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Ambient Weather WS-4000 User Manual

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WI-FI ULTRASONIC
SOLAR-POWERED WIRELESS
WEATHER STATION
Model WS-4000
USER MANUAL

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  • Page 1 WI-FI ULTRASONIC SOLAR-POWERED WIRELESS WEATHER STATION Model WS-4000 USER MANUAL...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warnings and Cautions .

  • Page 4: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION Thank you for your purchase of the Ambient Weather WS-4000 Wi-Fi Ultrasonic Solar-Powered Wireless Weather Station. The following user guide provides step-by-step instructions for installation, operation, and troubleshooting. To download the latest manual and additional troubleshooting tips, please visit https://ambientweather.com/faqs/question/tags/tag/WS-4000/ .

  • Page 5: Pre-Installation Checkout And Site Survey

    Set date and time on console Calibrate the relative pressure to sea-level 40-42 conditions (local airport) on console Reset the rain to zero on console Configure Wi-Fi Register and upload to Weather Servers 25-31 PRE-INSTALLATION AND SITE SURVEY Pre-Installation Before installing your weather station in its permanent location, we recommend placing it in a temporary, easily accessible spot for one week.

  • Page 6: Site Survey

    . Ambient Weather provides the most comprehensive mounting solutions for weather stations, including tripods, pole extensions, pole mounting kits, guy wires, ground stakes and more. Visit Ambient Weather Mounting Solutions for assistance and ideas for mounting your weather station: http://www.ambientweather.com/amwemoso.html...

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    GETTING STARTED The Ambient Weather WS-4000 Ultrasonic Wi-Fi Personal Weather Station consists of one indoor display console (RF receiver + Wi-Fi transmitter), one ultrasonic sensor array, one indoor thermo- hygrometer barometer, and one (online) user manual: Parts List Ultrasonic Sensor Array Assembly (Item WS-4000-ARRAY)

  • Page 8: Sensor Array Set Up

    Figure 1 Sensor Array Set Up Install the Batteries in the Sensor Array Open the battery compartment with a screwdriver, insert 2×AA batteries in the battery compartment, and press the “Reset” button . The LED indicator on the back of the sensor package will turn on for 3 seconds and then flash once every 8 .8 seconds indicating sensor data transmission .

  • Page 9: Sensor Array Mounting

    Sensor Array Mounting The unit can be mounted on a 1" diameter, vertical pole (not included) . Remove the collar from the bottom of the unit and slide it onto the mounting pole . Align the battery compartment so it faces north . Carefully place the unit onto the top of the pole, and replace the collar onto the unit, tightening the mount...

  • Page 10: Optional Accessories

    OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES PART DESCRIPTION IMAGE PRODUCT PAGE NUMBER Indoor Air Quality Monitor* AQIN* Outdoor PM25 PM25 Particulate Monitor Indoor PM25 Particulate PM25IN* Monitor* Wireless Temperature WH31E † and Humidity Sensor † Indoor Wireless Temperature, WH32B Humidity and Pressure Sensor Leak Detector WH31LA * PM25IN and AQIN share the same channel .
  • Page 11 PART DESCRIPTION IMAGE PRODUCT PAGE NUMBER Waterproof Probe WH31P † Temperature Sensor † Soil Moisture Sensor WH31SM Floating Pool Thermometer WH31PF † † Leaf Wetness Sensor WH51LW Wireless Refrigerator/ WH51RF Freezer Temperature and Humidity Sensor The WH31E, WH31P and WH31PF share the same 8-channels . †...

  • Page 12: Best Practices For Wireless Communication

    BEST PRACTICES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Wireless communication is susceptible to interference, distance, walls, and metal barriers. We recommend the following best practices for trouble free wireless communication. Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI): Keep the console several feet away from computer monitors and TVs. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI): If you have other 915 MHz devices and communication is intermittent,...

  • Page 13: Display Console

    DISPLAY CONSOLE Figure 6 Figure 7 NUMBER DESCRIPTION Memory card slot for upgrades and backup data USB port for loading the operating system (not required by user) Power jack Reset Connect the display console power jack to AC power with the power adapter (included) as shown in Figure 7.

  • Page 14: Initial Display Console Operation

    Initial Display Console Operation Connect the display console power jack to AC power with the power adapter. The console starts to receive from the indoor and outdoor transmitters . Home Screen Display The display console home screen layout is shown above. DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION AWN connection icon...

  • Page 15: Display Buttons

    NOTE: A red exclamation mark symbol near a measurement readout indicates an alarm is set for that parameter. For sun and moon phases to function, Latitude and Longitude must be set. Please see pages 23-24 for how to do so. Display Buttons ICON DESCRIPTION...

  • Page 16: Multi-Channel And Scroll Mode For Optional Sensors

    5 seconds . NOTE: Multi-channel sensor data will be delivered directly to the Ambient Weather Network server, and no history data will be saved in the display console. Temperature and Humidity Color Gradients Outdoor/Indoor Temperature Color Ring TEMP.

  • Page 17: Hourly Rain Icon

    Outdoor/Indoor Humidity Color Ring HUMIDITY RANGE (%) COLOR RING HUMIDITY RANGE (%) COLOR RING 0%, No signal 50 to 60 or dashes 1 to 10 60 to 70 10 to 20 70 to 80 20 to 30 80 to 90 30 to 40 90 to 99 40 to 50...

  • Page 18: Other Console Features

    OTHER CONSOLE FEATURES Weather Forecasting The five weather icons are Sunny, Partly Cloudy, Cloudy, Rainy and Stormy . The forecast icon is based on the rate of change of barometric pressure. Please allow at least one month for the weather station to learn the barometric pressure over time. PARTLY SUNNY CLOUDY...

  • Page 19: Wireless Signal Quality Icon

    . PM2.5 Sensor (optional) An optional PM2 .5 sensor is available for the WS-4000 . The display shows the current PM2.5 measurement, and the 24-hour running average, which is a better indication of the accumulative effect of particulates on overall health .

  • Page 20: History Mode

    History Mode Min/Max × 1 View high and low records, and clear specific records in the history mode . Press the Up or Down buttons to scroll to the parameter you wish to clear. Press the Plus Button to check the parameter you wish to clear.
  • Page 21 To clear all of the records, press the Clear All History Button and you will be prompted to clear the data . Press the Down button once to confirm. The Yes Button will be highlighted in green . Press the Plus Button to clear all archived records .

  • Page 22: Set Mode

    Sensors Name and Data × 4 View live current data and change sensor ID names . Select Field Scroll Field Up Scroll Field Down Return To Setup Set Mode × 1 Enter Set Mode . Select Select Select Select Scroll Scroll Select Return...
  • Page 23 Set Date and Time Set the date and time . Set automatic time synchronization . Scroll Scroll Select Select Scroll Scroll Field Return Value Up Value Value Value Field Up Down to Setup Down Set Time: (hour:minute:second) Press to set the time . The hour field will turn red.
  • Page 24 Set Time Format Press to change the time format between × 2 hour:minute:second (h:mm:ss), AM hour:minute:second (AM h:mm:ss) and hour:minute:second AM (h:mm:ss AM) . Set Date Format × 3 Press to change the date format between MM-DD-YYY, DD-MM-YYYY and YYYY-MM-DD . Temperature Units of Measure ×...

  • Page 25: Backlight Display

    Backlight Display × 9 Press automatically turn on and off the backlight or adjust the brightness based on the time of day . Adjust Up Adjust Scroll Left Scroll Scroll Up Scroll Return or Check Down or Right Down Home Uncheck Longitude and Latitude ×...
  • Page 26 the USA, the hemisphere setting is WEST . To change to EAST, press key . Press to change your longitude . The longitude ×100 will turn red . Press to increase or decrease the value . Press to change the remaining longitude variables . To determine your longitude and latitude, we recommend the following website: www.bing.com/maps...

  • Page 27: Rainfall Season

    Down Down Enter your email address and we will walk you through creating an account for this device on Ambient Weather Network (AWN) via email . Registration for AWN is accomplished through the console . Please note that it may take 24-48 hours for data to initially appear .
  • Page 28 On the weather server screen, you can enter the email address that you wish to use to create your AWN account . NOTE: This is an example; Your MAC address will be different. Once you submit your email address, you will receive an email like the example to the right to complete...
  • Page 29 For custom server uploads, press highlight the Setup . Press to access . Select Keyboard Scroll Field Up Scroll Field Down Return To Setup Set Setup: Press to highlight the customized panel . Enter Setup to customize your own server. You can choose the Wunderground. com or AmbientWeather.net protocol, which is defined on the Weather Underground website (search Weather Underground upload protocol) and the AWN help guide:...
  • Page 34 AmbientWeather .net . Enable the skill and get started: say “Alexa, ask Ambient Weather for a weather report.” This will provide you with your outdoor weather report, but you can ask for your indoor weather report as well by saying, “Alexa, ask Ambient Weather about the indoor...
  • Page 35 Wi-Fi Scan × 15 Press to perform a Wi-Fi Scan . . Press to perform a Wi-Fi Scan. Your wireless router will appear. Press to select your wireless network. Press to enter the password. Press to scroll to the character and press to select the character .
  • Page 36 If the Wi-Fi network you are connecting to is hidden, please follow below steps to connect: 1 . From the Wi-Fi Scan page, press to select Hidden SSID setup and press key to enter . 2 . Press highlight the SSID .
  • Page 37 More × 18 Press to view additional settings . NOTE: You must be running Firmware Version 1.5.3 or greater. Select Field Scroll Field Up Scroll Field Down Return To Setup More > Soil Moisture Calibration The soil moisture sensor provides for optional two-point linear calibration.
  • Page 38 More > Soil Moisture Calibration > Customize and Reset Once the 0%AD and 100%AD are entered, set Customize to ON . To return to the non-calibrated settings, set Customize to OFF . Select Reset to restore to factory default . Increase Decrease Select...
  • Page 39 More > PM2.5 Air Quality Sensor Calibration Increase Decrease Select Select Scroll Scroll Field Return Value Value Value Value Field Up Down Home The calibrated PM2.5 equation is as follows: Calibrated PM2.5 = Measured PM2.5 + PM2.5 Offset To adjust, press to scroll to the parameter you wish to change.
  • Page 40 For the WS-4000 weather station, the following sensor IDs are assigned: WS4000: Ultrasonic sensor array WH32B: Indoor thermo-hygrometer-barometer To register, disable or select a specific sensor, press the button to edit and save settings . More > Sensors Name & Data...

  • Page 41: Alarm Mode

    More > AQIN Calibration Increase Decrease Select Select Scroll Scroll Field Return Value Value Value Value Field Up Down Home The calibrated AQIN equations are as follows: Calibrated CO₂ = Measured CO₂ + CO₂ Offset Calibrated PM2.5 = Measured PM2.5 + PM2.5 Offset Calibrated PM10 = Measured PM10 + PM10 Offset To adjust, press to scroll to the parameter you wish to change.
  • Page 42 . Before accessing the calibration page, ensure the console is set to detecting rainfall from the Haptic gauge on the WS-4000 array (instead of a funnel type, such as the WS-5000) .

  • Page 43: Calibration Mode

    Calibration Mode × 3 NOTE: The location of the Set icon changes after the first press. Increase Decrease Select Select Scroll Scroll Enter Return to Calibrated Calibrated Value Value Field Up Field Sub-Setup Home Value Value Down Mode To adjust, press to scroll to the parameter you wish to change.
  • Page 44 (1) Temperature errors can occur when a sensor is placed too close to a heat source (such as a building structure, the ground or trees) . To calibrate temperature, we recommend a mercury or red spirit (fluid) thermometer. Bi-metal (dial) and digital thermometers (from other weather stations) are not a good source and have their own margin of error.
  • Page 45 0 .41"-1 .18" per hour, 1 .19"-2 .40" per hour, and over 2 .40" per hour. There is an event during which a trusted source measures rain at 0 .3" per hour, the amount of rain observed by the WS-4000 is 0.8", while the trusted source observes 1.1". The calculation...

  • Page 46: Factory And Data Export

    The figure of 1.375 is then entered into the Rain Gain within the specified rate of rainfall . In this example, rate of rainfall being 0 .3" per hour, the 1 .375 is entered here: If/when rainfall rates are observed within the remaining sections, you may repeat this process for each of the sections .

  • Page 47: Exporting Data File Format (Data Logging)

    5. Backup data: Backup data to micro-SD/TF card . Insert the micro- SD/TF Card into the slot . Press the key to select Backup data . Press the key to open the message box “Copy history data to SD card?” Press select OK or Cancel .

  • Page 48: Updating Firmware

    The WS-4000 has two types of firmware: console firmware and Wi- Fi firmware. Both are updated utilizing Wi-Fi on the console and can be set to update automatically or manually .

  • Page 49: Wi-Fi Firmware Update

    “firmware revision number:” line. Wi-Fi Firmware Update To update the Wi-Fi firmware on your WS-4000 display console, your console must already be connected to Wi-Fi. You will access...

  • Page 50: Glossary Of Terms

    GLOSSARY OF TERMS TERM DEFINITION Absolute Absolute pressure is the measured atmospheric Barometric pressure and is a function of altitude, and to a lesser Pressure extent, changes in weather conditions. Absolute pressure is not corrected to sea-level conditions . Refer to Relative Barometric Pressure . Accuracy Accuracy is defined as the ability of a measurement to match the actual value of the quantity being measured.
  • Page 51 Relative Measured barometric pressure relative to Barometric your location or ambient conditions . Pressure Resolution Resolution is defined as the number of significant digits (decimal places) to which a value is being reliably measured. Solar Radiation A solar radiation sensor measures solar energy from the sun . Solar radiation is radiant energy emitted by the sun from a nuclear fusion reaction that creates electromagnetic energy .

  • Page 52: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS Wireless Specifications Line of sight wireless sensor array RF transmission (in open air): 1,000', 300' under most conditions Line of sight Wi-Fi RF transmission (in open air): 80' Outdoor Sensor Update Rate: 4 .9 seconds Indoor Sensor Update Rate: 49 seconds Sensor Array RF Frequency: 915 MHz Wi-Fi Console RF...

  • Page 53: Array Maintenance

    TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE If your question is not answered here, you can contact us as follows: Online Support: https://ambientweather.com/faqs/question/tags/tag/WS-4000/ Email Support: support@ambientweather.com Technical Support: 480-346-3380 (M-F 8am to 3pm Arizona Time) PROBLEM...

  • Page 54: Accessories

    If there is an exclamation point (!) next to the Wi-Fi icon on next to the Wi-Fi icon the WS-4000 display, it means the display is connected to Wi-Fi but the Wi-Fi is not connected to the Internet . Make sure the 2 .4 GHz band on your router is connected to the...

  • Page 55: Liability Disclaimer

    LIABILITY DISCLAIMER • Please help in the preservation of the environment and return used batteries to an authorized depot . • The electrical and electronic wastes contain hazardous substances. Disposal of electronic waste in wild country and/or in unauthorized grounds strongly damages the environment . •...

  • Page 56: Fcc Statement

    FCC STATEMENT Statement according to FCC part 15.19: This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference . • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation .

  • Page 57: Warranty Information

    WARRANTY INFORMATION Ambient, LLC provides a 1-year limited warranty on this product against manufacturing defects in materials and workmanship. This limited warranty begins on the original date of purchase, is valid only on products purchased and only to the original purchaser of this product.

  • Page 58: California Prop 65

    CALIFORNIA PROP 65 WARNING: Use of this Ambient Weather product can expose you to chemicals, including lead and lead compounds, which are known to the State of California to cause cancer and bisphenol A (BPA), and phthalates DINP and/ or DEHP, which are known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm.
  • Page 59 Ambient Weather Product or component and Ambient Weather has not attempted to evaluate the level of exposure . A Proposition 65 warning means one of two things: (1) the business has evaluated the exposure and has concluded that it exceeds the “no significant risk level”;...
  • Page 60 CUSTOMER SERVICE Email Support: support@ambientweather.com Technical Support: 480-346-3380 (M-F 8am to 4pm Arizona Time) ©Copyright 2024, Ambient LLC . All Rights Reserved . WS-4000_MANUAL_1_24.08.21...
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