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* Cumulus is frequently reading observations from your weather station, but these don't affect the daily log "dayfile.txt" as it is only updated once a day. | * Cumulus is frequently reading observations from your weather station, but these don't affect the daily log "dayfile.txt" as it is only updated once a day. | ||
* There are no updates to dayfile.txt at any other times, but (for Cumulus 1 only) the contents of the file are read and processed for many of the display and edit menu options that can be selected from the main Cumulus 1 screen. | * There are no updates to dayfile.txt at any other times, but (for Cumulus 1 only) the contents of the file are read and processed for many of the display and edit menu options that can be selected from the main Cumulus 1 screen. | ||
* Cumulus tracks the highs and lows in weather observations by comparing read values against those it has stored in [[Today.ini]], updating that file as required. (It also updates [[Alltime.ini]], [[Monthlyalltime.ini]], [[Year.ini]], and [[Month.ini]] when appropriate. | * Cumulus tracks the highs and lows in weather observations by comparing read values against those it has stored in [[Today.ini]], updating that file as required. | ||
**What is stored in today.ini is processed into what get stored as next line in dayfile.txt as described in next section. | |||
*(It also updates [[Alltime.ini]], [[Monthlyalltime.ini]], [[Year.ini]], and [[Month.ini]] when appropriate. | |||
*(Periodically, the weather readings and derived values are stored in [[Standard log files]] which are set up for each month). | |||
* Cumulus will not mind you accessing the daily log outside its software, except when it needs write access for processing end of day. | * Cumulus will not mind you accessing the daily log outside its software, except when it needs write access for processing end of day. | ||
* If you do need to correct some rogue data in the log file, first take a copy and work on that copy, because any edits you do could muck up the specific format that Cumulus 1 or MX needs, there is a section on dealing with rogue data below. Only when you are absolutely sure that your edited copy meets all the constraints listed later, should you replace the original. | * If you do need to correct some rogue data in the log file, first take a copy and work on that copy, because any edits you do could muck up the specific format that Cumulus 1 or MX needs, there is a section on dealing with rogue data below. Only when you are absolutely sure that your edited copy meets all the constraints listed later, should you replace the original. | ||