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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 will store full weather records, along with daily and all-time records, and graphical data. Cumulus can upload its data to a web server and comes packaged with template web pages for this purpose. Cumulus also supports automatic uploads to Weather Underground and CWOP/APRS. | Cumulus will store full weather records, along with daily and all-time records, and graphical data. Cumulus can upload its data to a web server and comes packaged with template web pages for this purpose. Cumulus also supports automatic uploads to Weather Underground, PWS weather, Weatherbug, WOW and CWOP/APRS. | ||
A variety of example [[Cumulus Screenshots|screen shots]] are available. | A variety of example [[Cumulus Screenshots|screen shots]] are available. | ||
The current [[Cumulus Versions|version]] is 1.9. | The current stable [[Cumulus Versions|version]] is 1.9.4 (28 November 2014). There is also an entirely new release in beta testing -- [[Cumulus MX]] | ||
Product details are available on the [[Software|Cumulus software page]] including details on how to download | |||
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==Key Features== | ==Key Features== | ||
*Free for personal and non-profit use, but a donation would be appreciated if you continue to use Cumulus after trying it | *Free for personal and non-profit use, but a donation would be appreciated if you continue to use Cumulus after trying it | ||
* | *Cumulus 1 runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 | ||
*Supports Davis Vantage Pro and Pro2; Oregon Scientific WM918, WMR-918, WMR-928, WMR-968 weather stations; EasyWeather stations (MyDEL, Nevada, Watson, Fine Offset, WH1080, WH1081, W8681, FWS-20 etc); La Crosse WS-2300 and other models in the WS23xx range. | *Supports Davis Vantage Pro and Pro2; Oregon Scientific WM918, WMR-918, WMR-928, WMR-968 weather stations; EasyWeather stations (MyDEL, Nevada, Watson, Fine Offset, WH1080, WH1081, W8681, FWS-20 etc); La Crosse WS-2300, and other models in the WS23xx range. | ||
*Easy to use, clean display | *Easy to use, clean display (Cumulus 1 has display/editing screens appearing directly on PC running the software, Cumulus MX generates a user interface that is viewed (on your local network) using a browser) | ||
*Choice of meteorological day - midnight to midnight or 0900 to 0900 | *Choice of meteorological day - midnight to midnight or 0900 to 0900 (optionally during summertime only 1000 to 1000) | ||
* | *Cumulus 1 offered real time web display of wind speed and direction using Silverlight software that is no longer functional | ||
*Automatic upload of data to web sites, Weather Underground, CWOP/APRS, PSW Weather/WeatherForYou/HAMweather, WOW, Twitter | |||
*Automatic upload of data to web sites, Weather Underground, CWOP/APRS, PSW Weather/WeatherForYou/HAMweather, Twitter | *Ready-made web template pages supplied, or build your own using web tags | ||
*Ready-made web pages supplied, or build your own using web tags | |||
*Configurable alarms for various conditions | *Configurable alarms for various conditions | ||
*Sunrise, sunset and moon phase display | *Sunrise, sunset, and (Cumulus 1 only) moon phase display | ||
* | *Cumulus 1 can display selected historical data for any given month, year, or other period | ||
*Graphical display of historical data for any time period | *Cumulus MX saves data from past months and can output regularly to a database (either standard or customised) | ||
*Graphical display selected from Cumulus 1 main screen of historical data for any time period | |||
*Generation of xAP home automation weather reports | *Generation of xAP home automation weather reports | ||
*Comprehensive help file included | *Comprehensive help file included | ||
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*Current Meteorological Day: Maxima and Minima | *Current Meteorological Day: Maxima and Minima | ||
*Previous Meteorological Day: Maxima and Minima | *Previous Meteorological Day: Maxima and Minima | ||
*Monthly Records: Maxima and Minima | |||
*All Time Records: Maxima and Minima | *All Time Records: Maxima and Minima | ||
*Trend Graphs | *Trend Graphs | ||
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The standard menu navigation allows for inclusion of both a forum link and a link to a webcam. Custom web pages can be achieved through the use of web tags added to any HTML/CSS layout. | The standard menu navigation allows for inclusion of both a forum link and a link to a webcam. Custom web pages can be achieved through the use of web tags added to any HTML/CSS layout. | ||
Support | Support | ||
==Help and Support== | ==Help and Support== | ||
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''a note from the developer...'' | ''a note from the developer...'' | ||
Sandaysoft is the home of Cumulus, software to help you make the most of your weather station. Located on the island of [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=sanday&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=16.5235,44.208984&ie=UTF8&ll=56.980911,-2.504883&spn=7.609419,22.104492&z=6 Sanday], in Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland in the UK. Cumulus is '''donationware'''. If you like the software and find it useful, please make a contribution towards the continuing development of Cumulus. | |||
I rely on your donations to allow me to buy the software that I need to continue improving Cumulus. 100% of any donation received goes towards software development, either towards the cost of new development tools or the cost of hosting this site. We don’t make a profit from Sandaysoft - I have a full-time job and Sandaysoft is what we do in our spare time. | I rely on your donations to allow me to buy the software that I need to continue improving Cumulus. 100% of any donation received goes towards software development, either towards the cost of new development tools or the cost of hosting this site. We don’t make a profit from Sandaysoft - I have a full-time job and Sandaysoft is what we do in our spare time. | ||
