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La Crosse Technology 2800 manual Help

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Help	18
Options	18
Setting Alarms	21
Min Max Values	22
Graphical Forecast	22
Temperature and Humidity	23
Dewpoint Temperature	23
What is the “dewpoint”?	23
The relationship between dewpoint, Temperature and relative humidity	23
How does the dewpoint affect me?	23
Min and max dewpoint	24
Windchill	24
What is wind chill?	24
How does wind chill affect me?	24
Relative (air) Pressure	25
What is relative pressure?	25
Air pressure and weather forecasting	25
Relative Pressure Alarm	25
Rain	26
Last hour	26
Last 24 Hours	26
Last week	27
Last month	27
Total	27
Wind Speed and Direction	28
Current Wind Speed	28
Wind Direction History Indicators	28
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Contents

for 2800 series weather stations with USB connectivity Heavy Weather ProLa Crosse Technology Software User’s GuideCONTENTS Help Gust 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 The Wind, Outdoor Temp, Dewpoint and Windchill are BlankOVERVIEW ∙ Windows XP SP3 or greater ∙ Windows Vista SP1 or greater ∙ Windows GETTING STARTEDLICENSING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS∙ Verified that the computer meets the minimum system requirements SET UP YOUR WEATHER STATION HARDWAREINSTALLATION DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWAREINSTALLING THE HEAVY WEATHER PRO SOFTWARE ∙ Installing the Heavy Weather Pro software application∙ Installing or connecting the USB communication device to the PC INSTALLING THE USB COMMUNICATION DEVICE WHAT IS SYNCHRONIZING? SYNCHRONIZATION CHECKLISTSYNCHRONIZING 1. Put the weather station into Synchronize mode SYNCHRONIZING DURING OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER INSTALLATIONSYNCHRONIZING ANY TIME OTHER THAN DURING INSTALLATION OF THE SOFTWARE PUTTING THE HEAVY WEATHER PRO SOFTWARE IN SYNCHRONIZE MODEDON’T CLICK THE SYNCHRONIZE BUTTON YET PUTTING THE WEATHER STATION IN SYNCHRONIZE MODEQUICK INSTRUCTIONS Note The software will refer to this as the ‘USB‐Stick’Note You may have to try the synchronization process more than once DETAILED INSTRUCTIONSNote If the date is being displayed, you will not see “PC” Note It can take up to 30 seconds for the synchronization to completeMAIN WINDOW IF SYNCHRONIZATION IS NOT SUCCESSFULREPEATING THE SYNCHRONIZATION PROCESS OPERATIONMENU FILEP a g e VIEW EDITEXTRAS HELPOPTIONS Show Help as ToolTips GENERAL SETTINGSWEATHER STATION SETTINGS LanguagePC SOFTWARE UNITS Note It is recommended that the directories be kept on the C\ drive SETTING ALARMSNote Wind Direction and Wind Gust provide a single alarm value DIRECTORIESGRAPHICAL FORECAST MIN MAX VALUESTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEWPOINT, TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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 PRESSURERAIN LAST HOURLAST 24 HOURS Note This value will be 0.00 until a full week has been recorded LAST WEEKLAST MONTH TOTALCURRENT WIND SPEED WIND DIRECTION HISTORY INDICATORSALARM WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONTHE HISTORY FILE CHARTS, GRAPHS AND TRENDSWHAT IS A TEMPLATE? OVERVIEWWHAT IS A GRAPH? P a g e File Management Current Graph Chart or History DataMAIN WINDOW There are two parts of the main windowGRAPH TAB THE FILE MANAGEMENT WINDOWHISTORY TAB TEMPLATE TABVIEWING HISTORY DATA RECORDS WORKING WITH HISTORY DATA AND FILESGRAPH PROPERTIES WORKING WITH TEMPLATE FILESTHE TEMPLATE PROPERTIES WINDOW GENERAL PROPERTIESType DATA PROPERTIESMin and Max Indoor, Outdoor, Dewpoint and WindchillSAVING A TEMPLATE AS A GRAPH STATUSOPENING A GRAPH IDENTIFYING THE CHART TYPEMOVING THE CHART WORKING WITH GRAPHS AND TEMPLATESHere is our area of interest, zoomed in ZOOMING OUTTHE WIND, OUTDOOR TEMP, DEWPOINT AND WINDCHILL ARE BLANK TROUBLESHOOTING / FAQHEAVY WEATHER PRO LOSES CONNECTION WITH MY WEATHER STATION OVERNIGHT HOW DO I EXPORT DATA FROM HEAVY WEATHER?I HAVE LOST CONNECTION WITH MY EXTERNAL RAIN AND/OR WIND SENSORS WHY DO I SEE BIG SPIKES IN THE WIND OR RAIN DATA?UNINSTALLING HEAVY WEATHER HEAVY WEATHER PRO DOES NOT RECONNECT TO THE WEATHER STATION