La Crosse Technology 2800 Weather Radio User Manual


 
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AlthoughtheUSBcommunicationdevicecanbeinstalledonanyUSBportconnectedtoyour
computer,usinganonpoweredUSBhuborextensioncableincreasesthechanceforinterruptions
betweentheUSBcommunicationdeviceandyourcomputer.Whereobstructionsareanissue,agood
quality6ftUSBextensioncable
canbeusedifitisdirectlyconnectedtoeitherapoweredhuboraporton
thecomputeritself.
Forbestperformance,werecommendthattheUSBdevicebeconnectedtoaUSBportdirectlyonyour
computer.AnexternallypoweredUSBhubcanbeused,butavoidusinga
selfpoweredUSBhubor
extensioncablelongerthan6ft.TheseUSBextensiondevicescannotgeneratesufficientpowerto
maintainongoingcommunication.
SYNCHRONIZING
WHATISSYNCHRONIZING?
SynchronizingistheprocessoftellingtheweatherstationandtheHeavyWeathersoftwarehowtotalktoeach
other.TheweatherstationandtheUSBcommunicationdevicefirstgothroughanidentificationorintroduction
process.Duringthisprocess,theweatherstationwillsendoutasignalidentifyingitselfwitha
specialidentification
code.TheUSBdevicealsosendsoutasignalwithanidentificationcode.Whenthetwodeviceslocateeachother,
theystoretheIDcodeoftheotherdevice,sotheycan‘lockonto’eachother.Thisallowstheweatherstationand
thesoftware(throughtheUSBdevice)
toconnectandcommunicateagain,shouldtheyeverloseconnectionwith
eachother.Italsomeansthatoncetheyarelockedontoeachother,theywon’tinterferewithanotherweather
stationthatmaybenearby(thiskeepstheneighborshappy).
SYNCHRONIZATIONCHECKLIST
BeforewebegintosynchronizetheHeavyWeatherProsoftwarewithyourLaCrosseTechnology®weather
station,let’smakesurethatallofthecomponentsarereadytogo.
1. Theweatherstationissetupandreceivingdata.
IFYOUHAVENOTYETINSTALLEDANDCONFIGUREDTHEWEATHERSTATION,pleaserefertothe
installationandsetupdocumentationforyourweatherstationbeforecontinuingwith
the
synchronization.
2. TheUSBcommunicationdeviceisinstalledproperly.
IFYOUHAVENOTYETINSTALLEDTHEUSBCOMMUNICATIONDEVICE,pleaserefertothesectionon
installingtheUSBcommunicationdeviceanddothatbeforecontinuing.