Campbell Scientific VisualWeather Software - Manual (Page 7)

VisualWeather
TM
Software
Table of Contents
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1. Introduction..................................................................1
1.1 Background...............................................................................................2
1.2 What’s New in VisualWeather 3.1 ...........................................................2
2. Installation....................................................................2
2.1 Upgrades...................................................................................................2
2.1.1 For Users Upgrading from VisualWeather 2 ..................................2
2.1.2 For Users Upgrading from VisualWeather 1 ..................................3
2.2 Hardware and Software Requirements .....................................................3
2.3 Configuration of TCP/IP and Telephony Services ...................................4
3. Starting Out ..................................................................4
3.1 Before You Begin .....................................................................................4
3.2 Running VisualWeather ...........................................................................4
3.3 Getting Help .............................................................................................5
4. The Home Screen ........................................................5
5. Configure Weather Station .........................................5
5.1 Configuring a New Weather Station in VisualWeather............................5
5.2 After Configuring a Weather Station........................................................6
5.3 Editing an Existing Weather Station Configuration .................................6
6. Connect ........................................................................6
6.1 Manually Connecting to a Weather Station ..............................................6
6.1.1 Maximum Connection Time ...........................................................7
6.2 Monitoring Current Conditions ................................................................8
6.3 Monitoring Station Status .........................................................................9
6.4 Field Monitor ..........................................................................................11
6.5 Manually Collecting Data.......................................................................11
6.6 Setting a Weather Station Clock.............................................................11
6.7 Sending/Retrieving Programs to a Weather Station ...............................12
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