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