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== Cumulus | == Cumulus can't read a data update from my station == | ||
'''CUMULUS RUNNING''' | '''CUMULUS RUNNING''' If Cumulus error light comes on and message says "Data input appears to have stopped": | ||
If you have one of the Fine Offset clones, make sure you have configured your relative pressure correctly. If Cumulus finds an 'impossible' value, it will ignore all data from your station. | #Could be interference: | ||
##Another software package is attempting to interrogate the station at (almost) the same time, so inhibiting a further connection | |||
##A process on your computer (possibly one that you initiate using Cumulus 1) terminates with an error, making Cumulus miss one of its normal station reading actions | |||
##Other devices could be affecting, either the frequency of any radio transfer by your station, or the signal passing along your USB connection lead | |||
#Could be a connection lead has been knocked and so your USB connection has ceased | |||
#Could be USB port has setting that allows it to sleep | |||
#Could be you are making some change on your station console that prevents Cumulus reading it at the same time | |||
#If you have one of the Fine Offset clones, make sure you have configured your relative pressure correctly. If Cumulus finds an 'impossible' value, it will ignore all data from your station. | |||
'''CUMULUS RE-STARTED''' | '''CUMULUS RE-STARTED''' If Cumulus does not read catch-up data from the station logger: | ||
If Cumulus does not read catch-up data from the station logger: | |||
#Might be problem with connection lead, or interference from nearby electrical unit. | #Might be problem with connection lead, or interference from nearby electrical unit. | ||
#Your station type may not have a logger, if so Cumulus cannot read anything from station while software was not running. | #Your station type may not have a logger, if so Cumulus cannot read anything from station while software was not running. | ||
#There is a bug in the Davis DLL (Dynamic-Link Library) that Cumulus 1.x.x uses, where it never downloads the last archive record; so if there is only one to download (compare how long Cumulus was stopped with logging interval on your Davis station), it doesn't get any at all. (See [[#Cumulus_takes_a_long_time_to_download_the_data_from_my_Davis_station_at_start_up|here]] for opposite problem). Cure this by ensuring if you stop Cumulus you either leave it stopped for less than Davis logging interval time, or don't restart until after at least 2 logging intervals. | #There is a bug in the Davis DLL (Dynamic-Link Library) that Cumulus 1.x.x uses, where it never downloads the last archive record; so if there is only one to download (compare how long Cumulus was stopped with logging interval on your Davis station), it doesn't get any at all. (See [[#Cumulus_takes_a_long_time_to_download_the_data_from_my_Davis_station_at_start_up|here]] for opposite problem). Cure this by ensuring if you stop Cumulus you either leave it stopped for less than Davis logging interval time, or don't restart until after at least 2 logging intervals. | ||
#You have not selected "'''Use data logger'''" in the ''Settings'' section of the '''Station settings''' screen accessed from ''Configuration'' menu. Correct this: | #You have ''not'' selected "'''Use data logger'''" in the ''Settings'' section of the '''Station settings''' screen accessed from ''Configuration'' menu. Correct this: | ||
##Stop Cumulus after changing this setting | ##Stop Cumulus after changing this setting | ||
##Look in ''Cumulus\backup'' folder (or its ''daily'' sub-folder) for a folder of .ini files prior to the problem, copy all those files to overwrite the ones in ''Cumulus\data'' folder | ##Look in ''Cumulus\backup'' folder (or its ''daily'' sub-folder) for a folder of .ini files prior to the problem, copy all those files to overwrite the ones in ''Cumulus\data'' folder | ||
