humidity to temperature station by 433 MHz Shower proof casing Wall mounting case Mounting at a sheltered place.
HOW TO INSTALL AND REPLACE BATTERIES IN THE TEMPERATURE STATION SIZE AA LR6 SIZE AA LR6 SIZE AA LR6 The temperature station uses 3 x AA, IEC LR6, 1.5V batteries. To install and replace the batteries, please follow the steps below: 1. Insert finger or other solid object in the space at the bottom center of the battery compartment and lift up to remove the cover. 2. Insert batteries observing the correct polarity (see marking). 3. Replace compartment cover.
BATTERY CHANGE: User shall replace batteries of the temperature station when the battery low indicator is displayed at the LCD. If user does not replace batteries, working error may be resulted. Note: • • • After changing batteries in temperature station, there is no need for user to reset the temperature station. In fact, the temperature station can remember all transmitter information and sequence as per the pervious set-up.
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Insert batteries to the first transmitter. The temperature station will start learning the transmitter. The outdoor Channel 1 (out 1) temperature and humidity readings will then be displayed. User may observe the outdoor channel icon appear. (If this does not happen after 3 minutes, the batteries will need to be removed from both units and reset from step 1.
DCF-77 RADIO CONTROLLED TIME The time base for the radio controlled time is a Cesium Atomic Clock operated by the Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt Braunschweig which has a time deviation of less than one second in one million years. The time is coded and transmitted from Mainflingen near Frankfurt via frequency signal DCF-77 (77.5 kHz) and has a transmitting range of approximately 1,500 km.
FUNCTION KEYS: Temperature Station: There are 5 function keys in the Temperature Station: Plus key OK key Mode key Alarm key Minus key OK key ( ) • In normal display mode, press and hold for 3 seconds to enter the manual setting mode for the following: a. LCD contrast level b. Time zone c. Daylight saving time (On/ Off) d. Radio-controlled time reception (On/ Off) e. 12/ 24 hour Display f. Time setting (Hour and Minute) g. Calendar setting (Year, Month and Day) h.
• i. Recording intervals to memory (hr:min) j. Re-learning/ Removing channels k.
• • In alarm setting mode, press to toggle between the following settings: 1. high humidity alarm 2. low humidity alarm 3. high temperature alarm 4. low temperature alarm In manual setting mode, press to go back to normal display mode LCD Screen: The LCD screen is split into 4 sections displaying the relatively humidity, temperature, EPROM status and Time/ Date.
MANUAL SETTINGS: In normal display mode, press and hold the OK key for 3 seconds to enter the manual setting mode for the following: a. LCD contrast setting b. Time zone setting c. Daylight saving time On/ Off setting d. Radio-controlled time reception On/ Off setting e. 12/ 24 hour format setting f. Time setting (Hour and Minute) g. Calendar setting (Year, Month and Day) h. Temperature unit (°C/ °F) setting i. Recording intervals to memory (hr:min) j. Relearning or removing a transmitter k.
The LCD contrast can be set within 8 levels, from LCD 0 to LCD7 (Default setting is “LCD 5”): 1. In normal display, press and hold the OK ( ) key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing. 2. Use the Plus (+) and Minus (–) key to view all levels of contrast. 3. Select the desired LCD contrast. Confirm with the mode or Alarm (al) key to go back to the normal display mode. TIME ZONE SETTING: Digits flashing The time zone default of the temperature station is “0”. To set a different time zone: 1.
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SETTING Digits flashing 1. 2. 3. 4. Press and hold the OK key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing. Press shortly the OK key two times to enter the daylight saving time setting. The digit “dS” will be flashing. Use the Plus and Minus key to set the daylight saving time function to “On” or “Off” mode. Press the Mode or Alarm key to confirm and go back to the normal display mode.
TIME RECEPTION ON/OFF SETTING: Digits flashing In area where reception of the DCF time is not possible, the DCF time reception function can be turned OFF. The clock will then work as a normal Quartz clock. (Default setting is ON). 1. Press and hold the OK key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing. 2. Press and release the OK key three times to enter the time reception time setting. The digit “rEc” will be flashing. 3. Use the Plus and Minus key to set the time reception function to on or off mode. 4.
12/24-HOUR FORMAT SETTING: Digits flashing The time display can be selected to show hours in 12-hour or 24-hour settings. (Default 24-Hour) 1. Press and hold the OK key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing. 2. Press and release the OK key four times to enter the time format setting. The digit “24h” will be flashing. 3. Use the Plus and Minus key to set the time shown in 12-hour or 24-hour format. 4. Press the Mode or Alarm key to confirm and go back to the normal display mode.
Hour flashing Minutes flashing 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Press and hold the OK key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing. Press and release the OK key five times to enter the hour setting. The hour digit in the time LCD will be flashing. Use the Plus and Minus key to set the hour. Press the OK key one more time to confirm the hour and advance to the minute setting. The minute digit will be flashing.
CALENDAR SETTING: Year Date Month The date default of the temperature station is 1. 1. in the year 2004. Once the radio-controlled time signals are received, the date is automatically updated. However, if the signals are not received, the date can also be set manually. 1. Press and hold the OK key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing. 2. Press and release the OK key seven times to enter the year setting. The year digit in the date LCD will be flashing. 3. Use the Plus and Minus key to set the year. 4.
7. 8. Use the Plus and Minus key to set the day. Press the Mode or Alarm key to confirm and go back to the normal display mode. TEMPERATURE UNIT SETTING (°C/ °F): Digit flashing The temperature display can be selected to show temperature data in °C or °F (Default °C). 1. Press and hold the OK key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing. 2. Press and release the OK key ten times to enter the temperature unit setting. The “°C” digit will be flashing. 3.
RECORDING INTERVAL (hr:min) SETTING Digits flashing The time intervals at which the temperature and humidity data saved to memory can be set to one of the following: 1-minute; 5-minute; 10-minute; 15-minute; 20-minute; 30-minute; 1-hour; 2-hour; 4-hour; 6-hour; 8-hour; 12-hour or 24-hour. Your appliance has been developed and produced to the very latest technical standards. Unfortunately, however, an error occurred in programming the time intervals.
1. 2. 3. 4. Press and hold the OK key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing. Press and release the OK key eleven times to enter minute setting of the recoding interval. The min in the record LCD will be flashing. Use the Plus and Minus key to set the desired recording interval. Press the Mode or Alarm key to confirm and go back to the normal display mode.
3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Note: Press Plus to get in Learn/ Remove setting of channels. The channel icon “1” will be flashing. Press OK key ( ) to select another channel, if necessary (1-5). Press Plus to set the selected channel to “Re-learn” state (The channel icon will flash in two places on the display), or press Minus to remove the channel (The channel icon will disappear). As soon as the in two places flashing channel number disappears, the reception icon will be flashing in the top left corner.
Up to 5 outdoor transmitters can be received by the temperature station. User may decide the number of transmitter data to be save to the permanent memory of the temperature station. For instant, user may apply 5 transmitters but set to save the data only from particular 3 transmitters. To set the number of transmitters whose data are to be saved in the system memory: 1. Press and hold the OK key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing. 2.
TOGGLING BETWEEN DIFFERENT CHANNELS (INDOOR AND OUTDOOR CHANNELS): 1. Press the Plus or Minus key to toggle between the Temperature and humidity readings of the indoor channel and the outdoor transmitter channel(s). The channel identification icon (“in”, “out 1”, “out 2”, “out 3” … ) will be displayed at the upper right screen indicating that the particular channel is now being selected. The temperature and humidity readings of Outdoor transmitter No.
a. The Max temperature and Max humidity Max icon flashing In normal display mode, press the Mode key once. The maximum temperature and maximum humidity measured by the channel, and the date and time of the maximum temperature recorded will be displayed. The “max” icon will be flashing.
b. The Min temperature and Min humidity Min icon flashing In normal display mode, press the Mode key two times. The minimum temperature and humidity measured by the channel, and the date and time of the minimum temperature recorded will be displayed. The “min” icon will be flashing.
c. The average value of the last 100 sets reading Average icon flashing In normal display mode, press the Mode key three times. The average temperature and humidity value of the data which have been saved in the system memory will be displayed. The “avg” icon will be flashing. If the channel is not set to be saved in the system memory, no average value will be estimated and “--.-“ will be shown.
d. The dew point temperature Dew point temperature icon In normal display mode, press the Mode key four times. The dew point temperature will be displayed next to the flashing “td” icon.
e. The history data sets of temperature and humidity History data icon flashing In normal display mode, press the Mode key five times. The “hist” icon will be flashing and the last recorded temperature and humidity reading with the time of record will be displayed. By pressing the Minus key, the previous sets of readings which were measured at the user-selected recording intervals may be viewed. If the channel is not set to be saved in the system memory, no history values will be displayed and “--.
To calibrate the humidity reading: 1. 2. 3. Press the Plus or Minus key to select a channel (the sensor at the temperature station or one of the outdoor transmitters) Press shortly the mode key for six times. The calibration icon will be flashing. Press the OK key once. The humidity digits will be flashing. Humidity correction flashing Calibration icon flashing 4. Press the Plus or Minus key to set the desired correction for the humidity reading.
Temperature correction flashing Calibration icon flashing 4. Press the Plus or Minus key to set the desired correction for the humidity reading. Then press the Alarm key to exit. ALARM PROGRAMMING FOR INDOOR/OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY The temperature station will allow users to set a range of specific alarms to meet specific temperature and humidity conditions set by the user. For example, user may set the high and low temperature alarm point at 20 and 30 °C respectively.
2. 3. Press and hold the Alarm key for about 3 second to enter high humidity alarm setting. The humidity digits, high limit icon and the alarm icon will start flashing. Press the Mode key to select to “activate” or “deactivate” the high humidity alarm. (“Alarm On” or “Alarm Off” icon will be displayed) High limit icon Humidity digit flashing Alarm On icon 4. 5. Alarm Off icon Press the Plus or Minus key to set the desired value of the high humidity alarm threshold point.
3. 4. 5. Press the Mode key to select to “activate” or “deactivate” the low humidity alarm. (“Alarm On” or “Alarm Off” icon will be displayed) Press the Plus or Minus key to set the desired value of the low humidity alarm point. Press OK key to return to the normal display or press the Alarm to enter the high temperature alarm setting. To set the high temperature alarm: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
5. Press OK key to return to the normal display. Note: • The alarm allow user to set individually the high or low threshold upon his requirements. For example, the user can set the thresholds for temperature to 35°C (high) and 25°C (low), while only activating high temp alarm and deactivating low temp alarm. In this case, the alarm will not trigger when temp. is lower than 25°C yet will trigger when temp is higher than 35.0°C.
CLEAR DATA IN THE TEMPERATURE STATION CLEARING THE MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY DATA OF A PARTICULAR CHANNEL To clear the max/min data of a channel: 1. Press the Plus or Minus key to select a channel. 2. Press and hold the Mode key for 3 second. The maximum and minimum temperature/ humidity data and the time of record will be reset to the current value. CLEARING THE MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY DATA OF ALL CHANNELS To clear the max/min data of all channels: 1.
CLEARING ALL DATA AND SETTINGS OF THE TEMPERATURE STATION FROM THE PERMANENT MEMORY (FACTORY RESET) The factory reset needs to be launched if malfunction on the temperature station occurs. To reset the temperature station: 1. Ensure that the unit is in normal display, not displaying max, min, or history. And the unit is not making any DCF or HF reception. 2. Press the OK, Plus, Minus and Mode key and hold for 3 seconds in following orders.
Note: All data in temperature station will be cleared after the factory reset. The permanent memory of the temperature station will be reset and all the data (of all channels) stored. Also, all the previous settings of the station including the date and time, alarm, calibration settings will be cleared. The display will show some running digits when the temperature station is reset. Full segment will be displayed- user need to remove and re-insert batteries to restart the temperature station.
After batteries are re-inserted, the station will automatically launch the learn mode. The signal receipt indicator will be displayed. User needs to set again the temperature station for the desired application. (See ”SETTING UP” in previous clause) Note: • • If the battery level is low, the digits “No EPr” may be displayed on LCD after resetting, indicating that the power is too low for the temperature station to function normally. In this case, the batteries shall be replaced.
CHECKING FOR 433MHz RECEPTION If the outdoor temperature data is not being received within three minutes after setting up (or outdoor display show “- -. -” in the outdoor section of the temperature station after 3 failed attempts during normal operation), please check the following points: 1. The distance of the temperature station or transmitters should be at least 2 meters away from any interfering sources such as computer monitors or TV sets. 2.
1. 2. Fix a screw (not supplied) into the desired wall, leaving the head extended out by about 5mm. Away from the base and hang the station onto the screw. Remember to ensure that it locks into place before releasing. POSITIONING THE OUTDOOR TRANSMITTER The outdoor transmitter is supplied with a holder that may be attached to a wall with the screws supplied. To attach to the wall using screws, please follow the steps below: 1.
CARE AND MAINTENANCE • • Clean the instrument and the transmitter with a soft damp cloth. Do not use solvents or scouring agents. Remove the batteries if you do not use the product for a lengthy period.
Never throw flat batteries and rechargeable batteries in household waste. As a consumer, you are legally required to take them to your retail store or to appropriate collection sites according to national or local regulations in order to protect the environment. The symbols for the heavy metals contained are: Cd=cadmium, Hg=mercury, Pb=lead This instrument is labelled in accordance with the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE).
Transmitter (optional, Cat. No. 30.3125) Temperature measuring range: Outdoor : -29.9ºC to +69.9ºC with 0.1°C resolution -21.8ºF to +157.8ºF with 0.
