La Crosse Technology 2800 manual SET UP Your Weather Station Hardware, Download the Software

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SET UP YOUR WEATHER STATION HARDWARE

Before installing the Heavy Weather Pro software on your computer, you should complete the setup of your La Crosse Technology® wireless weather station. If you have not already setup your weather station, please take the time to do so before continuing with the installation of the Heavy Weather Pro software application.

For detailed instructions regarding the setup and usage of your La Crosse Technology® weather station hardware, please refer to the Quick Setup Manual provided with the weather station, or the weather station Operations Manual which can be found online at www.lacrossetechnology.com/2812.

If the weather station and all sensors are working properly, the weather station should be displaying values in all of the various data fields, as shown.

If your weather station is showing values like these, it is receiving data from the sensors and is ready to be connected to the Heavy Weather Pro software and your PC.

DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE

If you have not already done so, or do not have the latest version of the Heavy Weather Pro software application, you may download it for free.

To download the software, go to www.lacrossetechnology.com/2812.

Save the installation file to your computer (remember to make a note regarding where you save it – you’ll need this later).

Note: I f you do not have internet access where you are installing the software, you will need to download the software from another location and save it to CD or disk, or contact Technical Support.

INSTALLATION

Ok ‐ let’s take a second and double check that we’re ready to install our Heavy Weather software. At this point, we should have:

The weather station itself set up and receiving data from the internal and external sensors.

Verified that the computer meets the minimum system requirements.

Downloaded or otherwise acquired the latest Heavy Weather Pro software application.

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Contents Heavy Weather Pro Contents G e G e G e Overview System Requirements Getting StartedLicensing Download the Software SET UP Your Weather Station HardwareInstallation Installing the Heavy Weather PRO Software Installing the USB Communication Device Synchronizing What is SYNCHRONIZING?Synchronization Checklist 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 If Synchronization is not Successful Repeating the Synchronization ProcessOperation Main WindowMenu FileEdit ViewOptions ExtrasHelp General Settings Weather Station SettingsPC Software Units Setting Alarms DirectoriesHistory Files Directory Template Files DirectoryMIN MAX Values Graphical ForecastTemperature and Humidity Dewpoint TemperatureWhat is the DEWPOINT? HOW does the Dewpoint Affect ME?What is Wind CHILL? MIN and MAX DewpointWindchill HOW does Wind Chill Affect ME?What is Relative PRESSURE? Relative Pressure AlarmRelative AIR Pressure AIR Pressure and Weather ForecastingLast 24 Hours RainLast Hour Total Last WeekLast Month Wind Direction History Indicators AlarmCurrent Wind Speed GustCHARTS, Graphs and Trends What is a TEMPLATE?Overview History FileWhat is a GRAPH? There are two parts of the main window File Management Window History TABTemplate TAB Graph TABWorking with History Data and Files Viewing History Data RecordsWorking with Template Files Template Properties WindowGeneral Properties Graph PropertiesData Properties Minutes StatusSaving a Template AS a Graph Identifying the Chart Type Moving the Chart Working with Graphs and TemplatesOpening a Graph ZoomingZooming OUT WIND, Outdoor TEMP, Dewpoint and Windchill are Blank Troubleshooting / FAQHOW do I Export Data from Heavy WEATHER? Heavy Weather PRO does not Reconnect to the Weather Station WHY do I see BIG Spikes in the Wind or Rain DATA?Uninstalling Heavy Weather