La Crosse Technology 2800 manual Overview

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OVERVIEW

Welcome to Heavy Weather Pro, the display and management software application designed for use with your La Crosse® Technology wireless personal weather station.

Heavy Weather Pro allows you to use a PC to monitor and record weather data received from

your La Crosse® Technology wireless weather station, via a proprietary USB device that was provided with your 2800 series weather station.

You can monitor and record a variety of data collected by your weather station including both indoor and external values sampled by the various weather station sensors.

You can also review weather history data, and analyze trends and tendencies over time using the software's charts and graphing features.

The following pages detail the features and usage of the Heavy Weather Pro software application.

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Contents Heavy Weather Pro Contents G e G e G e Overview Getting Started LicensingSystem Requirements SET UP Your Weather Station Hardware InstallationDownload the Software Installing the Heavy Weather PRO Software Installing the USB Communication Device What is SYNCHRONIZING? Synchronization ChecklistSynchronizing Putting the Heavy Weather PRO Software in Synchronize Mode Synchronizing During or Immediately After InstallationPutting the Weather Station in Synchronize Mode DON’T Click the Synchronize Button YETDetailed Instructions Operation If Synchronization is not SuccessfulRepeating the Synchronization Process Main WindowMenu FileEdit ViewExtras HelpOptions General Settings Weather Station SettingsPC Software Units History Files Directory Setting AlarmsDirectories Template Files DirectoryMIN MAX Values Graphical ForecastWhat is the DEWPOINT? Temperature and HumidityDewpoint Temperature HOW does the Dewpoint Affect ME?Windchill What is Wind CHILL?MIN and MAX Dewpoint HOW does Wind Chill Affect ME?Relative AIR Pressure What is Relative PRESSURE?Relative Pressure Alarm AIR Pressure and Weather ForecastingRain Last HourLast 24 Hours Last Week Last MonthTotal Current Wind Speed Wind Direction History IndicatorsAlarm GustOverview CHARTS, Graphs and TrendsWhat is a TEMPLATE? History FileWhat is a GRAPH? There are two parts of the main window Template TAB File Management WindowHistory TAB Graph TABWorking with History Data and Files Viewing History Data RecordsGeneral Properties Working with Template FilesTemplate Properties Window Graph PropertiesData Properties Status Saving a Template AS a GraphMinutes Opening a Graph Identifying the Chart Type Moving the ChartWorking with Graphs and Templates ZoomingZooming OUT Troubleshooting / FAQ HOW do I Export Data from Heavy WEATHER?WIND, Outdoor TEMP, Dewpoint and Windchill are Blank WHY do I see BIG Spikes in the Wind or Rain DATA? Uninstalling Heavy WeatherHeavy Weather PRO does not Reconnect to the Weather Station