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Mark Crossley created this page on 26 October 2018 to help people with questions about MX where it works differently to Cumulus 1 and the [[FAQ|Cumulus 1 FAQ]] did not help. | Mark Crossley created this page on 26 October 2018 to help people with questions about MX where it works differently to Cumulus 1 and the [[FAQ|Cumulus 1 FAQ]] did not help. | ||
The original content covered device names (COMPORT in MX has different format to Port in C1), Windows 10 issues, and MONO issues. But my impression is nobody found this, and | The original content covered device names (COMPORT in MX has different format to Port in C1), Windows 10 issues, and MONO issues. But my impression is nobody found this, and therefore nobody benefited from that text. | ||
I started pasting in useful material, mostly from Steve Loft's posts in the forum about the beta version of MX, but as at that time I was not using MX I hoped somebody else would make sense of it and create a better layout. Of course nobody did. | I started pasting in useful material, mostly from Steve Loft's posts in the forum about the beta version of MX, but as at that time I was not using MX I hoped somebody else would make sense of it and create a better layout. Of course nobody did. | ||
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When I did start using MX, I decided to edit other articles first, see [[Cumulus MX]], [[Cumulus MX formal release versions]], [[Webtags]], [[Cumulus.ini]], [[Dayfile.txt]], [[Category:Log Files]], [[Php webtags]], and various others. | When I did start using MX, I decided to edit other articles first, see [[Cumulus MX]], [[Cumulus MX formal release versions]], [[Webtags]], [[Cumulus.ini]], [[Dayfile.txt]], [[Category:Log Files]], [[Php webtags]], and various others. | ||
So that left this page, and now I am starting on updating this article. If you read this, and believe you can help, please do. | So that left this page, and now I am starting on updating this article. If you read this, and believe you can help with completing this update, please do. | ||
= Troubleshooting - messages in MXdiags or in console/terminal output = | = Troubleshooting - messages in MXdiags or in console/terminal output = | ||
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=== Format of data files === | === Format of data files === | ||
Please see [[Category:Log Files|Log Files index page]] for more information. In general, you should have all the files (except [[log.xml]] from your C1 installation in your MX installation, and MX will be able to read them, although it may update content and thus stop C1 from recognising them. Ensure you have same culture as before (so don't change how dates/times and decimals are stored). | Please see [[:Category:Log Files|Log Files index page]] for more information. In general, you should have all the files (except [[log.xml]] from your C1 installation in your MX installation, and MX will be able to read them, although it may update content and thus stop C1 from recognising them. Ensure you have same culture as before (so don't change how dates/times and decimals are stored). | ||
=== Ignoring earlier data === | === Ignoring earlier data === | ||
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# MX needs to read from [[Cumulus.ini]] the earliest date to process as it ignores any content for earlier dates. (Cumulus 1 just read all the files it could find in the data folder. | # MX needs to read from [[Cumulus.ini]] the earliest date to process as it ignores any content for earlier dates. (Cumulus 1 just read all the files it could find in the data folder. | ||
# When you first start running MX, it does not seem to be able to populate charts and recent history web tags for earlier times. | # When you first start running MX, it does not seem to be able to populate charts and recent history web tags for earlier times. | ||
= Problems with web pages or NOAA reports = | |||
MX comes with a standard set of web pages. Although some look the same, these are different from the pages coming with C1. You may find that information labelled as for Cumulus 1 does apply to the MX web pages as for example they share the same cascading style sheet. | |||
== Questions == | |||
=== How to set up a web site === | |||
Please see [[Website_setup|Web site setup]] article. | |||
=== My FTP is not working === | |||
#The settings required are on the Internet settings screen within the admin interface. | |||
#In the '''web/FTP site''' section, check the settings, and experiment with a different FTP protocol. | |||
#In the '''web/FTP settings''' section, check all the settings, some determine what is automatically uploaded, other settings should initially obey the tips shown on the settings screen. One item to try is changing the setting for ''Active FTP mode''. | |||
#For most modern web pages, including those provided, use UTF-8 [[Webtags#Encoding|encoding description]]. If your web pages appear to be empty when they are uploaded, look near the front of such files where the [[Customised_templates#Coding_standard_and_character_encoding_for_Customised_Templates_using_the_same_names_as_Standard_Cumulus_Templates|encoding declarations]] will be found. | |||
=== I don't like the bird image on standard web pages === | |||
Please see [[FAQ#How_do_I_replace_the_.27bird.27_image_on_my_website.3F|C1 FAQ]]. | |||
=== I want a different heading on standard web pages === | |||
These are built up from a combination of text in the template file and what you have entered on the station settings in text boxes just above the '''Options''' section. | |||
The styling for these headings, including use of lower case, is defined in the '''C'''ascading '''S'''tyling '''S'''heet. You need some understanding of [[Stylesheets|CSS]] to edit these. | |||
=== The sunrise and sunset times are wrong === | |||
*You must enter DEGREES, MINUTES, and SECONDS, in the text boxes within the location section and select hemisphere, in the Station settings in the admin interface. See [[FAQ#My_sunrise_and_sunset_times_are_wrong|C1 FAQ]] for more advice. | |||
*Another possible cause might be your device system date and time is wrong. | |||
=== The moon rise or moon set shows dashes === | |||
This is common, the lunar day does not match the earth day, so on some days the moon will either only rise or only set, while other days will see a moon rise and a moon set. | |||
=== I want a moon image, but I don't see one === | |||
#Are you using an old version that does not include a moon image? | |||
#Do you have the moon base image in your local files? | |||
#Have you asked MX to generate by system drawing a masked image to show the current phase? | |||
#Have you asked MX to upload this image? | |||
#Is your FTP working, because that is only way the moon image can be uploaded to web server. | |||
=== I modified the standard web pages, and since I updated to a new MX version I have lost my edits === | |||
In MX you can choose to either overwrite all files when there is a new release or to overwrite only files that you have not changed. In general, it is best not to modify the files provided with MX, instead copy them to a new folder and edit them there. For web templates, if they are in a different folder, you will need to specify them in the local column of '''Extra web files''' and turn off the option to upload standard web pages. For more information on customising web pages see[[Customised templates|Customised templates article]]. | |||
=== I have problems with NOAA reports === | |||
#Editing [[Cumulus.ini]] without stopping MX can cause problems | |||
#Changing the [[Webtags#Encoding|encoding]] on NOAA reports can cause problems, especially if you try to display them from a web page that does not share the same encoding. | |||
#Making an error in the report naming parameters can cause problems, see [[Webtags#NOAA_style_Report_Naming|NOAA_style_Report_Naming]] section. | |||
=== I have problems with my own web templates that Cumulus needs to process === | |||
#If your problems relate to web tags see earlier answer about error messages in MXDiags | |||
#If you have problems with customising web pages, see reference in earlier answer | |||
#If you have problems with selections in "Extra web files", see [[Cumulus_MX#Extra_Web_Files|Extra_Web_Files]]. | |||
=== I use web page packages provided by third parties === | |||
By third parties I mean items like those listed on [[Category:User Contributions|User Contributions]] page. | |||
For most problems you probably need to contact the author via the support forum, but here are some possible answers | |||
# You did not follow the instructions supplied for using that package, and you have used wrong file names or not put all the files where they should be or got confused between one-off transfers to your web site and files that Cumulus needs to upload at various intervals. | |||
# File names in that package conflict with file names you already have on your server (this might stop any PHP require/includes linking in correct file) | |||
# Maybe you are mixing some items using "http:" protocol and some using "https:", you need to chosse one or the other, not a mixture. | |||
# Perhaps the package depends on what version of JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, you have installed, or on some setting for those languages. Depending on your web server, and the sort of access provide by any web provider you use , you might have a "cPanel" where these can be changed, or maybe you have to ask the provider to do the necessary changes. | |||
= Unsorted stuff = | = Unsorted stuff = | ||
