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Cumulus 1 was an all in one application, it both read the data from the weather station and provided the user interface for you to see the derived data and change the settings. MX is different, it consists of a stand-alone 'engine' which performs the reading and logging of data, uploading to a web site etc. This 'engine' is a command-line/console application which has no user interface. The separate user interface is provided by virtue of the engine acting as a web server. Once the engine is running, you can view the user interface by typing the URL of the built-in web server into your browser, either on the same machine, or on a separate machine sharing the same local network. The default URL if the browser is on the same machine as MX is http://localhost:8998/ - substitute the machine's IP address for 'localhost' if the browser is on a different machine. For security reasons, the user interface should not be accessible via the public internet. | Cumulus 1 was an all in one application, it both read the data from the weather station and provided the user interface for you to see the derived data and change the settings. MX is different, it consists of a stand-alone 'engine' which performs the reading and logging of data, uploading to a web site etc. This 'engine' is a command-line/console application which has no user interface. The separate user interface is provided by virtue of the engine acting as a web server. Once the engine is running, you can view the user interface by typing the URL of the built-in web server into your browser, either on the same machine, or on a separate machine sharing the same local network. The default URL if the browser is on the same machine as MX is http://localhost:8998/ - substitute the machine's IP address for 'localhost' if the browser is on a different machine OR if "localhost" is already in use for another web server. For security reasons, the user interface should not be accessible via the public internet. | ||
Cumulus 1 only runs on Microsoft Windows operating system, MX is different as that in addition to running on Windows, it also runs on Linux and Mac OS X. To run MX on Windows, you need the latest '''.NET''' installed which means that it will only run on Windows 7 upwards. To run MX on the additional platforms, it requires a suitable version (see support forum for advice) of the '''Mono''' runtime, and you will need to install this, as described below. | Cumulus 1 only runs on Microsoft Windows operating system, MX is different as that in addition to running on Windows, it also runs on Linux and Mac OS X. To run MX on Windows, you need the latest '''.NET''' installed which means that it will only run on Windows 7 upwards. To run MX on the additional platforms, it requires a suitable version (see support forum for advice) of the '''Mono''' runtime, and you will need to install this, as described below. | ||