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Typical direct connection, Direct connection installation – DAVIS WeatherLink for Vantage Pro Getting Started Guide User Manual

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Typical Direct Connection

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The instructions below explain how to make a typical direct connection. Note that
if you extend the cable run beyond 48' (14.4 m), the software may have difficulty
communicating with the station.

T

YPICAL

D

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ONNECTION

Direct Connection Installation

1. Enter the console’s Setup Mode by pressing and holding the DONE key, then pressing

the “DOWN arrow” key.

Entering Setup Mode ensures that the station is not writing any data and
saves the current daily totals, highs, and lows to memory.

2. Remove the battery cover from the console back and remove all power by removing

the batteries and AC-power adapter, if present.

Failure to remove power to the console before installing the data logger may
cause damage to the data logger or console.

3. Carefully insert the data logger into the large receptacle jack marked

EXPANSION

inside the battery compartment

Guide the data logger cable through the square slot below the receptacle.

CAUTION:

Make sure that whenever you connect or disconnect the logger from the console that

the console is NOT powered up. Plugging or unplugging the data logger while power
is applied can lock up or damage the logger.

4. Restore power to the weather station by reinstalling the batteries and reattaching the

power adapter, if present.

The weather station should beep three times; each beep should occur within
about one second of the others.

5. Replace the battery cover, ensuring that the data logger cable exits through the square

slot.

Vantage Pro console

data logger

8' (2.5 m)

data logger

cable

COM Ports

Optional 40' (12 m) 4-Conductor

Extension Cable and Coupler

Connection

Options

(DB-9)

9-pin connector

battery cover