Saturday, June 6, 2009

What to consider when using La Crosse WS2350.

  1. Obvious but not too easy to accomplish is that outdoor temperature sensor must not be on the path of direct sunlight. Temperature sensor must be in the shade and ventilated. My sensor sits on top of the roof so i must stack it on top of the pole in the middle of the air and provide some cover for it.
  2. Wireless connection gets lost without no reason. My sender and receiver are quite static but still connection gets lost from time to time, i can only advise that outdoor and indoor unit must be as close as possible and as few obstacles disturbing radio waves between them and possible.
  3. All sensors must be fixed well. Sensors are all lightweight and when i set up rainsensor then it was constantly blown over by wind. Also wired for connecting wind and rainsensor to temperature unit are long and if not fixed will catch wind and drag stuff around.
  4. Related to incuded software is that for me at least date and time went wrong, once year 2026 and once 2034. This caused worng times in history and also stopping of history saving. Check from time to time if saving history still works. Saving starts again when you change history file. Also HeavyWeather publisher is losing its saved settings sometimes and it is frustruating when all hard work must be done over and over again. For that I will modify and simplify usage of OpenJAWS to suit my needs when i get time to do it.

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