Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 manual Number of packets containing errors that were received

Models: Vantage Pro2

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Console Diagnostic Screens

Press the right arrow to display signal statistics for the next installed transmitter ID.

Press HI/LOW to toggle Gain on and off. The message in the ticker indicates the current Gain status. The Receiver Gain setting provides some control over the receiver sensitivity. If you’re having trouble with reception, try turning the Gain on.

Gain can adversely affect performance when signal strength is high. Gain should generally not be turned on when signal strength is above 30. See “Reception Diagnostic Screen” on page 41.

Press 2ND and then press CHILL to toggle between the Statistical and Reception Diagnostic screens.

A degree (°) sign displays in field 1 of the Reception Diagnostic screen to differentiate which screen is currently being displayed.

Statistical Diagnostic Screen

The Statistical Diagnostic displays information about how data is being received from the weather station to the console. The information that is displayed in this screen includes:

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Statistical Diagnostics Screen

1.Time of day. When WIND is pressed, the number of times the reed switch was seen closed is displayed. The reed switch closes once each rotation. Use WIND to toggle between these two values.

2.Date. When WIND is pressed, the number of times the reed switch was seen open is displayed. Use WIND to toggle between these two values.

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The time of day and date displays can be toggled in both statistical and reception diagnostic

 

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Number of packets containing errors that were received.

 

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Number of missed data packets.

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