Maxkon WS-1081PC User manual

About this manual
Thank you and congratulations on selecting this professional weather station! We are positive you will
enjoy the benefits of accurate weather readings and the precise radio controlled time information that
our instruments offer.
This manual will guide you step-by-step through setting up your WS-1081PC Touch Screen Weather
Use this manual to become familiar with your professional weather station, and
reference.
Glossary of Common Terms
LCD
“LCD” is an acronym for ”Liquid Crystal Display”. This is a common type of display screen used in
televisions, computers, watches, and digital clocks.
BAROMETER & BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
A barometer is a device that measures the pressure of the air pushing on it—this measurement is
called the barometric pressure. We don’t actually feel the barometric pressure because the air
pressure is pushing equally in every direction.
RELATIVE AIR PRESSURE
Relative air pressure is the same as the barometric pressure. The calculation of relative air pressure
is a combination of the absolute air pressure and the altitude.
ABSOLUTE AIR PRESSURE
Absolute air pressure is the actual air pressure on the barometer without regard to altitude.
INCHES OF MERCURY (inHg)
Inches of Mercury are the common unit of measurement for air pressure in the United States.
HECTOPASCALS (hPa)
Hectopascals are the common units of measurement for air pressure in the International System (SI)
of measurement. The hectopascal holds the same value
Important Note:
Before inserting batteries, please carefully read the operation manual.
The touch screen weather station includes a base station (receiver), a transmitter unit, one wind
direction sensor, one wind speed sensor, one rain gauge, USB cable and a PC software package on
CD-ROM.
The Base Station is equipped with a Touch Screen LCD Monitor and allows the display of a large
variety of time and weather data.
Left Top LCD: IN-OUT temperature and humidity
Right Top LCD: Wind and Rain measurement
Left Middle LCD: Weather Forecast (Tendency)
Right Middle LCD: Air Pressure andAir Pressure History
Bottom Line LCD: Time and Date, Memory Data Usage
Note: The presence of the "Alarm-On icon" in the section means that the particular alarm has been
enabled.
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WS 1081PC
TOUCH SCREEN WEATHER STATION
(WIND AND AIR PRESSURE)
Operation Manual
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Getting Started
Setup Sensors
An added feature of the Weather Station is the readout of all measured and displayed time and
weather data on a PC.
Important Operation Notes
All actions and functions of the weather station are started on the touch screen by slightly touching
(not pressing!) the related areas, touch the flashing +, ON/OFF or –to make the corresponding
selection or increase the value.
Every time a programming step is activated by touching a switching area on the Touch Screen a tone
will sound, and the back light is switched on for a few seconds as well.
If no areas are pressed for 30 seconds, the LCD will automatically revert to the normal display mode
(automatic time out).
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The wind gauge’s cable is connect to the input on the wind direction sensor
The wind direction sensor’s cable is connected to the input marked Wind on the thermo-hygro
sensor (see fig.6)
The rain sensor’s cable is connected to the input marked Rain on the thermo-hygrosensor(see fig.7)
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Important Notes:
On the edge of wind direction sensor, there are four alphabet letter of “N”,”E”,”S”and “W” representing
for the direction of North, East, South and West. Wind direction sensor has to be adjusted so that the
directions on the sensor are matching with your real location. Permanent wind direction error will be
introduced when the wind direction sensor is not positioned correctly during installation.
Wind speed sensor wire has to be inserted into the phone jacket on wind direction sensor.
Wind direction sensor wire has to be inserted into the phone jacket located on the thermo-hygro
sensor with marking of “Wind” on top.
The rain sensor wire has to be inserted into the phone jacket located on the thermo-hygro sensor with
marking of “Rain” on top.
System Start
Insert two pieces of LR6(AA size) batteries into the transmitter, the LED located in the middle front
case of transmitter will be turned on for 4 seconds, then it will be off and start to work normally. The
transmitter will make a data transmission. When there is a data transmission happened, the LED will
be on for 20ms.
After inserting the batteries into the Weather Station, all LCD segments will be turned on for a few
seconds; all possible display segments are turned on for checking.
After this, the weather station will make initial measurement and start to register the transmitter ( the
radio reception icon will be turned on). Before there is outdoor data received, it is not allowed to touch
the LCD, otherwise the outdoor sensor learning mode will be terminated right after the touch of LCD.
When outdoor transmitter has been registered, the Touch Screen Weather Station will automatically
switch to the normal display mode from which all further settings can be performed by the user.
NOTE: Wait two minutes before re-insert the batteries of transmitter for proper reset.
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Positioning
Once you have verified that all of the components of the weather station are working, they can be
positioned in their permanent places. Before permanently mounting, make sure that all components
work properly together at their chosen mounting or standing locations.
Note: Commonly the radio communication between receiver and transmitter in the open field can
reach a distance of up to 330 feet providing that there are no interfering obstacles such as
buildings, trees, vehicles, high voltage lines, etc.
Radio interferences such as PC screens, radios or TV sets can, in bad cases, entirely cut off
radio communication. Please take this into consideration when choosing standing or mounting
locations.
Setting Up
Note: Because of the default settings already determined by the manufacturer it may not be
necessary for the majority of users to perform – except the Relative Air Pressure (see further
down) - any further basic settings. Changes, however, can be easily made.
For basic settings, the following menu is started by touching the Touch Screen in the desired display
area.
The basic settings can now be performed in the following successive order:
Note: setting procedure can be exited at any time by touching any other function area (except “+”, “-”
or “ON/OFF”).
indoor temperature
Activate the indoor temperature related setting by
1)Touch the INDOOR TEMPERATURE section, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +
button or –button to Shift the display unit between ℃and ℉
2)Touch the INDOOR TEMPERATURE section again to set the indoor temperature high alarm
function, the +, ON/OFF and –button will be flashing, HI AL icon will light up. Touch the+button or
–button to change the value, hold the+button or –button for 3s to change the number in great step.
Touch the ON/OFF button to choose the alarm on or off (if alarm is enabled, the speaker icon will
be turned on indicating the alarm function has been enabled).
3)Touch the INDOOR TEMPERATURE section the third time to set the indoor temperature low alarm
function, the +, ON/OFF and –button will be flashing, LO AL icon will light up. Touch the+button or
–button to change the value, hold the+button or –button for 3s to change the number in great step.
Touch the ON/OFF button to choose the alarm on or off (if alarm is enabled, the speaker icon will
be turned on indicating the alarm function has been enabled).
4)Touch the INDOOR TEMPERATURE section the fourth time to display maximum indoor
temperature record, the maximum records will be flashing, MAX icon will light up as well. Hold the
flashing max value for 3s, the maximum value will be reset to current reading.

5)Touch the INDOOR TEMPERATURE section the fifth time to display minimum indoor temperature
record, the minimum records will be flashing, MIN icon will light up as well. Hold the flashing min
value for 3s, the minimum value will be reset to current reading.
outdoor temperature
Activate the outdoor temperature related setting by
1)Touch the OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE section, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +
button or –button to Shift the display between Outdoor Temperature, Wind Chill and Dew Point.
2)Touch the OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE section again, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch
the +button or –button to Shift the display unit between ℃and ℉
3)Touch the OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE section the third time to set the outdoor temperature high
alarm function, the +, ON/OFF and –button will be flashing, HI AL icon will light up. Touch the+
button or –button to change the value, hold the+button or –button for 3s to change the number in
great step. Touch the ON/OFF button to choose the alarm on or off (if alarm is enabled, the speaker
icon will be turned on indicating the alarm function has been enabled).
4)Touch the OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE section the fourth time to set the outdoor temperature low
alarm function, the +, ON/OFF and –button will be flashing, LO AL icon will light up. Touch the+
button or –button to change the value, hold the+button or –button for 3s to change the number in
great step. Touch the ON/OFF button to choose the alarm on or off (if alarm is enabled, the speaker
icon will be turned on indicating the alarm function has been enabled).
5)Touch the OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE section the fifth time to display maximum outdoor
temperature record, the recorded maximum value will be flashing, MAX icon will light up. Hold the
flashing max value for 3s, the maximum value will be reset to current reading.
6)Touch the OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE section the sixth time to display minimum outdoor
temperature record, the recorded minimum value will be flashing, MIN icon will light up as well. Hold
the minimum value for 3s, the minimum value will be reset to current reading.
Indoor humidity
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Activate the indoor humidity related setting by
1)Touch the INDOOR HUMIDITY section again to set the indoor humidity high alarm function, the +,
ON/OFF and –button will be flashing, HI AL icon will light up. Touch the+button or –button to
change the value, hold the+button or –button for 3s to change the number in great step. Touch the
ON/OFF button to choose the alarm on or off (if alarm is enabled, the speaker icon will be turned on
indicating the alarm function has been enabled).
2)Touch the INDOOR HUMIDITY section again to set the indoor humidity low alarm function, the +,
ON/OFF and –button will be flashing, LO AL icon will light up. Touch the+button or –button to
change the value, hold the+button or –button for 3s to change the number in great step. Touch the
ON/OFF button to choose the alarm on or off (if alarm is enabled, the speaker icon will be turned on
indicating the alarm function has been enabled).
3)Touch the INDOOR HUMIDITY section the third time to display maximum indoor humidity record,
the recorded maximum value will be flashing, MAX icon will light up as well. Hold the maximum
value for 3s, the maximum value will be reset to current reading.
4)Touch the INDOOR HUMIDITY section the fourth time to display minimum indoor humidity record,
the recorded minimum value will be flashing, MIN icon will light up as well. Hold the minimum value
for 3s, the minimum value will be reset to current reading.
Outdoor humidity
Procedures and settings are similar to Indoor humidity
Wind speed
Activate the wind related setting by
1)Touch the WIND SPEED section, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +button or –
button to Shift the display between Wind Average Speed and Gust Speed.
2)Touch the WIND SPEED section again, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +button
or –button to select wind speed unit between km/h, mph, m/s, knots, bft
3)Touch the WIND SPEED section the third time to set the high alarm function, the +, ON/OFF and –
button will be flashing, HI AL icon will light up. Touch the+button or –button to change the value,
hold the+button or –button for 3s to change the number in great step. Touch the ON/OFF button
to choose the alarm on or off (if alarm is enabled, the speaker icon will be turned on indicating the
alarm function has been enabled).
4)Touch the Wind SPEED section the fourth time to set wind direction alarm function, the wind
direction arrow will start to flashing. Touch + or – to select desired alarm for wind direction, press
ON/OFF to enable or disable the wind direction alarm.
5)Touch the Wind SPEED section the fifth time to display maximum wind speed record, the recorded
maximum value will be flashing, MAX icon will light up as well. Hold the maximum value for 3s, the
maximum value will be reset to current reading.
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Rain
Activate the rain related setting by
1)Touch the rain section, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +button or –button to Shift
the display between 1h,24h,week,month and total rain.
2)Touch the rain section again, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +button or –button
to select rain fall unit between mm,inch.
3)Touch the rain section the third time to set the high alarm function, the +, ON/OFF and –button will
be flashing, HI AL icon will light up. Touch the+button or –button to change the value, hold the+
button or –button for 3s to change the number in great step. Touch the ON/OFF button to choose
the alarm on or off (if alarm is enabled, the speaker icon will be turned on indicating the alarm
function has been enabled).
4)Touch the rain section the fourth time to display current maximum rain fall record. Touch the rain
section for 3s will reset the maximum rain fall value to current value.
5)Touch the rain section the fifth time to reset rain fall value to 0 by pressing the rain section for 3s,
then 1h,24h,week,month and total rain will be reset to 0.
Weather forecast
1)Touch the WEATHER FORECAST section, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +
button or –button to Shift the display between SUNNY, PARTLY CLOUDY and CLOUDY, RAINY
icon
2)Touch the WEATHER FORECAST section again, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the
+button or –button to set the pressure threshold from 2-4hPa(default 2hPa)
3)Touch the WEATHER FORECAST section the third time, +button and –button will be flashing.
Touch the +button or –button to set the storm threshold from 3-9hPa(default 4 hPa)

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Pressure
1)Touch the PRESSURE section, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +button or –
button to Shift the display between Absolute pressure and Relative pressure.
2)Touch the PRESSURE section again, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +button or
–button to Shift the display unit between hPa, inHg and mmHg.
3)Touch the PRESSURE section the third time to set the Relative Pressure value. The +and –button
will be flashing, rel icon will light up. Touch the+button or –button to change the value, hold the+
button or –button for 3s to change the number in great step.
4)Touch the PRESSURE section the forth time to set the pressure high alarm function, the +,
ON/OFF and –button will be flashing, HI AL icon will light up. Touch the+button or –button to
change the value, hold the+button or –button for 3s to change the number in great step. Touch the
ON/OFF button to choose the alarm on or off (if alarm is enabled, the speaker icon will be turned on
indicating the alarm function has been enabled).
5)Touch the PRESSURE section the fifth time to set the pressure low alarm function, the +, ON/OFF
and –button will be flashing, LO AL icon will light up. Touch the+button or –button to change the
value, hold the+button or –button for 3s to change the number in great step. Touch the ON/OFF
button to choose the alarm on or off (if alarm is enabled, the speaker icon will be turned on
indicating the alarm function has been enabled).
6)Touch the PRESSURE sections the sixth time to display maximum pressure record, to display
maximum pressure, the recorded maximum value will be flashing, MAX icon will light up as well.
Hold the maximum value for 3s, the maximum value will be reset to current reading.
7)Touch the PRESSURE section the seventh time to display minimum pressure record, to display
minimum pressure record, the recorded minimum value will be flashing, MIN icon will light up as
well. Hold the minimum value for 3s, the minimum value will be reset to current reading.
Note: when absolute pressure is selected, step 3 will be skipped since absolute pressure is
selected for display.
Pressure bar graph
Touch the PRESSURE BAR GRAPH section and then press + or – to toggle the bar graph time
scale between 12hrs or 24 hrs for pressure history.
Time
1) Touch the TIME section, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +button or –button to
adjust the contrast level from 0 to 8. (default 5)
2) Touch the TIME section again, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +button or –
button to set the time zone.
3) Touch the TIME section the third time, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +button
or –button to Shift the 12/24 hours format.
4) Touch the TIME section the fourth time, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +button

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or –button to set the DST ON or OFF(this function is only available for WWVB version, while for
DCF version, this feature is not activated).
5)Touch the TIME section the fifth time to set the hour, the +and –button will be flashing. Touch the+
button or –button to change the value.
6)Touch the TIME section the sixth time to set the Minute, the +and –button will be flashing. Touch
the+button or –button to change the value.
Date
1)Touch the DATE section, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +button or –button to
shift between alarm time, date and week date.
2)Touch the DATE section again, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +button or –
button to Shift between DD-MM format and MM-DD format for the date.
3)Touch the DATE section the third time, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +button or
–button to set the year. Hold the+button or –button for 3s to change the number in great step.
4)Touch the DATE section the fourth time, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +button
or –button to set the month. Hold the+button or –button for 3s to change the number in great step.
5)Touch the DATE section the fifth time, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +button or
–button to set the day. Hold the+button or –button for 3s to change the number in great step.
6)Touch the DATE section the sixth time, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +button or
–button to set the alarm hour. Hold the+button or –button for 3s to change the number in great
step.
7)Touch the DATE section the seventh time, +button and –button will be flashing. Touch the +
button or –button to set alarm minute. Hold the+button or –button for 3s to change the number in
great step. Touch ON/OFF to enable or disable time alarm function.
Memory
1) Touch Memory section to activate history data toggle display, +button and –button will be
flashing. Press – to toggle forward to see earlier weather history data together time stamp, press +
to see later history weather data. When history data displayed, the corresponding time will be
displayed at the time section area( History data saving interval can only be changed using the PC
software that comes with this product, the default history data saving time interval is preset to 30
minutes prior to shipment).
2) Touch Memory section again will trigger the memory clear procedure: the word of “CLEAR” will be
flashing, the full memory usage icon will be flashing. Press and hold the memory full icon for 3
seconds will clear the memory.

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PC Connection
As an important feature in addition to the display on the Touch Screen, the Weather Station allows the
read-out of all measured and displayed time and weather data in form of complete history data sets on a
PC.
Data Storage
For a comprehensive weather history, the Base Station allows the internal storage of up to 4080
complete sets of weather data with time and date. The base station will loose all weather data if an
interruption of power supply. In case the memory capacity of the Weather Station is exhausted the
oldest data sets stored will be overwritten by the new ones entered.
Data Recall
Certain weather data or setting values can only be read out, processed, and displayed by means of a
PC. Also the settings of the storing intervals from 5 minutes to 240 minutes for the storage of data sets
can only be performed by means of a PC.
Connections and Software
The wiring between Weather Station and PC takes place by means of an included USB cable. The
EasyWeather software package, also included in the shipping contents, must be installed on the PC.
This software allows the display of all present weather data with graphic symbols. It also allows the
display, storage, and printing of history data sets, whose volume exceeding the maximum 4080 data
sets of the Weather Station is only limited by the capacity of the PC’s main memory.
PC software installation
The installation of software is very simple: double click the easyweather.exe file and follow the steps
popped up.
If you run the program for the first time, the current weather display will be displayed and at the sub
line of the window, the program will show related information regarding the read of all history data into
the PC. Please note however, when there is large amount of data is being uploaded, it will take a few
minutes time before the system can respond to your setup settings. Otherwise it will display “read
weather data fail” error message since the USB port is reading the data from the memory and the
system is not able to respond any further job tasks.

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When memory is full, it will take about two minutes to upload all history data into PC and it takes
another two minutes to process all history data for graphic display.
Further detailed PC software user manual can be found from the help menu.
Specifications

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Remark: where outdoor temperature is lower than -20˚C, make sure proper type of batteries to be
used to assure that the device can get enough power to maintain its function properly. Normal alkaline
batteries is not allow to be used since when outdoor temperature is lower than -20 ˚C, the battery’s
discharging capability is greatly reduced.
Please help in the preservation of the environment and return used batteries to an authorized
depot.
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This handbook may contain mistakes and printing errors. The information in this handbook is
regularly checked and corrections made in the next issue. We accept no liability for technical
mistakes or printing errors, or their consequences.
All trademarks and patents are acknowledged.

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EasyWeather PC Software User Manual
1.0 General Information
This Weather Station is a high quality, easy to use weather monitoring system that reads, displays
and records the weather data from internal as well as external sensors. Besides the internally
measured values for indoor temperature, indoor humidity and air pressure the outdoor sensor will
take data for temperature and humidity, wind and rainfall. Operation of these units is by wireless
transmission to the Base Station.
After installing the “EasyWeather” program on this CD-ROM, your PC can display all indoor data as
well as the weather data from the Base Station received from the external sensors. For operation,
simply use the USB cable supplied and connect the Base Station to the PC. From now on you can
start to track current and history weather information at your finger tips.
2.0 System Requirements
To install the "EasyWeather" software onto your PC, the minimum requirements are as follows:
Operating System: Windows NT4 (Service Pack >= 6a), Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows
Vista. Windows 7, Windows 8
Internet Explorer 6.0 or above
Processor: Pentium III 500 MHz or above
Memory: at least 128MB, 256MB recommended
CD-ROM Drive
Base Station and PC must be connected by USB cable
3.0 Installation of the “EasyWeather” Software
Firstly, the Base Station and the Outdoor Sensors should be connected and checked for correct
function (see Operation Manual for Touch Screen Weather Station for setting up the Weather
Station). After successful checking, install the “EasyWeather” software as follows:
1. Switch on your PC and insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM Drive.
2. Double click ““Easyweather.exe””
3. Select the installation process language option and click ok
4. click next and select the destination folder(change directory when needed)
5. click next and select the shortcut folder(change directory when needed)
6. click next and select the additional tasks.
7. Click next and setup is now ready to begin installing Easyweather on your computer.
8. Click install, software will be installed automatically
9. Press Finish to finish the installation process and exit. If you tick “Launch Easyweather” the
software will start to run.
10. From “Start—All Programs—EasyWeahter” path and double click the “EasyWeather” icon to
start application.
Note: The graphic function needs the software to be installed under the administrator account. If it is
installed under limited user accounts, the graphic function of the software might not be working
correctly.

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4.0 Basic Settings of the “EasyWeather” Software
After the “EasyWeather.exe” program has been started, the following main window will appear on the
PC screen:
All the settings from the base unit is mirrored into the PC software, so once you have done your
setting on the base unit, then you don’t need to make any setting changes on the PC software.
However you can still easily make any setting changes you wanted from the PC and download the
changes into the base station(the setting change will be refreshed when next full minute arrives on the
base station).
When base unit is connected to PC, it shows “USB Connected” at the bottom of screen. If no base
station is connected, it shows”USB Uncnnected”.
Tool Bar:The tool bar at the top of the screen has 4 options; System, Record，upload and Help.

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4.1 System option
4.1.1 Click System button, enters the Setting menu
This section is used to set up PC software display, base station units. Once you made your choice,
press Save to make the setting effective.

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4.1.2
Click Alarm button, enters the Alarm menu
This section is used to set the desired time, high or low alarm value for the base unit, as well as able
or disable the corresponding alarm function. Once you made your choice, choose Save to make the
setting effective. If you don’t want to make any change, just press Cancel and exit without change.
4.1.3 Click Max/Min button, enters the Max/Min menu
This section is used to display the recorded min and max value recorded with time stamp. Min/Max
reset can only be done through key operation on the base station.

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4.1.4 Click Language button, enters the Language menu
4.2 Record option
4.2.1 Click History button, enters the History menu
This section is used to display recorded history data in a spread sheet. If you wanted to see all history
data in a desired time period, choose the time duration and press Search to reload the history data.
With the Export button, you can export the selected history data into excel format file for other
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The software version 6.2 use .dat file format, the software version above 6.2 use .mdb format.
Press the Import button, you can import the old version data to the new version data to migrate
the two different data base data.
When memory on base station is full, press “Clear Memory” button to refresh the memory space on
the base station (remember to upload all data before pressing this button).
If you wanted to start a new weather history record, press “Clear Data” button to clear up the data
base, all history weather data will be deleted （if you would like to keep a back up history file before
deleting all weather data, you can make a copy of the “EasyWeather.mdb” file into another folder or
just rename the “EasyWeather.mdb” file, such as “Jan-07.dat”, for future reference.）
4.2.2 Click Graph button, enters the Graph menu
In this section, you can see the history data plotted in graph format for easier observation. If you want
to see more details, just use your mouse to select the area you wanted and the display will be
automatically updated in more detailed scale: