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== Where do I find the Cumulus installer? == | == Where do I find the Cumulus installer? == | ||
All available via the [[Software|downloads page]] in this Wiki | |||
== What do I need to get right when first getting Cumulus? == | == What do I need to get right when first getting Cumulus? == | ||
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These instructions apply whether you are updating by one build, skipping several builds, upgrading to/from a beta version, or installing the latest 'release' version. | These instructions apply whether you are updating by one build, skipping several builds, upgrading to/from a beta version, or installing the latest 'release' version. | ||
The installer will always upgrade the following files (replacing them, ignoring existing versions): | '''Cumulus 1 only:''' | ||
The Cumulus 1 installer will always upgrade the following files (replacing them, ignoring existing versions): | |||
# "cumulus.exe"; - the latest build | # "cumulus.exe"; - the latest build | ||
# "unins000.exe"; | # "unins000.exe"; | ||
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*So tick this option, if you have a standard Cumulus implementation and then you can be sure to upgrade the standard templates. | *So tick this option, if you have a standard Cumulus implementation and then you can be sure to upgrade the standard templates. | ||
*Untick this option if you have [[Customised_templates#Creating_Your_Own_Templates|customised the existing pages]], so that if your customised versions are in "web\*.*" they don't get overwritten. It is recommended that you store any customised pages in a directory outside the Cumulus folder, as you can specify up to 10 such files on the local side of the files tab in the Configuration menu Internet settings screen and (if you are not using standard files) untick ''Include Standard Files'' on the same screen. (100 such files can be specified in [[Cumulus.ini]]). | *Untick this option if you have [[Customised_templates#Creating_Your_Own_Templates|customised the existing pages]], so that if your customised versions are in "web\*.*" they don't get overwritten. It is recommended that you store any customised pages in a directory outside the Cumulus folder, as you can specify up to 10 such files on the local side of the files tab in the Configuration menu Internet settings screen and (if you are not using standard files) untick ''Include Standard Files'' on the same screen. (100 such files can be specified in [[Cumulus.ini]]). | ||
== Changing to different weather station == | == Changing to different weather station == | ||
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== How to restore a corrupted log file == | == How to restore a corrupted log file == | ||
Full information about all the log files is | Full information about all the log files is elsewhere [[try |Category:Log_Files]], so you can study the notes linked from there, but here is a very quick summary. | ||
''These notes are written for Cumulus 1, some attempt is made to also cover Cumulus MX, but the way that date/times are stored in Cumulus 1 and Cumulus MX files can be different, particularly for the '*.ini' files; consequently this summary does not cover any problems in files that have been ported from Cumulus 1 to Cumulus MX. '' | ''These notes are written for Cumulus 1, some attempt is made to also cover Cumulus MX, but the way that date/times are stored in Cumulus 1 and Cumulus MX files can be different, particularly for the '*.ini' files; consequently this summary does not cover any problems in files that have been ported from Cumulus 1 to Cumulus MX. '' | ||
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Cumulus 1 provides editors - go to Edit menu and pick the relevant extremes file, the either type over the figures that you want to change or use the buttons that load the more detailed log files and then figures from them can be copied into extreme file. There is an option (in the view menu) to read the latest detailed log for the current (or past) month, but there is no built in editor for those files. | Cumulus 1 provides editors - go to Edit menu and pick the relevant extremes file, the either type over the figures that you want to change or use the buttons that load the more detailed log files and then figures from them can be copied into extreme file. There is an option (in the view menu) to read the latest detailed log for the current (or past) month, but there is no built in editor for those files. | ||
Cumulus MX | Cumulus MX (from version 3.2.2 - build 3058) provides editors for key log files (all-time and monthly-all-time). | ||
* Remember 'alltimelog.txt' logs each change made to 'alltime.ini' so you don't need to correct the former, but it can help you know how to regress the latter. | * Remember 'alltimelog.txt' logs each change made to 'alltime.ini' so you don't need to correct the former, but it can help you know how to regress the latter. | ||
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# Correct the rogue values or values in the detailed [[Monthly_log_files]] ''with Cumulus stopped''. Neither Cumulus 1 nor Cumulus MX provides an editor to do this, and you need to guess new values for readings as there is no other file provided by Cumulus to offer any suggestions, often people interpolate between earlier and later readings. | # Correct the rogue values or values in the detailed [[Monthly_log_files]] ''with Cumulus stopped''. Neither Cumulus 1 nor Cumulus MX provides an editor to do this, and you need to guess new values for readings as there is no other file provided by Cumulus to offer any suggestions, often people interpolate between earlier and later readings. | ||
# Correct the [[dayfile.txt|daily summary log]] ''(don't do this near the rollover time)'', the editor in Cumulus 1 requires you to manually change the numbers, unless you delete the whole day (or it was previously missing) and you ask Cumulus to '''Insert missing''' i.e. populate a single line (day) from the detailed log, ignoring any extremes at times between logged readings. | # Correct the [[dayfile.txt|daily summary log]] ''(don't do this near the rollover time)'', the editor in Cumulus 1 requires you to manually change the numbers, unless you delete the whole day (or it was previously missing) and you ask Cumulus to '''Insert missing''' i.e. populate a single line (day) from the detailed log, ignoring any extremes at times between logged readings. | ||
# Correct the all-time extremes held in [[alltime.ini]] and monthly all-time extremes held in [[monthlyalltime.ini]] | # Correct the all-time extremes held in [[alltime.ini]] and monthly all-time extremes held in [[monthlyalltime.ini]]. Using the Cumulus 1 [[Cumulus_Screenshots#File.2FEdit.2FHelp_Menu|built-in appropriate editor]] from the first couple of commands in the Edit menu (and now also in CumulusMX) allows you to see, and copy across, suggested extremes based on contents of the detailed [[Monthly_log_files]] or contents of the [[dayfile.txt|daily summary log]]. | ||
or 2) If you know the correct figures, you can alternatively enter them manually directly into the .ini files and not bother to update the detailed log or the daily summary log. (It is pointless to edit the .ini files directly and then afterwards edit the log files): | or 2) If you know the correct figures, you can alternatively enter them manually directly into the .ini files and not bother to update the detailed log or the daily summary log. (It is pointless to edit the .ini files directly and then afterwards edit the log files): | ||
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== How do I configure Cumulus for Secure FTP (SFTP/FTPS)? == | == How do I configure Cumulus for Secure FTP (SFTP/FTPS)? == | ||
Cumulus doesn't support Secure FTP. You can configure Cumulus to invoke an external program like WinSCP, as described here: [[SFTP | SFTP article]] | Cumulus 1 doesn't support Secure FTP. You can configure Cumulus to invoke an external program like WinSCP, as described here: [[SFTP | SFTP article]] | ||
Cumulus MX supports FTPS (FTP over TLS) natively, but not SFTP. Just enable it in the settings. | |||
== Directory related problems in FTP == | == Directory related problems in FTP == | ||
