Alecto WS-1700 Weather Station User Manual

: May 15, 2024
: Alecto

Table of Contents

WS-1700 Weather Station
INSTALLATION
DISPLAYS
CONTROLS
BATTERY REPLACEMENT
RESET / SYSTEM ERROR
ENVIRONMENT
SPECIFICATIONS
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
WARRANTY
OVERVIEW
Documents / Resources

USER MANUAL Alecto WS 1700 Weather Station - cover Weather station with wireless outdoor unit
WS-1700

WS-1700 Weather Station

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INSTALLATION

Power:

Slide the battery cover, found at the back of the indoor-unit, down and remove it from the unit..
Place 2 batteries, AA-type, 1.5Volt, as indicated in the battery compartment. (image A) Batteries are not included. Once the batteries have been placed, the indoor-unit will attempt to listen for the signal of the outdoor unit for three minutes. As a result, you should perform steps 4, 5 and 6 within 3 minutes.
Remove the outdoor battery cover by depressing the moonshaped clip (image I) and pulling the two halves of the outdoor unit apart. (image J).
Place 2 batteries, type AA, 1.5Volt, in the battery compartment as indicated (image B) How to make the outdoor unit re-send it’s signal:
Press the “TX” key (image C) to force the outdoor unit to re-send it’s registration signal.
Press the “C/F” key (image D) to switch between displaying temperature in ºC or ºF. Once the indoor and outdoor unit are registered, the outdoor temperature and humidity will be displayed on the screen of the indoor unit.
Now place back the battery doors on the indoor and outdoor units.
You can hang the outdoor-unit on a single screw or put it on a flat surface.

Time format setting:
You can display the time in a 12-hour or a 24-hour format. In case you choose the 12-hour format, it will add “AM” on the display in the morning and “PM” in the afternoon. If you choose the 24-hour format the clock will run from 0 to 23:59 every day.

Press the “UP”-key to switch between 12 or 24-hour format.

Time, date and language setting:
Once you have placed the batteries inside of the indoor-unit, the clock will display 00:00. Time, date and language can be set using the following instructions:

Press and hold the “SET” key for
seconds. The time display will start to blink.
Press the ”UP” or “DOWN” keys to enter the current hour.
Press the “SET” key to continue to the minute setting.
Press the ”UP” or “DOWN” keys to enter the current minute.
Press the “SET” key to continue to the year setting.
Press the ”UP” or “DOWN” keys to enter the current year.
Press the “SET” key to continue to the month setting.
Press the ”UP” or “DOWN” keys to enter the current month.
Press the “SET” key to continue to the day setting.
Press the ”UP” or “DOWN” keys to enter the current day.
Press the “SET” key to continue to the language setting.
The following languages are available for display of the weekday..
NE – Dutch
ES – Spanish
DA – Danish
GE – German
EN – English
IT – Italian
FR – French
Press the ”UP” or “DOWN” keys to enter the language of choice.
Press the “SET” key to exit the setting mode or wait 8 seconds.

The display will no longer blink after this and the display will show the date and time correctly.

If no key is pressed for 8 seconds, the setting mode will end.
If you hold the ”UP” or “DOWN” key longer than 2 seconds, the value will change with 8 steps a second.

Alarm setting:
With the alarm function, you can select a time at which the indoor unit will give an audible alarm.

Press and hold the “ALARM” key for 2 seconds. The alarm display will start to blink.
Press the ”UP” or “DOWN” keys to enter the wanted hour for the alarm to start.
Press the “ALARM” key to continue to the minute setting.
Press the ”UP” or “DOWN” keys to enter the wanted minute for the alarm to start.
Press the “ALARM” key to exit the setting mode or wait 8 seconds.
Press the “ALARM” key shortly to activate or deactivate the alarm (the will indicate if the alarm is active).

The alarm sound will change the tone as time passes after the alarm time has been reached:

from 0-10 seconds: 1 beep/sec.
from 10-20 seconds: 2 beeps/sec.
from 20-30 seconds: 3 beeps/sec.
from 30-120 seconds: 4 beeps/sec.

Temperature format setting:
The temperature can be displayed in ºC or ºF. Use the “DOWN” key to switch between the two.

Temperature alert setting:
It’s possible to set an alert tone in case the outdoor temperature reaches a certain level. At the moment the outdoor temperature reaches below or above this level (as set) an alarm tone will be heard.
The “ALERT” key (image F).

Press and hold the “ALERT” key for 2 seconds. The Alert Max icon will start blinking in the display.
Press the ”UP” or “DOWN” keys to enter your chosen maximum temperature.
Press the “ALERT” key to continue to the minimum temperature setting.
Press the ”UP” or “DOWN” keys to enter your chosen minimum temperature.
Press the “ALERT” key to exit the setting mode or wait 8 seconds.
Press the “ALERT” key shortly to activate or deactivate the alarm (the will indicate if the alarm is active).

Rechargable batteries:
As you require, you can either use normal (alkaline) or rechargable batteries in both the indoor and outdoor units.
However, please be aware that the total voltage of rechargable batteries are lower and may affect proper operation when they are nearly empty.
Rechargable batteries must be charged with an external charger.

Batteries outdoor unit:
Because regular Alkaline batteries perform poorly or not at all at temperatures around or below 0°C, we don’t recommend using standard Alkaline batteries for the outdoor unit. This is why we recommend inserting Lithium batteries into the outdoor unit, because these are developed for functioning within a temperature range of -20°C to 60°C.
These batteries can be ordered from the customer service department of Commaxx: service@commaxxgroup.com. Lithium batteries with a capacity of 2900mAh have a life span of at least one year.

Placement:

Do not put the indoor unit in direct sunlight and keep it removed from heat-emission such as lamps or heaters.
For a good reception of the radiosignals, do not put the indoor-unit next to big metallic surfaces or heavy machinary.
The outdoor unit may be made for outdoor use, but it is not waterproof. Place the unit away from potential rainfall.
The distance between the indoor and outdoor unit may not be more than 50 meters
The indoor unit can be wallmounted by using the gap at the backside to put it on a screwhead sticking some mm out of the wall.
If you want to put the indoorunit on a table or similar flat surface, pull out the table-stand (see image G).

DISPLAYS

General: The current temperature, humidity and air pressure will not be displayed correctly until both the indoor and outdoor unit have been working for a few hours without having been moved.
The weather preduction and air pressure functions will not be correct until 24 hours after installation.

Alecto WS 1700 Weather Station - DISPLAYS 1

Display overview:

1. Weather prediction by icons
2. Snooze function activated
3. Alarm on or off
4. Low battery indication of indoor
5. 12 hour clock display (AM or PM)
6. Time display
7. Date display
8. Display of name of day
9. Second display
10. Lunar cycle display
11. Min or Max display
12. Min or Max display
13. Indoor temperature| 14. Outdoor temperature
15. Display in ºC or ºF
16. Low battery indication of outdoor
17. Display in ºC or ºF
18. Temperature shift indication
19. High/Low temperature alert
20. Signal reception-indication
21. Temperature shift outdoor
22. Humidity outdoor
23. Min or Max display
24. Comfort icon
25. Humidity indoor
26. Min or Max display
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Outdoor unit

CONTROLS

Weather prediction:
With various icons, a weather prediction will be displayed for the day. This prediction is calculated by changes in the air pressure. Using this method, it’s 75% accurate. Using air condition or other methods to alter the indoor climate can impact this function..
The weather prediction uses the following icons:

Alarm:
Please view the installation part of this manual on how to set this function.
Press the “ALARM” key to activate or deactivate the alarm. When the alarm activates you can press any key to stop the alarm. After 24 hours, the alarm will activate again.

Snooze function:
If the alarm goes off and you use the snooze function by pressing the “SNOOZE” key, the alarm will stop and the icon will appear on the display, blinking together with the icon. After 5 minutes the alarm will go off again.
Press the “SNOOZE” key to pause the alarm for another 5 minutes or any other key to stop the alarm.

Lunar cycle:
The lunar cycle icon shows how much you can see of the moon this night (in case of clear skies). This display is based on the date setting.

Indoor temperature:
The indoor temperature is measured every 12 seconds. The temperature shift icon will indicate if the temperature has raised, lowered or is the same.
If the temperature shift is similar (within 1ºC) over the past hour, it will show .
If the temperature shift is raised more than 1ºC within an hour, it will show .
If the temperature shift is lowered more than 1ºC within an hour, it will show .
The measuring range is from 0ºC to +50ºC ±1ºC

Humidity indoor:
The Humidity is measured every 12 seconds. The percentage of humidity is shown in the display. The comfort icon will further indicate if the climate is healthy.
When the humidity is lower than 40% appears
When the temperature is between 20°C~28°C and the humidity is between 40%~70%, appears
There won’t be any icon if the humidity is between 40%~70%, but the temperature is not between 20°C~28°C.
If the humidity is above 70%, appears.

Memory:
With the “MAX/MIN” key you can view the maximum and minimum value that has been measured of the following values

Indoor temperature
Indoor humidity
Outdoor temperature
Outdoor humidity
1. Press the “MAX/MIN” key.
2. The maximum values are shown at the respective locations of temperature and humidity. Next to the value, “MAX” is displayed.
3. Press the “MAX/MIN” key.
4. The minimum values are shown at the respective locations of temperature and humidity. Next to the value, “MIN” is displayed.
5. Press the “MAX/MIN” key or wait 8 seconds to exit this mode.

Memory reset:
You may delete Maximum and Minimum values at any time.

Press and hold “MAX/MIN” for 2 seconds until a beep can be heard.

The Maximum and Minimum values are now erased.

Outdoor temperature alert:
Please view the installation part of this manual on how to set up this function.
Activating/Deactivating the alarm:

Press the “ALERT” key to activate the alarm. ( is displayed)
Press the “ALERT” key to deactivate the alarm. ( disappears)

If the alarm is active and the minimum or maximum value is passed, an alert signal will sound for 5 seconds.
The outdoor temperature value shown will blink. This is repeated every minute until the outdoor temperature returns to a value between the minimum and maximum value set.

BATTERY REPLACEMENT

Indoor unit:
After the batteries are switched out in the indoor unit, all memories and settings will be erased.

Outdoor unit:
After the batteries in the outdoor unit are replaced, it is required to register it to the indoor unit again.
Please use the instructions in the Installation part of this manual.

RESET / SYSTEM ERROR

In case you lost your overview of the settings or the device shows some odd behaviour, it is a good option to reset the indoor and outdoor unit.

Remove the batteries from both units
Wait at least 10 seconds before placing back the batteries.
Follow the registration steps mentioned in the Installation part of this manual.

Within several seconds, the indoor and outdoor unit should once again have a radio link and the device should operate normally.
In case the defect has not been solved in this manner, you can contact Commaxx BV.

ENVIRONMENT

At the end of the lifecycle of this product, you may not dispose of it together with normal household waste. Please recycle it according to the instruction of your city or area.
Note that used batteries should be recycled as Chemical waste.

SPECIFICATIONS

Indoor unit:
Measure range temperature: 0°C ~ +50°C (32°F ~ +122°F)
resolution: 1°C (1.8°F)
Measure range humidity: Accuracy 10% 20% ~ 95% relative humidity
resolution: 1%
Power: 2x 1,5V battery, AA size, alkaline

Outdoor-unit:
Measure range temperature: -50°C ~ +70°C (-58°F ~ 158°F)
resolution: 1°C (1.8°F)
Power: 2x 1,5V battery, AA size, alkaline
Send frequency: 433MHz
Range: up to 50 meters

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Hereby, Commaxx BV declares that the radio equipment type Alecto WS1700 is in compliance with directive 2014/53/EU.
The full text of the EU declaration of conformity is available at the following internet address: https://commaxx-certificates.com/doc/ws- 1700_doc.pdf
Frequency Range: 433.92 MHz
Maximum Power: < 0 dBm

WARRANTY

For the Alecto WS-1700, you have a warranty of 24 MONTHS after the date of purchase. During this period, we guarantee a cost-free solution for any defects made by construction or material defect. This to be investigated by the importer.

HOW TO HANDLE:
If you find a defect, first study the manual. If the manual does not give you any method to solve the problem, please contact your dealer with a clear description of the found issue. He will then arrange to have the device repaired or sent to the importer.

THE WARRANTY IS NOT UPHELD:
In cases of misuse, wrong connection, use of non-original parts and accessoiries, neglect and defects caused by flooding, fire, lightning strikes, natural disasters, unauthorized changes or reparations by any third parties and incorrect transport without proper packing material.

Any other liability, specifically subsequential damages, is excluded.