Campbell Scientific VisualWeather Software - Manual (Page 11)

VisualWeather
™
Software
1. Introduction
VisualWeather software is designed to work with Campbell Scientific's pre-
configured weather station models ET106, ET107, Toro T107, and MetData1,
or custom-configured weather stations. This software will allow you to:
• Create and send programs to one or more weather stations.
• Select a mode of communication (e.g., phone modem or RF) for each
weather station.
• Define a data retrieval schedule for each station.
• Connect to any weather station that has been configured with
VisualWeather.
• View a graphical display of a weather station’s current weather conditions.
• Print a summary of each weather station’s configuration.
• Monitor the "health" (e.g., battery voltage, internal temperature) of each
weather station.
• View and print preformatted reports (tables and graphs) from the data
retrieved from each weather station.
• Perform post-processing on retrieved data to produce special
meteorological and agricultural reports (e.g., evapotranspiration,
dewpoint).
• Set up a schedule to automatically print reports (Batch Reports).
• Export retrieved data to an ASCII file so it can be imported into a
spreadsheet or other software package for further data processing.
These tasks can be accomplished by clicking a few buttons and following the
on-screen instructions. It requires no computer experience or in-depth
technical knowledge of the weather station equipment. We hope all users—
novices or experts—will find VisualWeather a very easy to use, yet powerful,
tool for managing a weather station network.
This software is primarily designed to calculate quantities, such
as evapotranspiration (ETo), crop water needs, and growing-
degree-days, which are important to the agricultural community.
This software expects that your weather station has at least a
‘full set’ of sensors, namely sensors that measure temperature,
relative humidity, precipitation, solar radiation, and wind
speed/wind direction. If your weather station does not measure
these weather conditions, then you may not be able to utilize the
full potential of this software. For example, if your station does
not have a humidity sensor, then you will not be able to get
reports on ETo or crop water needs. NOTE
It is best to consult a CSI applications engineer who will advise
you on sensors required for your needs.
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