WeatherEze

Solar quality and lighting

The WeatherEze program has three options for lighting control:
1. Solar quality at any location is modeled and simulated, limited only to the capacity of the lighting outputs available, as seen in the graph.
2. Solar intensity is used to establish lighting control, matching intensity rather than quality of light.
3. Manual settings are also available..

Chamber Status Screen

This screen provides feedback for set points, actual temperature, lighting, relative humidity, carbon dioxide control and the current simulation date and time in the chamber, all in one convenient tab. From here you can shut off available chamber control options. This control panel also allows you to update intervals from one to 60 minutes, override the chamber update frequency and conduct a chamber update at your request.

METAR Screen

The METAR tab allows for real-time linkage with weather anywhere on the globe, and the METAR screen shows the current conditions for the locations selected in the setup wizard. These real-time readings are used to control the set points for the chamber, the heart of the realtime linkage. Real-time weather data, updated hourly, is what allows WeatherEze to control the chamber and mimic conditions anywhere on the globe.

The METAR screen offers two options if errors are encountered with the real-time data. WeatherEze will hold the last reading until a new reading is retrieved, or default to simulated data. There is also a check box on the METAR tab that allows you to toggle back and forth between real-time and simulated data.

Temperature, Humidity and CO2

All living organisms respond to alterations in environmental conditions, particularly from fluctuations in air temperature, CO2, and variations in incident solar radiation quality and duration. In addition to the lighting control panel, the temperature, humidity and CO2 control panels shown allow you to simulate conditions around the globe. Chamber requires the current Intellus Ultra, Intellus Web Server, and specific options for proper functionality. Please contact factory for details. Neither this CRADA nor the results of this CRADA are an endorsement by USDA-ARS of Percival’s products or services, including this software.