User's Manual

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Add a Vantage Pro2 Sensor Suite (optional)
Add a cabled or wireless Vantage Pro2 integrated sensor suite, such as GroWeather
(product number 6820/6820C), to your system, to get rain, wind, temperature,
humidity, and solar radiation data to the Gateway.
Connect a Wireless Sensor Suite
Connect a wireless station by following the prompts int he EnviroMonitor app, the
same way you connect Nodes to the Gateway
Connect a Cabled Sensor Suite
1. Open the Gateway door.
2. Remove the plug from
one of the holes in the
bottom of the Gateway
and run the sensor suite
cable up through it.
3. Outside the shelter, wrap
a split grommet with an
oval hole (included in
hardware kit) around the
cable and push the
grommet securely into
the hole. Plug the cable
into the sensor suite cable jack.Close the door.
4. Secure the sensor suite cable to the post or pole with the included zip ties. Do
not use staples to secure the cable.
Note: If you are mounting the Gateway and the sensor suite together, you may find that the
100’/30m cable that comes with the sensor suite is too long. You may use the
included 8’/2.4 m cable. If you use this shorter cable, pay special attention to
preventing the sensor suite from shading the solar panel on the Gateway. (See
below.) Davis also has two other cable lengths available for purchase: 40’/12m,
(product no: 7876-040) and 200’/61m (product no. 7876-200).
If your installation is between 0° and 45° latitude,
North or South, and you mount the Gateway and a
Vantage Pro2 sensor suite on the same pole, it is
important to make sure the sensor suite does not
shadow the Gateway’s solar panel at midday,
especially in the summer. Mount the sensor suite
and Gateway so that they are at least 4 feet (1.2 m)
apart or rotate the Gateway 45° to the east or west
(depending on your location). If you do rotate the
Gateway, you may need to return it to face south
(Northern Hemisphere) or north (Southern
Hemisphere) in the winter. You can also add a Davis Angle Shelter Bracket,
product number 6671, which will increase the Gateway’s tilt to 30
°.
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