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Appendix C
Wireless Repeater Configuration
Wireless Repeater Configuration
A Vantage Pro2 Wireless Repeater (#7626, #7627) or Long-Range Wireless Repeater
(#7653, #7654) increase transmission distances or improve transmission quality
between a station and a console. A repeater receives information transmitted from a
Vantage Pro2 station and retransmits it to a console. Depending on transmission dis-
tance, one repeater or several repeaters can be used to collect and retransmit weather
data.
All consoles communicating with repeaters must be set up with the correct Transmitter
ID and Repeater ID before the console can correctly receive station information.
To set Repeater ID on the console:
1. Press DONE and the - keys to enter Setup Mode.
2. If Setup Mode has previously been completed, press DONE to display Screen 2:
(#7653, #7654) increase transmission distances or improve transmission quality
between a station and a console. A repeater receives information transmitted from a
Vantage Pro2 station and retransmits it to a console. Depending on transmission dis-
tance, one repeater or several repeaters can be used to collect and retransmit weather
data.
All consoles communicating with repeaters must be set up with the correct Transmitter
ID and Repeater ID before the console can correctly receive station information.
To set Repeater ID on the console:
1. Press DONE and the - keys to enter Setup Mode.
2. If Setup Mode has previously been completed, press DONE to display Screen 2:
Configuring Transmitter IDs.
information on configuring Transmitter IDs.
4. Press 2ND and then press WIND to enter Repeater Setup Mode and to select a
Repeater ID. Pressing 2ND and WIND sets the console to receive the signal from a
repeater instead of directly from a station. Once the console is in the repeater setup
mode, subsequent pressing of WIND continue to cycle through the all the repeater
IDs.
repeater instead of directly from a station. Once the console is in the repeater setup
mode, subsequent pressing of WIND continue to cycle through the all the repeater
IDs.
5. Press WIND repeatedly to cycle through all eight repeater IDs possible or to clear
the repeater ID in the right hand corner. When no repeater ID is shown, the console
is configured to listen directly to a station and not to a repeater.
In the example below, the console is set up to receive an ISS station on transmitter
ID 1 from repeater A.
is configured to listen directly to a station and not to a repeater.
In the example below, the console is set up to receive an ISS station on transmitter
ID 1 from repeater A.
6. For each station using a repeater, select the station and turn on the repeater function
and select the correct repeater ID.
7. Press DONE to continue to the other screens in the Setup Mode, or press and hold
DONE to return to the Current Weather Mode.
Note:
In console with the October 2005 version of firmware, the only way to exit Repeater
Setup mode is to press DONE to continue to the next setup screen.
Setup mode is to press DONE to continue to the next setup screen.
Verifying Setup
To verify that you have successfully set up your console to receive a repeater in the
console’s Current Weather Mode:
1. View the transmitter information displaying at the bottom of the
To verify that you have successfully set up your console to receive a repeater in the
console’s Current Weather Mode:
1. View the transmitter information displaying at the bottom of the
console screen.
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