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 |style="background:lightgray;"|[Station]
 |style="background:lightgray;"|Section name - the following parameters relate to the station configuration.
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+|colspan="2" style="background:pink;"|Read-only parameters - The parameters listed below must be entered directly into file with Cumulus stopped. Used in both C1 and MX unless indicated.
+|-
+|VP2SleepInterval=500
+|This read-only parameter is the period which Cumulus waits between reads of the data from Davis stations, the value is in milliseconds. The default if the parameter has not been added manually to the file is 500 ms; if you suspect that data is being missed, you could add this parameeter, manually reducing this figure. For VirtualVP users, tests revealed that VP2SleepInterval = 1100 seems to work the best. It updates every two seconds with few exceptions. See note in ''readme.txt'' about VP2SleepInterval - in v1.9.3 release it is around line 50. Related FAQ: [[FAQ#My_Davis_station_shows_a_higher_maximum_wind_speed_than_Cumulus]]
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+|VPClosedownTime=x
+|This read-only parameter (attribute=value) is added directly to the file, it does not appear on a configuration screen. x is the number of seconds after the start of the re-connect attempts that you want the program to close itself (added v.1.8.5 b.726).
+|-
+|DavisCalcAltPress=1
+|This read-only parameter (attribute=value) is added directly to the file, it does not appear on a configuration screen.  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.
+[[File:Badge vMx.png]]'''Note for MX''', use of the LOOP2 (see [[Cumulus.ini_(Beta)#Section:_Station| here]]) means s.l.p. can be obtained from the Davis station.
+{{Version badge 1}}'''The following note applies to Cumulus 1.x.x:''' The station does not provide this value directly, nor the station pressure, so Cumulus 1.x.x 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.
+*0 = Disabled
+*1 = Enabled (default)
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 |colspan="2" style="background:lightblue;"| Both Cumulus flavours - in MX edit in Station Settings,  for Cumulus 1 edit in Station Configuration Screen
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 |Set this in the Station Configuration Screen  '''Davis TCP/IP Settings''' block.
 Weather station IP address if VP type has TCP/IP selected. Default is 0.0.0.0
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-|VP2SleepInterval=500
-|This read-only parameter is the period which Cumulus waits between reads of the data from Davis stations, the value is in milliseconds. The default if the parameter has not been added manually to the file is 500 ms; if you suspect that data is being missed, you could add this parameeter, manually reducing this figure. For VirtualVP users, tests revealed that VP2SleepInterval = 1100 seems to work the best. It updates every two seconds with few exceptions. See note in ''readme.txt'' about VP2SleepInterval - in v1.9.3 release it is around line 50. Related FAQ: [[FAQ#My_Davis_station_shows_a_higher_maximum_wind_speed_than_Cumulus]]
-|-
-|VPClosedownTime=x
-|This read-only parameter (attribute=value) is added directly to the file, it does not appear on a configuration screen. x is the number of seconds after the start of the re-connect attempts that you want the program to close itself (added v.1.8.5 b.726).
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 |VP2PeriodicDisconnectInterval=0
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 Set it to zero to disable, if you are not using the Weatherlink site.
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-|DavisCalcAltPress=1
-|This read-only parameter (attribute=value) is added directly to the file, it does not appear on a configuration screen.  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.
-[[File:Badge vMx.png]]'''Note for MX''', use of the LOOP2 (see [[Cumulus.ini_(Beta)#Section:_Station| here]]) means s.l.p. can be obtained from the Davis station.
-{{Version badge 1}}'''The following note applies to Cumulus 1.x.x:''' The station does not provide this value directly, nor the station pressure, so Cumulus 1.x.x 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.
-*0 = Disabled
-*1 = Enabled (default)
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 |LogExtraSensors=0
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 Identifies COM Port used if Davis type is serial. Default is 0.
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-|colspan="2" style="background:lightblue;"| Only available in Cumulus MX: edit in Station Settings
+|colspan="2" style="background:lightblue;"| Only available in Cumulus MX: edit in Station Settings or if read-only directly in file
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 |UseDavisLoop2=1