Document Outline

• Revision and Copyright Information
• License for Use
• Limited Warranty
• Table of Contents
• VisualWeather™ Software
  • 1. Introduction
    • 1.1 Background
    • 1.2 What’s New in VisualWeather 3.1
  • 2. Installation
    • 2.1 Upgrades
      • 2.1.1 For Users Upgrading from VisualWeather 2
      • 2.1.2 For Users Upgrading from VisualWeather 1
    • 2.2 Hardware and Software Requirements
    • 2.3 Configuration of TCP/IP and Telephony Services
  • 3. Starting Out
    • 3.1 Before You Begin
    • 3.2 Running VisualWeather
    • 3.3 Getting Help
  • 4. The Home Screen
  • 5. Configure Weather Station
    • 5.1 Configuring a New Weather Station in VisualWeather
    • 5.2 After Configuring a Weather Station
    • 5.3 Editing an Existing Weather Station Configuration
  • 6. Connect
    • 6.1 Manually Connecting to a Weather Station
      • 6.1.1 Maximum Connection Time
    • 6.2 Monitoring Current Conditions
    • 6.3 Monitoring Station Status
    • 6.4 Field Monitor
    • 6.5 Manually Collecting Data
    • 6.6 Setting a Weather Station Clock
    • 6.7 Sending/Retrieving Programs to a Weather Station
  • 7. Reports
    • 7.1 Manually Generated Reports
    • 7.2 Report Parameters
      • 7.2.1 Wind Rose
      • 7.2.2 Evapotranspiration (ETo)
      • 7.2.3 Crop Water Need
      • 7.2.4 Growing Degree Days and Growing Degree Days 2
      • 7.2.5 Chill Hours
      • 7.2.6 Custom Reports
      • 7.2.7 Custom X-Y Reports
      • 7.2.8 Custom GDD Reports
    • 7.3 Batch Reports
      • 7.3.1 New
      • 7.3.2 Edit
      • 7.3.3 Run
      • 7.3.4 Delete
  • 8. Station Data
  • 9. Monitoring the Data Collection Status
  • 10. Weather Station Network
  • 11. Data Mapping
    • 11.1 Report Field Mapping
    • 11.2 Real Time Field Mapping
  • 12. Web Output
  • 13. Exporting and Importing Data
    • 13.1 Exporting Data
    • 13.2 Importing Data
  • 14. Backup/Restore Network
  • 15. Programming Custom Weather Stations
  • 16. Advanced Features
    • 16.1 Run On Startup
    • 16.2 LogTool
      • 16.2.1 Log Types
      • 16.2.2 Using LogTool
      • 16.2.3 Saving Logs to File
    • 16.3 Controlling “Show Hints” Feature
• Appendix A. Evapotranspiration, Vapor Pressure Deficit, and Crop Water Needs
  • A.1 Evapotranspiration
    • In the nighttime
  • A.2 Vapor Pressure Deficit of the Air
  • A.3 Crop Water Needs, Crop Coefficients
• Appendix B. Growing Degree Days (GDD)
  • B.1 Growing Degree Days
    • B.1.1 Method
• Appendix C. Dew Point
  • C.1 Dew Point
    • C.1.1 Method
  • C.2 References
• Appendix D. Wind Chill
  • D.1 Wind Chill
    • D.1.1 Method
  • D.2 References
• Appendix E. Chill Hours
  • E.1 Chill Hours
    • E.1.1 Method
• Appendix F. Heat Index
  • F.1 Heat Index
    • F.1.1 Method
  • F.2 References
• Campbell Scientific Contact Information