Davis Instruments DWW765Y User Manual

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A single repeater installation is used in situations where one station can not successfully 
communicate with a receiver, or if a station needs to be farther away from a receiver than 
maximum line-of-sight transmission distance of 1000'. The repeater can also be used as a 
signal amplifier for situations in which a signal is weak between a station and a receiver.

The wireless repeater listens to and communicates with a station transmitter by looking 
for that station’s unique station ID. Each wireless transmitting station, including the Inte-
grated Sensor Suite (ISS), uses one of eight selectable transmitter IDs. The transmitter ID 
is set using a four-position DIP switch on the station’s transmitter board, known as a Sen-
sor Interface Module (SIM).

There are two ways to find out the station ID the station is currently transmitting on:

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Checking the DIP switch positions on the station

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Viewing stations transmitting to the console

Every Vantage Pro2 station contains a DIP switch used to program the sta-
tion to transmit using a certain ID. DIP switches #1, 2 and 3 on the transmit-
ter control the channel the station transmits on. (DIP switch #4 is used for 
transmission testing, not for programming the transmitter ID.) 

To find the transmitter ID on your station:

1. Find the white box housing the SIM for your station and open it.

2. Locate the four-position DIP switch, usually located in the right-hand corner of a sta-

tion’s board.

The positions of switches #1,2, and 3, determine the ID the station is set to. The 
default transmitter ID for all stations is 1 and the default position for all of the DIP 
switches is down or OFF.