Product specifications

DS6520 (Rev. D, 1/4/07)
5-9
WeatherLink
6520
WeatherLink
®
for Macintosh OS X
Software and Data Logger
WeatherLink for Vantage Pro2
™
, Mac OS X version, consists of our WeatherLink software and a data logger that
connects to a Vantage Pro console. Used together, they enable the transfer of data from your Vantage Pro2 console
to your computer for creation of a permanent weather database. Once stored in the database, your weather information
may be used to generate a wide variety of reports and graphical displays.
WeatherLink Software Features
• Displays the current weather station data in a real-time “bulletin” on the computer.
• Allows you to set and clear data in the weather station console (time and date, highs and lows, alarm thresholds,
calibration numbers, etc.) from the computer.
• Graphs archived weather data on an hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly basis.
• Generates Weather Watcher reports in the National Climatic Data Center (NOAA) format.
• Collects data from multiple weather stations on the same computer.
• Posts weather conditions to your web site and uploads other files such as web cam images.
WeatherLink Data Logger Features
• Archives weather data for subsequent transfer to the computer.
• Manages data communication between the Vantage Pro2 weather station and the WeatherLink software.
Software System Requirements
Apple Macintosh computer running OS-X with 5 MB of free disk space, plus a free USB port. The amount of disk
space necessary for the data files depends on the archive interval. Each archive record requires 21 bytes of disk space.
Database files containing data stored at a 30-minute archive interval require approximately 36K of disk space per
month of data. The file size changes in a linear fashion depending on the archive interval. For example, data stored
at a 1-minute interval requires approximately 1.1 MB per month, while the data stored at a 2-hour interval requires
approximately 9K per month.
For phone modem connections, the following additional hardware is required: One external modem to connect to the
WeatherLink and one internal modem or external modem connected to your computer (modems must be Hayes
compatible), and Telephone Modem Adapter (#6533).
Communication Protocol
Data Channel Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, and 19,200 baud (software-selectable), RS-
232, half-duplex, data only (no CTS or RTS)
Data Logger Functions
Control Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Set Archive Interval, Set/Clear Calibration Numbers, Set Longitude
and Latitude, Set Year-to-Date Rain Total, Set/Clear Alarm
Thresholds, Clear Total Values, Set Time and Date, Set Tranceiver
Download. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Data may be transferred automatically from the data logger to your
computer at various times during the day selected by the user, from
once every minute up to once every two hours. Only new archive data
is transferred during the download.