Campbell Scientific VisualWeather Software - Manual (Page 12)

VisualWeather
™
Software
1.1 Background
Each weather station consists of a datalogger and a group of sensors. The
sensors are designed to measure environmental factors such as air temperature
or solar radiation. The datalogger measures the sensors and processes and
stores the results. The stored results (final storage data) can be retrieved with a
PC using communication software.
Dataloggers must be "told" (that is, programmed) when and how to measure the
attached sensors, process these measurements, and store the information in final
storage. Datalogger programming can be a formidable task for many users.
However, when using VisualWeather with ET106, ET107, Toro T107, and
MetData stations, you simply select the sensors connected to the weather station
and the program is generated for you! For users with stations other than our
preconfigured weather stations, VisualWeather supports custom weather station
configurations. Short Cut for Windows is included in VisualWeather (Tools |
Short Cut), so that programs can easily be created for any datalogger type. Once
the program is generated and transferred to the datalogger, variables or input
locations in the datalogger are associated with the measurement values required
by the VisualWeather database for generation of reports.
1.2 What’s New in VisualWeather 3.1
VisualWeather 3.1 includes the following enhancements from VisualWeather
2.3:
• Support for the ET107 and Toro T107
• Enhanced Station Data screens
• Improved web output support
• Improved FTP support
• Enhanced Station Status window
• Changes to the database for faster report generation
• Global Units option which controls output units for reports and Station
Data screens
• The user now has the ability to set the units used for barometric pressure
and wind speed
• VisualWeather can now display the user interface component text (for
buttons, dialog boxes, etc.) in an alternate language, if a separate
VisualWeather language package has been installed
2. Installation
2.1 Upgrades
2.1.1 For Users Upgrading from VisualWeather 2
If you have VisualWeather 2 installed on your computer, when you run the
installation the existing version will be updated with the new files.
VisualWeather will continue to use the existing stations, databases, reports,
etc.
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