Weather Capture Software Guide Version 1

Weather Capture Software Guide Version 1.4 Revision: June 10 2008

1 Introduction

2 Menu screen structure and navigation � Menu Bar

i. File ii. Display iii. Settings

Alarm User Download Language

iv. Help � Weather Capture Main Screen

3 Time and Date

4 Almanac

5 Temperature

6 Humidity

7 Wind

8 UV

9 24 Hour Pressure

10 Rain

11 System Setup (Weather Station and Sensors)

12 Appendix

13 Index

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Weather Capture Software Guide Version 1.4

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Introduction

Thank you for selecting the Honeywell Professional Weather Station with remote control. This compact and easy-to-use product features a wide variety of time and weather data, such as precise atomic time,

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perpetual calendar, air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction, rainfall, UV levels and more. This guide is intended to assist in the setup and function of the software interface for the Honeywell Weather Stations and your home computer.

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� Weather capture software is intended to help you get the most from your weather station. It provides features to assist you in down loading and displaying real time data and history from your weather station. Graphically compare weather by the hour, day or month and add use your PC to capture weather data images for your web page, email notifications or analysis report.

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To best use this guide:

� Install batteries in all sensors prior to power up of main station, keeping sensors at hand for quick access and setup testing. Please follow weather station setup and operation manual prior to connection to computer interface.

� Install batteries and plug in AC Adaptor to both wall socket and to main weather station.

� Allow all sensors to establish communication with main unit. A numeric value (0.0 or other

value) will be present when communication is established. See screen image below (Figure 1). NOTE: When sensor windows have dashes (---) in place of a numeric value, this indicates no communication with that device. This condition is show in the Temperature and Humidity window panes (pg 2). Please see weather station setup manual for initial system startup including the forcing of communication with the base station.

� Install the software on your computer following the instructions indicated after the CD is

installed in the CD drive.

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Weather Capture Main Screen:� Overview

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(Figure 1)

Menu screen structure and navigation

The menu bar for parameter selection can be seen in the display above (Figure 1), located in the upper left corner.

When the ‘File’ menu is selected you can choose either Exit, Clear All Records and Exti, or Clear Rain Total. (Figure 2)

The Clear All Records and Exit function, removes all memories of prior weather logging, including

Rain, Wind, UV, Pressure History and any other recorded data. The Clear Rain Total function, clear the total record of rain only. Time / Date and Almanac information are not affected.

(Figure 2)

Menu screen structure and navigation:� Display Menu

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(Figure 3)

The Display Menu allows you to Set Default Layout arranges the ‘Windows’ (Temp, Humidity,

Rain, etc.) according to the factory settings, while Set Previous Runtime Layout arranges the screen according to your custom arrangement (Figure 3).

(Figure 4)

Choose the arrangement of window panes in the order of your preference, or use the default Layout setting.

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Menu screen structure and navigation:� Settings Menu

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The Settings Menu contain the bulk of user definable parameters (Figure 5)

(Figure 5) (Figure 6)

Help can be used at any time to find additional information regarding available subjects with in this tool (Figure 6).

Alarm Settings for High and Low Temperature, Rain volume, Wind speed, and Gust Speed can be set

with in the input boxes as shown above (Figure 6).

Alarm Settings (Alt+A)

(Figure 7) Alarms are enabled by toggling the ‘ON / OFF’ switches on the right of the pane by selecting the arrow and then highlighting the desired status for the specific alarm.

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Menu screen structure and navigation:� User Settings

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User Settings (Alt+S)



(Figure 8)

The ‘Display Data From’ information can be displayed as a value of hours, days, weeks, and

months.

Select your Location, (we have selected Portland, Ore. as our office site) and the window will automatically close after updating Longitude and Latitude information. If you wish to choose a different location, just open the Location menu again and make a new selection.

A User Defined option is available at the bottom of the Location list. Latitude and Longitude information can be manually input for your exact location if desired.

Menu screen structure and navigation:� GMT and Units Selection

GMT(±±±±) indicates your specific time zone relative to Greenwich Mean Time (0:00 time). For time zones in the USA, and other information regarding GMT, please use the following link: http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/. (You must be online to use this link)



Set Units For Display allows the user to define how the information is displayed. As seen in (Figure 8) the selections for each monitored function can be formatted as follows:

(Figure 8a) (Figure 8b)

(Figure 8c) (Figure 8d)

(Figure 8e) (Figure 8f)

Select the Units of Measure with which you are most familiar and comfortable. If you have questions regarding any of the technical significance for these parameters, an Internet search should answer your questions.

Menu screen structure and navigation:� Download Settings

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Download Settings (Alt+D)

(Figure 9)

When determining the Record Interval consider the duration of time for each data point. If 5



minutes is selected, a point will be placed on the graph with each 5 minute interval. If 3 hours are selected, the time to indicate a trend on your graph is likely to take at least 24 hours showing only 8 data points in the span of one complete day. The graphical ‘log’ can be viewed when a window pane is ‘Opened’ using the button in the upper left corner of that specific metric. I.e. Temperature, Humidity, etc.

(Figure 10)

As seen in the graph above, the trend of wind speed and wind chill can be followed as well as the date and time stamp of the interval. Pie charts show the percentage of time at those recorded values. NOTE: Date format currently presented with day then month.

Menu screen structure and navigation:� Language

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The final option in the Settings menu is the Language selection feature. Select your language of choice and the screen will immediately adopt your selected language.

If for any reason you select a language which you did not intend, the SETTINGS menu is the 3rd from the left, LANGUAGE is the last option, and ENGLISH is the top selection in all other language modes.

Language



(Figure 11)

Please be aware that certain language selections will cause the display of the window panes to extend off the screen. If this occurs, the panes can be rearranged to suit your monitor or laptop.

See (Figure 4)

Place the cursor at the top section of the Window Pane you wish to move, hold down the left mouse or touch pad button and drag to the new location.

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Menu screen structure and navigation:� Time and Date

Time and Date

(Figure 12)

The information captured on this screen (Figure12) occurs during the initial startup of the program if the previous record was erased and is updated according to the download option set on the Settings

Menu. When exiting, there are 2 options for closing the program. The Exit Program option and the

Clear All Records and Exit option



(Figure 13a) (Figure 13b)

Almanac

(Figure 14)

Neither the Date and Time nor the Almanac panes accept manual input.

Menu screen structure and navigation:� Temp. – Humidity – Etc.

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Temperature

(Figure 15)

Humidity



(Figure 16)

(Figure 17a) (Figure 17b) (Figure 17c)

Menu screen structure and navigation:� Rain

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Rain

(Figure 18)



During your initial set up of the user defined parameters, you will notice your selections update as you make the changes. With the exception of the Time and Date, and the Almanac windows, which are updated when the Clear All Records and Exit option is selected from the File Menu tab, and the program is then reinitiated.


Appendix:

(Figure 1) Weather Capture main Screen (Figure 2) Menu Bar File pull down (Figure 3) Display Menu pull down (Figure 4) Main Screen pane arrangement (Figure 5) Settings Menu pull down (Figure 6) Help Menu pull down (Figure 7) Alarm Settings pane (Figure 8) Display Data screen (Figure 8a) Time Units Option Menu (Figure 8b) Temperature Units Option Menu (Figure 8c) Pressure Units Option Menu (Figure 8d) Wind Speed Units Option Menu (Figure 8e) UV Units Option Menu (Figure 8f) Rain Volume Units Option Menu (Figure 9) Download Settings (Figure 10) Wind Data Log (Figure 11) Language Setting Menu (Figure 12) Time and Date Pane (Figure 13a) File Menu pull down (Figure 13b) Clear All Records and Exit Pane (Figure 14) Almanac Pane (Figure 15) Temperature Pane (Figure 16) Humidity Pane (Figure 17a) Wind Pane (Figure 17b) UV Pane (Figure 17c) 24 Hour Pressure Pane (Figure 18) Rain Pane



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Index

A

Alarm Settings · See Settings Menu

C

Clear All Records and Exit · See Menu Bar File, See Menu Bar File

D

Display Data From’ · See User Settings Display Menu · See Menu Bar

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Exit · See Menu Bar 'File'

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File · See Menu Bar, Exit, Clear All Records, See Menu Bar, Exit Program, Clear All Records and Exit

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GMT · See User Settings, Greenwich Mean Time

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Help · See Menu Bar

L

Location · See User Settings

P

Pressure Units · See Settings, User Settings, set units for display

R

Rain Volume Units · See Settings, User Settings, set units for display



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Set Default Layout · See Display Menu Set Previous Runtime Layout · See Display Menu Set Units For Display · See Settings, User Settings Settings Menu · See Menu Bar

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Temperature Units · See Settings, User Settings, set units for display Time Units · See Settings, User settings, set units for display

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User Defined · See User Settings User Settings · See Settings Menu UV Units · See Settings, User Settings, set units for display

W

Wind Speed Units · See Settings, User Settings, set units for display


Hardware Requirement for running PC software Weather Capture Operating System: Windows 98se or above CPU: Pentium 600MHz (Compatible) or above Memory: Ram 128 M byte or more Hard disk: 80 M byte free space or more Optical Device: 2x CD-Rom drive



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