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=== Overview ===
The AI version 2 is here. This is a major upgrade involving a complete rewrite of the HTML and Javascript. Any errors in the last release of version 1 have been corrected and new features included:
=== Features of AI2 ===
Dark Mode has been implemented and 32 dark mode themes included to match the original. Please note that these themes are no longer compatible with the default website.
Significant, but not exhaustive improvements have been added for accessibility. Anyone requiring thee features with knowledge of how to improve the AI2 should contact me.
Page layouts have been improved and those pages with multiple panels can now be re-arranged by changing their order style in the html files.
Download AI2 here (Updated 16:45 on 28th April 2023) for build 3241
[[File:AI2.zip|Download Version 2 here]]
Please note that neither 'General Settings' or 'Advanced option' on the Internet settings ~ web/FTP' page doesn't expand. Please use the default interface for this if required. All other features work as required.
=== How it fits with the existing inteface ===
The AI has been developed as an '''
As said above, the AI includes all the same resources needed to view the data being generated by your website; to configure your station and to edit data should errors occur.
*The '''Header''' and '''Footer''' are both fixed by default. This can be changed by you if required.
*The '''Menu''' has been adapted to take less space but includes a button to return to the default '''Interface''' pages.
**I have also moved/duplicated some of the menu entries to other top level menu items.
*The header area is now better at being responsive on small screens - reducing in size to give you more space for your data on small screens.
=====Viewing generated data=====
*The '''Dashboard''' page
**Shows the '''alarm LEDs''' at the top of the page.
**The '''Sun and Moon''' rise & setting times are displayed in a popup; again using the button in the page title bar.
**For those users with Davis weather stations, you can see '''Packets''' data, '''CRC errors''' and the percentage failure rate.
▲**For those users with Davis weather stations, you can see '''Packets''' data, '''CRC errors''' and the percentage failure rate.<br/>I have found that this last piece of info is a good indicator for when the battery needs changing. This option toggles across sessions so if you hide them they stay hidden until you choose to view them again.
*The '''Charts''' pages
**All charts can be zoomed, i.e., you can swipe the mouse over parts of the chart to view readings in detail.
*The '''NOAA''' pages
**Both pages have been amended so that the required report loads when a date is selected.
*'''Extra Sensors'''
**These pages use flex boxes and as such it is possible to rearrange them on the page simply by changing their 'order' number in the html code.
**These now all have fixed columns for line number and date (and time).
**All pages automatically load data when the pages open.▼
=====Management and Setup Menus=====
▲*The '''Data Logs''' Menu
**Some cosmetic changes have been made to the popup editor panel.
▲**All pages automatically load data when the pages open.
▲**The '''Readings Logs''' and '''Extra Data Logs''' pages display the last 7 days of entries but this can be changed using the popup calendar.<br/>These tables also display metric units for all appropriate data. If you use other units then you will need to edit the three html files. (Details are in the 'readme' file included in the download).
*The '''Settings''' Menu<br/>This menu provides access to the same pages as in the default system although some have been redesigned
**The '''MySQL Settings''' page has been made into two columns.
*The '''Edit...''' Menu
**The '''rain editor''' is now much narrower and the shading on read-only entries made more obvious.
*The four '''Edit Records...''' pages
**These are
*The '''
**This inludes FTP, Purge database, Reload the Dayfile, Custom logs and 'AI Settings'.
**The FTP and Dayfile options load the same page with both options available.
**Enables you to change the status of the header and footer from static to scrolling - either or both.▼
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**'AI Settings...' gives you access to the various theme colour styles available. To view the them on this page use the appropriate button or selecting 'Use for all pages' will make the change permenantly.
**You also have the option to reset the theme to the default.
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This package also includes:
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*The '''datatables''' and
*Finally the '''PopupOverley''' library for the same reasons. This will be removed in the next release.
===Known Issues===
At the moment I have not been able to make the AI open the ''Internet Settings'' ~ ''Web/Upload Site'' ~ ''Advanced Settings'' panel. As this is only for very specific issues you may well not need to access it, but if you do, then simply use the default interface until I post a solution.
==Installation==
You are then ready to start using it. If you use the url: '''<nowiki>http://localhost:8998/</nowiki>''' to run your normal interface, you can simply add the folder name to the end like so:
'''<nowiki>http://localhost:8998/
Of course localhost can be replaced with the IP address of the machine running CumulusMX. Using the IP address of your CumulusMX computer, you can also brows to it from another computer on your ''local'' network.
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