WMR200 Rain Gauge - missing signal after reset

Hardware Weather Station Equipment
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WMR 200 has been working fine with all sensors. Changed batteries on rain gauge (behind the irritating 8 screws), reset - and cannot regain connection with console.

No matter what I do: have been up to the roof a number of times (sited on flat roof), but no matter how many times I reset sensor or console, no luck. Distance between sensor & console is no more than 5 meters, through one brick all. It has been working fine for months - it’s only since the change of batteries and subsequent reset.

I have seen a similar thread from around a year ago (http://discourse.weather-watch.com/t/37995), and the relevant user seems to have got it going again simply by moving around the sensor/console.

I now have the sensor and console in the same room, direct line of vision, 4 meters apart. But still no luck. Is there a simple way to see IF the sensor is actually transmitting? The console seems to be okay, as it displays readings from anemometer cluster on mast 5 meters up.

Any suggestions welcome … please.

Willem
Richards Bay, South Africa

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I would check the new batteries, some time you get a bad one. Also check that they are making a good connection, and contacts are clean.

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Thanks for the suggestion. Have done so, even checked with voltmeter … all good at around 1.8V from each AA battery. Is there a way I can check that there is power on the sensor, or that it is transmitting?

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On page 7 of the manual it says to press ch and mem on base station. Icons will flash for 5 minute and search for sensor.

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Yup, been doing that over and over, alternating with hard reset on console (with the reset button). Also removed batteries on console, put in new ones … very frustrating, since all one can do is press reset and hope for the best …

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Maybe verify the batteries are installed correctly in the rain bucket, then hit the reset button on the rain gauge. I believe you then need to initiate another search from the console within 15 minutes to allow the console to sync up with the rain gauge.