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Cumulus is free software for retrieving, storing and displaying data from an electronic Automatic Weather Station (AWS). | Cumulus is free software for retrieving, storing and displaying data from an electronic Automatic Weather Station (AWS). | ||
Cumulus was born in 2003, when Steve Loft decided none of the weather software available suited his needs, so he wrote something that did do what he wanted. | |||
It offers a lot of features, here, in case you are wondering about trying this software, are the key ones: | It offers a lot of features, here, in case you are wondering about trying this software, are the key ones: | ||
* Support for data loggers (no 24/7 running needed) | |||
* Display of additional sensors | |||
* Support for WMR-100 and WMR-200 | |||
* Direct support for Fine Offset stations (no need for EasyWeather) | |||
* Support for LaCrosse stations (WS2300 etc) | |||
* Support for Davis WMII | |||
* [[Cumulus Screenshots|Cumulus screens]] for viewing data and configuration | |||
* Web pages | |||
* Data stored in simple text files | |||
* Supports [[Meteorological day]] | |||
= Features of Cumulus Software = | = Features of Cumulus Software = | ||
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To read more about this Wiki see [[CumulusWiki:About|About Cumulus Wiki]]. | To read more about this Wiki see [[CumulusWiki:About|About Cumulus Wiki]]. | ||
There are pages within this [[ | There are pages within this [[Original Cumulus Wiki|Wiki contents page]] that discuss: | ||
*Frequently Asked Questions [[FAQ|for Cumulus 1]] (although it has some applicability to MX and does discuss weather station positioning; and a new one [[Cumulus MX#FAQ|for Cumulus MX]] (only rough outline at present) | *Frequently Asked Questions [[FAQ|for Cumulus 1]] (although it has some applicability to MX and does discuss weather station positioning; and a new one [[Cumulus MX#FAQ|for Cumulus MX]] (only rough outline at present) | ||
* each of the [[:Category:Configuration Files|configuration]] and [[:Category:Log Files|log files]], | * each of the [[:Category:Configuration Files|configuration]] and [[:Category:Log Files|log files]], | ||
