How to Change the Transmitter ID on the Davis Vantage Vue Weather Station

If you are having issues retrieving data or your data seems incorrect, you may be getting interference from another weather station within the transmitting range. Your Davis Vantage Vue weather station indoor console and outdoor sensor suite is set transmitter ID 1 by default. So if your neighbour or someone near you has the same station, there is a chance this could occur. 

The most straightforward fix is to change the transmitter ID on both the indoor console and the outdoor sensor suite.

How to change the transmitter ID on the Davis Vantage Vue Weather Station

Note: When changing the transmitter ID, you must remember to change it on both the outdoor sensor suite and indoor console.

Here’s the sequence you need to follow:

Outdoor Sensor Suite

1. (0:29) To check the current ID press and release the transmitter ID button quickly. The LED will blink once. Then, after a short pause, it will blink any number of times between 1-8. The number of blinks corresponds with the transmitter ID channel. As you can see here, we are on channel 1.
2. (0:55) – To change, push, and hold the transmitter ID button until the LED light begins to flash quickly. This flashing indicates the device is in setup mode.
3. (1:02) - Release the button, and the LED will go dark.
4. (1:07) - Then, push the button the number of times equal to your desired new transmitter ID. We are after channel 4, so will press four times.
5. (1:17) - Wait until four seconds has elapsed with no further button pressing, the LED will blink the same number of times as the new transmitter ID. The outdoor sensor suite ID is now updated.
6. (1:31) - If you’re unsure, you can press and release the transmitter button as you did with the first step. A light will blink then the transmitter ID will flash.

Indoor Console

1. (1:46) - To change the indoor console, you need to enter the setup mode. To do so, press the ‘2^nd’ then setup buttons.
2. (1:53) - Press the done button a couple of times until you land on the STA (Current ID Number) VUE ISS Screen.
3. (2:00) - Press the + or – button to turn the reception of signals from the channel on or off. Press < or > to move between transmitter IDs.
4. (2:09) - On this screen, turn off STA 1 VUE ISS and turn on STA 4 VUE ISS to match the updated outdoor sensor suite transmitter ID.
5. (2:21) - Once the ID you wish to use is on and the other IDs are off, return to the main screen by pressing and holding ‘DONE.’
6. (2:29) – Give the outdoor sensor suite some time to sync up with the indoor console. Once outdoor weather data is being received, the change over is complete.

If, after following the procedures set out in this article, you are still experiencing difficulties, please contact an Instrument Choice scientist.

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