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*1 = Enabled, Cumulus will restart if it detects that a Fine Offset station is unplugged. '''Note:''' Unless the station has been manually plugged in again, a Cumulus restart has no benefit; normally the station should be checked to be plugged in before Cumulus is ever started and the station then left plugged in.
*1 = Enabled, Cumulus will restart if it detects that a Fine Offset station is unplugged. '''Note:''' Unless the station has been manually plugged in again, a Cumulus restart has no benefit; normally the station should be checked to be plugged in before Cumulus is ever started and the station then left plugged in.


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|EWdisablecheckinit=0
|Add this line to cumulus.ini [Station] section if application gets stuck when Cumulus starts up connected to a Fine Offset (clone) station (added Cumulus version 1.9.2, build 1011).
*0 = Disabled, default, it checks the first two bytes of the Fine Offset station's memory.
*1 = Ignores part of memory (see [[FAQ#When_I_start_Cumulus.2C_I_get_the_error_message_.22The_station_is_not_initialised.22]])
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|EWduplicatecheck=0
|Add this line to cumulus.ini [Station] section if application gets stuck in the download stage.
Introduced in version 1.8.5 (b.630) to deal with certain bytes being given the same value in first and second line.  For example one problem is that "55 AA" repeats at the start of the second line of data. Those bytes are only supposed to appear at the start of the first line (or so I am told).
*0 = Disabled, default, Cumulus accepts all bytes from the Fine Offset station's memory.
*1 = Ignores part of memory (see [http://sandaysoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=393 this forum thread]).
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|SyncFOReads=0
|SyncFOReads=0
|This is set in the settings frame on the Station settings screen off the configuration menu.
|This is set in the settings frame on the Station settings screen off the configuration menu.
A Fine Offset station will be writing to its memory every 48 or 60 seconds (depending on model); Cumulus can attempt once a day to identify when this update of memory occurs, and thereafter try not to read the memory at update time, by using what is called a synchronisation mode of operation. See next parameter.
*0 = Synchronisation disabled, default (Cumulus reads the memory without taking into account when memory is being updated)
*0 = Synchronisation disabled, default (Cumulus reads the memory without taking into account when memory is being updated)
*1 = Re-synchronizes once each day, to avoid reading memory at time of memory update
*1 = Re-synchronizes once each day, to avoid reading memory at time of memory update
A Fine Offset station will be writing to its memory every 48 or 60 seconds (depending on model); Cumulus can attempt once a day to identify when this update of memory occurs, and thereafter try not to read the memory at update time, by using what is called a synchronisation mode of operation. See next parameter.
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|FOReadAvoidPeriod=3
|FOReadAvoidPeriod=3
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Sets the interval (in seconds) during each 48 (or 60 for some models) second of station logging period when Cumulus will avoid reading the station data to try and minimise lock ups. If the clock drifts more than this value in 24 hours, then Cumulus may cause the station to lock up when reading the data. The actual station clock drift gets logged to the diags file when the re-synchronise (see last parameter) takes place, this will give an idea of whether it would be useful to adjust this setting.
Sets the interval (in seconds) during each 48 (or 60 for some models) second of station logging period when Cumulus will avoid reading the station data to try and minimise lock ups. If the clock drifts more than this value in 24 hours, then Cumulus may cause the station to lock up when reading the data. The actual station clock drift gets logged to the diags file when the re-synchronise (see last parameter) takes place, this will give an idea of whether it would be useful to adjust this setting.
*3 = default value
*3 = default value
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|ReportLostSensorContact=0
|ReportLostSensorContact=0
|Add this line to cumulus.ini [Station] section
|Add this line to cumulus.ini [Station] section
Option to turn off reporting of 'lost sensor contact' for Fine Offset stations. (added Cumulus 1.9.4 b.1070)
*0 = reporting off
*0 = reporting off
*1 = reporting on (default)
*1 = reporting on (default)
 
Option to turn off reporting of 'lost sensor contact' for Fine Offset stations. (added Cumulus 1.9.4 b.1070)
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|EWdisablecheckinit=0
|Add this line to cumulus.ini [Station] section if application gets stuck when Cumulus starts up connected to a Fine Offset (clone) station (added Cumulus version 1.9.2, build 1011).
*0 = Disabled, default, it checks the first two bytes of the Fine Offset station's memory.
*1 = Ignores part of memory (see [[FAQ#When_I_start_Cumulus.2C_I_get_the_error_message_.22The_station_is_not_initialised.22]])
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|EWduplicatecheck=0
|Add this line to cumulus.ini [Station] section if application gets stuck in the download stage.
Introduced in version 1.8.5 (b.630) to deal with certain bytes being given the same value in first and second line.  For example one problem is that "55 AA" repeats at the start of the second line of data. Those bytes are only supposed to appear at the start of the first line (or so I am told).
*0 = Disabled, default, Cumulus accepts all bytes from the Fine Offset station's memory.
*1 = Ignores part of memory (see [http://sandaysoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=393 this forum thread]).
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|EWpressureoffset=x.y
|EWpressureoffset=x.y
|Add this line to cumulus.ini [Station] section
|Add this line to cumulus.ini [Station] section
Got a pressure problem with a Fine Offset station when the pressure 'offset' that Cumulus reads is garbage, so Cumulus just uses zero? Tell Cumulus what offset to use, by using an external text editor to insert this parameter where x.y is the difference between your station (absolute) and sea-level (relative) pressures, in mb or hPa.
Got a pressure problem with a Fine Offset station when the pressure 'offset' that Cumulus reads is garbage, so Cumulus just uses zero? Tell Cumulus what offset to use, by using an external text editor to insert this parameter where x.y is the difference between your station (absolute) and sea-level (relative) pressures, in mb or hPa.
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|EWminpressureMB=900
|Add this line to cumulus.ini [Station] section
Cumulus will ignore all pressure readings from the station that are less than this value (units are always hPa/millibars)
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|EWmaxpressureMB=1200
|Add this line to cumulus.ini [Station] section
Cumulus will ignore all pressure readings from the station that are greater than this value (units are always hPa/millibars)
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'''Spike Removal'''
'''Spike Removal'''
*The 7 spike removal parameters listed below are adjusted in the frame at the bottom of the ''Calibration'' screen, off '''Configuration''' menu, they have a prefix of EW because they were introduced for dealing with problems seen in the Fine Offset family; the corrections are only applied when Cumulus is reading directly from the station at a very frequent interval, spike removal does not apply when Cumulus is re-started and is transferring observations from the station logger to the Cumulus monthly log.
* 7 of the 10 spike removal parameters listed below are adjusted in the frame at the bottom of the ''Calibration'' screen, off '''Configuration''' menu, they have a prefix of EW because they were introduced for dealing with problems seen in the Fine Offset family; the corrections are only applied when Cumulus is reading directly from the station at a very frequent interval, spike removal does not apply when Cumulus is re-started and is transferring observations from the station logger to the Cumulus monthly log.
*The other 3 spike removal parameters have to be entered directly in cumulus.ini, none of these ones can be set on the 'calibration' screen.
*As Cumulus does not check station type before applying any of these settings, ensure for Davis stations (these do not have spike problems) the spike removal filters are set to the defaults shown below.
*As Cumulus does not check station type before applying any of these settings, ensure for Davis stations (these do not have spike problems) the spike removal filters are set to the defaults shown below.
*However, spike removal correction may be implemented for La Crosse stations, they do have problems with their PC interface, using the same EW filter settings listed below.
*However, spike removal correction may be implemented for La Crosse stations, they can have problems with their PC interface, using the same EW filter settings listed below.
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|style="background:lightgray;"|[Station]  
|style="background:lightgray;"|[Station]  
|style="background:lightgray;"|Section name - the following parameters relate to the station configuration.
|style="background:lightgray;"|Section name - the following parameters relate to the station configuration.
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|EWMaxRainTipDiff=30
|Add this line to cumulus.ini [Station] section
Cumulus (1 and MX) has a configurable threshold for the maximum feasible amount of rain between updates (i.e. within 48-seconds on Fine Offset stations without solar, 60 seconds on those measuring solar), set in units of count of tips.
Default=30 tips, as each tip represents 0.3mm this is equivalent to 9 mm or just over a third of an inch in 48 seconds.
This setting affects rain rate, rain last hour, rain so far today (and what is recorded in today.ini/dayfile.txt), but does not affect the web tag <#r24hour>.
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|EWmaxHourlyRain=999
|EWmaxHourlyRain=999
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|EWpressurediff=999.0
|EWpressurediff=999.0
|This is set in the spike removal frame on the Calibration settings screen off the configuration menu. A pressure change 'spike removal' filter, ''changes in read value'', from one reading to the next, off any station greater than the value (always mb) specified here (with a default of '''999.0''') will be ignored by Cumulus
|This is set in the spike removal frame on the Calibration settings screen off the configuration menu. A pressure change 'spike removal' filter, ''changes in read value'', from one reading to the next, off any station greater than the value (always mb) specified here (with a default of '''999.0''') will be ignored by Cumulus
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|EWminpressureMB=900
|Add this line to cumulus.ini [Station] section
Cumulus will ignore all pressure readings from the station that are less than this value (units are always hPa/millibars)
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|EWmaxpressureMB=1200
|Add this line to cumulus.ini [Station] section
Cumulus will ignore all pressure readings from the station that are greater than this value (units are always hPa/millibars)
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|EWTempdiff=999.0
|EWTempdiff=999.0
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