La Crosse Technology Wireless Rain Station User manual

SET UP GUIDE
MODEL: 724-1409v2
Wireless Rain Station

Table of Contents
Power Up
Settings Menu
Custom Display
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BASICS RAIN APPENDIX
Rain Readings
Reset Rain Readings
Rain Cylinder Graph
Rain History
24-Hour Rain Alert
Deactivate Alert
Positioning Rain Sensor
Cleaning Rain Sensor
Winter Storage
Search for Rain Sensor
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Care & Maintenance
Specifications
Stay In Touch
We’re Here to Help
Warranty & Patents
California Statement
FCC Statement
Double Warranty Oer

Power Up
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1. Install 2 - AA batteries into your Rain Sensor.
2. Install batteries into your Rain Station.
3. Once the rain sensor is reading to your display, place it outside in an
open area.
See our mounting video: bit.ly/mounting_rain
724-1409v2
Rain Station
Rain Sensor:
•Flip down the locks on both sides of your rain sensor.
•Remove the funnel from the base to access the battery
compartment.
•Flip up the top of the battery compartment to open.
•Insert 2-AA batteries according to polarity markings.
•Lock everything back into position.
Station:
• Remove the battery cover (under the pull out stand).
• Insert 2-AA batteries according to polarity markings.
TX145R
Rain Sensor
Locking Tabs
Rocker
Battery
Compartment
Funnel

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Settings Menu
Weekday: Will set automatically when your Year,
Month, and Date are set.
1. Hold the HISTORY/TIME SET button until the display changes to
enter the Settings Menu.
2. Press and release the +or -button to adjust and the HISTORY/TIME
SET button to confirm and exit.
Settings Menu Order:
•Beep ON/OFF
•Hour
•Minutes
•12/24 Hour
•Year
•Month
•Date
•M/Day or Day/M
•Inches or MM
•ºF or ºC
Press and release the +/MODE
button to view Calendar or
Indoor Temperature.
Station will stay on selection.
Custom Display

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Rain Readings
Press the RAIN/ALERT button to view dierent rain readings. The time
and date will disappear for 20 seconds. Rainfall readings will stay on your
selection.
ONE HR:
•Rainfall that has accumulated during the past hour. Updates every 5 minutes.
24HR:
•Rainfall based on past 24 hours. At each full hour, 1 hour is recorded. This is a
running total.
7 DAYS:
•Rainfall of last 7 consecutive 24HR rain readings. Updates each day at 0:00.
Not a subject to the calendar. Be sure time is set.
MONTH:
•Current Month. Resets the first day of the month
YEAR:
•Current year starting January 1 total.
TOTAL:
•Total Rainfall since powered on or reset.
Note: As time passes without rain, the Now, One Hr, 24 Hrs, and 7 day rainfall totals will count
back to zero. This is normal.
NOW (rain drops will flash):
•Rain from the start of a rain event, until no rain has accumulated for 30
minutes. Resets to zero after 30 minutes of no additional rainfall.