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== The Alternative Interface ==
[[Category:Cumulus MX]]
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The Alternative Interface (AI) is currently provided as an '''addition''' to the existing Interface for CumulusMX.
The default Interface is maintained by Mark and will always provide all the tools needed to manage your installation of your weather station, The '''AI''' can be used as an alternative except immediately after an upgrade that has added new features to the interface as these may not yet be implemented on the AI (although every effort is made to do this).
In the near future it may replace the existing Interface but this is still under discussion.
▲The Alternative Interface (AI) is currently provided as an '''addition''' to the existing Interface for CumulusMX. At the current time, it should '''NOT''' be used as an alternative. In the near future this may be possible.
The AI is built using the same technology as the alternative public website and is intended to be flexible and responsive on all screen resolutions. It is modular and designed so that end users can make changes to the way page content is displayed without too much knowledge of html coding. It comes with themes that allow its colour to be changed to suit your personal preferences and a configuration page so that you can do this easily.
=== Installation ===
As the AI is now included with CumulusMX, there is no need to download it unless an interim upgrade is provided.
▲ To use the AI, you should now use the url: '''localhost:8998/ai2/'''
If you access the normal CumulusMX interface from a different computer then use the IP address of the machine running CumulusMX rather than ''localhost''.
If you run CumulusMX through a different port then use that port rather than 8998.
If you already have the AI running on your system then please '''don't''' try to merge the two - keep them separate as files will change with each release and this '''will''' cause you issues
==General Features==
* The Header and Footer can be fixed (default) or scroll, the footer is always at the bottom of the screen when page content is short and always scrolls on small screens.
* If you don't use a Davis station directly connected to your system, you will '''not''' see the 'Davis Stats' panel.
* The fonts used are fully responsive.
As far as possible, the menu has been split between those pages that simply allow you to view information provided by your weather station and those that allow you to edit them.
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'''Note''' The link to the default Interface has been moved to the '''''Utilities''''' menu and a new drop-down, called ''''Support'''' has been added to provide access to the Wiki, the Forum and my Wiki.
===Viewing Data===
[[File:View Menu Screenshot 2025-10-26.png|350px|thumb|left|alt=Viewing your weather data|Viewing your weather data]]
====The first three menu items====
These are '''Dashboard''', '''Weather Data''' and '''Extra Sensors'''.
The '''Dashboard''' menu item is always visible in both large and small screen, other menu items collapse until you expand the menu with the classic ''hamburger'' item.
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The '''Weather data''' menu, as shown on
The exceptions are for the NOAA reports pages which can still be used to regenerate the currently displayed or all missing reports.
The ''Extra sensors''' menu provides access for any extra sensors that are attached or 'air linked' to your weather station.
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===Editing Data===
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As can be seen in the screenshot on the left, there are four top level menu items to the right of the ''diamond''.
These give access to either
These mirror the same menu items as on the default Interface. One feature of the AI is that the '''''Settings''''' Menu is a drop down panel with columns. On the mobile menu it reduces to two columns. This makes it easier to access all items even on small screens.▼
▲These are: '''Logs''', '''Settings''', '''Edit''' and '''Utilities'''.
===== The Default Interface =====▼
▲These mirror the same menu items as on the default Interface. One feature of the AI is that the ''Settings'' Menu is a drop down panel with columns. On the mobile menu it reduces to two columns. This makes it easier to access all items even on small screens.
This is now accessed using the '''''Utilities''''' drop-down menu.
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▲====The Default Interface====
==Using the AI Settings Page==
*:The default is None (however, the seagull does still fade in at its default position).
*:You can choose:
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*::'''''Expand diagonally'''''
*:If you chose an animation you can adjust the speed in seconds. Setting this to 0 effectively stops the animation.
*:Regardless of any animation, you can force the seagull to hide behind page content if preferred.
Beneath these buttons you will see the values used in the CMXConfig object to store these settings. If your browser does '''not''' allow the setting to be stored, you can copy this directly into the ai-pagemanager.js file replacing what is already there.
==Editing pages directly==
On the next release of the AI, I will be adding extra pages to the wiki to help you take control of the AI and make changes to suit your needs.
The AI does include a 'development' page that you can use to try out different layouts with the available dates well as making it easy for you to change columns and column orders.
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