WEATHER STATION |
Certain models allow an optional Compact Weather Station to be connected to the device's serial port. The weather data (temperature, humidity and barometric pressure) is polled every 5 minutes and is displayed in the image overlay.
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Poll Weather Data |
Enable this option to poll the weather data.
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Model |
Select model of weather station. WX2 is the newer model.
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Connection |
Select which serial port the weather station is connected to.
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Altitude |
This is an optional setting. Specifying your altitude adjusts the barometric pressure for a sea level reading.
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Temperature Offset |
This is an optional setting. A positive or negative number can be added to or subtracted from the current temperature. The offset is in Celsius and a decimal value is allowed.
Examples: 0.5 or -1
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Humidity Offset |
This is an optional setting. A positive or negative number can be added to or subtracted from the current humidity. Only positive and negative integers are allowed.
Examples: 3 or -2
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Weather Overlay Codes |
To display the weather data on the image overlay, use the following markups or codes.
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${C} |
Degrees in Celsius
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${F} |
Degrees in Fahrenheit
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${HUM} |
Relative Humidity
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${MB} |
Barometric Pressure in Millibars (hPa)
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${HGIN} |
Barometric Pressure in Inches of Mercury
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${HGMM} |
Barometric Pressure in Millimeters of Mercury
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\260 or ALT+0176
(on number keypad) |
° Degrees Symbol (or copy/paste °)
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\261 or ALT+0177
(on number keypad) |
± Plus-Minus Symbol (or copy/paste ±)
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%% |
% Percent Sign
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Sample Weather String |
Temp: ${F}°F ${C}°C Hum: ${HUM}%% Pressure: ${HGIN} in.
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