Cumulus.ini (preserving history)
The cumulus.ini configuration file is located in the directory in which you installed Cumulus. It is a text file containing initialization parameters used by the Cumulus application, and is read only when Cumulus starts up. Parameters are in the form 'attribute=value' and grouped into sections. Cumulus re-writes the contents of the application configuration screens to the file when it shuts down.
Editing the file
Many configuration parameters are changed from the various application configuration pages, you should never edit these directly in the file while Cumulus is running, as Cumulus will replace these parameters with the contents of the relevant application Edit/View/Configuration screens to the file when it shuts down. You can edit them in the file with Cumulus stopped, it will read the new values when it restarts, but beware of selecting invalid values for these parameters, generally it is safer to use the application to edit them (unless you are importing values from another setup).
Note that some configuration settings can only be applied by editing this file to insert them; they do not appear anywhere in the configuration screens. Cumulus does not write these values back out to the file on shut down, so they do not appear with default values - in other words, you need to add them if you want to set them. Make sure you place these additional parameters in the correct section as listed below.
Note also that if your system is configured to use a comma for a decimal separator, then you should use a comma in any decimal values that you set in this file.
File Contents
All installations (using the current version of Cumulus) will contain all the following sections (although the order of sections is inmaterial and probably reflects when you started using Cumulus as new sections have been added at the end by various versions), some relate to the external websites that Cumulus can optionally supply with updates, if you do not use those services those parameters will be set to the defaults. Within a section, newer versions of cumulus may add additional parameters set by revised configuration screens, and permit additional parameters to be added manually.
If you are not using the current version, or you are using a beta build, then checking the release information may be advisable before you make changes. I also strongly advise taking a backup of Cumulus.ini at regular intervals, to ensure you have a version to return to if an edit (within cumulus or externally) causes a problem.
Section: Station
See individual parameters for specific instructions on setting them. In many cases this is by using Station Configuration Screen, but if the parameter does not exist in your file, then insert it using a file editor.
INI Line Entry | Function |
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[Station] | Section name - the following parameters relate to the station configuration. |
Type=-1 | Station Type as set by the checked radio box in the Station Configuration Screen, Station Type block
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Model="yourModel" | Whatever you have entered for Station Model on the Station Configuration Screen Settings block. |
Port=0 | Com port in your computer which is connected to your weather station if connected via a serial port. Defaults to port 0. |
Latitude=0 | You are advised not to directly edit this parameter in the file, but to type Latitude Degrees, Minutes, Seconds in the Station Configuration Screen Location block
Value is Latitude in Decimal Degrees based on what you have entered, Positive for North, Negative for South |
Longitude=0 | You are advised not to directly edit this parameter in the file, but to type Longitude Degrees, Minutes, Seconds in the Station Configuration Screen Location block
Value is Longitude in Decimal Degrees based on what you have entered, Positive for East, Negative for West |
LatTxt= | Latitude in text string format of hemisphere degrees, minutes and seconds. HTML ampersand codes are used for spaces and DMS characters. |
LonTxt= | Longitude in text string format of hemisphere degrees, minutes and seconds. HTML ampersand codes are used for spaces and DMS characters. |
Altitude=0 | your station altitude as entered in the Station Configuration Screen Location block. See Cumulus Help for that screen. |
AltitudeInFeet=1 | Altitude measurement unit as set in the Station Configuration Screen Location block.
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Humidity98Fix=0 | Selected in the Station Configuration Screen Settings block.
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Wind10MinAverage=0 | Selected in the Station Configuration Screen Settings block.
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CalculatedDP=0 | Selected in the Station Configuration Screen Settings block.
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CalculatedWC=0 | Selected in the Station Configuration Screen Settings block.
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UseWindChillCutOff=1 | Calculate Wind chill only if temperature less than 10°C rule.
Note that CalculatedWC=1 is needed for this setting to have any effect (if your station is a type that supplies wind chill itself); i.e. you need to set Cumulus (see directly above) to calculate the wind chill if it is to apply a rule based on temperature. |
ChillHourThreshold=45 | The temperature threshold is specified in the units that you use in Cumulus (see Heat/cold_degree_days_and_Chill_hours) |
ChillHourSeasonStart=10 | The season start figure is the calendar month number (1 to 12) |
RolloverHour=0 | Log roll over time as selected on the Station Configuration Screen
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Use10amInSummer=1 | Daylight saving correction for 9am roll over
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SnowDepthHour=9 |
Snow lying/falling roll over time (time when yesterday's values in log.xml are forgotten)
Note this time is independent of your rollover time selections in the two preceding parameters.
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ConfirmClose=0 | Confirm you wish to close Cumulus application after telling it to close
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CloseOnSuspend=1 | If this is selected, on the Station Configuration Screen, Cumulus will close if you suspend/standby/hibernate your computer. You should not select 'Confirm shutdown' if you use this option.
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RestartIfUnplugged=0 | Cumulus will restart if it detects that a Fine Offset station is unplugged.
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SyncDavisClock=0 | When set, at start-up, Cumulus will set the Davis VP/VP2 clock to the same time as the PC
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DataLogInterval=2 | Data log interval as selected in the Station Configuration Screen Data log interval block
Note: This can be set to match your station logging interval, then if you restart Cumulus and if Cumulus is able to read logged data from your station the frequency of logged information in your Monthly_log_files will be unchanged between the periods Cumulus is running and the periods when it is stopped. Some Cumulus users set their station logging interval at a longer time so that the station does not overwrite the memory locations over the longest period they might be away from it, but this Cumulus logging interval to be one of the two shorter times so they retain the maximum measurement detail in case of any need to correct rogue measurements. |
WindUnit=0 | Wind speed measurement unit Cumulus records in as selected in the Station Configuration Units block
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PressureUnit=0 | Pressure_Measurement unit Cumulus records in (as selected in the Station Configuration Units block)
These are the labels that Cumulus applies on its screens and web pages, most weather stations work in one unit (e.g. hPa for Fine Offset) and so the values are converted to any of the 3 listed during processing |
RainUnit=0 | Rain_measurement unit Cumulus records in (as selected in the Station Configuration Units block)
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TempUnit=0 | Temperature measurement unit Cumulus records in (as selected in the Station Configuration Units block)
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LocName= | Location Name (as entered on the Station Configuration Screen) |
LocDesc= | Location Description (as entered on the Station Configuration Screen) |
StartDate=13/08/2009 | By default this will be set to the date of initial installation of the Cumulus application. See Monthly_log_files#Importing_pre-Cumulus_data |
LastLoggerDownload=13/08/2008 12:48:52 | The date/time of the last down load from your weather station (note: no longer used); see <#LastDataReadT> and Timestamp |
YTDrain=0 | Year to date correction if starting part way through year as entered in the Station Configuration Screen. Value is entered in your current Rain_measurement units. Default is 0. |
YTDrainyear=0 | The year for which the YTDrain is to be applied. Default is 0 meaning not applied to any year. |
EWInterval=0 | Easyweather interval in minutes as entered in the Station Configuration Screen Settings block. Default is 0 meaning not applicable as not reading Easyweather.dat file. |
EWFile= | Easyweather.dat file path/name as entered in the Station Configuration Screen Settings block. |
UseDataLogger=1 | If selected, at start-up, Cumulus will download data from the stations data logger (if it has one) to catch up from the point where Cumulus was last shut down.
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UseCumulusForecast=0 | From the Station Configuration Screen Forecast block, if selected Cumulus will generate a simple weather forecast, if your station does not supply one, or as an alternative to the one supplied by your station. See the Forecast webtag for more information.
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UseCumulusPresstrendstr=0 | Set in the Station Configuration Screen Settings block. If selected Cumulus will generate the name for the current pressure trend, e.g. "Falling", "Rising quickly" etc, instead of the one supplied by your station. The names used are those in the UK Shipping Forecast. Note that some stations do not supply this anyway, so setting this has no effect (Cumulus always generates the names for those stations).
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FCpressinMB=1 | Forecast pressure unit as selected in Station Configuration Forecast block
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FClowpress=950 | Low Pressure extreme limit as entered in the Station Configuration Forecast block. Default is 950mb |
FChighpress=1050 | High Pressure extreme limit as entered in the Station Configuration Forecast block. Default is 1050mb |
ForceVPBarUpdate=0 | Set this in the Station Configuration Screen Settings block. Select to force the Vantage Pro (and Pro2) barometer to update once a minute instead of the default 15 minutes. Note that you may not need this, more recent stations already update every minute
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UseZeroBearing=0 | Set this in the Station Configuration Screen Settings block.
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VP2ConnectionType=0 | Weather station connection type as selected in the Station Configuration Screen VP type block
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VP2TCPPort=22222 | Comunications port used if VP type has TCP/IP selected. Default is 2222 |
VP2IPAddr=0.0.0.0 | Weather station IP address if VP type has TCP/IP selected. Default is 0.0.0.0 |
WarnMultiple=0 | Multiple Instances of Cumulus running on PC
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CloudBaseInFeet=1 | Cloud base measurement unit
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EWTempdiff=x.y | Enter this line in the [Station] section of the Cumulus.ini to filter erroneous temperature readings from your sensor. Replace x.y with the maximum difference in degrees C you are prepared to accept between successive data readings |
WMR928TempChannel=N | For WMR928 stations (and other stations using the same protocol, eg WMR968) to use an 'extra' channel as your main temperature sensor, set N to the required channel |
RTdisconnectcount=N | By default, the 'realtime' ftp connection stays connected. You can make it disconnect periodically by adding an Option to periodically disconnect the realtime FTP connection, the theory being that it will not get stuck if the server dies, and will keep trying to reconnect.
N must be a positive integer. For example set N to '60'; it represents the number of realtime ftp uploads between disconnections - so 60 would give an hour if 1 minute realtime interval selected. |
EWpressureoffset=x.y | Got a pressure problem with a Fine Offset station? This can occur on startup when the pressure 'offset' that Cumulus reads is garbage, so Cumulus just uses zero (so effectively you end up with your absolute pressure being recorded instead of relative pressure). There's a work around for this by telling Cumulus what offset to use, rather than reading it from the station. You specify it in cumulus.ini by adding a line to the [Station] section: where x.y is the difference between your station (absolute) and sea-level (relative) pressures, in mb/hPA. |
Logging=1 | Add to cumulus.ini [Station] section to have Cumulus start with debug logging on |
VP2SleepInterval=x | where x is sleepinterval in milliseconds
This is the period which Cumulus waits between reads of the data from Davis stations. The default is 500 ms; if you suspect that data is being missed, you could try reducing this figure. For VirtualVP users, tests revealed that VP2SleepInterval = 1100 seems to work the best. It updates every two seconds with few exceptions. |
WS2300Sync=1 | This makes Cumulus check the time that the station is going to communicate with the sensors, and synchronises all of its reads to be 2.5 seconds after that. Experiments have shown that this does not help the bad data situation. |
VPClosedownTime=x | where x is the number of seconds after the start of the re-connect attempts that you want the program to close itself. |
EWduplicatecheck=0 | Add this line to cumulus.ini [Station] section if application gets stuck in the download stage. |
LCMaxWind=X | To use the cumulus.ini setting for the La Crosse max wind speed add to the [station] section, where X is the maximum (uncalibrated) wind speed in m/s that you want to allow. (V1.8.8 Build 874 on) |
AvgSpeedMinutes=N | where N is the number of minutes over which Cumulus calculates its average speed, if you have Cumulus set to do this. Default = 10. If you selected 60, then Cumulus would calculate rolling 60-minute average wind speeds. |
AvgBearingMinutes=N | where N is the number of minutes over which Cumulus calculates (by treating the wind as a vector and taking into account the speed as well as direction) its average bearing. Default = 10. |
ListWebTags=1 | Add this entry to make Cumulus create (each time it is restarted) a file called webtags.txt that contains an unsorted list of all the webtags that Cumulus supports |
EWmaxHourlyRain=999 | An hourly rain rate 'spike' filter, changes in value greater than the value specified here (set in calibration screen of configuration menu) will be ignored by Cumulus |
EWmaxRainRate=999 | A rain rate 'spike' filter, changes in value greater than the value specified here (set in calibration screen of configuration menu) will be ignored by Cumulus |
EWpressurediff=999 | A pressure change 'spike' filter, changes in value greater than the value specified here (set in calibration screen of configuration menu) will be ignored by Cumulus |
EWhumiditydiff=999 | A humidity change 'spike' filter, changes in value greater than the value specified here (set in calibration screen of configuration menu) will be ignored by Cumulus |
EWgustdiff=999 | A wind gust 'spike' filter, changes in value greater than the value specified here (set in calibration screen of configuration menu) will be ignored by Cumulus |
EWwinddiff=999 | A wind speed 'spike' filter, changes in value greater than the value specified here (set in calibration screen of configuration menu) will be ignored by Cumulus |
RestartIfDataStops=0 | Option to restart Cumulus if data stops. This may fix whatever the problem is; it may not. But it should at least stop the same data being repeatedly logged.
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WS2300IgnoreStationClock=0 | Option to ignore the La Crosse station clock on logger download.
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ReportDataStoppedErrors=0 | Option to turn off reporting of 'data stopped' errors to the Cumulus error log (may be needed with La Crosse stations)
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RainSeasonStart=1 | The month of the year that is used as the start of the annual 'rain season'. Default = 1 = January. |
RainDayThreshold=-1 | The threshold value which the daily rainfall has to equal or exceed for the day to be considered a 'rain day'. Default -1 = 0.2mm or 0.01in. Value is entered in your current Rain_measurement units. |
NoFlashWetDryDayRecords=1 | When set to 1 stops new Longest Wet/Dry Period records being 'flashed' |
UseSpeedForAvgCalc=0 | When enabled (=1) Cumulus will use the longer-term 'speed' values in the average speed calculation. The 'Use 10-min average wind speed' option must be selected for this option to have any effect. |
HourlyForecast=0 | If Cumulus is set to generate a forecast, this setting (=1) causes the forecast to be updated only once an hour (on the hour). |
RoundWindSpeed=0 | When set to 1, this setting causes wind speeds rounded to the nearest integer. |
VP2PeriodicDisconnectInterval=0 | Causes Cumulus to disconnect for the specified number of seconds, once a minute, on the minute (or as close as possible) to allow the Weatherlink IP to connect to the Davis Weatherlink site. Set it to zero to disable, if you are not using the Weatherlink site. |
EWminpressureMB=900 | Cumulus will ignore all pressure readings from the station that are less than this value (units are always hPa/millbars) |
EWmaxpressureMB=1200 | Cumulus will ignore all pressure readings from the station that are greater than this value (units are always hPa/millbars) |
ErrorLogSpikeRemoval=0 | ??keeps the number of messages in the error log window to a maximum of 256? |
LogExtraSensors=0 | Set this to 1 if you have additional sensors (e.g. a Davis Leaf Wetness probe) to make Cumulus read, display, and log the readings from the sensors. You don't need to select this for Solar/UV sensors. |
DavisCalcAltPress=1 | Davis stations calculate Sea Level Pressure from Station Pressure using a formula based on several parameters such as temperature, humidity, etc, rather than just using altitude as most other stations. CWOP require 'Altimeter Pressure' to be uploaded, i.e. a value calculated simply using altitude. The station does not provide this value directly, nor the station pressure, so Cumulus has to read some extra data once a minute in order to do the calculation. This can take several seconds, so it means that a 'normal' data reading may be missed.
If you don't use CWOP, or you are happy for Cumulus to send Sea-Level pressure to CWOP (the difference is small unless you are at high altitude), set this value to 0. Cumulus will then use the Sea-Level Pressure value instead of the Cumulus calculated Altimeter Pressure.
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UVdecimals=1 | UV values are now displayed and logged as whole numbers by default. You can change this by adding this entry specifying the number of decimal places.
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NoSensorCheck=1 | The option (for 'incomplete' stations) to disable the sensor check described in this FAQ
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RG11port=1 | Specifies the COM port to use for Hydreon RG-11 rain detection devices. 1 = COM1 |
RG11TBRmode=1 | Specifies the Hydreon RG-11 rain device mode of operation.
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RG11tipsize=0.01 | Specifies the tipping bucket size for Hydreon RG-11 rain detection devices. The 'tip size' must be specified in the units that you have configured Cumulus to use for rain. |
RG11port2=
RG11TBRmode2= RG11tipsize2= |
Settings to connect a second Hydreon RG-11 rain detection device.
Note that you must have one RG-11 set to "It's raining" mode and the other to "tipping bucket" mode. Cumulus does not validate this. |
SyncFOReads=1 | Specifies the Fine Offset synchronisation mode of operation.
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ReportLostSensorContact=0 | Option to turn off reporting of 'lost sensor contact' for Fine Offset stations. (added Cumulus 1.9.4 b1070)
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Section: Offsets
Set these parameters using the Configuration menu and Calibration screen, nothing else can be added to this section.
INI Line Entry | Function |
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[Offsets] | Section Name - the following parameters are the correction factors for your specific sensors |
PressOffset=0 | Value by which Measured Pressure to be corrected (Add/Subtract) |
TempOffset=0 | Value by which Measured Outdoor Temperature to be corrected (Add/Subtract) |
HumOffset=0 | Value by which Measured Humidity to be corrected (Add/Subtract) |
WindDirOffset=0 | Value by which Measured Wind Direction to be corrected (Add/Subtract) |
InTempOffset=0 | Value by which Measured Indoor Temperature to be corrected (Add/Subtract) |
WindSpeedMult=1 | Multiplier by which measured Average Wind Speed to be corrected. Officially wind speed is measured with sensors at 10m above ground level. If your sensor is not at 10m AGL then a correction multiplier should be applied using the following formula V10/Vh = 1/(0.233 + 0.656*log10(h+4.75)) where "h" is your sensor height in meters.
e.g. if your anemometer is 5m off the ground, V10/Vh comes out at 1.134 |
WindGustMult=1 | Multiplier by which measured Wind Gust Speed to be corrected. |
TempMult=1 | Multiplier by which measured Temperature to be corrected. |
HumMult=1 | Multiplier by which measured Humidity to be corrected. |
RainMult=1 | Multiplier by which measured Rainfall to be corrected. |
UVOffset=0 | Value by which measured UV to be corrected (add/subtract). |
UVMult=1 | Multiplier by which measured UV to be corrected |
Section: Web Site
All parameters edited in the Internet Configuration screen Sites/Options tab Web Site block.
INI Line Entry | Function |
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[Web Site] | Section Name - the following parameters relate to your website |
ForumURL=http://sandaysoft.com/forum/ | A website forum URL |
WebcamURL=http://www.sanday.org.uk/webcam/webcam.php | URL for your Webcam |
Section: FTP Site
See individual entries for how to edit these parameters.
INI Line Entry | Function |
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[FTP site] | Section Name - the following parameters relate to your website FTP parameters |
Host= | Selected in the Internet Configuration screen Sites/Options tab. This is either the name or the IP address of the ftp server to which you connect when you upload pages to your web site. You probably used it with an external FTP program when you followed the instructions in the Cumulus help, Readme.txt or Simple_Website_setup.
Leave blank if you are not using ftp, but simply creating the output files on your pc. |
Port=21 | Selected in the Internet Configuration screen Sites/Options tab. Port used for FTP upload, default =21 |
Username= | Select in the Internet Configuration screen Sites/Options tab your web site FTP login Username |
Password= | Shows your web site FTP login password as entered in the Internet Configuration Screen (note: this is not encrypted) |
Directory= | Selected in the Internet Configuration screen Sites/Options tab. Directory (including path) on your server to which FTP will upload the files. Starting point is the position specified by ftp server (see Host above) |
AutoUpdate=0 | Set in the Internet Configuration Screen Web Settings block.
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UpdateInterval=15 | Set in the Internet Configuration screen Sites/Options tab Web Settings block in Interval box. The interval in minutes at which you wish auto updates (either FTP to your website or output to a directory on your pc) to occur. Default 15 minutes. |
IncludeSTD=1 | Selected in the Internet Configuration Files Tab screen
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IncludeSTDImages=1 | Selected in the Internet Configuration Files Tab screen
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EnableRealtime=0 | Set in the Internet Configuration screen Sites/Options tab Web Settings block.
The realtime.txt file contains various weather parameters and is used by the CumulusRealtime.swf (shock wave flash) real time wind gauges (as on the supplied 'gauges' web page).
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RealtimeInterval=3000 | Set in the Internet Configuration screen Sites/Options tab Web Settings block. The time in seconds between uploads of the realtime.txt file. |
RealtimeFTPEnabled=0 | Selected in the Internet Configuration screen Sites/Options tab Web Settings block
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RealtimeTxtFTP=0 | Selected in the Internet Configuration screen Sites/Options tab Web Settings block
When set to 1 Cumulus will upload the realtime.txt to your web site during realtime processing. The 'EnableRealtime' and 'RealtimeFTPEnabled' settings must both be set to 1 for this setting to have any effect. |
ActiveFTP=0 | Set in the Internet Configuration Screen Sites/Options tab Web Settings block
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FTPRename=0 | Selected in the Internet Configuration screen Sites/Options tab Web Settings block
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DeleteBeforeUpload=0 | Selected in Internet Configuration Screen Sites/Options tab Web Settings block
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ResizeGraphs=0 | Selected in the Internet Congfiguration Screen Web graphs block.
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GraphHeight=300 | Graph height, default is 300 (pixels) |
GraphWidth=750 | Graph width, default is 750 (pixels) |
ImageFolder= | Set in Internet Configuration Screen Files tab. Path and file name in LOCAL folder to which the generated image files are also copied at each web update interval, either the 'normal' interval, or the 'realtime' interval, depending on next parameter. Used if you want backups of generated images. See Cumulus Help. |
ImageCopyRealtime=0 | Set in Internet Configuration Screen Files tab.
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ExtraLocal[0-9]= | Set in Internet Configuration Screen Files tab. Path and file name on local computer for alternate files #0 through #9. See cumulus Help for details of how to specify reading current monthly log here. |
ExtraLocal[10-99]= | Path and file name on local computer for alternate file #10 through #19. These additional files can only be set via the configuration file, they are not visible in the Internet Configuration screen Files tab. |
ExtraRemote[0-9]= | Path and file name on web server for alternate files #0 through #9. Set in Internet Configuration Screen Files tab. See cumulus Help for details of how to specify creating current monthly log here. |
ExtraRemote[10-99]= | Path and file name on web server for alternate file #10 through #19. These additional files can only be set via the configuration file, they are not visible in the Internet Configuration screen Files tab. |
ExtraProcess[0-9]=0 | Set in Internet Configuration Screen Files tab.
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ExtraProcess[10-99]=0 | Set in this config file only.
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ExtraBinary[0-9]=0 | Set in Internet Configuration Screen Files tab.
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ExtraBinary[10-99]=0 | Set in this config file only.
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ExtraRealtime[0-9]=0 | Set in Internet Configuration Screen Files tab. If you select this for any files, you will also need to select the Realtime option.
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ExtraRealtime[10-99]=0 | Set in this config file only. If you select this for any files, you will also need to select the Realtime option.
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ExtraFTP[0-9]=1 | Set in Internet Configuration Screen Files tab.
Not intended for standard Cumulus web pages (tick box at top of screen, missing files will be ignored), nor for NOAA reports (FTF for them set up in NOAA Setup within Configuration menu). |
ExtraFTP[10-99]=1 | Set in this config file only.
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ExternalProgram= | The name (including path) of a command-line program to be run at the 'normal' web update interval, after all of the processing has been performed. |
ExternalParams= | The corresponding 'paramaters' for 'ExternalProgram' used to specify any parameters to be passed to the command. |
RealtimeProgram= | The name (including path) of a command-line program to be run at the 'realtime' web update interval, after all of the processing has been performed. |
RealtimeParams= | The corresponding 'paramaters' for 'RealtimeProgram' used to specify any parameters to be passed to the command. |
DailyProgram= | The name (including path) of a command-line program to be run once a day, after the daily 'rollover' has been performed. |
DailyParams= | The corresponding 'paramaters' for 'DailyProgram' used to specify any parameters to be passed to the command. |
Section: Display
Set these parameters using Configuration menu and either Display or Colours screens.
INI Line Entry | Function |
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[Display] | Section heading - the following parameters affect the way things are displayed. |
Heading=My Weather | Title Heading on the Main Screen. Set in the Display Configuration Screen General block |
MinimizeToTray=0 | Set in the Display Configuration Screen General block
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ForecastCentred=0 | Set in the Display Configuration Screen General block.
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FontColour=4227327 | Decimal code for the screen font color |
BackColour=12632256 | Decimal code for the application background color |
HeadingColour=10485760 | Decimal code for the screen heading color |
ClockColour=-16777201 | Decimal code for the main screen clock background color ( |
DisplaySolarData=0 | Set in the Display Configuration Screen General block.
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DisplayCloudBase=0 | Set in the Display Configuration Screen General block.
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TwelveHourClock=0 | Set by left click on clock on main screen
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WMR928Channel1Caption=Extra channel 1 | Set the captions on the main screen which are displayed along with the extra channel data for WMR928 stations. |
WMR928Channel2Caption=Extra channel 2 | Set the captions on the main screen which are displayed along with the extra channel data for WMR928 stations. |
WMR928Channel3Caption=Extra channel 3 | Set the captions on the main screen which are displayed along with the extra channel data for WMR928 stations. |
WindGaugeRange=50 | Sets the default full scale deflection of the wind speed gauge |
SnowUnitText=cm | Snow measurement unit. Default is cm. Can be any unit you like, but all values must be an integer (without any decimal part)! |
DisplayHumidex=0 | Set in the Display Configuration Screen General block
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LegendSymbolWidth=3 | The width of the plot lines in graph legends |
WindRoseColour=8388608 | |
ShowCurrentConditions=0 | Set in the Display Configuration Screen General block
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NumWindRosePoints=16 | Set in the Display Configuration Screen Graphs block
The number of points to plot on the Wind Rose diagram (suggest 8 for FO stations) |
ChartLineWidth=2 | The width of the plot lines in the graph body |
ClockDigitColour=4227327 | |
WindRoseTransparency=50 | |
WindGaugeAnimated=1 | Animate the Wind Gauge pointer movement
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WindGaugeAnimationFactor=2 | This sets the speed of the wind gauge animation. Lower values correspond to a faster animation speed. Be careful not to set the animation too slow, particularly with stations which update frequently (e.g. Davis) as the animation will never catch up, and will use significant CPU time. |
CompassColour=12632256 | |
CompassTickColour=16711680 | |
CompassLabelColour=16777215 | |
CompassBearingColour=0 | |
CompassCurrentPointerColour=255 | |
CompassAveragePointerColour=16711680 | |
WindRoseLabelColour=0 | |
TransparentGauges=0 | The square backgrounds of the three wind gauges on the Cumulus main screen can be the same colour as the main window background, or, with this option selected, the images will be processed to make the background colour transparent. |
LogFTPErrors=1 | Controls logging of FTP errors to the Cumulus Error Dialog display, set to 0 to suppress the logging of FTP errors. |
SavePosition=0 | If set to 1, the current position of the main window will be saved to cumulus.ini when Cumulus closes, and the window will open again at that position the next time Cumulus starts. |
StartMinimised=0 | If set to 1, Cumulus will start with the main window minimised, either to the system tray or the task bar, depending on the 'Minimise to tray' setting. |
LabelColour=0 | Parameter labels on main screen - default black. Note alarm conditions can change label colour (see next 2 parameters). |
AlarmColour=255 | Parameter labels on main screen - default red - when an alarm is set for that parameter |
PastAlarmColour=16711680 | Parameter labels on main screen - default blue - when an alarm is cleared for that parameter |
PanelHeadingFontColour=0 | |
PanelLineColour=0 | |
PanelBorderColour=8421504 | |
PanelGradientColourFrom=16777215 | |
PanelGradientColourTo=13226453 | |
WindGaugeArcColour=16773091 | |
WindGaugeTickColour=9841920 | |
WindGaugeFontColour=9841920 | |
WindGaugeInnerCircleColour=16765615 | |
WindGaugeNeedleColour=128 | |
WindGaugeInnerCentreColourFrom=16765615 | |
WindGaugeInnerCentreColourTo=16765615 | |
WindGaugeOuterCentreColourFrom=16765357 | |
WindGaugeOuterCentreColourTo=16711680 | |
WindGaugeOuterCircleColour=16765615 | |
WindGaugeOuterRimColour=9470064 | |
WindGaugeAverageSectorColour=32768 | |
WindGaugePeakSectorColour=33023 | |
WindRoseAxesColour=8388608 | |
WindGaugeNeedleShineColourFrom=1049273 | |
WindGaugeNeedleShineColourTo=328090 | |
DisplayBeaufortDesc=1 | Set in the Display Configuration Screen General block
If set to 1, the Beaufort description of the current average wind speed will appear in the header of the wind panel on the main screen. If set to 0, it will instead appear as a 'tool tip' for the wind panel. |
DisplayBarometerTrendText=1 | If set to 1, the description of the current barometer trend will appear in the header of the barometer panel on the main screen. If set to 0, it will instead appear as a 'tool tip' for the barometer panel. |
UpdateAtStartup=1 | If set to 1, the the display will be updated as data is downloaded and processed from the station's logger. This increases the time taken to process the data. If set to 0, it makes the download faster; this may be significant if there is a lot of data to download. |
IndependentGraphsWindow=0 | |
DigitBackground=0 |
Section: Graphs
Set many of these parameters using Configuration menu and either Display (Graphs block) or Colours screens. Set the colours of the data lines on graphs/charts and Select whether to plot particular data by using View menu and Graphs option, then right click over the relevant graph. Set the SAG colours and axis position by using View menu and Select-A-Graph option, the settings for different observations are at the foot of the screen.
INI Line Entry | Function |
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[Graphs] | Section Name - the following parameters relate to your graph settings |
GraphHours=12 | The number of hours data to be displayed in temperature (outdoor, heat index, wind chill, dewpoint and apparent temperature), humidity, rainfall rate, rainfall, pressure, solar radiation, UV index, wind speed and wind direction graphs.
You can enter any multiple of 12 from the Display Settings Screen, and you can also edit cumulus.ini and set this item to any other value. But note that setting it to a non-standard value is unsupported (i.e. if it causes problems, I probably won't fix them) and if you change any display settings, the value will get reset to a supported value (so you'll need to edit cumulus.ini again). |
ChartMaxDays=7 | How many days of values to plot on the daily min/average/max temperature, daily sunshine, and daily rain charts (default=7) |
Background=12632256 | Decimal value for the Graph and Chart background colour. |
WindColour=65535 | Decimal value for the 10 minute average wind speed plot colour |
GustColour=8421376 | Decimal value for the Wind Gust plot colour |
RainColour=9527753 | Decimal value for the Rain plot colour |
RainTodayColour=9527753 | Decimal value for the Rain Today plot colour |
TempColour=9527753 | Decimal value for the Outside Temperature plot colour |
HeatIndexColour=16711680 | Decimal value for the Heat Index plot colour |
AppTempColour=8388736 | Decimal value for the Apparent Temperature plot colour |
PressColour=9527753 | Decimal value for the Pressure plot colour |
WindDirColour=255 | Decimal value for the Wind Direction plot colour |
DewPointColour=255 | Decimal value for the Dew Point plot colour |
WindChillColour=32768 | Decimal value for the Wind Chill plot colour |
MinTempColour=16711680 | Decimal value for the Minimum Temperature chart plot colour |
MaxTempColour=255 | Decimal value for the Maximum Temperature chart plot colour |
AvgTempColour=32768 | Decimal value for the Average Temperature chart plot colour |
DailyRainColour=32768 | Decimal value for the Daily Rain chart plot colour |
InsideTempColour=0 | Decimal value for the Inside Temperature plot colour |
InsideHumColour=255 | Decimal value for the Inside Humidity plot colour |
OutsideHumColour=16711680 | Decimal value for the Outside Humidity plot colour |
Graph3D=0 | 3D or normal graph selection as selected in the Display Configuration Graphs block
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PlotLatestGust=0 | Plot Latest Gust selection as selected in the Display Configuration Graphs block
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OriginIsSouth=0 | Wind Direction Graph Y Axis origin
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ShowFreezingLine=0 | Draw a horizontal line on the temperature graph at 0°C/32°F |
TempVisible=1 | Select whether to plot the outside air temperature on the temperature graph
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HIVisible=0 | Select whether to plot the heat index on the temperature graph
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DPVisible=1 | Select whether to plot the dewpoint values on the temperature graph
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WCVisible=1 | Select whether to plot the wind chill values on the temperature graph
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AppTempVisible=1 | Select whether to plot the apparent temperature values on the temperature graph
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InHumVisible=1 | Select whether to plot the indoor humidity values on the humidity graph
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OutHumVisible=1 | Select whether to plot the outdoor humidity values on the humidity graph
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GraphGradientEnabled=0 | Use gradient shading on the graph background
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GradientStart=12632256 | |
GradientMiddle=16777215 | |
GradientEnd=8421504 | |
SAGintempcolour=32768 | (Select-A-Graph) |
SAGouttempcolour=255 | |
SAGpressurecolour=16711680 | |
SAGraintotalcolour=8388608 | |
SAGrainratecolour=16776960 | |
SAGgustcolour=16711935 | |
SAGpeakgustcolour=65280 | |
SAGspeedcolour=8388736 | |
SAGinhumcolour=32896 | |
SAGouthumcolour=8388608 | |
SAGheatindexcolour=128 | |
SAGwindchillcolour=8421504 | |
SAGwinddircolour=0 | |
SAGdewpointcolour=8421376 | |
SAGsolarradcolour=65535 | |
SAGmaxsolarradcolour=16711935 | |
SAGapptempcolour=0 | |
SAGuvindexcolour=65280 | |
SAGintempaxis=L | (Select-A-Graph) |
SAGouttempaxis=L | |
SAGpressureaxis=L | |
SAGraintotalaxis=L | |
SAGrainrateaxis=L | |
SAGgustaxis=L | |
SAGpeakgustaxis=L | |
SAGspeedaxis=L | |
SAGinhumaxis=L | |
SAGouthumaxis=L | |
SAGheatindexaxis=L | |
SAGwindchillaxis=L | |
SAGwinddiraxis=L | |
SAGdewpointaxis=L | |
SAGsolarradaxis=L | |
SAGmaxsolarradaxis=L | |
SAGapptempaxis=L | |
SAGuvindexaxis=L | |
SAG3D=0 | |
SAGgradientback=0 | |
SAGleftgrid=1 | |
SAGrightgrid=1 |
Section: Alarms
Set these using the Edit menu, Alarms screen.
INI Line Entry | Function |
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[Alarms] | Section Name - the following parameters relate to your alarm settings |
alarmlowtemp=0 | Select in Edit Alarms Screen
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LowTempAlarmSet=0 | Setting for low temperature alarm point (degrees) |
LowTempAlarmSound=0 | Alarm Action
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LowTempAlarmSoundFile=C:\Cumulus\alert.wav | Path and file name of sound file for Low Temperature alarm |
alarmhightemp=0 | Select in Edit Alarms Screen
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HighTempAlarmSet=0 | Degrees above which alarm will occur. |
HighTempAlarmSound=0 | Alarm Action
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HighTempAlarmSoundFile=C:\Cumulus\alert.wav | Path and file name of sound file for High Temperature alarm |
alarmlowpress=0 | Select in Edit Alarms Screen |
LowPressAlarmSet=0 | Pressure below which you wish Low Pressure alarm to occur |
LowPressAlarmSound=0 | Alarm Action
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LowPressAlarmSoundFile=C:\Cumulus\alert.wav | Path and file name for sound file to play for Low Pressure Alarm |
alarmhighpress=0 | Select in Edit Alarms Screen
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HighPressAlarmSet=0 | Pressure above which you wish High Pressure alarm to occur |
HighPressAlarmSound=0 | Alarm Action
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HighPressAlarmSoundFile=C:\Cumulus\alert.wav | Path and file name for the sound file used for the High Pressure Alarm |
alarmhighraintoday=0 | Select in Edit Alarms Screen
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HighRainTodayAlarmSet=0 | Rain level above which alarm to occur |
HighRainTodayAlarmSound=0 | Alarm Action
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HighRainTodayAlarmSoundFile=C:\Cumulus\alert.wav | Path and file name for the sound file used for the High Rain Today Alarm |
alarmhighrainrate=0 | Select in Edit Alarms Screen
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HighRainRateAlarmSet=0 | Rain rate above which you wish alarm to occur |
HighRainRateAlarmSound=0 | Alarm Action
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HighRainRateAlarmSoundFile=C:\Cumulus\alert.wav | Path and file name for the sound file used for the High Rain Rate Alarm |
alarmhighgust=0 | Select in Edit Alarms Screen
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HighGustAlarmSet=0 | Gust speed above which you wish alarm to occur |
HighGustAlarmSound=0 | Alarm Action
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HighGustAlarmSoundFile=C:\Cumulus\alert.wav | Path and file name for the sound file used for the High Gust Alarm |
alarmhighwind=0 | Select in Edit Alarms Screen
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HighWindAlarmSet=0 | Average Wind speed above which alarm to occur |
HighWindAlarmSound=0 | Alarm Action
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HighWindAlarmSoundFile=C:\Cumulus\alert.wav | Path and file name for the sound file used for the High Wind Alarm |
SensorAlarmSet=0 | Select in Edit Alarms Screen
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SensorAlarmSound=0 | Alarm Action
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SensorAlarmSoundFile=C:\Program Files\Cumulus\alert.wav | Path and file name for the sound file used for the Sensor Contact lost Alarm |
alarmtempchange=0 | Select in Edit Alarms Screen
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TempChangeAlarmSet=0 | Temperature change value to trigger the alarm |
TempChangeAlarmSound=0 | Alarm Action
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TempChangeAlarmSoundFile=C:\Program Files\Cumulus\alert.wav | Path and file name for the sound file used for the Temperature Change Alarm |
alarmpresschange=0 | Select in Edit Alarms Screen
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PressChangeAlarmSet=0 | Pressure change value to trigger the alarm |
PressChangeAlarmSound=0 | Alarm Action
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PressChangeAlarmSoundFile=C:\Program Files\Cumulus\alert.wav | Path and file name for the sound file used for the Pressure Change Alarm |
Section: WUnderground
Set in the Internet Configuration Screen sites/Options tab
INI Line Entry | Function |
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[Wunderground] | Section Name - Parameters for your Weather Underground site |
ID= | Your Weather Underground station identifier (note: not your user name). |
Password= | Your Weather Underground password. (note: not encrypted) |
Enabled=0 | Set if you wish to upload to your Weather Underground site
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RapidFire=0 | 'rapid fire' mode.
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Interval=15 | Time in minutes between uploads to Weather Underground. (default = 15) |
SendUV=0 | Current UV value
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SendSR=0 | Solar Radiation
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SendAverage=0 | Causes average wind speed and directon to be sent rather than instantaneous/gust speed and direction.
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CatchUp=1 | If possible send missing historic data to the server on startup
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Section: Twitter
Set in the Internet Configuration Screen sites/Options tab
INI Line Entry | Function |
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[Twitter] | Section Name - the following parameters relate to your Twitter site parameters |
User= | your Twitter login username |
Password= | your Twitter login password (note: this is not encrypted) |
Enabled=0 | Set in Internet Configuration Screen Twitter block
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Interval=60 | interval in minutes that Tweats will be sent. |
OauthToken= | ?? |
OauthTokenSecret= | ?? |
Section: PWSweather
Set in the Internet Configuration Screen sites/Options tab
INI Line Entry | Function |
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[PWSweather] | Section Name - the following parameters relate to your PWS weather site parameters |
ID= | Your PWS Weather station identifier (note: not your user name) |
Password= | your PWS weather site login password (note: this is not encrypted) |
Enabled=0 | Select in Internet Configuration Screen PWS Weather block
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Interval=15 | Interval in minutes that updates will be sent to your PWS weather site |
SendUV=0 | Current Ultra Violet level
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SendSR=0 | Solar Radiation level
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CatchUp=1 | If possible send missing historic data to the server on startup
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Section: APRS
Set in the Internet Configuration Screen sites/Options tab
INI Line Entry | Function |
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[APRS] | Section Name - the following parameters relate to your APRS weather site parameters |
ID= | Your APRS identifier |
pass=-1 | your APRS password (Note: not encrypted) |
server=cwop.aprs.net | The APRS server to use |
port=14580 | The port number to use on the APRS server. |
Enabled=0 | Select in Internet Configuration Screen APRS Settings block |
Interval=9 | Time in minutes between uploads to the APRS server |
APRSHumidityCutoff=1 | For Oregon Scientific, so it doesn't report humidity to APRS when the temperature is below -10°C |
SendSR=0 | Solar Radiation level
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Section: WOW
Set in the Internet Configuration Screen sites/Options tab
INI Line Entry | Function |
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[WOW] | Section Name - the following parameters relate to your WOW weather site parameters |
ID= | Your WOW station ID |
Password= | your WOW password (Note: not encrypted) |
Enabled=1 | Updates enabled/disabled |
Interval=15 | Time in mimutes between uploads to the WOW server |
SendUV=0 | Current Ultra Violet level
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SendSR=0 | Solar Radiation level
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CatchUp=1 | If possible send missing historic data to the WOW server on startup
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Section: Weatherbug
Set in the Internet Configuration Screen sites/Options tab
INI Line Entry | Function |
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[Weatherbug] | Section Name - the following parameters relate to your Weatherbug weather site parameters |
ID= | Your Weatherbug station ID |
Password= | your Weatherbug password (Note: not encrypted) |
Enabled=1 | Updates enabled/disabled |
Interval=15 | Time in mimutes between uploads to the Weatherbug server |
SendUV=0 | Current Ultra Violet level
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SendSR=0 | Solar Radiation level
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CatchUp=1 | If possible send missing historic data to the server on startup
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Section: xAP
Set in the Internet Configuration Screen sites/Options tab
INI Line Entry | Function |
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[xAP] | Section Name - the following parameters are used if you have enabled xAP in the Station Configuration xAP Settings block |
Enabled=0 | When set, Cumulus will periodically send out xAP weather reports. See http://www.xapautomation.org/ for more details
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UID=4375 | Sets the UID for xAP messages. You should only need to change this if you have more than one instance of Cumulus running on a network. |
Port=3639 | IP port your computer uses to send data to xAP |
Section: NOAA
All these can be set in the NOAA Setup Screen in Configuration menu. You might select to close Cumulus, and edit the 'Norm' parameters by using a external editor to manipulate into required format, copy, and paste, the values from another source (as there are a lot of figures to type in).
INI Line Entry | Function |
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[NOAA] | Section Name - the following parameters are set from the NOAA Setup dialog in Cumulus |
Name= | Your NOAA Station name |
City= | NOAA location city |
State= | NOAA location state/county/province or the equivalent in your nation |
12hourformat=0 | Use 12 or 24 hour time format in the reports
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HeatingThreshold= | The temperature which is to be used to calculate heating degree days |
CoolingThreshold= | The temperature which is to be used to calculate cooling degree days |
MaxTempComp1=27 | The value used in the reports for the counts of days with max temperatures above the specified temperature. |
MaxTempComp2=27 | The value used in the reports for the counts of days with max temperatures below the specified temperature. |
MinTempComp1=0 | The value used in the reports for the counts of days with min temperatures below the specified temperature. |
MinTempComp2=-18 | The value used in the reports for the counts of days with min temperatures below the specified temperature. |
RainComp1=0.2 | The value used in the reports for the counts of days with rain totals greater than (or equal to) the specified amount. |
RainComp2=2 | The value used in the reports for the counts of days with rain totals greater than (or equal to) the specified amount. |
RainComp3=20 | The value used in the reports for the counts of days with rain totals greater than (or equal to) the specified amount. |
AutoSave=0 | If set, when Cumulus does the end of day reset, it will auto create NOAA-style reports for the month and year corresponding to the day which has just ended. |
NOAAUseUTF8=0 | (Added in version 1.9.4) Specifies the 'Character set' in which NOAA reports are generated whether automatically (by Cumulus just after rollover) or manually (by selecting Save in NOAA Monthly/Annual Reports screen within Edit menu).
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NOAATempNorm[Jan-Dec]= | Long term temperature averages for each month, used for 'departure from the norm' calculations. |
NOAARainNorm[Jan-Dec]= | Long term rainfall averages for each month, used for 'departure from the norm' calculations. |
AutoFTP=0 | If set, when Cumulus does the first FTP upload after the daily reset, it will also upload the latest auto-created monthly and yearly NOAA-style reports. Note that you must already have regular (non-realtime) FTP configured. |
MonthFileFormat="NOAAMO"mmyy".txt" | Defines the format of the filename used for the monthly reports, using date formatting characters (see Webtags#Time.2FDate_.27format.27_Parameter). The default uses a 2 digit number for the month, but you may prefer the full month name or an abbreviation in your language. Note that any characters which are not date formatting characters should be in double quotes. |
YearFileFormat="NOAAYR"yyyy".txt" | Defines the format of the filename used for the yearly reports, using date formatting characters (see Webtags#Time.2FDate_.27format.27_Parameter). Note that any characters which are not date formatting characters should be in double quotes. |
FTPDirectory= | The FTP directory into which Cumulus will attempt to upload the latest NOAA-style reports. You must give the full path from the point of login, and do not supply a trailing 'slash'. Note that the directory must actually exist on the server. |
Section: Solar
Set mostly in solar block at foot of Station Settings screen of Configuration menu.
INI Line Entry | Function |
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[Solar] | Section Name - the following parameters are set from the Solar Setup dialog in Cumulus |
SunThreshold=75 | If you have a solar sensor: Cumulus tries to determine whether the sun is shining by determining whether the current solar radiation value is above a certain percentage of the current theoretical maximum. The value you supply here is used as that percentage. The default value is 75%. |
RStransfactor=0.8 | Cumulus uses the Ryan-Stolzenbach formula to determine the current theoretical maximum solar radiation at your location at the current moment in time. This formula has a factor to allow for the transmission of the radiation through the atmosphere; the default is 0.80. |
SolarMinimum=0 | This setting allows you to specify a minimum solar radiation value which needs to be reached before it can be considered to be sunny. Note that this setting does not replace the calculation using the current theoretical maximum, it specifies an additional condition which has to be met. This setting therefore allows you to cater for the periods at the beginning and end of the day when the theoretical maximum is very low. |
LuxToWM2=0.0079 | Edit cumulus.ini to add this parameter if you have a Fine Offset station with a solar detector. These supply 'Lux' values rather than 'W/m2' values that Davis stations supply. Cumulus attempts to convert from Lux to W/m2 using the supplied multiplication factor. |
UseBlakeLarsen=0 | Called B/l on screen. Set this to 1 if you have a Blake-Larsen Sun Recorder, and you want Cumulus to get today's sunshine hours from it. You need to configure the Blake-Larsen software to put the SRsunshine.dat file into the Cumulus data folder so that Cumulus can read it. |
Section: MainForm
This section also appears in a shorter cumulus.ini stored in the reports sub-directory where it stores the position of your last saved NOAA form. Cumulus updates this section of the main cumulus.ini on closing, after you move the screen around on your monitor, if you have set 'Save main window position' on Display settings screen.
INI Line Entry | Function |
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[MainForm] | Section name - the following parameters relate to the Cumulus screen position. |
Left=100 | The last saved Cumulus main screen position, in pixels from the left-hand edge of the screen. |
Top=50 | The last saved Cumulus main screen position, in pixels from the top edge of the screen |
Section: Proxies
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