Software User’s Guide
Heavy Weather Pro
La Crosse Technology
for 2800 series weather stations with USB connectivity
CONTENTS
Help
Gust
The Wind, Outdoor Temp, Dewpoint and Windchill are Blank
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
OVERVIEW
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
GETTING STARTED
LICENSING
∙ Windows XP SP3 or greater ∙ Windows Vista SP1 or greater ∙ Windows
DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE
SET UP YOUR WEATHER STATION HARDWARE
INSTALLATION
∙ Verified that the computer meets the minimum system requirements
INSTALLING 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 CHECKLIST
SYNCHRONIZING
PUTTING THE HEAVY WEATHER PRO SOFTWARE IN SYNCHRONIZE MODE
SYNCHRONIZING DURING OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER INSTALLATION
SYNCHRONIZING ANY TIME OTHER THAN DURING INSTALLATION OF THE SOFTWARE
1. Put the weather station into Synchronize mode
Note The software will refer to this as the ‘USB‐Stick’
PUTTING THE WEATHER STATION IN SYNCHRONIZE MODE
QUICK INSTRUCTIONS
DON’T CLICK THE SYNCHRONIZE BUTTON YET
Note It can take up to 30 seconds for the synchronization to complete
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS
Note If the date is being displayed, you will not see “PC”
Note You may have to try the synchronization process more than once
OPERATION
IF SYNCHRONIZATION IS NOT SUCCESSFUL
REPEATING THE SYNCHRONIZATION PROCESS
MAIN WINDOW
MENU
FILE
P a g e
EDIT
VIEW
EXTRAS
HELP
OPTIONS
Language
GENERAL SETTINGS
WEATHER STATION SETTINGS
Show Help as ToolTips
PC SOFTWARE UNITS
DIRECTORIES
SETTING ALARMS
Note Wind Direction and Wind Gust provide a single alarm value
Note It is recommended that the directories be kept on the C\ drive
MIN MAX VALUES
GRAPHICAL FORECAST
WHAT IS THE “DEWPOINT”?
TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY
DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEWPOINT, TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WINDCHILL
WHAT IS WIND CHILL?
MIN AND MAX DEWPOINT
HOW DOES WIND CHILL AFFECT ME?
RELATIVE AIR PRESSURE
WHAT IS RELATIVE PRESSURE?
RELATIVE PRESSURE ALARM
AIR PRESSURE AND WEATHER FORECASTING
RAIN
LAST HOUR
LAST 24 HOURS
TOTAL
LAST WEEK
LAST MONTH
Note This value will be 0.00 until a full week has been recorded
WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION
WIND DIRECTION HISTORY INDICATORS
ALARM
CURRENT WIND SPEED
OVERVIEW
CHARTS, GRAPHS AND TRENDS
WHAT IS A TEMPLATE?
THE HISTORY FILE
WHAT IS A GRAPH?
There are two parts of the main window
File Management Current Graph Chart or History Data
MAIN WINDOW
P a g e
TEMPLATE TAB
THE FILE MANAGEMENT WINDOW
HISTORY TAB
GRAPH TAB
WORKING WITH HISTORY DATA AND FILES
VIEWING HISTORY DATA RECORDS
GENERAL PROPERTIES
WORKING WITH TEMPLATE FILES
THE TEMPLATE PROPERTIES WINDOW
GRAPH PROPERTIES
Indoor, Outdoor, Dewpoint and Windchill
DATA PROPERTIES
Min and Max
Type
STATUS
SAVING A TEMPLATE AS A GRAPH
WORKING WITH GRAPHS AND TEMPLATES
IDENTIFYING THE CHART TYPE
MOVING THE CHART
OPENING A GRAPH
ZOOMING OUT
Here is our area of interest, zoomed in
HOW DO I EXPORT DATA FROM HEAVY WEATHER?
TROUBLESHOOTING / FAQ
HEAVY WEATHER PRO LOSES CONNECTION WITH MY WEATHER STATION OVERNIGHT
THE WIND, OUTDOOR TEMP, DEWPOINT AND WINDCHILL ARE BLANK
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
I HAVE LOST CONNECTION WITH MY EXTERNAL RAIN AND/OR WIND SENSORS