La Crosse Technology 2800 manual Getting Started, Licensing, System Requirements

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GETTING STARTED

Let’s go over the things needed to prepare for installing the Heavy Weather Pro software application.

LICENSING

Heavy Weather Pro software is licensed to you free of charge with the qualifying purchase of a La Crosse® Technology hardware model. You may install it on one PC, and if desired, the same owner may install one

additional copy on one notebook. Reasonable backups of the software may be made for disaster recovery purposes. If you transfer the hardware to a new owner, you must uninstall and transfer the software CD with the unit, safely destroying, to the reasonable extent possible, related backup media.

Legal Notices

Copyright 2009

© La Crosse Technology USA ‐ All rights reserved.

We reserve the right to delete or change any image whether or not uploaded onto the La Crosse Technology server by a user of the Heavy Weather software products.

The Heavy Weather software products are protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties and well as other intellectual property laws and treaties.

The Heavy Weather software products are licensed for use with the La Crosse Technology® wireless weather station only.

The Heavy Weather software products may not be separated for use on any other product not authorized by La Crosse Technology®.

La Crosse Technology® may provide you with support services related to the Heavy Weather software products.

All title and copyrights in and to the Heavy Weather software products (including but not limited to any images, photographs, animations, video, audio, music and text incorporated into the Heavy Weather software products), the accompanying printed materials, and any copies of the Heavy Weather software products are owned by La Crosse Technology® or its suppliers.

You may not copy the printed materials accompanying the Heavy Weather software products.

These statements are a summarized version of the license and legal notes. If you have further questions, please contact La Crosse Technology® Customer Support at 1‐888‐211‐1923.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

To use the Heavy Weather Pro software, the minimum requirements for your PC are as follows:

Supported Operating Systems:

Windows XP (SP3 or greater)

Windows Vista (SP1 or greater)

Windows 7

Internet service is required to download the software and manuals. Its ongoing use is only required if you intend to use the temperature upload features in the software.

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Contents Heavy Weather Pro Contents G e G e G e Overview Licensing Getting StartedSystem Requirements Installation SET UP Your Weather Station HardwareDownload the Software Installing the Heavy Weather PRO Software Installing the USB Communication Device Synchronization Checklist What is SYNCHRONIZING?Synchronizing Synchronizing During or Immediately After Installation Putting the Heavy Weather PRO Software in Synchronize ModeDON’T Click the Synchronize Button YET Putting the Weather Station in Synchronize ModeDetailed Instructions Main Window If Synchronization is not SuccessfulRepeating the Synchronization Process OperationFile MenuView EditHelp ExtrasOptions Weather Station Settings General SettingsPC Software Units Template Files Directory Setting AlarmsDirectories History Files DirectoryGraphical Forecast MIN MAX ValuesHOW does the Dewpoint Affect ME? Temperature and HumidityDewpoint Temperature What is the DEWPOINT?HOW does Wind Chill Affect ME? What is Wind CHILL?MIN and MAX Dewpoint WindchillAIR Pressure and Weather Forecasting What is Relative PRESSURE?Relative Pressure Alarm Relative AIR PressureLast Hour RainLast 24 Hours Last Month Last WeekTotal Gust Wind Direction History IndicatorsAlarm Current Wind SpeedHistory File CHARTS, Graphs and TrendsWhat is a TEMPLATE? OverviewWhat is a GRAPH? There are two parts of the main window Graph TAB File Management WindowHistory TAB Template TABViewing History Data Records Working with History Data and FilesGraph Properties Working with Template FilesTemplate Properties Window General PropertiesData Properties Saving a Template AS a Graph StatusMinutes Zooming Identifying the Chart Type Moving the ChartWorking with Graphs and Templates Opening a GraphZooming OUT HOW do I Export Data from Heavy WEATHER? Troubleshooting / FAQWIND, Outdoor TEMP, Dewpoint and Windchill are Blank Uninstalling Heavy Weather WHY do I see BIG Spikes in the Wind or Rain DATA?Heavy Weather PRO does not Reconnect to the Weather Station