Page 3 - and remove the front cover of the junction box. Next insert the; The cable; Plug the wall transformer into a 120V wall socket
Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. 3 WRL Instruction Manual collector unencumbered by surrounding obstacles. Use a bubble level to make sure thatthe collector is perfectly level with the ground. Failure to level the collector will causeinaccurate rainfall readings. The rain collector has one blue cable...
Page 4 - OPERATION; Select
Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. 4 WRL Instruction Manual OPERATION Report Hold Windchill Hold Comfort Hold Last Hold Select Clear Min Max Scale Barometer/Humidity Rainfall Average Date/Time Weather Report Temperature FUNCTION KEYS Select The select key, when depressed at exactly the same time as the...
Page 6 - Temperature
Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. 6 WRL Instruction Manual ¸ Time Setting Mode: Press select and report at the same time, and the last two digits of the year displays (i.e., 90 = 1990). Press the maximum button to advance the year and the minimum button to retard the year. If the unit is in protect mo...
Page 7 - select; (Note: a single dot at the bottom separates the hour and
Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. 7 WRL Instruction Manual Press select a fourth time, and the day of the week is displayed (1 = Sunday, 2 = Monday, 3 = Tuesday, 4 = Wednesday, 5 = Thursday, 6 = Friday, and 7 = Saturday. Press the maximum button to advance the day of the week and minimum to retard. Re...
Page 8 - (Note: the single dot remains at the bottom, separating the hour; (Note: the single dot is now located at the top, between the hour; time (Note: the single dot remains at the top between the hour; See the calibration reference section for other details.; Calibration Method
Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. 8 WRL Instruction Manual Press select a ninth time (Note: the single dot remains at the bottom, separating the hour and minute) ; the lunar/tide clock will display the minutes of the cycle. Press the maximum or minimum buttons to set the minutes of the cycle. Report H...
Page 10 - Last; Humidity Sensor Calibration
Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. 10 WRL Instruction Manual Press select a fifth time; the unit displays 0, 1, 2, or 3 in the rainfall window. 2 is the normal display. Press the maximum or minimum key to enter the proper number (see calibration reference for more information). Ho ld 2 D ai ly M on th ...
Page 11 - only enter logging mode if there is data in the logging memory).
Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. 11 WRL Instruction Manual Logging Mode Press select and time hold at the same time to enter logging mode (note that all the trend indicators are on when in this mode). Time/Date Temperature Barometer/Humidity Rainfall W EA THE R RE PORT Clear Mi ni mum Sel ec t Max im...
Page 12 - SETTING MIN/MAX FORM FEED
Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. 12 WRL Instruction Manual second, log interval, determines how often the unit saves data to its internal memory. If the unit is in protect mode this function is disabled. Pressing select and average at the same time puts the unit into print set mode. The unit first di...
Page 13 - Protect Mode; Command Characters; Note: use of the either c command will clear
Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. 13 WRL Instruction Manual Protect Mode When the unit is in protect mode, scale, time setting, calibration and print set modes aredisabled. To enter or exit protect mode, press the select key for more than 10 seconds.The WRL will display PPPP in the time and date windo...
Page 14 - d- Unit responds in an identical manner as the
Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. 14 WRL Instruction Manual d- Unit responds in an identical manner as the c command but does not clear the system memoryE or e- Unit responds with minimum and maximums along with date and time ofoccurrence. This uses the same buffer as the c and d command.M- Unit respo...
Page 15 - Reference; Control Options
Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. 15 WRL Instruction Manual date time temp humidity bp rain wind speed directionNote: if you have the optional solar sensor, all aux temperature data will be replacedwith solar data followed by the letter K. Reference Control Options Control options can be changed via t...
Page 16 - Modem Installation; Computer Interface; key is pressed on the computer console.
Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. 16 WRL Instruction Manual Pin 3 Pin 5 . . . Transmit Data Pin 4 Pin 7 . . . . Data Set Ready Pin 5 Pin 9 . . . Signal Ground Pin 6 Pin 2 . . . Data Terminal Ready (must be true to send data) Pin 7 Pin 4 . . . Clear to Send Pin 8 Pin 6 . . . Request Send Pin 9 Pin 8 . ...
Page 17 - Calibration; Barometric Pressure; and; hold
Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. 17 WRL Instruction Manual Calibration The Weather Report comes pre-calibrated from the factory, but it is possible torecalibrate most of the primary functions of the instrument using TWICAL program. Barometric Pressure Normally, barometric pressure is the only item th...
Page 18 - Report Flag; SETTING; When rain rate is off, term rain is substituted.; Lunar Tide Cycle
Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. 18 WRL Instruction Manual The daily rainfall register is zeroed every day at midnight. The monthly rainfall register iszeroed on the last day of each month at midnight. The term rainfall register is never zeroedautomatically, it must be manually zeroed through the cal...
Page 19 - Rainfall history mode
Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. 19 WRL Instruction Manual When the clear button is depressed and held, the unit will display the date and time the instrument's memory was last cleared. In order to clear the memories, the clear and minimum button must be pushed at the same time. The items cleared are...
Page 20 - Figure 2
Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. 20 WRL Instruction Manual + - Power 9vdc 2 4 6 8 10 1 3 5 7 9 RS232 10 pin header RS232 pig tail Note: strip must be on the left side .75 amp fuse Figure 2 3 2 1 Power LED Wind Speed-Yellow Aux (solar) and Indoor temperature- Red Either jack if installed Outdoor tempe...
Page 21 - FCC; RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT; Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.; MODIFICATIONS; Changes or modifications not expressly approved by; SHIELDED CABLE
Texas Weather Instruments, Inc. 21 WRL Instruction Manual FCC RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pur suant to Part 15, Subpart B, of the FCC Rules. This equipmentgenerates, uses, and can radiat...