La Crosse Technology WS-8610U User manual

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WS-8610
WIRELESS DATA LOGGING WEATHER STATION
Instruction Manual
INTRODUCTION:
Congratulations on purchasing this revolutionary 433MHz data logging weather station, which provides advanced data-
logging and data-analysis functions for up to three outdoor temperature and humidity readings. The weather station is
connectable to PC by the COM port and data importing to your PC is allowed. By utilizing the advanced software provided
you might perform data analysis and statistics conveniently on your PC. With easy to use keys, this innovative product is
ideal for home and professional usages.
FEATURES:
The Weather Station
•WWVB radio controlled time with manual setting option
•Time zone option ±12 hours
•Indoor and outdoor temperature display with MIN/MAX records and time of reception
•Indoor and outdoor humidity display as RH% with MIN/MAX records
•Data logging function – can store up to 3000 sets of temperature/humidity data
•Connectable to PC (Com port) – data can be transferred to PC with the software (in CD ROM) provided
•Can receive up to 3 outdoor transmitters
•Time reception ON/OFF selectable
•Dew point temperature displayed
•Temperature & humidity high/low alarm function
•12/24 hour time display
•Year/ Month/ Day calendar display
•Temperature display in ºF/ ºC
•LCD contrast selectable
•Low battery indicator
•Table standing or wall mounting
The Remote Temperature Sensor
•Remote transmission of outdoor temperature and humidity to the
weather station by 433 MHz signal.
•Weather resistant casing
•Wall mounting case
•Should be mounted in a sheltered place (avoid direct rain and sunshine)
to ensure accurate measurements.
Battery cover
Battery
compartment
Function keys
LCD screen Battery
Compartment
Foldout stand
Hanging Hole
Cable socket (to PC)

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HOW TO INSTALL AND REPLACE BATTERIES IN THE WEATHER STATION
The indoor weather station uses 3 x AA, 1.5V batteries. To install and replace the batteries, please follow the steps below:
1. Insert finger or other solid object in the space at the bottom center of the
battery compartment and lift up to remove the cover.
2. Insert batteries observing the correct polarity (see marking).
3. Replace battery compartment cover.
HOW TO INSTALL AND REPLACE BATTERIES IN THE REMOTE TEMPERATURE/HUMIDITY SENSOR
The remote temperature/humidity sensor uses 2 x
AAA 1.5V batteries. To install and replace the
batteries, please follow the steps below:
1. Remove the battery cover
2. Insert the batteries, observing the correct polarity
(see battery compartment marking)
3. Replace the battery cover on the unit
BATTERY CHANGE:
User shall replace batteries of the indoor weather station when the battery low indicator is displayed at the LCD. If user
does not replace the batteries, working error may result.
Note:
•After changing the batteries in the indoor weather station there is no need for user to reset the indoor weather station.
In fact, the indoor weather station can remember all remote temperature/humidity sensor information and sequence
as per the pervious set-up. However, user may be required to reset the desired LCD contrast, alarm on/off condition
and the clock (by re-entering the date and time manually or simply wait for the WWVB time signal).
•The “average” value display for particular channel will only be calculated from the data after battery change.
•User needs to carry out the re-learning of the particular remote temperature/humidity sensor after replacing batteries
in the remote temperature/humidity sensor. See “LEARNING/ REMOVING A SENSOR (CHANNEL)” for the
procedures of relearning a remote temperature/humidity sensor.
•It is recommended to replace the batteries in all units on an annual basis to ensure optimum accuracy of these units.
Please participate in the preservation of the environment. Return used batteries to an authorized depot.
SIZE AA LR6
SIZE AA LR6
SIZE AA LR6
Battery cover
Battery
compartment

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QUICK SET-UP GUIDE
Hint: Use fresh good quality alkaline batteries.
1. Have the indoor weather station and remote temperature/humidity sensor 3 to 5 feet apart.
2. Batteries should be out of both the indoor weather station and remote temperature/humidity sensor units for
10 minutes.
3. Place the batteries into the remote temperature/humidity sensor first then into the indoor weather station.
4. DO NOT PRESS ANY BUTTONS FOR 15 MINUTES.
In this time the indoor weather station and remote temperature/humidity sensor will start to talk to each other and the
display will show the indoor temperature/humidity and outdoor temperature/humidity. If the indoor weather station does
not display all information after the 15 minutes please retry the set up as stated above. After all information has been
displayed for 15 minutes you can place your sensor(s) outdoors and set your time.
Important Notes on Set-up and Operation
•The remote temperature/humidity sensor should be placed in a dry, shaded area.
•Fog and mist will not harm your remote temperature/humidity sensor but direct rain must be avoided.
•The remote temperature/humidity sensor has a range of 330 feet. Any walls that the signal will have to pass through
will reduce distance. An outdoor wall or window can have up to 30 feet of resistance and an interior wall can have up
to 20 feet of resistance. Your distance plus resistance should not exceed 330 ft. in a straight line.
•The remote temperature/humidity sensor transmits a signal every minute. After the batteries have been installed, the
indoor weather station will search for the signal for a duration of 5 minutes. If there is no temperature or humidity
reading in the OUTDOOR LCD after 5 minutes, make sure the units are within range of each other, or repeat the
battery installation procedure.
•If a button is pressed before the indoor weather station receives the signal from the remote temperature/humidity
sensor, you will need to follow the battery installation procedure again.
To complete the set up of your new wireless weather station after the 15 minutes have passed please follow the steps that
follow in the Manual Settings section.
WWVB RADIO-CONTROLLED (ATOMIC) TIME
The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology—Time and Frequency Division) WWVB radio station is located
in Ft. Collins, Colorado, and transmits the exact time and date signal continuously throughout the United States at 60 kHz.
The signal can be received up to 2,000 miles away through the internal antenna in the Weather Station. However, due to
the nature of the Earth’s Ionosphere, reception is very limited during daylight hours. The weather station will search for a
signal every night when reception is best. The WWVB radio station derives its signal from the NIST Atomic clock in
Boulder, Colorado. A team of atomic physicists is continually measuring every second, of every day, to an accuracy of ten
billionths of a second per day. These physicists have created an international standard, measuring a second as
9,192,631,770 vibrations of a Cesium-133 atom in a vacuum. For more information on the atomic clock and WWVB
please see the NIST website at http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/stations/wwvb.htm.

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FUNCTION KEYS:
There are 5 function keys on the weather station:
Set key
•In normal display mode, press and hold for 3 seconds to enter the manual setting mode for the following:
a. LCD contrast level
b. Time zone
c. Daylight saving time (on/ off)
d. Radio-controlled time reception (on/ off)
e. 12/ 24-hour display
f. Time setting (hour and minute)
g. Calendar setting (year, month and day)
h. Temperature unit (°F/ °C) setting
i. Re-learning/ removing channels
j. Number of channels to be saved to memory
•In view mode or alarm mode, press to go back to normal display mode
Plus (+) and Minus (–) key
•In normal display mode, press to select a channel (the indoor sensor or one of the remote temperature/humidity
sensors)
•Press to make adjustment (increase or decrease) in different manual settings and alarm setting
Mode key (MODE)
•In normal display mode, press to toggle between the following view mode:
a. Maximum record of a selected channel (the indoor sensor or one of the remote temperature/humidity sensors,
depending on the user’s selection)
b. Minimum record of a selected channel
c. Average humidity and temperature readings of a selected channel (over the last 100 values stored in memory)
d. The dew point temperature of a selected channel
e. History readings in the memory of a selected channel
•In alarm setting mode, press to activate/ deactivate the temperature and humidity alarm.
•In manual setting mode, press to go back to normal display mode
•Press and hold for 3 seconds to reset Min/ Max record of a particular channel
•Press and hold for 5 seconds to reset Min/ Max record of all channels
Mode key
Alarm key
SET key Plus key
Minus key

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Alarm key (AL)
•Press and hold for 3 seconds to enter the alarm setting mode.
•In alarm setting mode, press to toggle between the following settings:
1. high humidity alarm
2. low humidity alarm
3. high temperature alarm
4. low temperature alarm
•In manual setting mode, press to go back to normal display mode
LCD Screen:
The LCD screen is split into 4 sections displaying the time/ date, temperature, relatively humidity and memory status.
MANUAL SETTINGS:
In normal display mode, press and hold the SET key for 3 seconds to enter the manual setting mode for the following:
a. LCD contrast setting
b. Time zone setting
c. Daylight saving time on/ off setting
d. Radio-controlled time reception on/ off setting
e. 12/ 24 hour format setting
f. Time setting (Hour and Minute)
g. Calendar setting (Year, Month and Day)
h. Temperature unit (°F/ °C) setting
i. Relearning or removing a remote temperature/humidity sensor
j. Number of sets of outdoor channel to be saved to the memory of the indoor weather station
Outdoor transmitter identification
number
Time reception icon
(for WWVB time)
Calendar display
Outdoor data showing outdoor
sensor information is selected.
Relative humidity reading in
RH%
Temperature reading in
ºF/ ºC
Buzzer-on icon
Memory data display
(showing no. of sets of unread
data stored in memory)
Time

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LCD CONTRAST SETTING:
The LCD contrast can be set within 8 levels, from LCD 0 to LCD7 (Default setting is “LCD 5”):
1. In normal display, press and hold the SET key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing.
2. Use the plus (+) and minus (–) key to view all levels of contrast.
3. Select the desired LCD contrast. Confirm with the mode or Alarm (AL) key to go back to the normal display mode.
TIME ZONE SETTING:
The time zone default of the weather station is “0”. To set a different time zone:
1. Press and hold the SET key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing.
2. Press shortly the SET key one more time to enter the time zone setting. The digits “Zo” will be flashing.
3. Use the Plus and Minus key to set the time zone (-12 to 12 hr).
4. Press the Mode or Alarm key to confirm and go back to the normal display mode.
Digits flashing
Digits flashing

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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ON/OFF SETTING
Note:
•The function of day nighttime saving on/off is only applicable to specific area in United States using
WWVB time sources.
•The “dS off” setting is used for area with no day nighttime saving within US while “dS On” settings is for those
area having day night time saving within US.
1. Press and hold the SET key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing.
2. Press shortly the SET key two times to enter the daylight saving time setting. The digit “dS” will be flashing.
3. Use the Plus and Minus key to set the daylight saving time function to “On” or “Off” mode.
4. Press the Mode or Alarm key to confirm and go back to the normal display mode.
TIME RECEPTION ON/OFF SETTING:
In areas where reception of the WWVB time signal is not possible, the WWVB time reception function can be turned OFF.
The clock will then work as a normal Quartz clock. (Default setting is ON).
1. Press and hold the SET key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing.
2. Press and release the SET key three times to enter the time reception time setting. The digit “rEc” will be flashing.
3. Use the Plus and Minus key to set the time reception function to on or off mode.
4. Press the Mode or Alarm key to confirm and go back to the normal display mode.
Note:
If the Time Reception function is turn OFF manually, the clock will not attempt any reception of the WWVB time as long as
the Time Reception OFF function is activated. The time reception icon and the “WWVB” icon will not be displayed on the
LCD
Digits flashing
Digits flashing

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12/24-HOUR FORMAT SETTING:
The time display can be selected to show hours in 12-hour or 24-hour settings. (Default 12-Hour)
1. Press and hold the SET key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing.
2. Press and release the SET key four times to enter the time format setting. The digit “12h” will be flashing.
3. Use the Plus and Minus key to set the time shown in 12-hour or 24-hour format.
4. Press the Mode or Alarm key to confirm and go back to the normal display mode.
MANUAL TIME SETTING:
In case the weather station cannot detect the WWVB-signal (for example due to disturbances, transmitting distance, etc.),
the time can be manually set. The clock will then work as a normal Quartz clock.
1. Press and hold the SET key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing.
2. Press and release the SET key five times to enter the hour setting. The hour digit in the time LCD will be flashing.
3. Use the Plus and Minus key to set the hour.
4. Press the SET key one more time to confirm the hour and advance to the minute setting. The minute digit will be
flashing.
5. Use the Plus and Minus key to set the minute
6. Press the Mode or Alarm key to confirm and go back to the normal display mode.
Note: The unit will still try and receive the signal every day despite it being manually set. When it does receive the
signal, it will change the manually set time into the received time. During reception attempts the WWVB tower icon will
flash. If reception has been unsuccessful, then the WWVB tower icon will not appear but reception will still be attempted
the following hour.
Digits flashing
Hour flashing
Minutes flashing

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CALENDAR SETTING:
The date default of the weather station is 1. 1. in the year 2004. Once the radio-controlled time signals are received, the
date is automatically updated. However, if the signals are not received, the date can also be set manually.
1. Press and hold the SET key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing.
2. Press and release the SET key seven times to enter the year setting. The year digit in the date LCD will be flashing.
3. Use the Plus and Minus key to set the year.
4. Press the SET key one more time to confirm the year and advance to the month setting. The month digit will be
flashing.
5. Use the Plus and Minus key to set the month.
6. Press the SET key one more time to confirm the month and advance to the day setting. The day digit will be flashing.
7. Use the Plus and Minus key to set the day.
8. Press the Mode or Alarm key to confirm and go back to the normal display mode.
TEMPERATURE UNIT SETTING (°F/ °C):
The temperature display can be selected to show temperature data in °F or °C (Default °F).
1. Press and hold the SET key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing.
2. Press and release the SET key ten times to enter the temperature unit setting. The “°F” digit will be flashing.
3. Use the Plus and Minus key to set the unit of temperature in °F or °C.
4. Press the Mode or Alarm key to confirm and go back to the normal display mode.
Year
Month
Date
Digit flashing

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LEARNING/ REMOVING A REMOTE TEMPERATURE/HUMIDITY SENSOR (CHANNEL)
After replacement of batteries of a particular remote temperature/humidity sensor, it is necessary to learn the remote
temperature/humidity sensor again in the learning mode. On the other hand, when a user wants to decrease the number
of remote temperature/humidity sensors to be applied, they may remove the remote temperature/humidity sensors so that
the data from this channel will not be displayed in the indoor weather station. The below procedures describe how to “re-
learn” or “remove” a channel:
1. Press and hold the SET key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing.
2. Press shortly the SET key eleven times to enter Learn/ Remove setting of channels. The digits “Lrn”, “CH” and the
channel icons will be flashing.
3. Press Plus to select Channel 1. The digit ”1” will be flashing.
4. Press Plus to set Channel 1 to “Re-learn” state (The channel icon will be flashing), or press Minus to remove
Channel 1 (The channel icon will disappear).
5. Press SET key to select Channel 2. The digit “2” will be flashing.
6. Repeat the above steps to Channel 2 to 3, setting them either in “re-learnt” or “removed” state.
Note: Once a channel is removed, the indoor weather station will be “disconnected” from the channel and the data
transmitted by this channel cannot be viewed at the indoor weather station.
THE NUMBER OF REMOTE TEMPERATURE/HUMIDITY SENSOR TO BE SAVED INTO THE SYSTEM MEMORY
Up to 3 remote temperature/humidity sensors can be received by the indoor weather station. The user may decide the
number of remote temperature/humidity sensor data to be saved to the permanent memory of the indoor weather station.
For instant, user may apply 3 remote temperature/humidity sensors but set to save the data only from 2 particular remote
temperature/humidity sensors. To set the number of remote temperature/humidity sensor s whose data are to be saved in
the system memory:
1. Press and hold the SET key until the digits “Lcd” starts flashing.
2. Press and release the SET key twelve times to enter remote temperature/humidity sensor number setting. The digit
“Enr” will be flashing.
3. Use the Plus and Minus key to select the number of remote temperature/humidity sensor to be used with the
weather station (up to 3 transmitters)
4. Press the SET key one more time to confirm and go back to the normal display mode.
Digit flashing
Flashing
Digits flashing