Davis Instruments 7855 manual Welcome to WeatherLink, Contents of Package

Welcome to WeatherLink!

Welcome to Davis Instruments’ WeatherLink for Weather Wizard III, Monitor II, and Perception II for Macintosh OS X (# 7855). The Weatherlink software and data logger allow you to connect your Apple Macintosh computer running OS X to a Davis weather station so you can store, view, plot, analyze, export, print, and put on the Internet the weather data collected by your station.

Contents of Package

Before continuing, please make sure your WeatherLink package contains the following listed items:

•Data Logger for the original Davis Weather Stations: Wizard III, Monitor II, and Perception II. Includes 8’ (2.4 m) cable to link your station to your com- puter.

•9-pin DIN connector

•WeatherLink software CD ROM

DIN Connector

Original

Weather Station

Data Logger

Vantage

Weather

Data Logger

Required Accessories

You will need to install a third-party serial port adapter on your Macintosh com- puter in order to run WeatherLink for Mac OS X. The Keyspan USB Twin Serial adapter has been tested with WeatherLink, but other serial adapters should also work:

•USB-to-serial port adapter

Optional Accessories

The following optional accessories, designed for use with WeatherLink, are available from your dealer or may be ordered directly from Davis.

•Telephone Modem Adapter — Connects the data logger to a modem. Use the adapter # 7870 with Wizard III, Monitor II, and Perception II stations.

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