MONSUN
– Wireless rain gauge
1. Features
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Wireless transmission of outdoor temperature and rainfall quantity (433 MHz), distance
range up to 30 m (free field), with temperature trend indicator
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Rain sensor with alarm
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Indication of total rainfall quantity, of the last hour, the last 24 hours and the last rain
with time and date of recording
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Bar graph indication and history of the last 7 days, weeks and months
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Indoor temperature
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Maximum and minimum temperature
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Programmable temperature alarm
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Clock with date
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Display unit for wall mounting or table standing
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Very simple installation, no cables required
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Ideal for gardening and agricultural purposes and for all those who want to know
more about nature
2. Elements
2.1 Receiver (Display unit) Fig. 1
LCD
A1:
Outdoor temperature
A2:
Trend indicator
A3:
Time
A4:
Rain sensor
A5:
Bar graph indication rainfall quantity
Buttons
B1:
"
HISTORY" button
B2:
"SET/RAIN" button
B3:
"
SINCE" button
B4:
"IN/OUT TEMP/SEARCH" button
B5:
"ALERT" button
B6:
"MAX/MIN" button
B7:
"RESET" button
Housing
C1:
Wall Mount Hole
C2:
Battery Compartment
C3:
Stand (removable)
2.2. Transmitter Fig. 2
D1:
Battery compartment
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MONSUN
– Wireless rain gauge
3. Getting started
3.1 Insert batteries
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Insert the batteries (3x 1.5V AA) into the battery compartment of the display unit,
observing the correct polarity.
3.2 Setting of clock and calendar
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After batteries were inserted, or when holding "SET" button for 3 seconds, the 24 h
digit begins to flash. Press " " or " " buttons to choose 12 HR or 24 HR system. Using
"SET" button you can switch to setting hours, minutes, seconds, year, month/day
sequence, month, day, mm/inch, °C/°F and rain sensor alarm ON or OFF.
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In "month/day sequence" the two different date displays can be selected: month/date
(American version) or date/month (European version).
3.3 Reception of outdoor transmitter
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Open the battery compartment of the outdoor rain sensor with a screw driver and
insert the batteries (2 x 1.5 V AA), polarity as illustrated.
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The display unit automatically starts scanning the 433 MHz signal to register the rain
sensor unit after setting time. The symbol
successfully. If the reception of outdoor values fails, "- -" appears on the display. If the
reception of outdoor values fails, "- -" appears on the display. Check the batteries and
try it again. Check if there is any source of interference.
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Manual initialization can be helpful. Hold "SEARCH" button on the display unit for 3 seconds.
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After successful installation screw up the battery compartment of transmitter carefully.
4. How to operate
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Important: Buttons will not function while scanning the outdoor transmitter signal.
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During operation, all successful settings will be confirmed by an acoustical signal.
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The instrument will quit the setting mode, if there is no button used within 15 seconds.
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Holding " " or " " buttons, you will enter fast mode.
4.1 Rain gauge
4.1.1 Rain sensor alarm
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When it starts to rain an alarm signal will sound for 2 seconds and the symbol
begins to flash. Press any button to stop the alarm. The display stops flashing 30 minutes
after the rain has finished.
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Set the acoustic rain sensor alarm on or off during setting mode (see 3.2). "AL ON
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appears on the display when alarm sound is activated.
4.1.2 Indication of date
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Press "SET/RAIN" button to show the date.
4.1.3 Indication of rainfall quantity
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Press "SET/RAIN" button again to show the following information:
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Indication of total rainfall quantity since the last reset. Hold "SET/RAIN" button for
3 seconds to clear the recorded reading.
flashes when the signal is received
AL OF".
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