Screen 2: reception diagnostic screen – DAVIS Vantage Vue Wireless Console Manual User Manual

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Console Diagnostic Mode

13. Repeater ID currently communicating with the console. If a repeater or group of repeaters

is used to relay station information to the console, the repeater ID displayed is the
repeater that the console is set to receive. If the console is not “listening” to repeaters, this
section remains blank.

14. Total number of good packets received.
15. Longest streak of consecutive good packets.

Screen 2: Reception Diagnostic Screen

The Reception Diagnostic screen displays information pertinent to the console’s wireless
reception. To view this screen from the Statistical Diagnostic screen, press 2ND and then press
CHILL. The degree sign displaying to the right of the last digit in Value 1 (see illustration
below) verifies that the Reception Diagnostic screen is currently displayed.
The information that is displayed in this screen includes:

1. 8-bit timer value of next reception.

2. Radio frequency error of the last packet received successfully. The ideal number should

be zero after frequency correction is added. This value affects the value of #3.

3. Current frequency correction factor. Shows the frequency adjustment to the console.
4. Signal strength of the last packet received. The values displayed in this field show the

received signal strength in dBm power. A more negative number means the signal
strength is weaker while a less negative number means the signal strength is stronger.
(Range: -100 to -20.) If a packet is not received successfully, the signal strength field is
dashed out (--).

5. The number of times that the Phase Lock Loop did not lock.

6. Percentage of good data packets. Graph shows the current and last 25 days of good

packet percentage data. The vertical scale is fixed at 10% per dot.

7. Frequency index of the next packet to be received.

8. Background noise level. This refers to the signal level that the console “hears” while it is

not “listening” to a transmitter. Background noise is displayed as power level in dBm.
The more negative the number is, the lower the background noise is. (Typically, this
number should be about 15 lower than signal strength.)

9. Current console battery voltage. Ignore this value if using only an AC adapter to power

the console.