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If you were archiving your Easyweather.dat files, you may need to repeat the whole above process for futher source files, until you have the whole period you want. When Sfws did this process, he tried to merge the exported files before creating the Cumulus logs, but dealing with 2 full years of frequent pre-Cumulus observations meant he had a massive spreadsheet with almost a million cells, and it made separation into day by day or month by month for feeding into the Cumulus logs more difficult. | If you were archiving your Easyweather.dat files, you may need to repeat the whole above process for futher source files, until you have the whole period you want. When Sfws did this process, he tried to merge the exported files before creating the Cumulus logs, but dealing with 2 full years of frequent pre-Cumulus observations meant he had a massive spreadsheet with almost a million cells, and it made separation into day by day or month by month for feeding into the Cumulus logs more difficult. | ||
==Station configuration screen: Using 'EasyWeather.dat' file as current | ==Station configuration screen: Using 'EasyWeather.dat' file as current station type== | ||
You might want to run EasyWeather software, perhaps for testing purposes, and use its output file as the | You might want to run EasyWeather software, perhaps for testing purposes, and use its output file as the source for Cumulus software on a short term basis. (Both software programmes need to run continuously for this to work). As an alternative to the bulk transfer above (that was for transfer of historic observations), Cumulus at all versions has the option to ''read the latest'' observations directly from an easyweather.dat file if '''Easyweather (using .datfile)''' is selected as the station type (see Cumulus help for how to fill in the station configuration screen) and process '''the last line only'''. | ||
From version 1.9.4 build 1071 onwards Cumulus assumes 'easyWeatherPlus.dat' format if ''extra sensors'' ticked and 'easyweather.dat' format if ''extra sensors'' is unticked. | |||
'' | Remember, it is better to select the ''Fine Offset (WH1080 etc)'' station type (this reads observations by most models directly via USB without EasyWeather software) for normal operational purposes (again see Cumulus help for station configuration screen) as that allows Cumulus to do more, including coping with non-continuous running. If your station model measures UV and solar light intensities, the recommended station type selection is ''Fine Offset with UV/Light sensor''. | ||
==Usage of easyweather.dat fields for Cumulus input of latest record:== | ==Usage of easyweather.dat fields for Cumulus input of latest record:== | ||
