System Guide

Part 4 – Checking the Weather Source

With the Weather Station and Weather Monitor parameters properly defined

in the Sentinel WMS program software, weather monitoring and reporting

should now be available.

To test and evaluate operation of a Weather Station, the Current Conditions

window should be opened to review all weather and climate-related data

retrieved from the weather station.

1. Choose Current Conditions under the Status & Setup directory to open

the Current Conditions window. The Weather Station name will be shown

in the window title bar.

Note: The Current Conditions window configuration is defined by the type

of weather station instrument selected on the Station Type tab of the

Station Properties window. The window in the following example is

configured specifically for the Davis VantagePro weather station.

2. Choose the Receive button to download all available weather data from

the Weather Station.

3. Choose the Blue arrowhead to open the Weather Monitor window.

4. Start and Stop the Sentinel

Watcher from the

Main Menu or right-c

lick

on the Sentinel

clock icon in the Windows Start Bar.

5. To review the current Weather Monitor settings, choose the Station

Properties toolbar button to open the

Station

Properties window.

The History Tab

The current results of all Weather Station communications are posted for

immediate review on the History tab. The history data provides the necessary

information to calculate daily ET, rainfall and monitored weather conditions,

and includes all automatic and manual communication results.