Re: Oregon remote thermometer problem

In article <42f686a1$0$91532$ed2e19e4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Howard
Neil <hneil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rodney Blackall wrote:
> > I have recently had to change the battery in the remote thermometer
> > (418 MHz cable free) of an Oregon Scientific "weather station". The
> > temperature indicated is now stuck at HH.H deg (C&F) and use of the
> > reset makes no difference.
> >
> > I cannot find the box containing the instructions (3 years and house
> > move is a long time!) Can anyone out there offer a cure?
> >

> I have the Oregon WMR112 weather station which operates at 433 MHz so
> it is not precisely the same as yours. However, with mine, having
> pressed the reset button on the sensor, you need to press and hold the
> Channel button on the main unit. This forces the main unit to search
> for the signal from the remote unit. If this fails, there is a reset
> button on the main unit as well. This resets the main unit to all the
> default settings and then searches for signals.

Unfortunately I did not make my original question clear! It is the remote
unit itself which indicates HH.H; the base station tries to find it in
vain reporting a flashing 70.0.

I shall have to find Oregon's Eddress, which I hope will be on their web
site (thanks Steve).

--
Rodney Blackall (retired meteorologist)(BSc, FRMetS, MRI)
Buckingham, ENGLAND
Using Acorn SA-RPC, OS 4.02 with ANT INS and Pluto 3.03j


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