
Quick Start
10
2 Station Setup
Quick Start
Purpose
This document is designed to get Weather Display up and running with your weather
Station equipment in the shortest possible time.
This Quick Start does not address all your questions „ only those required to get a basic
Weather Display setup in operation so that you can view the weather information collected
by your weather station.
Minimum system requirements
• €Microsoft
®
Windows 95 operating system
• €An Intel 486 or higher CPU or AMD equivalent
• €32 MB RAM
• €6 MB hard drive space for initial setup, then approximately 10 MB additonal per month
for data
• €800x600 screen resolution with 256 color depth
• €A compatible weather station and serial (RS-232) cable with one free COM port on your
computer
Downloading Weather Display
1. €On the Weather Display Web site
[1]
, click [http:/ / www. weather-display. com/ history.
php Version History].
1. €To download the latest release, in the left navigation bar, click the [http:/ / www.
weather-display. com/ inframe. php?text=Download& inframe=download. php
Downloads].
1. €Click Download next to Main Weather Display install file.
2. €When prompted, click Save, and then specify a folder location where to save the
Weather Display install program.
3. €When the download completed, browse to the folder you specified in step 4, and
then double-click the Weather Display .exe file.
4. €Follow the instructions on your screen to complete the installation.
5. €At the end of the installation wizard, click Finish. If you leave the Launch
Weather Display check box selected, Weather Display launches with the new
version.
Note•••If you are upgrading the software, your weather data is not modified or deleted.
However, you should make regular backup of your data, especially before updating the
software. Make sure you stop Weather Display before upgrading. In Weather Display, on
the Exit menu, click Save and Exit. Make sure all of the Weather Display applications,
such as RealTime FTP do not appear in the Windows task bar notifications area.
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