DAVIS WeatherLink Getting Started Guide: Vantage Stations - Manual (Page 27)

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Program Problems
• There is data in your database for the span of the barometer graph.
• The time and date of the stored barometer data is correct in your database.
• The time and date on the PC is correct.
• The time and date on the weather station are correct.
• In the Station Configuration dialog box, set the Download archive data
when Bulletin or Summary is started drop-down box to Always or to Con-
firm each time.
 No wind direction reading (or dashes instead of a reading) appears in my data-
base.
Be aware that if there is no wind speed when the direction is being sampled,
wind direction is not recorded. During intervals with very little wind speed, no
direction may be recorded.
Note: Because high wind speed is sampled more often, it is possible to have a high wind speed
but no wind speed or direction.
 WeatherLink says “No new data to download” but I know there’s data there.
What can I do?
The Vantage Pro2 and Vantage Vue systems are “smart” enough to send only
data it hasn’t already sent to the computer. So, when you initiate a new down-
load, the program will retrieve the first record after the last record shown in the
WeatherLink’s Browse Window. Older data may still be in the data logger, if
you have not cleared its memory. To see how many of these older records are
stored in the logger, create a new station and download the data into this new
database. Because there are no records stored in the station you just created,
WeatherLink will download everything it has stored.
Next, try clearing the archive memory using the clear dialog box. You will lose
any data not already downloaded in your archive memory, but all of your cali-
bration numbers and alarm settings will remain intact. If this doesn’t work,
reboot your weather station (that is, remove and then restore all power to the
station).
Note: Make sure to put the console in Setup Mode (by pressing the DONE and DOWN arrow
keys) before removing the batteries. The ensures the station will remember the current
daily high and low values and the daily rain and ET accumulation.
 When viewing data, dashes appear in place of a value for functions other than
wind direction. Why?
If no data was recorded by a sensor (for example, the sensor was disconnected
or radio interference blocked reception), or if bad data was recorded for a sen-
sor (for example, the sensor was malfunctioning), the software dashes out the
entry rather than showing invalid data. You can use the record editor to correct
these entries.