WX 200 Weather Station (630-1015) Using Wind Speed/Direction Faxback Doc. # 38346 The WX 200 samples the wind speed and direction every 5 seconds. To view the current wind speed and direction, repeatedly press < or > until the selection bar appears beneath the WIND symbol on the display. NOTES: The WX 200 is preset to display the wind speed in miles per hour (mph), but you can set it to display knots, meters per second (m/ s), or kilometers per hour (kph). If the current wind speed is outside the weather station's operating measurement range (see "Specifications," Faxback Doc. # 38352), O.R. (out of range) appears on the display. The WX 200 displays wind direction in degrees (0-359 degrees, 0 degrees being due north, 180 degrees being due south, and so on) and literal compass direction (N for north, s for south, and so on). The WX 200 displays the literal compass wind direction at all times, regardless of which mode you are using. Once every minute, the WX 200 determines the average of all wind speed measurements it recorded in the last minute. To view the average wind speed, press DOWN ARROW. To recall the current wind speed and direction, press UP ARROW. VIEWING/RESETTING THE HIGH WIND SPEED RECORD To view the highest wind speed recorded since the last memory reset, and the direction the wind was blowing at that time, press MEMORY. To view the date and time that wind speed was recorded in memory, press DOWN ARROW. To recall the wind speed and direction record, press UP ARROW. To reset the high wind speed in memory and record a new high wind speed and direction beginning with the current conditions, hold down CLEAR for about 2 seconds until the weather station beeps. USING THE HIGH WIND SPEED ALARM You can set the weather station to sound an alarm when the wind speed reaches or exceeds a set speed. Each time the wind speed changes and meets or exceeds the set speed, ALARM and HI flash on the display and the weather station sounds an alarm steadily for 1 minute, then for about 5 seconds once every minute until the wind speed no longer meets the set condition. To silence the alarm sooner, press any key except LIGHT. NOTES: If you are using a mode other than WIND when the wind speed alarm sounds, a bar flashes beneath the WIND symbol on the display but ALARM and HI do not appear. If you press a key to silence the alarm, the alarm stops sounding but the symbol bar (or ALARM and HI) continue to flash until the alarm condition is no longer met. To view the current high wind speed alarm condition, select the WIND mode then press ALARM. Press it again to recall the current wind speed and direction. NOTE: ---- appears when no alarm condition is set. Setting the High Wind Speed Alarm To set the high wind speed alarm to sound using the last set alarm condition, select the WIND mode and press ALARM so ALARM appears next to GUST on the display, then press CLEAR. The last set alarm condition appears on the display. NOTE: The first time you set the high wind speed alarm after you connect power or press RESET, the WX 200 selects a default alarm condition of 125 mph (109 knots, 56 m/s, or 201 kph). To set a different condition for the high wind speed alarm, follow these steps. 1. If necessary, repeatedly press < or > to select the WIND mode. 2. If necessary, press ALARM so ALARM appears on the display. 3. Hold down SET for about 2 seconds until the weather station beeps. The last set high wind speed condition flashes. 4. Repeatedly press UP ARROW to increase the setting or DOWN ARROW to decrease the setting, then press SET to store it. NOTES: If you do not press any button for about 60 seconds, the weather station beeps, stores any changes you have entered so far, then displays the current alarm condition. If this happens, repeat Step 3 then try again. To rapidly increase or decrease the setting, hold down UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW. Clearing the High Wind Speed Alarm Setting To clear the high wind speed alarm condition so the alarm does not sound, select the WIND mode then press ALARM so ALARM appears next to GUST on the display, then press CLEAR. ---- appears. (LB/km-03/12/1997)