Weather Stations
Rain Bird offers two Weather Station options to help meet your course’s unique irrigation management needs. Both WS-PRO2 and WS-PRO LT provide evapotranspiration (ET) management and reporting capabilities; while only the WS-PRO2 offers optional intelligent alarm and irrigation control responses through Rain Bird’s powerful Smart Weather™ software.
Key Features
Superior ET Model
- Rain Bird’s Central Control Systems use weather sensor input to determine ET rates based upon a field-proven proprietary equation for ET.
Automatic ET Download/Selective Usage
- Automatically download weather data daily and calculate ET to determine irrigation times for the entire system or specific areas, holes or stations.
ET Override
- Allows you to easily set certain programs to ignore ET values when determining run times.
Rain Bucket
- Allows rainfall from one day to be carried over to the following day(s) for more accurate ET calculations.
Multiple Station Capacity
- Connect up to five (5) weather stations to one central control system for more precise ET values based upon different weather conditions around the golf course.
Max Rainfall
- User-defined maximum rainfall can be set to limit the amount of acceptable rainfall for clay soil types or other areas that are subject to high run-off.
Weather Data Reports
- Generate reports to show current or past weather conditions by the hour, day, week, month or year.
Multiple Languages
- Choose from 10 different languages (English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish or Chinese.)
Measurement Units
- English or Metric
Custom Alerts with User-defined thresholds and time periods
- Rain
- High or Low Ambient Temperatures
- High Winds
- Rainfall Intensity
Automatic Shut Off/Turn On or Pause/Resume
- When alarm conditions are detected, Rain Bird Central Control Systems automatically shut OFF or suspend irrigation to the entire system or to specific areas only (tee box, fairway, green, etc.) and can turn ON or resume irrigation when weather conditions return to the acceptable range for irrigation.
Automatic Notification
- WS-PRO2 Weather Station, using Rain Bird® Messenger,™ can notify you wherever you are, at the central control or via paging, text messaging or e-mail when alarm conditions exist.
Specifications
WS-PRO LT
Compatible Modules: Automatic ET, Multiple Weather Station Communication System: Short Haul Transmission Range: 20,000 ft (6,096 m) Power Supply Required: 16 to 2 VDC Air Temperature Sensor Range: -40° to 122°F (-40° to 50° C) Air Temperature Sensor Accuracy: ±0.9°F (±0.5°C) Relative Humidity Sensor Range: 0 – 100% Relative Humidity Sensor Accuracy: ±5% – 90% to 100% RH, ±3% – 10% to 95% RH Rain Gauge Sensor Resolution: 0.04" (1mm) Solar Radiation Sensor Accuracy: ±2.5% Wind Direction Sensor Range: 350° mechanical, 352° electrical Wind Speed Sensor Starting Threshold: 0.78 ms-1 (1.75 mph)WS-PRO2
Compatible Modules: Automatic ET, Multiple Weather Station, Smart Weather™ Alarms, Smart Messenger Communication System: Short Haul Transmission Range: 20,000 ft (6,096 m) Power Supply Required: 9.5 to 16 VDC Optional Power Supplies: Solar Panel Air Temperature Sensor Range: -13° to 122°F (-25° to 50°C) Air Temperature Sensor Accuracy: ±2.7°F (±1.5°C) Relative Humidity Sensor Range: 0 – 100% Relative Humidity Sensor Accuracy: ±6% – 90% to 100% RH, ±3% – 0% to 90% RH Rain Gauge Sensor Resolution: 0.01" (0.25 mm) Solar Radiation Sensor Accuracy: ±3% Wind Direction Sensor Range: 350° mechanical, 356° electrical Wind Direction Sensor Accuracy: ±4° Wind Speed Sensor Starting Threshold: 0.4 ms-1 (0.9 mph)
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