Operation Manual

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speed sensor is 4 x the distance of the tallest obstruction. For example, if your house is 6m tall and you mount
the sensor on a 1.5m pole:
Distance = 4 x (6 – 1.5)m = 18m.
Many installations are not perfect and installing the weather station on a roof can be difficult. Thus, you can
calibrate for this error with a wind speed multiplier.
In addition to the installation challenges, wind cup bearings (moving parts) wear over time.
Without a calibrated source, wind speed can be difficult to measure. We recommend using a calibrated wind
meter (available from Ambient Weather) and a constant speed, high speed fan.
(6) The rain collector is calibrated at the factory based on the funnel diameter. The bucket tips every 0.03 of rain
(referred to as resolution). The accumulated rainfall can be compared to a sight glass rain gauge with an aperture
of at least 10mm..
Make sure you periodically clean the rain gauge funnel.
(7) The default conversion factor based on the wavelength for bright sunlight is 126.7 lux / w/m
2
. This variable can
be adjusted by photovoltaic experts based on the light wavelength of interest, but for most weather station
owners, is accurate for typical applications, such as calculating evapotransporation and solar panel efficiency.
3.4 Rain
Rain fall data initial value can be set up here. Setting up as “0” is to zero the rain fall data and restart counting.
3.5 Mobile Network
Before you set up, please inquire SIM card carrier for APN, APN USER, APN PASSWORD information.
Note: If you change a SIM card belongs to a different carrier, APN information needs to be changed as well.
Telephone: You can set up at most 3 authorized numbers to send commands/receive alarm information.
And you need to define an ID No. for the device for identify. It can be consists of at most 20 digits or characters.
MSG Test: to send a message to test the network.
SMS Alarm Interval: the interval of sending alarm indications by SMS to authorized smart phone, ranges from
10 minutes to 120 minutes. Set up as”0” means alarm indication will not repeat.