Raddy VP7 WiFi Manual

PROFESSIONAL WEATHER STATION

Features:

Perpetual Calendar Up to Year 2099
Automatic calibration of network time service
Day of week in 15 languages user selectable: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish, Polish, Finnish, Czech, Hungarian, and Slovak
Two daily alarms
Automatic snooze function (OFF or 5~60min)
Temperature: Maximum range of indoor temperature detection display: -20°C (-4°F) to 50°C (122°F); Maximum range of outdoor temperature detection display: -40°C (-40°F) to 70°C (158°F)
Humidity: Maximum range of indoor and outdoor humidity detection display: 20% to 95%; Level 5 indoor and outdoor comfort display - data source temperature and humidity
Air pressure: Maximum range of atmospheric pressure measurement display: 600 to 1100 hPa (17.72 to 32.48 inHg or 450 to 825.1 mmHg)
Rain: Maximum range displayed for rainfall measurement: 0 to 9999mm (0-393.6 inches)
Wind: Maximum range displayed for wind speed measurement: 0 to 180 km/h (0 to 111 mph); Maximum range displayed for wind direction measurement: 0 to 359 degrees; Display of 12 Beaufort Wind Scale
Light and UV index: Maximum range of light intensity measurement display: 0 to 128 klux (0 to 1378 kfc); Maximum range of UV index measurement display: 0 to 15 level; Level 5 UVI sun exposure level indication
Wireless Outdoor Sensor: 433.92MHz RF transmitting frequency; 100 meters (300 feet) transmission range in an open area, not including walls or floors; Record of temperature, humidity, wind speed, rainfall and Light intensity; Display of feels like temperature, wind chill temperature, heat index, dew point temperature; Connects directly to wifi network, connect to Time Server Connection Status; The weather station can upload weather information via the Wi-Fi router to "https://www.wunderground.com" and/or "https://weathercloud.net".
Level 4 display backlight
Power Supply: Weather station: Equipment power input: DC 5V more than 1A (Power cord or power adapter); Battery: 2 x LR6 AA 1.5V; Multi-combination Wireless Remote Sensor: Battery:3 x LR6 AA 1.5V; Temperature | Humidity Wireless Remote Sensor (This sensor is not configured, please purchase separately if needed): Battery:2 x LR6 AA 1.5V

F.Y.I.: The main unit of the weather station can operate at temperatures ranging from 0 °C to+50°C. If the function exceeds the range, it may cause abnormalities. Please use it in this environment. The wireless remote sensor can work at -30°C to +70°C. Please choose the right battery according to the limit temperature of the wireless sensor: Alkaline zinc manganese battery can work at -20°C to +60°C; Polymer lithium ion rechargeable battery can work at -40°C to +70°C.

Weather Station Appearance

Part A-Positive LCD:

A1: Outdoor wireless channel
A2: Outdoor temperature
A3: Wind direction or gusts or average wind speed
A4: Outdoor comfort icon
A5: Outdoor humidity
A6: Value of wind speed
A7: Light intensity
A8: Rainfall
A9: UV index
A10: Time
A11: Day of the week
A12: Calendar
A13: Feels like temperature
A14: Beaufort scale
A15: Air pressure
A16: Wind direction steering wheel
A17: Indoor humidity
A18: Indoor comfort icon
A19: Indoor temperature
A20: Weather forecast

Icons:

Network time icon ?
Wireless receiving icon ?
Battery low pressure icon ?
Wireless channel loop icon ?
Alarm 1 icon ⏰
WIFI icon ?
Alarm 2 icon ⏰
WIFI signal strength indicator ?
Monday-Friday repeat alarm icon ?️
Temperature | humidity | Pressure up trend arrow ?
Saturday-Sunday repeat alarm icon ?️
Temperature | humidity| Pressure constant trend arrow ➡️
Alarm snooze icon ?
Temperature | humidity | Pressure down trend arrow ?
Multi-combination wireless sensor icon ?
3 channels of temperature | humidity wireless remote sensor

Part B - Buttons and Exterior

B1: ☀️/? Snooze/Light touch location
B2: ⚙️ Time and unit Setting and brightness button
B3: ⏰ Alarm setting button
B4: "MEM" Up and memory button
B5: "⬇️" Down and WIFI pairing button
B6: ? Wind speed related operation button
B7: ?️ Rainfall related operation button
B8: "CH" Channel Switching button
B9: Hanging hole
B10: Power supply socket
B11: Battery compartment
B12: Support frame

Multi-combination Wireless Remote Sensor Appearance

Part D - Exterior:

D1: Solar panel
D2: Rain funnel
D3: Wind cups
D4: Bubble level
D5: Temperature | humidity induction box
D6: Wind Directional Vane
D7: Reset button
D8: LED indicator
D9: Manual transmit signal button
D10: Battery compartment
D11: Support rod
D12: Fixed base
D13: Socket head cap screws
D14: Drain vents For rain sensor
D15: North direction mark
D16: Rain funnel rotation mark
D17: Large nut for fixing the support rod and the base
D18: Lighting and UV sensors

Temperature | Humidity Wireless Remote Sensor Appearance

(This sensor is not configured, please purchase separately if needed)

Part E - Exterior:

E1: Hanging hole
E2: LCD display
E3: LED indicator
E4: Temperature | Humidity sensing louver
E5: Battery compartment
E6: Manual transmit signal button “TX”
E7: "CHANNEL 1 or 2 or 3" switch
E8: Reset button

Setup Preparation

Items you will need to setup your station (not included):

Crosshead screwdriver and hex driver for assembly.
Fresh Batteries: 2 (two) AA alkaline or lithium batteries for the weather station.
3 (three) AA alkaline or lithium batteries for the multi-combination sensor.

For best results:

Remove weather station and sensors from the package and place together on a table or bench, within easy reach.
Place batteries and screwdriver within reach of setup location.
Keep sensors and weather station 0.15-0.3 meter or 5-10 feet for at least 15 minutes after installing batteries, to allow the sensors and station to connect repeatedly.

Quick Setup

Insert 3 AA batteries into the multi-combination wireless remote sensor.
Then plug the power cord into the weather station.
Go to https://www.wunderground.com and https://weathercloud.net to register user information and create device ID and KEY.
The weather station can be paired with terminal devices such as mobile phones and notebooks with wireless WLAN.
Insert 2 AA batteries into the weather station (when the power adapter is unexpectedly powered off, the settings will not be lost).
Move the remote sensor to outdoor or other location after 5 minutes.

Establish a connection with the weather server

The weather station can upload the detected weather data to "https://www.wunderground.com" and/or "https://weathercloud.net" via a Wi-Fi router. First, you need to log in to the above website to register user information and establish setting information. The specific operations are as follows:

Note: SITES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Each website's data privacy policy applies, please make sure you read and understand the license terms in full before accepting them! Only accept these terms if you truly agree with them.

Account creation and device registration

Wunderground: Open the browser and go to the following website: "https://www.wunderground.com", and follow the steps shown below to quickly register the device:

Log in or register an account.
Click "My Profile", and then click "My Devices" to register your device after the drop-down menu pops up.
Click "Adding new devices" to add a new device.
Select type "other" and click "Next".
Set the location of the device on the map and click "Next".
Follow the prompts for each item, set the correct items and click "Next". (Note: The items in red are required.)
After the setup is completed, the website will automatically generate the device ID and KEY. Record the ID and KEY, which will be needed when pairing the weather station.

Weathercloud: Open the browser and go to the following website: "https://weathercloud.net", and follow the steps shown below to quickly register the device:

Register or log in to an account.
Click Avatar in the upper right corner, and then click "Devices" to register your device after the drop-down menu pops up.
Click "+ New" to create a new device.
Follow the prompts for each item, set the correct items and click "Create". (Note: The items with a red asterisk are required, and the MODEL and LINK TYPY items must be selected as Weather station, and the time zone and location must be set.)
Click "SETTING" in the rightmost column of the corresponding device to pop up the drop-down menu, then click "Link device".
After clicking, the website will automatically pop up a pop-up window showing the ID and KEY of the registered device. Record the ID and KEY, which will be needed when pairing the weather station.

WIFI pairing

The weather station will automatically enter the AP pairing mode after it is turned on. The time bar will display "AP", indicating that the weather station has entered the pairing mode. If it does not enter automatically, press and hold the "WIFI" key for more than 3 seconds to enter the pairing mode.
Turn on your mobile phone or laptop with a wireless WIFI terminal device, find the "Weather" hotspot name in the WIFI connection item, and click Connect.

Note: The paired WIFI hotspot must be 2.4GHz, this product only supports 2.4GHz wireless network. Because weather's hotspot is paired with the weather station's hotspot, it will prompt that there is no network after connecting. This is normal. Make sure you don't disconnect.

Open the browser and enter the URL "192.168.10.1", and a pairing page will pop up automatically, as shown in the figure.

Weather Settings

Wi-Fi network setup: Select the menu and choose your 2.4 GHz WIFI router, or type in your router's name (SSID) above. Enter the password. Status: Connecting to router.
Weather server setup: Upload wunderground.com: Enter Wunderground ID and Key. Upload weathercloud.net: Enter Weathercloud ID and Key.
Time Zone Setup: Select the time zone and choose whether to automatically adjust clock for Daylight Saving Time.
Internet Time Server Setup: Select the server.

After the setup is complete, click "SAVE" and wait for the prompt that the setup is successful. After the prompt, the pairing is completed and the weather station will automatically connect to WIFI and upload the device data to the website "wunderground.com" and/or "weathercloud.net".

After waiting for a few minutes, you can see the data uploaded by the weather station on the website.

Wireless sensor connection

The weather station can connect up to 1 Multi-combination wireless sensor and 3 different channels of temperature | humidity wireless sensor (If you need this remote single temperature and humidity sensor, please purchase separately).
The weather station automatically searches for all wireless sensors within 3 minutes of power-on and registers the sensor IDs. Each sensor generates a random ID after power-on to distinguish the sensors.
In the main display interface, press the “CH” button to convert the values of wireless sensors on different channels in the OUT temperature and humidity column.

Note: In the channel icon (where A1 is displayed), the number of channels is displayed: ? (representing multiple combination wireless sensors) | CH1 | CH2 | CH3 (representing three channels of temperature and humidity wireless sensors) | Loop mode. In the loop mode, the display of the number of channels and temperature and humidity in the OUT column switches to one channel every 5 seconds, in the order | CH1 | CH2 | CH3. If the channel has no signal, it will automatically skip during the loop.

Rain readings | History

In the main display interface, press and hold the "?️" button for 3 seconds to convert the display to cumulative value of rainfall or rate of rainfall.
Rainfall: Accumulated total from current to past periods (now, 1 hour, 24 hours, day, 7 days, month, year, total).
Rainfall rate: average hourly rainfall of daily or current rainfall events.
Press the "?️" button to view the rain history, in order: EVENT | HOURLY | DAILY | WEEKLY | MONTHLY | YEARLY | TOTAL
EVENT: The cumulative value of the current rainfall event. If there is no rain for more than 30 minutes, it means the end of the current rainfall event.
HOURLY: Total rainfall for the current hour.
DAILY: Total rainfall for today.
WEEKLY: Total rainfall for the current week.
MONTHLY: Total rainfall for the current month.
YEARLY: Total rainfall in the current year.
TOTAL: The cumulative value of the total run time (no time stamp) since the weather station was started.

In the mode of viewing rain history, press and hold the "?️" button for 3 seconds to clear all history of rain.

Note: The rain reading will reset to 0 mm (in).

When viewing the rainfall rate mode, press the "?️" button to switch between displaying the daily rainfall rate or the current event rainfall rate.

Weather forecast:

The weather station calculates a weather forecast for about the next 12 hours based on the barometric pressure trend. Of course this forecast can't compare to that of professional weather services supported by satellites and high performance computers. It provides only an approximate indication of the current weather development in a small local area. Please take the weather forecast from your local weather forecasting service into account as well as the forecast from your weather station. If there are discrepancies between the information from your device and from the local weather forecasting service, please take the advice of the latter as authoritative.

The weather station displays the following weather icon:

FORECAST	FORECAST	FORECAST	FORECAST	FORECAST	FORECAST	FORECAST
☀️ Sunny	☁️ Mostly cloudy	☁️ Cloudy	?️ Rainy	⛈️ Thunder Rainy	?️ Snowy	?️ Snowy

Note: The Snowy icon will only appear if the outdoor temperature (refers to the temperature detected by multiple combined sensors) is below -4°C (+25°F) and the forecast would be rainy or Thunder Rainy.

After 7-10 days of air pressure calibration, the weather forecast tends to stabilize with an accuracy rate of 70%-75%.

Background lighting

If the product is powered by batteries, Press the "☀️/?" button to activate the backlight for 15 seconds.
When the product is powered by the power supply adapter, the battery will automatically disconnect. The backlight will remain on continuously. Press the "⚙️" button to adjust the backlight brightness, you can adjust the 5 state: 4 different brightness backlight and close the backlight. When the backlight brightness is not at the maximum level, press the "☀️/?" button to set the backlight to maximum brightness for 20 seconds.
The weather station can also set the backlight to automatically dim at night. Press and hold the "☀️/?" button for more than 3 seconds to enter the night mode setting.
Press the "⚙️" button to confirm and move to the next item.
Press the "MEM" or "WIFI" button to adjust the value. Press and hold the "MEM" or "WIFI" button to adjust quickly.

Settings order:

Night mode on | off
Backlight brightness setting at night
Hour setting for night entry time
Minute setting for night entry time
Hour setting of night exit time
Minute setting of night exit time

Note: when the night function is set off, Press "⚙️" button to exit directly, omitting the settings of other items.

When the night mode is on, the icon "?" will be displayed. When the time reaches the designated night mode time, the backlight will automatically adjust to the set night mode brightness. When it reaches the designated time to exit night mode, the backlight will return to the original brightness.

In night mode, the backlight can be switched to the highest brightness for 15 seconds by press the "☀️/?" button.

Low battery:

If the "Indoor sensor" column is display the battery icon "?", you need to replace the weather station's battery as soon as possible.

Mounting instructions (wireless sensor)

Multi-combination wireless remote sensor

Mount the sensor in an open area clear for 15 meters (50 feet) in all directions.
The sensor should be mounted on a sturdy platform or bracket that is mounted 1.5 m (5 ft) above the ground.
Secure the base of the sensor to the platform and support frame by tightening the large nut that secures the support rod to the base.
During installation, ensure that the sensor body is adjusted so that the solar panel faces south to ensure correct wind direction readings. Note the 'N' North Embossed Mark on the top of the sensor. Use a compass to verify that the 'N' North Emboss mark aligns with the 'N' on the compass.
When installing the sensor, use the top bubble level to ensure the sensor level, otherwise the accuracy of the rainfall reading will be affected.
After completing the above two steps, tighten the two hexagon socket screws on the side of the sensor body.
When installing, the fixing screws of the wind cup and the wind direction cursor should be tightened and tightened.

Rainforest structure cleaning:

The rainforest structure of the sensor needs to be cleaned regularly (recommended cycle 1-3 months, depending on the frequency of rain):

Remove the rainwater funnel (turn the rain sand funnel according to the direction of rotation shown).
Gently remove debris or insects from the rain sensor.
Remove debris from the rainwater funnel itself, especially debris from the funnel drain.
Remove the debris from the drain.
Reinstall the rainwater bucket.
Note: Do not apply oil to the rain sensor.

Note: Make sure the wireless sensor is installed within 100 meters of the weather station (empty, unobstructed). According to the thickness of the obstacle between the wireless sensor and the weather station, the distance should be shortened as much as possible (the distance after the wireless signal penetrates the obstacle will be shortened), otherwise the data transmission may be disturbed.

Temperature | Humidity wireless remote sensor