Specifications

Advanced Control Technologies
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ADVANCED CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES
Weather Stations
Weather Stations
Rain Bird offers two Weather Station options
to help meet your course’s unique irrigation
management needs. Both WS-PRO2 and the
WS-PRO LT provide evapotranspiration (ET)
management and reporting capabilities; while
only the WS-PRO2 offers optional intelligent
alarm and irrigation control responses through
Rain Bird’s powerful Smart Weather™ software.
FEATURES AND BENEFITS
Superior ET Model. Rain Bird’s Central Control
Systems use weather sensor input to determine
ET rates based upon a field-proven proprietary
equation for ET.
Automatic ET Download/Selective Usage.
Automatically download weather data daily
and calculate ET to determine irrigation times
for the entire system or by specific areas, holes
or stations.
ET Override. Allows you to easily set certain
programs to ignore ET values when determining
run times.
Rain Bucket. Allows rainfall from one day to be
carried over to the following day(s) for more
accurate ET calculations.
Multiple Station Capacity. Connect up to five
(5) weather stations to one central control
system for more precise ET values based upon
different weather conditions and micro climates
around the golf course.
Max Rainfall. User-defined maximum rainfall
can be set to limit the amount of acceptable
rainfall for specific soil types or other areas that
are subject to high run-off.
Weather Data Reports. Generate reports to
show current or past weather conditions by the
hour, day, week, month or year.
Unlimited Data Storage. Store unlimited
weather data at the central control.
Multiple Languages. Choose from 10 different
languages (English, French, German, Italian,
Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
or Chinese).
English or Metric Measurement Units.
Easily select between English or Metric units
of measure.
The WS-PRO2 Weather Station along with
Rain Bird’s Smart Weather Software supports
alarms when thresholds are exceeded in:
• Rain
• High or Low Ambient Temperatures
• High Winds
• Rainfall Intensity
When any of these alarms exceed user-defined
thresholds in a programmed time period, the
system will intiate an alarm condition.
The alarms will automatically reset when
temperature, rain or wind conditions are again
within acceptable ranges for irrigation.
Automatic Shut Off/Turn On. Rain Bird Central
Control Systems automatically shut OFF
irrigation operation for the entire system or in
specific areas of the course (tee box, fairway,
green, etc.) when alarm conditions are detected
at the weather station. They also automatically
turn ON irrigation when weather conditions
return to the acceptable range for irrigation.
Automatic Pause/Resume. Rain Bird Central
Control Systems automatically suspend
irrigation to the entire system or specific areas
(tee box, fairway, greens, etc.) when alarm
conditions are detected. They also automatically
resume irrigation when weather conditions
return to the acceptable range for irrigation.
Automatic Notification. The WS-PRO2 Weather
Station, using Rain Bird® Messenger,™ can
automatically notify you wherever you are, at
the central control or via text messaging or
e-mail when alarm conditions exist.
The WS-PRO2
sensor array
records vital
weather
information
and sends it to
your computer.
•
WS-PRO LT
•
WS-PRO2 Weather Station
HOW TO SPECIFY
WS – XXXX-XX – XX – X
Model
PRO2 =
Professional
Series
PRO LT =
Professional
Light Series
Connection
SH = Short Haul
PH = Phone Modem
†
WL = Wireless*
Power
Blank = User
Supplied
S = Solar
Powered
*Only available on WS-PRO LT
† Only available on WS-PRO2